Kurumi Kurume (久留米 くるみ) is a supporting character in Kakegurui Twin. She is a member of Full-Bloom, but she is often acting on her own, and she seems to anticipate a gamble between Mary Saotome and Aoi Mibuomi, although her true motives are unclear.
Appearance[]
Kurumi on the Volume 8 cover
Kurumi is clearly a gyaru with pink hair (light brown hair in one illustration) that she tied into a long ponytail using a blue scrunchy with bangs hanging on the right side, pink eyes, a beauty spot under her left eye, pink lipstick and her nails are painted blue.
Kurumi wears the regular female uniform, but with a sweater vest instead of the blazer. She also unbuttoned the top of her shirt and rolled-up sleeves. She wears light purple bracelets and frilly stockings. Over her left chest, she also has a butterfly tattoo.
Personality[]
Kurumi being cheery
Kurumi usually appears as a very cheery and upbeat girl who is full of energy and very confident. She also acts somewhat seductive and flirtatious at times, since she is aware of her attractive looks.
But beneath her quirky attitude, she has also been shown to be very cunning and manipulative. She quickly resorts to giving others money, if they agree to put themselves in risky situations, which she seems to enjoy. Kurumi is also a good gambler. She appears to be extremely intrigued by Mary Saotome's intelligence and skills and wants to assist to her matches. She claims not to care if Mary joins Full-Bloom or not.
It can also be seen by looking in the background of panels with Kurumi that she appears to be mimicking how the people around her stand and talk. This can be seen during the first literary club meeting with Kurumi, where she is copying how Yukimi sits and changes how she sits every time Yukimi moves so that they are matching, during the end of volume bonus in volume 8, where she is shown to be copying how Mary is standing and her mannerisms when talking to Nadeshiko Rurichou, and throughout the other gambles where members of the literary club are present, often mimicking how either Tsuzura or Yukimi are standing or sitting.
Kakegurui Twin[]
Kurumi's flirty behavior during the Couple game
Kurumi is first seen at the couple gambling game arranged by Sachiko Juraku. In the first round, she wants to make her confession to Haruto Kibashira, who accepts it. When the others want to leave, suspecting the boys are cheating, Kurumi happily lends them money. But she only will do so if they risk having to spend a night with one of the boys. The other girls accept and Kurumi interestingly follows the rest of the game.
Kurumi suggesting Sachiko's cheating
Since she finds Mary Saotome and her friends interesting, she later appears at Mary's gambling den while she is playing Doubt Poker against Sachiko. Because Mary has no more money, Kurumi lets her borrow some of hers, saying that thanks to her, she has gained quite a lot at the Coupling Party. Thus, Mary bets five million yen and keeps playing. Kurumi suggests that Sachiko may be cheating and Mary tries to find out how; however, Sachiko denies the use of any trick. Mary is eventually defeated, much to her humiliation. Kurumi can't lend her more money and Sachiko reveals that she was actually sent by Aoi Mibuomi to make Mary join Full-Bloom. Mary is suddenly forced to choose between becoming Sachiko's pet or joining Aoi's group that she despises.
Kurumi trying to convince Mary to let her join the club
Luckily, Mary is able to get away from this choice by winning with the help of Mikura at the Ougatou twins' gambling den. Kurumi shows up again, congratulating her for her success. Mary doesn't want to have any debt with her and tries to give her five million yen back, but she tells her that without that sum Mary and her friends would quickly become housepets. Kurumi agrees to forget about Mary's debt if they let her join the Literature Club. She explains that she is very interested in seeing Mary's abilities more, adding that she wants to see her reactions in every situation. They eventually agree, although Mary is quite irritated. Yukimi Togakushi and Tsuzura Hanatemari quickly take a liking to her and Kurumi has some good ideas to bring in more money.
Kurumi dragging Mary with her
Together, they come up with a plan to gain a lot of money at the cultural festival. While Yukimi and Tsuzura run their own gambling den, Mary will challenge other dens on her own. Kurumi quickly joins her. During the school festival, she walks around with Mary and is excited to show her something. Mary still doesn't fully trust her, but Kurumi drags Mary with her. They almost run into Ririka Momobami. Kurumi then brings Mary to Nadeshiko Rurichou (a friend of Kurimi) where they then gamble against her. When Mary wants to leave, Kurumi reminds Nadeshiko of all the things she could win, so they both plead for Mary to stay. After that game, Kurumi observes Nagi Kamishimo and Mary's game. When that was finished, she talked to Sachiko about how everything is going to start now, meaning Full-Bloom finally makes its big move.
Episodes[]
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List of Gambles[]
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Etymology[]
- The name Kurumi is written in hiragana (くるみ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (胡桃), it could possibly mean "walnut".
- Kurumi's surname Kurume means "long time" (久) (ku), "detain, fasten, halt, stop, stay" (留) (ru) and "rice, paddy" (米) (me).