Flop O'Connell (フロップ・オコーネル) is a merchant and the older brother of Medium O'Connell. He played a supporting role in Arc 7 and Arc 8.
Originally an orphan with his sister, the two found themselves being raised in the Dracroy Domain with Balleroy Temeglyph. Eventually, wishing to take revenge on the world by spreading kindness and overwhelming the evil spread throughout, he took his sister and became a traveling merchant, helping many who he crossed paths with, contrary to the beliefs held within the Vollachia Empire.
Appearance[]
Flop has long bangs and long cream blonde hair, which is the same color as his sister. His eyes are a sky blue, which complement his pale skin rather well. He is also described as shorter than his sister Medium. Compared to her, Flop is also not physically strong.
Personality[]
Flop is extremely helpful to almost everyone he meets, as shown when he helps Subaru, Rem, and Rui into the city of Guaral, and he even helps them sell off the horn of the Elgina so that Subaru can fund his trip back home. When Subaru asks why he is helping him, Flop states that he wants revenge on the world, wishing to make it a better place, and to do that he needs to help as many people as he can. It is noted that many people in the city of Guaral owe Flop some favors because of all he has done for them.
He is also shown to be very caring for people, as shown when he rushes to the aid of a man who was thrown through a window and when he tries to stop Subaru from giving away all his money to Rowan. He was also willing to sacrifice himself to save Subaru from Todd Fang when he was about to kill him.
History[]
When he was young, he and his sister Medium grew up in an orphanage in a small town called Averyk, where they were routinely beaten by adults. One day, an imperial soldier named Miles arrived at the orphanage and promptly beat and tied up the adults in charge of the orphanage. As Flop watched as the other children, his sister included, started beating the adults for all the years of their abuse, Flop realized that this cycle of violence is what leads children and adults alike into reprehensible situations like theirs. Combined with the unjust treatment he’d also received, Flop resolved to get vengeance on by replacing violence and cruelty with kindness.
Soon after, he and Medium were brought to the Dracroy Domain, where Serena Dracroy resided. Understanding their circumstances, she became an older sister figure to the two of them and allowed them to reside in her domain. A few years after this, they met Balleroy Temeglyph, and they helped him raise the newborn Carillon. At some point, when Carillon lost some of his baby teeth, they were made into a necklace that he started to wear.
Some years after this, he decided to set out from the Dracroy Domain to become a merchant to achieve his revenge, with his sister acting as his bodyguard. During his travels, however, he heard of the demise of Balleroy, Carillon, and Miles, each of which saddened him and his sister.
Trivia[]
- Flop has his own named chapter in Arc 7, in both the web novel and light novels.
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