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Throwing his dreams away, a young man enters "wonderland", completely stripped of his memories, heritage... and name. As he reacts to the name "Alice", he is forced to participate in the game of killing the White Rabbit as the 89th candidate, in order to legally earn the name "Alice". With the Mad Hatter at his side, he starts his task and gets to know many different characters, all of them having various reasons for existing in Wonderland and for being in favour or against "Alice".

''Are You Alice?'' started off as a series of drama CDs written by Ninomiya Ai and became her most popular work. It was adapted into manga-form in 2010 by Katagiri Ikumi and as of 2011, a PSP-game was also released. It is obviously based on ''[[~~Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|~~Alice in Wonderland]]'', but with very individual takes to the original source. The series is remarkable for its complex characters and world as well as for the high amount of well-known seiyuu that star on the CDs.

''Are You Alice?'' started off as a series of drama CDs written by Ninomiya Ai and became her most popular work. It was adapted into manga-form in 2010 by Katagiri Ikumi and as of 2011, a PSP-game was also released. It is obviously based on ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', but with very individual takes to the original source. The series is remarkable for its complex characters and world as well as for the high amount of well-known seiyuu that star on the CDs.

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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Just about everyone in this series seems to have one hidden somewhere...

* {{spoiler|[[Dead to Begin With]]: The 48th Alice, or "Regret".}}

* [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]: Kill the White Rabbit, and you win! Fail, and you become some freaky shadow monster forever roaming Wonderland, hopelessly clinging to the name Alice...

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Kill the White Rabbit, and you win! Fail, and you become some freaky shadow monster forever roaming Wonderland, hopelessly clinging to the name Alice...

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Several, different examples:

** The Queen of Heart wears black and white, has chocolate-colored eyes, and has black hair. {{spoiler|[[Irony]] is that he ''hates'' the color red.}}

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* [[Lolicon]]: The Mad Hatter. However, it only becomes really clear when it becomes clear that he {{spoiler|is actually Lewis Caroll, who is hinted at having been in love with Alice Liddell}}.

* [[No Name Given]]: "Alice?" can't remember his own name. The reason for that is [[Tear Jerker|really sad]].

* [[Off ~~With~~ His Head]]: Characters that don't play by the rules the White Rabbit gave them, or that aren't needed anymore (most prominently {{spoiler|the Duchess}}) are erased from the story this way. The Queen of Hearts does the deeds himself with his [[Sinister Scythe]].

* [[Off with His Head]]: Characters that don't play by the rules the White Rabbit gave them, or that aren't needed anymore (most prominently {{spoiler|the Duchess}}) are erased from the story this way. The Queen of Hearts does the deeds himself with his [[Sinister Scythe]].

* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]: {{spoiler|A mild one from The Queen of Hearts, [[Mind Screw|so mild that it's really hard to tell if he actually regrets his actions or not.]]}}

* [[Petting Zoo People]]: The Cheshire Cat and the White Rabbit.

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* [[She Is the King]]: [[Inverted Trope|More like 'He is the Queen']].

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Even going as far as to incorporate 'minor' elements of the original story, such as Dinah the cat and the whole 'Mad Hatter killing time' thing.

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: an interesting version. On some CD-booklets and merchandise, the main character's name is written with an additional questionmark to his name (resulting in "Alice?") to tell him apart from 'other' Alices. Of course, it also hints at the fact that he is still in the process of gaining this name or not.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: an interesting version. On some CD-booklets and merchandise, the main character's name is written with an additional questionmark to his name (resulting in "Alice?") to tell him apart from 'other' Alices. Of course, it also hints at the fact that he is still in the process of gaining this name or not.

* [[Talking ~~With~~ Signs]]: Jack's only way of communication.

* [[Talking with Signs]]: Jack's only way of communication.

* [[The Mad Hatter]]: He doesn't seem to be as mad as other versions, though, except for his obsession with his precious tea time. Later, it is revaled that he is actually {{spoiler|Lewis Carroll, author of the original story}}.

* [[The Wonderland]]