Tuuli (Anime)

Tuuli (トゥーリ, Tuuri) is the oldest daughter of Gunther and Effa, as well as the older sister of Myne.

A patient and kindhearted girl, Tuuli works as an apprentice seamstress in the city of Ehrenfest.

Tuuli has blue-green hair, a mix of her mother Effa's green and her father Gunther's blue. After Myne wakes up, she has it tied up in a dirty braid. In the light novel and anime, Tuuli's bangs are shown to be centered, but in the manga, they are brushed to the right. She has blue eyes.

For her baptism, Tuuli's hair was cleaned and tied half-up. Tuuli is much cleaner than her age cohort due to Myne's insistence on frequent washing and use of shampoo.

Tuuli is practical, caring, and responsible young girl. From a young age she was forced to look after her sickly sister Myne. Myne frequently refers to her sister as an "angel" due to her sweet demeanor. Others in their neighborhood trust Tuuli to look after younger children when they make trips into the nearby forest for supplies.

Tuuli for all her responsibility is still a child at heart. She is not immune to bouts of anger and frustration towards Myne's more eccentric behaviors. Tuuli cares a great deal about her family and cried at the thought of losing Myne to her sickness.

Tuuli often acts as a foil to Myne. Where Tuuli is practical and mature, Myne is a daydreamer and self-interested. While Tuuli is considered the model child of the neighborhood, Myne is considered very weird and scary.

Tuuli was born in the summer before Myne to her soldier father, Gunther and her dyer mother Effa. Prior to Urano being reincarnated as Myne, Tuuli was often forced to take care of her sickly sister while her parents worked. This caused her to mature quicker and develop a strong sense of responsibility.

After Urano's reincarnation as Myne, Tuuli was able to gain a bit more free time and independence as Myne started learning to take care of herself. Prior to her Baptism, Tuuli spent her days helping her mother Effa around the house and traveling to the forest to forage for food and firewood.

The summer Tuuli turned 7, she and all of the other children turning 7 that season traveled to the temple for their Baptism. Tuuli was registered as a citizen of Ehrenfest during that time.

Since a child needs a referral from a parent or family member to become an apprentice somewhere, children generally wind up in jobs similar to their parents. This was also the case for Tuuli as she was able to secure an apprenticeship as a seamstress through her mother's referral.

When her little sister Myne wakes up from her fever, Tuuli is relieved to see her feeling better. When Myne asks to break her doll to make a hairpin, Tuuli quickly says she'll carve her one instead. She also stops Myne from putting her hair in a bun, warning that only adult women are allowed to wear their hair up.

Like most commoner children, Tuuli goes out foraging in the woods during the day. She brings home some avocado-like fruits and teaches her sister Myne how to extract oil from them. She is surprised and impressed when Myne uses it to make homemade shampoo, and eagerly washes her hair with it as well.

Later, she goes with Myne to deliver their father's lunch to him at the gate. Lutz's older brother Ralph tells her that her hair smells nice, and Tuuli blushes at the praise.

Tuuli patiently helps Myne in her attempt to make papyrus as winter handiwork, although she doesn't understand what she's trying to accomplish. When Myne gives up and starts helping with the family's winter handiwork, Tuuli is slightly hurt that her little sister is better at making baskets than she is. To cheer her up, her mother offers to teach her how to weave, saying that it will be an important skill when she becomes an apprentice seamstress.

Later, Tuuli harvests parues with her father and brings them home. She is surprised when Myne uses them to make paruecakes, and comments that her behavior has changed a lot recently. However, her parents tell her to be happy that her sister is feeling better. At the end of winter, Myne makes a flower hair ornament for her to wear at her baptism next summer, and Tuuli is touched and happy at the thoughtful gift.

When spring arrives, Tuuli is dubious of Myne's plans to make clay tablets in the forest, pointing out that her stamina is too poor to manage the long walk. She later asks Lutz to help keep an eye on her sister when they walk to and from the city gate every day, to which he agrees.

After Fey accidentally destroys Myne's tablets, Tuuli is alarmed by her sister's strangely-colored eyes and hurries to calm her down. She also helps remake the second set of tablets, although she is curious about what they're meant to be. Myne explains that she wrote down one of their mother's bedtime stories.

When summer arrives, Tuuli turns seven years old and celebrates her baptism. She wears the dress her mother made her, as well as Myne's hair ornament, and washes her hair with rinsham. Their neighbors praise how pretty she looks. Although she feels nervous, Myne assures her that as long as she smiles, she'll be the prettiest girl there.

At dinner, Tuuli excitedly tells her family about her baptism. Myne makes her a special soup with star- and heart-shaped vegetables as a gift, and her parents give her a set of work clothes and tools that she will use in her apprenticeship as a seamstress. At first, Tuuli will only work as an apprentice for a few days out of the week, while continuing to forage in the forest on her days off.


 * Tuuli is one year older than Myne, but due to the difference in their health look to be about 3-4 years apart in age.
 * Tuuli greatly admires Corinna, Benno's younger sister and Otto's wife. Corinna is a highly influential seamstress and Tuuli wishes to apprentice under her after her current apprentice contract runs out.