#Princess Kururu

[marlkingdom]

A third image by NIS' in-house illustrator has been posted!

[crearuru]

These are going to post out of order but i was working on an animatic today and it drained my energies so bad when i went to the store afterwards i couldnt breathe very well due to air quality so i didnt feel up to finishing my rhapsody1!kururu painting bc my lungs were still recovering and painy has fumes. So have crea Going Through It

[katasdollhouse]

I waited a mind-blowing TWENTY-FOUR (24!!) years for Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess to be released in North America! I can't believe I had to wait twice as long as the amount of time elapsed in the plot between Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure and Rhapsody II!! I got the Marl Kingdom Chronicles box set, the full contents of which I'll show you another time. I'm loving the second game so far! I put some images and reactions under a cut to hide spoilers. Enjoy the cuteness! 🎺💖

+ Rhapsody II features Kururu and Crea, the daughters of Rhapsody I heroines Cornet and Etoile. Etoile is my favorite character from the original game and I'm finding her daughter especially hilarious already. I cannot believe Etoile named her daughter Createur!! It's not as if Cornet did much better though... Princess Kurusale Cherie Marl Q is quite a name 😂

+ One difference from the first game is that Rhapsody II has a more straightforward RPG battle system rather than a tactical RPG style. Also, summoning puppets to battle on your behalf now costs Inotium, the in-game currency.

+ Puppets from the first game appear in the second game, though sometimes they are at different ages than when Cornet first met them. Ledgem appears as a cute baby, for instance!

+ Unlike the first game, the songs in this second musical adventure appear with English translations but no English vocal tracks, as far as I've seen. The dialogue does feature some great English voice acting though. Crea and Kururu say surprisingly funny things in battle.

+ On the whole, Rhapsody II is living up to my hopes and I'm really excited to keep exploring!

[vincentspork]

Every time Nate and I talk about the Prinny birthday stream we're like "it should have been ME playing Little Princess in English" "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN US" "THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN US!!!!"

[szaryherbatnik]

Hello i am back i am providing the following: passenger princess kururu, wardrobe room kururu, giroro and kururu because they mean sm to me AND TORONTO !!!!!!!!!

[englishotomegames]

Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom (天使のプレゼント マール王国物語, Angel's Present: Marl Kingdom Story)

Release dates Japanese (PS2): December 21st, 2000 English (Nintendo Switch, PS5, Steam): August 29th, 2023

"In Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom, music and love weave their way through the past, present, and future! As the concluding installment of the stories of the Marl Kingdom and its characters, this is one magical story you won't want to miss.

Though true love is the destination, there are many magical paths that can lead you to it. Experience the stories of Cornet, the ruler of the Marl Kingdom, her daughter Kururu, the 'Tomboy Princess,' and other lovestruck souls in Marl Kingdom, all of which span the past, present, and future of the Rhapsody series. Tales of true love both new and old await you, including the fate of Kururu's impending marriage, two starcrossed lovers and their warring families, and the journey of Cornet’s mother, Cherie. The trials and tribulations each of these characters face will put their hearts to the test like never before. Will true love truly prevail?"

This is the third and final game in the Rhapsody series - a trilogy of romantic comedy musical JRPGs - released in English for the first time.

You can get the Steam version here, the PS5 version here, or the Nintendo Switch version here! The console releases contain both Rhapsody II and Rhapsody III, under the name "Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles".

[aiart-blog]

bunny costume

Good morning! Another week begins. Starting Monday with rain feels pretty gloomy, but let's give it our all and blow away those rain clouds with our enthusiasm!

What?! You've been eagerly waiting for the new character "Kururu" to be added to the Princess Connect gacha, only to find out that it's just a rerun gacha? That's such a letdown! Kururu is really cute, isn't she?

Cheer up! I'll dress up in a bunny costume for you next time, so stay positive! Come on, let's do our best today! Yay!

[meowunmeow]

Undead Unluck Chapter 211 Spoilers!!

I have to sleep earlier now 🙂‍↕️

I already know this before but the confirmation that Tella either 1) loves someone *coughs* Billy *coughs* before then gave up or 2) likes Billy someone but not really that strongly

She's really using him as a litmus test 💀 a whole test dummy

"married" "married, father of one" "bitchless"

HER ABILITY IS VOICE ACTIVATED?? BRUH THAT'S SO OP 😞😞 but that's awesome tho, we got touch activated (Unluck) and sight activated (Unmove, Untruth) already so yay

So it's metalhead Kururu 🙂‍↕️

The hell did princess gojo do? Does this mean he can control any of them willingly??? Huhhh

"shared my power" WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???

Veronica with a bunch of ammos and a fucking gun?? I knew she stayed strapped 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ Love how Betty is just happy for the ride

Poor Mui :(( She's just silently hoping that Shen hasn't been altered that much

Did Tozuka-sensei seriously referenced that one scene from Jurassic World 😭😭 Chris Pratt Fuuko 💀

VERONICA WAS A MERC?? Ain't no fucking way. Billy loves women that kick his ass.

Billy got her stressed with that cigarette 💀

Mui :(( it's okay girl you're allowed to beat his ass I promise

Okay that's terrifying Unchaste was already psychological to begin with, the fact that she actively rewrites memories to replace people instead of filling in the blanks is just so... This is one scary negation ability

TL;DR: Kururu has nonconsensual NTR as her ability

Despite this evolution, she's still limiting herself subconsciously with how her targets are only men rather than extending to women. It's either due to heteronormavity or that Kururu doesn't want anyone other than Kaede to look at her this way or doesn't want to risk Kaede loving her in an ingenuine way (spreading my yuri agenda)

The whole plot is literally "killing Fuuko with NTR"

WHOA CALM DOWN RAITA YOU'RE GONNA KILL FUUKO AND YOURSELF WITH THAT LUNG CANCER

"former partner" it's a battle between exes, i see

and woohoo! Kaede's full name reveal!!

SEAN GET OUT YOU'RE GONNA DIE BEFORE YOU'RE IN YOUR 20s

ALL-GIRLS ALL-GIRLS!! YIPPEEEEEE

I LOVE WOMEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNN

Thought Veronica was gonna participate with her gun and ammo combo on stage 😞 oh well you need two bachelors (Julia and Tella) and two married people (Fuuko and Billy) to make up for it ig

Shen's just there apparently!! But, in his head, he's happily working with his dear Mui :((

[l33t-hax0r-tournament]

THE BRACKET IS HERE!

round 0 (yes, we are starting at 0 just like computers do) will start on march 2 at 12pm EST. the round will be spread out across 4 days to avoid a shadowban, and posts will be tagged as #round 0. the matchups were randomized, so sorry about that! matchups in text form are under the cut:

match 0: Ami Enan (Lupin III Part 5) vs. Harold Finch (Person of Interest)

match 1: Barbara Gordon (Batman) vs. Saburo Yamada (Hypnosis Mic)

match 2: Hackerman (Kung Fury) vs. Piconjo (Newgrounds)

match 3: Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain) vs. Dr. Alphys (Undertale)

match 4: Sollux Captor (Homestuck) vs. Lucyna Kushinada (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)

match 5: Breanna Casey (Leverage: Redemption) vs. Saeyoung "707" Choi (Mystic Messenger)

match 6: Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost In The Shell (1995)) vs. Bentley Wiseturtle (Sly Cooper)

match 7: Kururu (Keroro Gunsou) vs. Mei Hatsume (Boku no Hero Academia)

match 8: Nomi Marks (Sense8) vs. Tulip Olsen (Infinity Train)

match 9: Tae Joon "Crypto" Park (Apex Legends) vs. Penny (Pokémon)

match 10: Tux the Penguin (GNU/Linux) vs. Hieronymous "The" Hacker (Cyberchase)

match 11: Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot) vs. Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi (Digimon Adventure)

match 12: Vanessa A. (Five Night's at Freddy's: Security Breach) vs. Chihiro Fujisaki (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

match 13: Donatello Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. Aloe Cookie (Cookie Run: OvenBreak)

match 14: Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!) vs. Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (Cowboy Bebop)

match 15: Spock (Star Trek) vs. Roxy Lalonde (Homestuck)

match 16: Rita (The Penumbra Podcast) vs. Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)

match 17: Entrapta (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Mickey Smith (Doctor Who)

match 18: Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland) vs. Alter Ego (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

match 19: Urushihara Hanzo (The Devil is a Part-Timer!) vs. Alec Hardison (Leverage)

match 20: Root (Person of Interest) vs. Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (Mass Effect)

match 21: Katie "Pidge" Holt (Voltron: Legendary Defender) vs. Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds)

match 22: Carla Dosa (The Hex) vs. Nicole the Holo-Lynx (Sonic the Hedgehog)

match 23: Dendy (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) vs. Toshiko "Tosh" Sato (Torchwood)

match 24: Yasuho Hirose (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JoJolion) vs. Ezekiel Jones (The Librarians)

match 25: Ritsuko Akagi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs. Felicity Smoak (Arrow)

match 26: Robert "Bob" Johansson (We Are Legion (We Are Bob)) vs. Maya Ibuki (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

match 27: Neo (The Matrix) vs. Trinity (The Matrix)

match 28: James T. Kirk (Star Trek) vs. Player Bouchard (Carmen Sandiego (2019))

match 29: Shiang Sun (Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2) vs. Raimu "Rhyme" Bito (The World Ends With You)

match 30: Susie (Kirby) vs. Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)

match 31: Mikado Ryuugamine (Durarara!!) vs. Fuuka Yamagishi (Persona 3)

[autopotion]

I feel like I have to play Little Princess because on the very first roleplay site I was on I was "stealthily" playing Princess Kururu. I was on a H*rry Pooper website and canon characters were definitely NOT allowed, but I got away with it because 1. I was playing a character from an untranslated sequel to a video game that was not well known at all and 2. the Princess Kururu I was writing barely resembled the actual character Princess Kururu because of point #1. Also 3. I think I came off as quite young (I was. Like 12 I think) so some of the roleplayers who were older were very gentle with me

[marlkingdom]

Today's new illustration, from NIS' twitter account!

[geekcavepodcast]

Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles Announcement

Nippon Ichi Software’s Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess and Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom are getting a western release. NIS America will bundle the games together under the title Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. The games will also release on Steam individually.

Taking pace after Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Rhapsody II follows Kururu on a journey to find her own prince. Rhapsody III concludes the story with events that take place before, during, and after the previous titles.

Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles releases in Summer 2023. 

[birdmitosis]

@lhassinu​ OKAY okay, this is a longish list, and some of the episodes have more Kururu-focus than others, but!! This is a lot fewer than 358 episodes; it’s only like 41 episodes when you take the half-episodes into account. I’ve also probably left out some good moments, there are just so many episodes... I also went ahead and put the placements of where the movies should probably go in there. I do recommend all the movies, and also the Chibi Kero short that goes along with Movie 2, especially. All the titles in the list below are taken from Wiki, rather than from the way they’re actually translated in the subtitles on that site. (And I’m linking it again just for convenience.)

9: Natsumi, Where Love Blooms, Kululu Looms / Aki Hinata, A Dynamite Woman

10: Face-off! Decisive Battle over Molar-3

28B: Kululu Ku of Kukuku

40A: Mois, You Could Say Happy New Year?

44: Keroro vs. Fuyuki Heated Sports Match / Kululu vs. Aki Exploding Invasion of Robots

47: Natsumi, Protect the Girls Festival / Keroro Becomes Afro

49A: Kululu, The Best Method in Space

51: Keroro Platoon Retreats! Good-bye, Pekopon

82A: Mutsumi Want to Be On My Radio?

83B: Kururu, the Most Dislikeable Guy

93: Natsumi Delves Into the Secret Base! / Aki Hinata, Probably the Strongest Woman In Space

SM1: Keroro Gunso the Super Movie (on that site as Sergeant Keroro: The Super Duper Movie)

100: Keroro Platoon Eh? Who Am…I? Who Is…Everyone?

101: The Keroro Platoon the Day Pekopon Stood Still!?

102: The Keroro Platoon Pekopon!! Impending Destruction of a Loved Planet!!

103: Keroro Platoon the Sincerity That You Showed Me

112: Kululu & Saburo The Artist's Decisive Encounter!

118B: Kululu The Sergeant Major Of Curry

122A: Kululu The Cursed DVD

129: Kiruru. The Messenger of Destruction

130A: Keroro Platoon All Members Reboot! (but 130B is also very funny if you like the Garuru Platoon)

134B: Fuyuki & Kururu Go to Akihabara

147B: Giroro who gave me this? (just wait for it)

SM2: Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess de arimasu! (on that site as Sergeant Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 2)

153: Kerokero Military Operation Number 100

154: Keroro Farewell Sergeant Keroro

157A: Leave it to Chief Medic Pururu!

158B: Giroro, Exclude These Memories

161: Putata and Mekeke, Overzealous Killers

165A: Kululu, Temporary Leader

171B: Kululu, When Was He a House Sitter?

185B: Tamama, It's a Notebook

192B: Keroro Platoon, A Cake Is a Man's Battlefield!

194B: Kululu and a Puppy

198B: Natsumi and Momoka, Obligation Chocolate Excluded!

199: Kululu, Kululun Idol Legend / Keroro, Reseting My Mind!

SM3: Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel de arimasu! (on that site as Sergeant Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 3)

210B: Aki, Children's Day

211: Musha Kero, Volume 1: Legendary Hero

214A: Kululu, I Quit

218B: Keroro, Caries War 2

229: Keroro, Killer Fist of Words! / Saburo and Kululu, Silent Fight (the first half definitely sets up the second half)

237: Musha Kero, Volume 4: Go West, Musha Kero Platoon

240A: Kululu, Sergeant Major's Special Mission

SM4: Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors de arimasu! (on that site as Sergeant Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 4)

260: Kero Zero, Keroro Platoon's Departure Last Night / Kero Zero, Keroro Platoon's First Mission

268: Kero Zero, Enter Pekoponian Mecha Designer Kiko Katoyama

270: Chibi Kero vs. Chibi Fuyuki

284: Dororo, Farewell Platoon

295A: Keroro, The Two of Us Are One Kerororm

SM5: Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island, de arimasu!! (on that site as Sergeant Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 5)

306B: Dororo, Doro is Coming! (though the first part of the episode sets it up, it's not totally necessary)

307: Keroro & Fuyuki, Night of the Time Capsule

311A: Kululu, the invasion has started

319: Mois, genius hacker? / Kululu, small old clock

320A: Natsumi, charming invaders

326A: Chibi Kero, fireworks from that summer

330B: Koyuki, first curry

349: Keroro, invading daily life / Keroro, hooray for reset

356A: Keroro platoon, real Dragon Warriors

357: Hinata family, Haru returns

[vincentspork]

Vital thing to know about the Little Princess friendship dynamic is that Cello would be like 😏 Hey Kururu did you know I was the first baby sent to space? And Kururu would be like I know you're full of it bc Crea said SHE was the first space baby. And Crea would be off committing tax fraud

[spiderton]

using a yt thumbnail sorry but hey.... wait a min...

thats all the comparsions and its probably not based in canon but its fun to think abut kururu beruru being made in princesses image :] and more "me making shit up" under here

princess and kururu are like. Similar to me. like yeah they have puffs on their hair but also personality wise. theyre nice and clumsy and... have to be helped by others...eug...... the obvious difference is that kururu is canonically clumsy and i have no idea if princess is but she fails at cooking to me OKAY

[englishotomegames]

Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess (リトルプリンセス マール王国の人形姫2, Little Princess: Puppet Princess of Marl Kingdom 2)

Release dates Japanese (PS1): November 25th, 1999 English (Nintendo Switch, PS5, Steam): August 29th, 2023

"Music meets adventure in Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess! This charming sequel to Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure features the young 'Tomboy Princess' Kururu, who follows in the footsteps of her mother Cornet and sets out on her own journey to find her prince.

As the daughter of the Marl Kingdom's ruler, Kururu dreams of finding her own knight in shining armor like her mother before her. Now twelve years old, she decides to embark on her own journey to find her true love. But Kururu will soon find that the path to happily ever after is not as enchanting as the stories make it seem, and is teeming with dangerous beasts, dark plots, and other unseen obstacles. Can she find the strength of heart to see her journey to its end and learn what true love really means? Complete with more songs, a new turn-based battle system, and a story both new yet familiar, Rhapsody II is ready to make its magical debut in the West and make your heart sing!"

This is the sequel to Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, a romantic comedy musical JRPG, released in English for the first time.

You can get the Steam version here, the PS5 version here, or the Nintendo Switch version here! The console releases contain both Rhapsody II and Rhapsody III, under the name "Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles".