Alice on Deadlines · review
I'm probably too woke for this but I'll leave my thoughts anyways for future reference. Accidentally picked up volume 1 in a thrift shop kids aisle during 5th grade and I've been traumatized ever since. The story basically follows the Japanese equivalent of a Grim Reaper (Lapan) going to Earth to reap a soul but winds up trapped there AND in a girl (Alice)'s body..which causes plenty shenanigans due to the dude being a total pervert. PROS: Nostalgic 2000s artstyle, sick as hell body horror artwork, decent action scenes and lore at times, and a somewhat fun dynamic between Lapan and Alice. Alice was genuinely such a fun characterto follow despite how stereotypically girly she was.
CONS:
Lack of proper content warnings (not even labeled as 18+ or anything..just "for Older Teens"), rape-y idealization, cultural appropriation (a character was portrayed very stereotypically Chinese despite being raceless or just Japanese I believe?), and blatant transphobia (If my media literacy is in tact, I'm pretty sure there's a canon t-girl with he/him pronouns that constantly gets called a crossdresser and slurs???), and tons of torn out pages in my copy (just a me issue :p)
So, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone except the extremely curious, 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂, and/or sick in the head individuals!
But that's just my opinion from reading vol 1 alone!!