History Manga / AliceAndZoroku

* ArtStyleDissonance: This manga is drawn in simlistic and plushy style but its theme is somewhat dark, dealing with reality-warping, child abuse and potential existential threat.

* ArtStyleDisonance: This manga is drawn in simlistic and plushy style but its theme is somewhat dark, dealing with reality-warping, child abuse and potential existential threat.

''Alice & Zoroku'' (''Alice to Zouroku'') is a manga by Tetsuya Imai, which began serialization in ''Monthly Comic Ryu'' in 2012. It was adapted into an anime for the {{Spring 2017|Anime}} season, that features a mix of SliceOfLife and UrbanFantasy as Sana alternately adjusts to life in the outside world and is protected from those who would see her power exploited. The anime is licensed by [[Creator/BandaiEntertainment Bandai Visual]] and available subtitled on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/alice-zoroku Crunchyroll]] and dubbed on [[https://www.funimation.com/shows/alice-zoroku/ FUNimation]], while Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment released the manga in English starting July 2017.

''Alice & Zoroku'' (''Alice to Zouroku'') is a manga by Tetsuya Imai, adapted into an anime for the {{Spring 2017|Anime}} season, that features a mix of SliceOfLife and UrbanFantasy as Sana alternately adjusts to life in the outside world and is protected from those who would see her power exploited. The anime is licensed by [[Creator/BandaiEntertainment Bandai Visual]] and available subtitled on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/alice-zoroku Crunchyroll]] and dubbed on [[https://www.funimation.com/shows/alice-zoroku/ FUNimation]], while Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment released the manga in English starting July 2017.

* SignificantNameOverlap: Sana's name is very similar to Zoroku's granddaughter's, Sanae. The latter lampshades this when they meet for the first time, and the two quickly bonds.

* RapunzelHair: Sana's hair is long enough to touch the ground and cause her to trip if she is not careful. She gets it cut into a pixie bob after Zoroku tells her that it's too long.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Once he sees that Sana truly does have mysterious powers, he never doubts her word on the matter and takes steps to get the aid of a government man he knows to help deal with the situation. In day to day life, Zoroku is strict with Sana but rarely unfair. Episode six has him constantly scolding her for using her powers for every little thing. However, as he takes the time to explain later, he understands Sana's powers are part of her and he's actually fine with her using them, but wants her to use them wisely and not become reliant on them. Generally speaking, when he's scolding any of the children, he makes a point of making sure they have a clear understanding of ''why'' something they did was wrong.

* BadassGrandpa:
** Zoroku, a simple florist by trade, is able to keep his cool when faced with three reality warping little girls and, when the chance presents itself, give them a major scolding for all the collateral damage they caused and forces them to turn themselves in to the police.
** When face to face with Minnie C, the fact that she has him at her mercy does nothing to stop him from lecturing her about kidnapping Sana and questioning her humanity even as Minnie C dismisses Sana's.

* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Somewhere in the first half of the show, Sana meets an adult version of herself and the viewer is made to understand that she grew up and started working as a florist, just as her "grandfather". Thus, the happy end of the work becomes completely obvious.]]

** A point Zoroku makes explicitly clear for Sana or any other Dreams of Alice girls he sees recklessly use their power, taking time to lecture them thoroughly in the process.

* RapunzelHair: Sana has hair that are long enough to touch the ground, which can trip her over if she is not careful. [[spoiler:She gets it cut into a bob head after Zoroku tells her that its too long.]]

''Alice & Zoroku'' (''Alice to Zouroku'') is a manga by Tetsuya Imai, adapted into an anime for the {{Spring 2017|Anime}} season, that features a mix of SliceOfLife and UrbanFantasy as Sana alternately adjusts to life in the outside world and is protected from those who would see her power exploited. The anime is licensed by [[Creator/BandaiEntertainment Bandai Visual]] and available subtitled on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/alice-zoroku Crunchyroll]] and dubbed on [[https://www.funimation.com/shows/alice-zoroku/ FUNimation]], while Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment will release the manga in English starting July 2017.

''Alice & Zoroku'' (''Alice to Zouroku'') is a manga by Tetsuya Imai, adapted into an anime for the {{Spring 2017|Anime}} season, that features a mix of SliceOfLife and UrbanFantasy as Sana alternately adjusts to life in the outside world and is protected from those who would see her power exploited. The anime is licensed by [[Creator/BandaiEntertainment Bandai Visual]] and available on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/alice-zoroku Crunchyroll]], while Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment will release the manga in English starting July 2017.

* ImportantHaircut: Sana gets her hair cut rather short later on in the series.

* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Somewhere in the first half of the show, Sana meets an adult version of herself and the viewer is made to understand that she grew up and started working as a florist, as well as her "grandfather". Thus, the happy end of the work becomes completely obvious.]]

* DistantFinale: In the last episode of the adaptation, it shows Sana eventually as a teenager. [[spoiler:Shes visiting a grave, and Zoroku is nowhere to be found, so we can assume he died somewhere along that transition.]]

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: To Alice In Wonderland.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The page image is the same picture Crunchyroll uses to promote the series. At first glance it looks very much like a SliceOfLife series. The anime's ''very first scene'' is Sana escaping the research facility on a stormy night and features a battle between Minnie C and Ichijo. There is a Slice of Life element to the series, but only after Sana finds Zoroku and he brings her home with him.

* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: "Dreams of Alice" -people empowered by Wonderland.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Sana was [[spoiler:created to help Wonderland understand the meaning of being human.]] She succeeds.

* WouldHarmAChild: Minnie C makes it clear to Sana that she will ''kill'' her if she doesn't submit. Fortunately, she gets rescued.
** the Institute was pretty callous given that most of their test subjects were ''children.''

* NoSocialSkills: Sana, being a bit out of touch with the rest of the world due to isolation and very limited social interaction in the research facility, has some problems inerracting with other people. She slowly gets better though, with Zoroku and Sanae helping her.

* PersonalityPowers: Zig-Zagged. Minnie C's powers manifest as the arms of her late husband, who she desperately desires to see once again and which she talks to as they were him. Ichijo, however, developed her power while she was asleep and it took the form of an anime that just happened to be on television at the time. As a result, Ichijo thinks that Dreams of Alice aren't actually intended to make one's dreams come true.

* AbusiveParents: The Hinagiri twins were abused by their father when they were younger. This eventually reached the point that [[spoiler:Yonaga killed their father with her bow in self-defense]].