The character sheet for Kaze to Ki no Uta.
Please be aware that will obviously be SPOILERS for the entire series. And be warned that since readers/watchers have little familiarity with the series and scanlations are only in the first half of the manga, and readers who haven't read the manga in its entirety, it's best not to look at the spoilers in this character sheet.
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Serge Battour
Voiced by: Noriko Ohara
- The Ace: Serge is smart, athletic, good looking and, among other things, a musical prodigy and an excellent equestrian.
- Informed Attribute: Descriptions of his coloring are often at odds with his colour pictures and anime appearance. Early in the manga, he is described as having black hair, 'the same grey eyes as his father' and dark skin (which is actually noted numerous times in the story), yet most of the artwork makes him brown-haired, brown-eyed and lightly tanned at most. The anime and later artwork get the dark skin, but keep the brown hair and eyes.
- Spell My Name With An S: His surname has been given a ton of different transliterations: Battour, Battouille, Bateaure... the list goes on.
Gilbert Cocteau
Voiced by: Yuko Sasaki
- All of the Other Reindeer: Pretty much everyone in Laconblade Acedemy hates him.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Gilbert's character design was based on actor Björn Andrésen (of Morte a Venezia fame).
- Dark and Troubled Past: His life has sucked since literally the day he was born (his mother tried to kill him as an infant). Not that his present is much better.
- Driven to Suicide: Makes a few attempts at suicide, though none are successful. It speaks volumes that he first tried to drown himself when he was nine.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Gilbert is mistaken for a girl a couple of times as a child. It's not a difficult mistake to make when he's 9-11 years old and wearing flimsy clothing.
- Even the Guys Want Him: It seems like nearly every male character would be willing to have sex with Gilbert, if they haven't already done so.
- Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: His eyes remain large and wide throughout his life, although during his childhood, they became rather harsher, more angular and, bizarrely, square with his increasing jadedness and jerkass tendencies.
- Love Martyr: Gilbert is clearly completely aware of the fact that Auguste goes out of his way to manipulate and hurt him, yet he is completely devoted to him anyway.
- Rape as Backstory: Gilbert was raped when he was just nine — first by the pedophile Bonnard, and then by Auguste (who had some twisted motivations, to say the least) not long after that. It's a very big part of what left the boy so messed up.
- Sex for Services: One of the reasons he hasn't flunked out of school is because he sleeps with classmates in exchange for papers... or just goes straight to the teachers.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Male-male version. Serge's kindness is what makes Gilbert fell for him.
Auguste Beau
Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Abusive Parents:
- Gilbert has suffered emotional, physical and sexual abuse by his father (who poses as his uncle) Auguste. He first uses Gilbert to be "his pet" and later turns him to a "pure and artistic" individual by the way of neglect and manipulating his love for him.
- While his own adoptive parents were not quite actively abusive, they do appear to have willfully overlooked the abuse he suffered at the hands of his brother.
- Faux Affably Evil: He seemed friendly and supportive for Serge until Serge learned his true nature.
- In-Series Nickname: Gilbert calls him "Augu", and the man himself later encourages Serge to use the nickname as well (which, needless to say, doesn't sit well with Gilbert).
- Parental Incest: He is actually Gilbert's father, not his uncle. Even after revealing this fact to him, he continues to sexually abuse Gilbert until the boy eventually escapes Lacombrade with Serge.
- Troubled Abuser: His brother sexually abused him when he was young, not that it excuses much of what he does.
Arion "The White Prince" Rosemariné
Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Aristocrats Are Evil: Subverted. He initially comes across as a self-important bully on an ego-trip (or even The Dragon) but becomes far more sympathetic as the series progresses and eventually proves to be one of Serge and Gilbert's greatest allies.
- Defrosting Ice King: He becomes a lot more sympathetic as his more vulnerable side is revealed, and he befriends Serge after a certain point. He eventually proves to be one of Serge and Gilbert's greatest allies, aiding their escape from Lacombrade when virtually the entire school turns against the pair.
- The Dragon: He serves as Auguste's eyes and ears in the school, partly out of fear and partly out of self-interest.
- Hates Being Touched: The only person he doesn't mind being touched by is Jules and Serge, later on.
- Rape as Backstory: Auguste raped him a few years before the story begins.
- Single-Issue Psychology: Just about all his issues can be traced back to a single event in his past: his rape by Auguste.
- Spell My Name With An S: Is his first name Arion, Aryon or Ariona, and should his surname be Rosemariné (accent or no), Rosmariné (ditto), Rosemarinay...?
- A Taste of the Lash: He's rather fond of canes and riding crops; according to Takemiya's side notes, he owns seventeen different whips!
- Technicolor Eyes: He has purple eyes without sclerae in the OVA. Although a dialogue in the epilogue confirms that they're purple in the manga as well, he appears on a single manga cover with eyes that appear to be green.
Pascal Biquet
- Brilliant, but Lazy: He's been held back for three years, though he's actually quite intelligent and interested in science; he just doesn't care for the school system.
- Held Back in School: He's been held back for three years, not because he's not intelligent, but because he doesn't care for classical education. He finally moves up a grade in volume 12.
- Spell My Name With An S: His first name has been spelt as Pascale (which is actually a girls' name, funnily enough) while his surname has been romanised as Biket.
Karl Meiser
Voiced by: Tsutomu Kashiwakura
- Gayngst: He struggles with his attraction to Gilbert in the early volumes.
- Spell My Name With An S: Is it Karl or Carl? Meanwhile, his surname has been spelt as Meiser, Mise, and Misset.
Kurt Stachler
- New Friend Envy: He's constantly jealous of Serge and his friendship and eventual relationship with Gilbert
- Plucky Comic Relief: Kurt acts as this along with Nekka
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: "You're crazy about that dirty f*ggot!"
Abraham Necroix
- In-Series Nickname: Nekka
- Spell My Name With An S: Is it Nekka, Neka, Necker, or just plain Necroix?
- Ridiculously Average Guy: There's not much to him!
Sebastien Meiser
- Demoted to Extra: He only showed up twice in the OVA and didn't get to do much.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Unlike his big brother, he's very bold and outgoing. Karl himself notes that the two were raised very differently.
- Spell My Name With An S: Sebastien or Sebastian? He also has the same surname trouble as Karl.
Jules de Ferrier
- Disappeared Dad: His father died from illness when he was quite young, which led to his family becoming much poorer.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: A chunk of his hair is shorter on one side. It's never explained why.
- Gang of Bullies: The leader of one several years back, or so rumors say. In reality, things were more complicated than that.
- Gold Digger: When it comes to his fiancée in Dove of Happiness. "What I don't have is money, what she doesn't have is pedigree... It's a good connection."
- Only in It for the Money: He claims to dislike Rosemariné and only be his friend for this reason.
- Spell My Name With An S: Is it de Ferrier, of Pheli, or du Faye?
- Trademark Favorite Food: Tea seems to be involved in nearly all of Jules' scenes, and at one point he rambles about how much it means to him.
Aslan Battour
- A Day in the Limelight: About 2 volumes worth of the manga are devoted to his life.
- Incurable Cough of Death: He died of tuberculosis.
- Strong Family Resemblance: He looks like Serge with fairer skin and blond hair.
