Claudine...!/Characters

Characters of Riyoko Ikeda's Claudine...!

Claudine de Montesse

 * The Ace: He's more of a Broken Ace, though.
 * Broken Bird
 * Break the Cutie: He's more of a handsome boy (in a woman's body) than a cutie, but he is broken nonetheless.
 * Hair of Gold: He's a blond and very sympathetic.
 * Princely Young Man: Well, female-bodied man, but otherwise fits the trope. He's pretty much the incarnation of the Yamato Nadeshiko type, if you wonder.
 * Shut Up Kiss: He gives one to when  His mom catches them and they have a huge fight, which leads to Claudine going to the doctor again.
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal: This happens when he first met, who thinks he's a full-bodied boy.
 * Uptown Boy: His first love was Maura, a cute little maid to his family's home.
 * Transsexual: Female-to-male.
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal: This happens when he first met, who thinks he's a full-bodied boy.
 * Uptown Boy: His first love was Maura, a cute little maid to his family's home.
 * Transsexual: Female-to-male.
 * Transsexual: Female-to-male.

Madame de Montesse

 * Arranged Marriage: With Auguste.
 * No Name Given
 * Parents As People: She's a good person but is completely unprepared to handle Claudine's situation.
 * Proper Lady

Auguste de Montesse

 * Arranged Marriage: He and Madame de Montesse.
 * Parents As People: He seems to be an Open Minded Parent,
 * Parental Favoritism: Claudine is clearly his favorite child, since he's the most similar to Auguste himself.
 * Parental Favoritism: Claudine is clearly his favorite child, since he's the most similar to Auguste himself.

Andre, Thomas, and Edouard de Montesse

 * Princely Young Men: They seem to be either the Yamato Nadeshiko or the Defrosting King type.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome: The three, but specially Andre
 * Tall Dark and Handsome: The three, but specially Andre

The Doctor

 * Intergenerational Friendship: He (in his 40's at least) and Claudine (who starts the story as a pre-teen boy, by the end is in his late teens)
 * No Name Given
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Treats Claudine with respect and doesn't try to "fix" him.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Treats Claudine with respect and doesn't try to "fix" him.

Rosemarie

 * Break the Cutie: She witnesses all the disgraces that befalls Claudine, and can only give him limited support.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Pre-Character Development.
 * Character Development: By the end of the manga,
 * Mega Twintails: When she was young, she has pigtails bigger than her head.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: In regards to Claudine.
 * Mega Twintails: When she was young, she has pigtails bigger than her head.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: In regards to Claudine.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: In regards to Claudine.

Maura

 * Break the Cutie: Poor Maura! It's hard not to feel sorry for her, specially when  and when
 * Country Mouse: Her parents worked as retainers for the Montesse family, and she was even born in the main house (with little!Claudine holding newborn!Maura in his arms). Then they moved back to a nearby village, and Maura came to work to the main home...
 * The Ingenue
 * Meido
 * Nice Girl
 * Sleep Cute: She sleeps into Claudine's shoulder just after arriving to his home. Awww...

Louis Lacques

 * Jerkass
 * Hot Teacher: He worked as Rosemarie's tutor.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * Yandere:

Cecilia Lacques

 * Birds of a Feather: She and Claudine bonded over their love of books and poetry.
 * Hot Librarian: She worked as the librarian of the local all-girls's school.
 * Proper Lady
 * Proper Lady

Sirene Berge

 * Sibling Triangle: With Andre and Claudine.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo