Kaze to Ki no Uta: Difference between revisions

** Possibly subverted with Pascal, who has proven to be more than capable of doing well in classes, but has failed three years in a row because he prefers to spend his time studying more useful/interesting things (like knitting).

* [[Book Ends]] - The titular 'poem' (see page quote) appears as both an opening and closing monologue.

* [[Break the Cutie]] - Gilbert, although he was already [[Dark and Troubled Past|pretty broken to begin with]]. Serge, too, but to a lesser extent; he does go through some horrible things, but he also tends to be more resilient.

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]] - This is Pascal in a nutshell.

* [[Look Both Ways]] - {{spoiler|Gilbert didn't.}}

* [[Lonely Rich Kid]] - Serge's desire to befriend Gilbert is at least partly due to his belief that they have this in common.

* [[Love Bubbles]]

* [[Love Martyr]] - Gilbert. He is clearly completely aware of the fact that Auguste goes out of his way to manipulate and hurt him, yet he is completely devoted to him anyway.

* [[Love Hurts]] - So very, ''very'' much.

* [[Wife Husbandry|Lover Husbandry]] - what Auguste does to Gilbert as a child comes very close to this, manipulating, torturing and warping his mind so he'll be absolutely devoted to him, "his puppet" as he calls him. The only difference is that the "lover" part seems to have been initially unintentional, and that [[Shotacon|Auguste didn't wait until he was an adult]]... or [[Rape Is Love|wait until he was even 10 years old]]. There's a lot of [[Squick]] in their relationship, to say the least.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]] - Auguste, Rosemarine, Gilbert. In that order.

* [[Medium Awareness]] - A couple of blink-and-you'll-miss-it instances of characters grabbing onto/hiding behind their own speech bubbles.

* [[Roma]] - Serge's mother Paiva and, by extension, Serge himself.

* [[Rescue Sex]] - {{spoiler|Jules and Gilbert.}}

* [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]] - Ususally justified by the setting, although not always (for example, characters are often shown in other clothes in the dorms, suggesting they're not mandatory outside of school hours, yet Serge and Gilbert still wore theirs for most of the summer vacation).

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] - Seemingly the only reason Gilbert hasn't been expelled despite the fact that he rarely goes to classes and engages in a lot of very un-catholic activities with other students.

** Serge's father was named Aslan, almost certainly in reference to ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''.

** Also, in volume two, some boys are seen completing an ''[[Astro Boy (Manga)|Astro Boy]]'' jigsaw puzzle. [[MST3K Mantra|We'll just ignore how little sense that makes in 19th century France.]]

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]] - Gilbert and Serge take this to ''ridiculous'' levels.

* [[Slipping a Mickey]] - If {{spoiler|Auguste}} offers you wine, drink it at your own risk.

* [[The White Prince]] - This is Rosemarine's nickname, though Serge's father Aslan fits the actual trope better.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] - Gilbert, Gilbert, Gilbert, Gilbert.

* [[The X of Y]]

* [[Yandere]] - Gilbert and Auguste, but especially the latter.