Rance/Characters

Rance
"The main character of this story. No matter how you look at it, he is a violent criminal... no, excuse me... I mean a level 10 swordsman."

Our "hero". His main goal is to have sex with all of the women in the world. - Tropes associated with Rance: "As long as she's cute or beautiful, he doesn't care for their personality. Voluptuous, slender, virgin, slut, he likes them all. Ages he finds them attractive: 15~29"
 * Absurdly High Level Cap: In-Universe and in most Rance games, he has no level cap, although in Sengoku Rance it's only up to level 99. He can even raise the level cap of anyone he has sex with.
 * Achievements in Ignorance: He has stated he has no idea how Rance Attacks works, what causes it, and why only he can do it. He just knows it's a very powerful Razor Wind attack that he can do.
 * Adult Child: At this point, he's basically a twenty-something with the mind of a really horny teenager.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: He's not averse to killing people for trivial things like ruining his sandcastle, or just to test out Sill's healing power.
 * Always Save the Girl: His number one modus operandi. Applies to ALL cute girls
 * This especially applies to Sill.
 * Ambiguous Innocence: Has no idea that raping people is wrong.
 * Anything That Moves: To quote the Rance Chronicle:

""For the sake of world peace, it is necessary for one nation to rule over all. Rance is willing to carry the forsaken name of the Conquerer in order to achieve world peace. He's definitely a great person.""
 * It also leads to a Nonstandard Game Over.
 * Awesome Moment of Crowning: It could have happened with Lia of Leazus in Rance I or Magic of Zeth in Rance VI, but he ran away from both of those princesses.
 * In Kichikuou Rance, Rance marries the Queen of Leazus who was the princess of the first game in order to get Sill back from Helman and proceeds to conquer the WHOLE WORLD!
 * Badass: Definitely the poster boy for the most badass person in AliceSoft games!
 * Badass Army: Commands the armies of Leazus, Zeth, and JAPAN.
 * Badass Cape: His signature clothes is his green suit with his cape.
 * Badass Normal: Aside from having a magic sword and a unique hyper weapon, he himself is an ordinary male human in almost all respects.
 * Battle Couple: With Sill Plain.
 * Berserk Button: Any kind of male who harms females in his presence will die, period. Anything worse than rape will get him angrier and angrier.
 * And then in Rance 6
 * Big Damn Heroes: Delivers quite a few throughout the game. He also played this trope at one time.
 * Brutal Honesty: One of his defining traits, emphasis on brutal.
 * Calling Your Attacks: Rance Attack!
 * Epic Fail: Rance Cossack Dance!
 * Can't Hold His Liquor: Despite his general badassery, he's not that good at handling alcohol.
 * Cassandra Truth: No one ever believes that he has saved Leazus, Zeth, and Custom and has defeated a former Demon King and a few demons.
 * Chaotic Neutral: While D&D alignments don't really work in characterizing him, this is essentially what he is. He knows that things like rape, murder, and stealing are bad. He just doesn't believe it's bad when HE does it.
 * Character Title
 * Collector of the Strange: Has a few different collections found in his treasure like shells, some fruits, food, and other things.
 * In Sengoku Rance, finding rare seashells in a certain dungeon gives the same amount of satisfaction as sex. Really good sex, too!
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: He is most often referred to as "the guy in green" when people first see him.
 * Combat Pragmatist: One of the reasons why he's such a formidable warrior. There's an example in Rance VI with a demon who could shapeshift into someone's greatest fear. His solution?
 * Cool Sword: Chaos is a sword capable of defeating demons. He's also as horny as Rance.
 * Evil Weapon: While not evil himself, it is said that an ordinary person would go insane if they held Chaos for too long. Fortunately, Rance is not an ordinary person.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Do not ever think this man is just a moron. He will show you just why he has command to three countries, defeat demons, tie with the designated hero at that time (Arios) even though Arios has a ton of advantages against him, and have his way with the former Demon King.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: He could definitely fill up an entire library but the most epic one would have to be that it's HIS STORY for 10 games already and it's still ongoing whereas Final Fantasy series have different stories in them. To name just a few:
 * Defeats and has sex with former Demon King Gele.
 * Saves towns, and countries just because he can.
 * Has defeated quite a few demons himself and Xavier's now included in his list.
 * Has three human kingdoms under his control.
 * Gets a level down and still was able to fight to a draw with Arios the Hero of the generation. In a world where the Hero is broken, you got mad skills putting up a fight against him.
 * Non-canon example. In Kikuchou Rance, he CONQUERS THE ENTIRE WORLD!!
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: My Glorious Days. Whenever you hear it, that song will inflict glorious minutes on you. Doubles as a Theme Music Power-Up tune whenever he does something epic. Otherwise, it's his default Rape Is Love music.
 * Dangerous Forbidden Technique: His Kichiku Attack, which is even more powerful than his Rance Attack, but is said to have side effects.
 * Deal with the Devil: Made one with Feliss in Rance 2, but he got out of it via Loophole Abuse while having his way with her.
 * Designated Protagonist Syndrome: Most likely one of the earliest aversions in Japanese H Games.
 * Too bad she was lying.
 * Rance Quest Magnum retcons this, since
 * Even a Hedonistic Jackass Has Standards: He will NOT do anything remotely Lolicon (and is actually horrified of the idea), and despite how much of an ass he is to Sill, deliberately trying to hurt her or kill her will make him angry enough to make you Deader Than Dead.
 * Also, while he himself might be a borderline rapist personality wise, he generally believes women should be able to walk away having enjoyed the experience, hence why he gets extremely pissed off at
 * Fantasy Contraception: A spell Sill casts on him, though it has been stated that he knows other methods as well.
 * Four-Star Badass: Though he is usually Walking the Earth, he is a competent commander.
 * Genre Savvy: Sometimes at least. He knows that just because Xavier fell out the window while basically disemboweled and bleeding everywhere does not mean he's dead.
 * Giver of Lame Names: Well, his Signature Move is literally called the Rance Attack. And then we have the hyper weapon...
 * Gratuitous English: His lines and catchphrases are peppered with it.
 * Harem Seeker
 * The Hedonist: If it has nothing to do with eating, sleeping, sex, or shell collecting, he isn't interested.
 * Heroic Comedic Sociopath and Designated Hero: He may be this, but he's OUR hero.
 * H-Game POV Character: Type V Played for Laughs. Has just enough scruples (not to mention he lives in an H Game universe that seems oddly tolerant of his actions) to avoid being a Type VI A, though he does have some aspects of the Type VI B. He also seems to have some shades of IV since there are some things even he is galled off by, and has a few moments in which he is a lot more gentle with the women.
 * Horrible Judge of Character: Causes people to be this to him. Somehow, he was even able to convince the king of Zeth that he was a noble person.
 * To be honest, Rance is the kind of person you wouldn't trust to keep the peace or to rule, but he is quite capable in erasing enemies, and no matter how dire is the situation, with the right motivation, he will prevail.
 * Hospital Hottie: Played this trope once to rape a female general in VI.
 * I Call It My Hyper Weapon
 * In Sengoku Rance, since he is basically The Man Behind the Man for the emperor (and hence the actual emperor), his semen is referred to as "imperial juice".
 * Image Song: Can be found here. Logically, it is a vocal remix of the theme song of Kichikuou (or Brutal King) Rance.
 * Inexplicably Awesome: All we know of his origin is that he was a amnesiac four year old who was brought to Gomorrah Town by a one-armed knight who died shortly afterwards. All the boy remembered was that his first name is Rance, so he called himself that. Furthermore, his lack of a Level Cap and the ability to raise the Level Cap of any character he has sex with are not explained. Heck, not even he knows how his Rance Attack works, only that it does.
 * Jail Bait Wait/Wife Husbandry: He's perfectly fine with doing this, since he's not into lolis.
 * He tries to invoke Wife Husbandry with  in Rance Quest, but freaks out when he learns that she actually is his daughter.
 * Jerkass: Most definitely. Also has a few gold-plated moments.
 * Leitmotif: Besides the above-mentioned My Glorious Days, there's Go The Brutal Man, which plays in later games whenever Rance does less epic things.
 * Lolicon: Explicitly averted. The point is made more than once that no matter how indiscriminate he is, he doesn't like little girls.
 * Loveable Sex Maniac: You can't help but love the guy even with all of his acts. Hell, he even nabbed the top spot for the most famous male eroge character until they decided to keep it female only.
 * Magnetic Hero: Partly because Rance is so Badass, partly because Rape Is Love, and partly because of many people Comically Missing the Point. The crowning example is in Kichikuou Rance.
 * Lolicon: Explicitly averted. The point is made more than once that no matter how indiscriminate he is, he doesn't like little girls.
 * Loveable Sex Maniac: You can't help but love the guy even with all of his acts. Hell, he even nabbed the top spot for the most famous male eroge character until they decided to keep it female only.
 * Magnetic Hero: Partly because Rance is so Badass, partly because Rape Is Love, and partly because of many people Comically Missing the Point. The crowning example is in Kichikuou Rance.

- Bales

"You mean my ASS is in danger!?"
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family: The man has jagged shark teeth. It's one of the features that makes Kenshin fall for him.
 * The Nicknamer: Gives out nicknames to other people.
 * Nominal Hero: Saves entire countries so he can get laid in the process.
 * No Name Given: Twenty years since his debut and we still don't know his last name.
 * Justified Trope: The only thing he remembered before he was adopted was that his first name was Rance. Since he was treated as the village chief's servant rather than his son, it's likely he has no last name at all.
 * For the record, since one needs a full name for registration purposes, Rance declared that his full name was Rance Super King.
 * Supposedly (on his character card), his last name is Claire, but even if that's true it's irrelevant as he never uses it anyway.
 * No Pregger Sex: He loves sex, but he doesn't want any of his kids to be in the next generation. Hell, the first woman he even impregnated had an abortion causing him to take birth control seriously.
 * He has some kids in Kikuchou Rance. While that game is considered non-canon, some of the kids have been made canon with later games.
 * He does have a son as revealed in Rance 6 thanks to his actions with him bounding the Devil Feliss and having sex with her on an unsafe day in Rance 5D. The name of the kid is Dark Rance.
 * His second child is with as revealed in the epilogue of Sengoku Rance.
 * In Rance Quest, he has yet another child,.
 * Pervert Dad:
 * Pet the Dog: Although more of the time he is quite the Heroic Comedic Sociopath, from time to time he does take actions to help those in need, much more often with little girls than adults or men. Kouhime and Alfra are good examples of situations when he put aside his usual nature and wholeheartedly helped others.
 * Quest for Sex: His entire goal.
 * Red Right Hand: Although he's not a villain, that big mouth of his tells us that he's not exactly a perfect hero, either.
 * Right Through His Pants: As said before, Rance usually doesn't care about the minor details.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal: Delivers a few of these to people who bring him and his secret country some troubles. Ashikaga, Kensei, and Xavier found this the hard way.
 * Sill Is Only My Slave And Nothing Else!: Sure Rance, sure...
 * Shoulders of Doom: To compliment his Badass Cape.
 * Signature Laugh: "Gahahaha"
 * Sir Swearsalot: Badmouth is a battle skill in some of his games. Other than that, while he does swear somewhat more than the other people in the cast, it still isn't very often.
 * Slasher Smile: His default smile.
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Sure, he's done some pretty impressive stuff, but his ego is twice as large.
 * The Southpaw: Though it looks like he can use both hands, later games lean towards him using his left.
 * Standard Hero Reward: Normally gained through non-standard means. Further played with since Rance usually runs away from these marriages.
 * Stay in the Kitchen: Averted, strangely enough.
 * Story-Breaker Power: He has an infinite level cap, gains experience easily compared to others in the world, and can increase the level cap of people he has sex with. He's too lazy to put the first two to good use, though, and the third one just happens to coincide with his true goal.
 * Supporting Protagonist: Turns into this in all of the IF routes of Sengoku Rance except Kill the Monkey, which is basically just the same as the true route minus the demon army.
 * Sword Beam: Even without Chaos, his Rance Attack is a sword beam by itself.
 * Taught By Experience: Oh yes. The only reason why he is knowledgeable on killing demons permanently. And also the ton of crazy acts that he does.
 * The Loins Sleep Tonight: In Rance Quest, he is cursed so that he cannot H anyone under level 35. Rance being Rance, of course, he was almost Driven to Suicide because of it.
 * Three-Way Sex: Has a foursome with the Mouri sisters in Sengoku Rance.
 * Also in Sengoku Rance, he has shadow clone sex with Suzume, eventually becoming an elevensome. Though the ninth one didn't really do anything.
 * That's nothing. In Rance II, he has a  . Technically, they were only manifestations of magical power, but still...
 * The Greatest Story Never Told: For all the things that he has done in the Rance world, not a lot of people actually know him. Of course, they have their reasons like for Leazus, they never tell the existence of Rance due to Lia not wanting any more rivals than as is, for Zeth, it's because they want to hide the truth to the public about what really happened to prevent panic. JAPAN may probably be the first one who would reveal the existence of Rance to the whole world.
 * The Man Behind the Man: The secret ruler of Oda house in Sengoku Rance.
 * Tsundere: A rare male example to Sill Plain.
 * The Unfettered: He will do pretty much anything to have sex with every beautiful woman in the world.
 * Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Whether you like Rance or not, there's no doubt bad things happen to him simply for audience amusement value.
 * Victim Falls For Rapist: He expresses his love for women with his hyper weapon, whether they want him to or not. Most of them don't want it at the start start, but, well...
 * Black Comedy Rape: Especially when it happens to him.
 * Victim Falls For Rapist: He expresses his love for women with his hyper weapon, whether they want him to or not. Most of them don't want it at the start start, but, well...
 * Black Comedy Rape: Especially when it happens to him.


 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Him and Chaos. Doubles as an Intergenerational Friendship seeing as Chaos is at least a few thousand years old while Rance is twenty-three.
 * Warrior Therapist: He's surprising good at helping others with their psychological problems, which is why he ends up being so charismatic despite his negative points.
 * Weirdness Magnet:
 * Would Hit a Girl: Just ask Sill. Very rarely will he outright kill one, though.

Sill Plain
"A magic user bought by Rance. A spell of obedience has been casted on her so she can't act against Rance's will. (By this time the spell has possibly lost its effect but..)"

Rance's "slave", read as Rance's most cherished person. She travels alongside Rance wherever he goes and is pretty much with him after being bought as a slave. She still wears her slave collar even though that collar has no more effect on her due to Rance. - Tropes associated with Sill Plain:
 * Eighties Hair: Referred to as "the fluffy-haired girl" by quite a few characters. And yes, that is a fro pick in her picture.
 * Absurdly High Level Cap: Due to having sex with Rance multiple times, she has one of the highest level caps in the series.
 * Badass Adorable: Oh hell yes!
 * Battle Couple: With Rance as the attacker and Sill as the mage.
 * Butt Monkey: She gets abused all the time by Rance. He still cares about her a whole lot.
 * Combat Medic: She is not as powerful as other magic users in the series, but she can take care of herself in a fight.
 * Detached Sleeves: Her outfit in Sengoku Rance has partially detached sleeves, as shown in her picture.
 * Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Word for word to boot.
 * Damsel in Distress: The plots of Rance III, Kichikuou Rance, and Rance VI start with her getting kidnapped. Note these are also the games where Rance ends up conquering countries.
 * Happiness in Slavery: Anyone else in Sill's place would have left Rance already.
 * That said, if you know what he saved her from, her Undying Loyalty makes a lot of sense.
 * An Ice Person
 * Informed Ability: We do see it in the previous Rance games but she can apparently do mind reading, and cooking as well. Her cooking ability, however, is instrumental in taking over the Tokugawa house.
 * Leitmotif: Sill's Theme. A slower, sadder version of it plays
 * Nostalgic Music Box: The Dark Reprise, Theme of Sill -orgole-.
 * Love Martyr
 * Playing with Fire: Take this! Fire blast!
 * Frickin' Laser Beams: No, seriously.
 * Morality Pet: The only person who can keep Rance in check whether he believes it or not.
 * If she dies, Rance can potentially
 * No Ontological Inertia:
 * Older Than They Look: You may think she's just a teenager until you realize that she's 20 years old.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Shock and Awe
 * Slave Collar: Keeps it on even when she doesn't need to.
 * Stripperific: Back in the old Rance games; she averts this trope in Sengoku Rance. You could still see her old clothes if you play the Rance 2 remake.
 * Go-Go Enslavement
 * Sword and Sorcerer: Sill has the skills to be both the Glass Cannon in the Type I version and the Healer of the Type II version, but since Rance is plenty powerful and the lack of healer type characters in general, she is usually used as the Healer.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Good at cooking and cleaning? Yes. Devoted? Very. She was also from a noble family before being sold into slavery.
 * Sword and Sorcerer: Sill has the skills to be both the Glass Cannon in the Type I version and the Healer of the Type II version, but since Rance is plenty powerful and the lack of healer type characters in general, she is usually used as the Healer.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Good at cooking and cleaning? Yes. Devoted? Very. She was also from a noble family before being sold into slavery.