Welcome Back, Alice

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Welcome Back, Alice
Welcome Back, Alice volume 1 cover.jpg
Cover art of the first volume
おかえりアリス
(Okaeri Arisu)
Genre Romance [1]
June 7, 2022 [9] 978-1-64-729104-4
2 June 30, 2021 [10] 978-4-06-522889-0 June 28, 2022 [11] 978-1-64-729105-1
3 October 8, 2021 [12] 978-4-06-525135-5 August 16, 2022 [13] 978-1-64-729106-8
4 April 8, 2022 [14] 978-4-06-527533-7 January 17, 2023 [15] 978-1-64-729170-9
5 October 7, 2022 [16] 978-4-06-527533-7 September 12, 2023 [17] 978-1-64-729228-7
6 April 7, 2023 [18] 978-4-06-531233-9 March 19, 2024 [19] 978-1-64-729303-1
7 October 6, 2023 [7] 978-4-06-533148-4 August 20, 2024 [20] 978-1-64-729376-5

Reception

Welcome Back, Alice has received both praise and criticism for its portrayal of gender non-conforming people. [2] [3] Chris Cimi, in a review of the first volume, praised the manga for not treating Kei's apparent transition like something odd and bizarre and taking an upfront approach, while at the same time wishing that Oshimi had "committed harder" to explicitly describing Kei as transgender or non-binary. Cimi also describes Welcome Back, Alice as feeling like a side project compared to Oshimi's other manga. [2] Cimi also said that Oshimi's Inside Mari , despite its unrealistic premise, had a stronger impact. [2]

Rebecca Silverman, writing for Anime News Network, criticized Oshimi's Kei as an amalgam of negative stereotypes about LGBTQIA people. Specifically, she describes Kei as seeming to want nothing more than to use his gender and sexuality to tease and torment his childhood friends. [3] Jean-Karlo Lemus, also writing for ANN, stated that the manga deals with dark subjects, such as frustration and confusion, and their relationship with sexuality, as well as freedom from norms, and expressed interest in how the characters develop. He called Welcome Back, Alice a "masterful story". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Welcome Back, Alice. Kodansha USA . Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cimi, Chris (December 4, 2020). "Okaeri Alice: Shuzo Oshimi Muses on Gender and Awakening". OTAQUEST. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Silverman, Rebecca; Lemus, Jean-Karlo (May 21, 2022). "The Spring 2022 Manga Guide - Welcome Back, Alice". Anime News Network . Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ 性に翻弄される高校生たち描く、押見修造の新連載「おかえりアリス」別マガで. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 8, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 7, 2023). "Shūzō Oshimi's 'Welcome Back, Alice' Manga Ends on August 9". Anime News Network . Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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  7. 1 2 おかえりアリス（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  8. ↑ Mateo, Alex (July 1, 2021). "Kodansha Comics Licenses The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Island in a Puddle, More Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 1". Penguin Random House . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ おかえりアリス（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 2". Penguin Random House . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  12. ↑ おかえりアリス（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 3". Penguin Random House . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  14. ↑ おかえりアリス（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 4". Penguin Random House . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  16. ↑ おかえりアリス（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 5". Penguin Random House . Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  18. ↑ おかえりアリス（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 6". Penguin Random House . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Welcome Back, Alice 7". Penguin Random House . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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