Alice in Murderland (manga)

For other uses, see Alice in Murderland (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Alice in Wonderland.

Alice in Murderland
First tankōbon volume cover
架刑のアリス (Kakei no Arisu)
Genre	Gothic fantasy[1][2]
Manga
Written by	Kaori Yuki
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Aria (2014–2018) Shōnen Magazine Edge (2018)
Demographic	Shōjo, shōnen
Original run	28 January 2014 – 15 September 2018
Volumes	11

Alice in Murderland (Japanese: 架刑のアリス, Hepburn: Kakei no Arisu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. It was published in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazineAria from January 2014 to April 2018, and later, after Aria ceased publication, serialized in Shōnen Magazine Edge from July to September 2018. Kodansha collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes.

Plot

The series centers on Stella Kuonji, one of nine adopted siblings in the wealthy and influential Kuonji family. At one of the family's monthly tea parties, their parents announce that the children must now fight to the death within the next year, with the sole survivor being chosen as the family's heir. In the ensuing chaos, Stella's violent alternative personality, Bloody Alice, begins to resurface in Stella's clashes with the other children.

As the series progresses, Stella learns that her adopted family are actually bandersnatches, creatures that feed on human souls, and that they require the tea at the monthly tea parties to survive. Her adopted mother, Olga, was the sole survivor of one of the Kuonji family's rituals of bloodshed among its children. As a result of winning, Olga was allowed to bring back her partner. Furthermore, Stella begins to suspect that the accident that killed her parents was a plot by the Kuonji family. Although Stella and her beloved elder brother Zeno wish to end the family tradition of ritualistic bloodshed, Olga denies that possibility.

Release

Written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki, Alice in Murderland started it serialization in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Aria on 28 January 2014.^[3][4][5] After Aria ceased publication on 28 April 2018,^[6] the series was transferred to Shonen Magazine Edge, starting publication on 17 July of the same year.^[7] The series finished on 15 September 2018.^[8] Kodansha collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from 6 June 2014 to 5 October 2018.^[9][10]

Yen Press licensed the series for release in North America.^[11][12]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	6 June 2014[9]	978-4-06-380702-8	23 June 2015[13]	9780316342124
2	7 November 2014[14]	978-4-06-380725-7	27 October 2015[15]	9780316348942
3	7 May 2015[16]	978-4-06-380765-3	26 January 2016[17]	9780316268936
4	7 October 2015[18]	978-4-06-380807-0	5 July 2016[19]	9780316272377
5	7 March 2016[20]	978-4-06-380838-4	31 January 2017[21]	9780316502795
6	5 August 2016[22]	978-4-06-380867-4	18 April 2017[23]	9780316469319
7	6 January 2017[24]	978-4-06-380898-8	9 September 2017[25]	9780316562638
8	7 July 2017[26]	978-4-06-380929-9	20 February 2018[27]	9780316415972
9	7 November 2017[28]	978-4-06-510469-9	27 November 2018[29]	9781975327972
10	7 June 2018[30]	978-4-06-511736-1	26 March 2019[31]	9781975329624
11	5 October 2018[10]	978-4-06-511736-1	2 July 2019[32]	9781975357535

Reception

Reviewing the first volume for Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave it a grade of B. She commented that the series "doesn't always work, but it has enough potential to that given another volume or two, I feel like it will really take off." She praised the art, and wrote that Stella's mother "is definitely a leading contender for 'sickest parent in manga.'", saying that the scenes with the parents were "a combination of enraging and chilling, making them easily the most effective part of the volume."^[2]

References

1. 超ポップで過激なデスゲーム『架刑のアリス』全11巻完結記念!!プレゼントキャンペーン実施中!!. Oricon (in Japanese). 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
2. Silverman, Rebecca (13 September 2015). "Alice in Murderland GN 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
3. "Angel Sanctuary's Yuki to Launch Kakei no Alice Manga Next Month". Anime News Network. 28 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
4. Green, Scott (30 January 2014). ""Angel Sanctuary" Author Launches New Death Game Manga". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
5. Loveridge, Lynzee (28 December 2013). "Angel Sanctuary's Yuki to Launch Kakei no Alice Manga Next Month". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
6. Loo, Egan (27 March 2018). "Kodansha to End Aria Manga Magazine on April 28". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
7. Ressler, Karen (27 April 2018). "Aria Magazine Manga Series' Fates Revealed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
8. Ressler, Karen (17 August 2018). "Alice in Murderland Manga Ends Serialization Next Month". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
9. 架刑のアリス（１） [Alice in Murderland (1)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
10. 架刑のアリス（１１） [Alice in Murderland (11)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
11. "Yen Press Licenses A Certain Magical Index, Trinity Seven, Chaika - The Coffin Princess, Prison School Manga". Anime News Network. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
12. Green, Scott (10 October 2014). "Yen Press Licenses "Chaika," "Trinity Seven," "Prison School" Manga Licenses". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
13. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 1". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
14. 架刑のアリス（２） [Alice in Murderland (2)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
15. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 2". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
16. 架刑のアリス（３） [Alice in Murderland (3)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
17. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 3". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
18. 架刑のアリス（４） [Alice in Murderland (4)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
19. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 4". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
20. 架刑のアリス（５） [Alice in Murderland (5)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
21. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 5". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
22. 架刑のアリス（６） [Alice in Murderland (6)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
23. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 6". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
24. 架刑のアリス（７） [Alice in Murderland (7)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
25. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 7". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
26. 架刑のアリス（８） [Alice in Murderland (8)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
27. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 8". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
28. 架刑のアリス（９） [Alice in Murderland (9)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
29. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 9". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
30. 架刑のアリス（１０） [Alice in Murderland (10)] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
31. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 10". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
32. "Alice in Murderland, Vol. 11". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

External links

• Alice in Murderland at Aria (in Japanese)
• Alice in Murderland at Hachette Book Group (parent of Yen Press)
• Alice in Murderland at Anime News Network's encyclopedia