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Toboe
Profile - Toboe
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Japanese: トオボエ
Romaji: Tōboe
Species: Red wolf
Relatives: "Granny"✝
(Deceased owner)
Affiliations: Kiba

Hige
Tsume
Cheza
Leara

Interests: Making friends
Powers:

• Human-guise
• Enhanced speed

Anime debut: Episode 2
Manga debut: Grope 2
Human Characteristics
Gender: Male
Hair color: Light chestnut-brown
Eye color: Orange-brown
Animal Characteristics
Fur color: Light brown and sandy brown
Eye color: Gold-yellow
Voiced by
Japanese: Hiroki Shimowada
English: Mona Marshall

Toboe (トオボエ , Tōboe lit."Howling") is the youngest member of the group. He often acts more like a pup than a fully-grown wolf. He is usually the kindest of the pack, but can act aggressive when he and his friends are attacked.

Appearance[]

Human-guise[]

In his human form, Toboe has a rather effeminate face, neck-length, reddish-brown hair parted on the side. His eyes are a light, golden brown. He wears a faded, red zipper shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows (when putting his arms around his back, it exposes his stomach), olive-green cargo pants and dark green, military boots. In the reincarnated world, his appearance is exactly the same, save for wearing a pink beret in addition.

True form[]

In wolf form, Toboe's coat is light brown, often gaining a red hue in some lighting. Humans often mistake his wolf form for a dog on account of his slender size and friendly demeanour. He wears four silver bangles on his right wrist, given to him by Granny.

Personality[]

Toboe looks up to Tsume and usually follows him when the group splits up. Though he still acts like a puppy at times, the others consider him a valuable friend in their group. Toboe is the kindest and most empathetic member of the wolf pack. He also seems to have the best hearing out of all of them. He is often more shy than bold, although when the pack is in dire threat, his rage can stand beyond his timid nature and propel him ravenously into battle. An example of his courage is when he defends the pack against a giant walrus.

Background[]

Toboe was raised as a pet by Granny, an elderly woman whom he accidentally killed in an unrestrained act of playfulness. The silver bracelets on his wrist are all he has left of her. Because of this, Toboe maintains an affection for humans that none of the other wolves can understand (with the exception of Blue). On one occasion, Toboe saves Quent Yaiden from freezing to death in the snow by sharing his body warmth with him, and is later grateful to discover that Quent has survived despite the fact that Quent immediately tries to shoot him.

Plot[]

Anime[]

Toboe is a lone wolf living on the streets of Freeze City when he meets a young human girl named Leara. Seeing that he was competing against crows for food, she offers him some sausages, which he readily eats. She pets him before she leaves. He returns to meet with Leara, only to see her releasing a falcon and, wanting to bring it back to her, he chases it. He catches it and gives it to her, only to realize that he'd accidentally killed it. Upset, he continues to apologize until he finally reveals his true form, howling sadly. Another wolf, Tsume, hears his howl and quickly snatches him away from her. Tsume scolds him for being so careless, but otherwise tries to ignore Toboe. While Toboe tries to befriend Tsume, the other wolf's abrasive attitude towards him eventually leads to their separation.

While eating old food from the same alley he first met Leara in, he meets Kiba and Hige, who are trying to make their way out of the city. They soon decide to let Tsume join. While Kiba, Tsume and Hige look around he watches Cheza till they get back. He and Hige look around a town and try to buy Cheza other things, but Toboe loses the game when Cheza accepts the boots Hige got her.

Cheza is taken from them by Darcia, who beats them up. On the journey to paradise Kiba passes out into a coma. Toboe befriends a talking horse and has a flashback of when he lived with Granny, who took him in as a pet, and when he had accidentally killed when he wanted to play. After Kiba recovers, the pack begins their journey again, and eventually they are attacked by a giant walrus. While at first Toboe is frightened by the creature, something seems to snap inside of him and he is able to kill the walrus with little help from the others. Soon later Blue joins them as does Quent, Cher, Hubb, and Cheza.

OVA[]

In Gunshot of Remorse, Toboe follows Quent Yaiden into the desert trying to convince him to come back when they run into Darcia, who tempted them both to attack him. Quent pointed his gun at Darcia and just when Toboe jumps at Darcia, Quent shoots his gun, accidentally hitting Toboe as a result.

In High Tide, High Time, begins with Darcia shooting Quent, then he disappears. Toboe crawls next to Quent and they both lie next each other as they die. Later the whole wolf pack arrived and mourned their deaths.

In Wolf's Rain, Toboe can be seen in the reborn world rescuing a kitten.

Relationships[]

Tsume[]

Although Tsume constantly tells Toboe to go away, Toboe views the scarred wolf as a role-model. Following him around like a younger brother, Toboe ignores Tsume's harsh words and often attempts to help or talk to him whenever possible.

Kiba[]

While Kiba and Toboe don't talk often, Toboe also follows the white wolf. He views Kiba as a mysterious but much more knowledgeable wolf, as Kiba was brought up in the wild.

Hige[]

Hige often teases Toboe, usually playfully. He doesn't appear to hold much of an elder-brother role like Tsume and Kiba.

Cheza[]

Toboes's relationship is the most simple of the four wolves. He protects her and has an instinctual fondness for her touch.He is not shown to be afraid or suspicious of her like Tsume was.

Quent Yaiden[]

Out of the four wolves, Toboe is shown to fear Quent the most. After meeting Quent's faithful companion, Blue, he attempts to look after the old drunkard in Blue's stead. Even though Quent initially hated Toboe for the simple fact that he is a wolf, Toboe wins him over at the last moment before both die of gunshot wounds.

Granny[]

An elderly woman who previously owned Toboe as a pet. He loved Granny as a child loves a guardian or parent. He is shown to be incredible regretful for accidentally causing her death.

Leara[]

Toboe is initially very grateful of Leara for offering him food. After becoming homeless, Toboe is shown to be relieved to be shown kindness by another human. Later, when he adopts a human-guise, he attempts to befriend Leara. When he is finally able to talk to her, he thanks her for the food in a roundabout way so as to keep his true form secret. Unfortunately, after accidentally killing Leara's pet falcon he sheds his human-guise, revealing his true wolf form, scaring Leara. When the two meet later the next day, she is shown to be fearful of the young wolf. She cries for her dad as Toboe escapes with Tsume, hurt by her mistrust and fear of him.

Tia[]

Unlike Leara, Toboe happens across Tia by mistake. Both being of a kind nature, they get along well. Upon seeing Tia's compassion for nature as well as her loneliness, he invites her to come on the journey to find Paradise. After he meets back up with the other wolves, he tells Tia to no longer come with him on the journey as he felt it would be too dangerous for the gentle human girl. Toboe leaves the Isolated Village in tears, leaving behind another human friend.

Quotes[]

  • "Tsume, come on, don't leave now; we've finally made some friends!"
  • "Why does everybody have to fight about everything, argue and steal from each other all the time? I mean, it's a big enough world. Why can't we share it? Wolves, and humans, and birds, and flowers living together as equals? If we all got to paradise, that's how it would be, wouldn't it?"
  • "Something happened... and... I just... I just... I don't know, it was like something deep inside of me just snapped all of a sudden."
  • "I was just getting ready to, okay?"

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • In the manga adaptation, Toboe forms a kind of relationship with Tia; however, she wasn't present in the anime.
  • Toboe's attitude is slightly different in the manga: when Kiba was separated from them, he's the one that urges his companions to continue without the white wolf.
  • Toshitsugu Iida thought Toboe was a girl at first.
  • Hiroki Shimowada—Toboe's Japanese voice actor in the original Japanese dub—felt that though Toboe was "young and inexperienced, he acted as the go-between for the other three; giving them a buffer or a bond as needed." He suggests that the other wolves keep Toboe around because they view him as a kind son.
  • Toboe is known to have made two kills during the series. His victims include:
    • Granny (accidentally—in true form)
    • Leara's falcon (accidentally—in true form)
    • Giant Walrus (protection and necessity—in true form)
  • He is the first of the wolf protagonists to die.
  • Like Blue, Toboe is the only wolf in Kiba's pack not to have been born into—or having been a part of—a pack previous to meeting the white wolf.
  • Contrary to popular belief, it was not Darcia who killed Toboe but Quent Yaiden. Toboe jumped in front of Quent, who was aiming at Darcia, and accidentally shot Toboe instead. He is the only wolf-protagonist who's death is not caused directly by Darcia.
  • Throughout the series he is shown with a fear of cats. However, after the world is reborn, he is seen picking up a stray kitten.
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