Kurobara Alice



Vampires are creatures that end their lives in the arms of the women they love.

Vienna. 1906. The young tenor singer Dimitri miraculously escaped with his life after a severe accident. But soon after that, strange cases of group-suicides started to happen all around him. All comes to an explanation: after the incident in which he almost perished, he actually was turned into a vampire -- and he's the cause of these group suicides. Not to mention the people who made him a vampire seems to think he's the sucessor of their leader, Lord Bradley. And then, it gets much worse... specially when this involves Agnieszka von Rosenfelt, the girl that Dimitri loves, and tragedy strikes.

Tokyo. 2008. Azusa Kikukawa is an uptight but beautiful music teacher, and young Kouya Ikushima (the son of her coworker) is the only student that doesn't think she's a buzzkill; they're secetly dating, though she has serious doubts and misgivings about their relationship. But right before she dumps him... they get involved in an horrible accident, and Kouya takes the worst part of it. Azusa doesn't want him to die, of course, and when the poor woman is despairing about it, she is given a Deal With the Devil: in exchange for Kouya's life, she'll become a vampire. Who is giving her said option? None other than Dimitri, who tells her that to save Kouya... she'll have to become Alice.

Kuro Bara Alice (Black Rose Alice or Alice of the Black Roses) is a Shoujo manga by Setona Mizushiro, dealing with the supernatural and romance. It is licensed in French from Kaze, but not currently in English.

Tropes found in Kurobara Alice:

 * Body Horror: These spiders
 * Break the Cutie: Agnieszka!
 * Dimitri himself, as his vampirism kicks in.
 * Brown Note: Dimitri, after he gets vampirised.
 * Christmas Cake: Azusa, according to Kouya's friends.
 * Deal With the Devil: To save Kouya, Azusa
 * Death By Sex: A male vampire is supposed to die once he finishes breeding.
 * Driven to Suicide: Horribly played with.
 * Elegant Classical Musician: Dimitri is an opera singer and very Tall Dark and Handsome. Azusa and Agnieszka are talented pianists.
 * Empty Shell:  More metaphorically,
 * Famous Last Words: 's "God... please forgive me!"
 * Flower Motifs: Roses, of course.
 * Hidden Weapons:
 * Hot Teacher: Played with. Azusa is pretty but not a super beauty, and her students regard her as an uptight Christmas Cake. Except for Kouya... but this is Kouya we're talking about.
 * Hot for Teacher: Obviously, Kouya and Azusa
 * Ladykiller in Love: Dimitri has gotten around a LOT in Vienna, but he likes Agnieszka the most.
 * Life Drinker: Vampires can drink each other's blood to extend their lifespan, but it will shorten the blood-source's life by the same amount.
 * Love Hurts
 * Love Triangle: Dimitri likes Agnieszka. Agnieszka likes him back. Dimitri's friend Theo is Agnieszka's arranged fiancé. It Gets Worse.
 * Meaningful Rename: From Azusa, to Alice
 * The Mind Is a Plaything of The Body: Once you become a vampire, you retain your old memories - but your mindset starts changing.
 * My Girl Is Not a Slut:
 * The Ojou: Agnieszka is a Spoiled Sweet type.
 * Our Vampires Are Different: No vampire here dies with garlic, acks of a reflection, hates crosses, etc. The main differences are the spiders they use to possess people, and how they sleep in the day and roam through in the night (though they can get out under daylight, they just don't like it). Lampshaded at the beginning, when the recently turned Dimitri recites all of the vampire traits while in denial and Maximilian sarcastically rebukes him by saying "we're not that uncultured."
 * In fact, the concept of vampires in this manga can be compared to the Chinese Vampire archetype, rather than the Western one.
 * Psychic Assisted Suicide:
 * Precocious Crush: Agnieszka started crushing on Dimitri when she was at most 8 years old and he was a teenager.
 * Refusal of the Call: Dimitri adamantly refuses to believe that he's been vampirised at the beginning. Little did he know...
 * Romani:
 * Scholarship Student: Dimitri, sort of.
 * Self Made Man: Dimitri.
 * Shoujo
 * Star Crossed Lovers: Dimitri and Agnieska, due to social class differences
 * Supreme Chef: Reiji, who also seems to have quite the Sweet Tooth.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome: Dimitri, and how.
 * Tall Dark and Snarky: He doesn't start as such, tho.
 * Unwanted Harem: Alice has four guys after her: Dimitri, the twins Reiji and Eiji, and Leo.
 * What Have I Become: Dimitri says this word by word
 * Tall Dark and Snarky: He doesn't start as such, tho.
 * Unwanted Harem: Alice has four guys after her: Dimitri, the twins Reiji and Eiji, and Leo.
 * What Have I Become: Dimitri says this word by word