Innocent Rouge

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Japanese: イノサン Rouge

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 12

Chapters: 88

Status: Finished

Published: May 20, 2015 to Jan 8, 2020

Genres: Award Winning, Drama

Theme: Historical

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Grand Jump

Authors: Sakamoto, Shinichi (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #206²

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MangaGrand JumpSakamoto, Shinichi (Story & Art)

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The eve of the French Revolution, 1772— The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister, Marie-Joseph, has been living freely in Versailles. But one day, Marie-Joseph's first love, a man named Alain, is killed by aristocrats...! This history of innocents plunges into the arc of the crimson revolution, Rouge—!!

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Innocent Rouge has been published in French by Editions Delcourt since April 26, 2017 and in Italian by Edizioni BD since May 18, 2017.

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Sanson, Marie-Josèphe

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Sanson, Charles-Henri

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Marie-Antoinette

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Louis-Auguste

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Sanson, Zèro

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Subyss

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Sanson, Charles-Jean-Baptiste

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Legris, André

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Sanson, Henri

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de Robespierre, Maximilien

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Dec 27, 2020

Rakeesh

Recommended

After reading Innocent i felt really happy with the work that Shinici Sakamoto handed down to us. It was a complete and cohesive work of art that was both faithful to its source material (that beeing Mémoires de Sanson) and creative enough to build an engaging plot while creating characters that were complex and realistic to the bone.
Unfortunately that changed with Rouge

Rouge focusses on the one thing i disliked from the 1st Innocent: Marie.
Now, let me explaing why.
First of all, i find Marie character just really flat and boring. Its THE MOST predictable character in the entire manga. Whenever Charles-Henri faces a new obstacle ... or a change of setting, he is influenced by it and changes accordingly to the events that take place, while still following his dream. Marie doesn't do that. She is just "me free me do what i want" to every situation she faces, and thus her actions are always predictable, like she was a caricature. Expect when she's not, and it's not even justified.
Marie joining the revolutionary forces is so out of character i feel like icouldn't understand her completly. If her character was written to always seek freedom and remove every possible bind that would affect her negatively, joining a "righteous" group that is trying to impose new rules to a society is just out of character. And that should be because she's following the dream of her dead lover? When Marie was supposed not to be tied by anything? No. Just no.

Another thing that i particularly didn't enjoy in this manga was the amount of time skips and how they were implemented into the story.
In a work of fiction that tries to be as hystorically accurate as possible, and that describes event with a straight-forwarded narrative up until this point, i can't understand why putting that much numerous timeskips and flashbacks was necessary.
Also i feel like some events were too flashed out.
The assault to the Bastille, the Diamond Necklace scandal and the figure of Napoleone felt a bit rushed. Or at least they'd have needed more time to be poured in to feel more cohesive to the narrative

Also can we talk about Marie Antoniette? She has some really good chapters that make her feel like a complex and mature character, and then she goes back to beeing a whiny immature teenager girl who really feels out of place in Versailles

That beein said, there are some things i enjoyed
The art is gorgeous, no need to say it.
Charles Henry and his relationships with his relatives is really likeable, as he's the most complex and heavly developed character in the whole manga, and seeing him from his position as the head of the family, to his 67ish years old figure is heart breaking
Marie has SOME decent moments, but they were mostly because Charles was there
Really enjoyed the Marat chapters and watching Luis spending some time with his children

The manga is definetly worth a read, don't get me wrong, But i can't bring myself to call it Amazing or Very Good, even if i deeply love some characters. The focus on the caricature Marie becomes is really burdening the manga, and some parts were really tough to read through because of characters beeing really boring and not interesing.
If it was for the art and Charles alone, this manga'd get an easy 9.
But as it is, it's just "7- Good" for me

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May 14, 2020

SockVl

Recommended

Just finishing. For god's sake, this manga is f*cking good. One of the best thing I've read in my life. Thanks for the great adventure, Sakamoto-sensei.
Overall: 10 :))

I think everybody should read this manga, not only because it's about huge historical events, but also because talks about human nature. A brutal way to reflect that "All the talk about Revolution is nothing but a pack of lies". Your miserable life is not going to change into a heaven just after a "Revolution". It takes hundreds of years to achieve the goal of that revolution.

My fav quote:
"The blood of the king will pour down on this ...

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Mar 1, 2024

uncleden

Mixed Feelings

Definitely a bit better than it's prequel Innocent but still, just like Innocent it lacks in character writing and depth. While Marie is cool her being mostly a one dimensional, predictable character sadly makes her kind of bland. It's definitely a bit better though as it does get more entertaining towards the end, but sadly, it's towards the end not really entertaining and gripping all the way through. Like Innocent I recommend you still check it out, you might like it more than me, and the art is still masterful.

Sounding like a broken record sucks, but I hoped this would've been better... Too bad..

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