Lady Jewelpet ( Japanese : レディ ジュエルペット , Hepburn : Redi Juerupetto ) is a Japanese anime television series animated by Gallop and Zexcs . It is the 6th installment in the Jewelpet anime franchise based on the characters jointly created by Sanrio and Sega Toys . It was written by Natsuko Takahashi ( 07-Ghost ) and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki ( Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! , Rental Magica ). Original character designs were done by Arco Wada ( Fate/Extra ), while the designs for the Jewelpets, like the previous five seasons before it, are done by Tomoko Miyakawa. It aired on all TXN stations in Japan from April 5, 2014 to March 28, 2015, replacing Jewelpet Happiness in its initial time slot. Lady Jewelpet aired as part of the franchise's 5th anniversary on television and is also the only installment to be officially handled by Zexcs .
93-424: Momona is an ordinary middle high school girl hailing from Jewel Land, living her normal life with her family who owns a bakery. At her cousin's wedding, she envies the bride, Lady Diana, due to the fact that she is marrying her cousin who she considers her source of inspiration. However, once she sees Lady Diana and her cousin together, Momona begins to like her, and accepts her as her cousin's bride. Just as Lady Diana
186-622: A Spanish-suited deck was produced around 1820 by Giacomo Recchi of Oneglia , Liguria and destined for Sardinia . The plain suit cards are copied from the Sardinian pattern designed just ten years earlier by José Martinez de Castro for Clemente Roxas in Madrid but with the addition of 10s and queens. The trumps are largely copied from an early version of the Tarocco Piemontese . At that time, Liguria, Sardinia, and Piedmont were all territories of
279-461: A Lady Jewel is when she meets a Lady (believed to be Lady Boot) who saves her from getting lost in the forest, and she is determined to become one when she grows up. It is hinted that she is interested in Soarer, thought the two just remained friends. Before Momona departs to Royal Palace, Soarer gives her a diamond ring as a Christmas present at the task. One of Momona's friends and also a Petit Lady, she
372-489: A Petit Lady, she is the human partner of Garnet. She thinks that she is not very feminine despite that being the truth, she is very spunky, doesn't like cute things and is more sharp-witted than the others but she herself has some bad table manners and extremely hates bugs. She is also very dependable and a supporting friend to Momona and the others. Mizuki is popular with the Lady Candidates as well. Her desires on becoming
465-400: A Petit Lady, she is the human partner of Luea. Although mysterious and very calm and ladylike, she has jealousy issues towards Momona regarding Cayenne. She can be sharp-tongued towards Momona regarding the issue while regarding Luea as her best friend and partner, also badly influenced by her due to her desire to win. Lillian is determined to do anything to get the title of Lady Jewel as well as
558-463: A big sister figure to Momona and the others. She also has a mysterious past on which she can't remember, which links to her Jewelpet Partner; making her worry. It is later revealed that Lillian was originally Lady Diana's doll which she uses in one of her tests. However, in an unfortunate moment, she is abandoned after Lady Diana leaves the Jewel Palace and Luea, forcing her to use her magic to reanimate
651-558: A diamond ring as a Christmas present. His name is based on the Toyota Soarer . A mysterious prince candidate who is locked up in a room for unknown reasons, and got transferred to the Jewel Palace after Cayenne left. Though how he got locked up in the first place is due to his misbehavior, his overall identity is shrouded in mystery even to the Petit Ladies. He is very calm yet sharp witted and likes to provoke people. He comes on to Momona
744-510: A family of games that includes German Grosstarok and modern games such as French Tarot and Austrian Königrufen . In the late 18th century French occultists made elaborate, but unsubstantiated, claims about their history and meaning, leading to the emergence of custom decks for use in divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy . Thus, there are two distinct types of tarot packs in circulation: those used for card games and those used for divination. However, some older patterns, such as
837-414: A lot, though his motives is not clear to her. It's later revealed that the reason why he's confined in the first place is due that even though he scored high in the exams, he did something wrong and forced him to be locked away. Lillian starts to fall in love with him, causing Luea to worry. Despite being very intimidating, he is rather nice and sometimes keeps secrets surrounding both Momona and Lillian. He
930-417: A mysterious lady who warns Momona and the others about the strange dark presence at work. Reunited with Momona, Cayenne has been suspicious at how Miura knows a few things and discovered that Miura is investigating about Lillian. Cayenne, probably seems to know the truth about Lillian. Knowing the truth from his eyes, he still accepts her as her sister. After he and Momona saved Jewel Land, they both faded into
1023-448: A point of Lillian's jealousy. However, both of them settled their issues and Lillian will allow her to be with Cayenne, if she can prove herself to be a real lady. It is then later revealed that Ruby didn't chose her as a true Lady Candidate, but by a mysterious person who brought her into the Jewel Palace during the wedding. Her desire on becoming a Lady Jewel is after she receives a message from Lady Diana during her first test and goes on
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#17333161592581116-508: A prize'). The earliest known examples of a protagonist are found in Ancient Greece . At first, dramatic performances involved merely dancing and recitation by the chorus. Then in Poetics , Aristotle describes how a poet named Thespis introduced the idea of one actor stepping out and engaging in a dialogue with the chorus. This was the invention of tragedy, and occurred about 536 B.C. Then
1209-403: A quest to become a Lady who is caring just like Lady Diana. Thought she doesn't have some qualities on becoming a lady herself, Ruby gives her determination on reaching her goals. She possesses both a Magical Letterpen and a Jewel Pod as proof of being a candidate, allowing her to read messages and a Jewel Pod with which she and Ruby do magic together during tests. Before reuniting with Cayenne at
1302-413: A sermon in the 15th century, no routine condemnations of tarot were found during its early history. Because the earliest tarot cards were hand-painted, the number of the decks produced is thought to have been small. It was only after the invention of the printing press that mass production of cards became possible. The expansion of tarot outside of Italy, first to France and Switzerland, occurred during
1395-624: A text by John of Rheinfelden in 1377 from Freiburg im Breisgau , who, in addition to other versions, describes the basic pack as containing the still-current 4 suits of 13 cards, the courts usually being the King, Ober and Unter ("marshals"), although Dames and Queens were already known by then. An early pattern of playing cards used the suits of batons or clubs, coins, swords, and cups. These suits are still used in traditional Italian , Spanish and Portuguese playing card decks, and are also used in modern (occult) tarot divination cards that first appeared in
1488-460: A war. Though many people equate protagonists with the term hero and possessing heroic qualities, it is not necessary, as even villainous characters can be protagonists. For example Michael Corleone from The Godfather (1972–1990) film series (1978–1983). In some cases, the protagonist is not a human: in Richard Adams ' novel Watership Down , a group of anthropomorphised rabbits, led by
1581-544: Is a graceful and yet elegant lady who takes care of the Petit Ladies on their stay in the palace. In her younger days, Rector was one of the previous Petit Ladies who admired Lady Diana for being the Top Lady, and strived to be on her rank. When the next Lady Jewel was elected, she became the caretaker of the Jewel Palace. She has a caring but stern personality towards the ladies and serves as a messenger to Lady Jewel, using her Magical Letterpen to project every exam Lady Jewel gave to
1674-460: Is a male penguin with spiky hair and an employee of Sanrio Puroland in Tama New Town, Tokyo. Though pretty impulsive, he usually guides Momona and the others while they're in the human world while searching for a way to go back to Jewel Land. He ends his speeches with "~da ze!" One of the main antagonists, Rector is one of the caretakers of the Jewel Palace and also Larimar's human partner. She
1767-462: Is about to properly meet her and introduce herself, Momona is transported to a snowy place in Jewel Land where the ruler, Lady Jewel, is giving a speech to the Petit Ladies, girls who are chosen as Jewel Candidates to be the next Lady Jewel. Momona meets her partner and mentor, Ruby, a white rabbit, who will guide her through the tasks in becoming Lady Jewel. Whoever passes the most tasks wins and becomes
1860-430: Is also a claim that the poet did not assign or create the protagonist as well as other terms for actors such as deuteragonist and tritagonist primarily because he only gave actors their appropriate part. However, these actors were assigned their specific areas at the stage with the protagonist always entering from the middle door or that the dwelling of the deuteragonist (second most important character) should be on
1953-580: Is based on the Toyota Corolla Levin . The most analytical of all the princes, Soarer is the last of the Prince Candidates. He is very calm yet smart and often analyzes his surroundings during each Lady Exams he's in. He is also very good on fencing and Mizuki has an interest towards him. During one of the tasks before Momona, Lillian, Romeo and Miura departed to the Royal Palace, he gave Mizuki
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#17333161592582046-456: Is born after she met Sapphie for the first time and became her partner, telling her it's not bad to follow her dreams and that she can be a wonderful heroine like the one in the book she read when she was a kid. She isn't aware of Levin's feelings for her as every time when they're in a task, she would only focus on the task and not his feelings. Later in the story, Levin proposed to her to be his lady and later she accepted his marriage proposal in
2139-565: Is requested to take on the title as she loved Alto and would not marry someone else. She usually gives the Candidates their test through messages, which uses the Magical Letterpen to project. Also a caretaker of the Jewel Palace, Lady Boot is an optimistic but tomboyish lady who wears military clothing. She is also known as a Lady Conductor, instructing the Petit Ladies with their next test. She also doesn't like using parasols and usually likes
2232-465: Is saddened due to that Diana became the Top Lady and almost became depressed after Alto and Diana ran away and Claire became Lady Jewel, making her vengeful yet regretful. She died after a strange dark shadow possessed her and tried to use the Final Wand, but she stabbed herself before it can do so, as she collapsed and faded into the light. The true main antagonists, these are monsters that originate from
2325-586: Is seen with his red Jewel Pad which has an artificial intelligence system called Iota installed in it, in which he tells Miura about the relationship of each Petit Ladies and plans in order to achieve his goal on becoming King. He is investigating the unregistered lady and Lillian's background. He is quite shocked about the truth that Lilian is the unregistered lady he has been investigating. Miura starts to fall in love with Lillian, and sometimes he blushed over Lillian. Eventually they both admit their love and share their first kiss in episode 50. In episode 52, he becomes
2418-523: Is the highest followed by 10, king, Ober, Unter, then 9 to 6. The heart suit is the default trump suit. The Bavarian pack is also used to play Schafkopf by excluding the Sixes. In English-speaking countries where these games are not widely played, only specially designed cartomantic tarot cards, used primarily for novelty and divination , are readily available. The early French occultists claimed that tarot cards had esoteric links to ancient Egypt , Kabbalah ,
2511-400: Is the human partner of Sapphie. Somehow timid, she is nice and kind-hearted to people, especially to her friends, but focuses more on her studies. She usually gets along with Mizuki and Momona while Sapphie inspires her to do her best for her to be a Lady. Charon also loves novels and wants to be a novelist when she grows up. She has an older sister named Ellis. Charon's desire on becoming a Lady
2604-530: Is the only deck to use the so-called Portuguese suit system , which uses Spanish pips but intersects them like Italian pips. Some of the trumps are different such as the lowest trump, Miseria (destitution). It omits the Two and Three of coins, and numerals one to four in clubs, swords and cups: it thus has 64 cards, but the ace of coins is not used, being the bearer of the former stamp tax . The cards are quite small and not reversible. The sole surviving example of
2697-595: Is titled Run with U by Fairies . The Opening theme single was officially released on July 30, 2014. A manga adaptation by Mako Morie was serialized in Shogakukan 's Pucchigumi magazine from April 2014 to March 2015. A musical, titled Lady Jewelpet Magical Musical ~Birth! Little Lady Jewel~ ( レディジュエルペットの魔法のミュージカル ~誕生!リトルレディジュエル~ , Redi juerupetto no mahō no myūjikaru ~tanjō! Ritoruredijueru~ ) , officially debut at Sanrio Puroland in July 2014. Toru Hosokawa, who wrote
2790-471: Is very cheerful, smart yet more arrogant than the other princes. He sometimes teases Cayenne about his relationship with Momona and has a crush on Charon. However, she never notices his feelings for her in the series. As the series goes, the two became closer to each other and later he admits his feelings to Charon. At the Jewel Festival, he proposed to Charon to be her boyfriend on which she accepts. His name
2883-415: Is very different in personality. He is very supportive towards Momona and helps her in any way possible, but sometimes he doesn't regard her as a lady at all. He is also very focused on his studies, especially on the fact he's chosen to study at the Royal Palace to be King. Momona has some issues with him during their first kiss, soon developing a relationship with each other while Lillian has a crush on him to
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2976-562: The Bavarian and Franconian pattern. These are not true tarot packs, but standard 36-card German-suited decks for games like German Tarok , Bauerntarock , Württemberg Tarock and Bavarian Tarock . Until the 1980s there were also Tarock packs in the Württemberg pattern. There are 36 cards; the pip cards ranging from 6 to 10, Under Knave ( Unter ), Over Knave ( Ober ), King, and Ace. These use ace–ten ranking , like klaverjas , where ace
3069-629: The Italian Wars . The most prominent tarot deck version used in these two countries was the Tarot of Marseilles , of Milanese origin. While the set of trumps was generally consistent, their order varied by region, perhaps as early as the 1440s. Michael Dummett placed them into three categories. In Bologna and Florence , the highest trump is the Angel , followed by the World . This group spread mainly southward through
3162-524: The Minor Arcana , terms not used by players of tarot card games . The 78-card tarot deck used by esotericists has two distinct parts: The terms "Major Arcana" and "Minor Arcana" were first used by Jean-Baptiste Pitois (also known as Paul Christian) and are never used in relation to tarot card games. Some decks exist primarily as artwork, and such art decks sometimes contain only the 22 Major Arcana. The three most common decks used in esoteric tarot are
3255-662: The Papal States , the Kingdom of Naples , and finally down to the Kingdom of Sicily but was also known in the Savoyard states . In Ferrara, the World was the highest, followed by Justice and the Angel. This group spread mainly to the northeast to Venice and Trento where it was only a passing fad. By the end of the 16th century, this order became extinct. In Milan , the World was highest, followed by
3348-459: The Savoyard state . French-suited tarot decks are known as the oldest decks used for the Tarot. With the exception of novelty decks, French-suited tarot cards are almost exclusively used for card games . The earliest French-suited tarot decks were made by the de Poilly family of engravers, beginning with a Minchiate deck by François de Poilly in the late 1650s. Aside from these early outliers,
3441-466: The Tarot de Marseille , originally intended for playing card games, are also used for cartomancy. Like the common playing cards, tarot has four suits that vary by region: French suits are used in western, central and eastern Europe, and Latin suits in southern Europe. Each suit has 14 cards: ten pip cards numbering from one (or Ace ) to ten; and four face cards : King , Queen , Knight , and Jack/Knave/Page . In addition, and unlike standard packs,
3534-629: The Tarot of Marseilles (a playing card pack), the Rider–Waite Tarot , and the Thoth Tarot . Aleister Crowley , who devised the Thoth deck along with Lady Frieda Harris , stated of the tarot: "The origin of this pack of cards is very obscure. Some authorities seek to put it back as far as the ancient Egyptian Mysteries; others try to bring it forward as late as the fifteenth or even the sixteenth century ... [but] The only theory of ultimate interest about
3627-483: The "good guys" of the narrative. Examples include DC Comics' Superman (hero) and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (heroine). An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero) or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality. Examples include Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye , Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With
3720-556: The 15 or so decks of the Visconti-Sforza Tarot painted in the mid-15th century for the rulers of the Duchy of Milan . In 15th century Italy, the set of cards that was included in tarot packs, including trumps, seems to have been consistent, even if naming and ordering varied. There are two main exceptions: Although a Dominican preacher inveighed against the evil inherent in playing cards, chiefly because of their use in gambling, in
3813-589: The 41st Jewelpet in the franchise, named Luea. This is the first anime based on the Jewelpet franchise to be mainly handled by animation Studio Zexcs , ending Studio Comet 's 5 year production run for the anime series. Comet is still co-producing the program with Zexcs, the first time since the Jewelpet Twinkle OVA. Lady Jewelpet is considered the darkest entry in the franchise, tackling more mature and adult themes such as betrayal, trust, secrets and lies, and
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3906-513: The Angel; this ordering is used in the Tarot of Marseilles . Dummett also wrote about a possible fourth lineage that may have existed along the Franco-Italian border. It spread north through France until its last descendant, the Belgian Tarot, went extinct around 1800. In Florence, an expanded deck called Minchiate was later used. This deck of 97 cards includes astrological symbols and
3999-509: The Cego Adler pack manufactured by ASS Altenburger and one with genre scenes by F.X. Schmid , which may reflect the mainstream German cards of the 19th century. Current French-suited tarot decks come in these patterns: From the late 18th century, in addition to producing their own true Tarot packs, the south German states manufactured German-suited packs labeled "Taroc", "Tarock" or "Deutsch-Tarok". These survive as "Schafkopf/Tarock" packs of
4092-678: The Door Of Chaos that represent human sadness and despair. Lady Jewelpet was first revealed in a series of tweets from the official Jewelpet 5th anniversary Twitter account on February 12, 2014. Sanrio teased a new series that will air in April 2014. The title of the anime was later revealed on February 13, 2014 alongside the opening of the Lady' s official website, which contains information about its premise. The March 2014 issue of Pucchigumi revealed more information about Lady Jewelpet , especially Momona and
4185-531: The Fool and 21 trumps (then called trionfi ) being added to the standard Italian pack of four suits: batons , coins , cups and swords . Scholarship has established that the early European cards were probably based on the Egyptian Mamluk deck invented in or before the 14th century, which followed the introduction of paper from Asia into Western Europe. By the late 1300s, Europeans were producing their own cards,
4278-936: The Iberian Peninsula. Having fallen into decline by the 20th century, they later experienced a renaissance in some countries and regions. For example, French Tarot was largely confined to Provence in the 18th century, but took off in the 1950s to such an extent that, in 1973, the French Tarot Association ( Fédération Française de Tarot ) was formed and French Tarot itself is now the second most popular card game in France. Tarock games like Königrufen have experienced significant growth in Austria where international tournaments are held with other nations, especially those from eastern Europe that still play such games, including Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Denmark appears to be
4371-621: The Iberian peninsula, and the Ottoman Balkans . French tarot experienced another revival, beginning in the 1970s, and France has the strongest tarot gaming community. Regional tarot games—often known as tarock , tarok , or tarokk —are widely played in central Europe within the borders of the former Austro-Hungarian empire . Italian-suited decks were first devised in the 15th century in northern Italy. Three decks of this category are still used to play certain games: The Tarocco Siciliano
4464-454: The Indic Tantra , or I Ching , claims that have been frequently repeated by authors on card divination. However, scholarly research demonstrated that tarot cards were invented in northern Italy in the mid-15th century and confirmed that there is no historical evidence of any significant use of tarot cards for divination until the late 18th century. Historians have described western views of
4557-413: The Jewel Festival. A Petit Lady who is currently studying in the Royal Palace, she is the human partner of Rosa. A very mysterious lady, she is very gifted and calm-minded and supportive towards Momona. She also has a good sense of justice and is good on fortune telling using Tarot cards. Elena also excels in every curriculum in the Jewel Palace, despite her elegant appearance and is very suspicious about
4650-403: The Jewel Palace. She is very shy, and yet is full of determination though sometimes she gets into serious trouble. Momona is also fond of hot-dogs as well and likes sweets. Ruby is her mentor and partner and the two get along well during her stay in the Jewel Palace as a Petit Lady. Momona doesn't get along with Cayenne during her stay, though the two are developing a certain crush to each other, at
4743-454: The Lady Candidates. However behind her elegant look, she also stays in the shadows and disguise, taking on the role as Joker. As Joker she gives Luea orders for her agenda, and lead to Lillian coming to life as a Lady Jewel Candidate. She also uses Luea's Jewel Pad in order to cause havoc around the Jewel Palace in order to be closer to her goal on controlling the Door of Chaos. However, in truth, she
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#17333161592584836-416: The Prince Candidates, Romeo is the rival of Cayenne of becoming king. He is very gentleman-like towards the ladies and also competitive towards Cayenne, though the two of them get along together well. He also looks up onto Momona and the other Petit Ladies and has high remarks in some skills, but has a slight bitter relationship with Miura. Before Momona departs to Royal Palace, he confessed his love to her at
4929-535: The Royal Palace, Prince Romeo confesses to her and she rejects him. She doubts Cayenne's and Elena's relationships to the point of jealousy. Elena tells her the truth about what happened between Lady Diana and Luea years ago. After she and Cayenne save Jewel Land, they both fade into the light with the only remains being the ribbon tied in their arms together. Momona wakes up and has no recollection of what happened. Eventually, both Momona and Cayenne regain their memories and get married. Momona's rival (now friend) and also
5022-467: The TV drama Ojīsan Sensei directed and wrote the musical. Main protagonist A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής prōtagōnistḗs 'one who plays the first part, chief actor') is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot , primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces
5115-400: The Tarot pack as "the subject of the most successful propaganda campaign ever launched [...] An entire false history and false interpretation of the Tarot pack was concocted by the occultists and it is all but universally believed." The earliest evidence of a tarot deck used for cartomancy comes from an anonymous manuscript from around 1750 which documents rudimentary divinatory meanings for
5208-420: The Top Lady alongside Claire. She also loved Alto very much in the point of his marriage proposal to her that made her happy. However, when Alto dropped out on being a candidate, she pleaded Claire to be Lady Jewel because she loves him, and will not become Lady Jewel if she ends up with another guy. After she ran away, she left Luea and her prized doll behind, causing her to be depressed and become very bitter over
5301-476: The Wind , Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby , and Walter White from Breaking Bad . A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy. Examples include Oedipus from Oedipus Rex and Prince Hamlet from Shakespeare's Hamlet . The protagonist is not always conventionally good. Contrasting the hero protagonist, a villain protagonist is a protagonist who is a villain , driving the story forward regardless of
5394-445: The affection of Cayenne, as they are once soulmates destined to be apart. It's revealed that she and Cayenne are siblings and she settled her rivalry with Momona with one condition: she will allow her to be with Cayenne as long as Momona can prove herself to be a real lady. She is now developing feelings for Prince Miura, which makes Luea worry. With her opening up her feelings towards everyone, Lillian becomes more supportive and more of
5487-433: The audience is invested in that story. Tybalt, as an antagonist, opposes Romeo and attempts to thwart the relationship. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet , Prince Hamlet, who seeks revenge for the murder of his father, is the protagonist. The antagonist is the character who most opposes Hamlet, Claudius (though, in many ways, Hamlet is his own antagonist). Sometimes, a work will have a false protagonist , who may seem to be
5580-617: The cards of the Tarocco Bolognese . The popularization of esoteric tarot started with Antoine Court and Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) in Paris during the 1780s, using the Tarot of Marseilles . French tarot players abandoned the Marseilles tarot in favor of the Tarot Nouveau around 1900, with the result that the Marseilles pattern is now used mostly by cartomancers. Etteilla was
5673-455: The common four-suit pack. These new decks were called carte da trionfi , triumph cards, and the additional cards known simply as trionfi , which became "trumps" in English. The earliest documentation of trionfi is found in a written statement in the court records of Florence , in 1440, regarding the transfer of two decks to Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta . The oldest surviving tarot cards are
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#17333161592585766-586: The earliest patterns being based on the Mamluk deck but with variations to the suit symbols and court cards . The first records of playing cards in Europe date to 1367 in Bern and they appear to have spread very rapidly across the whole of Europe, as may be seen from the records, mainly of card games being banned. Little is known about the appearance and number of these cards, the only significant information being provided by
5859-476: The effects these issues have on the characters and the overall storyline. Lady Jewelpet premiered April 5, 2014 on all TXN stations, including TV Tokyo and TV Osaka at 9:30 a.m on Saturdays, replacing Jewelpet Happiness in its initial time slot. It is also the first Jewelpet series to be officially streamed on the Mobile App service, Kids d which is managed by NTT Docomo . An official DVD boxset of
5952-482: The events of the story and are not as involved within the "main action" of the plot. The supporting protagonist may be telling the story while viewing another character as the main influence of the plot. One example is Nick in The Great Gatsby . Euripides ' play Hippolytus may be considered to have two protagonists, though one at a time. Phaedra is the protagonist of the first half, who dies partway through
6045-463: The evil qualities the main character has. These traits can include being cruel, malicious, and wicked. Examples include Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Richard III in the eponymous play by William Shakespeare . When a supporting protagonist appears, the story is told from the perspective of a character who appears to be minor. This character may be more peripheral from
6138-469: The fifteenth century. The new name first appeared in Brescia around 1502 as Tarocho . During the 16th century, a new game played with a standard deck but sharing a very similar name ( Trionfa ) was quickly becoming popular. This coincided with the older game being renamed tarocchi . In modern Italian, the singular term is Tarocco , which, as a noun, is a cultivar of blood orange . The attribute Tarocco and
6231-495: The first generation of French-suited tarots depicted scenes of animals on the trumps and were thus called " Tiertarock " ( Tier being German for "animal") appeared around 1740. Around 1800, a greater variety of decks were produced, mostly with genre art or veduta . The German states used to produce a variety of 78-card tarot packs using Italian suits, but later switching to French suited cards; some were imported to France. There remain only two French-suited patterns of Cego packs -
6324-504: The first to produce a bespoke tarot deck specifically designed for occult purposes around 1789. In keeping with the unsubstantiated belief that such cards were derived from the Book of Thoth , Etteilla's tarot contained themes related to ancient Egypt . In the occult tradition, tarot cards are referred to as "arcana", with the Fool and 21 trumps being termed the Major Arcana and the suit cards
6417-465: The four elements, as well as traditional tarot motifs. The earliest known mention of this game, under the name of germini , dates to 1506. The word "tarot" and German Tarock derive from the Italian Tarocchi , the origin of which is uncertain, although taroch was used as a synonym for foolishness in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The decks were known exclusively as Trionfi during
6510-543: The late 18th century. A lost tarot-like pack was commissioned by Duke Filippo Maria Visconti and described by Martiano da Tortona, probably between 1418 and 1425 since the painter he mentions, Michelino da Besozzo , returned to Milan in 1418, while Martiano himself died in 1425. He described a 60-card deck with 16 cards having images of the Roman gods and suits depicting four kinds of birds. The 16 cards were regarded as "trumps" since, in 1449, Jacopo Antonio Marcello recalled that
6603-507: The light with the only remains being the ribbon that was tied in their arms together, they are taken back to their home, but both of them lose their memories of Jewel Land and of each other. However, fate brought them back together through Ruby and both Cayenne and Momona restarted their relationship which eventually led to them getting married in the final episode. His name is based on the Porsche Cayenne . The most wisest and popular of all
6696-408: The most significant obstacles. If a story contains a subplot , or is a narrative made up of several stories, then each subplot may have its own protagonist. The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist . The antagonist provides obstacles and complications and creates conflicts that test the protagonist, revealing
6789-587: The next King. Miura's name is based on the Lamborghini Miura . The current holder of the Lady Jewel ( レディ・ジュlエル , Redi jueru ) title and Ruler of Jewel Land, Claire is a close friend of Diana during her early days. She is a supportive figure towards the denizens of Jewel Land and all the Petit Ladies and Prince Candidates. During her younger days, she and Diana were very close friends and both exceeded in being top ladies. However, when Lady Diana ran away, she
6882-503: The next Lady Jewel, but standing in her way is Lillian, a girl who also aims to win the title of Lady Jewel, so she can choose Cayenne, to be her King alongside her. Momona soon also begins to fall in love with Cayenne, yet Lillian doesn't want her to get to close to him. Momona is the main protagonist of the series and an ordinary girl hailing from Jewel Land who adores her older cousin, Prince Alto. During his wedding, she cannot fully smile until she meets Lady Diana and gets transported to
6975-628: The next two centuries until the earliest known complete description of rules for a French variant in 1637. The game of tarot has many regional variations. Tarocchini has survived in Bologna and there are still others played in Piedmont and Sicily, but in Italy the game is generally less popular than elsewhere. The 18th century saw tarot's greatest revival, during which it became one of the most popular card games in Europe, played everywhere except Ireland and Britain,
7068-543: The now deceased duke had invented a novum quoddam et exquisitum triumphorum genus , or "a new and exquisite kind of triumphs." Other early decks that also showcased classical motifs include the Sola-Busca and Boiardo-Viti decks of the 1490s. The first documented tarot decks were recorded between 1440 and 1450 in Milan , Ferrara , Florence and Bologna , when additional trump cards with allegorical illustrations were added to
7161-674: The only Scandinavian country that still plays tarot games, Danish Tarok being a derivative of historical German Grosstarock . The game of Cego has grown in popularity again in the south German region of Baden. Italy continues to play regionally popular games with their distinctive Tarot packs. These include: Ottocento in Bologna and Sicilian Tarocchi in parts of Sicily . Meanwhile Troccas and Troggu are still played locally in parts of Switzerland. Tarot cards, then known as tarocchi , first appeared in Ferrara and Milan in northern Italy, with
7254-436: The play. Her stepson, the titular Hippolytus, assumes the dominant role in the second half of the play. In Henrik Ibsen 's play The Master Builder , the protagonist is the architect Halvard Solness. The young woman, Hilda Wangel, whose actions lead to the death of Solness, is the antagonist. In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet , Romeo is the protagonist. He is actively in pursuit of his relationship with Juliet, and
7347-434: The poet Aeschylus , in his plays, introduced a second actor, inventing the idea of dialogue between two characters. Sophocles then wrote plays that included a third actor. A description of the protagonist's origin cited that during the early period of Greek drama, the protagonist served as the author, the director, and the actor and that these roles were only separated and allocated to different individuals later. There
7440-433: The point of her jealousy to Momona. It's later revealed that Lillian and Cayenne are soulmates destined to be apart, and later revealed to be siblings. However this is revealed to be false, as he doesn't really have a younger sibling in the first place and he and Lillian are not related. In episode 15, he revealed his true love to Momona, before departing to the Royal Palace. Later in the series, he finally reappears alongside
7533-481: The protagonist Hazel, escape their warren after seeing a vision of its destruction, starting a perilous journey to find a new home. Tarot Tarot ( / ˈ t ær oʊ / , first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarocks ) is a pack of playing cards , used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini . From their Italian roots, tarot-playing cards spread to most of Europe, evolving into
7626-502: The protagonist, but then may disappear unexpectedly. The character Marion in Alfred Hitchcock 's film Psycho (1960) is an example. A novel may contain a number of narratives, each with its own protagonist. Alexander Solzhenitsyn 's The First Circle , for example, depicts a variety of characters imprisoned and living in a gulag camp. Leo Tolstoy 's War and Peace depicts fifteen major characters involved in or affected by
7719-564: The qualities on being King and he dropped out, forcing Diana to drop out and ran away with him. Iota is an Artificial Intelligence entity and Miura's assistant. He resides inside his Jewel Pad as a researcher who searches for clues linked to the main characters, which would give him an advantage in exams. His human-like form appeared in Episode 33. Charon's older sister. A character appearing in Lady Jewelpet Magical Musical , he
7812-405: The rain, also believing that she's the one who saved Mizuki when she was young. Boot was also a previous Lady Candidate as well during her younger days. The current king of Jewel Land and also Claire's husband. Momona's sister-in-law, Diana is the wife of Prince Alto and the one who suggested Momona to be a Lady Jewel candidate. She was originally Luea's human partner a few years ago, and was also
7905-480: The right hand, and the tritagonist (third most important character), the left. In Ancient Greece, the protagonist is distinguished from the term "hero", which was used to refer to a human who became a semi-divine being in the narrative. In literary terms, a hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) protagonist is typically admired for their achievements and noble qualities. Heroes are lauded for their strength, courage, virtuousness, and honor, and are considered to be
7998-452: The said doll and bring it to life while implanting fake memories into her, explaining why Luea is so obsessed with Lillian and treats her as a doll belong to Luea. She is later revealed to be Lady X, an unregistered lady that Miura has been investigating lately. Despite all of this, Miura still loves her so much to the point of trying to protect her from her mentor. In episode 52, she becomes the next Lady Jewel. One of Momona's friends and also
8091-409: The series, containing all the episodes, was released by Frontier Works on July 7, 2015. The boxset also contains official character art, information on the characters and extra bonuses. The music is composed by Jun Ichikawa ( Rental Magica ). The series uses two pieces of theme music , one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening song is titled Your Love by M-Three while the ending song
8184-434: The strange incidents revolving around the Jewel Palace, especially the attacks. Usually working alongside Cayenne, she is shown to be powerful magic-wise. At the later episodes, Romeo develops a crush towards her. In episode 52, she becomes the next educator of the next petite ladies. One of Jewel Land's prince candidates, he is the first prince Momona met during her trial. His looks are entirely similar to Momona's cousin, but
8277-459: The strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist's character, and having the protagonist develop as a result. The term protagonist comes from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής ( prōtagōnistḗs ) 'actor who plays the chief or first part', combined of πρῶτος ( prôtos , 'first') and ἀγωνιστής ( agōnistḗs , 'actor, competitor'), which stems from ἀγών ( agṓn , 'contest') via ἀγωνίζομαι ( agōnízomai , 'I contend for
8370-455: The tarot also has a separate 21-card trump suit and a single card known as the Fool . Depending on the game, the Fool may act as the top trump or may be played to avoid following suit. These tarot cards are still used throughout much of Europe to play conventional card games . The use of tarot playing cards was at one time widespread across the whole of Europe except the British Isles and
8463-410: The task but was rejected. Just after the task, Romeo has been manipulated by Luea's magic, yet it seemed to go out of control and attacked everyone at the garden. However, Romeo, fighting for justice managed to win against the dark magic and was admitted to go to the Royal Palace along with Prince Miura. His name is based on the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo . The youngest of all the prince candidates. He
8556-484: The verb Taroccare are used regionally to indicate that something is fake or forged. This meaning is directly derived from the tarocchi game as played in Italy, in which tarocco indicates a card that can be played in place of another card. The original purpose of tarot cards was to play games. A very cursory explanation of rules for a tarot-like deck is given in a manuscript by Martiano da Tortona before 1425. Vague descriptions of game play or game terminology follow for
8649-520: The years. Momona's older cousin and Lady Diana's husband, Prince Alto is a former Prince Candidate who she longs for. Before the beginning of the series, Alto proposed to Diana during their date despite him being not a good prince and both had an eternal oath together in the Music Box Museum in the Jewel Mountain, also obtaining a Music Box that Luea had hidden years ago. However, Alto doesn't have
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