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Alice in Borderland. Volume 1 / story and art by Haro Aso ; English translation and adaptation Jonah Mayahara-Miller ; touch-up art and lettering Joanna Estep.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Viz signaturePublisher: San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, [2022]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Viz Signature editionDescription: 331 pages : chiefly illustrations (black & white) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781974728374
  • 1974728374
Other title:
  • Alice in Borderland. 1
  • Alice in Borderland. Volume one
Uniform titles:
  • Imawa no kuni no Alice. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him. Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise, it's a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play. The first game starts with a bang, but Ryohei manages to beat the clock and save his friends. It's a short-lived victory, however, as they discover that winning only earns them a few day's grace period. If they want to get home, they're going to have to start playing a lot harder." --Page [4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Graphic Novel ASO, HARO Available 33111010815849
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An action-packed thriller and source of the hit Netflix drama where the only way to survive is to play the game!

Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise, it's a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play.

The first game starts with a bang, but Ryohei manages to beat the clock and save his friends. It's a short-lived victory, however, as they discover that winning only earns them a few days' grace period. If they want to get home, they're going to have to start playing a lot harder.

In English, translated from the Japanese.

Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN.

Manga.

Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.

"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him. Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise, it's a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play. The first game starts with a bang, but Ryohei manages to beat the clock and save his friends. It's a short-lived victory, however, as they discover that winning only earns them a few day's grace period. If they want to get home, they're going to have to start playing a lot harder." --Page [4] of cover.

18+, Rated M for mature, contains depictions of violence and death.

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