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Kagihime Monogatari Eikyū Alice Rondo
(鍵姫物語 永久アリス輪舞曲
?, lit. Key Princess Story: Eternal Alice
Rondo), or simply Kagihime,
is a manga written by Kaishaku. The manga was
serialised in Dengeki Daioh. A 2006 thirteen
episode anime produced by Trinet
Entertainment was adapted from the manga.
Kagihime is one of many anime works influenced by Alice in
Wonderland as the story focuses on the completion of a
third Alice book, The Eternal Alice. However Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is referred to as
L. Takion and not as Lewis Carrol for reasons unexplained.
Plot
The story revolves around the male lead of the story, Kirihara
Aruto. The story begins one night when Aruto is up at night writing
his own copy of The Endless Alice. Suddenly he sees a girl leaping
through the night sky. Believing her to be the Alice he writes
about so often, he leaves his house and follows her to a library.
He then sees her fighting with another girl, who then was defeated.
The former then steals the latter's story and disappears. The next
day, she reveals herself as Arisugawa Arisu, the female lead of the
story. She then explains that she is an Alice User, capable of
transforming into a kemonomimi bunnygirl that uses a key in fights
against other Alice Users. The keys are used to unlock the stories
in other Alice Users's hearts. She explains that if a girl loses
her story that she can no longer maintain her identity as an Alice
User, and the overall goal of all Alice User is to defeat all
others and finish the Endless Alice, as the one who does so will be
granted a wish. Later, Kirihara Kiriha, Aruto's little sister is
introduced. Kiriha then reveals herself as an Alice User as well,
and proceeds to fight Arisu. Aruto breaks up the fight and the two
make peace with each other. The trio then agrees to help each other
finish the Endless Alice. The rest of the series follows their
adventures together.
Characters
- Alternate L. Takion
- The author of two Alice books that are currently in print and
somewhat of an antagonist. His main goal is to get Alice Users to
bring him stories of the other Alice Users that are defeated in
order to expand his collection of stories to create Eternal Alice,
a book that is rumored to grant wishes to whomever puts it
together. He invites Arisu Arisugawa and Aruto Kirihara to a tea
party; Aruto and Arisu venture to the house where it is rumored
that Takion lived and pass through a mirror to the dimension where
Takion currently resides. He passes himself off as Takion's
successor and shows an interest in Aruto's abilities. He is
accompanied by three servants: the librarian and two little girls
named "Alice". It is suggested in the Manga that Takion was used
instead of the Alice book's original author Lewis Carroll because
of how Takion is portrayed in the series.
- The dimension where Takion resides is different from the
Wonderland Space that Aruto and Arisu are capable of entering.
- Arisu Arisugawa (有栖川ありす, Arisugawa
Arisu
?)
- Arisu's Japanese name is written in hiragana and not in katakana, as she often cites, though her name
still bears strong similarity to Alice. She is first seen
during the night by Aruto when he saw her pursuing after another
woman. They meet the next day at Aruto Kirihara's school where she
admits to being a Seeker of Alice. Arisu quickly becomes friends
with Aruto because of their mutual affinity for the Alice stories
Like all Alice users, she is determined to finish the Endless Alice
and be granted a wish. Very little is known about Arisu's past, and
this fact becomes more apparent as the series continues. Aruto
finds out that Arisu does not have any previous memories before
meeting him because she is actually a character that was created
out of Aruto's imagination in order to replace his sister,
whom he knew he could not love.
- Like Aruto's sister Kiriha, they become outfitted in bunny girl
costumes when entering the Wonderland Space.
- Arisu is an experienced and dedicated Alice User, she has
allowed herself to be kept from her mission and willingly become
friends with two of her enemies, but she will eventually have to
unlock them to finish the Endless Alice and get her wish. Unlike
other characters, Arisu seems to share the same type of Key Sword
with Kiriha.
- Aruto Kirihara (桐原有人, Kirihara
Aruto
?)
- Aruto, the male protagonist, is an avid fan of the Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland novels and he is writing a fan fiction sequel to it.
It is explained in the story that because of his fanaticism with
Alice books, he is able to enter Wonderland Space, which
is a dimension where Alice Users fight. He first talks to Arisu
during a fight that she has with another girl in Wonderland Space.
At his school the following day, he discovers that she is also a
fellow student in his school. Arisu befriends Aruto and wishes to
read his fan fiction at his house, however Aruto's little sister
notices them and quickly realizes who Arisu is, and becomes jealous
of her as she loves her brother deeply and thinks of him as her
boyfriend. Aruto has the power to copy and write the stories in
peoples hearts and later in the series was shown that he had the
power to make characters in a story to appear in the real world. He
generally returns the written stories back to their owners in the
Wonderland Space as he feels it's not his right to keep such a
personal account. The girls who have their stories taken are not
allowed to enter back into the Wonderland Space.
- Throughout the series there is some degree of sexual tension
between Arisu, Kirika, Asuka, and Kiraha. After receiving an
invitation to a tea party, Arisu and Aruto find themselves trapped
in a different kind of Wonderland dimension created by L. Takion.
Alice, one of two almost identical girls who are in the same
dimension as Takion and both named Alice, creates a cage out of
vines in the Alphabet Forest (reflecting what happened in the
books) that can only be dispelled by a kiss from the heart. He does
escape by kissing Arisu, but when Kiraha finds out, she becomes
moody around them. In her jealousy, she almost gets him
killed.
- Kiraha Kirihara (桐原きらは, Kirihara
Kiraha
?)
- Kiraha, Aruto's younger sister, is attached to Aruto by a love
for him, not as a brother, but as a lover. She claims that she does
not like the Alice stories. Once it is revealed that she is an
Alice User and when she fights Arisu, she admits that she wants to
complete The Eternal Alice to make Aruto happy. She is
often seen blushing around her brother, especially when is kind
towards her. Kiriha often competes with Arisu for Aruto's
attention. Despite her dislike for Arisu, she agrees to work with
her to complete the Endless Alice. She plans to use her wish to get
her brother to fall in love with her.
- Kisa Misaki
- Another Alice User. Unlike the others, she only became an Alice
User for power, but after battling Arisu (despite not seeming to
care about the stories before the battle) and being saved by
Kiraha, she agrees to help collect the stories in order to be
closer to Kiraha. Kisa has stockpiled items that have been
previously owned or touched by Kiraha in a cupboard at her house
that she collects whenever possible. She also tries to get Kiraha
to eat her food; she is seen kissing the food beforehand and/or
eating the food after Kiraha has taken a bite as to receive an
'indirect kiss' from her. Kiraha however, is not aware of Kisa's
stronger feelings towards her. Her key sword has the power of
Water.
- Kirika Kagarigi
- A researcher who's dream is to be the youngest person to
achieve a Nobel Prize. She recruits Aruto, Kiraha, and Arisu to
help her research those whose hearts have been seized by Alice
(Manga: Alice Syndrome), those capable of entering the Wonderland
Space. When Kirika enters the Wonderland Space, she reverts to her
younger self due to a tragic mishap she experienced while at that
age. Her upbringing was solely focused on research and academic
performance; until she met Aruto she had only one other known
friend. Later in the series she loses her powers, but agrees to
still help Aruto from the outside. Her key sword has the power of
Wind.
- Akane
- A young girl who accidentally wandered into the world of Alice
users because of a terrible sense of direction. Akane should
actually be fighting in the Anderson user world. Apparently, Akane
hates Alice and wanted to make Alices (Alice users) "pretty" by
burning them. The reason why she hates Alice is because in the
past, a young lady taught Akane about Alice. However, that same
lady was having a relationship with Akane's father. Akane's father
then left Akane's real mother, or her birth mother. Her key sword
has the power of Fire.
- Asuka Suwa
- Deviating away from the bunny girl costume, Asuka and her Key
Sword are decorated in feathers after transforming. She is shown to
be stronger than most of the other Alice Users. Kirika was defeated
by Asuka and her story taken after having to live through the most
traumatic experience of her life. In fact, Asuka's specialty attack
is incapacitating her opponents by forcing them to relive horrible
or powerful memories by using a feather which is shot into their
chest.
- She is shown for the first time after Kiraha wakes up from an
implied erotic dream involving her brother, from the rooftops.
Asuka was able to witness the dream as she comments on Kiraha. The
next day she introduces herself to the group at school and requests
to join them after explaining the she is also an Alice User.
- Asuka is the most cunning of the group, her goal was to take
all their stories from the beginning. Kirika was the only one to
suspect her intentions.
Releases
Collecting a story: Door of heart. Door of Secret. Open by this
key. Show all the stories within!
Another version: Door of the heart, door of secrets, open by my
inner key! Reveal thy story!
Arisu's Release: My heart's key. Mirror's key. Ride the flow of
story. Release your power!
Kisa's Release: My heart's key. Key of Water. Find the stories.
Release now!
Kirika's Release: My key, the Key of the Wind. Ride on the
melody of the story and release thy power.
Theme
Songs
Opening: "Little Primrose" by kukui
Ending: "Kioku Baraen (記憶薔薇園)" by Ai Shimizu
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