Oscar Francois

Oscar is depicted as incredibly loyal, hard-working, and honest. She is very loyal to those closest in her life and will often do whatever she can to keep them safe. As a commanding officer, Oscar is very proud and serious about her position. Despite this, she does not resort to physical punishment in order to gain obedience and respect from those under her command. While normally level-headed, she can be very impulsive, especially when her loved ones are in danger. Because Oscar is often at Versailles, she is somewhat unaware of the economy of the country until she meets Rosalie Lamorlière and learns young women are selling their bodies in order to have money for food as there were not enough jobs available. She later became more aware of the struggle when she witnessed a family have to choose to allow their sick son to die as calling a doctor would cost the family money that would affect keeping their farm. As the series progresses, she becomes invested in the ideals of the French revolution - liberty, equality, and fraternity - and becomes more socially conscious.

Appearance: Oscar is an androgynous woman, whom the characters in the show often mistake for a beautiful man. When they discover that she's actually a woman, their opinion regarding her beauty doesn't change. She is tall, almost as all the other men in the show, and slender, characteristic that still doesn't stop her from being able to win fights with people of the opposite sex. She has curly blonde hair that get longer as the show progresses; in the first episode it reaches her shoulders, while in the last one it gets to the middle of her back. She always wears them down, covering her ears, and her Nanny says that there are a lot of knots in its strands. The only time she wears it in an updo is when she dresses in feminine clothes to dance with Count Fersen. Oscar appears to be the only person in her family who has light blue eyes.

Oscar François de Jarjayes (オスカル・フランソワ・ド・ジャルジェ, Osukaru Furansowa do Jaruje) is a fictional character created by Japanese manga artist Riyoko Ikeda. She is a major character in the 1972 manga series The Rose of Versailles, and its various adaptations and spin-offs.

Trivia

1. Oscar was originally a supporting character to Marie Antoinette, and was created as a female because Ikeda was unsure if she could accurately portray a male soldier. Oscar eclipsed Marie Antoinette in popularity and due to reader feedback became the main character. Eri Izawa suggests that as Oscar is fictional, Ikeda could be freer in the portrayal of Oscar's life than Ikeda could be in the life of Marie-Antoinette, who had to die on the guillotine. Oscar's androgynous persona is based on the actresses who play male roles in the Takarazuka Revue and Princess Sapphire, and she was named for Oscar Wilde, as Ikeda is a fan of his work.

2. She was inspired by the revolutionary Pierre-Augustin Hulin.

3. Her name Jarjayes is also a a commune of the same name in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

4. She makes an appearance in the Lupin III Part II episode "Versailles Burned with Love", where they steal Marie Antoinette's crown.

5. Oscar was born in December 1755, and dies in July 1789, making her 33 years old when deceased.