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Wim Knaup is the son of Herbert Knaup, a boy frequently bullied by his young neighbors in Ruhenheim because of his father.

Biography[]

Wim works as pageboy at Hotel Versteck, running errands for Mr. Klaus Poppe. Whenever he gets his salary from running errands, he takes it home for his and his father's maintenance. Most of the time, his payment goes to his father's drinking vice. For this reason, he is always bullied by some kids on the neighborhood and steals his wages. Insults for his father makes him angry, even though most of those insults were right.

Mr. Poppe[]

Wim is seen to be quite close to Mr. Poppe, the butler and manager of Hotel Versteck.

During the Mass Murder[]

One time, just after being bullied, a mysterious man meets him on the road and says to him, "Hey boy, don't you hate them? Don't you hate them enough, to kill them?" After being bullied again, he grabs the gun the old man gave him. Grimmer would later find him next to his bullies, who'd been shot dead. He admits to Grimmer he isn't sure if he shot them.

As Johan's hostage[]

At the climax of the massacre, Johan takes him hostage in order to force Tenma to shoot him. But before Tenma can make a choice, his father shows up and shoots Johan in the head, saving him.

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