Pandora Hearts is
a manga that follows the life of Oz Vessalius a rich noble whose life is about
to change. At his coming of age ceremony he is cast into an alternate reality
prison known as the Abyss. He is saved by making an illegal contract with a
girl named Alice the Black Rabbit. Upon his escape Oz explores deeper into what
exactly is the Abyss, who/what is Alice, and what is Pandora up to. Pandora is
the organization that Oz meets when he leaves the Abyss. They also have
contracts with powerful beings from the Abyss, though theirs are not quite the
same.
Pandora Hearts is
more of a mystery manga than anything else. Yes there is action, romance, and
such, but it is the shadowy nature of Pandora, and the investigation into why
this happened to Oz that really drives the story. The story itself seems to be
somewhat influenced by the Alice in
Wonderland series, especially with the Abyss beings. I found this manga hard to follow at times. There are a lot of flashbacks, recovered memories, long tales and similar looking characters. There is also a lot of world building and character development throughout these books. By the fifth or sixth book there are at least a dozen characters that are flitting in and out of the story with no indications to whether or not they are important. To say the least, it was at times challenging. Despite these flaws I still enjoyed the series thus far. Being a sucker for anything Wonderlandish certainly helps. While I cannot say that this is my favorite manga, I would still recommend it.
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