Sengoku Angelique

Sengoku Angelique (戦国アンジェリーク) is an alternate universe comic adaptation of the Angelique series which places its characters into Japan's Warring States period. This comic is one of three projects included in the Neoromance celebration for Enterbrain's tenth anniversary —the publisher for B's-Log, a monthly magazine dedicated to Otome game and boys' love media. Ayuna Fujisaki authored the story while Marie Hadori provided illustrations.

The comic was originally serialized in comic B's-Log Kyun!, starting with its July 2010 issue (Vol.5) and concluding in its March 2012 issue (Vol.16). Consumers who purchased Vol.8 received a character book and an Oscar rose bath poster. B's-Log Comics published the story into three collected volumes.

Neoromance Starlight ♥ Christmas 2010 included live dramas to supplement different aspects of this continuity with voice actor crossovers from other Neoromance IPs.

Characters
Most characters are affiliated with a historical counterpart but may be granted a fictional affiliation. This legend is included for simple identification.

Comic

 * Oda
 * Angelique Limoges = Nobunaga Oda
 * Rosalia de Catargena = Mitsuhide Akechi
 * Marcel = Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * Zephel = Hideyoshi Toyotomi
 * Olivie = Keiji Maeda
 * Catis = Hanzō Hattori


 * Takeda
 * Julious = Shingen Takeda
 * Randy = Yukimura Sanada


 * Uesugi
 * Clavis = Kenshin Uesugi
 * Ernst = Kanetsugu Naoe


 * Date
 * Oscar = Masamune Date
 * Victor = Kojūrō Katakura
 * Heuye = Goemon Ishikawa


 * Cultural Figures
 * Luva = Rikyū Sen
 * Lumiale = Francisco Zabiel
 * Sei-Lan = Eitoku Kanō
 * Charlie = Sukezaemon Luzon
 * Mel = Izumo no Okuni
 * Sara = former Izumo no Okuni
 * Pastha = Sansaburō Nakoya
 * Captain Conrad


 * Imagawa
 * Leonard = Yoshimoto Imagawa


 * Echizen
 * Timka = Yoshikage Asakura
 * Francis = Nagamasa Azai


 * Shimazu
 * Arios = Ranmaru Mori, Yoshihiro Shimazu
 * Leviath = Yoshihisa Shimazu
 * Kiefar = Tadamoto Niiro
 * Cain = Tadamune Ijūin
 * Giovanni = Masachika Kamada
 * Eugene = Tadakata Kawakami
 * Sionna = Tokitaka Tanegashima
 * Gerhard = Arinobu Yamada
 * Walter = Tadanori Katsura
 * Ka-Fai = Yoriyasu Indori
 * Renaud

Live Dramas

 * Kazahaya (Harukanaru Tokinonakade 4) = Koji Kashin
 * Sazaki (Harukanaru Tokinonakade 4) = Masanori Fukushima
 * Tooya (Harukanaru Tokinonakade 4) = Kotarō Fūma
 * Michiomi Ootomo (Harukanaru Tokinonakade 4) = Katagiri Katsumoto
 * Ryotaro Tsuchiura (Kiniro no Corda) = Kanbei Kuroda
 * Hiroto Kanazawa (Kiniro no Corda) = Hanbei Takenaka
 * Akihiro Kira (Kiniro no Corda 2) = Magoichi Saika
 * Kiriya Etou (Kiniro no Corda 2 f) = Kiyomasa Katō
 * Bernard (Neo Angelique) = Motonari Mōri
 * Mathias (Neo Angelique Special) = Harukata Sue
 * Aleksei Hayato Morozov (LoveφSummit) = Kansuke Yamamoto
 * Richard Keigo Quantz (LoveφSummit) = Katsuie Shibata
 * Jean-marie Luca Saint-just (LoveφSummit) = Toshiie Maeda

Summary
Volume 1=

Angelique is the lord of the Oda but prefers to protect her territory rather than seek expansion. She enjoys training and living her days peacefully with Rosalia, Marcel and Zephel. Olivie returns from his travels to report that Shinano Province and its people are in duress. After its head governor Yoshikiyo Muragami was deposed for his perpetual warfare and tyranny, a fight for dominance between Julious and Clavis commenced. They have clashed four fruitless times at Kawanakajima. Angelique is worried for its depraved people. She rushes toward Shinano with her companions, leaving Rosalia to watch the fort.

She individually meets and pleads the warlords to cease fighting. Both parties are aware of the people's plight yet disagree with the other's governing methods. Julious believes he is suitable because he has proficient experience presiding over mountain regions. Clavis argues that Shinano requires a reliance on seafaring trade to truly prosper, something he feels Julious would never understand. Rejected from peaceful negotiations, Angelique renews her convictions to stop them when she learns and witnesses the commoners' hunger and fatigue. Olivie and Zephel spot the armies marching out again in the early hours. Angelique and her companions pursue them under the Tenka Fubu banner.

By the time the Oda arrive, war has ignited. Remembering Angelique's plea, Julious and Clavis discerns that they are in another stalemate and desire to a swift and decisive end to the conflict. They directly duel one another. Marcel, Zephel and Olive distract both armies to pave a clear path for Angelique. Though she fears her participation in battle, she soon overcomes her uncertainties as she slashes her way between the dueling duo. Angelique demands for them to consider the consequences of their battle. If one were to win, then the losing province (Kai or Echigo) would be devastated and the cycle of riots would continue. She declares her dream to end the people's suffering and proposes that the Oda, Takeda and Uesugi unify Shinano together. Her invigorated speech compels the men in both armies to cheer for her. With the soldiers and nearby commoners rejoicing the prospect of peace, the warlords warmly agree to her terms. Julious wastes no time working for restoration; Clavis finds it troublesome to listen to his every request and pushes responsibilities onto his strategist Ernst. The Oda happily return to Owari.

News of Shinano's unification spreads to Oshu which intrigues Oscar. After he and Victor subjugate their neighbors, Oscar heads to Owari to see the Oda lord in person. Their ship drops them at Settsu and will not return for ten or so days. Oscar decides to visit Charlie's place and gets excited when he learns a beauty is waiting within his shop. He is disappointed to see Lumiale greeting him. Lumiale has visited several times in the past and remarks that Angelique possesses a radiance like no other. Before Oscar tires of the priest's babbling, he warns them of a notorious thief running loose in the capital. Oscar changes his plans to capture the renegade, making the excuse that his heroism can impress the ladies.

Meanwhile, Olivie reports the Date's success in Oshu to the Oda. The group ponders a potential invasion from the Date before Rosalia remembers a letter she received from Luva. It's an invitation to see a delightful tea bowl he acquired. Olivie impels Angelique to take a needed vacation from the Shinano restoration; Rosalia snidely coerces him to assist her during their lord's absence. Luva serves them tea at his place in the capital and permits his young guests to relax their traditional sitting position. He explains he received the tea bowl from Charlie. After he casually mentions its extraordinarily high price, he ruminates that it may not be long before it is stolen by Goemon. Feeling that the thief is a good person forced to do crime, Angelique swears to capture him and urges Marcel and Zephel to join her.

A street merchant harassing a caged bird hooks the group's attention. Marcel implores the elderly man to stop; the irate merchant sneers that the bird won't sing. Zephel loses his temper when the merchant deems the mute bird as wasted merchandise. Before a fight can break, Oscar slashes open the merchant's robe and intimidates him to give him the bird. While the old man flees in terror, Oscar gives Marcel the cage. He scoffs that he only did it to cease their childish bickering, which causes Angelique and Zephel to pout over their lunch. During his ranting, Zephel recalls that the Date lord wore an eye patch and wonders if they had met him. His companions nervously dismiss his hunch as unlikely.

During the night hours, Heuye is being chased by guards. Oscar had finished his nightlife adventure and accidentally bumps into the youth. Heuye dumps the box into the one-eyed general's hands and bolts. The guards identify the treasure and dub Oscar the thief. Thanks to Victor's quick thinking, the Date lord escapes. His eye patch remained in their minds, however, and he is mistakingly dubbed Goemon next day at the town's wanted post. Charlie finds Angelique and company looking at the post and brings him to his store where Oscar is hiding. After their awkward introductions and explaining the public misunderstanding, Lumiale states that Luva referred to her if they wish to capture the real Goemon.

Her plan is to use Luva's tea bowl as bait by spreading rumors of its value around town. Heuye falls for it and sneaks into Luva's manor. He evades the obvious traps but becomes victim to a pitfall, landing into a large urn of water prepared by Charlie and Oscar. When Angelique makes her intentions to save him clear, Heuye spills the truth. He was raised in a poor but prosperous village. Its conditions soured due to the Miyoshi clan trampling it over in their campaigns. Desperate to save his home, Heuye left to find a job. He is unable to do so and reluctantly resorts to thievery. Oscar spares him from punishment but can't leave the capital being framed as Goemon. Angelique suggests for Heuye to hide in the urn and head to another country. He refuses to abandon those counting on him at his village.

Lumiale remembers a middle compartment to the urn and suggests to stage a fake execution. Heuye must be convicted while wearing an eye patch. He is to sit atop the middle wedge while submerged in water. While he pretends being boiled alive in oil, Angelique and Marcel wail their sympathies to prevent the crowd from inspecting the urn. Once the crowd appears to be moved, Heyue declares a dramatic end for himself. Zephel poses as an executioner to secretly trigger explosives, giving Heuye a smoke screen to escape. The plan is a success, and the thief is in the clear. Heuye can't remain in the vicinity after their grand farce so Oscar offers him service in the Date. Angelique rejoices his employment and wishes him the best. In their merriment, Lumiale confesses to Charlie and Luva that he took part only because of Angelique's unyielding compassion. The trio hope that her idea of unification can become a reality.

The volume ends with Leonard threatening to topple the Oda.


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Volume Extras
Each compiled volume has the following additions for readers:
 * 1) Illustrations or comics underneath book cover. Front and back.
 * 2) Uncolored design roughs for major and minor characters.
 * 3) Territorial map of Sengoku Angelique Japan.
 * 4) Creator commentary from Hadori and Fujisaki.

Smartphone users who simultaneously purchased the first volume and companion light novel Taiyou no Kuni to Honoo no Shisha could have used the QR codes underneath the sleeves to receive a special wallpaper. The offer expired April 30, 2011.

A life sized panel of Date Oscar Masamune was in stores November 2011. He acted as a promotional sales gimmick for the comic's second volume.