Rulue

Rulue
Rulue, as she appears in Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop.
Name
Kana	ルルー
Romanization	Rurū
IPA	/'rʊluː/ (Roo-loo)
Other Names	Fighting Queen JP: 格闘女王様 (Kakutō jōusama) Lulu ('92EN) 露露 (Lùlù) 루루 (Ruru) Рулу (Rulu)
Personal Info
Gender	Female
Birthday	February 24 (Pisces)
Blood type	Unknown
Age	16 (Madou Monogatari ARS) 18 (Madou Monogatari Saturn, Puyo Puyo~n)
Height	169 cm / 66 inches
Weight	52 kg / 114 pounds
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Madou Monogatari 123
Latest appearance	Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Shiori Nakaishi (Madou Monogatari A-R-S) Yumi Toma (Puyo Puyo CD, Tsu) Ikai Saruka (Puyo Puyo Sun (AC/SS)) Noa Asagi (Puyo Puyo Sun (N64/PSX/PC), Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon, Madou Monogatari Saturn, Minna de Puyo Puyo {Reused voice clips}) Chizuko Hoshino (Puyo Puyo~n) Kanako Kondou (Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary - present)
English	Kira Buckland (Puyo Puyo Tetris onward)
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

Rulue is Arle's rival and is a powerful martial artist. She is madly in love with Satan after he saved her life in Madou Monogatari: ARS and views Arle as a rival for his affection, despite the latter displaying no interest in him. Her servant is Minotauros, who swore allegiance to her after she saved him long ago.

Biography

Appearance

Rulue is a young adult woman with turquoise eyes and long blue hair that reaches to her waist. A recurring feature of Rulue is she wears jewelry, commonly a necklace, bracelets, and anklets, that go through design changes between games. Starting with Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary, she would also start wearing earrings, a choker, and a belt. The attire she wears varies between games, but in older games, she commonly wore a type of strapless dress held together by a yellow sash around her waist that e(umphasizes white colors. Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary and Puyo Puyo 7 would have a variant of the design that separates the top and bottom giving the impression of a long skirt and midriff, while from Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary onward she instead wears what appears to be a mini dress and a long vest/jacket strapped on top of it. In earlier games, she lacked any footwear, but from Puyo Puyo~n onwards she would start wearing sandals.

Personality

True to her self-proclaimed title of Fighting Queen, she tries to have a sense of finesse yet assertion towards others. However, she also tends to be selfish, which often causes her to lose her temper when she doesn't. For example, she tends to get jealous if anyone tries to "take" Satan from her, and will become agitated if her appearance or title is ignored or mocked. This sometimes causes her to perform antagonistic acts, for example in Madou Monogatari III where she ordered Minotaur to drive Arle into the forest since Satan desires Arle's affection and not hers. Although normally capable herself, she prefers others like Minotaur to do her dirty work. She is also vain and is more than happy to show off her physique, beauty, and combat ability.

Abilities

Notably, she stands out for lacking the ability to cast any magic in a generally magical world. Instead, Rulue has high proficiency in martial arts, performing palm strikes and kicks such as "Haganshou" (Rock Crushing Palm Strike) and "Fuujinkyaku" (Wind God Kick). She can also manipulate Ki energy, as demonstrated in the move "Power Wave". Her final attack tends to be her signature move, "Joou Ranbu" (known as Fighting Queen in the English localization of Puyo Puyo Tetris).

The only known time Rulue could cast magic was in Puyo Puyo CD, where she did the exact same spells as everybody else.

Spell	Description
Name	Effect	(Notable) Appearances	Element
Rock Punch Rock-Crushing Palm Strike 破岩掌	Rulue does a very, very powerful punch attack. It's powerful enough to shatter boulders.	All appearances of Rulue Quest: Chronicle	Physical
Cross Counter 十字架[クロス]カウンター	Usable by equipping a Cross Knuckle, Rulue is able to deal double the damage dealt to her and send it to her enemy.	Spring Break	Physical
Iron Fist (Sanction) 鉄拳制裁	Rulue does a rapid-fire series of punches. Presumably, they hit even harder than any individual Rock Punch.	Puyo SUN/Minna 15th Onwards Quest: ★3 Rulue	Physical
Iron Fist Raid 鉄拳連撃	Rulue, again, does a rapid-fire series of punches. The reach of this attack is greater than others.	Waku Puyo Series	Physical
Flaming God Palm 炎神掌	Rulue does a fiery punch.	Waku Puyo Series	Fire Physical
Hydro God Palm 水神掌	Rulue does a much colder, watery punch.	Waku Puyo Series	Water Physical
Fission Fist 裂空拳	Rulue punches the air, splitting it. This creates a vacuum wave that has scissor-esque wind blades. This attack can reach enemies from afar.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Physical Wind
Fighting Fist 闘氣拳	Rulue does a punch that hurts like a whip.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Physical
破界掌	A far, far more powerful version of Rock Punch. May be able to break the world...?	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Physical
Kusanagi Leg 草薙脚	Rulue does a low kick.	Saturn Madou Arle's Adventure	Physical
Exploding Knee Collapsing Kicks 崩撃連脚	Rulue does a rapid-fire series of kicks, presumably meant to disrupt the balance of whatever her foot strikes. Despite the English name, there are no explosions.	Puyo SUN/Minna 15th onwards Quest: ★4 Rulue	Physical
Thunder God Kick 雷神脚	Rulue does a kick imbued with lightning.	Waku Puyo Series Arle's Adventure	Electricity Physical
Wind Kick Wind God Kick 風神脚	A crouching kick that also kicks up wind to attack.	Waku Puyo Series Puyo 4 15th onwards	Wind Physical
Spin Blade スピンブレイド	Rulue spins on the ground and attacks with wind blades.	Saturn Madou	Physical Wind
Vacuum Flasher 真空閃脚 Pr:まくうせんきゃく	From her foot, Rulue launches an energy fist. It rapidly increases in power in order to launch itself at her current target. Then, once it has landed, it produces a shockwave attack.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Ki? Physical?
Heaven Kick 天舞脚	Rulue does a kick imbued with the power of the heavens. When it hits, the light within explodes to deal further damage.	Waku Puyo Series Puyo 4	Holy Physical
Acupuncture Leg 鉞断脚 Pr:えつだんきゃく	A powerful leg strike that can disable the flow of Ki of the opponent, preventing them from using Ki attacks.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Physical Status? Ki?
Wraith Cutter レイスカッター	An upwards axe-kick. Presumably able to cut through ghosts like nobody's business.	Puyo SUN/Minna	Physical
Shoulder Toss 背負い投げ	Rulue picks up her opponent and throws them over her shoulder.	Madou ARS Final Test Puyo CD 2	Physical
Queenly Whip 女王ウィップ	An attack with a whip.	Game Gear Madou 3	Physical
Rulue Beam ルルービーム	A laser that is fired by the fighting queen herself, it is Apparently emitted from her mouth.	Game Gear Madou 3 Waku Puyo Dungeon Manga	Ki?
Fighting Spirit Shot 闘氣放撃	Rulue releases a Hadouken-esque ball of ki at her opponent.	Saturn Madou Puyo 4	Ki
Rulue Impact ルルーインパクト	Rulue divebombs the ground, and attacks with a shockwave upon all her foes.	Saturn Madou	Physical
Dance of Monkeys 日光サル集団の舞い	A legendary dance that can call sunlight to slay vampires.	Spring Break	Nature
Sonic "Binta" Kick ソニックびんたキック	An extremely fast kick. (After being hit by this move, Arle's face was swollen.)	Final Test	Physical
Thunderous Punches 連撃雷神拳	Rulue does an electrically charged punch.	Saturn Madou Puyo 4 Quest: Flash Attack	Electricity Physical
Continuous Feet 飛燕連撃	Kicks that occur in the blink of an eye.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 2	Physical
Empress Fist 女帝拳	Presumably a very powerful punch.	Puyo CD 2	Physical?
対空女王乱舞	A variant of Fighting Queen. Developed while mountain climbing, it's good for attacking aerial opponents like Witch on her broom.	Super Nazo Puyo Tsu	Physical
True Queenly Dance 真・女王乱舞	Presumably an enhanced version of Fighting Queen. In Puyo matches, it flips her board upside down and removes all garbage Puyo.	Puyo 4 Madou Sugoroku	Physical
Destructive Queenly Dance 滅殺・女王乱舞	An enhanced version of Fighting Queen. However, it can also hurt Rulue to do this.	Spring Break
Ultimate Queenly Dance 究極女王乱舞	The strongest variant of Fighting Queen known to date.	Waku Puyo Series	Physical
Power Strike パワーストライク	A strike that could possibly be energy draining, energy boosting, or empowered by ki.	Puyo SUN/Minna	Unknown
(Hi-tech?) Time Machine 秘技　タイムマシン	A leg smash to the head, which can make people faint and lose their memory.	Spring Break	Physical
秘技　北東真剣	(This ability's effect cannot be provided at this time.)	Spring Break	Unknown
Fire Whip ファイヤーウィップ	Presumably a fiery whip strike. Prevents the enemy from using skills for 2 turns.	Madou Sugoroku	Physical Fire
Burning Dance バーニングダンス	A fascinating dance of sizzling flames that can act as a makeshift version of Arle's Bayoen.	Madou ARS Waku Puyo Series	Status
Sleep Dance スリープダンス	Puts the target to sleep with a dance.	Madou ARS Waku Puyo Series	Status
Quadriplegia 四肢咆哮	Rulue strikes the target's leg to make them less mobile. This lowers aggression.	Madou ARS	Physical Status
Brain Crush 脳天砕き	Strikes the opponent in the head to give them a concussion, thus reducing magical attack power.	Madou ARS Waku Puyo Series Spring Break	Physical Status
Heavenly Brain Crush 脳天砕き・改	Presumably an enhanced version of Brain Crush. Attacks the enemy team.	Madou Sugoroku	Physical Status
Soul Break 魂砕き	An intimidation attack with needles. Originally for lowering defense, it can also disable enemy abilities.	Madou ARS Waku Puyo Series	Status
Provocation 挑発	Provokes the enemy in order to draw their aggression.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Spirit 気合い （気合集中）	A more proper counterpart to Diacute, Rulue boosts the energy of her attacks. Doing so adds another prefix to the attack (ARS only).	Madou ARS Waku Puyo Series	Status
Spirit Bond 精神統一	Rulue boosts her attack and defense through focusing her mind.	Arle's Adventure	Status
Concentration 精神一統	Rulue focuses herself so that she can increase her defense. In Puyo matches, it seemingly works like Arle's Diacute.	Waku Puyo Series 15th onwards	Status
Clear the Mind 心頭滅却	Grants invincibility for a short period of time.	Waku Puyo Series 15th Anniversary 20th onwards	Status

Relationships

Arle

She sees her as a rival in love, as Arle is the primary target for Satan's advances. She is not afraid to hassle with her to assure her that Satan is hers alone. However, she does not despise her. In the ending of Madou Monogatari III, she travels alongside her to magic school, so that she can learn how to cast magic.

Minotauros

As Rulue's bodyguard, he is determined to protect her, and he is also in love with her as well. Rulue does not share this sentiment, and on more than one occasion treats him poorly.

Raffina

The two do not meet until Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary where the two of them become good friends, likely because the two are fairly similar: physical martial artists with lots of wealth and poor magical abilities.

Satan

She is deeply in love with him, ever since they met in Madou Monogatari: ARS after he saved her from Count. Rulue will do anything to win his affections, in spite of him having only eyes for Arle. While he does not return the sentiment, Satan at least does not dislike her and mostly just sees her as overzealous.

Schezo

Rulue and Schezo appear to be on relatively decent terms, though they often get into fights. Schezo actually respects Rulue using her martial arts to make up for her lack of magic potential, although he admits that at the same time, this is something which greatly scares him. He does not understand her infatuation with Satan, however, and hates to hear her long winded praises of him. Despite this he puts up with it for brief periods of time and even wishes her well; a clear sign of their friendship. Schezo and Rulue sometimes train together in an attempt to make themselves stronger, seeing each other as worthy opponents.

History

Madou Monogatari series

Rulue debuted as the primary antagonist of Madou Monogatari III. Rulue believes that Satan has chosen to marry Arle and thus sends Minotauros to eliminate the girl. Rulue serves as the final boss of the Game Gear version, while Minotauros is the final opponent in the MSX and PC98 games. Rulue is also one of the three playable characters in Madou Monogatari: ARS; her chapter is a prequel that explores her infatuation with Satan and ends with a battle against Count.

Puyo Puyo (1992)

Rulue is the second-to-last opponent. Blinded by love, she attempts to stop Arle from reaching Satan.

In the English version, she is known as Lulu. Silvana attempts to convince Lulu to come to her senses, but she is too infatuated with the Dark Prince to listen.

Puyo Puyo Tsu

Rulue again serves as the second-to-last opponent. She believes that Arle knows the secret of the tower and wonders how long that Arle can "play dumb" against her.

Puyo Puyo Sun

In Arle's story, Rulue casually greets Arle. When Arle mentions that she wants to reach Satan's castle, Rulue quickly stands up and orders Minotauros to get rid of her. Minotauros, not knowing his own strength, uses a giant leaf to blow Arle and Rulue away.

In Schezo's story, Rulue stops Schezo as he passes by and asks whether he has seen a body as lovely as hers. When Schezo says that he's not interested in her thin body, Rulue begins to wonder aloud about him, which causes him to nervously inch away.

Puyo Puyo~n

In this game, her hair is styled in a ponytaila nd she wears maroon clothes rather than the white in other games. The design of her outfit for this game later mixed with her Mini Puyo Fever outfit in Puyo Puyo 7 and used as Flash Attack Rulue in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.

As the 14th opponent, Arle and her party encounter Rulue outside another circus tent. Rulue knows her intentions and denies entry to them, prompting a Puyo match. When Rulue is beaten, she reveals Carbuncle is in the circus tent, and as Arle and her party enter, Rulue wishes Arle to be fine.

Puyo Puyo Box

In addition to appearing in the story mode, she also appears as a Scramble opponent playing both Puyo Puyo Tsu and Puyo Puyo~n rules.

Minna de Puyo Puyo

Rulue appears three times; once in Gachinko Dungeon, one in Dark Prince's Castle, and a final time in Trial Labyrinth. She believes that Arle is intentionally trying to get close to Satan, despite the fact that Arle does not learn of his plot until the end of the game.

During her battles (excluding her first one), her Puyo field is usually filled with 3 layers of Point Puyo and Hard Puyo, making the fight a bit more challenging. However, the presence of these Nuisance Puyo can also be an advantage to the player; performing even just 2 chains on top of the Point Puyo will usually defeat Rulue instantly.

Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary

She is one of the six comets that end up in Primp in this game.

Puyo Puyo 7

Rulue appears in the Easter Island stage in Act 3. While there, Ringo meets her, who asks if she's here for training and notices and compliments about her eyes. She leaves after a Puyo match with her.

When playing as Amitie, Rulue offers her a training, and assuming she doesn't know who she is, and challenges her to a Puyo battle.

When playing as Suketoudara, he refuses her training, causing her to threaten him to knock him into a Moai statue. She is irritated when Suketoudara threatens back to report to Satan, and challenges him to a Puyo match.

Rulue later reappears before the final battle with Ecolo.

Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary

Rulue appears in this story as one of the playable characters. Her story follows her as she searches for a place to happily daydream about a date with Satan.

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

For this character's stats in Puyo Puyo!! Quest, see PPQ:Rulue.

Rulue is available as a red card in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Rulue, alongside Raffina and Feli, is affected by the merging of the two worlds, and appears alongside the other two, in Chapter 2. After being beaten back by Arle in a Swap match, she retreats to Primp Town alongside the other two 'corrupted' ladies. She is later found in Chapter 4, by Arle and Schezo, and is partially returned to her senses by Schezo and Arle teasing her over her love of Satan (Dark Prince in English versions). Rulue doesn't take well to the method used however, and battles Arle. Her resulting loss, fully returns her to normal. She proceeds to give a long winded speech about what she adores about Satan, to Schezo (who is told to do so by Arle), up until the point that he interrupts her, and flees the scene to train.

Puyo Puyo Chronicle

Rulue is a story NPC found in the town of Retty.

Nazo Puyo & Spinoffs

Rulue is the protagonist of one of Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue's Roux's scenarios, and is the main character of Super Nazo Puyo 2 and Rulue's Spring Break.

Trivia

• Rulue is replaced by Scratch in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Meta Knight in Kirby's Avalanche.
• Rulue is the only character from the first Puyo Puyo that lacks a vocal phrase. This may be related to the fact that she is not battled in the PC-98 version of Madou Monogatari 123.
• Rulue is one of three characters to switch voice actors between the Saturn and N64 versions of Puyo Puyo Sun. The others are Skeleton-T and Incubus.
• According to the manual in Puyo Puyo DA!, her favorite food is beef, which bothers Minotauros.
  • This fact is later referenced again in Puyo Puyo!! Quest in an official Rulue-themed spoof of the main menu for April Fools 2017, where the Single-player Quest menu button is changed to read "Eat Beef and Train" (ぎゅうにくをたべてとっくん).
• Rulue is the only character besides Schezo or Klug to have a unique transformation animation in Puyo Puyo 7; her second mini/chibi animation is different from it's counterpart in normal and deka. Rulue is also the only one of two characters who didn't have an outfit change for the game, the other being Lemres. Her chibi outfit, was also recycled from Rulue's Spring Break.
• The intro of Madou Monogatari: ARS associates each of its three main characters with a type of flower. Rulue's flower is the rose. This association could later be seen in places such as her cutscene in Puyo Puyo Tsu Ketteiban, and Puyo Puyo!! Quest's Gorgeous Rulue card.

Alternate Voices

• In Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, she sounds drowsy.
• In Puyo Puyo Tetris (both Japanese and English versions), the nuances on her lines become weaker and she sounds quiet.
• In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, she has overall soft voice.
• In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, her voice becomes significantly deeper that almost sounds like male. She shares this motif with Ally.
  • In the English version, most of her alternate voice clips are reused from the original Puyo Puyo Tetris, and her new voice clips retain the same tone.

Appearances

Puyo Puyo

• Puyo Puyo (1992)
• Puyo Puyo Tsu
• Puyo Puyo Sun
• Puyo Puyo~n'
• Puyo Puyo Box
• Minna de Puyo Puyo
• Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
• Puyo Puyo 7
• Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest
• Puyo Puyo Tetris
• Puyo Puyo Champions
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
• Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop

Madou Monogatari

• Madou Monogatari 3
• Madou Monogatari: ARS
• Madou Monogatari (Saturn)
• Madou Monogatari: Chaotic Final Exam

Spinoffs

• Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux
• Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux
• Super Nazo Puyo Tsu: Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjouki
• Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon
• Rulue's Spring Break
• Serilly's Happy Birthday
• Puyo Puyo DA!
• Arle no Bouken: Mahou no Jewel
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade
• Puyo Puyo!! Touch

Character profiles

See the respective PPQ-namespace card pages of Rulue for the character's in-game description in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.

Game	Description
	"A powerful martial artist who is immensely jealous of Arle's magical powers. She also once appeared in a text adventure game called "Rulue's Spring Break of Fists", which follows her spring break adventures." (Sega 3D Classics Collection Manual) "Her cold gaze and voice makes those who hear it tremble in fear. Her overbearing laughter echoes across the field." (Nintendo Switch Sega Ages)
	"The fighting queen. She is a powerful martial artist and is madly in love with the Dark Prince!"
	"A sexy martial arts queen. Can't use magic, but she holds her own on strength alone. Seeks the affection of the Dark Prince."
	"The alluring queen of martial arts, and Arle's greatest rival. Head over heels for the Dark Prince." (Character Select) "A martial queen who knows her worth!" (Adventure Mode Intro)

Character specific mechanics

Puyo Puyo/Tetris

Game	Mode

Super attack/Skills

Puyo Puyo~n

Shin Jo-oh Ranbu (True Queenly Dance): The player's field is turned upside down and all Nuisance Puyo are removed.

Pocket Puyo Puyo~n

14-Iron Drop: The opponent receives 6 Iron Puyo.

Puyo Puyo Box

Neo Break: All Puyo in the opponent's tallest column change to Nuisance Puyo.

Puyo Puyo Chronicle

Special Skill: Queenly Wild Dance (女王乱舞): Change 1 color of puyos into red puyos, and defense of red allies decreases. (MP 30)

Auto Skill: Capacity of the Queen (女王のじつりょく): Attack of allies increases, and reflects part of taken damage. (12 same-time clear)

Skill Rank Up

Lv. 1	Lv. 2	Lv. 3	Lv. 4	Lv. 5
Change 1 color of puyos into red puyos Defense of red allies -30%	-25%	-20%	-15%
Attack of allies +10% Reflects part of taken damage	+12%	+15%	+17%
Unlock Conditions
Achieve 5+ chain when battling Flame Hamtas
Get 8000 points when battling Fire Tanpen
Deal 150 damage when battling Carmine Capizoh
Achieve 22+ same-time clear when battling Akacchu

Dropset

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16					Puyo
																12	0	2	2	40

Quartet

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16						Puyo
																3	4	2	4	3	64

Fusion

Puyo Pieces						Tetrimino
1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	SP
								or or

Ice Blocks Nuisance Pattern

Pieces

Chants

Due to the large number of chants for Rulue, the full list is moved to a separate page. See Rulue/Chants.

Gallery

Due to the large number of images for Rulue, the gallery is moved to a separate page. See Rulue/Gallery.