Pandora Hearts

Pandora Hearts (パンドラハーツ, Pandora Hātsu) is a manga written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. Originally starting serialization in the shōnen magazine Monthly GFantasy published by Square Enix from June 2006 to April 2015. In all, 24 tankōbon volumes were released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped; it has been licensed by Yen Press since then. It has also been made into an anime version, produced by Xebec, that premiered on April 3, 2009 and ran for 25 episodes to September 25, 2009. On February 11, 2010, NIS America announced it would release the anime of Pandora Hearts in North America. From March to May 2011, a side story consisting of 3 light novel volumes was released called Pandora Hearts ~Caucus Race~ with Jun Mochizuki continuing to illustrate, but Shinobu Wakamiya writing the story.

Plot[]

Oz Vessalius, heir to the Vessalius dukedom, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, Oz is cast into the prison known as the "Abyss", only to be saved by a "Chain" known as Alice, the Bloodstained Black Rabbit, B-Rabbit for short. The mystery there begins as Oz unravels the mystery behind Alice, the Abyss and the strange organization known as Pandora. The series features heavy references to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and can be considered fantasy and mystery.