Kure-nai
English title: Kurenai
Japanese title: 紅
Alternative titles: Crimson
Type: TV
Source: Light novel
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2008 to Jun 20, 2008
Broadcast: Fridays at 02:00 (JST)
Duration: 25 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Brain's Base
Producers: Yomiko Advertising, Pony Canyon, Half H.P Studio, Shueisha
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Themes: Childcare

Shinkurou Kurenai is a 16-year-old student by day and a dispute mediator by night. Though kind-hearted and patient, due to his tragic past, he has trained for years to live on. Now, despite his unimposing appearance, he is a strong martial artist, who also possesses a strange power.

While taking various jobs for his employer, Benika Juuzawa, one assignment leads Shinkurou to live with Murasaki Kuhouin as her bodyguard. Murasaki is the seven-year-old daughter of a plutocratic family, who escaped her home under peculiar circumstances with Benika's help. Commoner life, in her eyes, seems bizarre. However, by interacting with her neighbors, she grows more accustomed to the daily routine, and rids herself of her snobbish behavior, gradually growing attached to Shinkurou.

Though many details of the job remain unclear, Shinkurou still strives to protect the young lady. But to make things more complicated, he also lacks a crucial fact—what is the real threat against Murasaki?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]