Alice in Borderland

[MangaDex]

 

[Ominous]

Easily a good read to invest your time into. The manga manages to have something interesting about it going on along with a large cast of characters to show it.

 

[arczyx]

Thanks a lot for the person before me! Your comment made me read this manga and I gotta say it's definitely very much worth my time!

 

[Cherry_PuNK]

I thoroughly enjoyed this and will gladly recommend it to anyone into philosophical situations, existentialism, as well as in a general manner, anything psychological. The romance is a nice touch and genuinely contributes to the story without feeling like it was cheesy.

If you've watched or know what Death Parade is, read Lewis Carroll's works (Alice in Wonderland, particularly), read Nietzsche, Camus, Kafka, etc etc, as well as having liked it, this is definitely a must-read. Oh, and I found this through the related "Alice on Border Road" franchise, which hopefully is just as good as this series.

The storytelling by Asou Haro is definitely the best I've seen in a long time and the structure of the manga ensures you're kept on the edge of your seat and not bored. My only complaint, if any, is in all honesty, meek in comparison to how good this manga is and I ended up being satisfied by it anyway - the ending. Definitely needed one last panel of a certain character/two certain characters together though

 

[Dysisa]

Appears there's yet another spinoff of some sort, very little info on it though. Hopefully someone picks it up eventually.
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=105720

 

[Operatix]

One of the best mangas I've read. Wonderful characters, frustrating and nerve wracking situations and outcomes. So much to say about it... but better read it yourself.
Maybe watch the OVA's first, they just scratch a bit of the beginning.
This is definitely a read worth. This needs more credit as it got *sad face*

 

[Santracity]

This manga has one of the most satisfying manga endings I've ever read. Totally worth your time! Really hope to see more from this artist/writer.

 

[depzdai]

The manga was excellent that it actually knew how put an end in such a despairing situation as this. Except some bad points like the protag's screencaps were not nearly enough and his attended games were mostly psychological that his ability was not used much, this Touma version could pull through the games satisfactorily and his mental struggles were real. Thus, I hope he would have a great life with his little endgame reward. Generally, surprisingly great ride. Big props to the author.
Btw, girls in there were true hotties but all fragile. Fuck it.

 

[Cherry_PuNK]

depzdai what do you mean by fragile? Did you completely forget Heiya Akane?

 

[Eviltwin]

It was a surprisingly good manga, neither too long nor too short. Although there is one maincharacter, but the sidecharacters all get their part of backstories.

The beginning of the manga with forced participation in deathgames does feel similar to works like "Gantz" and the ending after discovering the truth resembles "After school nightmare".

 

[onidlux]

im still waiting for a spin off.... i want to see the king of heartss

 

[AlexT]

It's a really good story I can't stop reading but there is something that I can't keep my mind off

Spoiler

they said that it has been a while since the no1 change hand at the beach, but the story after shows it never did changed hand as he was the one that created the Beach. And there seems to hand a lot of sign off on the letter despite not changing hands And the ritual of the letter sign-off also doesn't make sense, since if it has never changed hand, why do that guy knows so much about the ritual

 

[thecakeisnotapie]

Great read. Interesting environment, the games are pretty unique and fun with the rules and stuff. Characters are really cool with the main character getting his share of time as well as the side characters also getting their part of the action.

 

[Zacchino]

Easily one of the better survival manga to come out in recent years

 

[freelance]

@AlexT

Spoiler

No1 lied, they needed to build an illusion that there is at least a previous No1 who successfully exited the game after collecting the cards, the ritual is part of the lie

 

[JustNatsuki]

Now that I've read it for a 50,000th time, I wish Asou did hentai. I'd love to see me some wholesome Usagi instead of the only mildly sexual scenes being

Spoiler

attempted rape and two people making O-faces in the dark.

 

[Pooky2011]

An Isekai thats not a harem or in a dungeons and dragons universe? I have to check it out

 

[teddylopez]

Criminally underrated

 

[Killjoynik]

I began this series expecting it to be mediocre at best, and through a good amount of chapters I believed it to be. But after finishing it, this has become one of my top 3 manga of all time, and I've read a lot of great manga throughout the years.
Oh, and I second teddylopez's statement.

 

[jackflash]

Dang. He is still only a beginner?