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Alice on Deadlines by Shiro Ihara (view source)
Revision as of 13:10, 10 August 2020
, 13:10, 10 August 2020no edit summary
There are still flaws - the battle pictures are even more illegible than most, and the plotting has major hiccups of the unexplained. One moment the skeleton cannot move independent of Alice's body's help, the next it can animate itself and defend said body's honour. And if the preview for volume two begins as shown here at the end of this one, there is an even greater leap where relevant continuity just is ignored for whatever inventive twists and turns are next on the schedule.
This then was another flaw in the book for my taste - the need to subvert sexual tropes, types and stereotypes and all domestic arranegements arrangements thereof was done a bit cheesily toward the end, and as for how the other three volumes will pan out I don't think I would be at all keen on following - if I could, given the leaps in plausibility and just plain chasms in plotting.
As a result , this volume would get a personal rating from me of two stars, but I can't ignore that, as a part-time fan of manga, I am well aware that many would find it a great example, in a warped kind of way. To those (and I really hope they're fifteen or older - this is not flagged as "older teen" by mistake) I can recommend this book, and hand it four shining Bookbag stars.
I would like to thank Yen Press for sending us a copy to sample.
We also have a review of [[Alice on Deadlines v.2 by Shiro Ihara]].
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