Pandora Hearts

Vol: 24; Ch: 104
2006 - 2015
4.276 out of 5 from 3,881 votes
Rank #433
Pandora Hearts

On the eve of nobleman Oz Bezarius's fifteenth birthday, he and his loved ones gather to celebrate in a coming-of-age ceremony. But after Oz steps under a long-stopped clock and the hands finally move once more - thus fulfilling a mysterious prophecy - he is violently thrown into the legendary prison known as the Abyss by three cloaked intruders. Existing in another dimension, the Abyss is home to lifeforms born within its walls known as Chains; these beings can only live in the real world if they make contracts with humans, binding their power to the person's body. However, there's a catch - in time, the human will be overcome by the Chain's power and then thrown into the deepest level of the Abyss. When Oz wakes up in the Abyss he is quickly attacked by hungry Chains, only to be saved by one named Alice - a Chain who appeared just before he was thrown into the prison. Together, the two make a contract and return to the real world, where they are enlisted into the Pandora organization - a group researching both the Abyss and the trio that threw Oz into it. Along with members of Pandora, the duo searches to find Alice's lost memory fragments that are scattered throughout the world, to discover the secrets of the Abyss, and to determine if there's a way their contract can be broken without killing either Oz or Alice.

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nekoangel12
9

I read up to the 79th chapter, and I absolutly fell in love with the story of Pandora Hearts. The little rich boy named Oz being dragged into the abbys by a mesterious person, we find out who the person was sometime later in the manga. It started off quite funny, as Oz and Ada were exploring the mantion putting a lot of tention on the house keeper, while teazing Gilbert (servent of Oz) who was found infront of the gate leading to the Abyss that was owned by the Vessalious family. Sometime later in Vol. 1 Oz came bck from the abyss with the power of the Black rabbit after missing for 10 years.  At first Oz, Alice and Gilbert trie to find Alices lost memories that really belongto the will of Abyss (Alices twin) while it seems that Gilbert is only helping them because his master Oz is there, but it changes after some time, when Alice is not so bothered about her memories and helps out with the pandora. A lot later in the story (around chapter 75) Oz finds out from Jack that he is really only a plush rabbit that was made into a chain by the will of Abyss, and the body that he is now belongs to Jack Vessalious. The thing I liked the most in pandora heats was the relation between each character. Like Break and Sharon, or Gilbert and Vincent. I liked aswell the twist that comes abouts near the end there as gilbert protects his master Oz even tough he found out who his real master is. (Just love how Gilbert is loyalto his master OZ) One thing about pandora hearts that I hate the most is the personality of Oz!! Umm 9/10 overall??

Atpx4869
9.5

  After I watched the anime, which was pretty good, I saw people recommending the manga. The manga had a pretty high rating and the anime left me wanting more so I read it. I read, like, 3-4 hours a day and I caught up in 3 days (my eyes really hurt). Needless to say, I really enjoyed this manga.   At Oz Vessarlius' coming-to-age ceremony, he's suddenly dragged into the Abyss for a sin he never commited. There, he manages to escape by making a contract with a Chain called Alice. The story starts out quite simple but it takes a darker twist and it gradually gets more complicated. This story also has a lot of plot twists and my reccomendation is to not like or trust any character easily, for every character has their own dark side. If there were any problems with the story, I would say that the pacing's too fast and too much information dumping. If you wish to understand the story better, I reccomend you to watch the anime prior to reading the manga. The manga has a bit more violence than the anime since it goes more into the psychological and mental state of the characters and has a more complex plot. A good thing about the manga is that it has no fillers. Every chapter contributes to the plot and so does every charcter.   The art was pretty good. The shading makes the art stand out and makes it seem dark. The covers are especially well drawn and colour oriented. The sheer simplicity of the cover has a strong effect on the viewer and actually manages to show the dark side of this manga with it's effects and dark choice of colours.   Pandora Hearts has, imo, the most likeable cast of charcters in all the anime and manga I've seen. Oz is nice and flirty but, as the story progresses, you'll feel really bad for him and the things he has been through. Gilbert was loyal and timid. When he grows older, he gradually grows more handsome and even more loyal (if that' s possible). Alice is hot-headed and violent. She does have her cute side, though. Break is a clown. A very wise clown, nontheless. That's the main cast. There's also some other secondary characters that I'm not going to mention. The charcter development is immense and most of the charcter develop. I advise you not to grow too attached to any charcters for, I have a very bad feeling that our author, Jun Mochizuki, will kill off most of our charcters by the time that this story ends. Which, by the way, I'm not sure how.   Pandora Hearts is a very thought provoking manga with some really dark twists. I immensely enjoyed it and it's my, currently, favourite manga (but that might be because that I don't reach much manga). I reccomend people who like dark storys to read it but, take it slowly beause after I marathoned it, my head really hurt.

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