Haruna Niekawa

**Haruna Niekawa** was a former Raira Academy student who transferred to another high school because of a rumor that she and Takashi Nasujima, a teacher, were dating in the light novel series, *Durarara*, and the *Wonerland* series. Haruna was revealed to be a member of the Dollars in volume ten in the light novel series.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

When Haruna is first introduced, she is shown to have long, slightly unkempt black hair that extends down to her waist. She also has a blank yet manic smile on her face, likely caused by Saika driving her insane.

In her first appearance, she wore her school uniform, which was similar in design to Raira's save for the much longer skirt and yellow tie. When she returns in volume 8, Haruna's appearance has changed significantly. Instead of her school uniform, she wears a long pink dress and a pink headband. She carries several small knives hidden under her skirt and uses a large red scythe instead of her old kitchen knife. Haruna also has several bandages wrapped around the spot on her neck where Anri cut her the first time they fought.

### Personality

It is made very clear that Haruna was driven half-mad by Saika's influence and has deluded herself into believing she has control over the demon blade, when in reality it is the other way around. Under the influence of a daughter blade of Saika, Haruna fell in "love" with her teacher, Nasujima. She was caught trying to injure Nasujima with Saika's daughter and afterward had to transfer to another high school in West Ikebukuro. As of volume 8, while she still holds an unhealthy obsession with Nasujima, her mental state seems to be more stable than it was when she was first introduced.

## Back Story

At some point before the start of the series, Haruna entered into a romantic relationship with her teacher, Takashi Nasujima. While Nasujima was merely using Haruna to extort money off of her, Haruna was genuinely in love and grew obsessed with him. Eventually, Haruna came into contact with one of Saika's daughter blades and was eventually driven half mad by its influence. This resulted in her attacking Nasujima which caused her to get transferred to a different school in West Ikebukuro. As Saika's influence grew stronger within her, Haruna eventually decided to spread Saika's "love" across the city. She also realized that Nasujima had started make advances towards Anri and, out of jealousy, has decided to kill her.

## Storyline History

### Dark Alice in a Dark Wonderland

Haruna is stalking Anri again when Fuyuko punched her in the face. It is then she starts to hear whispers about a Saika baby. This catches her attention. Haruna starts to use members of Ten no Shin'en to get to the bottom of this. However, she gets caught and dragged to their church. Chisa Kitano has her beaten severly by her flock. Haruna is then stripped naked and nailed to an iron cross. She stays defiant as gasoline she dumped on her. Chisa and Saku revealed that they are god. This scares Haruna as the cult leader throws a lit match on her body. Only then does the girl scream.

## Trivia

* The name **Haruna** means "spring" (春) (**haru**) and "apple tree" (奈) (**na**).
* Haruna's surname **Niekawa** means "offering, sacrifice" (贄) (**nie**) and "river, stream" (川) (**kawa**).

## Source

* https://durarara.fandom.com/wiki/Haruna\_Niekawa