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Assorted characters - Japan
Family
Lynn's grandparents
Lynn's grandparents
Sick of Madeleine's abuse, Lynn returns to Japan and lives with Misuzu's parents while keeping contact with George, Arthur, Sarah and Edward. Her grandparents are happy to have Lynn stay, and dote on her.- Adapted Out: Didn't appear in the anime, though they were mentioned. Thus, we don't know if they disapproved of George like their manga counterparts.
- Good Parents: While they're nothing short of sweet to Lynn, it's more ambiguous with Misuzu. They didn't approve of her marriage with George, causing her to cut ties with them, and it's implied their devotion to Lynn is done out of regret with how they treated her.
- Maligned Mixed Marriage: Not the same extent of Duke Woburn (who screamed that George was "staining their family with a foreigner's blood") but they didn't support Misuzu's marriage to George, whch they regret to this very day.
- My Greatest Failure: They mention opposing Misuzu and George's marriage, leading Misuzu to go no-contact with them and marry George in a small church, where the two were the only attendees. Lynn's grandparents regret how they treated her and wish that they were more kinder, especially as Misuzu would die in a car accident years later.
Lynn's grandfather
- Bumbling Dad: Granddad in this case. He's more air-headed than his wife.
- Comically Missing the Point: When Edward says he kissed Lynn, he says it's not a big deal, because he kisses her everyday.
Lynn's grandmother
- Calling the Young Man Out: When George drops Lynn off at their house, only Lynn's grandmother greets him. She tells him that Misuzu's father doesn't want to see him because he can't stand him.
- Culture Equals Costume: Lynn's grandmother wears a kimono, and is a traditional Japanese lady.
- Extreme Doormat: To Mary while she temporarily stays with the Midorikawa family during her short Japan vacation. Mary yells at her, insults her house for being "poor" and also demeans her cooking. While Lynn is aghast at her behaviour, her grandmother isn't offended and offers to order French food to lift her spirits. Eventually Mary can't stand living there anymore and leaves, where she instead lives in a fancy suite provided by Sonoko.
- Good Is Dumb: She's oblivious to Mary's true nature and still treats her like a guest despite her bad behaviour, even after it's revealed that Mary was secretly intercepting the letters George and Sarah were sending to Lynn and stashing them away so she can't find them.
School
Maa-kun
Maa-kun
A boy who attended the same school as Lynn when she was young. He is often mean to her.
- Adapted Out: He was cut out of the anime. Though he did appear in some photos of Lynn's time in Japan.
- Affectionate Nickname:Maa-kun: "It's Lynn, Lynn, red-haired Lynn!"
- Childhood Friend Romance: Lynn mentions knowing him since kindergarten, but doesn't realize he likes her.
- Crush Blush: He often has this around Lynn, who still misses his feelings for her and thinks he's a mere bully.
- Green-Eyed Monster: When Arthur comes to Japan to give Lynn a present on Sarah and George's behalf, Maa-kun practically has smoke coming out of his ears.
- In-Series Nickname: Lynn calls him Maa-kun (Refer to Japanese Honorifics for an explanation on the -kun prefix).
- Loving Bully: He often teases Lynn, but that's because he likes her. He has a Crush Blush around Lynn and often thinks about her.
Mana Kusonoki
A girl who Lynn befriends at her new school.
- '20s Bob Haircut: Her hair is styled into a bob-cut and almost reaches her shoulders.
- Adapted Out: She didn't appear in the anime. Though her character was the basis for Dorothy and Lara.
- Book Dumb: She is terrible at maths and begs Lynn for help studying.
- Broken Pedestal: At one point Mana adores Sonoko, but when she discovered Sonoko's true nature, she was shocked and didn't know how to react. Sonoko took it one step further by slapping Lynn with her riding crop because she had the audacity to tell her that she wasn't right to abuse her horse.
- Fangirl: She's very open about her adoration of Sonoko and Lynn, the latter even more because they're friends.
- Flat Character: She doesn't have much of a personality aside of being a Nice Girl. Hell, Lynn once asks her about her ideals for the future, and Mana says that she's never thought of it.
- Flowers of Femininity: Her dress has a floral print design.
- Foreign Culture Fetish: As a fully Japanese woman who's never left the country, she's enamoured with Lynn's tales of England.
- The Friends Who Never Hang: She's only seen with Lynn a few times, but in the sequel manga Lady Lynn!, Mana and Lynn are still such good friends that they often write to each other, and she informs Lynn of Maa-kun's academic feats.
- Nice Girl: Very quiet, shy, and quickly takes a liking to Lynn and her Plucky Girl nature.
- Phenotype Stereotype: She's Japanese, and has thin black hair and pale skin.
- Satellite Character: She solely exists to orbit around Lynn and be her friend.
Sonoko Ichijuuin
Sonoko Ichijuuin
After Lynn returns to Japan and enters another elite academy, she meets Sonoko Ichijuuin, the school's top student.
- The Ace: It's mentioned that she's so good, she goes days without attending the equestrian club and still outdoes everyone else.
- Adapted Out: Didn't appear in the anime. Her character traits ended up being used for Vivian in the anime.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Sonoko doesn't have many friends and is admired from afar because of her beauty and horse-riding skills. The only one she's not aloof to is Mary, and that's because they have an agenda together.
- Alpha Bitch: She has a reputation at her school for being a competition freak and a nightmare, and even her own cousin hates her.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: She whips her horses very frequently and Lynn calls her out. In return, she slaps Lynn with her riding crop.
- Bitch Slap: She hits Lynn with her whip for calling her out as an animal abuser. As Lynn's eyes well up, Sonoko continues to stare at her hatefully.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Mary Waverly and Sonoko Ichijuuin were friends, but unbeknownst to Sonoko, Mary was discreetly pitting her against Lynn. First, she falsified a letter from George stating that .e would give Lynn's horse Victoria to her. Then, Mary cut the reins of Lynn's horse during a major race, causing Lynn to fall down and end up covered in bruises. Mary later crowed that now Lynn wouldn't be able to go back to England in her state. Mary pretended she had nothing to do with Lynn's fall, until Sonoko received word that Viscount Marble never promised her a horse. She then found the knife Mary used to cut Lynn's reins, and confronted her, officially ending their friendship.
- Everyone Has Standards: Sonoko prioritizes honour and believes she can best Lynn with her own skills. When Mary cut the reins of her horse, Sonoko became angered at her for interfering.
- Foil: Sonoko sees one in Lynn, as they're both Japanese women with ties to English aristocracy.
- Jerkass: She has a stoic demeanor most of the time, but is very sharp-tongued to Lynn and her friends. She calls Maa-kun a "filthy child" because of how he looks, causing an angry Lynn to defend him.
- Kick the Dog: On top of being constantly mean to her, Sonoko brags about siezing Lynn's house for herself.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: She has long black hair that goes to her waist, secured near the end with a bow.
- Ojou: Sonoko is pretty, long-haired, well-dressed and from a wealthy family.
- Passionate Sports Girl: She loves horse-riding as just as Lynn does, and is hyper-competetive to be the very best and represent Japan in the Olympics.
- Race Lift: Sonoko's anime counterpart, Vivian, is fully English white instead of Japanese.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Sonoko has pale skin and hair as dark as night, to emphasize her Yamato Nadeshiko image.
- The Rival: To Lynn, who she detests and hopes to see destitute. Not helped by Hiroyuki encouraging a divide between the two.
- Rich Bitch: The Ichijuuin family has business ties with the Waverly family back in England. She also tells Lynn she'll never be a Proper Lady unlike her.Sonoko: "My family is acquainted with English aristocracy. My brother studies abroad. I know full well what a real aristocrat is like. If you were a real one, you'd be preparing for your social debut in their society. Why are you in Japan all alone?"
- Yamato Nadeshiko: She's an Aloof Dark-Haired Girl who greatly stresses the importance of staying true to one's culture and heritage, has a cold demeanor and wants to bring honour to her country by representing them in the Olympics.
Hiroyuki Ichijuuin
Hiroyuki Ichijuuin
Sonoko's cousin, who decides to attend the same school as Lynn and Sonoko.
- Adapted Out: Didn't appear in the anime.
- All Asians Know Martial Arts: Subverted in Lynn's nightmare. He gives Thomas the option of being beaten up with judo or karate if he doesn't leave Lynn alone. When Thomas runs away, Hiroyuki admits he knows nothing about either and he's just an ordinary Japanese guy.
- Big Damn Heroes: In Lynn's nightmare. When Thomas asks Lynn to help him get close to Cathy's sister Patricia and Lynn refuses, Thomas crows the Brightons aren't here to defend her. Just then, Hiroyuki jumps out and attacks Thomas, saying that even in Canada, Lady Lynn has knights.
- Dreamworks Face: When Hiroyuki's introduced, he wears a smug expression as he trolls Sonoko, which heavily resembles a traditional Dreamworks Face.
- Meaningful Name: His name is Hiroyuki ("yuki" means "snow" in Japanese), and he's a case of Raven Hair, Ivory Skin.
- Mr. Exposition: Gives Lynn (and by extension the audience) information on the Ichijuuin house and their wealth.very
- Pretty Boy: He's very good looking and well-groomed, and is surrounded by bishie sparkles to emphasize this.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Like Sonoko, Hiroyuki has pale skin and jet-black hair.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: His aunt asks if he has eyes for Lynn, only for him to rebuff her and say there's no such thing.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's good-looking, very tall and has dark hair. He even accompanies Lynn to a ball and acts like a proper gentleman the entire time.
- Troll: When Sonoko asks why he's at their school since he doesn't like horse-riding, he replies "I just wanted to see the student brave enough to go against you".
Victoria
Lynn's Cool Horse.
- Adapted Out: Didn't appear in the anime. She was replaced by Andrews.
- Cool Horse: Lynn wishes to ride her to the Olympics, and it's implied she's up to Andrews' level.
- White Stallion: She is a beautiful white mare given to Lynn by George.
Assorted characters - Britain
Baron Gruffald
A horse-riding teacher hired by the Brightons for Lynn.
- Career-Ending Injury: He was a skilled horse rider until he fell of his horse, broke his leg, and ruined his reputation. Nevertheless, he come sout of retirement to train Lynn for the Olympics.
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God-Created Canon Foreigner: Appeared in the sequel manga, but not the original manga or the anime series. - Perpetual Frowner: Baron Gruffald often frowns, likely because of his an unhappy past that prevented him from competing in the Olympics. He is also a harsh teacher to Lynn and always critisizes her style of riding Victoria. Lynn is hurt, but this motivates her to practice even more.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: He has thin, unkempt black hair and pale white skin, and is an aristocrat.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: He wears a formal suit with a gemstone on his collar, and has a sharp, no-nonsense attitude to match.
- Stern Teacher: He critisizes everything Lynn does, to the nth degree, and admonishes her for not being up to his standards. Eventually he becomes impressed by Lynn and starts praising her.
- The Stoic: He doesn't show his emotions much and often seems as if he's glaring at Lynn. However, when she demonstrates her equestrian skills, his facial expressions show that he's impressed.
Rebecca Winters
Guffald's niece.
- The Ace: She's been training under the Baron ever since she was a kid, and at nine years old, is a skilled equestrian. So it's a shock to the Baron when Lynn and Rebecca have a race and Lynn beats her. Though the next day Lynn, Rebecca and Percy race and Rebecca wins.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: Appeared in the sequel manga, but not the original manga or the anime series.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She has jet black hair, just like her uncle.
Count Percival Blakenly
A famed film actor who also trains with Baron Gruffald on how to ride horses. He is a bit of a ditz and doesn't take his job seriously.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: Appeared in the sequel manga, but not the original manga or the anime series.
- Graceful Loser: When Rebecca bests both Lynn and Percy, he isn't hurt and says he expected Rebecca to win.
- In-Series Nickname: He asks that everyone calls him Percy.
- Oblivious to Love: Mary has a crush on him and does a terrible job of hiding her blushing, red face, yet he still never notices.
Assorted Nationalities
Charlotte Spencer
Mary's friend, a girl of noble blood who is half-American. Mary brings her home to meet her family one summer.
- Ambiguously Related: To Vivian, because of her surname. At the time the sequel manga was written, Lady!! had already been adapted into two anime series, so the choice of last name could have been deliberate.
- Blue Blood: Mary mentions that Charlotte is of noble blood, which makes Madeleine propose she marry Thomas. Mary is disgusted by the idea.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: Appeared in the sequel manga, but not the original manga or the anime series.
- Missing Mom: Her mother died when she was young, and is buried as the same cemetery as Lynn's father George.
- Nice Girl: Mary was a complete bitch in her heyday (though in the sequel manga, she is on friendly terms with Lynn and has left behind her The Bully ways), but Charlotte is very nice and treats Lynn like a sister.
- Regal Ringlets: She has long, coily ringlet hair and is described as "looking like a Princess" by Lynn.
Sheikh Sharif
A horse-trainer from Dubai and one of the country's most famous horse owners.
- Culture Equals Costume: Since he is from Dubai, wears a white cloth over his head and traditional Arab clothes.
- Eyes Always Shut: Most of the time, he's staring with a genial smile and shut eyes.
- Friend to All Children: Baby Charles tries to climb on top of the Sheikh, and he welcomes him.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: Sheikh Sharif debuted in the sequel manga, but not in the original series.
- National Stereotypes: Gulf Arabs having deep pockets and a love for horses (because they're a mark of wealth) is a common stereotype.
- Perpetual Smiler: He's optimistic, loves horses and is always smiling.
- Phenotype Stereotype: He has dark, messy, thick hair, thin eyes and a beard, as expected of Arabs.
- Token Minority: Apart from the half-Japanese Lynn, he is the only minority character in the entire setting as he is an Arab (possibily Emirati, based on his nationality).
- Token Religious Teammate: Mentions believing in Allah, which means he is also the token Muslim of the cast.
Jules
Edward's rival, and a French Olympian.
- Flat Character: He can be summed up as "that annoying guy who hits on Lynn".
- French Jerk: He is French, unlikable, and hits on Lynn, justifying by saying since Edward and Lynn aren't engaged, that makes it okay.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: Appeared in the sequel manga, but not the original manga or the anime series.
- The Rival: Calls Edward his rival and Lynn "his rival's girlfriend".
Barbara Rochester
A rich American lady who is distantly related to the Brightons, and also a relative of Charlotte Spencer's.
- Blue Blood: Two times over. She's a relative of the Brighton house, and the noble Spencer family.
- Racist Grandpa: She's the Brighton boys' aunt from America who dislikes Lynn because of her Japanese origins.
Descendants of Noble blood
Charles (Unmarked Spoilers)
The son of George Russell and Madeleine Waverly.
Click here to see him as an adult
- Adaptation Expansion: In the original manga, he didn't get much focus because he was a baby. In the final installment of the Lady manga series, Lynn no Kodomotachi & Peter Pan (リンのこどもたち&ぴぃたぁぱん), he gets more focus as he is now an adult, and a Cool Uncle to Lynn's children.
- Adapted Out: Since George refused to marry Madeleine in the anime, Charles was never born. The anime ends with George, Lynn and Sarah living together as a happy family.
- Bishōnen: He has an angelic face and blonde curls that fall all over his upper body.
- Cool Uncle: He's very close to George and Diana and practically a third parent. He dotes for them and is aghast when they're in danger.
- The Cutie: As a baby, Lynn, Thomas and Mary gushed over him and think he's adorable. As an adult he repays this towards George and Diana.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He has long, blonde hair that hangs over his head and reaches past his back.
- Quirky Curls: A la Richter from Daimos, Charles has curly long blonde hair that's bunched up and untamed, and adds to his Pretty Boy appearance.
- Strong Family Resemblance: He looks like the spitting image of George and absolutely nothing like his mother - though, so does Lynn.
- Token Good Teammate: He's the only member of the Waverly bloodline who's a pleasant person, though he considers himself a Russell.
George and Diana (Unmarked Spoilers)
Lynn and Edward's children.
Click here to see them in their fairy forms
- Always Identical Twins: Everything, from their faces and blonde hair, is identical. If it wasn't for their genders, it would be easy to confuse them.
- But Not Too Black: Justified. They're 3/4th British, so of course those traits would be more apparent.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: They're from the sequel manga, set 20 years after the events of the main story.
- Child of Two Worlds: Like Lynn, they are British aristocrats of Japanese descent. Though Lynn is half-Japanese, while they are a quarter.
- "Rediscovering Roots" Trip: They are 1/4th Japanese, and the manga is about them travelling to Iwate prefecture, Japan, with their uncle Charles to find Peter Pan.
- Named After Someone Famous: George is named after Lynn's father while Diana is presumably named after Princess Diana (she was mentioned in the prior manga, after all).
- Strong Family Resemblance: They have Edward's curly hair and Lynn's eyes, and both heavily lean on resembling Edward.
Ambiguous
Peter Pan
The mysterious figure Charles, George and Diana are searching for.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: In the original J. M. Barrie story, he was light-haired (as seen in the book's illustrations). The manga depicts him with black hair.
- Our Fairies Are Different: Without spoiling too much, Peter Pan is a fairy with many tinkerbells, and he adores children and wants to befriend them.
- God-Created Canon Foreigner: Debuted in the final sequel manga.
- Goth: He has messy dark hair and wears skintight black clothes that cover his entire body.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The sequel manga is about the newfound Russell generation finding out if he's real or not.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: It may be hard to notice since he dresses the same way as Will Ferrell's Elf, but he has smooth pale skin, messy black hair that hangs over every part of his head and neck and sparkling eyes.
