Alice In Hell: Manga Review (1/15/2023)

 I don't get what it is with manga authors and using Alice in their titles.

Anyways though, Alice in Hell is a manga about this fucked up kid who is a genius sniper in a post-apocalyptic world. He saves this woman who just so happens to be a leader of a commune, and so she takes him to the commune to live.

This manga is far from perfect, but I have to give it props because this is a manga that felt complete all the way through. Sometimes, some manga can have an issue where you can tell that the author had to inorganically change their story because of external factors (health, time issues, reader criticism, etc.).

In other words, the author had a vision for the manga, and he completed it.

However, that doesn't mean that the manga is particularly good. I think the author really wanted to just portray a really fucked up post apocalyptic world where things just constantly go wrong. And things go wrong a lot. Large conflicts escalate from small incidents, and the author does a good job of making it believable.

However, I think while there are obviously themes in the manga, it feels like the author is trying to portray more of a scenario than providing a message. That isn't necessarily bad, but don't go into this manga expecting some kind of deep thoughtful meaning. 

At the end of the day, the manga might seem like it wants to be about the communes and the overall life of people in this world, but it's actually only a story about Shuu, the main protagonist. And I think it's best to keep it that way. The android that the entire manga is based around, Alice, isn't even actually talked about as much as you would think she would be. The whole android mystery thing (what are these androids? Why do they exist?) is never really explained, but it makes sense because it doesn't actually matter that much to Shuu. As I said before, the story is actually only about Shuu.

I think I rated it higher because I think the story felt complete. It's not a masterpiece, but I think it is an interesting read.

7/10

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