Literally me after 2 volumes of Requiem of The Rose King:

Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno || 薔薇王の葬列

Requiem of the Rose King got me f*cked up, that’s all I can say. That’s a lie: I also want to say that all the characters deserved better. And that as tragic as it was, I loved the study of gender roles (specifically during the 1400’s in England) and the depth and respect with which the main intersex character was treated with regards to his gender by the meta narrative (in my opinion/interpretation).

More colored manga panels

Requiem of the Rose King | Baraou no Souretsu –  Chapter 63

B for Buckingham from Requiem of the Rose King! He was so pretty I don’t think I did him much justice but I tried 🥹

I've been waiting for My Happy Marriage anime. Been reading the books and while this looked promising, you never know. However, the first episode was really good, albeit sad. And looked really good! I can't believe we are getting more good shoujo/josei anime. 😭

God save his majesty, the demon king 👑🥀

what if the ROTRK cast showed up to your party?

Friend wants me to read BB and I want it to read NNO we are trading 00s GFantasy manga like Pokemon cards...

Me: okay, last semester of studies, you have to pull yourself together and do everything beforehand

Also me on December 22: SHIT SHIT SHIT, MASTER THESIS, ASSESSMENT THESIS, ASSESSMENT PROJECT BY THE END OF DECEMBER 😱😱

Requiem of The Rose King manga : Hello baby

Me :

Richard from Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno from twitter @ kanno_ayo

Catesby... I'm sorry.

Colored a page from Chapter 77 that had wrecked me

Requiem of the Rose King | Baraou no Souretsu –  Chapter 65

Requiem of the Rose King and Cantarella

I've stumbled upon Requiem of the Rose King anime this past weekend, signed up for a free Crunchyroll trial, and now I am binging right through it. I also bought the first five volumes of the manga and I'm eagerly awaiting them. Anyhow, all that to say I have so much to say and nowhere to say it.. or with whom to share it.. So here it goes, Tumblr..

While so much is different, I am getting such strong Yu Higuri's Cantarella vibes.. both protagonists--RotRK's Richard Plantagenet and Cantarella's Cesare Borgia--are the odd ones out of a prominent family (both are dark-haired in a family of blondes even!), both have an accusation of being a demon from their surroundings from their youth, both are exceptional, both had an 'angelic' being in their proximity that kept the 'demon at bay,' both lost said person only to drown into their demonic side, both will conquer the seat they chose by being cunning and inspiring loyalty, and both have that political genius as an ally. And both have been regarded by history as treacherous and blood-hungry.

Anyway, that's it. I may be the only one to see the parallels, but I guess I wanted to put them out there...

I only came to this anime because I wanted to hear Midorikawa Hikaru's Henry VI... I came away with what I love from those historical Japanese media.. Can't wait to see if the manga is as good (probably better).

If you want to discuss (I know I'm a year late to the party, but heh), here I am!