Category: Ulysses: Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi

Ulysses: Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi is a medieval anime set during the Hundred Year Wars in the 15th century. During the height of the Hundred Years War, when France is under siege. Henry V, forces a treaty out of the mad Charles VI to position Henry’s sons as heirs to the French throne, all the while continuing the conquest of France’s vassal states. In the midst of this chaos, a young Frenchman Montmorency who had hoped to become a registered alchemist, is dejected to discover that the royal school that he wanted to attend has closed down due to occupation of Paris and that he now has a warrant on his head because of his use of black magic. With few places to run and even fewer friends to turn to, Montmorency makes for the countryside for a chance at survival, but it is here he finds the most unlikely source of salvation. In a small village at the edge of the fighting is a young shepherd named Jehanne, and Montmorency’s chance meeting with her will do more for his situation—and France’s future—than he ever thought possible.