Alice in Borderland

This is the best survival manga and overall manga I've ever read. I'm not the type of writing reviews, and I don't even know if someone will read this, but I just wanted to put in words my thoughts about this work. If you like survival games, this is for you. If you like reflecting, this is for you. If you want a mix of happiness, surprise, anger, sadness and greatness, this is for you. Everyone has different tastes, but I don't know a person I wouldn't recommend this work to. This is truly a masterpiece that, beyonds giving you pleasure, changes the way you viewthe life (atleast, it did to me). Well, I still think these words don't express what this manga is, and if I can even express it with words, so READ it. I swear you won't regret it, really.

Inglish is not my first language I don't know if the Netflix series is different, but if it's the same as this manga, I want you to know that the hype is, without a doubt, 100%...undeserved. The hype this manga gained was 100% undeserved; he is surfing a wave that is not his. If you want to know why alice in borderlands is famous, go to the series, because the manga obviously doesn't deserve the hype and is nothing more than a generic psychological manga with substandard quality compared to its peers. Alice in borderlands is yet another manga filled with expository monologues. Every action,every conflict, every development and every DIALOGUE is followed by an unnecessary monologue. a raindrop cannot fall or a stone cannot move without a monologue inside a introspective moment to explain it. You can even excuse some moments, since they serve as a tool for the characterization, by showing how smart a character is by having him explaining everything. But this goes beyond the limits when wanting to do the duty of the reader by analyzing the characters. This just shows the author's inability to: A) create a narrative/plot that clearly SHOWS what he want to tell us; B) the fear of being misunderstood, which motivates him to explain everything. Reason B is understandable but not acceptable. If he's scared, he should change his methods or just give a fuck to the idiots who don't understand what he is saying. And the way the MC's past, and the psychological problems caused by it, is revealed to us is done in such a poor way that it almost seems that the author is simply adding things as the work develops. The MC of the beginning is not the Same of the middle, but not by development, but by this "alteration" (I put it in quote because maybe it really was just a bad characterization) of the concept behind the MC. And wow, what a crybaby the MC is. The first few times are more than understandable, since he's going through a terrible situation and all, but as the work develops, he starts crying about anything, in a Steven universe way. And sometimes, even if the moment is justifiable for him to cry, his reaction is... exaggerated to the point of embarrassment. Many authors forget that crying character =/= emotional. Actually, everything in this manga is extremely exaggerated. The maturity of the dialogue and how the themes are approached seem to come from a children's book. This is a common problem with mangas and I'm always wondering: does the author believe what the MC is saying (which seems like as it is the definitive moral lesson of the work) or is he just repeating what other works have spoken? because the way certain ideas are conveyed are so robotic, silly and shallow that I can't believe that the author really believes and understands what is being said, because, normally, when you believe in something, you usually have a basic understand about that, ESPECIALLY if you're going to put this into a story. Don't think I'm saying this because i disagree with what is said in this manga or others, because i actually agree with the majority of them, actually, it's because i believe and understand about it that's making me confused and asking myself if he really understand what he is talking about. The art is very tough in the start, but it improves with the time and the plot is really interesting, despite how weak the revelations of vital information are and certain nonsensical, but on point, conclusions are made to solve certain question (something classic in these psychological mangas). Some characters are also interesting, so it really is a shame that the author approaches them with the classic Shounem way: scream, expository monologues, more scream, expository monologues during an introspective moment, expository flashbacks, screamed expository monologue during an introspective moment with flashes of the past passing through the frames and, obviously, an unbelievable character change (the character can spend entire volumes having the same dilemma/internal conflict, but he magically manages to change after hearing 3 or 5 little words that are a very simple/rase answer to a complex problem or a hard to get out mental state; which, again, makes me wonder if the author really understands what he's talking about). There are a few more issues at times here and there, but I won't go into those, because they're just that: moments. I don't think you should use isolated issues that don't recur in a review. But dont think they are not bad and wouldn't make someone droppe this manga. And the last thing I want to say is: the last game is disappointing. He takes a lot of the things I said and multiplies them by two. And what happens after all the games are done is also anti-climactic.

The manga is based on a high school student who is about to face the tomorrow of independance,he makes a wish that brings him in a world of joy at the start,but good things may not last long. He and his friends face the cruel reality of this dreamy world...a place where the strongest survive.The manga is well written with a great variety of characters and some quiet cunning thinking,I really love it so far I am looking forward finishing it.Whoever looks into it and they are in for survival they are not going to regret it! Although everything good has it's cons as well.There isnot much character development overall or it might be predictable to see how they are going to change.The manga does not tire you but as a psychological-survival it contains some explicit content so I advise you to read it if you are mature enough *smiles*. That was all from me have a good day!

If you are interested with the premise of psychological game, then turn away. I’ll be honest in this review, the enjoyment you get from reading this depends on what you look for and expect from the manga. If you’re looking for psychological drama about the concept of living and friendship then you are at the right place. There’s a lot of that here. Wall of text with sentimental monologue and backstory. Sometimes, I admit it was too much and thinking it was made with the reason to drag the chapters. If you’re reading for the game, then you will be very very very disappointed. The Game design isquite good, it starts with a great premise and making the reader hyped but the games always ended in a really unsatisfying way. From the hype, the reader will expect something brilliant from the MC, but it never really lived up to it My theory is that unlike any other similar manga, the author did not plan everything from the start but instead he/she created the game first, and decide later how to end the game in later chapters. This is supported by how the author drags the game plot by putting backstories and recaps in the chapters, while the MC keep repeating “I know how to win the game” in every last page for few chapters straight. This is to maintain the hype while thinking about ways to ending the game. Also, side stories within main story as plot dragging medium. Besides, the game mostly ended in a convenient way. If you are from Liar Game, these here will look really dumb. The manga shows that the MC is a genius and think of a masterplan but in the end it always won due to luck, coincidence, enemy doing something stupid or something that was never there suddenly appear as a convenient way to end the game. So after every game, instead of “wow! never thought of that”, you just go “what? thats it?”. I don’t know maybe others like the game but to me as a manga where its main selling point is about the game, the game to me is the weakest part of the aspects in the manga