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La Esperança (エスペランサ, Esuperansa
?) is a yaoi manga
series written and illustrated by mangaka Chigusa Kawai (かわい 千草, Kawai Chigusa
?). It has been published in the United
States by Digital Manga
Publishing in 2005. The main word of the title,
esperança, comes from the Portuguese word for "hope".
Plot
Georges Saphir has spent his whole life trying to be the
opposite of what his father was and has worked himself to the bone
to become the perfect student, beloved by everyone in Saint Grollo
Boys' School.
It works, until delinquent Robert Jade comes into the
picture and begins to turn Georges' belief system upside-down.
While Georges tries hard to get along with everyone, Robert doesn't
care who he annoys. Compelled to shatter Georges' angelic image,
Robert can’t help but test the younger boy’s faith and innocence,
which he both hates and admires.
However, Georges and Robert are more similar than either
realizes, and are soon berated by jealous and protective
classmates, yet the two find themselves forming a friendship that
will transform them both.
Characters
- Georges Saphir
- Georges is an angel-faced do-gooder student at an all-boys'
religious academy. He is known for his kind-heart, soft voice, and
angelic tendencies. He is always surrounded by friends, though
seems to keep most distanced to an extent. Until Robert shows up
and confronts him, Georges keeps his pain confined inside himself
about his reasons and true nature. Robert finally draws out of him
that Georges doesn't want to be hated and you learn by the end of
the first volume that he is like so because he doesn't want to be a
shadow of his father, who was well-known for being a cruel,
malicious man.
- Robert Jade
- Robert is a transfer student to the academy who seems to have a
hobby for harassing Georges. He draws out a lot of hidden emotions
and feelings from the blond in his malicious trouble-making. But
Robert also is revealed to have a dark past of his own when Alain,
an enemy from the past, draws out old memories of a lost love whose
death is blamed on Robert. This person was an angelic, pure sort,
just like Georges. Robert is the son of the academy's
principal.
- Henri Quartz
- Henri is one of Georges better friends and seems to often
appear around the blond. They hang together and attend classes
together, though, like everyone else, Georges still draws a line
between the two of them. Henri seems defensive over Georges and
openly is suspicious and confrontational toward Robert about his
harassing Georges.
- Sir Freddy
- Frederic is a royal figure who is held in high-regards because
of his hair. Though this has spoiled him, it has also crushed him,
causing him to be cold and alone. He is set up to be "official
friends" with Georges by his father and the principal. This affects
Georges negatively, since Freddy has taken him in as a gopher-boy,
too. But after Georges proves himself as a true, genuine
friend-potential, Freddy accepts him and they actually become
friends. He often confronts Robert when he is "harassing" Georges
and seems jealous and territorial.
- Alain
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