An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Tales from the Memory Hole – Pandora Hearts Spoiler Review

So, apparently there exists a show called Pandora Hearts. I put it that way because, despite having seen it and engaged with it, I often struggle to remember that this show exists, much less what its content was like. With effort I can summon recollections regarding Pandora Hearts, but honestly and for a different reason as is usual this is a hard one to review.

And the funny thing is, this doesn’t at all seem like it should be a forgettable show in any way. It features its main boy get banished to a strange and esoteric hell, only to team up with that dimension’s top dog, an entity known both as Alice (and styled as a palette-swapped Alice in Wonderland in her human form) and the Blood-Stained Black Rabbit (or B.Rabbit). Add in battles against gribbly monsters, time abnormalities, changed identities, delves into lost memory, and grand conspiracies and you would think you’d have a recipe for a show that would at least be memorable.

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