Requiem of the rose king
By: story and art by Aya Kanno ; translation, Jocelyne Allen ; lettering, Sabrina Heep ; editor, Megan Bates
Contributors: Allen, Jocelyne, 1974- translator; Bates, Megan, editor; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Edition: Viz media edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781421597201
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Comic books, strips; History
Work titles: Baraou no souretsu
Description: A gothic-tinged drama that gives a new gender-bent twist to Shakespeare's Richard III. Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya Kanno's dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil. As the war between Lancaster and York rages on, the physical bond between Richard and Prince Edward becomes ever more apparent. Edward's loyalties are tested in the heat of battle as his wife, Anne, carries out a desperate act to protect their dominion. A new dark fantasy based on the classic tale of Richard III , from one of the most exciting voices in modern manga.
Notes: Reads from right to left.

Originally published in Japan in 2014 by Akita Publishing Co., LTD.

"Based on Henry VI and Richard III by William Shakespeare."

Rated T+ for older teen.

In English. Translated from the Japanese.