Alice in Borderland T03

今際の国のアリス [Imawa no Kuni no Alice] #3

by Haro Aso

Arisu yang dengan ajaib berhasil bertahan hidup dari game kedua menghadapi retaknya persahabatan mereka. Ditambah, dalam aturan petak umpet yang diikuti keempatnya tersembunyi suatu maksud yang kebrutalannya tidak pernah mereka alami sebelumnya? Bagaimana mereka akan bertahan hidup?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fiction

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 18, 2012

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Reviews

[MischaS_ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, I'm speechless. I knew what was gonna happen and I'm still speechless.
I loved how we got more background for the characters mixed with the heartbreak of the game.
I have to say that I really like what the manga did with Shibuki, it made her character surprisingly likeable.

This game is really intriguing, I wonder if there was a way how to crack it or there was no other way.

So far I have to say that I'm quite surprised how close the adaptation followed the manga, mostly there are only subtle changes. And if there are bigger ones the first game it totally makes sense because it would be hard to bring it to the screen or it would not translate very well.
Cannot wait to read the rest of the manga.

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is it possible for us to win this game(hide and seek)? No, I don't believe so. Without any one dying.

I got strong SAW (ESP the collar) vibes from this game, and the sentiment and camaraderie were heartbreaking.

What's going to happen now??

[Rodrigo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Valoración: 8/10
Sinopsis: ¿Son los lazos y amigos de Alice lo suficientemente fuertes como para resistir la presión de Borderland? Las dudas, debilidades y sueños los distancian insidiosamente entre sí. Una prueba calificada "7" completará el proceso. ¡La más perversa de todas las confrontaciones comienza, para una conclusión necesariamente dramática!
Muy cruel esta última prueba, veremos como evoluciona nuestro prota.

[Phoenix2 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third Volume of Alice In Borderland injects a strong dose of emotion in it while keeping things dark and moody. The art was so good, especially in those ending chapters! We even get a sneak peek into other characters' background stories.
Now, if I haven't watched the LA first, I guess I would have been even more shocked about the twist of this game, but, still, it was a punch. It also proves that author san doesn't shy off from doing the unexpected.

[Luciana Gomez Mauro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lloré mucho!
y amé ese final en este tomo.

[Achilles Lanis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vol. 3 continues with the gang as they embark on their next game of the borderland which is hide and seek.

I have to say this was a great continuation to the second volume and I was shocked by some of the developments in here. It had great moments and it was very suspenseful and emotional.

This series is evolving into something great and I can't wait to read more. The art was very good too in this one.

Recommended!

[Paola C · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG!!!!!!!!!
Y a partir de aquí ya no se que más se puede esperar. Me ha explotado la cabeza llegado cierto punto del manga y ya no se como voy a superar lo que he sucedido.

[yona!! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Speechless

[Veronica Morfi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The saddest volume.

[MajesticalLion · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume marked the end of the content I'd seen in the Netflix show. Shortly after the Seven of Hearts arc, the show went through a non canon arc about a bus trying to escape a flood, which seems to not be in the manga (either that, or it happens later than it did in the show) so now everything I read is new content. And boy, is the new content spicy. But I'll get into that in my Vol. 4 review. For now, I'll just say this was one of the most emotional volumes of manga I've read. This series is not afraid to make you mad and ruin your day.

[ria ʚɞ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 czenu zadaje sobie ten bol ponownje :'')

[Lailah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[A_ bookbound _soul · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a real tearjerker... It's been a while since I've read something so ruthless. I wonder If the author knows about a thing called plot-armor (this is one of the rare places I've would have preferred the characters to have some plot-armor...)
Karube will always remain one of my favorite characters even though he was there for such a short time. The fact that he was played by one of my fav actors in the live-action version makes me even more sad for him...

[bakanekonomama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aduh, pedih....

Yang ini juga berbeda dengan versi dramanya. Dan kalau sebelumnya saya kesal sama si Chouta, di sini justru merasa suka dan terkesan sama sifat pemberaninya dia.

Huhuhu.... TT^TT

[jut · Rating 3 out of 5]

oh please.

[Katarina · Rating 4 out of 5]

no thoughts head empty heart broken

[Adam Watts · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good but it didn't progress soo much than the previous 2 volumes. Will still get the rest as I have watched the Netflix 2 seasons.

[emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

cried my eyes out

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

7 of hearts will always be the worst game

[Thuy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Come from Netflix series because I can't wait for ss2! Finished the whole manga within a few days and it was such a pleasure experience

The idea is briliant, still haven't wrapped my head around how the author was able to come up with such awesome and meaningful story like that. It really makes me question my true identity on the verge of death, when I have to make choices that I bet my life on. I think I'll never know who I really am

I like all the characters. It's a shame that the 2 best friends of Arisu die too soon. I wanted to see them more in the story, but like the story said at some point, their deaths are " necessary evil" for Arisu to mature.
Shibuki was a calculating person and will do anything to hold on to her life. I cried when she smiles and embraces Chunta during her last few seconds of the hide and seek game. It's like she finally accepts her fate that she is about to die. It was such a hard moment for Shibuki to let go considering what she did in the past, but she did it, and at least she was happy in her last moment

[Paulina ෂ · Rating 4 out of 5]

[4.5]
Sabía que esto iba a pasar, pero entonces ¿por qué duele tanto?
Me hubiera gustado verles más tiempo, pero ahora se vienen más cosas y me gusta ver cómo se desenvuelve la historia en este mundo, encontrando hechos que no se mencionan en la serie.

[Perrine.pdf · Rating 5 out of 5]

This manga made me cry. I think I can officially say it’s my new favorite manga. So much feels.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

In which we lose Karube and Chota to the game of Hide and Seek but Arisu and Usagi become one of my favorite duos.

[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

The game masters are a perverse lot. The next game is Hide and Seek with one player being the wolf and the other three being sheep that the wolf must locate in a greenhouse. Only the wolf survives in the end, so the others are screwed. Arisu still worries about the game's morality. Poor boy!

The opportunistic Shibuki realises she need only stay as the wolf until the game is over, so she tries running away from the others. While Karube pursues her with murderous intent, Arisu tries to figure out the loophole, but in the meantime becomes the wolf himself. He renounces their friendship because of the need to survive. But upon remembering the good times, he reconsiders and declares he wants to quit the game. They all put down their weapons and start talking again about the good times. Even Shibuki reconsiders her oportunistic ways. The three of them give up in favor of Arisu surviving. Arisu tries desperately to find his friends who by now are well hidden in the dense foliage. He keeps the role of the wolf until the end when the sheep, his friends, are killed as per the game rules. He burns down the greenhouse in their memory while swearing revenge on the game masters.

Feeling utterly depressed, Arisu just lies out in the sun, unwilling to move an inch. Yuzuha from the second game comes to his rescue and reminds him what it means to live.

[Sinai C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dang -- I was NOT expecting that ending. I was rooting for them all to get out together, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. However, every new thing we learn about Borderland just gets crazier and crazier. Is there supposed to be a lesson being learned in here somewhere?? For example, the train game where, in actively trying to preserve their lives, they used up all their oxygen canisters and ended up just one door away from freedom - so they could either kill themselves or wait until they were killed. I feel like there's a metaphor for life in there somewhere. If I think about it hard enough, maybe I'll get it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But nah, that ending where they each turned on each other until the very end, when Arisu was trying to sacrifice himself but no one would let him. My poor heart. This poor child.

I WILL say though -- I like how there was a change from the first two volumes with Arisu's "power of observation" because I wasn't buying it. However, I like how this and the next volume kind of tone it down from his being "super-observant" and lean more into how the heart games work. I'll take the "power of friendship" any day.

Also, side note -- there were some BANGER panels and spreads in this volume. When he sets the greenhouse on fire, the emotions on everyone's faces throughout, the use of light/dark. Ugh, I really like this series T.T

[Kesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unexpected!

It's rare for a series to do this early on, but they did it flawlessly. This strongly highlights the stakes at hand for the players and the readers can feel the dread for the characters as well. This volume made me devise several ways to beat the game, failed at it big-time, and the curiosity kept me up at night after reading it.

For those people who want to know every aspect of the "world" at the get-go; you'll be frustrated at this. You'll be itching to uncover the why's and the how's.

[Drew Cannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man, this series just gets better and better with each volume. Although we saw a brief summary of the Two of Hearts game with Shibuki in the previous volume, we are given more of the Hearts genre this time around with the Seven of Hearts card. Brutal, heart-breaking, exciting, and emotional all at the same time. The Hearts suit definitely seemed the most intense in the Netflix adaptation, and it definitely appears the same way in the manga so far. Can't wait for volume 4! 5/5

[curiouskat_books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as devestating as I expected from watching the series. I did enjoy how different Shibuki was from the show. They really did her dirty compared to how good she actually was in the manga. I wish they had included her prior game into the show as it was a fantastic one. It is nice to get more insight into Arisu's head and to see how he isn't as weak or fragile as the show sometimes presents him to be.

[Soraya GarcíA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otro tomo que te deja sin aliento y es que, aunque parece que no avanza mucho en la trama, vamos conociendo mucho más al resto de personajes, sus motivaciones, su llegada a Borderland…

También cuenta con dos capítulos extra que nos muestra un juego muy bizarro y que debería haber salido en la serie. No quiero contar más porque el resultado me ha dejado loca y no quiero hacer spoiler.

El final te deja con ganas de seguir leyendo y queda mucho para el mes que viene 😓

[عاشور الناجي · Rating 3 out of 5]

اللعبة هنا لسه مكملة بس بقت أصعب لأنهم بيلعبوا ضد بعض ودي الحاجة اللي حصلت في مراحل متأخرة قوي في لعبة زي لعبة الحبار الكوري ، اتساب هنا مساحة يحكوا عن نفسهم ويعرفونا عن الشخصيات اللي متابعينها من اول المانجا جت منين ودوافعها إيه ، الرسم لازال مش أحسن حاجة بس الفكرة نفسها جيدة ، وللتذكرة لنفسي بس أنا قرأت عشان أعرف نهاية القصة وتفاصيل أكتر عن العالم ومصممينه بعيدا عن المسلسل اللي معجبنيش فكرته رغم جودة التنفيذ وعشان بدأوا يحلبوه في أجزاء كتيرة