So, i gave into the buzz and bought it. After a quick leaf through in the store, i was certain i wasn’t going to like it. But, amazingly, i did. Will, it fill the void that Fruits Basket will leave in my soul? I don’t think so.
But, here’s the premise, as best i can describe it.
Mikan has a Friend named Tomoyo. She loves this friend. But Tomoyo is leaving to go to a new school for super smart kids. Severly destraught over Tomoyo’s absence, Mikan heads out to Alice Academy.
At Alice Academy, they teach and train people known as Alices. And Alices have special powers, and they work for the government. It’s a lot like a girl version of X-men. I picked up on that right away.
So, she runs into a teacher of the school, who upon meeting her decides that she is an Alice. But she’s not sure and she doesn’t even know what her ability is. The other kids in class pick up on this and decide that unless she is discover her Alice skill they will boot her from the school.
And that’s the jist of the first volume. Is she? or isn’t she?
I’m really lookng forward to the seond volume. It’s very funny and I’m very interested in seeing how her relationship with a certain tempermental high powered Alice boy turns out.
I think that there’s still a good chance for this manga to get old quickly but, hope springs eternal.
