Heart no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Wonder World~ (Alice in the Land of Hearts) is a girly but bloody Otome Game re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with bishounen characters and added romance. There are three games and a manga of the first game, which is published in English by Tokyopop.Alice is practical and strong, yet cynical. Alice is kidnapped by a mysterious Bishōnen man with bunny ears into a place called the Country of Hearts. Stuck there due to a trick by the mysterious bunny-eared man, she meets the residents of this world. In the world, everyone starts taking to a liking to her at some point due to her being a foreigner.A movie adaptation is due out in July 2011.
Heart no Kuni no Alice has examples of:
Afraid of Needles: Nightmare. He's so sickly, at one point he coughs up blood because he's happy, but refuses to go to the hospital because of his fear.
Alice in Wonderland: The series is based off of the book, but with violence and psychos tossed in.
And don't even go close to Alice when Peter is around...
Beware the Nice Ones: Ace is easily one of the nicest people in Wonderland when you first see him (manga-wise at least) what with his cheery disposition and willingness to help Alice (even if he does end up getting them lost). The next time he appears, he's wearing a tattered cloak that has bloodstains all over it, and a mask that makes him look like a serial killer. As it turns out, he's one of the most unstable people in Wonderland, and would kill Alice if it wasn't for her heartbeat.
Bishōnen: Nearly all of the Roleholders in the game. Which might explain why the games are Otome Games. This in turn leads to:
Butt Monkey: Most of the bullying Pierce goes through tends to be Played for Laughs. This includes being chased around and getting picked on by Boris, who wants to eat him, and the twins.
Cat Boy: One look at Boris' appearance and you can tell that he's obviously this.
Cool Big Sis: Alice sees Vivaldi as this. Vivaldi's also a literal cool big sis for Blood.
Cuteness Proximity: In the manga, once Peter discovers that Alice loves cute things, he turns into his rabbit form more often. With predictable results. Lampshaded by Alice herself, who notes that it's the same old annoying Peter, but he's just so gosh darn cute as a bunny...
Death Is Cheap: Everyone in Wonderland has a clock instead of the heart in their chests which allows them to be replaced. Which is why the world is so violent most of the time.
Down the Rabbit Hole: It's more of the white rabbit kidnapping Alice and throwing her down the rabbit hole.
The Faceless: Anyone who isn't a Roleholder doesn't get a face.
Fantastic Racism: In Wonderland, mice face discrimination from most of the other residents. Pierce Villiers, a mouse and a Roleholder, is no exception to this. Hence, he tends to be disliked by most of of the cast, and even goes through abuse by the hands of some of the characters.
Forceful Kiss: Peter forces her to take a potion that way that makes her stuck in in Wonderland. Though, it's revealed in Bad End 2 of Heart no Kuni that Alice could have gone back home anytime she wished.
Jerkass: Considering that, in the manga, Blood has attempted to strangle Alice, eventually started acting like a whiny brat, and then pointed his gun at her for no reason, how can he NOT be considered this?
Non-Standard Game Over: If you don't visit Vivaldi/the Twins at least once when you stay at the Castle/the Hatter's, Alice will be murdered.
Official Couple: This is a dating sim so all routes are canon but Blood/Alice is presented as the true end in the anime/manga while Julius/Alice is the most plot critical.
Petting Zoo People: Let's see. One white rabbit, one march hare (who insists he's not), a cheshire cat, and a dormouse. All with very cute ears and tails.
Stalker with a Crush: Peter White sure has a thing for Alice. To the point that he'd shoot someone if they ever dare look at her.
Telepathy: Nightmare can do this to almost everybody.
Trapped in Another World: Alice gets kidnapped and thrown into Wonderland. Subverted though since it's revealed in Bad End 2 of the first game that Alice could've left Wonderland anytime she wanted to.
Trickster Twins: Dee and Dum, of course. Their tricks, however, tend to be deadly or... suggestive.
Tsundere: Alice in the manga is a Type B for Blood.
Twin Switch: Dee and Dum enjoy messing with people by pretending to be each other.
Heart no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Wonder World~ (Alice in the Land of Hearts) is a girly but bloody Otome Game re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with bishounen characters and added romance. There are three games and a manga of the first game, which is published in English by Tokyopop.Alice is practical and strong, yet cynical. Alice is kidnapped by a mysterious Bishōnen man with bunny ears into a place called the Country of Hearts. Stuck there due to a trick by the mysterious bunny-eared man, she meets the residents of this world. In the world, everyone starts taking to a liking to her at some point due to her being a foreigner.A movie adaptation is due out in July 2011.
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