“Guidance counselor Arisu dies in accident, awakens in deadly Borderland games, desperate to return to pregnant wife.”
Alice in Borderland Retry
今際の国のアリス RETRY
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Based on your preference for character-driven stories with layered emotional arcs, this title's exploration of identity and belonging would deeply resonate. The pacing mirrors series you've rated highly, and its thematic depth aligns with your appreciation for nuanced storytelling...
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Synopsis
Guidance counselor Arisu dies in accident, awakens in deadly Borderland games, desperate to return to pregnant wife.
Twenty-six-year-old Ryouhei Arisu has built a quiet, fulfilling life as a school guidance counselor, married to Yuzuha Usagi—a passionate mountaineer he met years ago. When he learns that their family is about to grow, he hurries home to be with her. But a sudden, violent storm cuts his journey short. In the chaos, a devastating accident leaves him on the brink of death—and when he awakens, he finds himself in Borderland, a mysterious realm where survival hinges on completing a series of brutal, high-stakes games. Stripped of the life he knew, Arisu must navigate this perilous world, clinging to the hope of returning to the people he loves. Yet the deeper he ventures, the more he realizes that the rules of this place—and the path home—are far more complex than they first appear.
What people say
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
2.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 6.0
↑ 1.33
Running avg · Jan 2023 → Feb 2023
- 9 “I personally prefer Netflix's live action adaptation but i really wanted to see more from anime as well. Ever since Squid game released i been watching a lot of Survival anime and dramas and Alice...”
- 7 “It's nice to see Alice again, at first I thought it would be a bad sequel just to cash the milk out of the cow, after all, the author already did a master piece with the first alice, why come back...”
- 6 “Think of Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry as milking the success of it's predecessor in order to make a lackluster sequel that doesn't really add anything to the story. Just like Imawa no Michi no...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 13 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published Oct 2020 – Jan 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55291 catalog