This book is nice. It is romantic, and very funny. Some shaky parts are a bloody fight, 2 kisses, 2 curse words, and a kid with an abusive dad. He's dead though. (just saying) What makes it so funny is a forigner who has come of age, and must find a bride. Alice was chosen, and this guy just goes nuts over her! He gets a job at Kyo Wakamiya's aunt's resturaunt. This book will want to make you NEED the next issue.

-mangafreak

Volume two of this series begins with the introduction of Frey Weilhausen, a member of the Northern European branch of the Lotsuan Legion of Sacred Guides. Frey is from Norway and is a fellow Lotis Master, one determined to make Alice his bride. He teachers her about the Lotis words, that there are 24 in all and that as she learns more and more of them she will earn a new jewel on her bracelet. They encounter Alice's mother, who pulls them all into the depth of her "mara"...that is the darkness which lies in the human heart. It is this darkness to which Mayura has disappeared into. After they exorcise Alice's mother, they enter back into the real world where Kyo decides to put up Frey at his home.

At school the rumor mongers are hard at work, what with such spicy news as Mayura's disappearance and Kyo and Alice's sudden closeness. A girl named Oishi, one of Alice's eternal tormentors, decides to stir the muck by approaching Kyo to date her instead of Mayura. When he refuses she spreads an event from his past around school in retaliation. This new bit of info follows him about relentlessly, and it even causes him to lose his normally calm demeanor and almost get into a fight. His past with his parents is revealed, and the three have to battle another bout of mara thanks to Oishi. During this time Alice and Kyo bond a bit, but she still does not have the courage to tell him how she feels. He is indecisive about whether he should remain dating Mayura or not, and she doesn't know quite how to take that. Along with Mayura, Alice's father suddenly becomes absent as well.

If I say much more, I will reveal far too much of the growing plot. I'm still under the impression that this is not as good as previous series of Watase's, but I like the direction in which it is going. I can see that over time, as more characters are introduced and Alice becomes a stronger person that the storyline is only going to get better. The illustrations seemed much nicer in this one as well, even though I still don't really find Alice appealing. I think this comes from the fact that she resembles an old friend of mine with, shall we say, a not so stellar personality, and that messes with my head a bit.

Overall, I do recommend this series to fans of fantasy manga, and Watase work alike. I think you'll warm up to it, just like I am.