Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Book Review: Disney Twisted-Wonderland - Rose-Red Tyrant


Meet the curiouser and curiouser students of Night Raven College in Disney Twisted-Wonderland: Rose-Red Tyrant. When Yuya Kuroki is transported to the mysterious academy for the magically gifted, he must navigate a colorful cast of characters as he searches for a way home.

There’s just one problem: no one knows where his home is. Yuya quickly realizes he’s in over his head, stranded in a magical world filled with ghosts, monsters, fire-breathing cats, and bickering classmates. Without any magical ability of his own, Yuya must struggle to find his place in this Twisted Wonderland.

Coming August 27, 2024, VIZ Media provided an early galley for review.

This is a straight-up novelization of the first four volumes of Yana Toboso's manga (the Book of Heartslabyul). The story combines well the elements of traditional manga/anime school settings with character elements and aesthetics from Disney classic animation. If you've read and enjoyed those manga (which I definitely did!) then you might also like revisiting the story in this prose form. For me, the artwork on the original really made this story extra special; there are a few tastes of that peppered here.

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