Luke Smith

**Luke Smith** (ルーク・スミス, *Rūku Sumisu*) is one of the major characters in *Kindergarten WARS* series, written and illustrated by You Chiba.

Luke is a former UK cop who works as a kindergarten teacher at Kindergarten Noir, in charge of the chrysanthemum class with Silvia.

## Appearance

Luke is a tall person, being one of the tallest in kindergarten. He is usually seen wearing a gray suit with a black tie and a white shirt. He has a burn next to his mouth as well as several burns all over his body. In his role as a teacher at Kindergarten Noir, he adheres to the school's standard dress code. This entails wearing a long-sleeved white polo shirt, a black necktie, and a black apron that has the word "きく" (which translates to "Chrysanthemum") printed on it.

## Personality

Luke is a serious person and although he may seem cold and distant, he is actually a collaborative person and a good leader, he is one of the strongest recruits in kindergarten. Luke often treats others coldly by saying hurtful things about them. Luke is a lover of shojo manga since he is always seen reading one and most love advice comes from shojo manga, having this love for romance he tends to try to make Doug and Rita's romance take his time even if he has to force them.

## Plot

### Background

Unlike most of the other recruits, Luke grew up in a normal family without having any criminal life so he was able to grow up to become a cop in the UK.

Luke would enter the police force as Oliver's partner, who would become his mentor. One day, going to visit Oliver at the hospital, he would go to a flower shop where he would meet Tina, after hearing her sing the theme song from a romance anime, Luke would fall in love with her.

After that Luke would frequently go to the flower shop to talk to Tina and after a while he would start dating her, during the initial stages of his relationship with Tina, Luke would introduce her to Oliver, with the three of them together they would have an impromptu party where Oliver would end up drunk and Luke would take him to his house where they both chat about life, after that talk Oliver would be transferred, Luke would not hear from Oliver again until 4 years later.

After Tina's death, Luke began murdering and was captured and sent to Kindergarten Noir to reduce his sentence.

## Relationships

### Non-Familial

* Tina Roberts: Luke's girlfriend whom he met at a flower shop during a trip to the hospital to visit his boss Oliver, Tina and Luke lived happily as a couple until she was murdered by Luke's old boss. Due to this event Luke became a murderer and was sent to Kindergarten Noir. Luke often has nightmares about this event and keeps a photo of her in his locker showing what Tina meant to him.

* Oliver Austin: Luke's former boss and friend, Oliver was Luke's mentor during his early years as a cop; despite being his boss, Luke considered Oliver a close friend.

* Rita: One of Luke's co-workers, she and Luke are good friends, however Luke tends to get in the way when she interacts with Doug since he doesn't want them to move forward in their relationship or confess to each other, so he always tries to be present and don't let them be alone.

* Doug: One of Luke's co-workers, Luke and Doug usually insult and annoy each other, however they both get along well and respect each other a lot, just like with Rita, Luke usually interferes in his relationship with Rita, preventing him from confessing his feelings, so he always hits him to prevent the moment. become romantic.

* Hana Bradley: He and Hana are good friends, Luke sees Hana as a person who gives excitement to Doug and Rita's relationship since he knows that Hana is in love with Doug, so it becomes a love triangle, despite knowing about the Hana's feelings towards Doug, he hasn't told anyone.

* Silvia Scott: His co-worker in the chrysanthemum class, the two of them work very well together, trusting each other, while Luke believes it is because they both know each other well, the reality is that Silvia is in love with him.

* Gordon Z. Sky: Like the rest of teachers, Luke respects Gordon.

* Erina Winkler: Unlike the others, Luke does not feel intimidated by Erina, however he continues to obey her orders.

* Natsuki Inomoto: The newest employee of the kindergarten, despite not knowing him at all, Luke is excited by his presence since he knows of his feelings for Hana, so the relationship between Rita, Hana and Doug becomes a somewhat loving square which fascinates him.

## Etymology

* The name **"ルーク" (Rūku)** is a phonetic transcription of the English name "Luke" into Japanese katakana script.
	+ The name "Luke" is an English form of the Latin *"Lucas"*, from the Greek name *"Loukas"* meaning *"from Lucania"*, referring to the region in southern Italy.

* The surname **"スミス" (Sumisu)** is a transliteration of the English surname *"Smith"* into the Japanese katakana writing system.
	+ The surname "Smith", is an occupational name denoting a worker in metal especially iron such as a blacksmith or farrier from Middle English coming from the word *"Smith"* being a derivation of the word *"smītan"* which means *"to strike hammer"*.

## Trivia

* He is a shojo lover so he likes to read romance stories, because of this he usually prevents Doug and Rita from advancing in their relationship since he wants their relationship to be in line with the mangas he reads.