- "Don't give up until the end "
—Kojima in Chapter 1
Alice Kojima (小島 亜里朱 Kojima Arisu?) is the Queen of Hearts and protagonist of Alice on Border Road. Similar to Ryohei Arisu, protagonist of the previous story, her alias is a reference to the main character "Alice" in Alice in Wonderland.
Appearance[]
Alice is a young girl with blue eyes and long black hair that reaches down to her elbows. She wears a sailor fuku school uniform consisting of a white blouse attached with a sailor collar along with a red ribbon tie, black pleated miniskirt, navy knee-length stockings and black boots.
Personality[]
History[]
Alice is a high schooler in Tokyo and participates in the softball team representing her school. Because of her and her senpai’s excellent performance, their team won the semi-final in the previous high school tournament. However, just before the final match, their coach was reported by the media to be involved in a sexual harassment and their team was disqualified to participate in the final match. Many disappointed teammates immediately left the team. Alice is able to get back to her feet and preparing for the next tournament to honor her graduated senpai.
Two days before her scheduled away match in Kyoto, she was crossing Nihonbashi intersection without realizing Mikihiro Tomi’s truck was crashing towards her, resulting her and her fellow victims entering the Borderland.
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Etymology[]
- The name Alice means "noble, exalted"/"of the nobility/of nobility" in Old German/French/English/Italian/Portuguese.
- If written in Japanese, it can mean "second, Asia" (亜) (a), "village" (里) (ri) and "vermilion red" (朱) (su).
- Alice's surname Kojima means "small" (小) (ko) and "island" (島) (shima/jima).