My thoughts....
Pandora Hearts is probably a 9.5/10. The missing 0.5 is only because that there is always room for improvement and that the story could really hurt you brain at times... Major spoilers coming up...
At the start, Oz is thrown into the Abyss where he meets Alice... They form a contract and that leads to the start of the story. Alice is suffering from grave memory loss - only knowing her name and basic speech (constantly asking what the meaning of some words are). They find out that her memories are sealed in 'things'. Thus, they pursue them... that's when they stumble upon Sablier (in the Cheshire cat dimension).<-- The memory of what happened 100 years ago. The story in which every one believes in, is infact FALSE. They pursue the truth along with Pandora... Eventually finding out... *SPOILERS* That the hero of Sablier was actually the cause (Jack) and he did all that because he was trying to break the chain separating the world from the Abyss to bring them together! Why? This is where the romance genre comes in... He was in love (or obsessed) with a child of misfortune (Lacie)... because of this (the misfortune part) she was thrown in the Abyss, Lacie was pregnant with a pair of twins Alice and Alyss (Will of the Abyss) one stayed in the Abyss and became a form of vessel for the Abyss while the other was spat out and lived with the Baskerville's. Jack, who couldn't deal with his precious Lacie being taken form him decided... if he could see Lacie and Lacie couldn't come back he'd break the chains separating the two worlds. How did he do this? He manipulated someone... Alice. He made her think if he could break the chains separating the worlds she could see her twin sister again (Alyss). Alice and Alyss had matching rabbit stuffed animals. Alice named hers Oz (After OSwald).When Jack asked for Alice's help she turned it into a chain (She was the twin sister to the Abyss, remember) this chain was known Bloody, Black Rabbit... Jack formed a contract with him and broke/damaged the chains... |
The belief in the story was that the Abyss was the connection of all life. After Jack committed this unforgivable sin the Abyss rejected him from the circle of life (When you die you get reborn)....
Because of this he began to age... backwards. He was turning to a child once more and his chain - buried within him was slowly taking over. He disappeared and spread the rumour he used his body to seal Glen Baskerville (He made HIM look like the antagonist). After some time had passed Xai (Oz's 'father') had, had his first son. He took that some away for Christening were he stumbled upon Jack. He told him things that only Jack could know and convinced him to switch HIM with his son!!! Eventually, Oz took over and grew up thinking he was OZ VESSALIUS... This is what makes up this story... It wasn't just 3 people solving a mystery... It wasn't just 3 people looking for a girls lost memory. The characters where not just chosen at random. It was all connected... although it was insanely confusing at the start... then it all made sense... |