March Hare

March Hare is one of the minor characters of the Shiro Ari series. He's a cafe employee for the Mad Tea Party (though he tends to act more like it's owner) and a subordinate of the Mad Hatter's.

After being attacked by the Jack of Hearts and having the cafe partly destroyed, March Hare and the Mad Hatter have both aligned with Alice in the succession battle.

## Appearance

(Due to the manga's lack of colored photos, March Hare's appearance description may not be accurate)

March Hare has short, orange hair and orange eyes. On top of his head are a pair of rabbit ears that match the color of his hair as well, other than that, he is mostly humanoid in shape. His regular outfit consists of a long, white coat, a bright yellow-orange buttoned shirt underneath, black paints, and white boots with two black lines crossing the top.

On top of that, March Hare is always seen wearing a face mask with a cross on top of the mouth, presumably to hide the strange mark similar to that of a tattoo around the upper and lower lip of his mouth. Said mark is black and curls up to his cheek.

## Personality

March Hare is often seen as a calm and rational person, usually coming up with plans and being capable of making logical decisions even while spotted or cornered by enemies, but also shows a softer side for people like Snow White, whom he feels that he wants to protect. This calm demeanor of his, though, is quickly thrown out of the window the moment the Mad Hatter comes into the situation, often berating and insulting his employer due to his eccentric behavior.

Underneath that cold mask of his, though, March Hare truly wants the Mad Hatter to acknowledge him and see him as someone close to him, rather than somebody he picked up just for the fun of it. Yet, despite it all, March Hare is scared of exposing that desire in fear that the Mad Hatter will mock him for it; which, as noted, has been very tsundere-like of him.

## Backstory

Not much has been disclosed about the March Hare's past outside of a few flashbacks, however, it can be speculated that the March Hare was most likely sent to kill the Mad Hatter at some point in time but was ultimately foiled by him. Trapped between unknown bars, the Mad Hatter happily looks down at him and then proceeds to take him in- patching up his wounds and telling March Hare that he won't be able to kill him. It's from this first impression that March Hare is made aware that the Mad Hatter is just toying around with him

At some point in time, March Hare and the Mad Hatter was most likely brought to the kingdom of Mirror (courtesy of Mirror) as named people in order to facilitate the simulation of a human settlement. From there, they established their current cafe shop, the Mad Tea Party.

## Relationships

### Mad Hatter

Although not much is disclosed about their past together, it is implied that the Mad Hatter took March Hare under his wing when the latter attempted to take his life for some unknown reason. Establishing the Mad Tea Party together, the Mad Hatter and March hare have an employer-employee relationship, with March Hare often taking care of the cafe while the Mad Hatter is off doing other things.

Deep down, March Hare wishes that the Mad Hatter would look at him as a person rather than a toy or a person he picked up for the fun of it, yet his actions display otherwise, which led the Mad Hatter to believe that his true self mirror was defective when March Hare's true feelings for the Mad Hatter are revealed. This, of course, infuriates March Hare, who lands a dropkick on him when he dismisses March Hare's feelings.

Overall, they do seem to have a relationship of mutual trust, with the Mad Hatter believing that March Hare is strong enough to keep the cafe safe and running while the March Hare believing that the genius Mad Hatter should be able to come up with effective plans to suit their needs (despite believing that said genius was only playing around)

### Alice

As a neutral party to the king's succession, March Hare and Alice have an amicable relationship, which one side doesn't interfere with the other. However, after the Jack of Hears' attack on the cafe, March Hare and the Mad Hatter have since allied themselves with Alice. It also seems that they appreciate each other as acquaintances, as March Hare usually helps Alice many times in terms of infiltration and other missions.

It is also implied during chapter 54 that March Hare may be a little bit jealous of Alice due to the Mad Hatter's sudden interest in him.

### Snow White

Through their brief interactions and from March Hare's words, we can see that March Hare and Snow White have a very good relationship, March Hare most likely thinks of Snow White as someone he has to protect, while Snow White most likely thinks of March Hare as a reliable, yet a bit scary, person.

### Cheshire Cat

March Hare and Cheshire Cat have been noted to have very similar core personalities, even though their outward persona is very different. Although March Hare has a calm demeanor, Cheshire Cat's behavior is more playful in nature, yet both of them have a desire to be acknowledged by their "certain someone" and are twisted enough to be able to eliminate the obstacles in their way to get to them. In Cheshire Cat's situation, it's the Queen of Hearts, while March Hare's certain someone is implied to be the Mad Hatter.

It is also highlighted by both Cheshire Cat and March Hare that they have very similar personalities, and therefore, are capable of empathizing and predicting each other.

## Trivia

* March Hare's original counterpart is the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland, though instead of being an actual rabbit, Shiro Ari's March Hare is more of a rabbit beastman instead (human with rabbit ears)
* Apparently, on top of being skilled at fighting, March Hare is also a competent patisserie according to the Mad Hatter.
	+ He's also mentioned to have a doctor's degree in chapter 19
* March Hare's regular weapon of choice are throwing knives
* It's ironic how March hare finds Snow White to be someone to protect, as Snow White has the ability to inexplicably gain the favor of animals around them. And March Hare is a rabbit.