1. Plot

2. Characters

3. Development
    Release history 

4. Adaptations
    Manga  Anime  Episode List 

5. Music

6. Reception

7. References

8. External links

Plot

Walkure Romanze{{'}}s story revolves around Takahiro Mizuno, a student studying at an academy with jousting as the main focus for sport.^[3] Takahiro acts as an advisor to the riders of the sport.^[3] Takahiro goes through each day tediously until the time of the annual competition draws near.^[3] Due to some odd circumstances, his childhood friend Mio Kisaki is challenged to a duel and she is forced to participate even though she has never even ridden a horse before. Takahiro agrees to train Mio as her Begleiter, but only until the duel is over.^[3] She later enrolls in the annual competition.^[3] She and the four other heroines all want Takahiro to become their Begleiter.

Characters

{{Nihongo|Takahiro Mizuno|水野 貴弘|Mizuno Takahiro}}

{{anime voices|Seiichirō Yamashita}} (anime)

The protagonist of Walkure Romanze.^[3] Takahiro was a very good athlete in the junior competitions but has since left the scene due to an injury he incurred during a championship finals match.^[1]

{{Nihongo|Mio Kisaki|希咲 美桜|Kisaki Mio}}

{{anime voices|Berisa Matsuda}} (PC), Ai Shimizu (drama CD/anime)

A friend of Takahiro's and also lives quite close to him.^[1] Mio enjoys watching jousting competitions and strongly believes that Takahiro will eventually recover from his injury and return to competing. She has feelings for Takahiro.^[1]

{{Nihongo|Noel Marres Ascot|ノエル・マーレス・アスコット|Noeru Māresu Asukotto}}

{{anime voices|Ran Shimabara}} (PC), Eriko Nakamura (drama CD/anime)

Daughter of a marquess family.^[1] Her jousting skills are top class.^[1] Noel puts in all she has got into the competitions because she promised her younger sister that she would never lose when she is competing in front of her. She has feelings for Takahiro.^[1]

{{Nihongo|Celia Cumani Aintree|スィーリア・クマーニ・エイントリー|Sīria Kumāni Eintorī}}

{{anime voices|Rino Kawashima}} (PC), Kei Mizusawa (drama CD/anime)

Celia was the winner of the jousting competitions during both her first and second year at the academy and is regarded as a prodigy in jousting.^[1] Celia also has excellent grades and has been the president of the student council for consecutive years. She has feelings for Takahiro.^[1]

{{Nihongo|Lisa Eostre|リサ・エオストレ|Risa Eosutore}}

{{anime voices|Koori Natsuno}} (PC), Hiroko Taguchi (drama CD/anime)

A first-year student at the academy but is regarded as a very promising rookie. She develops feelings for Takahiro.^[1] No one in the first year class is able to stand up to her.^[1]

{{Nihongo|Akane Ryūzōji|龍造寺 茜|Ryūzōji Akane}}

{{anime voices|Hitomi Nabatame}}

Mio's best friend at school. She has a great fondness for Celia, so much so that even saying her name causes her to lose focus. She started jousting at the age of five.

Development

Due to the unusual jousting theme of the game and Komori's personal love for armour, the Ricotta staff had to do a lot of research.^[3] With regards to the game, the staff would like the player to pay close attention to how the sport of jousting brings the protagonist and the heroine together, and how the trust between the two slowly blossoms into love.^[9] They also stated that they originally had five heroines being designed but the number was later cut down to four.^[3]

Release history

Adaptations

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Mitsu King, was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh between the May 2012 and July 2013 issues. Two tankōbon volumes were released: the first on November 27, 2012 and the second on August 27, 2013. A second manga, illustrated by Manoe Nagisa, was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Hime between the July and November 2012 issues. A third manga, illustrated by No. Gomesu, started serialization in Kill Time Communication's Comic Valkyrie Web Edition in the second volume released on January 28, 2013. A fourth manga, titled Walkure Romanze: Noel Etoile and illustrated by Sawayoshi Azuma, began serialization in Dengeki Hime in the July 2013 issue.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, produced by 8-Bit and directed by Yūsuke Yamamoto,^[13] it aired from October to December 2013. The opening theme is "Un-Delayed" by Miyuki Hashimoto and the ending theme is "MoonRise Romance" by Natsuko Aso.

Episode List

Music

The game's opening theme to Walkure Romanze is {{Nihongo|"Hontō no Yūki ni Kawaru Made"|本当の勇気に変わるまで}} by Miyuki Hashimoto.^[14] The song is composed and arranged by Takagō Azuma.^[14] The ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Kibō no Hoshi (Hero)"|希望の星〜HERO〜}} and is also sung by Hashimoto. The game also includes two insert songs by Sayaka Sasaki: "Shooting the future" and "Mind Squall".

Reception

In Getchu.com's 2011 Bishōjo Game Awards (based on user votes), Walkure Romanze won first place in the Graphics category, second place in Ero, as well as 20th place overall.^[15] The game was also Getchu's fifth best selling game for 2011.^[16]

References

External links

• Walkure Romanze: Shōjo Kishi Monogatari official website {{ja icon}}
• Walkure Romanze More&More website {{ja icon}}
• Walkure Romanze anime official website {{ja icon}}
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