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Russell Family
As a whole
From left to right: George, Lynn, Sarah
- Adaptational Nice Guy:
- In the manga, there were some scenes where Lynn compared Edward to Arthur, which makes him feel terrible. The anime cuts this out and gives her and Edward more Sickeningly Sweethearts moments.
- In the manga, Sarah was even meaner to Lynn and declared that she hated crybabies when Lynn cried into her arms after hearing about her mother's death. In the anime, this is changed to Sarah instantly comforting Lynn. She even stands up to Thomas and Mary's bullying and helps prove Lynn's innocence when she's accused of harming Edward.
- Ambiguously Christian: Not so "ambiguous" since they're seen attending church (after Misuzu's death) and celebrate Christmas. George and Misuzu also got married at a church, as do Sarah and Arthur.
- Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple: Sarah and Arthur get along without a hitch, and even when Sarah loses her temper, Arthur remains patient with her. Contrast that to Lynn and Edward who communicate half the time by yelling at each other (to be fair, they're kids, and when they grow up they act more mature.)
- Big Fancy House: Marble Mansion. Which is sold-off later, and that becomes a plot point in Hello! Lady Lynn as Mary manipulates Lynn via promising to help her get it back but only if she relinquishes her bid to the Lady's Crest.
- Blue Blood: They are descended from Duke Warbawn (the title "duke" implies minor nobility, and to ham it in, he owns a castle). George is explicitly stated to be a Viscount
, which is also a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. - Break the Cutie:
- So many times to Lynn. She doesn't take Misuzu's death well, and is also heartbroken that Sarah initially wants nothing to do with her. She endures constant humiliations and abuses in her new life in Britain, and at one point contemplates going back to Japan, had her friends not stood by her. In the second series, she's more strong-willed and persistent, and despite having her moments of weakness, vows to stray strong in the face of aggression.
- Sarah was a near Broken Bird by the start of the story, being withheld by her illness and the resulting loneliness. Her face was stung with sadness after she rejected Lynn, implying that deep down she regretted her actions, and many times she's so overwhelmed by stress she passes out. She also cries many times when she realizes her grandfather will send Lynn back to Japan, though thankfully this is averted.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Sarah knew Arthur since she was younger than Lynn, whereas Lynn and Edward started off as unrequited on Ed's part, but later developed into mutual love. While they hid their feelings from each other because of their noble images, as adults, Arthur confesses he's always liked Sarah and Edward confesses he's always liked Lynn. In the anime, this was changed to the boys confessing to the girls when they were both much younger.
- Color-Coded Characters: Lynn is pink, Sarah is blue, George is green.
- Daddy's Girl: Both Lynn and Sarah are this, as George is their only living parent. The three love cuddling together, and are very close.
- Double In-Law Marriage: Arthur and Sarah Marry for Love halfway through the manga, and Sarah is given the title of Mrs. Brighton. When Lynn and Edward are of age, they do this too.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold:
- Lynn inherited her father's golden hair, and is a wonderful human being at her core who loves making friends and caring for traumatized animals.
- Sarah is a Defrosting Ice Queen variant. All her life she struggled with a chronic illness that caused her to be aloof from most people (except Arthur), but thanks to Lynn she comes out of her shell and shows a protective side to her. She stands up to Madeleine (who favours Sarah) and stops her from maltreating Lynn, and angrily colds Thomas and Mary for making her cry.
- George is a good person at his center, even if he's not around for his daughters due to his workload. He refuses to marry Madeleine and clear his debts with her money because it means Lynn will go back to Japan.
- Happily Married: In the manga, Arthur proposes to Sarah, and they end up married. Around the same time, Lynn and Edward have a budding romance, and in the sequel manga it's revealed they too, are married.
- Impoverished Patrician: Since George ultimately refused the Arranged Marriage to Madeleine, which would've cleared his massive debts, Marble Mansion is sold and Sarah goes to live with Duke Warbawn while Lynn goes to live with Countess Montgomery. George is more desperate than ever to get it back and his father is very disappointed in him.
- Missing Mom: Sarah's mother Frances is implied to have fallen victim to Death by Childbirth, as she died soon after Sarah was born. And there's Misuzu with Lynn - though unlike Sarah, Lynn actually knew her mother.
- Mutual Pining: Sarah & Arthur, but both are too bashful to say it. Lynn also feels this way for Edward, but he doesn't know and thinks that she'll never want to be with a guy like him - and is plenty surprised when he finds out she does.
- Parental Neglect: George to Lynn and Sarah. Lynn sorely misses him because he's always at work and rarely ever sees her, and one of the reasons Sarah is so bitter is because she feels like he doesn't love her enough.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Subverted, as Lynn is the pink girl to Sarah's blue girl. With her love for sports and horseriding, Lynn is more tomboyish than Sarah, who's hobbies are reading and painting.
- Proper Lady: A vital part of the manga plot is to have Lynn become one of these. Sarah also wants to be one, specially since her mom Frances was a perfect example of the trope.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Sarah is the blue to Lynn's red. She is much more ladylike and composed than her younger sister. This is mirrored in the Brightons, where Arthur is cool and collected, while Edward is more hot-blooded.
- Sibling Triangle: Sarah and Lynn have feelings for Arthur Brighton. Sarah and Arthur get together, while Lynn's feelings shift towards Arthur's younger brother Edward.
- Spoiled Sweet: With the exception of Misuzu, all of them came from wealth and are respectful and friendly to their staff, with Lynn helping the Russell's gardener tend to the flowers and Sarah treating the sanitorium workers with gratitude. George also fell for Misuzu despite the fact that she was an ordinary Japanese civilian, choosing to love her in spite of their class differences.
- Strong Family Resemblance:
- All the Russells have blue eyes and light, cymotrichous blonde hair (though Sarah's is straight, just like her mother's).
- George and Sarah have Duke Warbawn's Icy Blue Eyes.
- Sarah is the spitting image of her deceased mother, down to the hair.
- Lynn has her father's hair colour shape. Oddly, she averts this trope with her mother, who she looks nothing like.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: George and his first wife Frances were Happily Married, but she died while giving birth to their first daughter Sarah. George then married Misuzu and had Lynn, but the two separated for unknown reasons. A Doting Parent to her daughter, Misuzu raised Lynn alone for five years, before she lost her life in a car accident. Lynn absolutely breaks when she finds out that Misuzu died.
- Victorious Childhood Friend: Both Lynn and Sarah had feelings for Arthur. However, Lynn saw that Arthur liked Sarah, and accepted it. She later fell for Edward, who unlike Arthur, actually reciprocated her feelings. Sarah was also left speechless when Arthur admitted that he loved her, and was stunned at hearing his marriage proposal.
Children
Lynn Russell
Lynn Russell, Rin Midorikawa (リン・ラッセル)
Voiced by: Sanae Miyuki/Kumiko Nishihara (Japanese)Other Languages
The youngest daughter of the Russell family, Lynn is a cheerful and inquisitive girl who must pull herself together and find her own path after the tragic death of her mother.
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- The Ace: By the end of the series, she's won the Lady's Crest and also saved the Russells family home, as Reynolds promised to loan her the necessary money provided she win the race.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Lynn was more cowardly and temperamental in the manga, and had some unintentional Jerkass moments. The anime makes her a more curious, wide-eyed and sweet little girl who never stops losing hope for her future.
- Adaptational Wimp:
- In the manga, Lynn slapped Mary for shit-talking her father. In the anime this never happens.
- Lynn was prone to attacking Thomas at least once a chapter for being a jerkass, but in the anime she's more passive in the face of his bullying.
- All-Loving Hero: Lynn is an optimist and is willing to befriend anybody, full stop. When she thinks about leaving England, she thinks of all the people she's met and all the happy memories she's made and balks at losing them. She still reached out to Sarah even though Sarah resented her, cared for Andrews the horse even after he proved to be unable to run properly and was even happy to see Mary when she joined her school, when for the past eight years Mary and her family did nothing but treat her like crap. Even Victor Reynolds, a cold-hearted businessman, is touched by Lynn's gentleness and realizes that she is an example he wants his terrible granddaughter Mary to follow.
- Animal Companion: Lynn has a cat, Queen, and also adopts Prince after Mary maltreats him. She also befriends King the squirrel and Sophie leaves her with him when she departs from Isabelle's house.
- Animal Lover: She loves cats and has her own kitten, but after spending time with Arthur and his horse Alexandra, she realizes she really likes horses too and gets her own in Hello! Lady Lynn.
- Anime Hair: Lynn has twintails, and they're bigger than her head.
- Blithe Spirit: Sarah is surprised by Lynn's optimism and admits she can't disagree with it. Lynn also carries this attitude towards her school and it's infectious to many of her classmates.
- But Not Too Black: She doesn't look a single bit Japanese at all. Not that this stops her grandfather from discriminating against her.
- Cheerful Child: Lynn is upbeat and optimistic, and manages to face some fairly traumatizing events (death of her mother, Madeleine's abuse) with her head high.
- Cheery Pink: She always wears pink clothes and accessories, and is Blithe Spirit who's presence changes Sarah and charms the Marble Mansion servants.
- Child of Two Worlds: She has a Japanese mother and an English father. She was raised in Japan for most of her life and was in for a culture shock once she came to Britain. The sequel manga has her retain her Japanese heritage by having the her and Edward's kids visit Japan).
- Children Are Innocent: She knows she's hated by most people around her, either for her heritage or because she represents something they dislike, but still works to get their approval and be their friend. Case in point: she thought that she could make Sarah like her if she gave her a present, and decided to pluck the flowers she saw in the neighbouring forest to impress her. Unfortunately, that same day a rainstorm occurs and poor Lynn is knocked unconscious. Luckily, Edward saves her, brings her back to the Marble Mansion, and Sarah is taken back by what Lynn did for her.
- Crush Blush: Lynn gets one at her school's horse-riding teacher, after he praises her horse-riding talents. Everyone Can See It, making her all the more bashful.
- The Cutie: Yep!◊ She's adorable as she's kind and helpful.
- Did Not Get The Guy: Not a sad example - Lynn fell in love with Arthur Brighton because he was a Princely Young Man who comforted her when her mother died and her immediate family was...slow to accept her. Arthur, while finding Lynn a cute kid, never loved her back, and instead confessed his love to Lynn's older sister Sarah. Sarah and Arthur eventually get married, and while Lynn always knew it was going to happen (Arthur doesn't do a good job of hiding his feelings, despite his aristocratic demeanor, and Sarah/Arthur are of similar ages while Arthur is five years her senior), she does cry a bit on their wedding day. However, Lynn finds herself enamoured with Arthur's younger brother Edward and falls for him when she's older. In the anime, this was changed to Lynn (as a child, not an teen like her manga counterpart) noticing that Sarah had already captured his heart and willingly switching to Edward.
- Dub Name Change:
- In the French dub she was known as Gwendolyn.
- In the Italian dub she was known as Millie.
- In the Spanish dub she was known as Tina.
- Dude Magnet: In the manga, Lynn nabbed the hearts of Edward, Maa-kun, Hiroyuki and Jules. Edward wins.
- Exact Eavesdropping: The crux of the drama in season one: she overhears George admitting he'll marry Madeleine, but only because the Duke promised to acknowledge Lynn if he did so. George breaks, and tells Sarah that like him, she must be strong for Lynn's sake. Lynn doesn't want this and decides she'd rather go back to Japan than have her family suffer for her sake - luckily she's prevented, and they decide to move on together without the Baroness.
- Fairytale Wedding Dress: In the manga, Lynn gets several - her fancy dress to the ballgown party, her mother's legacy wedding dress, many gowns in her Imagine Spots and her party dress in her dream. The anime OP also gives Lynn many in the opening.
- Friend to All Living Things: Apart from her Animal Companion horse, Lynn also befriends a cat, birds and rabbits.
- Genki Girl: Lynn is always positive and cheery, and when she shows up the Marble Mansion she's overjoyed to meet her new sister. Sarah, on the other hand...
- Girlish Pigtails: She has two large poofy ones (that bounce up and down whenever she's on her horse!), fitting her young and adorable demeanor.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Lynn is always seen carrying her stuffed bunny wherever she goes, which she brought from Japan. She treasures it dearly and when Mary tore it's ears, she stitched it back together.
- Graceful Loser: Lynn is this to Cathy. When both girls compete for the National Qualifier, they end up with the same amount of points, and a jury is set to decide who's the winner. They decide it is Cathy, while Lynn is her backup. Lynn isn't upset at this and congratulates Cathy on her win. When the girls hold a second qualifier race, Lynn finishes first while she's on Andrew's back, and Cathy and her friends follow this trope towards Lynn.
- Hallucinations: When Lynn is out cold from the winter blizzard, she imagines that she is fighting a witch. She realizes it was all a dream when Alexandra, Edward and Arthur wake her.
- Hereditary Wedding Dress: In Chapter 17 of the manga, while Lynn is staying with her maternal grandparents, they give her Misuzu's Fairytale Wedding Dress. Lynn tries it on, and it amazed at how pretty it is. Misuzu's mother explains that they never accepted their daughter's marriage to George, and they regret it to this very day, so the two got married in a small church where they were the only attendees. The dress is a Tragic Keepsake since Misuzu is now deceased.
- Kind Hearted Cat Lover: One of her many friends is a kitten with light beige fur and blue eyes, named Queen. She befriends it after seeing Mary's cat Prince antagonize it, and is shown to still have Queen post-Time Skip.
- Locked Out of the Loop: George refuses to fully explain Misuzu's death to Lynn at first, as he believes it'll hurt her way too much. As said above, this doesn't last too long. And in a Kick the Dog moment, the ones who tell Lynn that her dear mom is dead... are Madeleine and her kids. (More like they drop the bomb on her not knowing that she's in the dark about it, then the kids start mocking her until a rather tearful Sarah explains what happened in a much gentler manner.)
- Inconsistent Coloring: Lynn's eyes are green on the manga cover, but in the anime, they appear red, pink and brown at several different points.
- Meet Cute: Sort of. Lynn was searching for flowers and got lost, then she saw Edward fall off his horse and on a bush near her. With Arthur following soon after.
- Nice Girl: Lynn is a cute and adorable child who cares for everyone, even complete strangers, and her presence warms the heart of everyone who meets her.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Lynn decides to become a horseback rider and works hard for it. She also meets some of these in her way to sport stardom, mainly other riders and tennis players.
- Pink Is Feminine: Most of Lynn's clothes, be they overalls or ballgowns, are pink, as are her bows and shoes. Though, she also tends to favour red.
- Plucky Girl: In spite of her mother's death and her grandfather refusing to accept her for being half-Japanese, Lynn strives to be accepted in the Russell family no matter what. Initially, she was broken by learning her father would formally marry her Wicked Stepmother and tried to escape back to Japan to prevent it from happening. When her father asks that she stay and breaks it off, Lynn works on being accepted through her own merits - and eventually does when she wins the Lady's Crest and represents Great Britain in the Olympics, even saving the Russell family house thanks to a bet she made with Victor Reynolds. Finally, her grandfather accepts her.
- The Pollyanna: Lynn tries to keep her head on her shoulders after the death of her mother, even if it's very hard, and will accept any sliver of friendship and kindness.
- Shipper on Deck: She can see that Sarah likes Arthur, and wholeheartedly ships it, even having an Imagine Spot of them dancing while he wears a suit and she wears a ballgown. Sarah was once envious that Arthur liked Lynn more than her, but this was untrue.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She has her father's blonde hair and her grandfather's blue eyes.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Even though her grandfather is a blatant racist, she wants to earn his approval and eventually does by winning the final race.
Sarah Frances Russell
Sarah Frances Russell (セーラ・フランシス・ラッセル)
Voiced by: Chieko Honda/Chiharu Kitaishi (Japanese)Other Languages
Lynn's older half-sister, she is ten years old at the start of the series. Unlike the rambunctious Lynn, Sarah is much more calmer and pensive. Unfortunately, her health is delicate and she often falls ill.
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Click here to see her in the sequel manga, 20 years later
- Aloof Big Sister: She doesn't like Lynn at first and rejects all her attempts to get close to her. Though she eventually warms up to her and the two become close friends.
- Aww Look They Really Do Love Each Other: Sarah hated Lynn at first and destroyed the flowers she kindly picked for her. After Lynn ran away from home, Sarah realized that she cared about Lynn even if she didn't express it and hide it from Arthur, and eventually accepted her friendship.
- Babies Ever After: Averted. Sarah and Arthur are revealed to be Happily Married in the Lady!! sequel manga, but Sarah's condition makes it so that she can't have kids. Arthur doesn't care, and stays with her anyway. Lynn and Edward have kids, whereas Charles is approaching marriagable age, but there's no word if he'll have kids or not.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Sarah Cannot Spit It Out at Arthur. At one point she expresses jealousy that Arthur may like Lynn, but he's actually been in love with her for years.
- Cool Big Sis: When Lynn sees Sarah for the first time, she's awestruck by how pretty she is, even if Sarah seems aloof and uninterested in her. Lynn is always inquisitive and curious about Sarah's life and often asks George and the staff of the Marble Mansion about her.
- Crush Blush: In the manga, this is how she reacts to Arthur's wedding proposal. See here◊.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Sarah used to hate Lynn and viewed her as a thorn in her side (partially because Lynn kept trying to win over her friendship), before realizing that Lynn had nothing but goodness in her heart. Thus, she became a close friend of Sarah's, second to Arthur.
- Delicate and Sickly: Her constitution isn't the best, and at one point she fainted to the point of needing to be sent to a sanatorium. This also plays into one of the reasons Duke Warbawn wants George to marry Madeleine - with her, he can at least ensure a proper heir for the Russells.
- Dub Name Change: She was called Annie in the French dub.
- Everyone Has Standards: She's nothing less of cold to Lynn, but she can't stand Madeleine's mistreatment of Lynn and it pushes her to be a better sister to her.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Wears her hair in pigtails later in the series, as if to match with Lynn.
- Fainting: As part of her illness, Sarah faints often, either from stress or too much physical activity. After attending the Brighton's party, Sarah suddenly collapses in the car, leading a freaked out Lynn to alert the driver and beg him to do something.
- Get Out!: During her first day at Marble Mansion, Lynn wanders into Sarah's room and gets this as a response. This also colours her first impression of Lynn as an attention-stealing little brat.
- Green-Eyed Monster:
- Sarah rejects Lynn at first because she fears that, since Lynn is much more of a Genki Girl while she's a sickly Shrinking Violet, she'll win over everyone's affections and Sarah herself will be all alone. She gets over it rather soon, however.
- In another episode, it's revealed that Sarah is jealous of Lynn because she never got to know her own mother before she died. To remedy this, Lynn finds a score that used to belong to her mother, and presents it to her.
- Hidden Depths: Sarah is a skilled flutist. She sometimes plays it for her grandfather.
- Icy Blue Eyes: Sarah has ice-coloured eyes and is closed off and aloof to everyone. She doesn't want Lynn's friendship, and her only friend for most of her life was Arthur.
- Insecure Love Interest: Sarah has a cynical view of the world in general and feared that Arthur didn't love her anymore because he would hang out with Lynn. Arthur was actually in love with her all along, but unable to say it because of his own anxiety.
- Jerkass Has a Point: In the first episode, Sarah lambasts her father for never being around and rightfully calls him out for his Parental Neglect towards her. Unfortunately, she takes it out on Lynn, who's just as a victim of neglect as her.
- Lonely Rich Kid: Sarah is the oldest child of the Russells, but is confined to her bed because of her sickness, and Arthur was her Only Friend for most of her childhood as she was never able to go to school and leave the house like Lynn was.
- Pet the Dog: When Madeleine, Mary and Thomas cruelly break the news of Misuzu's death to Lynn, Sarah sits down with Lynn and gently explains what happened, in a manner respectful to Misuzu's memory.
- The Resenter: At first, she despised Lynn, thinking the little girl was there to steal her father's attention from her, even going so far as to reject any presents Lynn gave her. Thankfully, she grows out of this attitude once she gets to know Lynn better.
- Significant Wardrobe Shift: During The Big Race, she wears pink instead of her usual blue - a.k.a, Lynn's colour.
- Tragic Keepsake: Her mother died when she was young, and all Sarah has of her is her flute.
- True Blue Femininity: In contrast to Lynn, who always wears pink, Sarah wears a lot of blue, be it her bow, blouse or accessories.
- Tsundere: Sarah starts as a non-romantic Type A to Lynn, acting cold to her at first out of fright and envy. This just ends up making both sisters miserable - Lynn feels left out by everyone at her new home, and Sarah is reminded that she's not an only child anymore.
Fathers
George Russell
Sir George Russell, Viscount Marble (ジョージ·ラッセル )
Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka/Rokuru Naya (Japanese)Other Languages
The noble father of Sarah and Lynn, George came into conflict with his father when he decided to marry a Japanese woman. By the start of the story, he finds tragically finds himself widowed for a second time and tries his best to emotionally support his daughters.
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- Big Fancy House: The Marble Mansion is the collaterel for the debt; if he can't pay it off he'll lose it.
- Cartwright Curse: Every woman he ends up marrying suffers a cruel and horrible fate - his first wife died of an illness and his second one was killed in a car accident. Inverted in the manga where he dies after marrying Madeline.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: He cares for Lynn and Sarah but made a series of poor financial choices and is in some deep debt. He's always away from home because he's trying to work them off.
- Dub Name Change: George was called Pedro in the Spanish dub.
- Gold Digger: George is pressured into becoming this via marrying Madeleine Waverly. This is despite the fact that he doesn't love her and would rather earn money the honest way instead.
- Good Is Dumb: It apparently never occurs to him that Madeleine will never accept Lynn as part of the ducal house.
- Good Parents: Ultimately. He despises Madeleine, but when he is told that the only way his father, the Duke, will accept Lynn is if he accepts her marriage proposal, he relents. Lynn is horrified by this and decides to reside in Japan permanently with her grandparents, hoping that her father won't marry the baroness and make Sarah sad. Edward finds out, and begs Lynn to stay, and even Arthur and Sarah rush to the airport to stop her. Once George hears of this, he breaks down and decides not to marry her, because he loves Lynn and can't bear the thought of living without her.
- Maligned Mixed Marriage: The Duke did NOT want George to marry Misuzu because she was a Japanese woman and he was white. Hence why he refuses to meet Lynn.
- My Greatest Failure: He considers not being there for Lynn after her mother's death to be his biggest regrets.
- Parents as People: For a good chunk of the series, George leaves Lynn and Sarah in the care of their many maidservants and vulnerable to Madeleine's abuse, because he's worried about losing his wealth and assets. It's not like he wanted to, but he worries that their welfare will be impacted if he doesn't. He considers his neglect to them one of his greatest failures, and the second season has him realize what he's done and try to make up for it by being involved in both their lives.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: So much that his father is disappointed in him and proposes an Arranged Marriage to Madeleine to save the family's reputation.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Dies in Chapter 47 of the manga, shortly after having a son with Madeleine.
- Work Off the Debt: The main reason he's barely active in his daughters' lives is because he has to manage his large amount of debt. As almost everyone he turns to refuses to help him, his father pressures him further to marry Madeleine and have her pay it off.
Mothers
Misuzu Midorikawa
Misuzu Midorikawa (緑川 美鈴)
Voiced by: Mika Doi (Japanese)Other Languages
Lynn's beautiful mother and the second wife of George, Viscount Marble.
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- Adaptational Dye-Job: In the Italian-only tie-in comic◊, Misuzu has blonde hair and blue eyes.
- Alliterative Name: Misuzu Midorikawa.
- Awesome McCoolname: Misuzu means "beautiful bell" and Midorikawa means "green river". Her name can be interpreted as "Beautiful Green River".
- Doting Parent: Truly loves Lynn, and it's implied that she died shielding her with her own body.
- Dub Name Change: Misuzu was called Esther in the Spanish dub.
- Dying Wish: She accepted she was going to die and told Lynn she wanted her to become a Proper Lady.
- How Dad Met Mom: In the manga, it's stated that George met Misuzu when he travelled to Japan for work, and Misuzu worked as his interpreter because he didn't speak Japanese.
- Meaningful Name: The "Mi" (美) in "Misuzu" means "beauty" and she is a beautiful woman.
- Sacrificial Lion: Her death is vital to the plot, and pushes Lynn's desire to be a Proper Lady. It also makes Madeleine's attacks on her more bitter.
- Second Love: To George after Frances, Sarah's mother.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She dies in a car accident in the first episode. George tries to hide it from Lynn, but Madeleine tells her it outright.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Misuzu was stated by both Lynn and George to have been a beautiful, traditional Japanese woman.
Lady Frances Russell
Lady Frances Russell (フランシス・ラッセル)
Voiced by: Unknown (Japanese)Other Languages
Lady Frances was the first wife of Viscount Marble and mother of Sarah. Long dead by the time of the series, she is nevertheless remembered fondly by those who knew her.
- Creepy Changing Painting: Not exactly creepy, but the portrait of Lady Frances seems to shift and show Frances expressing sadness at the situation her daughter finds herself in.
- Commonality Connection: She met George in university and they bonded over their shared love of horse riding.
- Dub Name Change: She was called Clara in the Spanish dub.
- Posthumous Character: Has been long dead by the start of the series.
- Proper Lady: She was a very refined example, and her daughter Sarah wishes to become just like her.
Grandparents
Duke Warbawn
Duke Warbawn (ウォーバン公爵)
Voiced by: Kouji Toutani/Hidekatsu Shibata (Japanese)Other Languages
George's father, and Lynn and Sarah's grandfather.
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- Inconsistent Spelling: Is it Duke of Woburn or Duke of Warbawn?
- Jerkass: He's horrible to his son for marrying a Japanese woman and his treatment of Lynn isn't any better.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He's not wrong when he says George is an incompetent businessman and marrying Madeleine is more likely to solve their debts than anything he does.
- Parental Favouritism: He prefers Sarah and lets her live at his castle because unlike Lynn, she's fully white. He also forbids Sarah from seeing her when the Marble Mansion is sold off and doesn't consider her as part of his family.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: He looks down on Lynn for being half-Japanese and thinks that Sarah doesn't count as a proper heir because of her health issues. Not to mention his disgusting opinions on George marrying Misuzu.
- Racist Grandpa: Wasn't all too pleased about George marrying a non-white woman. He also excludes Lynn as his grandchild. That is, until she wins the Olympic quaifier and competes as the British representative - after which his racism just poofs into nowhere and he finally acknowledges her.
- So Proud of You: The Duke accepts Lynn at the end of the series after she saves the Marble Mansion from falling out of the Russell's hands.
- Wham Line: After Lynn wins the horse race.Duke Warbawn: "Well done, Lynn. As expected of my grandchild."
Other
Andrews
An Arabian horse who used to belong to Vivian. Lynn befriended him and rides him as her steed.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Lynn earned Andrews' trust by giving him a blanket that used to belong to his mother. Andrews, who up to this point, would often easily freak out, began being braver knowing that Lynn was by his side.
- Canon Foreigner: He wasn't present in the manga.
- Cool Horse: Lynn adores him and thinks he's the coolest horse in the whole world.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Andrews used to belong to Vivian, who frequently abused him. When Lynn met him, Vivian was planning on putting him down, but Isabelle bought him to make her happy. Andrews has trouble functioning normally and often freaks out at the sight of Vivian and squirrels.
- In the Blood: It's said Andrews inherited his skills from his mother Gloria.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Andrews hates, hates squirrels, because when he was a foal, a squirrel caused an accident that led to the death of his mother.
