Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World
Alice in the Country of Hearts

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I'll be completely honest, a large part of why I rated this an 8 is because of my fangirl heart, not because it was actually that good.
If you want a non-biased score from me I would say this is a 6. It's fine, it has a fine plot and fine execution and fine characters. What really makes me like this manga is how easy it is to lose yourself in reading it. It's 50% pure, mindless fun, 30% absolute fangirl fuel and 20% interesting concepts that could have been better executed.
It's fun and that's good. I know it's not great, but there are ... some manga that are meant to be statements about something or several things; this isn't one of them. It's just mindless, guilt-free enjoyment.
I will say that if you're looking for a deeper experience, your time is likely just going to be wasted here. If you need some fun and romance just to take your mind off of things, you're in the right place.

This is a decent harem manga provided that you enjoy this genre. As someone who isn't into harem, I surprisingly had a pretty good time with it too. But for future readers, you have to remember what it essentially is if you don't want to be disappointed by the story.

What I liked:
+ beautiful art style
+ the story is quite plot-centered
+ underlying mystery and interesting twists
+ meta undertones
+ likeable and smart protagonist
+ diverse and interesting cast
+ all the characters get enough focus
... + decent character development
+ good drama and action
+ romance isn't too over-the-top

What I disliked:
- setting could be more Wonderland-like
- secondary characters are psychopaths
- the romance isn't too engaging
- characters have plot armor
- not enough room for story progression
- dark humor, cursing
- many questions are left unanswered
- the ending is left open

What many who read this may not know is that this is *not* based directly on Alice in Wonderland, but instead on the first entry in an Otome game series, titled 'Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World.'

This manga is an abysmal adaptation of the game, as anyone who knows anything about said game probably realizes. It waters down the characters at best, and completely mis-characterizes them at worst. Blood Dupre is the most prominent and tragic example of this, but there are several others. Even worse, the poor characterization depicted has spread to the English translations of other manga based on the series, ... solidifying Dupre's warped persona as a violent, crass misogynist, rather than the classy troll he started as in the games.

It is abundantly clear that the creator of this manga didn't bother to finish any of the characters' routes before writing this, and as such it reads more or less like a bad fanfiction. The only remotely good things I can say about this is that it stuck mostly true to the overall plot of the game and the mechanics of how Wonderland works (though even those should be taken with a grain of salt), and that the art style is visually pleasing. Apart from that, there really isn't anything good to say about this.

I could go on, but as there's a rule against posting spoilers, I probably shouldn't. So, this is all I'll write in this review.