Kurumi Ebisuzawa

is one of the main protagonists of the 2012 manga series School-Live and the 2015 anime adaptation of the same name.
She is one of the former members of the School Life Club and a former student in Megurigaoka Private High School, who served as the main strategist of the club, often dealing with the zombies through her shovel that she aptly named as "Shovel-kun".
Along with others in the ruined city, Kurumi is one of the survivors of the Omega virus outbreak, which was caused by the pharmaceutical giant Randall Corporation, and was turned into one after a zombified Megumi Sakura bit her, slowly causing her to be a zombie and losing what left of her humanity.
Prior to the events of the series, Kurumi was a member of the Track and Field Club in Megurigaoka and had a crush on her senior, but had to unfortunately kill him with a shovel when he was infected during the start of the outbreak.
After turning out that she was the only cure for the Omega virus, Kurumi was sought out by both Shiiko Aosoi and Randall Corporation to reverse the outbreak, but the effects of her zombification were slowly manifesting into her, breaking her both physically and mentally in a gradual but alarming pace.
After Yuki Takeya convinced Randall not to unleash a nuclear bombing in the infected city and instead cure its citizens from the virus from the water source in the campus's water tank, Kurumi was later cured of the virus, albeit the lasting effects of the infection caused the loss of her mobility, resulting in her to be put into a wheelchair due to paraplegia. Three years later, after the events of the series, Kurumi is now a university student, who is last seen studying as a doctor at Saint Isidore.
Kurumi is voiced by in Japanese, who voiced Chiyo Sakura from Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun and Papi from Monster Musume. She is voiced by in English, who voiced other characters including Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, Chiyo Sakura from Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun (which happens to be another of her shared roles with Ozawa), and Sonata Shinonome from AKB0048.
==Appearance==
===Teen===
Kurumi is a fair-skinned teenage girl with straight hip-length dark purple hair wrapped in a twin-tail with violet ribbons on each side (she also wears her hair loose and it reaches her waist). Kurumi has magenta-colored eyes and wears her twin tails in low buns while in fighting circumstances (violet eyes in the anime).
Her school uniform consists of a short-sleeved white blouse (that she occasionally wears with a purple cardigan), a green necktie with a red ribbon hanging from it, and a green skirt with yellow buttons on the region surrounding her tummy. Kurumi completes the appearance with black stockings and white shoes with a green tip.
She wears black and white striped armwarmers and green kneepads with enormous silver plates on them, albeit these are not part of the uniform. Furthermore, she is frequently (if not always) seen with her shovel at her side. Yuki refers to her weapon as "Shovel-kun" as a result of this.
===Adult===
Kurumi is now seen wearing glasses, and has a shoulder-length hair. She is later seen sitting on a wheelchair, due to the damage it caused to her lower half from the virus.
==Personality==
Kurumi is the most physically capable member of the School Life Club and is always willing to provide a hand. Despite her innocent appearance, she is the Club's most powerful member, having slain several zombies without a scratch, which is why she is frequently dispatched on more perilous missions. Kurumi dislikes zombie hunting, despite how adept she is at it, and her response speed diminishes as a result. She is prone to react on her emotions and exhibits real empathy and sympathy.
Kurumi pauses before an easy kill because she notices the zombie's phone, which has a photo of a girl and her upperclassman on it, demonstrating that she will refuse to murder a zombie if it is reminded of its former humanity. She feels bad after fending off the zombies, and she's had trauma and dreams about it, particularly on the day she murdered her favourite senpai. When she's worried, she's shown tending to her shovel, and she even sleeps with it at her side.
Kurumi is a vivacious, combative, and upbeat young lady. She has also demonstrated to be a highly dedicated and industrious individual, particularly when it comes to activities that demand physical exertion. Despite her strong sense of duty, she likes playing with Yuki and occasionally taunting her. She also enjoys playing video games and was pleasantly delighted to find games and even a television at Saint Isidore University. As a result, she is sometimes perceived as innocent and cheeky.
Despite her naughty and teasing nature, she is quite warm and hospitable, since she genuinely cares for and protects her friends. She is also vivacious, determined, and forthright, and she is self-assured in her talents. Kurumi is seen as an athletic, thick-headed, reckless, and strong-willed tomboy, yet she still has feminine hobbies, such as males and the possibility of marrying one day. She becomes confused and ashamed while discussing 'girlish' topics, demonstrating that she embraces her tomboy side more freely.
Kurumi occasionally exaggerates her bravery in order to keep the group's spirits up. In the manga, she manages to return to her home, only to find it deserted, save for one gory chamber that bears indications of a battle. She pretends as if nothing occurred as she rejoins the group. She also appears to place a high value on human life, lamenting the fact that Radio DJ died before she could save her.
While residing at the school, she looks after Yuki and is supportive of Yuuri and Miki, remaining amazingly calm in stressful times. She normally takes care of the zombies personally because she doesn't want to endanger her friends. While in zombie-infested places, she typically maintains a calm demeanour and acts as a leader to those that follow her. Kurumi, on the other hand, may be impetuous and aggressive when the situation is personal, as she demonstrated when she snapped at Miki after discovering the Emergency Response Manual.
Despite her kind nature, she takes advantage of zombies' indifference to her. She even ordered the zombies to murder Takashige since he had hit and attempted to kill her despite vocal warnings and Kurumi's withdrawal, yet she also did so because she didn't want him to inform anybody about her health. Kurumi, on the other hand, was observed crying and feeling immensely horrible about it, suggesting that she would never wish to harm someone else.
Kurumi had been scared and confused about herself since since she was "cured". She, on the other hand, maintains a cheerful mood in the company of others. Kurumi gradually isolates herself from everyone as her zombification progresses and the idea that she murdered Takashige in self-defense overwhelms her to the point that she walks off on her own, aimlessly walking amid the zombie horde waiting for her inevitable fate. Yuki, on the other hand, finds her and snaps her out of it.
In the finale, Kurumi has seemingly forego her old personality.
==Abilities==
Kurumi is the team's "strategist," as she has exceptional zombie-defeating powers. That is, either she will flee past them or she will kill them with her shovel. Kurumi is very quick, has tremendous stamina, and is physically proficient, according to Yuuri Wakasa, who used to be in the Track and Field club. She is the only character in the series (apart from Sino Uhura) who has wiped off more than one zombie. Kurumi is used to defeating zombies because she is the one who does it most of the time, thus she doesn't look terrified or bad about it anymore, even though she feels guilty and has dreams about it.
Kurumi is composed, astute, and intellectual, especially when it comes to combat. She also devises strategies and employs a unique approach to combat the undead.
Kurumi is the most powerful of the School Living Club members. She can effortlessly swing her shovel and appears to be adept at managing it, despite Miki Naoki's assertion that the shovel is heavy. She also shown quick reactions when she shielded Yuuri and Ruu Wakasa from Renya Kougami's swift crossbow strike by tossing her shovel and stopping the attack.
Kurumi has lost her capacity to feel pain from any kind of harm long after her illness. The zombies will ignore her due to her sickness as long as she does not make a loud noise. This can be advantageous in a variety of situations, but it is harmful to her mentally since it serves as a continual reminder of who she is becoming.
Kurumi is later shown to be infected with a mutant strain of the virus as a result of her therapy. As a result, Shiiko Aosoi and Randall Corporation both see her as a key to developing a cure. Her sickness, on the other hand, is causing her body to deteriorate, which later was shown in Chapter 78 after she was finally cured of the virus in the manga's Chapter 77, when she was unable to walk and had to be in a wheelchair.
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