Kurome

Kurome is a former member of the Jaegers, and the younger sister of Akame. Sold by her parents to the Empire along with Akame, the sisters were trained as assassins. She was drafted into a different assassin group than her sister and the siblings parted ways.

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History[]

Along with her sister Akame, Kurome was among a group of children sold to the Empire who were forced to participate in a survival exam in a forest full of danger beasts. After the sisters survived by working together, they were drafted into different assassination divisions (because of their superiors reluctance to keep sisters in one group).

After joining her division, Kurome was subjected to cruel treatment in the Empire's scheme to develop her into a cold heartless killer. As she was deemed to be not as innately talented as the Elite Seven,Kurome was instead place into the Group of Terror,where she was given the kill rank of No.8,making her the most innately talented member of the secondary group, she was then trained in a prison/execution facility of the Empire together with her Teammates and eventual close friends,Natala,Gin,Womyn and Remus killing Prisoners to develop their skills. During her time training under the units commander and trainer,Uncle Bill, Kurome was made to put to death a half insane inmate and was given her very first Katana,Kurome was very reluctant to do so and showing obvious fear at the prospect of taking of a alive and tried to refuse her orders until Bill eventually forced her to draw the blade and pushed her towards the convict,stabbing him right on his heart and killing him instantly,causing Kurome to react in disgust and horror and Bill with enthusiasm and delight,This incident was noted by Kurome to cause her to puke all night due to her sense of disgust at her actions but eventually she "got used to it" as time went on and her training progressed. During her training it was eventually ruled out that to make up for the groups lack of ability and talent,their superiors decided that they would use artificial means to strengthen their assassins,they then proceeded to give and have her ingest experimental drugs, making her body more powerful and giving her the same enhanced physical abilities as the Elite Seven but at the cost of putting a severe amount of strain on her brain,reducing her lifespan and causing her to become addicted to the drugs that then gave her severe withdrawal syndrome if she did not ingest it after a certain amount of time.

Eventually their superiors decided that the Assassination Units were all sufficiently trained for actual field work and had given Kurome and her team their first assignment,to flush out and eliminate Foreign spies who have infiltrated the outer villages in the Empire's provinces who hoped to obtain information and take advantage of the Empire's declining stability for their own gain and root out any spies from the Revolutionary Army as well. To do this Bill commissioned Dr. Stylish to develop a poison that mimicked the effects of the disease Rubeola and made a deal with Kurome's superior to exchange for 10 male prisoners to be used as his test subjects from his prison. The Targeted village was then poisoned with this fake Rubeola by dumping it into the town's well, forcing the Revolutionary/Foreign spies to flee. Kurome's group was tasked to intercept these spies as they left the city. The group waited for their targets to arrive and finally spotted them, taking their doping pills to enhance their strength as they began their attack. The group initially had the advantage against the spies, but soon the tides began to turn when Remus was grievously wounded and Womyn was killed by manner of bisection. Heavily wounded and distraught by the death of their comrade, the group returned to base, where they were treated cruelly and locked up. The group's leader withheld their medication and told them to reflect on their failures in punishment. The leader then heads to the infirmary and inquires about the status of "number 32", a female doctor informs him that Remus is wounded so badly she will never be able to be an assassin again, he then enters the room where Remus attempts to apologize for her failure, but the leader injects her with a vial of poison, euthanizing her.

Personality[]

Although she shares some traits with her sister, such as her social awkwardness and a big appetite, Kurome is much more aloof and seems to show darker sides of her when it comes to killing her enemies. She is cold and ruthless in battle, usually ending the lives of her enemies as one would expect from a seasoned assassin.

Secretly, she is very scared of being seen as weak, knowing that, in the Assassination Division, if she became dead weight she'd be taken out to keep her silent. This has a lingering effect of her upbringing, as she almost did suffer this fate, were it not for the drug therapy she later underwent.

Before the destruction of her Teigu, Yatsufusa, she displayed an unstable mental attachment to her fallen comrades as she kept them as her corpse dolls, as shown with Run. When he was severely injured and about to die, she stated that it allowed them to be "together forever", and she intended to add her sister to this collection. She also seemed to play with the corpses of those she has killed, as well as keeping powerful ones to use in her permanent collection, which is limited to eight.

Following the end of the war, Kurome is shown to have been affected by PTSD. She is shown to be a much more demure and dependent on others, especially Wave and Akame, the latter of whom she now genuinely cares for and loves. At times, she hallucinates seeing her former corpse dolls vengefully approaching her, to which she is immensely remorseful.

Relationships[]

Akame[]

Kurome seems to hate her sister for betraying the Empire, or more specifically, betraying her, yet claims that she still loves her, calling her "beloved older sister". They both grew up together as assassins after being sold by their parents. Before they were assassins, it was depicted that both of them were very close; neither of them were willing to leave from each other when they were notified that they would be receiving their training separately. Once their fight was ended by Wave, Kurome and Akame are able to reconcile now that Kurome has a chance to survive for the future. They rekindle their sisterly love for one another before Kurome leaves with Wave.

Tatsumi[]

Wave[]

They were friends to an extent, and play chess together during their free time. Though she does not talk much, Kurome is usually seen walking with Wave. Whenever Wave's attempt to comfort a teammate fails, she pats him on the shoulder. Their relationship has developed further following Kurome's assassination attempt; she confides her fear of being killed for being weak and useless to him, and thanks him for his concern. She even expresses real concern when Wave is near breaking point for the actions of Wild Hunt, and when he angered Syura. Following Wave's fight with Syura, she shows signs of romantic affection toward him tending his wounds and was very grateful for him when he protected her from Syura, who attempted to take her as his personal toy. Wave's determination to protect Kurome's life clashes with her desire to fight Akame, culminating in her kissing Wave at one point to distract him from upcoming confrontation. Wave, however, manages to prevail against the arranged fight and manages to win Kurome over, with the two properly forming a relationship and defect from the Empire together.

Run[]

Run and Kurome worked together to get revenge on Wild Hunt. They displayed great teamwork and loyalty to one another, as he is able to save her multiple times. When he was about to die, Kurome could not bear to lose her comrade, so she turned him into a puppet.

Bols[]

Kurome and Bols had a friendly relationship for being members of the same team. Both were targeted for assassination, and Bols was killed. Kurome became enraged and ordered her puppets to brutally kill Chelsea for Bols' death.

Seryu Ubiquitous[]

Whenever Seryu and Kurome were seen together, they appeared to get along just fine, fighting well alongside each other and sometimes sharing sweets. After their first meeting, Seryu even allowed Kurome to play with Koro.