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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 7

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2013

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 7 covers comics from May 21st 2011 to November 24th 2013. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 6

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2011

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 6 covers comics from November 7th 2009 to May 14th 2011. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 5

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2010

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 5 covers comics from October 18th 2008 to October 31st 2009. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 4

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2009

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 4 covers comics from January 19th 2008 to October 11th 2008. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 3

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2008

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 3 covers comics from April 14th 2007 to January 12th 2008. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 2

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2007

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 2 covers comics from July 6th 2006 to March 7th 2007. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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Hi, I really appreciate your blog and all your hard work and content! Im a new Rose of Versailles fan, so it's so helpful to see all the information you post. I was wondering if you had read the Rose of Versailles Episodes manga, particularly the Rosalie chapters, and if you knew what Rosalie had said about Oscar in them. I heard somewhere that she said something about how Oscar's sacrifice at the Bastille reminded her to be brave and strong through her trials in these chapters. I included 2 images I saw someone else repost that have the Japanese version of 2 scenes with Oscar, but I dont know if those are the only ones where Rosalie's talking about Oscar. Thank you! I hope it's ok that I asked about this!

Hello and thank you for your question!

Trying avoid spoilers, these are scenes of Rosalie remembering the dead. She is kind of the last one standing and thinks of the dead often, especially in the one pictured. I don't know if you have read or know of the sequel Glory of Napoleon? Alain, Rosalie and Bernard are characters in that as well and this story tied more into that timeline.

There are a couple other scenes with her memories of Oscar but she doesn't really talk about her. She has a scene with Fersen where she tells him her son is named after Oscar.

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The Rose of Versailles Kids Volume 1

BeruBara Kids

ベルばらKids

By Riyoko Ikeda

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun

Publish date: 2006

79.pg

20 x 15 cm, Hardcover

A collection of 4 panel comic strips originally published in the Asahi Shimbun Saturday edition. Volume 1 covers comics from October 1st 2005 to July 1st 2006. Volume also includes mini articles containing analysis and anecdotal information on The Rose of Versailles.

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Hello! I’m new to the fandom thanks to the movie and I just recently finished the manga. Question, I’ve seen comments about that Riyoko Ikeda said that André had previous lovers and I’m trying to find the source of it. Do you happen to know where it came from? Thank you in advance! Your collection is amazing 🤩

Hello and thank you

This comes from The Rose of Versailles 30th Anniversary Commemorative Encyclopedia. In this book Ikeda says that when Andre was 18 he went to the Palais Royal and had an affair with a prostitute because she heard that Napoleon had done the same. She also says his line "I'm not scared…" on his wedding night with Oscar is supposed to be a hint that he has experience.

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Hellas chocolate from Finland, The Rose of Versailles T-shirt giveaway advertisement. 1976

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Can you pass The Rose of Versailles quiz?

*answers are based on official English manga translation

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Q&A with Riyoko Ikeda from The Rose of Versailles: Truths and Mysteries

Q: Who is your favorite character in The Rose of Versailles?

A: It's impossible to narrow it down to just one. I love them all. All the characters are lovable to me. Of course I love Oscar and Andre, but I also love Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. The reason I wanted to write The Rose of Versailles in the first place was because I was inspired by Marie Antoinette. I was intrigued with how much people can grow and change depending on their environment, and that's what started this work.

Louis XVI was also criticized for being indecisive and not being fit to be a king, but I think he was a good man with a big heart.

So it's really difficult for me to pick just one.

Q: What's your favorite line?

A: There are too many to choose from.

Q: I understand that the serialization ended 10 weeks after Oscar's death. What would the story have been like without those constraints?

A: If there hadn't been any constraints, I would have liked to depict more of the exploits of Saint-Just and Robespierre. I would also have liked to have depicted what happened to Fersen and Antoinette's children. And I would have liked to have depicted the emergence of Napoleon, who is said to have truly ended the revolution. I depicted the exploits of Bernard and Alain in "Eroica."

Q: What should we think about the "class differences" in France at that time?

A: I'd like everyone to think about it themselves.

It's a heavy topic. You might think that class differences are old-fashioned now, but when you think about human relationships, it doesn't seem that way. If you think deeply about it, you might discover something new about the relationship between Oscar and Andre.

Q: When Oscar was thinking about Fersen, how did she feel about Andre?

A: More than a best friend. A brother perhaps.

Q: Did Oscar ever feel jealous of Antoinette?

A: Absolutely not. To Oscar, a military aristocrat, Antoinette was, so to speak, "a person above the clouds," a queen to whom he had to serve, and her existence was absolute to Oscar. That is why Oscar was powerless to do anything and ended her love for Fersen.

Q: Why didn't Oscar tell Andre that she had vomited blood?

A: When Oscar decided to have her portrait painted, she had already resigned herself to death. And then she coughed up blood. Even if she didn't die in the battle, she knew she would surely die in the near future, so she decided not to tell Andre.

Q: Is Andre's grandmother paternal or maternal?

A: His maternal grandmother. So, when Andre's mother died, he was taken in by Maron Glacé.

Q: Andre seems surprised when he is told, "After this battle, we will have our wedding." What was he thinking? 

A: Andre did not expect to marry Oscar, and of course he thought it was impossible. Like Oscar, Andre was prepared to die. He had gained Oscar's love and was united with her, he thought what more could he wish for? So he had no fear of death and followed Oscar with a calm mind. Then, when Oscar said "wedding," he looked surprised. Since Oscar was prepared to die, there was nothing after this. She deliberately said "wedding" as a word of love, "Andre, I love you with all my heart," and by saying these words, Oscar's feelings were fully concluded.

Q: What did Andre think about liberal thought?

A: Of course Andre would have sympathized with liberal thought.

When Andre was in danger of losing his right eye, and his grandmother Maron Glacée told him that he should not cause trouble to his master (meaning that even if there was a possibility that his eye could be cured by treatment, he should give up on it), Andre did not resist her, but muttered, "We are the same human beings..."

This way of thinking is the basis of liberalism.

However, although Andre sympathized with liberalism, what he risked his life for was "living with Oscar and dying for Oscar."

Q: How old is Girodelle? What is the age difference between him and Oscar?

A: Girodelle was born in 1757, two years younger than Oscar.

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The Rose of Versailles: Truths and Mysteries

ベルサイユのばら　その謎と真実 単行本

Publisher: JTB Publishing/Riyoko ikeda Productions

Supervised by Riyoko Ikeda

Publish date: 2002

238pg

20 x 15 cm

Official analysis book supervised by Riyoko Ikeda.

An in depth look at the characters, events and history in The Rose of Versailles

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Color spread from Art Shincho, The Truth Behind The Rose of Versailles, September 2022

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Art Shincho, The Truth Behind The Rose of Versailles, September 2022 magazine issue

芸術新潮　2022年9月号　ベルサイユのばらの真実

Content includes:

Character profiles and timeline

Color spread

Takrazuka Feature

Interview with Riyoko Ikeda

The Rose of Versailles Episode overview

Multiple articles on 18th century France, art, the revolution and the historical figures featured in The Rose of Versailles.

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Riyoko Ikeda color cover gallery from: Riyoko Ikeda, Rose of Versailles 50th Anniversary Exhibition Book

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Riyoko Ikeda, Rose of Versailles 50th Anniversary Exhibition Book

Publisher: Asahi Shimbun Publications/Riyoko Ikeda Productions

Publish date: 2017

191pg

20 x 15 cm

This book contains similar content to The Rose of Versailles 40th Anniversary + Debut 45th Anniversary The World of Riyoko Ikeda with a few new additions.

Contents include:

Color gallery

Color cover gallery

Conversation with Riyoko Ikeda and Moto Hagio

Ikeda's works and Takarazuka

A long interview with Riyoko Ikeda

Riyoko Ikeda and Toshie Kihara

Interviews with the editors

Ikeda's works and music

and much more