History VisualNovel / RoseGunsDays

The game is completely different from anything released by 07th Expansion so far, as it features no gore, PsychologicalHorror or mystery, but rather a mix of slice-of-life and action with elements of political drama, and a generally lighter tone. And in a slight originality from the usual sound novel format, action scenes are punctuated by a reflex mini-game with a recorded score at the end of each Season. Considering the setting, some touchy themes come to be treated in the story, especially the questions of nationalism and defense of one's culture, or Chinese-Japanese relationships after WWII.

* BigBad: The greatest threats to City 23 are the [[EvilVsEvil dueling]] [[TheDon mob bosses]] [[AxCrazy Crazy Alfred]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist Father Caleb]], and [[YellowPeril Blue Dragon Wang]] [[spoiler:until [[KnightTemplar Gabriel]] shows up and [[KillEmAll starts killing everyone]]]].

Other completed manga adaptations include a two-volume spin-off called ''Aishū no Cross Knife'' ("The Cross Knife of Sorrow"), published in the Big Gangan, which takes place in 1946 and focuses on Wayne Uedera, with a [[DarkerAndEdgier generally darker tone.]], and a two-volume prologue titled ''Fukushū wa ōgon no kaori'' ("Revenge has the fragrance of gold"), published in Kōdansha's ''Monthly Shonen Sirius'', which takes place before Rose effectively became the Madam. The manga of Season 1 has been licenced by Yen Press.

Tokyo, City 23, [[TheForties 1947]]. In an AlternateHistory, Japan lost the war in 1944, when the country was destroyed by a natural disaster. The United States and China quickly started to compete in the reconstruction, bringing massive waves of immigrants with them, to the point Japanese people became a minority in Tokyo. Three years later, almost all the Japanese people in Tokyo go by a second Western name, and unemployment mixes with criminality and prostitution. Leo Shishigami comes back in his unrecognizable hometown after three years, and saves a young girl chased by TheMafia, who invites him to eat pasta in the club she owns, the Primavera. After wandering around in the city and unsuccessfully searching for a job and a roof, Leo goes back to the club, where the crime boss, [[AxCrazy Crazy]] [[BigBad Alfred]] [[CardCarryingVillain Akagi]], and his henchmen are threatening the girl who helped him. After the incident where he shines again, Leo ends up hired as a bodyguard for "Madam Rose". There begins the story of Rose's determination to help her countrymen in need, where she will have to grow up from an idealistic but naive girl to a confident leader.

* GratuitousItalian: Club Primavera (Italian for "spring"). The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3zkcOkYHjM Maboroshi Ni Shisu]]" (Death in Illusions) also has Italian lyrics. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Who cares?]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: Weaponized by Nina and Rapunzel in the Last Season to draw the attention of the guards [[spoiler:in the hotel where Rose is confined.]] Jeanne on the other hand, doesn't do anything, but one of the guards who likes [[{{Obasan}} "mature women"]] starts to flirt with her, much to her annoyance. The last guard is NotDistractedByTheSexy… [[{{Gayngster}} but takes a liking to Charles.]]

** [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Major Gabriel Kubaraya]]]] is this for Season 4 and the closest thing to an overall BigBad.

* BigBad[=/=]ArcVillain: Each season has it’s own, though they tend to overlap:
** Season 1 has [[StarterVillain Crazy Alfred]].
** Season 2 has [[WellIntentionedExtremist Father Caleb]].
** Season 3 has [[YellowPeril Blue Dragon Wang]].
** [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Major Gabriel Kubaraya]]]] is this for Season 4 and the closest thing to an overall BigBad.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[spoiler:When Gabriel and Richard take over Primavera, they turn it into a mafia [[FullCircleRevolution no better than the Caleb family]], and [[spoiler:Gabriel]] himself [[spoiler:takes full command of the American occupiers and turns them into puppets for his revenge plot]].

* HateSink: Wang May seem friendly at first, but he’s an obnoxious SmugSnake. Though he ''pales'' in comparison to [[spoiler:Gabriel]], a brutal KnightTemplar who causes most of the {{character death}}s in the story, brings immense suffering to City 23, plays TheCorrupter to [[spoiler:Richard and Primavera]], mocks Butler for being unable to do anything about it to the point of turning him into an EmptyShell, and does it all [[DissonantSerenity with a gentle smile]]. And to top it all off, [[spoiler:even though he’s eventually defeated, he’s able to [[TheScapegoat shift all the blame onto]] [[AllLovingHeroine Rose]] while he presumably [[VillainWithGoodPublicity goes down in history as a hero]]]].

* BigBad: Each season has it’s own, though they tend to overlap:

Tokyo, City 23, [[TheForties 1947]]. In an AlternateHistory, Japan lost the war in 1944, when the country was destroyed by a natural disaster. The United States and China quickly started to compete in the reconstruction, bringing massive waves of immigrants with them, to the point Japanese people became a minority in Tokyo. Three years later, almost all the Japanese people in Tokyo go by a second Western name, and unemployment mixes with criminality and prostitution. Leo Shishigami comes back in his unrecognizable hometown after three years, and saves a young girl chased by TheMafia, who invites him to eat pasta in the club she owns, the Primavera. After wandering around in the city and unsuccessfully searching for a job and a roof, Leo goes back to the club, where the crime boss [[CardCarryingVillain Alfred Akagi]] and his henchmen are threatening the girl who helped him. After the incident where he shines again, Leo ends up hired as a bodyguard for "Madam Rose". There begins the story of Rose's determination to help her countrymen in need, where she will have to grow up from an idealistic but naive girl to a confident leader.

* FictionalCurrency: Japanese Dollars and Japanese Yuan (although the latter is only briefly mentionned).

* GrayAndGreyMorality: To some extent, since the story still takes place in the criminal underworld. While there ''are'' some unambiguously good-intentionned characters, many of Primavera's men follow Rose [[IFightForTheStrongestSide because she's on top]], not because they are decent people. And a few of the characters we are made to root for or sympathise with, like Butler, are quite morally dubious by common standards. In the end, the plot is more about each side fighting to defend their own interests and worldviews than defeating a BigBad. [[spoiler:The one character that can qualify for this title, Gabriel, isn't even defeated by Primavera or the GDS, but by his own underling.]]

* NoodleIncident: The event that kick start the plot actually. It's never really explained what the "Great Disaster" was, only that it apparently destroyed the entire Japan.

* PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: It's sometimes very easy to forget that the Primavera family is a mafia under Rose's rule. Some characters lampshade in Season 3 that people rather see it as some kind of charitable organization, and that it can actually be a handicap when other mafia groups are involved.

* RapunzelHair: Rose, and of course, Rapunzel.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: After Kasumi, Amakusa, young Kinzo and [[spoiler:Kyrie]] in Umineko, the series seems to perpetuate the pattern with Alfred, Caleb and Gabriel. In a 07th Expansion story, if you have naturally white hair, chances are you're a bastard of some degree.

* HotScoop: Julie.

Rose Guns Days is a [[DoujinSoft doujin game]] by 07th Expansion. WordOfGod has stated this work takes place in an entire new universe, unrelated to ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry''.

Please note that in the VN, the story is divided both in 4 seasons (1, 2, 3, Last) and 4 years (1947, 48, 49, 50), but the two ''don't'' coincide. Season 2 covers the end of 1947 and the first half of 1948 for example. In the manga however, a Season covers a full year alright. When we talk about "Season" here, it refers to a VN Season.

-->'''Meijiu:''' ''"… However, if we leave the short-tempered Richard in power, isn't it possible [[spoiler:he'll launch into a war for revenge without regards for appearances]]?"''

** The character sheets on the official site are chock-full of call-backs to ''WhenTheyCry'', with Meryl hating pumpkins like Satoko, Maurice Monobe (Okonogi's {{Expy}})'s hobby being gardening or James Tomitake liking nurse outfits, among others.

[[http://witch-hunt.com/ Witch Hunt]], the translation team behind 07th Expansion's previous work ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', provides a full English translation of the games. The demo can be found [[http://www.witch-hunt.com/stage_rgd_demo.html here]]. The Last Season was released in January 2014.

* LighterAndSofter: Considering we're talking about the author of the ''WhenTheyCry'' series and ''HiganbanaNoSakuYoruNi'', the mood is certainly much lighter ([[CerebusSyndrome although it does get darker at some point]]). The story setting is still kind of depressing though.

* Last Season started in the May 2014 issue of the ''Big Gangan''. It is drawn by Mitsunori Zaki.

Other completed manga adaptations include a two-volume spin-off called ''Aishū no Cross Knife'' ("My Beloved Cross Knife"), published in the Big Gangan, which takes place in 1946 and focuses on Wayne Uedera, with a [[DarkerAndEdgier generally darker tone.]], and a two-volume prologue titled ''Fukushū wa ōgon no kaori'' ("Revenge has the fragrance of gold"), published in Kōdansha's ''Monthly Shonen Sirius'', which takes place before Rose effectively became the Madam. The manga of Season 1 has been licenced by Yen Press.

Other completed manga adaptations include a two-volume spin-off called ''Aishū no Cross Knife'' ("My Beloved Cross Knife"), published in the Big Gangan, which takes place in 1946 and focuses on Wayne Uedera, with a [[DarkerAndEdgier generally darker tone.]], and a two-volume prologue titled ''Fukushū wa ōgon no kaori'' ("Revenge has the fragrance of gold"), published in Kōdansha's ''Monthly Shonen Sirius'' and takes place before Rose effectively became the Madam. The manga of Season 1 has been licenced by Yen Press.

[[http://witch-hunt.com/ Witch Hunt]], the translation team behind 07th Expansion's previous work ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', provides an English translation of the games. The demo can be found [[http://www.witch-hunt.com/stage_rgd_demo.html here]]. The Last Season was released in January 2014, with the current English patch covering the 1947 and 1948 parts of the story (Season 1 and 2 + half of Season 3).

Other completed manga adaptations include a two-volume spin-off called ''Aishū no Cross Knife'' ("My Beloved Cross Knife"), published in the Big Gangan, which takes place in 1946 and focuses on Wayne Uedera, with a [[DarkerAndEdgier generally darker tone.]], and a two-volume prologue titled ''Fukushū wa ōgon no kaori'' ("Revenge has the fragrance of gold") was published in Kōdansha's ''Monthly Shonen Sirius'' and takes place before Rose effectively became the Madam. The manga of Season 1 has been licenced by Yen Press.

Other completed manga adaptations include a two-volume spin-off called ''Aishū no Cross Knife'' ("My Beloved Cross Knife"), published in the Big Gangan, which takes place in 1946 and focuses on Wayne Uedera, with a [[DarkerAndEdgier generally darker tone.]] Another two-volume prologue titled ''Fukushū wa ōgon no kaori'' ("Revenge has the fragrance of gold") was published in Kōdansha's ''Monthly Shonen Sirius'' and takes place before Rose effectively became the Madam. The manga of Season 1 has been licenced by Yen Press.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouth: A frequent complaint about the ending. [[spoiler:Outside of the four main characters, you can only imagine what became of the surviving cast after Jeanne took over. No WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue or even a brief exposiiton from Jeanne, nothing.]]

** The opening movie is probably one to CowboyBebop.