<s>
is	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
light	O
novel	O
series	O
by	O
Takeshi	O
Shudo	O
(	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
writing	O
the	O
scripts	O
for	O
Magical	O
Princess	O
Minky	O
Momo	O
and	O
Pokémon	B-Application
)	O
which	O
was	O
serialized	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
Animage	O
,	O
illustrated	O
by	O
Akemi	O
Takada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
novel	O
series	O
was	O
also	O
adapted	O
into	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Tokuma	O
Shoten	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eternal	B-Application
Filena	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
Filena	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
survivor	O
of	O
the	O
royal	O
family	O
in	O
the	O
ocean	O
kingdom	O
of	O
Filosena	O
which	O
is	O
destroyed	O
by	O
the	O
ruling	O
empire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
brought	O
up	O
as	O
a	O
boy	O
slave	O
and	O
gladiator	B-Application
,	O
and	O
enters	O
the	O
gladiatorial	O
games	O
designed	O
by	O
the	O
Empire	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
masses	O
happy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Young	O
slave	O
boys	O
are	O
trained	O
as	O
gladiators	B-Application
and	O
girls	O
are	O
forced	O
into	O
prostitution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
a	O
gladiator	B-Application
and	O
she	O
was	O
taught	O
to	O
fight	O
at	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
six	O
by	O
her	O
adoptive	O
grandfather	O
Zenna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
enters	O
the	O
gladiator	B-Application
fights	O
to	O
win	O
her	O
freedom	O
but	O
finds	O
out	O
later	O
the	O
fights	O
are	O
not	O
what	O
they	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
slave	O
assigned	O
to	O
be	O
Filena	O
's	O
bed-mate	O
before	O
her	O
first	O
gladiator	B-Application
bout	O
,	O
after	O
Filena	O
ignores	O
her	O
advances	O
she	O
forces	O
her	O
way	O
into	O
Filena	O
's	O
room	O
and	O
learns	O
the	O
truth	O
about	O
her	O
gender	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
battle	O
writer	O
who	O
writes	O
the	O
scripts	O
for	O
the	O
gladiator	B-Application
fights	O
to	O
keep	O
viewers	O
interested	O
and	O
knows	O
the	O
Devis	O
Empire	O
inside	O
and	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
woman	O
whose	O
husband	O
Ficos	O
enters	O
the	O
gladiator	B-Application
fights	O
to	O
provide	O
for	O
his	O
family	O
,	O
and	O
she	O
has	O
an	O
infant	O
son	O
named	O
Fis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
raises	O
Filena	O
as	O
a	O
boy	O
,	O
and	O
teaches	O
Filena	O
how	O
to	O
fight	O
at	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
6	O
and	O
become	O
a	O
gladiator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
light	O
novel	O
series	O
was	O
serialized	B-Application
in	O
Animage	O
from	O
1985	O
until	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eternal	B-Application
Filena	I-Application
was	O
released	O
late	O
into	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
's	O
life	O
,	O
but	O
despite	O
this	O
it	O
had	O
somewhat	O
dated	O
graphics	O
that	O
were	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
V	I-Application
and	O
a	O
battle	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Mystic	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filena	O
is	O
raised	O
as	O
a	O
boy	O
because	O
the	O
Empire	O
ruling	O
the	O
country	O
forces	O
girls	O
into	O
prostitution	O
and	O
turns	O
boys	O
into	O
gladiators	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
turning	O
sixteen	O
,	O
Filena	O
prepares	O
to	O
make	O
her	O
debut	O
in	O
the	O
imperial	O
coliseum	O
,	O
however	O
before	O
the	O
battle	O
she	O
and	O
her	O
fellow	O
gladiators	B-Application
are	O
assigned	O
concubines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filena	O
later	O
fights	O
through	O
the	O
gladiator	B-Application
ranks	O
and	O
discovers	O
that	O
their	O
battles	O
to	O
the	O
death	O
are	O
all	O
scripted	O
by	O
behind-the-scenes	O
writers	O
.	O
</s>
