Kaze To Ki No Uta - Characters

Characters

Gilbert Cocteau

Protagonist, 14 years old. A son of adultery between Auguste Beau and the wife of his step-brother, Anne Marie, Gilbert was initially rejected by both of his parents and raised without parental care or affection. Auguste is the first member of his family to take an interest in him, though he takes Gilbert in only to train him as his personal pet. Dealing with sexual, physical and emotional abuse at a young age leaves Gilbert an antisocial cynic unable to deal with love or social interaction except through sex. Initially antagonistic and even violent towards Serge, Gilbert rejects the other boy's early attempts to befriend him. However, Serge's persistent altruism slowly wins Gilbert over, and the two flee to Paris as lovers. Gilbert, though, has difficulty adjusting to the 'poor life' and doesn't want to work. While Serge is absent from their house a group of men gang rape Gilbert and drug him. Weak and poor, he returns to prostitution and is found by Serge too late.

Serge Battour

Protagonist, friend of Gilbert, 14 years old. The orphaned son of the viscount Battour and a beautiful Roma woman. Heir to an aristocratic house, Serge is a musical prodigy with a noble and humanistic sense of morality. Despite his roommate's ill-treatment of him, he remains devoted to attempting to help and understand Gilbert. His attraction to the other boy, though, causes him confusion and distress, particularly when he finds that he can count neither on the Church nor his friends for advice and support. Initially manipulated by Gilbert's uncle Auguste, he later learns of the man's abusive relation with Gilbert and, after winning his roommate's heart, flees both Lacombrade and Auguste with Gilbert.

Auguste Beau

Antagonist. A poet and Gilbert's real father, though posing as Gilbert's uncle. Auguste is an adopted son of the house of Cocteau. Raped by his elder step-brother in his own youth, he abuses Gilbert - first physically and emotionally and later sexually - at a young age. At first attempting to raise Gilbert to be an 'obedient pet,' he later works to transform him into a 'pure' and 'artistic' individual through neglect and manipulation of Gilbert's obsessive love for him. Upon learning of Serge's relationship with Gilbert, he works to separate the pair, refusing to allow his 'nephew' to bond with anyone who might potentially care for him. He shows true concern only in his last moments when he realizes that Gilbert has fallen in love with Serge. Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa.

Jean-Pierre Bonnard

Famous painter, pedophile. He kidnaps a young Gilbert from Auguste and rapes him. Despite this, the two later encounter one another again in Paris, and the manga implies that Gilbert 'forgives him' for his earlier assault. He makes another appearance in the manga's final volume when Gilbert and Serge visit him.

Pascal Biquet

Friend of Serge. An eccentric, iconoclastic classmate of Serge and Gilbert and a close friend of the former. Dismissive of religion and classical education, he insists upon the importance of science and takes it upon himself to teach Serge about sexuality. While mildly attracted to Gilbert, he is also the most frankly heterosexual of Serge's confidants, helping to introduce the sheltered teen to women.

Karl (Carl) Meiser

Serge's first friend at Lacombrade. A gentle, pious boy who struggles with his attraction to Gilbert.

Aryon (Arion) Rosemarine (Rosmarineay, Rosmariné)

Student superintendent general in the school. Rosemarine was raped by Auguste, when he was 15 years old. Truly close only to his classmate Jules de Ferrier, he appears to cooperate with Auguste's manipulative treatment of Gilbert despite the hatred and disgust he feels towards both of the pair. He does, though, form a friendship with Serge and, in his last scenes, aids Gilbert and Serge in their escape to Paris.

Jules de Ferrier

Student supervisor and Rosemarine's childhood friend. Though he is a nobleman, his family's fortune was lost with the death of his father. However, due to his connections to Rosemarine and his intelligence, he is able to attend Lacombrade for free and goes on to graduate early. Both Rosemarine and Gilbert are unusually trusting of him, and he has been known to provide tea and comfort to them during stressful times.