Kairi (カイリ) is a student in Class IX of the Thors Branch Campus in Trails of Cold Steel III.
Profile
Appearance
Kairi is a short young man with light brown hair and amber eyes. He is known for his androgynous appearance. Kairi wears the standard male uniform of the Branch Campus, consisting of a blue blazer, waistcoat, white shirt and black trousers. Kairi also wears brown slip-on shoes and a yellow chiffon.
Personality
Every day, Kairi pursues his ideal to become an splendid, proud, Erebonian man in a bid to impress his noble father. He is self conscious about his looks, taking after his mother and looking more like a girl. His female peers regard him as 'cute' and Kairi endeavours to prove himself as a masculine figure, and is diligently hard-working.
Background
Kairi is born in S.1190 as the son of baron living in the Lamarre Province. When he was little, he was frequently sick. He chose to pursue a path in medicine to figure out why.
Trails of Cold Steel III
At the age of 16, he enrolls at the Thors Branch Campus and joins Class XI: Military Finance under instructor Towa Herschel. Kairi is quite keen to prove himself as a capable 'man of Erebonia' and deliberately seeks out what, in his eyes, are the most 'manly' activities. Kairi joins the Eastern Tea Ceremony Club along with Musse Egret and Maya. Kairi is put in charge of the medical squad on the Derfflinger and receives some tutelage from Linde.
Kairi considers transferring to another club after believing learning how to pour tea isn't manly enough. Rean offers to help him learn the way of the tea ceremony and in doing so, learns more about Kairi's background. Rean states he thinks Kairi has grown as a man and leads the medical squad well, that he is good at perceiving and thinks that he is plenty manly already. This gives Kairi a confidence boost.
Kairi joins in the operation to find Calvardian agents in the capital, and also helps in the battle at the Gral of Erebos.
Trails of Cold Steel IV
After the Great Twilight, Kairi is found in the Saint-Arkh Bracer Guild branch. Class VII initially presume it is a strong enemy, but they end up surprising themselves and Kairi when they barge in. He explains that he was teleported near the old capital by Thomas Lysander after the Gral of Erebos collapses. Kairi is using the Bracer Guild branch as a temporary base. He is amongst the students who help send the Soldats to Class VII in Hamel.
Kairi is later assisting the Main Campus students search for medical ingredients, and is working with Fritz. When they are attacked by monsters, Fritz orders him to get back, but Kairi doesn't back down and helps save Fritz. Fritz apologises for misjudging Kairi and underestimating him. Fritz later joins Kairi, Maya and Sandy for dinner in Mishelam.
Trails into Reverie
Kairi remains a member of the Branch Campus and a member of the Eastern Tea Ceremony Club. At the Branch Campus academy festival, the Tea ceremony Club, who are holding tea sessions and having photographs taken with guests, gets far more female visitors than men, resulting in Kairi being chosen for photographs much more often. He has mixed feelings about it, but sees it as another barrier to get over as a man of the Empire. He later states he feels more like a mascot than a member of a club, but that also as a man of the Empire, he shouldn't waste time on such pointless complaints. Musse plots to have him dress in a woman's kimono.
Character Notes
Trails of Cold Steel III
| Kairi | |||
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Class IX: Military Finance (Tea Ceremony Club) | ||
| A student with delicate features. Dislikes his androgynous appearance and wants to be more manly like his noble father. | |||
| Medical Ability Has remarkable talent for medicine and is appointed as interim doctor at the campus and leader of the medical team. | |||
| Masculinity Knows that manliness is more than just looks. Joined Tea Ceremony Club to find his inner masculinity. | |||
| カイリ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Ⅸ組主計科【茶道部】 | ||
| 中性的な顔立ちをした男子生徒。男爵家の嫡子ということもあり、帝国男児らしさを追い求めている。 | |||
| 医療の才能 医療の才能には目を見張るものがあり、演習地で医療班のリーダーを務める上に臨時で医務室を任される。 | |||
| 男らしさ “男らしさ”は外見だけで決まるものでは無いと知り、まずは茶道を極めて自分なりの男らしさを追求しようと決心した。 | |||
Trails of Cold Steel IV
| Kairi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Class IX: Military Finance | ||
| A student with delicate features. Dislikes his androgynous appearance and wants to be more manly like his noble father. | |||
| Healer's Heart Kairi decided to put his medical knowledge to good use by helping out at the church. He hopes to ease suffering wherever he can. | |||
| Inner Strength Kairi rescued Fritz with skillful use of his orbal staff. He may not look different, but he's started to develop an inner strength. | |||
| カイリ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |
Ⅸ組主計科【茶道部】 | ||
| 中性的な顔立ちをした男子生徒。男爵家の嫡子ということもあり、帝国男児らしさを追い求めている。 | |||
| 薬学の知識 今の自分に出来る事を探した末に、薬学の知識を活かして教会を手伝う事に。力不足を感じながらも懸命に取り組んでいる。 | |||
| 内なる強さ 魔導杖でフリッツの窮地を救ったカイリ。かつては帝国男子らしい見た目を追求していたが、内なる強さを知り成長していた。 | |||
References
- ↑ Erin Fitzgerald Twitter (accessed: October 24, 2019) at @ErinFitzgerald
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trails of Cold Steel III, Dengeki Character File Notebook.
