History Manga / LudwigRevolution

* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler: Julius]][[spoiler: Or maybe not. He was a feminine boy raised as a girl, "crossdressing" as a boy.[[It'saLongStory]]]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler: Julius]][[spoiler: Or maybe not. He was a feminine boy raised as a girl, "crossdressing" as a boy.[[It'saLongStory It's complicated]]]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler: Julius]][[spoiler: Or maybe not. He was a feminine boy raised as a girl, "crossdressing" as a boy.[[It'sALongStory It's complicated]]]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler: Julius]]

* DudeShesLikeInAComa: What did you expect when the story features a retelling of Snow White ?

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As you can see, there's some confusion as to whether Ludwig's mother is named Amalberga or Almaberga. Amalberga's a real name, at least.

* {{Tsundere}}: Lisette, Rapunzel.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Dorothea]] thanks Ludwig after he breaks her out of her reincarnation cycle.

* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: The reason that Julius hates Ludwig so deeply is because he caused the death of his little sister with a great war. Only... it was Lui's mom]].

* ILoveTheDead

* AwesomeButImpractical: The prince goes everywhere in full visual kei regalia. Lissete works as a mercenary in a plastic/leather dress and high heels.

* AntiHero

** In the Goose girl, the story keeps hinting that the beautiful, kind, sweet and humble maid Albertina (with golden hair) is the true princess, as opposed to mean and selfish dark haired "princess Albertina". The blond Albertina confessed that she was forced to switch places with her jealous maid, "princess Albertina" is executed and the blond Albertina marries the prince (an otaku, no less!).[[spoiler: However, there was no switch at all. The dark haired Albertina was the TRUE princess who forced her maid to write letters and poems to Prince Cristo. The maid Albertina later uses this letter to convince Cristo that she's the real princess, not only to become a princess but mainly to get revenge on the real Albertina's family for executing her mother.]]

** In the Goose girl, the story keeps hinting that the beautiful, kind, sweet and humble maid Albertina (with golden hair) is the true princess, as opposed to mean and selfish dark haired "princess Albertina". The blond Albertina confessed that she was forced to switch places with her jealous maid, "princess Albertina" is executed and the blond Albertina marries the prince (an otaku, no less!). [[Spoiler: However, there was no switch at all. The dark haired Albertina was the TRUE princess who forced her maid to write letters and poems to Prince Cristo. The maid Albertina later uses this letter to convince Cristo that she's the real princess, not only to become a princess but mainly to get revenge on the real Albertina's family for executing her mother.]]

** In the Goose girl, the story keeps hinting that the beautiful, kind, sweet and humble maid Albertina (with golden hair) is the true princess, as opposed to mean and selfish dark haired "princess Albertina". The blond Albertina confessed that she was forced to switch places with her jealous maid, "princess Albertina" is executed and the blond Albertina marries the prince (an otaku, no less!). [[Spoiler : However, there was no switch at all. The dark haired Albertina was the TRUE princess who forced her maid to write letters and poems to Prince Cristo. The maid Albertina later uses this letter to convince Cristo that she's the real princess, not only to become a princess but mainly to get revenge on the real Albertina's family for executing her mother.]]

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted with Snow White. The eponymous princess here is a cruel slut who seduced her father since age 7, and is much more evil than the queen, mocking the queen that she can never be as beautiful as her.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Oh, boy. Just take a look at Ludwig's wardrobe. It gets to the point where Cinderella borrows ''his'' slippers to attend the ball.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Believe it or not, some of the stories are comedic and actually less morbid than the original. Cinderella's sisters don't mutilate themselves, Rapunzel's prince does not get blinded, and TheLittleMermaid [[spoiler: gets to marry her prince.]]

* [[{{DeadLittleSister}} Dead Older Sister]]: [[spoiler: The reason that Julius hates Ludwig so deeply is because he caused this with a great war. Only... it was Lui's mom]].

* CuteShotaroBoy: Julius. [[spoiler: With one ''slight'' [[{{Transsexual}} twist for flavor]]. Again, this ''is'' Kaori Yuki]].

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Petronella's fatal mistake. [[spoiler: If you want to become Queen by marriage, make sure your predecessor is ACTUALLY DEAD]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Among all the cruelty inherent in Kaori Yuki's work, some lucky characters actually get one of this.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Dorothea has to go all over the world collecting gold for her master. Most of the time, she ends making herself hated by everyone and every time she dies, she is revived in another body and has to do it all over again]].

* InformedAbility: Cinderella's feet doesn't look the size they are announced to be....

* {{Meido}}: Dorothea dons in a sexy maid outfit, also true maids like Inga.

** Ludwig too, toward [[HoYay Wilhelm]]. Especially strong during the little red riding hood story.
* UglyGuyHotWife: One does wonder what Amalberga sees on her husband...

* WickedStepmother: Petronella, by marrying the King. [[spoiler: Shame the marriage is void because his last wife was still alive]].

* ThemeNaming: The names of Dorothea's pets are "Damian", "Jasoon" and "Carrie".

* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Dorothea has to go all over the world collecting gold for her master. Most of the time, she ends making herself hated by everyone and every time she dies, she is revived in another body and has to do it all over again]].

* FoeYay: [[spoiler: ''Very'' much canon with Julius's interest in Ludwig]].

* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: So Queen Amalberga and her son look exactly the same. The King is married to a woman who looks like a strikingly handsome man. One has to wonder what ''that'' means...]]
** [[spoiler:That he wanted the throne so badly, remember, he married into HER family]].

* Goldigger: the Cinderella chapter is full to the brim with them.

* HoYay: Subtext between Ludwig and Wilhelm. This is a Kaori Yuki manga, after all.

* MoeMoe: Cinderella!!! Also according to the Otaku prince, blond Albertina.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As you can see, there's some confusion as to whether Ludwig's mother is named Amalberga or Almaberga.
** Does anyone have a Japanese source handy? It'd be easy to deduce which is right by looking at the kana spelling.
** The kana reads Amaruberuga, so this troper assumes that Amalberga is the correct spelling.
*** A quick google search takes one to Saint Amalberga. Considering Kaori Yuki tends to use real names is probably this one. (even if she sometimes misses to use them gender appropiately)
* ThemeNaming: The names of Dorothea pets are "Damian", "Jasoon" and "Carrie".

Ludwig Revolution is an idiosyncratic take on classic fairy tales, told as only KaoriYuki can. The central story is about the flamboyant, narcissistic Prince Ludwig as he travels across the land in search of a suitable wife. Accompanied by his trusty manservant Wilhelm, Ludwig encounters a diverse cast of fair maidens from various fairy tales. ''Snow White'', ''Cinderella'' and many more are completely retold, and the resulting stories are sometimes unexpectedly hilarious, while at other times cruelly twisted.