History Characters / HonooNoAlpenRose

* ClassyCravat: He wore a cravat and was from a wealthy family.
* InTheBlood: Like his son, he was a musician, an anti-Nazi one at that.

* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler:In the manga, Jeudi has to crossdress so that people don't recognize she's wanted by the Count.]]

* AnimeHair: His hair is large, volominous and about half the size of his head. [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296351/mediaviewer/rm3161127169/ See here]].

* RefugeInAudacity: Invoked when [[spoiler: Leon uses his own "Nazi concert" to get away from ThoseWackyNazis with Jeudi AND give them the musical finger via inserting ''an anti-Nazi song'' in his "Austrian symphony".]] [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic The Von Trapp family would be proud of you, son.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: As a child, he clearly liked Jeudi/Alicia, but would always deny it]].

!!Aschenbasch Family

[[folder:Franz Aschenbach]]]

* PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pretty pink gown, like her daughter.

[[spoiler:Jeudi's real name is Alicia Brandel, and she is a descendant of Friedrich and Hélène Brandel. The Count pursues her because he once loved Hélène Brandel, and Jeudi looks just like her.]]

* DotingParent: [[spoiler: He loved Jeudi with all his heart, and taught her how to waltz. They finally reunite when he's in the hospital for his injuries, but he sadly dies the next day]].

* LandmineGoesClick: [[spoiler: How he and his friends die in Poland.]]

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Jeudi's parents died in the accident that left her amnesiac. [[spoiler: They didn't, they actually are alive and living in Switzerland]]. Lundi's parents are also deceased (and outright AdaptedOut in the anime).

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Jeudi predominantly wears pink, and Lundi, towards the later episodes of the show, wears a blue suit.

* LesCollaborateurs: While France as a whole opposed Germany during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, Count Germont is amongst it's sub-set of Nazi collaborators.

* NaziNobleman: He's a wealthy elite that financially supports the Nazis.

* StalkerWithACrush: Count Germont, who wants to have Jeudi because she looks a LOT like a woman he loved in the past. [[spoiler: Said woman was her mother.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has silvery blonde hair that's close to being white, and a Nazi on top of lusting for a child like Jeudi.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In real life, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Guisan Henri Guisan]] was a national hero who saved Switzerland from the Nazis with the Red Wit Plan.

A skilled hitman employed by Count Germont. [[spoiler: He is actually Lundi's older brother, Jean-Jacques Courtot, and the two were separated at birth]].

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's in love with Jeudi [[spoiler:or, as he knew her, Alicia]]. While she cares for him greatly, she doesn't return his feelings and ultimately chooses to stay with Lundi.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: Robert married Madeleine, the two meeting after they joined the Nazi resistance together.]]

Jeudi, [[spoiler:a.k.a. Alicia Brandel]], is 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

A boy who works as a shepherd in the Alps and discovers Jeudi in a plan dandelion field. She is raised by his family and they remain good friends years afterwards, which [[ChildhoodFriendRomance blossoms into something more]]. He opposes the Count courting Jeudi, and helps her escape and discover clues about her DarkAndTroubledPast.

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[[caption-width-right:564:Leonhardt Aschenbach]]
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A skilled pianist from Austria. He opposes the Nazis for killing his parents, who were part of LaResistance. [[spoiler: He knew Jeudi from her youth when she went by the name Alicia, and had feelings for her, but she doesn't reciprocate them]]. He seeks to see the Nazis fall no matter what.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's in love with Jeudi [[spoiler:or, as he knew her, Alicia]], but while she cares for him greatly, she doesn't return his feelings and ultimately chooses to stay with Lundi.

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* ManipulativeBitch: Two times over. [[spoiler:Michel approached the Dunants with the intention of helping them, but secretly craved their wealth. He had his daughter pretend to be Hélène Brandel's daughter Alicia, and also secretly fed her poison so she could die quicker and they could access her inheritance, and when Jeudi exposes him for being a fraud, he gives Jack a SadisticChoice expell and kill Jeudi, or, in his words, "blood will be shed".]]

An Arms Dealer who approaches Jack after Helene returns home. The two become fast friends, but Jack is unaware of his true intentions.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He uses his youngest daughter Mathilda as Jeudi's BodyDouble, having her trick Hélène into believing she is the real Alicia (who is actually Jeudi) - which was very easy back then, considering that Helene's non-existant eyesight doesn't let her see that Mathilda looks ''nothing'' like the grown-up Jeudi, who has been missing for a long time so nobody really knows how she would look like. Then, once Mathilda has wormed her place in Hélène's affections, he {{blackmail}}s the Dunants into doing whatever he asks them too, threatening with taking "Alicia" away from Hélène - which will be ''fatal'' for her due to her BreakTheCutie past '''and''' her very weak [[HeartTrauma heart]]. In the manga, Mathilda was also poisoning Hélène through her tea, but the anime cut this out.]]

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[[caption-width-right:357:Mathilda Toulonchamp]]

* DanceOfRomance: The Count forces Jeudi to dance with him when she's at his estate. [[spoiler: It triggers her recovering one of her memories: dancing the waltz with an older man who turns out to be her DisappearedDad... ''before'' her accident.]]

* HospitalHottie: In the anime, she works at the hospital, and is a pretty girl.

* PinkIsFeminine: Jeudi wears a SimpleYetOpulent pink gown as her default outfit.

* SpannerInTheWorks: She ultimately manages to undo [[spoiler:Toulonchamp's BatmanGambit 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, all thanks to Printemps]].

* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Jeudi can't remember anything from her past, except the ''Alpen Rose'' song. [[spoiler: She gradually recovers her memories, and it's a HUGE TearJerker when she finally can remember the accident, that her name is Alicia Brandel, and the sight of her mother Helena covered in blood.]]

* AmnesiacHero: 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 [[spoiler: Count Guisan]].

* TheCutie: She's a cheery little girl who loves playing.

* ThisIsUnforgibale: [[spoiler: Upon finding out he killed an anti-Nazi activist, she calls Jean-Jacques a murderer and tells him he is going to hell.]]

** UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler:Robert the IntrepidReporter has to reveal to Liesl and Johann that "Julian" is Jeudi.]] And later, [[spoiler: Jeudi has to reveal herself as a girl to Leon to gain his support.]]

DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: She was involved in a plane accident at six and lost all her memories, and all her flashbacks include graphic violence and a certain black four-pointed cross. Turns out her parents were part of LaResistance and suffered greatly for it.]]

* DudeMagnet: Leon, the Count and Lundi have eyes for her, but she only has eyes for Lundi.

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[[caption-width-right:251:Hélène Dunant]]

A French nobleman who co-operates financially with the Nazis. He has a fixation on Jeudi and wishes to make her his wife, repeatedly ordering his men to capture her at any cost necessary.

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[[caption-width-right:620:Count Georges de Germont]]

* SharpDressedMan: He wears a dark blue suit, has neat, long hair and wears a bow at the collar.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He ties his long hair into a thin ponytail on the back of his head (though on other occassions, he wears it down), and has a thin, elegant face with striking eyes.

* SharpDressedMan: He wears a dark blue suit, has hair tied in a ponytail and wears a nice bow.

* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: As a side effect of Louise's abuse, he became a socially inept child that Theodor was disgusted by.]]

The character page for ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose''!

* HighClassGlass: He owns one of these, to show that he's a wealthy RichBitch like his master.

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[[caption-width-right:352:Leonhardt Ascenach]]

* AdaptedOut: While Madeleine was present in the manga, she was cut out in the anime adaptation.

!!Franz Courtot
Lundi's deceased father.

!!Mareille Courtot
Lundi's deceased mother. She died of a disease.

Alfred's father.

Alfred's mother.

* FlowersOfFemeninity: Her hobby is managing her garden's beautiful flowers.

-->'''Leon:''' '''"Leonhardt Aschenbach died six years ago!"'

* TheMole: [[spoiler: He doesn't actually support the Nazis and is actually in cahoots with Leon to bring them down.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: He puts down Leon and belittles his musical abilities.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[Jean-Jacques was born in the same hospital as Louise Strasser's child, a stillborn. Unable to cope with the grief of losing a child, she stole Jean-Jacques Courtot and proclaimed he was her son, giving him the name "Alfred", leading the Courtots to believe that the stillborn baby was ''their'' child. Louise was heavily mentally ill and abused Jean-Jacques in many different ways (one of which is implied to be sexually). After finding out he was adopted, he sent a letter to the Courtots asking to be rescued, but by then they were already deceased.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his first appearance, he nearly hits Clara with his car, but thankfully Jeudi performs a DivingSave to get her out of the way. Tje Count instantly exits his car to make sure Clara's okay, and apologizes to Jeudi and says it was his fault for going too fast. This shows his humility in spite of his prestigous status, and that he is a FriendToAllChildren.

!!Brandel Family

* LaResistance: Both of them heavily opposed the Nazi rise of Europe and when Hélène was engaged to a Nazi, she was disgusted and ran away from him. [[spoiler:They took part in anti-Nazi movements across Europe and fought against them until they either died or were left disabled.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks:
** [[spoiler:Hélène crawls towards Toulonchamp in the middle of his HostageSituation, holds on his leg while he's holding Jeudi at knife point, distracting him enough to let Lundi pounce on him and sett Jeudi free.]]
** [[spoiler: Friederich Brandel composing ''Alpine Rose''. Not only did it double as a symbol of La Résistance, but it was his biggest token of love for Hélène as they became StarCrossedLovers. Jeudi sang it to prove her identity to Hélène undid all of Toulonchamp's plans in regards to the Dunants, and before that it was one of Jeudi's few memories about her own past as well.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: She and Friederich were once married and had a child, but then her mother separated the two of them.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: Both of them have blonde hair and green eyes, just like Jeudi. Jeudi looks so much like Hélène that the bitler of the Dunants, who served the Dunant family for many years, nearly spills his tea when seeing her.]]

[[folder:Hélène Brandel]]
!!Hélène Brandel (née Dunant) (エレーヌ・ブレンデル)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tomoko Munakata

A skilled pianist and the firstborn daughter of the wealthy Dunant family. She was born in 1904 in Vaud, Switzerland. [[spoiler: She was engaged to Count Germont, but didn't love him and eventually married Friedrich Brandel, with who she had a daughter, Alicia. When Hélène was 28, her and Alicia were flying in a plane that crashed, leading them to become separated. Hélène was retrieved by the Dunant family, while Alicia was discovered by a Swiss family and given a new name - Jeudi.]]

She currently lives at the Dunant house, but has lost her vision.

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[[caption-width-right:251:Hélène Dunant]]
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: After Hélène's blinded, her mother involves Michel Toulonchamp in a scheme to pretend that his daughter, Mathilda, is Alicia and the two are slowly killing her against her knowledge.]]
* BlindMusician: She was a skilled pianist in her youth, before she turned blind as the result of an accident.
* CallingTheOldWomanOut: Hélène is ''very'' angry at her mother when [[spoiler: she confronts her on the deals with Toulonchamp, and ''specially'' on how they separated her from Friederich and Jeudi.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: She's the woman who rejected Germont's love in the past. And Germont later finds her daughter Alicia/Jeudi and ''also'' chases after her, ''specifically'' because she looks like Hélène. (Though he won't know who she really is until ''much'' later.)]]
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: The plane crash took her sight from her, and her lover died at war. When we finally meet her in person, she's bed-ridden and quiet, not to mention with her health in complete tatters...]]
* DelicateAndSickly: Hélène has a weak heart [[spoiler: and almost non-existent eyesight.]] What makes this worse is that [[spoiler: Mathilda and her father have been ''slowly poisoning her'' for a long time, so they keep her physically weakened enough to mantain the masquerade.]]
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Hélène and Jeudi are almost identical [[StrongFamilyResemblance in both looks]] and personality, hence why the Count repeatedly pursues her.]]
* PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pretty pink gown, like her daughter.
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Hélène refused to marry Count Germont like the Dunats had hoped, and ran away to be with Friedrich.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: After the AwfulTruth comes out, Hélène is furious and declares her hatred for Michel.]]
-->"[[spoiler: Michel Toulonchamp]], that man... '''I will never forgive him'''!"

[[folder:Freidrich Brandel]]
!!Friederich Brandel (フリードリヒ・ブレンデル)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shuusei Nakamura
A politician from Vienna who opposes the Nazis. He was born in Vienna in 1902. He is also a skilled composer and composed the song [[spoiler: Alpen Rose]] as a farewell message for his wife, Hélène. With the Nazis taking over more and more parts of Europe, Friedrich eventually joined the army and fought on the Polish front.

* ActionDad: [[spoiler: He's Jeudi's father, and he ''fought against the Nazis in Poland''. If that's not badass enough, he also survived the plane crash that Jeaudi and Hélène were in.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The Alpen Rose song he composed plays a role in Jeudi's reunification with Hélène and exposing Trounchamp's lies]]
* DotingParent: [[spoiler: He loved Jeudi with all his heart, and taught her how to waltz. They finally reunite when he's in the hospital for his injuries, but he sadly dies the next day]].
* DespairEventHorizon:[[spoiler: After the plane accident, he would always go to the Dunant house and ask to see Hélène, but Jacques and the Tronchamps would bar him every time. When he believed that he would never be able to see her again, he was so full of grief he went to the Polish front to die.]]
* LandmineGoesClick: [[spoiler: How he and his friends die in Poland.]]

!!Dunant Family

* AristocratsAreEvil: Toyed with. Mrs. Dunant is a sweet person and [[spoiler: immediately recognizes Jeudi despite not being able to take her to Hélène]], but Mr. Dunant is much harsher due to the massive stress of [[spoiler: the Toulonchamps being on his tail]] ''and'' having to face the huge consequences of [[spoiler: having separated Hélène and Friederich.]]
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Jack adopts Clara and Martha as Jeudi's sisters.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: [[spoiler:They were very noble and rich, now they're still very noble but they're squeezed and manipulated by Toulonchamp.]]

[[folder:Jack Dunant]]
!!Jack Dunant (ジャック・デュナン)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuzuru Fujimoto
Hélène's father and the patriarch of the Dunant household. He is a wealthy philanthropist, but not a nice person by nature.

* AbusiveParents: He wasn't a good dad to Hélène and tried to make her marry [[spoiler: Count Georges]]. She eventually ran away from home, leaving him a broken man.
* DefrostingIceQueen: He starts out as a cold, aloof man, but warms up to Jeudi (in part due to the resemblance she has to his daughter) and [[spoiler: she helps him unravel the wool Tolounchamp has pulled over his eyes.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: He accuses Jeudi of being in cahoots with Friederich and starts insulting the dead Brandel's memories.]] Jeudi's reaction is [[spoiler: [[ShutUpHannibal smacking him]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Mr. Dunant suffers one when he finds out that Jeudi almost died ''and'' that Hélène has been slowly poisoned.]] Then [[spoiler: he has another (and quite more serious) when Toulonchamp makes clear that the family is totally in his hands.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Adopts Clara and Martha to make Jeudi happy.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: General Guisan and [[spoiler: Jeudi's grandfather Jacques]] were VitriolicBestBuds as youngsters, always squabbling but always by each other's sides. [[spoiler: They grew apart when Guisan helped Hélène run away from her ArrangedMarriage, and as a consequence Guisan wasn't able to help the Durants when they fell into Toulonchamp's paws.]]

[[folder:Christine Dunant]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Matsuko Inaba
Jack's wife and Hélène's mother.

* CoolOldLady: Christine often helps out at a local hospital, leading to the patients and staff viewing her as this.

!!Toulonchamp Family

* AlliterativeFamily: All of their names begin with "M".
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:They want to drain the Dunants of their wealth and successfully build up their own business empire, on top of the wealth they accumulated from their arms deelings]].
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Their only concerns are themselves and their wealth, as Michel even slaps Hélène for confronting him about pretending Mathilda was her daughter.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Two times over. [[spoiler:Michel approached the Dunants with the intention of helping them, but secretly craved their wealth. He had his daughter pretend to be Hélène Brandel's daughter Alicia, and also secretly fed her poison so she could die quicker and they could access her inheritance, and when Jeudi exposes him for being a fraud, he gives Jack a SadisticChoice expell and kill Jeudi, or, in his words, "blood will be shed".]]
* MissingMom: Neither Mathilda or Madeleine's mothers are present in the anime.
* ParentalFavouritism: Believe it or not, in the manga, it's revealed that Madeleine is Michel's favourite, because she's his oldest child and the daughter of the woman he loved the most.
* VillainousLineage: [[spoiler: Not only Michel is quite the piece of work, but Mathilda claims they're descendants of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Zaharoff Basil Zaharoff]], the Turkish-born financier and arm dealer from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.]]

[[folder:Michel Toulonchamp]]
!!Michel Toulonchamp (ミシェル・トロンシャン )
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaruIkeda
An Arms Dealer who approaches Jack after Helene returns home. The two become fast friends, but Jack is unaware of his true intentions.

* ArmsDealer: He is an arms dealer who operates in many countries, and has a reputation for his skill in business.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He uses his youngest daughter Mathilda as Jeudi's BodyDouble, having her trick Hélène into believing she is the real Alicia (who is actually Jeudi) - which was very easy back then, considering that Helene's non-existant eyesight doesn't let her see that Mathilda looks ''nothing'' like the grown-up Jeudi, who has been missing for a long time so nobody really knows how she would look like. Then, once Mathilda has wormed her place in Hélène's affections, he {{blackmail}}s the Dunants into doing whatever he asks them too, threatening with taking "Alicia" away from Hélène - which will be ''fatal'' for her due to her BreakTheCutie past '''and''' her very weak [[HeartTrauma heart]]. In the manga, Mathilda was also poisoning Hélène through her tea, but the anime cut this out.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Once he's found out, he hides his tail between his legs and tries to escape from Jack's wrath.]]
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Michel is a heavy smoker.
* KickTheDog: Not only he refers very nonchalantly to how he finances all kinds of dark deals, but [[spoiler: he punches Mr. Dunant when he attempts to confront him. He also assaults Hélène, knowing she's in a fragile state of health due to her illness.]]
* NamestoRunAwayFromReallyFast: He is nicknamed the The "Death Trader" in the merchant world because of his job.
* NouveauRiche: Implied. [[spoiler: His end goal is becoming wealthy, hence his exploitation of the Dunant family.]]
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: If the Dunants don't expell and kill Jeudi, "blood will be shed" in his words.]]
* SmugSnake: Michel is an overconfident, haughty bastard who's certain he'll.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: He smacks Hélène, knowing she has a weak heart and is disabled, when she confronts him for lying about her daughter.]]

[[folder:Mathilda Toulonchamp]]
!!Mathilda Toulonchamp (マチルダ・トロンシャン)
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SaekoShimazu

Michel's daughter, his accomplice in crime, [[spoiler: and the fake Alicia Brandel]].

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[[caption-width-right:357:Mathilda Toulonchamp]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Mathilda falls for [[spoiler: Lundi, frequently throws herself at him and wishes for him to leave Jeudi for her, only to be rejected every single time. As a result, she's furious and plants a ForcefulKiss on him anyway.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: She deliberately puts a sweet image in front of Hélène, but this is all a facade to make her think she's her loving daughter. In actuality she is poisoning her and the Toulonchamps are planning to take the Dunant's wealth.]]
* BodyDouble: [[spoiler: Because she can imitate Jeudi's voice very well and is about her age, she poses as Alicia Brandel, Hélène's daughter.]]
* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler: She is a ManipulativeBitch in her own right, and encouraged by Michel to bring down ]].
* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:She has ginger hair and is Michel's primary minion in his schemes to usurp the Dunants.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Averted. She ''hates'' Jeudi but willingly reveals her true nature as well as her heritage to Lundi, saying she's doing so ''specifically'' because she has taken a liking to him. Her other reason is that Anna's huge blunder scared the crap out of her. However, this doesn't mean she will leave her father's side...]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:When Jeudi confronts her for stealing her identity and pretending to be Hélène's daughter, Mathilda says this]].
--> [[spoiler: "YouAreTooLate. Because you haven't seen her for so long, you are '''not''' her child anymore!"]]
* MasterPoisoner: [[spoiler: While it's almost impossible to have her as a proper poison maker due to her extreme youth, Mathilda is still sly enough to slooooowly administer it to Helene to make her ill. She's also all but stated to have poisoned Jeudi's food, but she didn't get to finish the work.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Mathilda claims to have this to cover up that she isn't the real Alicia, and therefore doesn't know the lyrics to the ''Alpine Rose'' song.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: It's implied Mathilda was once a sweet and kind girl before Michel corrupted her into being the person she is today. Even Madeleine thinks that she's under his control and needs to be freed. Once she's away from him, she returns to being the gentle girl she was in her childhood.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: When Printempts attacks her and then Lundi questions her, she throws herself crying in the arms of the very stressed Mr. Durant and briefly turns him against Lundi and Jeudi.]]

[[folder:Madeleine Toulonchamp]]
!!Madeleine Toulonchamp (マドゥレーヌ・トロンシャン )
Michel Tronchamp's eldest daughter and Matilda's half-sister. Unlike the rest of her family, she opposes the Nazis and joins LaResistance.
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* AdaptedOut: While Madeleine was present in the manga, she was cut out in the anime adaptation.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Mathilda is a ManipulativeBitch who seeks to defraud the Dunants and poisons her adoptive mother, but Madeleine is against the Nazis, disowns her families for selling arms to them and joins the resistance movement.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: She eventually marries Robert Lewis.]]
* KnowledgeBroker: She seems to know quite a bit about [[spoiler: Lundi's older brother, Jean-Jacques Cortot]] and drops the information she has to the heroes.
* ScrewThisImOuttahere: [[spoiler:She refuses to join her father and sister in manipulating the Dunants, and left them a long time ago.]]
* WhiteSheep: Madeleine is the only one who realizes how screwed up the family is and is heavily disgusted at them.]]
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!!Cortout Family

* AdaptedOut: Lundi's aunt and uncle didn't appear in the anime.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: 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.
* InconsistentSpelling: Is it '''Cortout''' or '''Cortot'''?

[[folder:Aunt and Uncle Cortout]]
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.

* EvilUncle: 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.
* NoNameGiven: Unlike Franz and Marielle, their names are never revealed.
* ResentfulGuardian: They both viewed Jeudi and Lundi as extra mouths to feed and only cared for them out of an obligation to Franz.

[[folder:Franz Courtot]]
!!Franz Courtot
Lundi's deceased father.

* AfricaIsACountry: It's mentioned that Mr. Courtot went "to Africa" to work as a doctor and treat impoverished patients.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: 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.

[[folder:Marielle Courtot]]
!!Mareille Courtot
Lundi's deceased mother. She died of a disease.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Marielle's specialty was making sweets, and she was a housewife while her husband was a doctor.
* SweetBaker: She was a skilled baker, and Lundi has many fond memories of her.
* VictorianNovelDisease: It's mentioned she died of a disease in 1931.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Lundi describes her as "tender", and she was a kind woman who succumbed to a disease while her husband died in a car accident.

!!Strasser Family

* AdaptedOut: Didn't appear in the anime, though Louise's silhouette was seen in the sixteenth episode.

[[folder:Thomas Strasser]]
Alfred's father.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: He eventually finds a blooming, peaceful wedded life with Marie.]]
* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler: He was shocked at his wife for stealing Jean-Jacques from the Courtots (and renaming him Alfred), and eventually left her when she began acting more mentally ill]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:His wife was a heavily abusive nutjob, and his "son" (who was actually kidnapped from the hospital) displayed signs of sociopathy and violence at a young age. As a result, he left Switzerland for France and never looked back.]]

[[folder:Louise Strasser]]
Alfred's mother.

* AbusiveParents: She viewed Alfred as more than a son, to put it lightly. When he called her "mom", she insisted he call her Louise, and would also become uncomfortably close to him.
* AdaptationalNameChange: The anime changed her name to Emma Strasser in Alfred's flashback.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After she was forced to have SexForServices an with SS Officer, her mental illness became worse and she threw herself in a lake.]]
* FirstNameBasis: She always insisted that Alfred call her Louise and refused to let him call her "mom".
-->[[spoiler: '''Louise:''' ''"When you call me 'Mom', I feel 10 years older!"'']]
* SexForServices: [[spoiler: Officer Ludwig forces Louise to provide sexual favours for him to protect Theodor. It ended up ruining her already fragile mental state even further.]]

[[folder:Marie Strasser]]
Theodore's second wife, who he lives with in France.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: According to Theodor, she's a great cook.
* FlowersOfFemeninity: Her hobby is managing her garden's beautiful flowers.
* SecondLove: To Theodor, ho he loved because she was the exact opposite of Louise - graceful, sweet, kind and full of empathy.

** Italian: '''JPlatan'''

!!Clara (マルタ(

* AdaptationalCurves: Remember how plump he was in the manga? Well, the anime makes him even fatter.
* FatBastard:

* WeUsedToBeFriends: General Guisan and [[spoiler: Jeudi's grandfather Jacques]] were VitriolicBestBuds as youngsters, always squabbling but always by each other's sides. [[spoiler: They grew apart when Guisan helped Helen run away from her ArrangedMarriage, and as a consequence Guisan wasn't able to help the Durants when they fell into Toulonchamp's paws.]]