Innocent Rouge

This is the direct sequel to Innocent, picking up the Sanson family as France tips into open revolution. The series moves the spotlight further onto Marie-Joseph, Charles-Henri's sister, whose hunger for spectacle and revenge collides with the rising violence of the streets. Sakamoto pushes everything he did in the first series further: bigger crowds, bloodier set pieces, the guillotine itself moving to center stage. Twelve volumes carry the story from court intrigue into the Terror, where the executioner's trade goes from shameful secret to public industry. It's the same blend of fashion-plate beauty and historical horror, scaled up to the moment when the crowd decides it wants heads.