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Jeudi, Printemps, Lundi
- Babies Ever After: The sequel novel Emerald Nocturne focuses on the aftermath of the characters after the events of the anime. There, it's revealed that Jeudi is pregnant with Lundi's child.
- Boy Meets Girl: Boy finds amnesiac girl. Boy takes her home, and they become childhood friends, and then lovers. A Nazi Nobleman enters Switzerland and takes the girl away from him. Boy rescues the girl, and then they flee the country where they're unfortunately separated again. When they're finally together, they work with their newfound allies to resist the Nazis and work with La Résistance
- Childhood Friend Romance: Jeudi and Lundi have been in love ever since they were children, and are already dating by the first episode.
- Conveniently an Orphan:
- Jeudi's parents died in the accident that left her amnesiac. They didn't, they actually are alive and living in Switzerland.
- Lundi's parents are also deceased (and outright Adapted Out in the anime).
- Country Mouse: Both Jeudi and Lundi grew up in the Alps and have never stepped foot outside of rural Switzerland before. When she arrives to Austria and finds herself in Leonhardt Aschenbach's Big Fancy House, everything, from the family portraits on the walls, to the vases, to the cutlery and furniture, fascinate her. Lundi is also very close to nature and fashions flutes out of his own carvings, being surprised at the sight of pianos and other instruments.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Both Jeudi and Lundi tend to have this, such as Jeudi willingly putting herself in debt so Clara can pay for her medical treatment and Lundi risking his life to help Johan dispose of the train bomb.
- Gratuitous French: It's in the lead characters' names, as both of the protagonists are named after days of the week in French: "Lundi" is Monday and "Jeudi" is Thursday. The bird, Printemps, means "spring" (as in the season) in French.
- Grow Old with Me: Jeudi and Lundi eventually got married, had children, and lived happily ever after for the rest of their lives.
- Happily Married: In the Distant Finale, Jeudi and Lundi are married in October 1945; Leonhardt, Clara, Martha, Jean-Jacques and all their other friends are invited to the wedding.
- Heartwarming Orphan:
- Jeudi's an amnesiac orphan with a heart of gold. When Hans betrays her and sells her out to the Nazis, Martha berates him while telling him all the good things Jeudi has done, and he looks ashamed.
- Lundi is also an orphan but lives with his aunt and uncle. He commits himself to helping the weak and defenseless of the Alps, especially the children.
- Kid Hero: Since the events of the anime take place in 1939, and Jeudi was born in 1926 while Lundi was born in 1925, this means they're 13 and 14 respectively (further confirmed when Jeudi's Birthday Episode states her age is 14). At their young ages, they already witness a lot of injustice and do their best to rectify it.
- Lady and Knight: In the anime OP, Jeudi is seen running across a field in a blue dress and a long veil, while Lundi stares from afar in knight armour on a horse.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Jeudi predominantly wears a pink dress, and Lundi, in the later episodes of the show, wears a blue suit.
- Single-Target Sexuality: Throughout the series, Jeudi receives a lot of male suitors, but goes for Lundi every time. Likewise, Lundi refuses to leave her side because he's loved her ever since he found her in the field of flowers.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: As things get worse and worse, it seems the Universe itself is conspiring to give Lundi and Jeudi trouble. Specially when Lundi disappears when the train he and Jeudi have boarded to reach Austria is caught in a bomb attack, and Jeudi has to go to Austria alone.
Jeudi
Jeudi (ジュディ)
Voiced by: Yoshino Takamori (Japanese), Laurence Crouzet (French), Debora Magnaghi/Donatella Fanfani (Italian), Eman Hail (Arabic)
An amnesiac girl who's found in the Swiss countryside by Lundi. She has no recollection of her past, and works at the hospital for a living. Her life is changed when catches the attention of the Nazi Nobleman Count Gourmant.Jeudi's real name is Alicia Brandel, and she was born on February 15, 1926. She is the daughter of Friedrich and Hélène Brandel. The Count pursues her because he once loved Hélène Brandel, and Jeudi looks just like her.
Jeudi
Click here to see her alternate outfit
Click here to see her as a child
- Amnesiacs are Innocent: Jeudi is amnesiac, but good-hearted by nature, a Friend to All Children and a nurse-in-training.
- Amnesiac Hero: Jeudi knows nothing of her past, but in fleeing the forces of the Nazis and joining the resistance, it's found that there are many others who do. Most prominently Leon and Henri Guisan.
- Amnesiac Resonance: Jeudi claims to not know how to do the waltz, but with the Count she somehow manages to do it perfectly, and has a flashback of doing it with an unnamed man from her childhood. The Count is shocked because Jeudi does it so well, and Jeudi is shocked because she doesn't know who the man is.
- Attempted Rape: Implied in the beginning of the manga. It wasn't the Count, actually, but the abusive new owner of the store Jeudi works in. She manages to run away and go to Lundi's home but his aunt and uncle don't take it seriously, causing him to angrily reprimand them.
- Bifauxnen: In the manga, Jeudi does a good job of disguising herself as a boy to evade the Count. She also happens to charm some girls along the way.
- Break the Cutie: Whenever Jeudi first hears the song of the Alpen Rose, she keeps remembering vivid images of a fire burning and intense violence, breaking down and begging Martha to stop. Jeudi breaks again when she realizes that her birth mother is blind and cannot recognize her, and she's been replaced by a Body Double in the form of Mathilda.
- Damsel in Distress: Not in the series itself, but in the anime's theme song, Jeudi is portrayed as this as the Count clutches her arm and then forces her to dance with him.
- Dance of Romance:
- In the anime's theme song, Jeudi dances with both the Count and Lundi, both of who have feelings for her. With the Count, she's unhappy, but with Kundi, her face breaks into a smile.
- The Count forces Jeudi to dance with him when she's at his estate. It triggers her recovering one of her memories: dancing the waltz with an older man who turns out to be her Disappeared Dad... before her accident.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She was involved in a plane accident at six and lost all her memories. All her flashbacks include graphic violence and a certain black four-pointed cross. Turns out her parents were part of La Résistance and suffered greatly for it.
- Disguised in Drag: In the manga, Jeudi has to crossdress (and cut her hair) so that people don't recognize she's wanted by the Count.
- Diving Save: Jeudi rescues Clara from Guisan's limousine this way.
- Despair Event Horizon: She's in the border twice. First, when Lundi disappears and it's believed that he kicked it; later, when she willingly decides to leave to save Lundi and her family from Toulonchamp.
- Dub Name Change:
- French: Julie.
- Italian: Julie
- Arabic: Juman.
- Dude Magnet: Leon, the Count and Lundi are attracted to Jeudi, but Lundi is the only one she loves.
- Fairytale Wedding Dress: As an adult Jeudi wears a multi-layered wedding gown with a long, extended veil, and white roses all over her head when she marries Lundi. See the spoiler-free version here
◊. - Flower Motifs: Obviously, the Alpine Rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum), a shrub indignenous to the Alps.
- Forgotten First Meeting: Jeudi knows Leonhardt Aschenbach as a famed Austrian pianist called "the secondcoming of Mozart". Before she suffered an accident that caused her to become an amnesiac, Leonhardt was her best friend and they often played together, with Leo even gaining a little crush on her.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has long, blonde hair and green eyes, and is a sweet girl who wants to be a nurse.
- Hospital Hottie: In the anime, she works at the hospital (unlike the manga where she helped out a local shop).
- Important Haircut: In the manga, Jeudi cuts her hair short so the Count won't recognize her, before fleeing to Bern.
- Intimate Healing: When an injured Lundi is about to suffer hypotermia, Jeudi strips both of them and lays next to him.
- Lady in Red: In the anime, Jeudi gets dolled up in a red dress when the Count abducts her to his Big Fancy House.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: She is Alicia Brandel, the daughter of Friedrich and Hélène Brandel - and Mathilda has been impersonating her all along.
- Meaningful Rename: Lundi gave Jeudi her name since she couldn't remember her real one. Said name turns out to be Alicia, but almost nobody refers to her as such — save for Leon, Friederich and the Durant family.
- Memory-Restoring Melody: Jeudi's memories are triggered whenever the Alpen Rose song is played, be it through Martha's singing or Leon's symphony.
- Pink Is Feminine: Jeudi wears a Simple, yet Opulent pink gown as her default outfit, with white sleeves from her shirt.
- Plucky Girl: Jeudi refuses to accept the Count's hand in marriage no matter what he threatens, and desires to be with Lundi above everything else.
- Simple, yet Opulent: Her default pink gown. It's plain pink, but has ruffles around the sleeves and collars, giving the illusion of resembling a wedding dress.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Her heart is only Lundi's because he is kind, courageous and always lends his hand to those in need.
- So Beautiful, It's a Curse: Count Gourmant pursues her because she's a very pretty woman. It's later revealed there's more to this - Jeudi is a dead ringer for her mother Hélène, who he was once engaged to before she left him. With Hélène presumed dead, Count Gourmant turns his attention to her little daughter, Jeudi....
- Sole Survivor: Jeudi and Printemps were the only survivers of the Swiss plane crash. Subverted later: it turns out that her mom also survived, but nobody knew for years.
- Spanner in the Works: She ultimately manages to undo Toulonchamp's Batman Gambit to manipulate the Durants by singing the song of the Alpentose, composed by her late father Friedrich as a token of love to his wife Hélène.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She is the spitting image of her mother, Hélène, the woman Count Gourmant was engaged to before she broke it off and married Friedrich, her father.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: In the manga Jeudi has to crossdress to go to Austria unnoticed, calling herself Julian. She does it so well that two girls find her boy self "handsome", and Liesl is quite infatuated with "him" too. (And she may have stayed infatuated *after* finding out).
- Snow Means Love: After Jeudi's aforementioned borderline Snow Means Death experience, she and Lundi share a hug in the snow.
- Trauma Button: Hearing anyone sing or play Alpen Rose. Jeudi gets hit by waves of flashbacks of graphic images, and instantly freezes before begging the singer to stop.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Jeudi can't remember anything from her past, except the Alpen Rose song. She gradually recovers her memories, and it's a HUGE
Tear Jerker when she finally can remember the accident, that her name is Alicia Brandel, and the sight of her mother Hélène covered in blood. - True Blue Femininity: In the anime's OP, Jeudi wears a long, blue wedding gown with a veil as she runs towards Printemps.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Robert the Intrepid Reporter has to reveal to Liesl and Johann that "Julian" is Jeudi. And later, Jeudi has to reveal herself as a girl to Leon to gain his support.
Lundi Courtot
Lundi Courtot (ランディ・コルトー )
Voiced by: Keiichi Nanba (Japanese), Gilles Laurent (French), Claudio Colombo/Massimo Di Benedetto (Italian), Taiseer Attieh (Arabic)
A boy who works as a shepherd in the Alps. His birthday is October 3, 1925. He discovers Jeudi in a plain dandelion field, and is raised by his family. They remain good friends years afterwards, which blossoms into something more. He opposes the Count courting Jeudi, and helps her escape and discover clues about her Dark and Troubled Past.
Lundi Courtot
Click here to see him in his suit
Click here to see him as a child
- Badass Normal: He can't hold a gun or use knives, but he's a rough fighter in spite of being a small boy. He stands out in a non-fighting anime for always doing what he thinks it's right and putting himself at great risk to protect Jeudi and others.
- Bridal Carry: In Berne, Jeudi is using new shoes. They hurt her feet, so Lundi carries her like this.
- Brainy Brunette: Not booksmart (though not super Book Dumb either), but is a very fast thinker. He singlehandedly plans Jeudi's escape from the Count, and helps her move to another country.
- Cain and Abel: Lundi is the Cain to Jean-Jacques' Abel. He is a good-hearted boy who suffers from Chronic Hero Syndrome, while Jean-Jacques was a Creepy Child who scared off his own father, and serves Count de Gormont.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: In the manga, Lundi fondly remembers his deceased mother and father; in the anime they're Adapted Out.
- Declaration of Protection: He was already in love with Jeudi, but when Leon asks him to take care of her, he swears to do it.
- Dub Name Change:
- French: Stephane Corto.
- Italian: Stephane
- Arabic: Hassan.
- First Guy Wins: He is Jeudi's first and only friend after the tragic plane accident, and the two are together until the end, tying the knot in the Distant Finale.
- Knightin Shining Armor: To Jeudi, as he'll go through any length to rescue her and keep her safe. In the OP, he's even portrayed as a literal knight in shining armour.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Subverted. Jeudi walks in on Mathilda trying to kiss him and Lundi attempting to refuse her advances, but she doesn't even think that he's cheating because Jeudi's concerns in regards to Mathilda are VERY different.
- On another occassion Jeudi almost has a Heroic BSoD when she sees Mathilda kissing Lundi. To be fair, not only Jeudi saw them from a distance so she couldn't exactly see that it was more of a Forceful Kiss and she was still BSOD'ing after almost being killed.
- Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: Lundi is an ordinary Swiss boy from the countryside, while Count Gourmant is a wealthy French elite. While Jeudi loves Lundi, she feels no such thing for the cruel Count, and him being a Nazi pedophile who tries to force himself on her doesn't help matters either.
- White Stallion: In the OP, Lundi rides this as he's Jeudi's Knight in Shining Armor, but he actually rides one◊ later in the anime to save Jeudi.
- You Are Worth Hell: When him and Jeudi are on the run, she tells him to leave her because the Count will take out his anger in him too. Lundi refuses, and tells her loves her and will never leave her.
Printemps
Printemps (アンリ・ギザン)
Voiced by: Masako Katsuki (Japanese), Unknown (French), Lia Barberi/Paolo De Santis (Italian), Eman Hail/Suheir Fahad (Arabic)
A parrot that belongs to Jeudi.
Printemps
- Chekhov's Gunman: Printemps has a habbit of saying Alpine Rose. When he says them in front of Hélène...
- Dub Name Change:
- Italian: Platan
- Evil-Detecting Dog: He once attacks Mathilda during breakfast. Mathilda immediately lampshades the trope via angrily asking Jeudi if Printempts thinks she's a bad person. And he was right, as Mathilda poisoned Jeudi's tea.
- Team Pet: Printemps is Jeudi's parrot and accomapanies her and Lundi in their adventures all over Europe.
Alps Neighbourhod
Hans
Hans (ハンス)
Voiced by: Yoku Shioya (Japanese), Nicolas Brémont (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
A boy in the Alps neighborhood who does many odd jobs for a living.
Hans
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Hans has thick, bushy eyebrows.
- Defeat Means Friendship: When Hans bumps into Lundi and they drop their apples, he's furious and they get into a fight. When Jeudi shows up and it turns out she saved his sister, Hans stops and befriends them.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Having repented after selling Lundi and Jeudi out, he tried to prevent the Count from getting to them and give them some info that he had just picked up... only to get shot In the Back by the Count himself.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he rats Jeudi and Lundi out to get money for Clara's hospital bills, Martha is horrified and screams at him, revealing that Jeudi offered to Work Off the Debt for Clara's bills herself. Hans is shocked to hear this, and immediately goes out to rectify this.
- Promotion to Parent: Hans and Clara are orphans, so he has to care for her.
- Redemption Equals Death: After he reveals where Lundi and Jeudi are to the Nazis, he feels ashamed and tries to help them escape Switzerland by buying them tickets to a train. Count Garmont catches him, and asks him if he's really trying to save them right after he betrayed them. He beats Hans, but Hansd continues to chase the train and bring Jeudi and Lundi the papers. He manages to hand them to Jeudi, but just then, he is shot in the back by Renaud.
- Sacrificial Lion: Hans dies so Jeudi and Lundi have a shot from escaping from the Count's clutches.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Hans is boyish, aggressive and rude while Clara is a Genki Girl.
- Youthful Freckles: Hans has a pair of freckles and is quite immature and hotheaded.
Clara
Clara (マルタ)
Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Debora Magnaghi/Daniela Fava (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
Hans' little sister, a happy-go-lucky child who's suffering from an ailment of some sorts.
Clara
- Cheerful Child: She's never sad, not even when she's being treated in the hospital.
- The Cutie: Hans calls her the most important thing in his life and everyone adores her.
- Genki Girl: She's a cheery little girl who loves playing.
- Girlish Pigtails: She wears her light brown hair in pigtails.
- Ill Girl: She has an illness that requires constant hospice care and medicine, which Hans can't afford. He sells out Lundi and Jeudi to pay for her bills.
- True Blue Femininity: Subverted. Clara wears a blue frock over a pink shirt.
- Youthful Freckles: She has freckles, to emphasize her age and innocence.
Martha
Martha (マルタ)
Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese), Unknown (French), Daniela Cericola/Lorella de Luca (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
A girl who works at a flower stand in the Alps and has a beautiful singing voice.
Martha
- Chekhov's Gunwoman: She also knows the Alpine Rose song, and shows off her beautiful singing voice while repeating it to Jeudi.
- Innocent Flower Girl: She sells flowers for a living, inviting customers with her pretty singing voice.
- Motherly Side Plait: Martha has chestnut-brown hair and wears it in this manner.
- Team Mom: She has a mom-like personality and is very caring towards to Jeudi and Clara.
- Not So Above It All: When Martha sees Lundi and Hans about to fight, she steps between them and tells them to stop. She then steps away and adds thay they can do what they want. Lundi and Hans have a brawl, which ends with Hans covered in injuries.
- Token Good Teammate: Between her and Hans. When Hans tells Jeudi and Lundi to follow him to the door, Martha is confused by Hans' lack of emotion, and realizes he sold them out to the Nazis. Before they open the door, she screams at them that it's a trap and the Nazis are there, just in time for Lundi to attack one in the face and run away with Jeudi. She later berates Hans for selling them out, her tone hurt and disgusted.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Martha slaps and berates Hans for ratting out Lundi and Jeudi to get money for Clara's medicine.
Train passengers
Marie Muller
Marie Muller (マリエ・ミュラー)
Voiced by: Miki Takahashi (Japanese), Dorothée Jemma (French), Marcella Silvestri (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
A wheelchair-using girl from a rich family. When the train bombing occurs, she cares for Lundi who has been separated from Jeudi.
Marie Mueller
- Age Lift: She was 14 in the manga, but is 18 in the anime.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Her hair is green in the anime, but in the manga it was never specified what colour it was.
- Pink Is Feminine: She wears a very fancy pink coat with cotton balls.
- Rescue Romance: She rescues Lundi after the train bombing, and cares for him. Sadly he doesn't reciprocate.
- Shout-Out: A disabled Swiss girl from a wealthy family, eh? Looks like we have a second Clara Strassman on our hands.
- Throwing Off the Disability: She was paralyzed until she met Lundi. She then miraculously rose from her wheelchair to help him, after which he's limping on crutches and she's apparently fine.
Liesl
Liesl (リーズル)
Voiced by: Run Sasaki (Japanese), Unknown (French), Alessandra Karpoff (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
A girl who was on the same train as Judy when the railroad bridge bombing occurred. He helps her and Lundi escape to Switzerland.
Liesl
- Arranged Marriage: Liesl is engaged to Johan, but she's secretly fond of him, making this a Perfectly Arranged Marriage.
- Girlish Pigtails: Liesl wears her short hair in a pair of pigtails.
- Knowledge Broker: When Jeudi is talking about the Alpen Rose song, Liesl overhears it and tells her she was taught it by a man in Lucerne. She then tells her everything she knows about the song.
- The Ojou: She is a little childish and stuck-up because of her upbringing, but has a good heart underneath.
- Tsundere: While Johann is enamoured with Liesl, she's less willing to admit her feelings for him, and prone to getting angry at him. However, after the train incident, she's more outspoken about her love for him.
Johann
Johann (ヨハン)
Voiced by: Shigeru Nakahara (Japanese), Nicolas Brémont (French), Luca Semeraro (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
A boy who was on the same train as Judy when the railroad bridge bombing occurred. He helps her and Lundi escape to Switzerland.
Johann
- Crazy Jealous Guy: He is possessive towards Liesl, who he's betrothed to. He gets better, as it's more about immaturity than jealousy.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's rude and brash, but during the train bombing incident, he tries to dispose of the bomb, even getting injured along the way.
- Lovable Coward: He's terrified at the bomb in the train and berated by Lisel for being a coward, but does his best to prevent it, even if it mresults him having to be rescued by Lundi.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: He's aware he's a coward and that Liesl is a tsundere, though this is somewhat remedied by the end of the episode.
Cortout Family
As a whole
- Adapted Out: Lundi's aunt and uncle didn't appear in the anime. His father did, through a flashback, and his mother and her letters were mentioned.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Franz and Marielle were very loving to their boy when they were alive. They were also philanthropic by nature; Mr. Courtot was a doctor in Africa.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Is it Cortout or Cortot?
Aunt and Uncle Cortout
Lundi's Aunt and Uncle (ランディのおじ・おば)
After Lundi's parents died, he was taken in by his father's sister and her husband. They viewed him as a burden and threw Jeudi out at the first chance they got.- Evil Uncle: When the Earl offered the a great deal of money for selling Jeudi, they took it without a second thought. When they (incorrectly) heard thay Lundi and Jeudi had died, they threw out their possessions and ran away with Franz's will.
- No Name Given: Unlike Franz and Marielle, their names are never revealed.
- Resentful Guardian: They both viewed Jeudi and Lundi as extra mouths to feed and only cared for them out of an obligation to Franz.
Franz Courtot
Franz Courtot (フランツ・コルトー)
Lundi and Jean-Jacques's deceased father, who died in a car accident.
Franz Courtot
- Africa Is a Country: It's mentioned that Mr. Courtot went "to Africa" to work as a doctor and treat impoverished patients.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: While Franz was a hard-working doctor, his sister and her husband were poorer, lazy and had no desire to work, instead opting to sell Jeudi for money instead.
Marielle Courtot
Mareille Courtot (マリエール・コルトー)
Lundi and Jean-Jacques's deceased mother. She died of a disease.- Feminine Women Can Cook: Marielle's specialty was making sweets, and she was a housewife while her husband was a doctor.
- Sweet Baker: She was a skilled baker, and Lundi has many fond memories of her.
- Victorian Novel Disease: It's mentioned she died of a disease in 1931.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Lundi describes her as "tender", and she was a kind woman who succumbed to a disease while her husband died in a car accident.
