The fact that Alice is both not a normal girl and is up to something shady is foreshadowed in Chapter 5, which ends with a shot of her bedroom where people are tied up and screaming for help.

As far as I'm aware, the authors of Bibliomania have no professionally published works as of now. Until the authors create a professionally produced work, or Bibliomania is published by an official publisher, it will remain ineligible. I think it's safe to say that the pursuit of knowledge is a nobel goal, as a civilization and as an individual. Most scientists and scholars would agree, but the best among them like Einstein, Tesla had their doubts, because they know what could be possible in the future if technological advancements prosper in the wrong hands. Body Horror: As Alice's body rots over the course of the comic, she ends up looking really gruesome, with various types of rot influenced by the rooms Alice has been in growing from her body, such as bird feathers, vines, and even a canine snout. It gets especially bad in Chapter 10, where her nails and fingers grow really long, her eyes become big and buggy, and her smile becomes unnaturally wide. Her giggling during the whole ordeal only serves to make it creepier. Then, there are the other guests Alice meets during that Chapter... Bungled Suicide: In the real world, the Judge was a student who was bullied by another classmate of his into hanging himself. It didn't work. Kendall, Joshua. The man who made lists: love, death, madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus, Penguin Group, USA, 2008, p. 154.There are more things to mention, like the visual analogies it does for each character and the way the story is unfolding, but I'm not smart enough to talk about these things without major spoilers on the story. Closed Circle: Thanks to the way in which the manor works, not even Serpent himself is able to leave until it's completely filled. Anyone who leaves their room will have their bodies rot until they die, and the potency of this effect will increase the lower their room number, with those in the rooms below Room 100 crumbling the very moment they enter their neighbor's rooms. Flower Motifs: The Bog in Room 276 is filled with a variety of flowers. Flowers also form from the Bog Woman's hair. Snakes are also very present (particularly with Serpent and the Book of Truth), further playing into the themes of desire and gluttony. I'm not really sure whether any manga released by Creative Entertainment are on the database or not, but if it's published in print, the it's eligible. If not, then it's not eligible, unless it can meet a different condition for its eligibility.

I kind of have a bit of difficulty explaining why they aren't "official" (according to MAL guidelines), but in very simple terms, it's due to the fact that Creative Entertainment solely publishes series in electronic form (e-books). For web manga/doujinshi like Bibliomania to be eligible, they must be published in print by a reputable physical publishing company (in other words, not independently nor solely on digital platforms (unless that digital platform is owned by the publisher)). This does not deter the girl because she marches onwards through all the rooms, each housing a different individual with a different desire. in the pannel where the doll is first introduced, alice approches it with love and curiosity. only in the proces of trying to study it, tearing it apart. Cosmic Horror Reveal: In the final chapter, it's revealed that Alice was a Transhuman Abomination all along and had already caused an Apocalypse How by the time of the story. The mangaka can paint a character to look tragic, beautiful, disgusting, sympathetic, terrifying, and sometimes, all at the same time. Most of the scenes hit this mark, showing the dark sides of common human desires and regrets.Skull for a Head: A while after Alice encounters her, the Bog Woman's face completely decays, showing her head as a floating skull missing a lower jaw. Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet [10] (1792–1872) suffered from severe bibliomania. His collection, which at his death contained over 160,000 books and manuscripts, was still being auctioned off over 100 years after his death.

Bibliomania became quite popular during the Regency era as the desire for first edition copies of books drove prices to unobtainable levels. Because of this, bibliomaniacs made a significant impact on the sales of rare or older books in such a way that it has never truly recovered. [9] People with bibliomania [ edit ] the ending shot of the manga is the doll alice was once curious of, laying there torn and broken with a butterfly resting their wings on its head. Red Herring: The manga starts with what seems to be the Serpent breaking out of the "coffin" and destroying the world, as we see a boy looking at the monster and thinking it's a snake. The Serpent is actually still sealed by that time. Alice was the one that broke out, and as the original Book of Truth, she also has a slightly serpentine form. I believe that the physical copy was published independently. I was not able to find any sources of a reputable publisher releasing the physical version of this manga doujinshi. And even if it was sold in an official bookstore, the original publisher still has to be a professional one. alice is the only person in the manga who truly got her desires, but that isnt fully true. we see that in the palace that alice isnt satisfied with only reading about the outside world, but reading about it is her only option. so, she continues reading, blindly hoping that if she reads enough, knows enough she will somehow know how it is to live a life outside. free. this misconception only drives her to empty fulfilment as she eventually does know everything.Ferris, INA (2009). "Book Fancy: Bibliomania and the Literary Word". Keats-Shelley Journal. 58: 33–52. JSTOR 25735166.