Ever wanted to read a series where Alice in Wonderland crossed over with Wizard of Oz? Want some body switching between a girl named Alice and a boy named Makoto? Then said guy in girls body basically has a harem of hot guys from the world of Alice in Wonderland? How about Alice loving weapons? Then this is your kind of series!
Printed by Seven Seas back in 2014, this series penned by Ayumi Kanou and Visualworks, this shojo harem with a Gender Bender spin about a boy sucked into a book where he literally hits head with Alice and becomes her. It is complete both in print and digital within 3 volumes.
Basically, boy sucked into book, hits girl, trades places with girl and discovers the world he is in, is no longer beautiful, with monsters running around with a corrupt King of Hearts. In order to restore it back to it's former glory, Makoto and Alice teams up with an assortment of characters who are very handsome men, some include March Hare and Mad Hatter.
When I first read this, it reminded me so much of the Alice in the country of X series.
How? Let me name a few that is similar, the cast of great looking guys as characters from Alice in Wonderland, all seem to have some sort of attraction to the Alice characters, they somewhat travel together and the harem themes.
How are they different? Alice in this series loves weapons of any kind, the Wizard of Oz vibes but instead of the Wicked Witch, we have a Wicked King and the addition of a male character, gender bend and the fact that the characters, in the end, may return home or maybe not, I haven't finished this series as of yet.
I really enjoyed the art, it is very cute, it definitely has the shojo vibes which I seem to be enjoying of late cause it's great to have those cute series that warms the cockles of the heart, pity we lack a lot of shojo these days unlike back when the companies weren't having a great time due to it being such a niche hobby compared to now.
I somewhat enjoyed the characters and story but being a first volume, I cannot completely say that I hate it but I fear it may be a bit rushed cause being a short series and all, since a lot of short ones end up feeling like that. I mean, Mad Hatter feels the same no matter what I read, which is a pity. Same with March Hare but Cheshire Cat, Dormouse and Tweedle Dum don't feel like the cliche that I got from other works and it was great, especially since Dormouse seems to have a bigger role in this series, despite being a sleepy head who is rather indifferent about things.
The story itself is, like I said, a mix between Alice in Wonderland of the aspect of going to another world with the eccentric cast from the series with Wizard of Oz as Alice and Makoto ends up travelling to meet King of Hearts to fix a problem and get back home, along the way, gaining a party of said eccentrics to deal with monsters and other challenges as they deal with their own agendas that may or may not have anything to do with the main characters tasks.
I do confess I have a weak spot for the Kings valet, who you see at the end of the first volume, yes, it's probably the glasses, it's a weakness, like catnip to cats. Besides, you find out who he really is near the end of the volume too and I was like "KNEW IT!" when I found out. I mean, it is kind of obvious who it could be by just the cast I just mentioned.
This is a yay but nay kind of series for me.
I'd like to have it but due to age and the fact that it's a Seven Seas title, like Alice in the Country of X, I'd probably have to get it secondhand due to possibly being an arse or expensive to buy brand new. It does not boast confidence within me, so as bad as this sounds, if I can find it cheap and as a complete set, I'd probably get it that way, it's not a series I'd actively seek despite enjoying it as much as I did.
Doesn't help it too much when I have a few series similar to it but it's still a nice edition to a collection.
You can get it here: Book Depository
VERDICT: Maybe - it's a yay if I can find the lot easily.
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