Manga Review: Alice in the Country of Hearts Vol.1

                                    Alice in the Country of Hearts Vol.1Review

Alice in the Country of Hearts is about a teenage girl named Alice Liddel who is kidnapped by a man with rabbit ears named Peter who forces her to drink something that forces her to stay in Wonderland, he claims he's in love with her. After Peter runs off Alice chases after him because she wants to slug him and ask him what is this place, and how can she get home? Alice ends of stumbling upon the Hatters home were she threatened by the Gatekeepers and Elliot March but there boss Blood saves her just before she runs off and heads back to the clocktower. At the clocktower Alice meets a man named Julius who explains some of the basics of Wonderland to her such as the three terrorties(the Hatters which is the mafia, Heart Castle and the amusement park) are at war with each other. He also tells her that she has to interacted with people in order to return home.

The next day Alice decides to head to Heart Castle because Peter works there and she wants to yell at him and kick him in the crotch. A knight from the castle named Ace offers to lead her there unfortunately Ace has a horrible sense of direction and she ends up back at Hatters place. Elliot March is very pissed that Ace keeps coming there so those to get into a potential deadly fight but Blood then comes by and breaks up the fight and flirts with Alice. Alice reveals that Blood looks like her ex-boyfriend and then Blood tells her that if she was his lady he would never let her go he would cut off her legs if he thought she'd leave him which freaks Alice out a tiny bit. Once at the castle Alice gets introduced to the Queen who uses the term we instead of I but seems to be fond of Alice. Alice also tells Peter she doesn't love him and never would and to leave her alone and he continues to be creepy.

In her dream that night Alice meets a dream demon named Nightmare who tells her this world is somewhat designed through her desire for everyone to love her which makes Alice think she's pathetic if that's what she desires subconsciously.A different night Alice talks a  bit to Nightmare about Afterimages and how she dislikes how inhuman the dead are treat and Nightmare basically tells her that's the way things are in Wonderland.

In the last chapter Alice goes to the amusement park with the gatekeepers and there friend Boris(a cat like punk guy from the amusement park), the amusement park owner hates Blood a lot because he revealed to everyone that his name was Mary Gowland so when Blood shows up he tries to kill him and Blood decides to take Alice and run. At the end of the volume Blood invites Alice to come to tea and she agrees.

I overall loved this volume it was a really good take on Alice in Wonderland and it's set in an interesting world. I really liked Alice as a man character because she didn't really like the idea of wonderland but seems to handle it well. I also love Ace because he always acts all smiley but I have a feeling he can be quite deadly. Blood's another favorite of mine because he seems like a mixture of possible romantic lead and a psycho which is always interesting, I also like that it's hinted that he does things depending on his mood. I like Nightmare's fear of Hospital because it's kind of absurd. I really liked the art because the world was fantasy like and the characters were good looking. Please tell me your thoughts on this volume.