...and unfortunately for the English-speaking audience, the scans are not up to there yet (the manga and the -even more awesome- anime are well known and have been succesfully and repeatedly published in European countries, like Italy and France, at least since the 80's ). Art is a bit old, with lot of sparkles and flowers, very old school shoujo in that department, so if you're not used to it it might be an obstacle to your enjoyment at first (I grew up with it, so I had no problems with the artwork, but I see how younger readers used to contemporary art styles might be put off by it) . In any case the art does improve along the way. But plot and characters are outstanding and really grow on you, especially Oscar and Andrè: the lady and the servant, the light and her unseparable 'shadow' and protector since their childhood together, both dealing with the changing French -and European- society as XVIII century Revolutions approach *_* .
It's a tale of self-discovery and revolution (on many levels), of everlasting love, duty and honour, feelings and justice versus status and class, hope and sacrifice. A tad melodramatic (well, it was both the era and the authoress' trademark style ) , but totally worth the read, and very moving, and quite well researched, despite some narrative license ^^V.
Furthermore it's a piece of culture and manga history and one of the most influential works as far as kickass heroines pursuing self-awareness and self-realization go, and of course the male characters are up to the challenge , both in attitude, ethics and looks . Ah, beauty and substance nicely rolled into a lavish period package, with some healthy feminist sprinkles. How wonderful , how refreshing compared to many of nowadays titles .
I fondly suggest you to watch the anime, complete English fansub of it are available on the net . I tried the Live-Evil one and it had also decent video quality, provided the source.

... Last updated on April 21st, 2010, 10:55am

I love Oscar. She is my idol. I would like to be as strong as her. You know life is not that easy and being able to be admitted to guys' world is a great achievement. I also love her character. As Andrea tells in the anime, "I love her because although she looks cold as ice on the outside, in the inside she is burning". Oscar is very passionate, she has a strong sense of justice, she can sacrifice herself for her beliefs and her beloved friends. She is very loyal, hardworking, decisive, smart. Maybe her only deficiency is not being able to accept her gender but thanks to Andrea, at the end she was finally able to understand herself. She was confused emotionally. It must be hard to be forced to live in the way your father dictated.

I cried a lot at the end of the manga but kind of loved the end. They made a movie of Lady Oscar and in the mıvie they changed the ending to a silly happy ending. That was just terribly disappointing. The mangaka stopped drawing manga after a while, and I could not find any other translated work of Ikeda Ryoko. If I could find them, I would really like to read them too.

this's not really yuri...only seem to be

It's wonderful series!!!!
I love Oscar so much she is my heroine..since i'm young
I hope for more chapter of this series plz...>_< scan more......

I watched the anime when I was younger, it was really good. I expect no less from the manga! It is truly a lovely sad story.

... Last updated on July 16th, 2007, 8:58pm

there was no yuri ~_~"

As Bettum said. However u'll notice the "age" it's from lol.

Please scan more of this. It's needed!

A classic.

there should be more chapters out there. It is pretty interesting even though the art style is a bit maybe 70's or 80's not sure. It looks like it will go somewhere good. I am very curious to see the rest since its been mentioned twice already in hana yori dango and Cat Street (both works by kamio youko XD) as somewhat of a classic and awesome read. wonder if there's any tragedy in there as welll....