Kichikuou Rance



Kichikuō Rance (鬼畜王ランス Kichikuō Ransu, "Brute King Rance") - a "what-if" spin-off not part of the official Rance timeline. It was released in 1996 only on Japan.

This game is not part of the official Rance universe timeline, forking off after the events of Rance 4.2, as a "what-if" episode. Rance leads a band of bandits which is attacked by the Imperial Patrol, who captured Sill. Rance marries Lia, queen of Leazas, becoming king to take revenge and rescue Sill. It was fan-translated to English by anonymous 4chan user Arunaru on 2014. He was subsequently hired by MangaGamer to translate other games of the series.

Directed by TADA. Published by Alicesoft.


 * 0% Approval Rating: If Kayblis wasn't the strongest monster around, he would be the loneliest one. All of his subordinates despite him and only obey him out of fear. The cherry on the cake is his crush Kamilla rejecting all of his advances.
 * 100% Adoration Rating: Every Hanny loves King Hanny. Being the progenitor of the entire race helps on that.
 * Author Avatar: King Hanny is one for TADA. He shares her fetish for Meganekko, and is universally loved by his creations, and a noble individual.
 * Back from the Dead: Wenlina can resurrect a person, but only one time a year and only if the person died recently.
 * The Bus Came Back: British, the adventurer imprisoned in the thieves' hideout in the first game, returns here on an expanded role.
 * Driven to Suicide: People affected by the Greening Disease are often said to commit suicide out of despair, since the illness' cure was never found.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Rance is a Punch Clock Hero is put off by Aoi being a sex slave addicted to sex.
 * Evil vs. Evil: Subverted. Though Rance and Kayblis are not much afar on morality, their alliances makes their conflict much more grey than it is, since Rance's allies are mostly good people and all of Kayblis' subordinates obey him out of fear.
 * Grand Finale: It was supposed to be one for the series. The game's massive sales made Alicesoft's luck turn around, and they retconned the game into an alternate timeline to allow more Rance games to be made.
 * King Mook: The appropriately named King Hanny, which apparently fathered all of his race.
 * Lots and Lots of Characters: Over one hundred between heroes and villains,
 * Token Evil Teammate: Rance lacks a lot of heroic qualities, a lot of his allies can have flaws, but it pales in comparison to Liz, which is outright an evil sadist that wanted to marry Rance because he raped her on revenge because she tortured random girls to the point of utter despair. Of she wasn't infatuated with Rance she would firmly be a villain.