Heart No Kuni No Alice - My Fanatic Rabbit

Alice In The Country Of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit #1

by QuinRose

Alice has been allowed to stay at the Hatter's Mansion. As Alice questions his ways there, Elliot breaks out into laughter which causes Blood to injure him badly. Alice frantic by what happened becomes angry and Blood walks off saying he's bored. Elliot confesses this is the first time anyone has cared much about him, which surprises Alice. Elliot then tells Alice something that leaves her shocked.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Comics, Young Adult, Comics Manga

190 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2010

About the author

Quinrose is a games company which is also responsible for the manga based on their games.

Reviews

[Bibliothecat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review for complete series

This spin off focuses on the March Hare Elliot who is one of my favourite characters from the main series. It's therefore all the more disappointing that this one wasn't particularly great. It's definitely not a bad spin off, but it doesn't have all that much going for it either. Most of the cast felt out of character, including Elliot himself which made this series feel a little pointless. The relationship between him and Alice never felt very well developed and thus it felt difficult to relate to why she would choose him. The art also wasn't bad but not as good as most of the other spin offs, and definitely nowhere as good as the main series.

Nevertheless, I like Elliot and it's a decent two volume series. Some of the spin offs are absolutely awful and this is not one of them, so you can definitely pick up it up if you want one about Elliot, just don't expect too much out of it. It's solid, just nothing sensational.

[Laura A. Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure what to say about this volume truthfully. I don't *think* it's me being sick with that one virus that shall not be named (and being out of it as a result), but I didn't fully love this first volume. I LOVE Elliot and feel he's a grumpy little cinnamon roll, but felt he was a little different this volume, and not sure if it's because of the art style or his personality.

However, it *has* been super cute seeing Alice and Elliot have feelings for one another, even if sometimes I felt Alice *only* had feelings for Elliot because of his ears. LOL! Elliot for the most part *does* continue to be a grumpy little cinnamon roll and totally here for it because he's one of my favorites.

Overall, it was pretty cute, and definitely want to read the second volume!

[Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)* · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not really sure what to say about this one, I bought it on a whim solely because it's characters are based on Alice in Wonderland .

It's cute, that's about all I've got to say lol. Cute, brainless entertainment - it's refreshing. Like mint ice cream between courses: forgettable but tasty.

[E.S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somehow Alice was different this one. ..like, more aggressive or something. Not a fan of the artwork in this one. Everyone seemed too tall and narrow. I am honestly tired of hearing Alice's thoughts because she says the most obvious shit. Also, when the hell has she ever been sarcastic? Why is she comparing herself to Blood? Why do we still know nothing about the guy she was in love with in her world?

I like Elliot a lot but Dee and Dum are so intolerable for me.

I just wish Alice wouldn't be such a close-minded prude. She strings all these guys along and then pushes them away at every opportunity with a "how dare you!" attitude.

Also..."why do I keep thinking about Elliot?" I don't know, Alice, probably because you like him.

Also what is her rapey obsession with rabbit ears? Damn.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

First to preface: I am rating based on content of this one volume and not on the franchise itself because I bought a spinoff and not the original manga and because of that I was basically thrust into a story i did not necessarily know much about and did not learn much about. Also though i enjoyed the art style of this manga the characters were pretty goofy and some of them seemed to have no point to the plot. Overall, this makes me intrigued by the original manga and would love to read that someday. So because of these points, i am going to rate this a 3 out of 5 stars. Please do not make the same mistake i did and start with this start with the original manga.

[Maria Alexandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh boy! This story went by in such a blink and I feel lost and confused. There are so many things that they haven’t addressed by the end of the book and I hope that they can in the second one. Instead of learning about each other the Wonderlanders and Alice just think to themselves “I don’t understand” and go about their day. This was also much more shojo, reverse harem than I was expecting. It had fun character designs, but I feel as though reading the other books first and not starting with this one would have helped me enjoy it more.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

9-7-2022: reread. Elliot is one of my favourites in the kuni no alice series (after Boris, Gray and Dee and Dum). But this didn't totally work for me. On the one hand, this first volume doesn't focus that much on the romance.
My biggest issue with this series is that Alice doesn't really feel like the Alice we know. She seems so different from all the other series, and it's a bit jarring.
The art style is also different, and I'm not the biggest fan, unfortunately.
And this series has some rapey vibes, especially Alice molesting Elliot ears made me uncomfortable.
Obviously, like in all Kuni no Alice series, I love the world, and I love the characters. This series actually manages to focus on quite a few of them, as well as give us some backstory on Elliot which is great.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A new adventure with QuinRose in her twisted Wonderland, featuring the Hatter Mafia's second in command, Elliot March. This book brings fourth uncertain feelings between Alice and Elliot, shows glimpse of the Hatter family's work and leaves us wondering how Alice will make it out of Heart Castle alive. Between Peter holding her captive and Vivaldi's merciless character, we're left to wonder until we pick up volume two.

[Sierra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had the Alice in Hearts series forever, went and got Clover (got so lost), found Cheshire Walts (same confusion). So after hunting down information book order (not easy) I finally found My Fanatic Rabbit! And I'm so happy it actually makes sense and explains quite a bit about the series.
The book is really good, explaining the roles of the Hatter Mafia and the significance of role above a person's life. They don't tell you why yet, but it how all these characters (except Alice) thinks.

[Francine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elliot is my favourite, so I was interested in seeing more of him, but so far this spinoff/alternate route hasn't grabbed me.

I don't like Alice's personality in this one, she's much more damsely and I don't like her obsession with rabbit ears. Blood also doesn't seem like himself, compared to the main manga series. Plus, this volume contains a lot of Peter and I don't like him at all lmao, he's creepy.

[Amanda B.V. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't really have much to say about this book. I like Elliot as a character from the original so seeing his own story with Alice is really cute. It's not as problamatic as the Chesire cat's story so, so far I like it a lot more.
There's only one more for Elliot's story so I'm excited for the ending!

[Danica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was exactly what I was looking for right now. Was this the best ever? No. Does it actually deserve 5🌟? Probably not. Do I regret giving it 5🌟? Absolutely not! Cute twist on Alice In Wonderland, my Achilles Tendon. Sometimes it feels a bit repetitive, Alice in particular. I still really liked it and am looking forward to reading the next book.

[NaomiEllen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly really enjoyed this. I didn’t like how you got no back story on how Alice ended up in the country of hearts, it just jumps in at a random point. There are many points where I was confused but I still found it enjoyable.

[David Doel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story seems to start in the middle. If you aren't familiar with Lewis Carroll's classic, you may be out of luck. If you do know the story, this will be easy to follow. I'm seeing it as a harem story with men as the harem members. The art is quite good. I only have this volume.

[Lizzie Lou · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is me dipping my toe into the graphic novel/manga world. After I got used to the right to left reading, I enjoyed it

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not generally a fan of manga, but this story was just really...weird. I'll just leave it at that.

[Lynsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute Manga with few surprises. I’ll probably keep reading this series, though!

[LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alice decides to stay at the Hatter mansion, even going so far as to get a job there. She slowly becomes closer to Elliot, until the day she witnesses him doing his job (killing people for Blood). That awakens doubts in her, which deepen when Elliot tells her he'll kill her sister for hurting her and making her unhappy. Alice leaves and ends up traveling with Ace to Heart Castle. He gets lost, so she joins up with Peter when he shows up, but Peter ends up locking her up to keep her from leaving. The volume ends with Elliot heading to the castle, and Vivaldi about to order Alice beheaded.

I'm really not a fan of the Alice and Elliot pairing. It's either too goofy and focused on Alice's love of Elliot's ears (it often feels like she enjoys tugging Elliot's ears more than she likes him as a person) or too focused in Elliot's violent nature. In this case it's more of the latter. Elliot announcing that he'd kill Alice's sister for making her unhappy was horrifying, and a good reminder that the people in Wonderland have a very different and far more violent way of approaching the world than Alice is used to (that said, there are non-killers in Wonderland - it's one of the reasons why I like the Julius and Alice pairing so much).

This volume also had a bit of the ear-tugging stuff that I hate. Alice tugged Elliot's ears until it hurt him, and readers were supposed to think this was cute. I do not. He makes it pretty clear that he doesn't like it, and yet she doesn't stop. Volumes that pair off Elliot and Alice really do tend to highlight the worst in both of the characters.

There's a bit in this volume where Nightmare tells Alice "Anyone who meets you will take an interest in you and eventually fall in love with you." I think this is probably supposed to be good and comforting - Alice has gone from a place where the people she loves keep inadvertently hurting her to one where they are guaranteed to love her - but instead it strikes me as being both horrifying and depressing. It probably doesn't help that I played Doki Doki Literature Club! not long before reading this. It really highlights just how awful the "someone is guaranteed to love you" aspect of romance visual novels would be if the characters were actually aware of what was going on.

The artwork was at least relatively nice, although the use of screentone was a bit odd.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful twist on the original 'Alice in the Country of Hearts' series. Instead of Blood Dupre being the main love interest, Elliot March is the beau Alice has fallen for. Elliot is adorable and sweet but also vicious and deadly. Falling for a double sided man is at best confusing, at worst, painful.

Volume one ends on a cliffhanger with Alice in danger, leaving the reader wanting the next volume.

Note: The Alice in the Country of Hearts series is based on an Otome dating game. The resulting manga (by the same title) has spawned many different spinoffs. This is one of those stories.

This spinoff has 2 volumes.

[Deborah Takahashi · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this spinoff of Alice in the Country of Hearts, Alice makes her way from Julius and the Clock Tower to the Hatter Mansion. After meeting Blood Dupre, Alice has decided that the man who resembles the man she loved is not the same person. Granted, everything in this world is different, she falls for Hatter's second in command: Elliot March. Elliot March is kind, gentle, and very cute (especially his rabbit ears), and Alice adores him in every way. However, when she realized that Elliot is Blood's top assassin, she is torn between the man she adores and the assassin who makes a living taking lives. However, in this world, taking lives isn't horrific; in fact, everyone who dies is reborn through the talents of Julius, the clockmaster. What makes Alice special is that she is a being that has a heart that beats and not a clock. In other words, if Alice is killed, she will not be reborn, nor will she be able to return to her world. When Alice decides to make Hatter Mansion her home, her stalker/kidnapper, Peter White, demands that she makes Heart Palace her home and that puts Alic in extreme danger since Queen Vivaldi makes a habit of beheading a habit. In this crazy world where night and day com at all times, Alice must survive the inhabitants who proclaim undying love for her and then put her in danger at moments notice. In this story, it's Elliot March who confesses his deepest feelings and Alice must choose between her conscience and her heart.

When I first read the first series, Alice in the Country of Hearts, I was happy that it ended the way that it dis. However, when learned that there spin offs where all of the leading men get to have their moment with Alice, I was even more excited. What readers need to realize that the reason why Alice has a love story with every character is that this world is based on Alice's need, and want, to be loved by everyone. According to Alice, she is unlovable and idolizes, and resents, her older sister who happens to be everything she is not. In many ways, Alice realizes all of her good qualities as she spends time with the citizens of this world and, ultimately, it is their love and devotion that keep her in the Country of Hearts. I will say that I am a wee bit jealous to have such gorgeous men fawn over her, but, it's really to sad to see how lonely they really are. I am definitely looking forward to the next spin-offs since they will reveal more answers as to why Alice created this world and see all the characters evolve.

[Emilie · Rating 2 out of 5]

No. No no no no. I am not being fair but no.

I read the first volume of Alice in the country of heart about a year ago and was slightly fascinated, mind you I had stopped reading manga ages ago, I just read it because I love Alice in Wonderland. When I bought that mega volume I also bought this one because they both were part one and I did not understand why. At all.

After doing some research, I have concluded that I still don't understand a sh*t. Is this a companion? Something else? Something that happened in-between the first book that did not make it in the cut? Why is this one necessary?

I recently read the second volume and decided to give up on this series because it gave me nothing. I realized I had this one unread in my shelf and figured I would read it and then donate it with the other two. I still have no idea what the point was of this novel that I did not get from the other two. I also realized, while researching the point of it, that there are like a billion side series to this main one. Alice in the country of Joker, Alice in the country of clover, Alice in the country of toothbrush, Alice in the country of fingernails....

She really likes stating the obvious. If one of the characters is acting very desperate, Alice have to think "he is so desperate" in case the reader did not get it. Which we did. All the time.

I also have a hard time for her way of thinking. I agree with her, human lives are important and I do not think it is fun that they kill everyone off in Wonderland like it doesn't matter (which it doesn't in wonderland). Alice cannot accept that. I wouldn't either but they are not lives in the same way as we are here. They have some clock thing and reincarnation and I don't know, I stopped paying attention.

Anyway, she thought "when will Blood and Elliot see my point of view" I could not help but think "I don't know Alice, when on earth will you see theirs?!"

Well... I am done with this series. If you are into the manga style, which I am not anymore, it might be a series for you, but I cannot really stand it anymore personally.

[Emily Winfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

my honest opinion all the love storys that have to deal with him are the best cause hes the cutest

[Tifa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is basically a "what-if" Alice had met and stayed with the Hatter Mafia instead of at the clock tower with Julius when she arrived in Wonderland. It plays much like an extended version of scenes we’ve already seen between Alice and the mafia members, but there should be more new content next volume since this one ends on a mini cliffhanger. I just finished re-reading the first five volumes of Alice in the Country of Hearts, so the change in art in this manga seemed radical. The new artist also loves to overlay characters with strong horizontal lines which is distracting to me. Another big difference is how Yen and TokyoPop handle text. Yen changes fonts in speech, sometimes as much as three times on one page for the same character, which seems unnecessary. In this volume, Yen also has a weird way of translating sound effects. First it writes the romanization of the characters then translates into English in parentheses. TokyoPop just translated the sound effects directly which resulted in a lot less distracting text. For all the differences, I'm really happy that Yen picked up this series to continue!

[Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another spin-off from QuinRose's Alice in the Country of Hearts/Clover/Joker series. While it can be read as a stand alone, I would recommend reading the original series of Alice in the Country of Hearts first since that gives readers a much more in-depth look at the world and series.

My Fanatic Rabbit takes the original Hearts story on a different path, leading to a different pairing (that of Alice and Elliot, the March Hare). My interest in this particular series came from my interest in Elliot in the first series, and this volume does a pretty good job of giving us more insight into the March Hare. We see much of his sweeter, almost too innocent, young love side, which is quite endearing and it's easy to see Alice's attraction to him. The story's set up is pretty basic and rather uninspired, considering what could have been done with the story and characters, but overall it was a quick, enjoyable read that left me eager to read the final volume.

The book leaves off on a cliffhanger, so readers should invest in the second volume along with the first, unless they don't mind waiting.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Alice in the Country of... series are adaptions based on the otome (maiden) games of the same name. Each installment places the lead character Alice amongst a reverse-harem where her decisions change so that she becomes romantically involved with a different character for that story. Loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, the original six volume set, Alice in the Country of Hearts, explains her arrival and introduces us to the entire cast. Both the hare and the rabbit take centre stage in My Fanatic Rabbit. Elliot best exemplifies the topsy-turvy Wonderland for on the one hand he is earnest and friendly, but when on the job he is a killer. This is difficult for Alice to accept. Even harder for her to accept is the fanatical love of Peter. This Alice swoons over everything. She gets starry-eyed about Elliot's "rabbit" qualities, and then flushes when he protects her. Unfortunately, the art is a bit sloppy, especially when compared to others in the series. Every title from the Alice series has the same quality writing. A reader's enjoyment of any one volume depends entirely on their own character preferences.

[James McIntosh Jr. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book jumps right into the middle of the story and then chugs on from there. Although it explains things, understanding the story and characters is difficult. It is all so odd in an obnoxious kind of way, and perhaps even boring. Still, interesting idea.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit takes place shortly after Alice first arrives to the Country of Hearts. She doesn't understand how the world works and still believes that she's just dreaming. Unlike later stories that explore Alice's relationships with other characters in greater depth, this romantic pairing occurs before Alice has really gotten to know anyone. And perhaps because of that, the romance feels forced and rushed. I like Elliot March, but he's too different in this "what if" scenario for me to truly enjoy his character.

Other drawbacks include the art style. This is yet another artist drawing for the manga adaption of this visual novel story, and probably my least favorite.

[Natsu Dragneel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like Dee and Dum to be honest even though they love to kill and don't think of Alice as a friend, but a sister for some reason but I won't judge. So if I get this straight! Heart no kuni no Alice comes in different series? Clover no kuni no Alice, Heart no kuni no Alice, Joker no kuni no Alice, and Clock no kuni no Alice? And they involve all of the characters? Vivaldi, Blood, Elliot, Peter, Boris, Dee, Dum, Gray, Nightmare, and Pierce? I like Boris and Pierce's relationship though! Cat chasing after a mouse reminds me of Tom and Jerry only involving guns! XD

Anyway... I would recommend this book to a few friends on FaceBook, only their names can't be said on other websites. It's private information.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the Wonderland theme; it has the same concept of Alice in Wonderland, but has its own little twist. What really caught my eye was the cover. All the food made it so colorful and appetizing...

What I didn't like was the way some of the characters were drawn. Most of the time they looked fine, but, for example, one time Alice's head looked way too small for her body. The plot seemed to be going a little fast too. I wonder what's in store for the rest of the mangas because the Queen is already going to chop off her head.

[Angelina Justice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strange, disturbing, intriguing and seemingly insipid. Yet once you begin to read them you must wonder if they aren't in fact deeply rooted in archetypes and/or existential metaphor. This is a world where things make no sense. A world where everyone likes or loves Alice. A world that seems to hyercontextualize the bad elements of humanity and its hierarchal structures.

I like this series as a RA choice, because it has elements of both the romance and stupid humor that are usually separated into "guy" and "girl" categories.