Manga

Berusaiyu no Bara is in part fact and in part fantasy, mixed in a way that you probably won’t doubt the truthfulness of it’s characters, to the point that if you ever get your hands on a book about the French Revolution, you’ll probably look through its pages trying to find the name Oscar and the troops that participated on that terrible day of July 14.

This is thanks to the talented imagination of Riyoko Ikeda, a young 25 year old woman, that created a story within the history, making it so real, so strong, so close to historical facts, sustained in between these but not interfering in them.

Ikeda as a philosophy student had the knowledge and having researched the events that caused the French Revolution, wanted to give these events a feminine point of view, her point of view, a deeper glimpse than just political highlights that would reach Japanese girls of all ages. Creating though this Berusaiyu no Bara, an 1700 page manga, an epic that reached non-imaginable popularity by its editors. It appeared during 82 weeks between 1972 and 1973 in the magazine titled Shukan Margaret, that now a days is re-edited in a five volume collection.

Ikeda‘s drawing style is Shoujo, its classic form, its stylish characters, with big expressive eyes, the main characters with blonde hair, their antagonists with very dark black hair, like the femme fatale of Spanish literature. The background set in 18’th century Versailles, the language and clothes of the time, Riyoko Ikeda left nothing to chance, explaining though, that the military war style was used in the Napoleonic period. Berusaiyu no Bara unites all the attributes of Shoujo, in a way that it was made a standard; having fans all over the world.

Head Picture: https://pen-online.com/culture/queer-revolution-in-the-rose-of-versailles/

Manga Information

Since that glorius May 21th, 1972 when appeared for first time in the magazine Margaret on a weekly-basis, Versailles no Bara has sold millions of copies around the world.

Do you want to read it on line, visit:

https://www.mangacorn.com/manga/versailles-no-bara/chapter/chapter-1/

Shinshoban Margaret Comics

Atarashii unmei no uzu no naka ni In the Waves of New Destiny

Eikou no za ni yoishirete Basking in the Seat of Glory
Yrusarezaru koi Forbidden Love
Kuroi kishi wo toraero Catch the Black Knight
Osukaru no kurushimi Oscar’s Suffering
Moeagaru kakumei no hi Flames of the Revolution
Utsukushiki ai no chikai Vows of Beautiful Love
Kami ni mesarete (1972) God’s Summon
Mizukara no eranda michi wo (1994) A Path of My Own

Itamashii ouhi no saigo (1972) The End of the Sorrowful Queen

Gaiden: kokui no hakushakuhujin Side Story: The Countess in Black

Note: in 1994 re-edition vol. 8 & 9 changed name.

Manga Large Version ISBNs

Chuko Aizôban

vol 1: 4-12-001559-9

first published October 30th 1972

vol 2: 4-12-001560-2

(first published November 30th 1972)

vol 3: 4120018989

Published February 1990

Manga Small Edition ISBNs

Shueisha Bunko

Vol 1: 4-08-748220-0

Vol 2: 4-08-748221-9

Vol 3: 4-08-748222-7

Vol 4: 4-08-748223-5

Vol 5: 4-08-748224-3

Berubara Gaiden Lulu to Isshoni.. ISBN

Shinshoban 4-08-43000-5

1. Lulu to issho ni kita ningyou The Arrival of Lulu and Her Doll

2. Jarjayes shougun no musuko arawaru The Son of General Jarjayes Shows Up!?

3. Turk no kaizoku to shuudoujo The Turkish Pirates and the Nuns

4. Akuma no kusuri The Devil’s Medicine

The Rose of Versailles English edition only 2 vol. translated.

0079-00110-2780

0079-00120-2780

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In 2014 appeared the first Rose of Versailles volume in 40 years

Visit:

https://soranews24.com/2014/08/27/we-check-out-the-new-rose-of-versailles-comic-the-first-one-to-come-out-in-forty-years/

2017: In 21° the edition of Margaret Magazine edited by Shueisha, it will come with the great return of Riyoko Ikeda! Indeed 20 October and 5 November one special divided into two episodes of 79 pages.

The name of this special is Versailles no Bara Episode 8 and it will be centralized on the Queen Maria Antonietta and Breguet.

Italian info here: https://www.animeclick.it/news/59325-lady-oscar-torna-riyoko-ikeda-in-uno-special-in-due-parti

International editions