Dietfried Bougainvillea

Dietfried Bougainvillea
Japanese	ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリア
Rōmaji	Dītofurīto Būgenbiria
Alias	Naval Captain Dietfried (ディートフリート 海軍大佐, Dītofurīto Kaigun-daisa?)
Information
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Lime
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Relatives	Unnamed Grandmother Unnamed Father (Deceased) Unnamed Mother Unnamed Sisters Gilbert Bougainvillea (Brother)
Occupation	Naval Captain
Affiliations	Navy
Voice Actors
Japanese	Hidenobu Kiuchi
Debut
Light Novel	Volume 1, Chapter 6
Anime	Episode 2
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Dietfried Bougainvillea (ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリア, Dītofurīto Būgenbiria^?) is a character in the Violet Evergarden series. He is an army officer in the Leidenschaftlich army and Gilbert's older brother. He was the one who found Violet and made her into Gilbert's "weapon".

Appearance

Dietfried is a young man with a tall stature, thin waist, broad shoulders, which is common for Bougainvillea men. Like his brother, Dietfried has jet-black hair, emerald eyes, and lines under his eyes. Unlike his brother, his eyes have a deeper shade of green, and he wears his long hair in a braid tied it with a ribbon. He wears the standup collar of his white naval uniform wide open, displaying the gold necklace around his neck.

Personality

Dietfried is stated to have a flirtatious air about him. Although Dietfried has a self-centered and bossy personality, he is social and has some sort of quality that draws others to him. He is always surrounded and respected by many people, never bashful of it. Since Gilbert could not love anyone due to being too stern, his elder brother had everything he lacked, to the point of making him infinitely envious as a fellow human being. Dietfried is also quite confident and easy-going, but can be very frank and honest, and even though he sometimes tries to come off as lighthearted, his words can be rude. Although he possesses a sense of right and wrong and deeply cherishes his underling's lives, he can be cruel which is demonstrated by his actions towards Violet. He is aggressive towards her and sees her nothing more than a weapon, which is the reason he took her home. He has no problem with ordering Violet to murder people like a weapon and sees to find enjoyment within this, though this stems from his dislike towards Violet for killing his men.

History

Dietfried was born into an upper-class family worshiped as national heroes, the Bougainvillea family. Since a young age, Dietfried and his younger brother Gilbert were trained by their father since they would become soldiers once when they grew up. This is due to the fact that it was customary for the Bougainvillea men to enlist in the army.

In the history of the Bougainvillea family, Dietfried had been the first to choose the navy over the army. Not only had he joined it, but also steadily carved a career path for himself in it. It was all due to his confidence in scoring achievements with his own efforts and talents, even without making use of his parents’ glory. Gilbert acknowledged that, which was why he could not help thinking that his brother was the one that actually should have succeeded the family. Dietfried states that the Bougainvillea household was never adequate for him, and that he is not cut to be the family head.

Four years prior to the story, Dietfried met Violet when he and his underlings were completely butchered by an armed fleet that was plotting to destroy one of Leidenschaftlich’s maritime trading ports. On a certain night, in the middle of the battle, they were hit by a huge storm. It was a grave catastrophe where both the allies and enemies sank into the coastal seas. The ship stranded, and he and some of his comrades arrived at a deserted island where he was Violet. Dietfried was unsure if she had become orphaned or if she had suffered an accident in the sea just like them. Although Dietfried didn't have any intention of doing anything since he was already annoyed, his subordinates approached Violet and attempted to molest her. Before Dietfried was able to stop them, Violet killed them. Terrified by her actions, the remaining soldiers all fled, but Violet continued hunting after them. Dietfried and his remaining underlings then decided to kill her, but before they could act, she had already slaughtered everyone except for him.

After that, he was pursued by Violet, but she only followed him around and didn’t even attempt to murder him. Dietfried realized that Violet couldn't talk and couldn't understand words. He also concluded that she was the only inhabitant of that island and that the reason she had killed so many people was simply that she was ordered to do it. Once he understood that, Dietfried did repeated experiments. For example, if he pointed to animals or insects and said "kill," she would immediately do so. This also applied to humans. Despite her inability to speak or understand language except the order to kill, Dietfried brought her home with him.

Upon returning, Gilbert and Dietfried reunited after a long time. To celebrate Gilbert's promotion to a major, Dietfried "gave" Violet to Gilbert and was ordered to treat her a weapon without any mercy or compassion. Although he said he gifted Violed to Gilbert, Dietfried couldn't actually handle Violet by himself and instead entrusted his younger brother with that task.

Relationships

• Gilbert Bougainvillea -
• Violet Evergarden -

Gallery

• Anime
• Light Novel

Dietfried's introduction.

Trivia

• Despite being described in the light novels as having black hair, the anime depicts Dietfried as having dark blue hair.
• Gilbert's claims that their father would have chopped off Dietfried's hair if he was to ever see it.