Gakuen Alice: Volume 1 #1

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• 6.7

  IGN - A.E. Sparrow

  Jan 15, 2008

  Gakuen Alice like most manga, won't necessarily be for everyone. You'll have a hard time telling your Death Note reading compadres to check out this cool story about a little girl's adventures in elementary school, even if you throw in the super-powered angle. For a pseudo-shojo tale, though, it's got a lot of charm, and might be worth checking out of that's your thing. Don't let the elementary-school tag fool you, though…there are some elements, like an instructor whose special ability is to release a pheromone that makes students obey him, which border on the potentially "mature" warning, despite the book's 13+ rating. Read Full Review