Moroha Kurogane

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| **Moroha Kurogane** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 鉄 諸羽   (Kurogane Moroha) |
| Age: | unknown |
| Gender: | Female |
| Relatives: | [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane") (father)   [Michiko Kurogane](/wiki/Michiko_Kurogane "Michiko Kurogane") (mother)   [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") (older brother) |
| Occupation: | Middle school student   Kendoka |
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| First appearance: | [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") Manga: [Chapter 237](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_23#True_Samurai "Yaiba Volume 23")   Manga: [File 1005](/wiki/Volume_95#Crimson_School_Trip_Case "Volume 95")   Anime: [Episode 928](/wiki/The_Scarlet_School_Trip "The Scarlet School Trip") |
| Appearances: | Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane_Appearances "Moroha Kurogane Appearances")   Detective Conan Manga: (/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane_Appearances "Moroha Kurogane Appearances")   Detective Conan Anime: (/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane_Appearances "Moroha Kurogane Appearances") |
**Moroha Kurogane (鉄 諸羽 ,*Kurogane Moroha*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is a supporting character in [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s third manga series *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*. She's the younger sister of protagonist [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") and briefly appears in *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* too as the love interest of [Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita").
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [2.1 Yaiba](#Yaiba)
- [2.1.1 Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: 237-254)](#Nobunaga_Oda_Tournament_Arc_.28Yaiba_Manga:_237-254.29)
- [2.1.2 Epilogue (Yaiba Manga: 255)](#Epilogue_.28Yaiba_Manga:_255.29)
+ [2.2 Detective Conan](#Detective_Conan)
- [2.2.1 Crimson School Trip (Manga: 1000-1005, Anime: 928)](#Crimson_School_Trip_.28Manga:_1000-1005.2C_Anime:_928.29)
* [3 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [4 References](#References)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Moroha Kurogane is [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")'s younger and extremely wealthy sister, who was raised by her mother [Michiko Kurogane](/wiki/Michiko_Kurogane "Michiko Kurogane") to look at her father [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane") as an imposter who killed her "true father" and whose place this "imposter" has taken.[](#cite_note-1) She sometimes also seems a bit quick-tempered and a skilled kendo fighter like her brother.
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Yaiba[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Yaiba")]
#### Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: [237-254](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_23 "Yaiba Volume 23"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: 237-254)")]
During her debut, she appears to be a mysterious girl who shows great interest in Yaiba and invites him to her large mansion. [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") and [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto") unsolicitedly follow her, as the former mistakenly thinks Moroha is Yaiba's crush, which makes her jealous, although Musashi notes that there is a similarity between the two. It then quickly turns out that she actually is his sister and the mansion the home of the [Kurogane family](/wiki/Kurogane_family "Kurogane family").
She is also present at the "Nobunaga Oda Tournament", which is organized by multi-billionaire Gakuso Shirogane and where Yaiba encounters [Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita"). According to [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), this is when he actually first developed feelings for her.[](#cite_note-2) However, Moroha only acts as a spectator and the misunderstanding with her father clears up during the finale.
#### Epilogue (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24#Are_You_Coming.3F "Yaiba Volume 24"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Epilogue (Yaiba Manga: 255)")]
In the epilogue, which takes place three years after the events of the rest of the manga, Moroha covers her father while he is stealing food from the Kurogane mansion, while his wife Michiko orders her servants to look for him. Moroha just smilingly gazes after him while he escapes.
### Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Detective Conan")]
#### Crimson School Trip (Manga: [1000-1005](/wiki/Volume_95#Crimson_School_Trip_Case "Volume 95"), Anime: (/wiki/The_Scarlet_School_Trip "The Scarlet School Trip"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Crimson School Trip (Manga: 1000-1005, Anime: 928)")]
Okita telling Ran about his rival Yaiba and his sister Moroha.
At the end of the school trip to Kyoto, [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") clears up the misunderstanding about Soshi Okita: her [father](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") had found his lost talisman and thought that it belonged to Ran. To his own surprise, however, he found a photo of Moroha Kurogane in it. Okita then revealed he's indeed in love with Moroha, but has to defeat his "[greatest rival](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")" in a kendo duel before he can confess to her. He also asked of Ran not to tell [Momiji Ooka](/wiki/Momiji_Ooka "Momiji Ooka") anything about this.
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Moroha_Kurogane&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Similar to Soshi Okita, Moroha did not appear in the anime *Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA* because the last story arc from the manga was never animated. This makes the photo and her mention in The Scarlet School Trip her very first "animated" appearance.
* The idea that Okita and Moroha could be a couple has been popular one among Japanese fans since the end of the *Yaiba* manga. [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") canonized this relationship in *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*, showing that Okita is indeed in love with Moroha. In *Yaiba*, however, there was no romantic development between the two.