CATDOLL: The latest volume of "The Rose of Versailles" will be released at the end of July

The latest volume 12 of Ikeda Riyoko's classic girl manga "The Rose of Versailles" will be released on July 24, which makes many new and old fans excited! It's been updated again after 40 years! It's really like a mother reading comics with her daughter, and the girlish heart is back!

Last year (2014), the latest single volume 11 of "The Rose of Versailles" was published after 40 years, which moved fans of this work to tears. Now, the latest single volume 12 is about to be released, which brings another big surprise to fans.

This book contains the extra stories of the "The Rose of Versailles" series that Riyoko Ikeda has published irregularly in "Margaret" (Shueisha). One story features Oscar's adjutant Gerard in the Imperial Guard, and the other tells the secret of Oscar's birth. Both are very attractive contents for fans. In addition, the book also includes the color illustrations of the collaboration between "The Rose of Versailles" and fashion brands published in "SPUR" (Shueisha).

The Rose of Versailles is a girl's manga set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, which was serialized by Ikeda Riyoko in Weekly Margaret in 1972. It was adapted into a stage play by the Takarazuka Revue in 1974, starring Hasegawa Kazuo, and became a smash hit. It was adapted into a TV animation in 1979, with the second half of the animation directed by Dezaki Osamu, and is considered his masterpiece. It tells the story of Oscar, a beautiful woman in men's clothing, and her turbulent life before and after the French Revolution.