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![おかえりアリス 1 [Okaeri Alice 1] by Shuzo Oshimi](https://cdn.thestorygraph.com/qmanh9rjvplt0nml1vc0zzoozrrk)
3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While I appreciate that this manga finally portrays a character’s personal choice to transition unlike the typical trans trope that most manga posit where the parents force them, I didn’t like that it seemed to fetishize it. I also wish that it was from the trans character’s point of view, apart from the usual male character. And there was no character development. Can we get a trans positive manga yet please??
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
'Welcome Back, Alice' is a childhood love triangle that gets extra complicated by the central figure returning in high school with a declaration that they're not a guy any longer -- but a manipulative interest in 'helping' the three of them be close to one another anyway. I don't know where the story is going to end up, but sometimes you just love to see a character defy gender and cause problems on purpose, and this is definitely that.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As all oshimi's previous series, we have:
Bland school setting ✅
The pervy/dumb/obnoxious male lead ✅
The first glance nice girl that turned out to be a battshit crazy bitch ✅
The manipulative horny ass bitch ✅
But this time the manipulative bitch is gender fluid. It could be a good thing if Kei's personality didn't make him just like Mari, or the girl from aku no Hana, or Sei's mom etc etc. And it's funny (not to say "misogynistic") that Kei's journey to find himself as a person is by being a horrible woman... Like every single female lead oshimi wrote that I've known of
It's the same story every time. That's what I would call lack of creativity.
If you're a girl, and have read other works by this author like me... pls, add me? I'm curious to know what you guys think about the way he portraits woman.
Bland school setting ✅
The pervy/dumb/obnoxious male lead ✅
The first glance nice girl that turned out to be a battshit crazy bitch ✅
The manipulative horny ass bitch ✅
But this time the manipulative bitch is gender fluid. It could be a good thing if Kei's personality didn't make him just like Mari, or the girl from aku no Hana, or Sei's mom etc etc. And it's funny (not to say "misogynistic") that Kei's journey to find himself as a person is by being a horrible woman... Like every single female lead oshimi wrote that I've known of
It's the same story every time. That's what I would call lack of creativity.
If you're a girl, and have read other works by this author like me... pls, add me? I'm curious to know what you guys think about the way he portraits woman.
Oshimi being Oshimi. So far, this reads like Flowers of Evil if Nakamura was a crossdressing boy whose return messes with his childhood friends' perceptions and feelings (I use the pronoun "him" as that's what's mostly used in the manga). I can see some viewing this as problematic, but so far all the themes have been handled well in my opinion. This manga seems to want to explore sexuality, gender identity, lust vs love, and of course perversion and morality because it wouldn't be an Oshimi manga without that duo. As of the first volume, Oshimi is slowly dipping into each topic, but how deep he will get and the amount of respect he will handle it with remains to be seen.