My favorite Character = Chapter 1: Versailles no Bara
Il n'y a qu'un seul type d'amour Oscar, ce l'amour de la douleur...
Oscar François de Jarjayes is für immer my favorite character. The Passionate, loyal and forever noble in all senses most intense woman that could only be an anime in the times near the French Revolution.
Her father being in despair for never receiving a boy as a son, a boy that could inherit the position the Jarjayes family as as Military man, decided to raise the 7th of his daughters, minutes after she was born, as a man. A tragic moment indeed... the beginning of an intense story...
Years go by and one day, when she's 14 years old, she's assigned to take care of the future Queen, later she becomes the commander of the Royal Guard and responsible for the safety of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, as well as the rest of the royal family.
This anime, Versailles no Bara, wasn't only about this amazing woman, it was rich in history facts that were really useful in understanding how people lived and the way they suffered under the monarchy, but it wasn't only that, it even showed you a part of the queen's life that made you feel sorry for her. It was kind of like greek tragedy, there was nothing anybody could have done to change their fate or something like that.
The sad, sad nice good friend she had, André, and his emotions, his devoted love to his lovely and strong but at the same time confused Oscar. A tragic story of love among other things. This fabulous character will still your heart, of that I'm sure.
She's so strong, so noble an loyal, so different from any human being and yet so fragile, what makes her human, so beautiful and honest like any hero should be. She's simply amazing.
The way she tried to save André's life was incredible, offering her's if he wasn't forgiven.... Unique! What noble would do that just for a servant? Contradicting the same King she was supposed to obey without asking why. The way she changes about the Queen has something special, first seeing her as a disturbance, a silly child (which was probably true in those firsts days) to see her as a potential good queen, a noble woman, and then when their friendship has to come to a sad end, when she decides she has to stick for the people and there's just no way out. It is really sad, I meant it.
The List of episodes and the original air dates are here:
1) "Oscar, the destiny of a rose" ("Oscar, bara no unmei" 1979 - 10 - 10)
2)"Fly! An Austrian butterfly!" ("Mae! Ausutaria no choo" 1979-10-17)
3)"A spark in Versailles" ("Berusaiyu ni hibana chiru" 1979-10-24)
4)"Rose, wine, and conspiracy..." ("Bara to sake to takurami to..." 1979-10-31)
5) "Tears with dignity" ("Kedakasa o namida ni komete" 1979-11-07)
6) "A silk dress and a rugged dress" ("Kinu no doresu to borofuku" 1979-11-14 )
7) "Who wrote the love letter?" ("Ai no tegami wa dare no te de?" 1979-11-21)
8) "Oscar in my heart" ("Waga kokoro no Oscar" 1979-11-28)
9) "Sun sets, sun rises" ("Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru" 1979-12-05)
10) "A beautiful devil, Jeanne" ("Utsukushii akuma Jeanne" 1979-12-12)
11)"Fersen departs for the Northland" ("Fersen kitaguni e saru" 1979-12-19)
12) "Oscar, at the duel at dawn" ("Kettou no asa Oscar wa" 1979-12-26)
13) "The wind of Arras, please respond..." ("Aras no kaze yo kotaete..." 1980-01-09)
14) "The secret of the angel" ("Tenshi no himitsu" 1980-01-16)
15) "Countess of Casino" ("Casino no hakushaku fujin" 1980-01-23)
16) "Mother, her name is..." ("Haha, sono hito no na wa..." 1980-01-30)
17) "Now the time of encounter" ("Ima meguriai no toki" 1980-02-06)
18) "Suddenly, Like Icarus" ("Totsuzen Ikarusu no you ni" 1980-02-13)
19) "Farewell, My Sister!" ("Sayonara, imouto yo!" 1980-02-20)
20) "Fersen, a Farewell Rondeau" ("Fersen nagori no rimbu"1980-02-27)
21) "The Black Rose Blooms at Night" ("Kurobara wa yoru hikaru" 1980-03-05)
22) "The Necklace Shines Ominously" ("Kubikazari wa fukitsuna kagayaki" 1980-03-12)
23) "Cunning and Tough!" ("Zurugashikokute takumashiku" 1980-03-19)
24) "Adieu, My Youth" ("Adieu watashi no seishun" 1980-03-26)
25) "A Minuet of Unrequited Love"("Katakoi no menuetto" 1980-04-02)
26) "I Want to See the Black Knight!" ("Kuroikishi ni aitai"1980-04-09)
27) "Even if I Lose the Light..." ("Tatoe hikari o ushinau to mo?" 1980-04-16)
28) "Andre, a Green Lemon" ("André aoi lemon" 1980-04-30)
29) "A Marionette Starting to Walk" ("Akuriki hajimeta ningyoo"1980-05-14)
30) "You are the Light, I am the Shadow" ("Omae wa hikaru, ore wa kage" 1980-05-21)
31) "A Lilac Blooming in the Barracks" ("Heiei ni fuku riira no hana" 1980-06-04)
32) "The Prelude to the Storm" ("Arashi no pureriudo" 1980-06-18)
33) "A Funeral Bell Tolls in the Twilight" ("Tasogare ni choushou wa naru"1980-07-02)
34) "Now "The Tennis Court Oath"" ("Ima 'Tenisu kooto no chikai'" 1980-07-09)
35) "Oscar, Now is the Time to Flee the Nest" ("Oscar, ima, su hanare no toki" 1980-07-23)
36) "The Watchword is "Au Revoir"" ("Ai kotoba wa 'sayonara'" 1980-07-30)
37) "On the Night of Passionate Vows" ("Atsuki chikai no yoru ni" 1980-08-06)
38) "In Front of the Door of Destiny" ("Unmei no tobira no mae de" 1980-08-20)
39) "His Smile is Forever Gone!" ("Ano bishoo wa mou kaeranai" 1980-08-27)
40) "Adieu, My Beloved Oscar" ("Sayonara waga aishi no Oscar" 1980-09-03)
41) "The Rose and Women of Versailles" ("Berusaiyu no Bara to onnatachi")
The story is so good that even today there are plays of it each year. It's hard to explayn how good Oscar is, confused some times, eager of Justice and of Love when she reaches the age, but at the same time not knowing exactly how to manage her feelings, being a woman that was raised to be a man, furthermore, a military man.
Should I say more? Don't know... I just love here a lot, she's wonderful. Thank you Ryoko Ikeda! What could we have done without you?
Ryoko Ikeda wrote this manga in 1973! Shueisha's Margaret Magazine was the first place where this manga came to be known. The Manga contains 10 volumes:
1. Atarashii unmei no uzu no naka ni
2. Eikou no za ni yoishirete
3. yurusarezaru koi
4. Kuroi kishi wo toraero
5. Osukaru no kurushimi
6. Moeagaru kakumei no hi
7. Utsukushiki ai no chikai
8. Kami ni mesarete (1972) - Mizukara no eranda michi wo (1994)
9. Itamashii ouhi no saigo (1972) - Kami ni mesarete (1994)
10. Gaiden: Kokui no hakushakuhujin
Four more gaidens were published in Jam Magazine in June 1984.
And it was made an anime, it's hard to say this but I couldn't read any more than the first volume. But the day will come when I get my hands in the other volumes. I'm not so sure about this gaidens but maybe if some day I come across with one I could read it, coz when you are a fan you never get tired of knowing more about your favorite character.
Je t'aime Oscar!
Oscar François de Jarjayes is für immer my favorite character. The Passionate, loyal and forever noble in all senses most intense woman that could only be an anime in the times near the French Revolution.
Her father being in despair for never receiving a boy as a son, a boy that could inherit the position the Jarjayes family as as Military man, decided to raise the 7th of his daughters, minutes after she was born, as a man. A tragic moment indeed... the beginning of an intense story...
Years go by and one day, when she's 14 years old, she's assigned to take care of the future Queen, later she becomes the commander of the Royal Guard and responsible for the safety of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, as well as the rest of the royal family.
This anime, Versailles no Bara, wasn't only about this amazing woman, it was rich in history facts that were really useful in understanding how people lived and the way they suffered under the monarchy, but it wasn't only that, it even showed you a part of the queen's life that made you feel sorry for her. It was kind of like greek tragedy, there was nothing anybody could have done to change their fate or something like that.
The sad, sad nice good friend she had, André, and his emotions, his devoted love to his lovely and strong but at the same time confused Oscar. A tragic story of love among other things. This fabulous character will still your heart, of that I'm sure.
She's so strong, so noble an loyal, so different from any human being and yet so fragile, what makes her human, so beautiful and honest like any hero should be. She's simply amazing.
The way she tried to save André's life was incredible, offering her's if he wasn't forgiven.... Unique! What noble would do that just for a servant? Contradicting the same King she was supposed to obey without asking why. The way she changes about the Queen has something special, first seeing her as a disturbance, a silly child (which was probably true in those firsts days) to see her as a potential good queen, a noble woman, and then when their friendship has to come to a sad end, when she decides she has to stick for the people and there's just no way out. It is really sad, I meant it.
The List of episodes and the original air dates are here:
1) "Oscar, the destiny of a rose" ("Oscar, bara no unmei" 1979 - 10 - 10)
2)"Fly! An Austrian butterfly!" ("Mae! Ausutaria no choo" 1979-10-17)
3)"A spark in Versailles" ("Berusaiyu ni hibana chiru" 1979-10-24)
4)"Rose, wine, and conspiracy..." ("Bara to sake to takurami to..." 1979-10-31)
5) "Tears with dignity" ("Kedakasa o namida ni komete" 1979-11-07)
6) "A silk dress and a rugged dress" ("Kinu no doresu to borofuku" 1979-11-14 )
7) "Who wrote the love letter?" ("Ai no tegami wa dare no te de?" 1979-11-21)
8) "Oscar in my heart" ("Waga kokoro no Oscar" 1979-11-28)
9) "Sun sets, sun rises" ("Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru" 1979-12-05)
10) "A beautiful devil, Jeanne" ("Utsukushii akuma Jeanne" 1979-12-12)
11)"Fersen departs for the Northland" ("Fersen kitaguni e saru" 1979-12-19)
12) "Oscar, at the duel at dawn" ("Kettou no asa Oscar wa" 1979-12-26)
13) "The wind of Arras, please respond..." ("Aras no kaze yo kotaete..." 1980-01-09)
14) "The secret of the angel" ("Tenshi no himitsu" 1980-01-16)
15) "Countess of Casino" ("Casino no hakushaku fujin" 1980-01-23)
16) "Mother, her name is..." ("Haha, sono hito no na wa..." 1980-01-30)
17) "Now the time of encounter" ("Ima meguriai no toki" 1980-02-06)
18) "Suddenly, Like Icarus" ("Totsuzen Ikarusu no you ni" 1980-02-13)
19) "Farewell, My Sister!" ("Sayonara, imouto yo!" 1980-02-20)
20) "Fersen, a Farewell Rondeau" ("Fersen nagori no rimbu"1980-02-27)
21) "The Black Rose Blooms at Night" ("Kurobara wa yoru hikaru" 1980-03-05)
22) "The Necklace Shines Ominously" ("Kubikazari wa fukitsuna kagayaki" 1980-03-12)
23) "Cunning and Tough!" ("Zurugashikokute takumashiku" 1980-03-19)
24) "Adieu, My Youth" ("Adieu watashi no seishun" 1980-03-26)
25) "A Minuet of Unrequited Love"("Katakoi no menuetto" 1980-04-02)
26) "I Want to See the Black Knight!" ("Kuroikishi ni aitai"1980-04-09)
27) "Even if I Lose the Light..." ("Tatoe hikari o ushinau to mo?" 1980-04-16)
28) "Andre, a Green Lemon" ("André aoi lemon" 1980-04-30)
29) "A Marionette Starting to Walk" ("Akuriki hajimeta ningyoo"1980-05-14)
30) "You are the Light, I am the Shadow" ("Omae wa hikaru, ore wa kage" 1980-05-21)
31) "A Lilac Blooming in the Barracks" ("Heiei ni fuku riira no hana" 1980-06-04)
32) "The Prelude to the Storm" ("Arashi no pureriudo" 1980-06-18)
33) "A Funeral Bell Tolls in the Twilight" ("Tasogare ni choushou wa naru"1980-07-02)
34) "Now "The Tennis Court Oath"" ("Ima 'Tenisu kooto no chikai'" 1980-07-09)
35) "Oscar, Now is the Time to Flee the Nest" ("Oscar, ima, su hanare no toki" 1980-07-23)
36) "The Watchword is "Au Revoir"" ("Ai kotoba wa 'sayonara'" 1980-07-30)
37) "On the Night of Passionate Vows" ("Atsuki chikai no yoru ni" 1980-08-06)
38) "In Front of the Door of Destiny" ("Unmei no tobira no mae de" 1980-08-20)
39) "His Smile is Forever Gone!" ("Ano bishoo wa mou kaeranai" 1980-08-27)
40) "Adieu, My Beloved Oscar" ("Sayonara waga aishi no Oscar" 1980-09-03)
41) "The Rose and Women of Versailles" ("Berusaiyu no Bara to onnatachi")
The story is so good that even today there are plays of it each year. It's hard to explayn how good Oscar is, confused some times, eager of Justice and of Love when she reaches the age, but at the same time not knowing exactly how to manage her feelings, being a woman that was raised to be a man, furthermore, a military man.
Should I say more? Don't know... I just love here a lot, she's wonderful. Thank you Ryoko Ikeda! What could we have done without you?
Ryoko Ikeda wrote this manga in 1973! Shueisha's Margaret Magazine was the first place where this manga came to be known. The Manga contains 10 volumes:
1. Atarashii unmei no uzu no naka ni
2. Eikou no za ni yoishirete
3. yurusarezaru koi
4. Kuroi kishi wo toraero
5. Osukaru no kurushimi
6. Moeagaru kakumei no hi
7. Utsukushiki ai no chikai
8. Kami ni mesarete (1972) - Mizukara no eranda michi wo (1994)
9. Itamashii ouhi no saigo (1972) - Kami ni mesarete (1994)
10. Gaiden: Kokui no hakushakuhujin
Four more gaidens were published in Jam Magazine in June 1984.
And it was made an anime, it's hard to say this but I couldn't read any more than the first volume. But the day will come when I get my hands in the other volumes. I'm not so sure about this gaidens but maybe if some day I come across with one I could read it, coz when you are a fan you never get tired of knowing more about your favorite character.
Je t'aime Oscar!