Honoo no Alpen Rose



Alpen Rose (炎のアルペンローゼ・ジュディ＆ランディ, Honoo no Arupen Rōze aka Blazing Alpen Rose) is a shōjo manga series created by Michiyo Akaishi. It ran in Shogakukan's Ciao from 1983 to 1986, later was gathered in nine short volumes, and then it was re-released during The Nineties in four volumes. It's actually the only of Akaishi's mangas made into an anime, which was done in The Eighties and reached quite the success in Europe and some Arabic countries; it has music by Joe Hisaishi and designs by Akemi Takada. The 20 episodes of the TV series would later be recopilated and mixed into two movies.

The main characters are two teenagers named Lundi and Jeudi. Lundi Cortot is a boy who lives in Switzerland with his aunt and uncle in 1932, few years before World War Two; in these days, he and his family finds a little girl in a dandelion plain, and take they her in alongside her cockatoo Printemps. Since she can't remember anything about her past, they rename her Jeudi and raise her for a while until she's taken in by a nearby store (manga) or a nursery school (anime).

Fast forward to 1939, few after the Austrian Anschluss and a little before Switzerland declares its neutrality. Lundi and Jeudi are already teenagers, but Jeudi is still amnesiac; her only clue about her identity is a song that repeats itself in her memories, whose name is apparently Alpen Rose. And then, a strange man named Count Germont appears and attempts to kidnap Jeudi! When she refuses to become his mistress and is pretty much locked in the castle as a maid, Lundi rescues her and they run away from home, setting out in a journey to find the answers to all of their questions, as well as falling in love in the process...

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": The I knew has just died to me right now!"
 * Armor-Piercing Slap: Jeudi, to the Count
 * Arranged Marriage: Liesl and Johan
 * Attempted Rape: Implied in the beginning of the manga. It wasn't the Count, actually, but the abusive new owner of the store Jeudi works in. She manages to run away and go to Lundi's home but his aunt and uncle don't take it seriously, so Lundi gives them a What the Hell, Hero?.
 * Body Double:
 * Break the Cutie: Oh boy.
 * Bridal Carry: In Berne, Jeudi is using new shoes. They hurt her feet, so Lundi carries her like this.
 * Cain and Abel:
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Chekhov's Gun: The song Alpine Rose.
 * Even more:  And also
 * Childhood Friend Romance: The two leads get together very fast. The problem is to actually stay together, considering what happens later...
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Both Jeudi and Lundi can be bad about it, though Lundi may be the worst of the two.
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: The Count, to Jeudi. Johan, to Liesl - though he gets better almost immediately.
 * Coming of Age Story
 * Dance of Romance: Subverted, because Jeudi dances a waltz with the Count instead of Lundi. It's also plot relevant since
 * Played straighter in the OP of the anime, where she dances with both the Count AND Lundi.
 * Diving Save: Jeudi saves a little girl name Clara like this.
 * Distress Ball:
 * Even Evil Has Standards:
 * Even Evil Has Standards:
 * Even Evil Has Standards:
 * Even Evil Has Standards:


 * Famous Last Words:
 * : "I'm sorry, ... so sorry I can't go back home..."
 * : ", my sweet ... My time has come... please forgive me..."
 * Flower Motifs: Obviously, the Alpine rose (Rosa pendulina)
 * Hair of Gold: Jeudi
 * Historical Domain Character: General Henri Guisan
 * Hospital Hottie: Jeudi is taken away to become a nurse in the anime. In the manga she was a store worker, and later forced into maid-hood by the Count.
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: The Count wants to do this to Jeudi
 * Ill Girl: Clara  And also
 * Ill Boy: Not to mention
 * Important Haircut:
 * Innocent Flower Girl: Martha
 * Intimate Healing: When an injured Lundi is about to suffer hypotermia, Jeudi strips both of them and lays next to him.
 * Intrepid Reporter: Robert
 * Impoverished Patrician:
 * Kick the Dog: The Count wanted to shoot Jeudi's pet bird Printemps down, and beats up Lundi when he interfers.
 * Also
 * Lady in Red: In the anime, Jeudi gets dolled up in a red dress when the Count abducts her to his Big Fancy House
 * La Résistance:
 * Love At First Punch: Jeudi calls the Count out for trying to shoot her pet bird Printemps and beating up Lundi. He notices how brave and pretty she is and takes her to his castle.
 * I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Lampshaded by the Count himself as well as his wife.
 * The Messiah: Both Jeudi and Lundi
 * The Ojou: Liesl, who's a little childish and selfish but has a good heart underneath.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Keiichi Nanba (Lundi), Yoshino Takamori (Jeudi), Shuichi Ikeda (the Count), Rihoko Yoshida (Francoise), Noriko Hidaka (Martha), Yoku Shioya (Hans), Kazuhiko Inoue (Leon), Show Hayami (Tarantula), Masako Katsuki (Printemps), Saeko Shimazu (Mathilda)
 * No Swastikas: Averted. An example is the cover for the DVD, as seen here.
 * And here as well.  It's never referred to as such, but as "the Black Cross".
 * Parental Abandonment: Jeudi's parents died in the accident that left
 * Plucky Girl: Jeudi already was both sweet and outspoken, but fully starts to become this
 * Promotion to Parent: Hans, who has to take care of his baby sister Clara
 * Proper Lady: Francoise, the Count's wife. She still goes "Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right" and helps Jeudi and Lundi to escape the castle.
 * Refuge in Audacity: Invoked when  The Von Trapp family would be proud of you, son.
 * Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: The Count and Lundi. Obviously Lundi wins.
 * Shoujo
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Hans and Clara.
 * Smug Snake: The Count, as well as arms dealer Tranchart
 * Sole Survivor: Jeudi and Printemps.
 * Stalker with a Crush: Count Germont, who wants to have Jeudi because she looks a LOT like a woman he loved in the past.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: As things get worse and worse, it seems the Universe itself is conspiring to give Lundi and Jeudi trouble. Specially when
 * Not to mention,
 * And later,
 * Team Pet: Printemps, Jeudi's cockatoo
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Jeudi can't remember anything from her past, except the Alpen Rose song.
 * Tsundere: Leonhardt Aschenbach is a male Type A.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: They're pretty much in movement by the time the story begins.
 * What the Hell, Hero?:
 * World War Two: The main action is set in 1939, inbetween Austrian Anschluss and the the invasion of Poland (With the Swiss declaration of neutrality thrown in between.)
 * Yodel Land: Both Switzerland AND Liechtenstein are inclued in this.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: They're pretty much in movement by the time the story begins.
 * What the Hell, Hero?:
 * World War Two: The main action is set in 1939, inbetween Austrian Anschluss and the the invasion of Poland (With the Swiss declaration of neutrality thrown in between.)
 * Yodel Land: Both Switzerland AND Liechtenstein are inclued in this.
 * Yodel Land: Both Switzerland AND Liechtenstein are inclued in this.