Ikusa Otome Valkyrie

Richard Wagner's less known work

Ikusa Otome Valkyrie (released in the West under the title of Ride of the Valkyrie) is a series of fantasy H-games and OVAs which began in 2004.

The battle maiden Valkyries were soldiers of justice who tore through swaths of demons in the great wars for the defense of Midgard. Or, at least, they did, until one of them was betrayed by her own mistress Freya. Without her ring and her weapons, the proud Valkyrie is reduced to being the sex slave of the demons she once fought, and the others too risk to fall in the same situation soon enough.

The game series, produced by Lune, consists of four titles:

• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie (2004)
• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie 2 (2008)
• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie G (2009)
• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie 3 (2019)

The anime consist of four series, which are adaptation of the namesake games:

• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie (2005) by Amour consists of two episodes;
• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie Shinshou (2006), again made by Amour, is an alternate retelling of the previous series;
• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie 2 (2008), now produced by Marigold, consists of three episode;
• Ikusa Otome Valkyrie G (2012), by Marigold, is a two episode direct sequel to the previous series

This works contains examples of:

• Break the Badass: The fate of Reia
• Broken Pedestal: Reia from the point of view of the soldiers.
• Brought Down to Normal: Battle maidens without the rings.
• First Kiss: Reía with an Orc.
• Happiness in Slavery: Goddess Freya.
• No Woman's Land: See New Era Speech.
• New Era Speech: Said by the leader orc.
  • Leader Orc: "Take a Look! In our new world, there are no goddesses or queens! Women are treated like livestock! They're all sex slaves! They just live for satisfiying men!"
• No Sympathy: Even when she's a rape victim, the soldiers did not seem to feel sympathy for Reia.
• Pet the Dog: In a bizarre example, upon hearing that the chastity of Skuld belongs to God, the leader troll decides to only violates her ass.
• Slut Shaming: The soldiers lose respect for the Reia, when she apparently start enjoying being raped by the orc leader
• Villains Never Lie: The soldiers blindly believe that Reia enjoyed being raped, even though the only "proof" is Freia's testimony that she is a traitor.
• Villainous Incest: The intention of the orcs, if the Valkyria gives birth to a daughter.

The Second Anime has examples of:

• Alternate Continuity
• Big Bad: Duke
• Depraved Bisexual: Leia and loki.
• The Dragon: Loki is Duke's right hand. However, this does not seem to prevent her being sold as a prostitute together with the Valkyries at the end of the series.
• Et Tu, Brute?: Aliya is betrayed for Leia.
• Terrible Trio: Freya, Fenrir and Skuld.
• Total Eclipse of the Plot: During the eclipse, a Valkyrie can become pregnant.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Alya, Hildegar and Leia suffer this fate at the end of the second episode, when Duke gets bored with them..
  • At the end of the episode, this also seems to be the fate of the other four, including his own Dragon, Loki.

The G Anime has examples of:

• Dragon with an Agenda: Loki, which plans the end of the world
• Misanthrope Supreme: Loki
• Snap Back: At the end of the second anime, Duke finally is bored of the Valkyries, and sells them as prostitutes (including to his own Dragon Loki), In this anime, he's still their owner.