Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit, Vol. 2

Alice In The Country Of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit #2

by QuinRose (Creator), Delico Psyche (Illustrator), Owl Shinotsuki (Scenario)

In a dangerous country where every resident brandishes a weapon, Alice has been invited to stay at Hatter Mansion, home of Mafia boss Blood Dupre and his right-hand man, Elliot March. The more time Alice spends at the mansion, the more attached Elliot becomes to Alice. But will his affections prove dangerous for Alice's other Wonderland friends...or for Alice herself?! In volume 2 of this all-new Wonderland manga, the March Hare has finally arrived!!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Comics, Retellings, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 2011

About the author

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

Reviews

[Laura A. Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this A LOT more than the first volume!

Lots of explosive scenes (and do confess that I was surprised by how bloodier this one was compared to the main series) and lots of dramatics, but enjoyed it nonetheless! Really enjoyed the happy ending even if there was a moment that I was SUPER disappointed by Elliot's actions (though thankfully he noticed how horrible his actions were in a certain moment as well).

Not sure if I would recommend it or not, but I guess if you ARE a fan of wanting to see Alice with Elliot and some really good action, this is a mini-series I would check out! The last page definitely made it satisfying!

[E.S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, I mean. I knew it was only going to be 2 volumes but...

Jesus. Here we go again.

1. Alice is confused as to why Elliot seemed salty when HE FUCKING TOLD HER THAT HE LOVED HER AND SHE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HIM AS WELL AND THEN SHE WAS IN THE WOODS HOLDING HANDS WITH THE CLOCKMAKER. I don't understand how one person can be so dumb. HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT NOTHING WAS GOING ON. How does she put herself into these situations!?

2. Once again with the putting people off. He has confessed his love to her and she keeps leading him on and then shoves him away at every opportunity and then 2 minutes later is like "Oh no! Why did I do that?" I don't know, why did you do that? You have problems.

3. Elliot was a little rapey in this one. He shoves her onto a bed and gets on top of her to forcefully ask her a question and I think at one point he shoved his hand down her shirt? The illustration was a little strange for that.

4. SHE STILL DOESN'T GET WONDERLAND. The world is different. Deal with it. You live with the fucking mafia, what did you expect?

5. Decide. Where. You. Want. To. Go.

6. This dumb bitch waits until the very last second before she realizes she'd rather stay with Elliot. After seeing him shoot himself in a future sequence. She wants to see her sister but has claimed throughout this series that nobody in that world really appreciated her (except for her sister) and now she is in a world where everyone appreciates her. Why the hell DID SHE THINK THAT LEAVING ELLIOT WOULD SOMEHOW MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER? I actually do not fucking understand. Nor do I understand why she thinks that he can READ HER MIND ALL THE DAMN TIME. Lady, you need to speak what you feel and quit trying to make everyone guess.

7. OK, I guess it's OK for her to straight up give a handjob to Elliot's ears and kiss him but whoa man he must be PUNISHED for kissing her. It MUST be because he has a hidden agenda! He must want to hurt Alice! That's why he's kissing her, not because he likes her (sarcasm).

Other than that, I liked that there was actually a background to Elliot. I had no idea about the situation with him and Julius.

[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.

[Maria Alexandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

This two part series went super fast. I didn’t realize that there were books before this, so my introduction to everything felt very rushed. Some stories keep secrets from the reader to reveal later, but I feel that this one did that with so many aspects and then just realized at different points in the story “oh, we should probably get around to explaining that”. Alice seemed very strong and capable when it came to chores and work, but would completely freeze up or become mute in the key moments. That’s relatable, but also, come on! I would have liked to see her become more brave or develop some skills besides be-saved-like-a-damsel or be-paralyzed-and-helpless.

If you like shojo manga with aggressive, rape-y, emotional characters, you should enjoy this more than I did. Although, I did appreciate the clock idea.

If you were hoping for an interesting parody/spin off of Alice in a manga form, keep looking.

[WindyBarcodes · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was worse than the last. At least the last volume had some charm but after reading this, it’s charm has gone.

Elliot is too possessive. He doesn’t like it when other men talk to her. The scene that takes the cake is when Elliot saw Julius and Alice together. I would have understood if they were kissing or hugging or something of the sort, but nothing like that has happened.

Another scene that makes me angry is when Alice visits Elliot. This scene really shows how possessive and aggressive he is. He assumes that Alice loves someone else. Elliot asks her to “prove her love”.

AND GUESS WHAT ALICE DOES? She goes back to him.

P.S. Nightmare is very emotionally manipulative. He wants her to stay forever.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

9-7-2022: reread.
Love the world, love the characters. Not the biggest fan of the excecution of this series in particular. What I loved was that there was more background information in these two volumes than we usually get. We learned a lot about Elliot and his relationship with Julius, which was great.
What I didn't like were the rapey vibes. Alice's obsession with Elliot's ears. Elliot pushing Alice down/forcing her. Both are not okay. And while Blood and Peter always give me rapey vibes (which is why I've never read their solo volumes) and Ace's solo volumes always end up being rapey (which is why I don't like them and no longer read them), I'm not used to Elliot being rapey. Not a fan. I prefer sweet yet deadly Elliot.
Not the biggest fan of the artstyle. But still a fun read.

[Paola · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought book 1 was better than book 2 for me. Elliot made me furious when he tried to force himself on Alice, he’s to violent with her. Every thing feel way to forced I believe if was a longer series we could have seen better chemistry and maybe got to know more of the characters (because for some reason I loved the twins), like who Elliot’s friend was or how petter white knew her. This is really just my opinion on it

P.s I’m upset that Alice thinks it her fault she did nothing wrong, she did not deserve that 😭😭

[Jamie Lerner · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are so fun carefree and a great twist on Alice in wonderland

[Sierra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so cute!!! I forgotten how much i liked these characters and this was a good reminder. And out of all characters, he's the one she chooses. So cute!

[Danica · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ending got a bit dark for a second, but turned out cute and predictable. Very short series, but I liked it 😍😍

[Yoshi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this series, but the art isn't as great as some of the others. The faces are a bit wonky at times.

[Henna Salmon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Elliot deserved a better storyline than this 😭😭😭

[LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) · Rating 1 out of 5]

Peter saves Alice from being beheaded by Vivaldi, and Elliot takes Alice back to the mansion. Alice and Elliot are suddenly a lovey dovey couple, but things take a turn for the worse when Alice spends time with Ace and Julius. She learns about the clocks, and that Elliot was once in prison for irreparably breaking his friend's clock. Elliot gets mad at Alice for being chummy with Julius, the man he hates, so Alice decides that she should drink the vial and go back to her world and her sister. However, Nightmare intervenes with a vision of Elliot killing himself after Alice leaves, so she decides to stay.

This started off as a mediocre series, featuring one of my least favorite Alice in the Country of pairings, and then took a turn for the much worse. First we have attempted rape on Elliot's part - he begins to force himself on Alice in anger after she spends time with Julius, his enemy. Then we have Nightmare's emotional manipulation of her. Alice was going to leave Wonderland for good, and for a very good reason (a borderline abusive boyfriend). In order to stop her, Nightmare produced a vision of Elliot killing himself out of thin air. It reminded me of the horrible boyfriend a family member of mine used to have, who'd try to get her to stay with him by telling her he'd kill himself if she left.

Not only that, the way the story was told was choppy and just plain bad - it went from Elliot taking Alice back to the mansion to them being a couple in the space of a page or so. I also felt that the artwork took a bit of a nosedive, becoming scratchier and less appealing.

If this were a horror series, it'd be one thing, but these stories are supposed to be romances, albeit occasionally kind of dark ones. This was garbage.

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

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Off with her head! The classic line of the Queen of Hearts is declared loud and clear. This story takes an extremely morbid turn as our pair of lovers face the queen of Heart Castle.

Will this story end tragically or with the happily ever after? Even though it's a shojo romance, you can never tell!

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.

[Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second volume in a spin-off from QuinRose's Alice in the Country of Hearts/Clover/Joker series. While this series 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). In the final volume we see Elliot and Alice's relationship begin to mature as each are coming to terms with their feelings for one another. What makes this particular volume stand out over its first volume is the history between Elliot and Julius, the Clockmaker. Up until now we hadn't really had any real turmoil with Elliot, other than his rather unattractive jealous streak (which is probably my biggest problem with this series) but, with Alice's friendship with Julius, we see a different side of Elliot, one that is a lot more personal and not him simply following the Hatter's orders.

Now what really bothered me about this series as a whole was (as I mentioned earlier) Elliot's rather unbecoming jealous streak. To me, it felt overly dramatic and very out of character for him. It also bothered me just how much Alice puts up with it, sure she eventually gets sick of the 'song and dance', but it felt way too late by then, and to make matters worse, she quickly backtracks and feels she was out of line, when it was clearly Elliot.

This volume ends with Alice having to make her choice of staying in Wonderland or going home, and again, I felt the book failed in that. Elliot's behaviour seems so out of place and ridiculous that their relationship is bound to be an unhealthy one. I see that it was trying to come off as romantic, but to me it came off as manipulative and controlling. That being said, I did enjoy the series and I did like the pairing, I just wish it had been done better.

[Emily Winfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

cute

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally read: 7/5/13
Reviewed: 4/9/19

These manga are such a guilty pleasure for me! And honestly, Elliot x Alice is giving a run for the money for being my "OTP" of this mad series (but I will always love Julius x Alice, too). This is a popcorn manga: unhealthy, but sooooo good and easy to devour within minutes without even realizing it. Elliot is adorable (for a murdering Mafia member), the artwork is unique from other spin-offs, but still really pretty, and I really love the implications of Alice's "dream but not a dream." Though none of the manga I've come across explicitly explain what's going on, the more I read it, the more sound my theories become. Besides, I imagine the ambiguity is a big nod to the original Wonderland tale that never really explains the "method to the madness," if you will.

[Lanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoy this series and I usually like Elliot, but this story just seemed forced. I think he fits much better as a friend and not a love interest. He's cute and sweet, but just isn't boyfriend material. The series itself is good over all, its just a hit and miss game depending on which character your dealing with. So far, in "the country of heart" books, I've found that Julius's stories were the best. I hope I can get a good deal at my favorite used book store for this book. Its just not worth keeping. (Sad because these manta books are really expensive!)

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contains Episodes 8 - 12: This volume was a great continuation to the first volume in the series and did a good job of tying things up at the end. I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Elliot and Alice as the story continued as well as seeing how Elliot changed through his relationship with her. I feel that I am a bigger fan of Elliot's now thanks to this series and look forward to reading more about him in some of the other series about Alice and her adventures.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Besides some insight into Julius' and Elliot's strained past (which has been hinted at in Joker), the rest of this volume is, sadly, not all that great. I've really come to enjoy Alice's adventures in Heart and Clover, but I'm also coming to realize that it's hit or miss depending on the character arc.

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

With each series, it seems you kind of like some of the characters. The first series I wasn't sure I was going to like any of the characters since they kind of a little, I don't know, creepy? Anyway, this was an okay but good series. I do like seeing the familiar characters in a new story so there's that.

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was not as good as Vol. 1. Alice is annoying.

I am a little concerned about where the story goes here. Elliot flips out because she goes to see Julius then tries to force himself on her. And while she does stop him, she blames herself for it because she created a situation that would make him upset.

For f*#ks sake leave Elliot's ears alone!

[Rena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely the best I have read in a while... I really enjoyed Alice's character and really the foundation of all the characters in the story. I actually look forward to seeing how things change in the other lands.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable take on the falling in love with the angsty bad boy story. Once or twice the video game origin of this manga series bled through the narrative but without doing too much damage to the story line. The use of clocks in the world-building was a nice touch.

[Jane Francis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. They could have done a lot more with the story, it just sort of stalled and didn't go anywhere except for one chapter near the end that gave a little background on some of the characters. The artwork was okay, though.

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

My only complaint with "My Fanatic Rabbit" is that it's so short. I want more fluff!

[Marci · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most sweetest Alice stories yet.

[Olivia Rena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Storyline was amazing...art, not so much. Can't wait to start the other spin offs and get the old artist back!!!

[Chiara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a big fan of this volume.
I'm not sure if it's the end, or not. And the emotions were scattered all over, well, the pages.

[Harper Scollo · Rating 5 out of 5]

love how he is so in love with her and she is not sure but hen she decides to stay in the second on I just love it