Sofie Ranami

Sofie Ranami (*Ranami Sofī, ラナミソフィー*) is a 2cd Lieutenant in the Japanese Imperial Demon Army, and a member of Guren Squad. She is highly respected for her skill and abilities in the Moon Demon Company. Her Cursed Gear is a Black Demon, Hanai-yo Shin'ni - dual daggers.

She is in love with Mikaela Hyakuya.

She is known to bear the "Princess of the Seraphs" gene, said to have originally come from her mother.

### Appearance

#### Human

Sofie is a slim young girl with natural flexibility. She has short, purple hair with light turquoise highlights, and multiple bangs fall over her forehead. She also has large green eyes like Yuichiro's. She usually is seen wearing the standard JIDA uniform which consists of a long-sleeved black coat with two rows of gold buttons on the front and light green details including on the shoulder epaulettes, which has a fourragère passing under and around her right side. Along with that, she wears a pair of white gloves and a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. She also wears the standard black skirt and knee-high black boots. She sometimes wears black thigh-high socks as well as wears the black cape. She wears black belts around her thighs which hold her Cursed Gear daggers, and are hidden under her skirt.

Occasionally she wears other outfits, but her main casual attire is a long-sleeved navy blue blouse, a blue and green checkered skirt, white knee-length socks and silver ankle boots.

#### Demon

When she allows her demon to possess her, Sofie's eyes become scarlet red, and usually that is all there is to be seen. However she can also sprout two black horns from her head and her teeth become pointed.

#### Princess of the Seraphs

Sofie has a single pair of angel wings that are both black and white. Both of her sclerae are dark with gold irises and she is also seen wearing a pure white sleeveless dress, with long white arm sleeves that hang over her wrists, plated with gold braces at her upper arms. She also carries a long sword with a gold hilt and the blade with edged with gold and silver.

### Personality

Sofie is usually a calm and collected girl who is often quiet and keeps to herself, and is often polite to her superiors. She is very intelligent and loves to read and study on her own. She also tends to open up to Yuichiro, Guren and others who are deemed closest to her. She even confides in her demon from time to time. She is also kind-hearted and encouraging, two well-known traits that developed from childhood. She is also one to easily get upset, especially at the loss of a comrade. Despite knowing the way war goes, she still bears guilty burdens for being unable to protect those who die under her watch. This is due to the tragedy from her past when her father was killed by vampires.

Before the apocalypse, Sofie was a bubbly, passionate and curious little girl who was willing to help others without expecting anything back. She was always close to her father and comforted him whenever the death of her mother overwhelmed him. Regardless of what happened, she always trusted him. She was also quite smart for her age when it came to her education, always being independent and top of her class. At the time of the apocalypse, her father miraculously survived the virus, however, a few weeks later, vampires invaded her home. When the vampires found them in their basement, her father tried to protect her, and ended up being killed. Sofie was able to escape, but the whole experience was rather traumatizing for her, and emotionally changed her completely.

A few months after the tragedy, when she was first found by Guren, she was frightened because she did not recognize him and at first, she refused to let Guren even touch her. This behavior was a result of her trauma. But after continuous encouragement, she finally trusted Guren and allowed him to rescue her. Initially after being taken in, she was rather shy and it was slightly difficult to come out of her shell.

After at least a year, Sofie grew closer to Guren and his friends as he continued to raise her, and gradually became herself again little by little. Thanks to what she was taught over time, her intelligence developed rather well, gaining specialized knowledge in vampire biology, curses, spells and demons. At twelve years old, she met Yuichiro after Guren took him in, and she was rather kind towards him. She even got him to open up about his past after revealing her own, and gradually helped him recover from his loss. Since then, she and Yu have shared a bond similar to one shared between siblings, and Sofie was played the role of the sensitive yet kind-hearted and encouraging younger sister for Yu. She even freely gave him tips on how to use Cursed Gear. She is also quite caring towards Yu, even willingly using her healing abilities on him whenever he was injured.

She also seems to show devotion to Mikaela Hyakuya, who saved her life when she was fourteen. She had thought of him since, and is always willing to protect him despite knowing the possible dangers of being with him given that he is a vampire.

Sofie also appears to be quite fearless, as she bested a Myo-o rank demon at just eleven years old, and at fourteen she confidently asked Hanai-yo Shin'ni to reveal his true form to her during the contract ceremony. She does not fear giving her honest opinions either, especially when she is around Kureto Hiragi, and is willing to throw her life on the line for the sake of those she cares about, especially Mika.

Her courage and head-strong attitude, along with her fighting skills and role in Guren Squad, have earned her a deep respect in the Moon Demon Company and even found her favour in the eyes of the Hiragi family.

### Equipment

#### Cursed Gear

These weapons are capable of increasing a person's strength by seven times.

**Hanai-yo Shin'ni** (はない よしんい *Hanai yoshinni -* lit. "there is no good"): Hanai-y o Shin'ni is a possession demon weapon of the Black Demon Series, where he takes the form of two daggers which are black with green edges. Sofie can call upon Hanai-yo to fully use its power to attack opponents. Despite being a possession-type, Sofie can use special abilities with Hanai-yo's power.

* **Enchanted Demon Chain Reaction -** Sofie attaches an enchantment ward to the back of her hand and summons chains from her Cursed Gear. Hanai-yo multiplies the ward on Sofie's hand and sticks them on the chains which bind the opponent. Once the enchantment is activated, the wards on the chains will activate automatically, causing a chain-reaction like effect.

* **Ghost Shadow Illusion -** Hanai-yo has an ability to replicate illusions of objects and people, which look much like afterimages. Sofie can use this ability to create illusions of herself and her weapons. If another person physically holds on to Sofie, they too will be part of the illusion. This ability granted Sofie the nickname "Ghost".

### Trivia

* If separated, Sofie's last name, Ranami, can be make up the Japanese words "Ran" (meaning "colunm"), "Ra" (meaning "and others") and "nami" (meaning "wave")
* The first two letters in Sofie's name, "so" come from the word "sosen", which is Japanese for "ancestor".
* The name of Sofie's father, "Seji", means "flattery".
* Sofie is actually a Swedish name.
* When she was seven, Sofie used to have a dog named Kobi.