#ROTRK

[yonae]

Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno

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[ancatss]

oomf said i should post

based off

[highresshojosei]

Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno  from twitter @ kanno_aya 

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The Rose King clear cards are so damn gorgeous 😭 I love my babies, they are look so happy 🤍❤️

[niceto169]

has anyone done this

[avikats66]

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).

[deaddove]

hello radiant emperor fandom. i heard you guys like dark historical fantasies about genderqueer warlords and their ruthless pursuit of Revenge and/or The Throne… well let me put you onto something:

need more emo femboys with daddy issues? doomed siblings? lord/vassal dynamics? romantic stabbing? corruption arcs? sexy masochism? you 🫵 should consider reading

Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno

loosely based off Shakespeare's Henry and Richard plays, this manga follows intersex protagonist Richard III (yes he has straight black hair with the bangs covering one eye. yes it’s to hide his heterochromia) through England's War of the Roses.

(he is so cute don't you just want to see him snarling and covered in blood. don't you want to see him slowly abandon his ideals in a desperate bid to be accepted by the world that shunned and demonized him.)

battle, bloodshed, and court politics ensue! also because it's a shoujo manga, Richard becomes the psychosexual obsession of most of the male cast and engages in a toxic doomed relationship or two.

this is not a series for those looking for good queer rep, but perfect for anyone who wants to read about beautiful criminally insane people tearing each other's throats out and being horny about it. it is fun, violent, melodramatic, sexy, and utterly devastating. and although it is tonally very different from TRE, it has so many similar ingredients that i think it deserves to be on your radar. actually it deserves to be on everyone's radar, it's so fucking good and doesn't get anywhere near the attention it deserves...

yea there is an anime that is unforgivably ugly and so heavily censored it's a mystery why they even bothered to adapt it. would not recommend it at all but i guess you can watch it if you want, i am not the police.

actually no i changed my mind. Aya Kanno's work is stunning and deserves to be appreciated. ok case rested.

[cinnamonsparx]

i had to the meme was too perfect. inspired by a drawing by the author

[iserith]

Richard III - Requiem Of The Rose King

[eggiari]

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Was this supposed to be him coming out

[kaoruko-han]

I am not intersex so I will ask : what do you guys think about how tje Requiem of the rose king talk about it?

[highresshojosei]

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

[angiiger4]

It's Rose Day

[niceto169]

Rose of Versailles & Requiem of the Rose King

So I binge read rotrk last week and some things couldn't help but remind me of rov, and looks like some of you were interested in my little list too 😌

(I know most of these are a bit of a stretch, but nothing can stop me from thinking everything was intentional)

WARNING! This post contains major spoilers for both rotrk and rov! Okay, let's go!

Let's start with the obvious

Kind man unfit to be a king

Loyal servant, confidant, childhood friend and unrequited love situation

Dads deciding to raise their youngest child as a man

Is she cute? Yes Would you mess with her? Definitely no

Suspicious wine

THIS oh my god

After a certain death

No regrets

Losing your left eye because of the person you love

And finally, this

I might add more if something else comes to mind! You could also leave your suggestions if you have any!