In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that gave birth to modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one protagonist that lived within the darkness, Charles-Henri Sanson. He was the fourth-generation head of the Sanson family, and the executioner of Paris. This is the story of a man nobly facing his harsh fate...
 
(Source: Shueisha, translated)
 
Notes: 
- Nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Reader Award" in 2014 
- Nominated for the 8th Manga Taishou Award in 2015.

The eve of the French Revolution, 1772— 
The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister, Marie-Joseph, has been living freely in Versailles. 
But one day, Marie-Joseph's first love, a man named Alain, is killed by aristocrats...! 
This history of innocents plunges into the arc of the crimson revolution, Rouge—!! 
(Source: Shueisha, translated)

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