Kirika Kure

* Casual
* Magical girl

**Kirika Kure** is one of the character for Persona Record Series. She is Oriko's loyal servant, Kirika is a dangerous Magical Girl who doesn't hesitate when acting for her queen, no matter how immoral the deed. She is known as the "Dark Magical Girl" but her mind is pure like a child's. She even has a sweet tooth like one.

## Background

Kirika's home-life is unknown. Her mother appears to be alive.

Kirika used to be a happy, cheerful girl. She had a best friend, Erika Mamiya, and the two were as close as sisters. However, Erika's parents got a divorce and so she and her mother were to move away from Mitakihara Town. Kirika went to buy her a toy as a gift, but along the way to deliver it, she caught Erika shoplifting from a book store. Erika then gave Kirika the bag and ran off, leaving Kirika to be framed for the shoplifting. After Erika and her mother then moved away without saying a word, Kirika became distant and antisocial, avoiding others, with others drifting away from her in return.

During her years at Mitakihara Middle School, Kirika had an accident at a shopping mall where she dropped all her things, and went to pick them up while others in the line complained and told her to hurry up. Oriko then appeared, helping Kirika by picking up all of her things for her, and left almost as quickly as she appeared. Kirika, however, was awed by Oriko, and so tried to meet her again, but became disheartened, as Oriko surely would not remember "someone like [Kirika]". This led Kirika to make her wish: to change into a different her, so she could befriend Oriko.

## Appearance

Kirika has a short dark hair and had purple eyes.

### Casual Wear

She wears a white uniform shirt with black tie, a red skirt, a mismatch thigh-high socks and dark shoes.

### Magical girl

Her magical attire consists of a black cropped jacket with tailcoats over a white Victorian dress shirt with a red necktie, black office skirt, white thigh-high socks, black shoes and a black eye patch. Her soul gem is a yellow diamond attached to her waist belt on her back.

## Personality

Kirika is a rather eccentric, rash girl who is incredibly dedicated to her best friend, Oriko Mikuni. When it comes to Oriko, Kirika is willing to do anything she asks of, even killing magical girls, or becoming a witch to help her gain an edge in battle. Kirika is entirely dedicated to Oriko, as well as protective; even so, she is kind to Oriko, and often acts similar to a puppy dog in Oriko's presence.

To people other than Oriko, Kirika tends to be quieter and even moody. She also has bouts of childishness, such as commenting on how hungry and bored she is when in the middle of fighting with Mami Tomoe. Kirika is also somewhat unstable at times, occasionally laughing madly.

Kirika is also very touchy and serious on the subject of love, claiming that people who use terms like "crush" don't understand what "true" love is. Kirika also hates being called a child, unless the person in question is her dear Oriko.

In the past, before she met Oriko, Kirika was antisocial and quiet, even timid. She looked down on others as a way of making her feel better about herself. Kirika, however, was awed by Oriko when the girl helped her once. Kirika then became attached to Oriko, wanting to get to know her, but was afraid that Oriko wouldn't remember her, since no one would remember "someone like [Kirika]". So Kirika made her wish to "become a different [Kirika]", leading to her gaining her current personality.

In Persona Record fics, Kirika decided to fight to help the Persona-Users their best.

## Abilities

Kirika's weapons are long, curved claws worn on her wrists and hands. There are three blades on each hand usually, though she can manifest more and have five on each hand. With these, she is able to slice open her opponents with separate cuts, as well as tear apart restraining magic like Mami's ribbons.

She also has the ability to slow her enemies down, giving the illusion of her having exceptional acrobatic agility and speed. Kirika's ability can also be used on herself, as she shows when she slows down her own transformation into a witch. It's notable that when she first met Oriko she was gathering her fallen belongings while being told by bystanders to *"hurry up"*; it's possible her powers were derived from this event, as she wished to change her personality in order to befriend Oriko.

She has named two of her attacks. "Stepping Fang" is an attack in which Kirika releases her claws and throws them, in order to hit targets she cannot reach herself in time. "Vampire Fang" is a powered-up version of her normal attack, able to split a witch in half with one hit.

## Doppel Description

"The master of this emotion has vowed absolute loyalty to her savior. It penetrates enemy and master alike with sharp needles, sewing the fate of all things tight. This act represents its extreme devotion, such that it offers up everything, including its life to its benefactor, while symbolizing the perilousness of its dependence upon the other, which it cannot maintain its identity without. The sharper the needles are, the more the stitches there are, and the harder it becomes to extricate oneself from it. However, this merely serves as an expression of the master's desire."

## Relationship

### Oriko Mikuni

Kirika's best friend. Kirika loves Oriko so much that she obeys every order from her because she believes everything she does is because of her love for Oriko. Even if Oriko is in danger, she is always ready to fight and protect her.

### Phantom Thieves of Hearts

Kirika joins them with a fight to defeat Walpurgisnacht and save Iroha Tamaki from being kidnapped by the three magical girl sisters and Sasa Yuuki.

## Trivia

* Kirika and Oriko are exactly 121 days and 3 hours apart in age. Kirika is the younger of the two.
* Her gorging on sugar may be due to her power (slowing things down and speeding them up) which would mess up her metabolism.
* Latria is a Latin word that means "adoration". The word has religious significance.
* Latria may be a reference to the Grim Reaper due to how she composes of multiple bodies and due to the scythes on her arms. The multiple torsos are significant due to how the Grim Reaper is said to harvest souls at the time of a death.
	+ Also Latria's eye in her hat may be a reference to the infamous 'evil eye' who is said to have been a glare that witches would have used to curse people.
* Her first name is written in katakana and has no particular meaning. When written in kanji, it can be read many different ways, ex. "fog fire" or "fog perfume".
* Her last name is written with kanji meaning "give" or "do something for", referring to her devotion to Oriko and willingness to follow her commands.

## Gallery

Young KirikaMitakihara Middle School UniformOriko and KirikaCasual WearMagical girl formKirika's Doppel (Latria)