#cnkna

i hear people didnt like this one so much which is unbelievable to me. its got everything. alice trying to play out her life from the truth ed within wonderland. a harmless replica of her grief where she Could go and see lorina, she just chose herself instead.* trying to Earn her place by assimilating the only way she knows how, by becoming a faceless cog. only this time she has something of a support system, friends who wont let her slip through the cracks!!

alice giving up her status as a guest also allows her to see wland from the bottom-up, with all the pointless injustice the faceless... face?! its a real down-to-earth, coming-of-age story where you grow up and realize some guy whos kind of famous can just shoot you at the restaurant as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

i played boris first which works out perfectly by marking alice as a Double Outsider, a はみ出しもの who didnt even Belong to the home she chose enough to be taken along with it. (AND its possibly the two most comforting places that reject her. ouch?) were getting the guilt of moving on** twice removed: first with her original world, now the park. its inward, not forward momentum, with wland running laps around where the Thing to Process should be

forest also justifies her constantly hanging out in mental breakdown city (not that we needed one) and severs the relationship between Work and Host that was there in heart. boris just introduces her to the inn but if anything her working there is against his own interests, i.e. chilling

*but does it really matter, when forsaking and losing her are the same thing to alice? (hence why it evolves to Killing by joker? <- doesnt actually know anything about joker) from the flashbacks, she was mourning her before she ever left

**as if its mourning them that gives things their meaning. (but shes not ready to be arbiter of that, seeing how much she rejects her role)

ANYWAY, A PROGRESS REPORT:

boris: not my preferred boy but theres a lot of alice projecting her own moments of hurt onto him. So naturally i liked it :)

gray: The Two Most Terminally Headbound People You Know Are In Love, And It's Beautiful. grays a fun addition to the cast and his route had me biting tables

ace: I would love to understand this man someday.

blood: dating through a giant glass wall again!!! my favorite!!!!!

twins: puts a shocking amount of Themes on the table. also quite a funny performance from fukuyama. レッドレッドオクトパス君 you will always be famous

pierce: ⬅️ I am here!

i look forward to doing some investigative journalism into this SUSPICIOUSLY BLUE BIRD