Queens Blade - Rurou no Senshi

An artbook with a couple VQ-themed mangas, and comments about the first Vanquished Queens book. **Cover**: Mibu Natsuki (みぶなつき)

The series' protagonist Annelotte is seeking the head of reigning Queen Claudette for revenge and justice. Following her swift defeat and imprisonment Annelotte is now building a rebellion army to take on Claudette once more!

Nanashi Tadano [translates as "Typical No-Name"], an overworked office lady who died from overwork, is reincarnated as the unremarkable Nanashi in a world that looks exactly like her favorite anime, Queen's Blade Legend. It's an alternate world where sexy female warriors known as ‘Beautiful Fighters’ battle it out with inhuman skills known as ‘divine seals’. Nanashi accidentally frees a legendary demon and becomes a beautiful fighter with the most overpowered skill, the 'Shapeshifting Right Arm'. She'd normally use her power to fight in this world, but... "I'm not interested in duels. I'm satisfied as long as I can watch my favourite characters fight up close." In this other world, where dueling is based on the harsh rule that ‘winners take all’, Nanashi's otherworldly life begins as she hides her mighty power in order to see her favorite beautiful fighters in action up close and personal! (Source: Firecross)

In the tradition, it is only the strongest women that can rule this kingdom. The battle that decides the strongest woman done once every four years. This battle is called Queen's Blade. Erina is ordered to bring back her runaway sister, Reina, who's participating in the Queen's Blade tournament.

Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens (Visual Book) is an alternative series in the Queen's Blade franchise. It's remarkable for its depiction of the cast being "vanquished", or defeated in means usually contradictory to the what happened in the anime. Scenes of the beautiful fighters being defeated, that reveal new events that happened between Queen's Blade and Queen's Blade Rebellion and explain why most of the previous characters aren't back for the Rebellion saga. --- **Illustrations list**: **Volume 1** 1. **Cover**: Eiwa (えぃわ) 2. Eiwa (えぃわ) 3. Akaga Hirotaka (赤賀博隆) 4. Hirata Katsuzou (平田雄三) 5. Eiwa (えぃわ) 6. F.S 7. Kuuchuu Yousai (空中幼彩) 8. Takamura Kazuhiro (高村和宏) 9. Kuroki Masahiro (黒木雅弘) 10. ZundarePon (ズンダレぽん) 11. Mibu Natsuki (みぶなつき) 12. Matsuryuu (松竜) 13. Kantaka (かんたか) 14. Eiwa (えぃわ) 15. Koume Keito (小梅けいと) 16. Tsurugi Hagane (蔓木鋼音) 17. Nakano Tomokazu (中野友和) 18. Oda non (織田non) 19. Hiiro Yuki (緋色雪) 20. Morisawa Haruyuki (森沢晴行) --- **Volume 2** 1. **Cover**: Oda non (織田non) 2. Eiwa (えぃわ) 3. Akaga Hirotaka (赤賀博隆) 4. F.S 5. Kantaka (かんたか) 6. Koume Keito (小梅けいと) 7. Tsurugi Hagane (蔓木鋼音) 8. Nakano Tomokazu (中野友和) 9. Hiiro Yuki (緋色雪) 10. Morisawa Haruyuki (森沢晴行) 11. Kuuchuu Yousai (空中幼彩) 12. Oda non (織田non) 13. Eiwa (えぃわ) 14. F.S 15. Eiwa (えぃわ) 16. ZundarePon (ズンダレぽん) 17. Hirata Katsuzou (平田雄三) 18. Kuroki Masahiro (黒木雅弘) 19. Hisayuki Hirokazu (久行宏和) 20. Kaneko Hiraku (金子ひらく) --- **Volume 3** 1. **Cover**: Matsuryuu (松竜) 2. Eiwa (えぃわ) 3. Matsuryuu (松竜) 4. F.S 5. Kantaka (かんたか) 6. Koume Keito (小梅けいと) 7. Tsurugi Hagane (蔓木鋼音) 8. Nakano Tomokazu (中野友和) 9. Hiiro Yuki (緋色雪) 10. Morisawa Haruyuki (森沢晴行) 11. Kuuchuu Yousai (空中幼彩) 12. Oda non (織田non) 13. Eiwa (えぃわ) 14. F.S 15. Eiwa (えぃわ) 16. ZundarePon (ズンダレぽん) 17. Homare (誉) 18. Kaneko Hiraku (金子ひらく) 19. 2-go (２号) 20. F.S

In the tradition, it is only the strongest women that can rule this kingdom. The battle that decides the strongest woman done once every four years. This battle is called Queen's Blade.