Description
Serge Battour is the son of a French viscount and a Romani prostitute, and despite his kind nature and academic talent, is shunned by his family and his peers due to the color of his skin. He begins to attend Lacombrade Academy, his father's alma mater, in the hopes that there he will find a place to belong.
Gilbert Cocteau is, like Serge, the orphaned son of a wealthy family, and is infamous at Lacombrade for his beautiful and delicate appearance, lack of dedication to schoolwork, and habit of prostituting himself to other students. He has no intention to connect with any of his classmates, instead devoting himself to his uncle Auguste.
Due to a shortage of living space, Serge and Gilbert become roommates even though Gilbert's antisocial nature has in the past made it impossible for him to room with anybody. Serge, being sociable and idealistic, is determined to be friends with Gilbert; Gilbert is only interested in either being able to manipulate Serge or push him away entirely. To the surprise of both of the boys, however, the two eventually form a deep, albeit generally dismal, bond that leads to a romantic connection.
In 1979, this series was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen/shoujo manga.
For those who don't like yaoi - this manga is more of shounen-ai and the sex scenes are nothing like the ones you can see in modern yaoi mangas. A bit of warning: "Kaze..." includes scenes of rape and child abuse (but no shota).
Type
Manga
Related Series
N/A
Associated Names
風と木の詩
Poem of Wind and Trees
The Poem of the Wind and the Trees
The Song of the Wind and the Trees
The Song of the Wind in the Trees
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
17 Volumes (Complete)
10 Bunkoban Volumes
4 Aizouban Volumes
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 3, Chap 4
User Reviews
N/A
Forum
User Rating
Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (103 votes)
Bayesian Average:
8.12 / 10.0
| 10 |
51% (53 votes) |
| 9+ |
19% (20 votes) |
| 8+ |
5% (5 votes) |
| 7+ |
8% (8 votes) |
| 6+ |
5% (5 votes) |
| 5+ |
2% (2 votes) |
| 4+ |
4% (4 votes) |
| 3+ |
2% (2 votes) |
| 2+ |
1% (1 votes) |
| 1+ |
3% (3 votes) |
Last Updated
April 5th 2013, 10:42am PST
(+195)
(-477)
