Ludwig Kakumei
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Ludwig Revolution | |||
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ルードヴィッヒ革命 (Ludwig Kakumei) |
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Genre | drama, fantasy, romance | ||
Manga | |||
Author | Kaori Yuki | ||
Publisher | Hakusensha | ||
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Demographic | Shōjo | ||
Magazine | Hana to Yume BetsuHana |
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Original run | 1999 – 2007 | ||
Volumes | 4 |
Ludwig Revolution (ルードヴィッヒ革命 Ludwig Kakumei?) is a gothic horror shōjo manga by Kaori Yuki. The story tells about Prince Ludwig who is ordered by his father to find himself a wife more suitable than the women he often brings into the castle. Along with his servant Wilhelm, they travel across the land in search of fair maidens from classic stories in hopes of finding Ludwig a wife.
Contents |
[edit] Plot
[edit] Volume 1
- Chapter 1: Snow White
- Snow White is a beautiful princess with skin white as snow, lips red as a rose and more beautiful than her mother. It sounds like your childhood story, right? This Snow White is murderous and a killer, a whore who only thinks of her own beauty, wanting to be the most beautiful of all, so you better ask the mirror mirror on the wall.
- Chapter 2: Little Red Riding Hood
- Lisette is a childhood friend, but when she is tricked into killing her parents, thinking they sold her for a pile of gold, this little red riding hood really turns things red all over. Ah, how Little Red Riding Hood really got her hood red....
- Chapter 3: Sleeping Beauty
- Ludwig journeys to a land where a princess sleeps and has been sleeping for over a hundred years. A mysterious witch claims to have put the spell on her, but when Ludwig finally wakes her from her slumber, time seems to move forward. This ends up being another tragic, twisted tale.
- Chapter 4: Bluebeard
- Bluebeard seems terrifying, but the secret is that his beard is fake. When Ludwig is accidentally mistaken for one of Bluebeard's wives, Bluebeard claims to have another personality when putting on the beard.
[edit] Volume 2
- Chapter 5: Rapunzel
- A beautiful girl named Rapunzel, whose hair was never cut, was taken away by a fairy at birth since her father had agreed to it, if he could have rapunzel (lettuce) for his pregnant wife to eat. Rapunzel is mean and foul-mouthed, and doesn't seem to be very same Rapunzel in the fairy tale.
- Chapter 6: Maid Maleen
- Chapter 7: The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich
- Chapter 8: The Goose Girl
[edit] Volume 3
- Chapter 9: Hansel and Gretel
- Chapter 10: Cinderella Part 1
- Chapter 11: Cinderella Part 2
- Chapter 12: Cinderella Part 3
[edit] Volume 4
- Chapter 13: The Goose-Girl at the Well Part 1
- Chapter 14: The Goose-Girl at the Well Part 2
- Chapter 15: The Goose-Girl at the Well Part 3
- Chapter 16: The Blue Light
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main characters
- Prince Ludwig
- Wilhelm
- Lisette
- Dorothea
- Friederike
- Julius
- Hansel
- Gretel
[edit] Minor character
- Ludwig's Father The King
- Julius' Mother The Queen
[edit] References
- ^ s-book.com - online shop of Hakusensha products (Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-03-25.