Ludwig Revolution

Ludwig Revolution is an idiosyncratic take on classic fairy tales, told as only Kaori Yuki 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.


 * Abusive Parents: Check.
 * Ambiguously Gay: Oh, boy. Just take a look at Ludwig's wardrobe. It gets to the point where Cinderella borrows his slippers to attend the ball.
 * Anachronism Stew: Its delicious combined flavors will melt in your mouth, not in your hand!
 * Anti-Hero
 * As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Subverted as many of the names Kaori Yuki picks actually exist in reality.
 * Ax Crazy: How Lisette became a Self-Made Orphan. She's by no means the only character who's Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
 * Awesome but Impractical: The prince goes everywhere in full visual kei regalia. Lissete works as a mercenary in a plastic/leather dress and high heels.
 * Badass Grandma: Her name is Babette and she is awesome.
 * Beauty Equals Goodness: 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.
 * Bifauxnen:.
 * Bishonen: Ludwig himself, Wilhelm, Julius.
 * Blood Knight:.
 * Break the Cutie: Lisette, who was tricked into slaughtering her family, as well as Hansel and Gretel, who had a poor abused childhood made much worse by an extremely deranged and savage experience, which turned them into cruel killers.
 * Crapsack World: What do you expect with Kaori Yuki taking already dark fairy tales and making them worse???
 * Most notably Hansel and Gretel though. She actually mentions in a sidebar that she finds the original story so horrifying that she couldn't bring herself to make it the slightest bit funny.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Julius..
 * Dead All Along.
 * Dead Older Sister:.
 * Did Not Do the Research: Petronella's fatal mistake..
 * Dojikko: Cinderella.
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady:.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending: Among all the cruelty inherent in Kaori Yuki's work, some lucky characters actually get one of this.
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita
 * Everything's Better with Princesses: Ludwig is on a quest to search for a princess to be his bride, and meets plenty. Probably subverted as not all of them have it easy or are pure, however.
 * Fairy Tale Motifs: Uh, duh.
 * A Fate Worse Than Death:.
 * Fractured Fairy Tale: Even more of a no-brainer than the above.
 * God Save Us From the Queen: Everyone is absolutely terrified of Ludwig's mother Queen Almaberga, . Also, Petronella's plans are for the sake of becoming the new queen.
 * Gold Digger: the Cinderella chapter is full to the brim with them.
 * Grimmification: See also Crapsack World.
 * Handsome Lech: Ludwig is the most overt example of this ever for a Kaori Yuki protagonist, picking and dumping women based solely on the size of their breasts.
 * Heel Face Turn (Dorothea, )
 * Heir Club for Men: The indirect reason Ludwig needs to find a bride.
 * Hello, Nurse!: Dorothea again.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:.
 * Karmic Death Some people do actually get it.
 * I Love the Dead
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes: Prince Ludwig has quite the fashion sense.
 * Informed Ability: Cinderella's feet doesn't look the size they are announced to be....
 * Identical Grandson:.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Ludwig acts incredibly obnoxious towards people, but he puts himself in danger to save his friends.
 * Mummies At the Dinner Table: . Also Ludwig's "hobby" at the beginning of the story...
 * Meido: Dorothea dons in a sexy maid outfit, also true maids like Inga.
 * Noblewoman's Laugh: Petronella, the poor maids outside her window got scarred for life because of that.
 * They thought it was her - it was actually Julius.
 * Offing the Offspring: More than once with.
 * One Steve Limit: We got two girls named Albertina, actually a plot point.
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Otaku: A prince, no less! His name is Christo.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Dorothea
 * Scaled Up:.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money: I'm not just some disgusting "otaku", I am an otaku celebrity with money and power!
 * She's All Grown Up: Gender Flipped, Prince Silvio is all grown up at the end of his story.
 * Shout-Out: Ludwig and Wilhelm are the names of the original Grimm brothers, Dorothea was the name of their mother.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": 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.
 * Theme Naming: The names of Dorothea's pets are "Damian", "Jasoon" and "Carrie".
 * True Love Is Exceptional: It is very heavily hinted that the princess most suited for Ludwig is Idike, who doesn't have large breasts...
 * True Love's Kiss: Subverted.
 * Tsundere: Lisette, Rapunzel.
 * Ludwig too, toward Wilhelm. Especially strong during the little red riding hood story.
 * Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: One does wonder what Amalberga sees on her husband...
 * Vain Sorceress: Subverted by Dorothea, as the reason she looks youthful.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser:
 * Wicked Stepmother: Petronella, by marrying the King..
 * Who Wants to Live Forever?: thanks Ludwig after he breaks her out of her reincarnation cycle.
 * Woman Scorned: Petronella.
 * Yandere: Julius.
 * Yandere: Julius.