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Alice in Borderland, Vol. 1 by Haro Aso

4 reviews

spooderman's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Blood, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Vomit, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Classism, and Alcohol

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Blood, and Alcohol

mir_frog73's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was good but I think it will get better in later volumes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Confinement, and Alcohol

belladonnashrike's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

so aside from the misogyny & over-sexualization of the few women in this first installment, I really loved this. having watched the show I already know everything that should happen and so far I’m not mad at the netflix adaptation.

I like how some things are kept a mystery in the show (such as borderland being a place & not a dream or some disassociation), but I love the very obvious alice in wonderland references that start at the beginning in this manga - in the show, the references WERE there but they became more clear once the show went on. I like some of the changes they made character-wise in the show (specifically the stronger female characters. I didn’t even notice that the usagi was usagi while reading because she was SO different. she was in a short schoolgirl outfit and didn’t look strong/athletic at all - I appreciate how the actress looked like a mountain climber & dressed & acted as such. and shibuki….she’s so unnecessarily sexualized. like….why…) but I like how karube is depicted in the manga better. I also really like how the meaning behind this entire story is abundantly clear in like the first chapter. (although it isn’t written out, it’s obvious from the dialogue & arisu’s inner thoughts. the present text will tie in so nicely to the ending) i prefer that over the show slowly revealing it.

I think that this series is so creative and I can’t wait for the rest of the series to be published in english! I just desperately wish male creatives would chill out on oversexualizing their female characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Bullying