Rose (ローズ Rōzu) is a video game character from the Street Fighter series, first appearing in Street Fighter Alpha. She is an Italian fortune teller who wields a mysterious form of energy known as Soul Power.
Appearance[]
Rose is a tall woman with long, purple, wavy hair that flows outward horizontally (her hairdo is bent in a parabolic line in the Street Fighter IV series), with a large, zigzag forelock. She has violet eyes, a fair complexion, and a small mouth with full lips. Most official artworks of Rose make her appear to be pursing her lips.
She wears a loose, red (pink or purple in some artworks) evening gown with a belt and large gold buttons; a violet top with matching tights or stockings under her gown; a set of red high heels; and a large, golden scarf around her shoulders and arms. By channeling her mysterious Soul Power through it, she is able to make the scarf glow and wield it as a weapon. Strangely, her cleavage is easily visible through her top. In most artworks, she appears to be wearing a tank top under her dress, but her SFIV sprite shows her to be wearing a sleeved top with shoulder slits.
In the Street Fighter Alpha series, Rose's hair was animated and flowed back with the wind; it remains mostly stationary in the Street Fighter IV series due to the use of 3D models. In one of Rose's win poses, she wears a large red ball gown, a choker decorated with an antique key design, and matching earrings (in her ending movie in Alpha 2, she is seen wearing this outfit). Also, a lighting-bolt design is visible on her forehead in this form. In this particular victory pose, she holds tarot cards in each hand, and one in her cleavage. This win pose is reserved for a perfect win in Street Fighter Alpha 3 but is a normal victory in Capcom Fighting Evolution. In the UDON comic book series, Rose is often pictured in this attire, particularly when she is interpreting the future or in some removed location. In her Shadaloo C.R.I. profile art, her outfit remains largely the same, except her shoes and belt are black, and her top and tights are dark gray.
In one of Menat's endings in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, she has a purple coat with a rose on her chest, choker, glasses, black shoes, and black belt.
Personality[]
Rose is a serene, respectful, intelligent, and independent woman who muses quite a lot on destiny and fate. Wise and sophisticated, she is not prone to anger easily, and has a very calm demeanor, even in battle. She states that power is nothing without skill and that she must continue on her path, even if it means to give up her life for the greater good.
Rose seems to fancy herself a teacher of sorts, many of her win quotes and mid-round quotes, like "Today's lesson is over", seem to imply this. In the Street Fighter V timeline, this has been achieved to a degree by taking in Menat as an apprentice.
Relationships[]
Apart from her apprentices, there are few known people Rose is related with. The only enemies she has are M. Bison and Akuma.
Ryu[]
Rose cares deeply for Ryu due to his inner conflict with the Satsui no Hado and the people who desire that power, such as Bison. One can also note that Ryu and Rose share a deep friendship since in Street Fighter IV, Ryu stated that he does not want to hurt her. She often tries to help him overcome the Satsui no Hado and warns him of the people who would stop at nothing to get this power. Even though she is aware that she cannot protect Ryu from Bison or Akuma, she would guide and help him defeat Bison.
Guy[]
Guy is a friend who respects Rose for wanting to put an end to Bison's evil on the innocent. Due to their views on what they think is right, they will often argue but, ultimately, help one another.
M. Bison[]
Rose has a strong hatred for Bison due to his immoral actions. With his Psycho Power being the dark side of Soul Power, she seeks to stop him.
Menat[]
Rose hired her as an apprentice to spy on Shadaloo. Menat has great respect for Rose, who she always refers to as "Master".
It should be noted that in Menat's story mode, Rose didn't physically appear. She only was shown through a drawn silhouette or shadow (the latter of which was also used for Hugo in Poison's story mode). Rose didn't have any dialog but had Menat imitate her SFIV era voice.
Maggio[]
Maggio searched for Rose during the events of Street Fighter Alpha 3 to seek help with finding his sister. Rose apparently trusts Maggio enough to make him an apprentice.
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