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“Revo”
1st Story Renewal CD "Chronicle 2nd" (March 19, 2004) 1. Kuro no Yogensho / Black Prophecy 2. Shijin Ballad no Higeki / The tragedy of the poet Ballad (cap.7, p. 168) 3. Tadoritsuku Uta / Reaching Poems (cap.9, p. 883) 4. Arbelge no Tatakai (cap.8, p. 324) 5. Yakusoku no Oka / Promised Hill (cap.8, p. 216) 6. Bara no Kishidan / Knights of the Rose (cap.9, p. 468)
Status
Released
Original Language
EN

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.