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Kaze to Ki no Uta
Kaze to Ki no Uta (風と木の詩, lit. "The Poem of Wind and Trees" or "The Song of Wind and Trees") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazines Weekly Shōjo Comic and then Petit Flower from February 1976 to June 1984. One of the earliest works of shōnen-ai (a genre of male-male romance fiction aimed at a female audience), Kaze to Ki no Uta follows the tragic romance between Gilbert Cocteau and Serge Battour, two students at an all-boys boarding school in late 19th-century France.
The series was developed and published amid a significant transitional period for shōjo manga (manga for girls), as the medium shifted from an audience composed primarily of children to an audience of adolescents and young adults. This shift was characterized by the emergence of narratively more complex stories focused on politics, psychology, and sexuality, and came to be embodied by a new generation of shōjo manga artists collectively referred to as the Year 24 Group, of which Takemiya was a member. The mature subject material of Kaze to Ki no Uta and its focus on themes of sadomasochism, incest, and rape were controversial for shōjo manga of the 1970s; it took nearly seven years from Takemiya's initial conceptualization of the story for her editors at Shogakukan to agree to publish it.
Upon its eventual release, Kaze to Ki no Uta achieved significant critical and commercial success, with Takemiya winning the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award in both the shōjo and shōnen (manga for boys) categories for Kaze to Ki no Uta and Toward the Terra, respectively. It is regarded as a pioneering work of shōnen-ai, and is credited by critics with widely popularizing the genre. An anime film adaptation of the series, Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana (風と木の詩 SANCTUS－聖なるかな－, lit. "The Poem of Wind and Trees Sanctus: Is It Holy?"), was released as an original video animation (home video) in 1987.
Kaze to Ki no Uta is set in late 19th-century France, primarily at the fictional Lacombrade Academy, an all-boys boarding school located on the outskirts of the city of Arles in Provence.
Serge Battour, the teenaged son of a French viscount and a Roma woman, is sent to Lacombrade at the request of his late father. He is roomed with Gilbert Cocteau, a misanthropic student who is ostracized by the school's pupils and professors for his truancy, and for having sexual relations with students and faculty. Serge's efforts to befriend his roommate and Gilbert's simultaneous efforts both to drive away and to seduce Serge form a complicated and disruptive relationship between the pair.
Gilbert's apparent cruelty and promiscuity are the result of a lifetime of neglect and abuse, as perpetrated chiefly by his ostensible uncle Auguste Beau. Auguste is a respected figure in French high society who has physically, emotionally, and sexually abused Gilbert since he was a child. His manipulation of Gilbert is so significant that Gilbert believes that the two are in love, and he remains beguiled by Auguste even after he later learns that he is not his uncle, but his biological father.
Despite threats of ostracism and violence, Serge perseveres in his attempts to bond with Gilbert, becoming friends and eventually lovers. Faced with rejection by Lacombrade's faculty and students, Gilbert and Serge flee to Paris. Serge finds work to support the pair, causing him to unintentionally alienate Gilbert, who is now desperate for his affection. Gilbert is later attacked and forcibly drugged by a group of men, and descends into a life of drug use and forced prostitution. While hallucinating under the influence of opium, Gilbert runs in front of a moving carriage and is fatally crushed under its wheels, convinced that he has seen Auguste. Some of the pair's friends, who have recently rediscovered the couple, console the traumatized Serge and return him to his parents' home.
The transliteration of the characters' names is sourced from the Italian edition of the manga, which the author approved. Voice actors in Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana are noted where applicable.
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Kaze to Ki no Uta
Kaze to Ki no Uta (風と木の詩, lit. "The Poem of Wind and Trees" or "The Song of Wind and Trees") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazines Weekly Shōjo Comic and then Petit Flower from February 1976 to June 1984. One of the earliest works of shōnen-ai (a genre of male-male romance fiction aimed at a female audience), Kaze to Ki no Uta follows the tragic romance between Gilbert Cocteau and Serge Battour, two students at an all-boys boarding school in late 19th-century France.
The series was developed and published amid a significant transitional period for shōjo manga (manga for girls), as the medium shifted from an audience composed primarily of children to an audience of adolescents and young adults. This shift was characterized by the emergence of narratively more complex stories focused on politics, psychology, and sexuality, and came to be embodied by a new generation of shōjo manga artists collectively referred to as the Year 24 Group, of which Takemiya was a member. The mature subject material of Kaze to Ki no Uta and its focus on themes of sadomasochism, incest, and rape were controversial for shōjo manga of the 1970s; it took nearly seven years from Takemiya's initial conceptualization of the story for her editors at Shogakukan to agree to publish it.
Upon its eventual release, Kaze to Ki no Uta achieved significant critical and commercial success, with Takemiya winning the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award in both the shōjo and shōnen (manga for boys) categories for Kaze to Ki no Uta and Toward the Terra, respectively. It is regarded as a pioneering work of shōnen-ai, and is credited by critics with widely popularizing the genre. An anime film adaptation of the series, Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana (風と木の詩 SANCTUS－聖なるかな－, lit. "The Poem of Wind and Trees Sanctus: Is It Holy?"), was released as an original video animation (home video) in 1987.
Kaze to Ki no Uta is set in late 19th-century France, primarily at the fictional Lacombrade Academy, an all-boys boarding school located on the outskirts of the city of Arles in Provence.
Serge Battour, the teenaged son of a French viscount and a Roma woman, is sent to Lacombrade at the request of his late father. He is roomed with Gilbert Cocteau, a misanthropic student who is ostracized by the school's pupils and professors for his truancy, and for having sexual relations with students and faculty. Serge's efforts to befriend his roommate and Gilbert's simultaneous efforts both to drive away and to seduce Serge form a complicated and disruptive relationship between the pair.
Gilbert's apparent cruelty and promiscuity are the result of a lifetime of neglect and abuse, as perpetrated chiefly by his ostensible uncle Auguste Beau. Auguste is a respected figure in French high society who has physically, emotionally, and sexually abused Gilbert since he was a child. His manipulation of Gilbert is so significant that Gilbert believes that the two are in love, and he remains beguiled by Auguste even after he later learns that he is not his uncle, but his biological father.
Despite threats of ostracism and violence, Serge perseveres in his attempts to bond with Gilbert, becoming friends and eventually lovers. Faced with rejection by Lacombrade's faculty and students, Gilbert and Serge flee to Paris. Serge finds work to support the pair, causing him to unintentionally alienate Gilbert, who is now desperate for his affection. Gilbert is later attacked and forcibly drugged by a group of men, and descends into a life of drug use and forced prostitution. While hallucinating under the influence of opium, Gilbert runs in front of a moving carriage and is fatally crushed under its wheels, convinced that he has seen Auguste. Some of the pair's friends, who have recently rediscovered the couple, console the traumatized Serge and return him to his parents' home.
The transliteration of the characters' names is sourced from the Italian edition of the manga, which the author approved. Voice actors in Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana are noted where applicable.