Yuria Niguredou

* Anime
* Manga

**Yuria Niguredou** is a main character in the Mieruko-Chan series, first appearing in Chapter Four. She is a young student that seeks to become a powerful medium.

## Appearance

Yuria is a girl with a petite, childlike build. She has medium-length blonde hair, tied up in pigtails. In the anime, she has faded pink tips. She wears her uniform with many accessories related to mushrooms or lolita fashion, and with black leggings.
Despite her appearance, she is the same age as Miko and Hana.

## Personality

According to Miko, Yuria or Julia is very pushy, fearless, and determined; having a small mischievous streak as she tried to impress Miko with her spirit sight. She is extremely devoted to her so-called master, Mitsue Takeda, having wheedled about becoming her apprentice time and time again. When the shop closed down, she irritably assumed the girls were amateurs who couldn’t understand the greatness of her master. Yuria is also a bit shy about having real friends to spend time with, sheepishly setting their group photo as her wallpaper.

## Abilities

### Spirit Sight

Like Miko and Mitsue, Yuria can see spirits, though her ability is rather weak: she can only see weak ones, and they appear translucent. However, unlike Miko, she can see auras.
When she is close to passing out, her ability strengthens and she can faintly perceive stronger spirits.

## Biography

Yuria used to constantly pester Mitsue, the fortune-telling shop owner, in order to become her apprentice. She also kept to herself before meeting Miko and Hana in high school.

## Relationships

### Miko Yotsuya

At first, Yuria thought of Miko as a rival, or an obstacle in her path to greatness. She often mistakes Miko’s denial as mockery, often getting mad when she plays dumb. After the gym equipment room ordeal, she becomes very wary of Miko, thinking she might attack for no reason, which was a misconception. Later in the series, Yuria comes to respect Miko, the two watched over Hana when she was sick and suffering a form of spiritual drainage.

### Hana Yurikawa

Hana is a friend of Yuria, who cares for her. She made sure Miko wasn’t being unreasonable towards her, saying things like “don’t bully her”. She’s constantly dragged through Yuria’s schemes to go through scary locations, but she withstands it with enough persuasion.

### Mitsue Takeda

In Yuria’s eyes, Mitsue Takeda is an all-powerful god who sees the unknown and can ward off any danger. Mitsue pushes her away, but Yuria is ever so determined, even going as far as to challenge Miko to prove herself. She thinks if she continues to train, she will eventually become strong enough to impress Mitsue.

## Trivia

* Izumi's eldest daughter finds Yuria to be one of her favorites.
* Yuria is not good at winking, and also has a hard time trying to have one eye open and one eye closed.

### Etymology

* Yuria's surname **Niguredou** means "two" (二) (**ni**), "livelihood/living/make a living, spend time" (暮) (**kure**/**gure**) and "hall" (堂) (**dou**).

## Appearances

### *Manga*

* Chapter 12
* Chapter 14 Part 1
* Chapter 14 Part 2
* Chapter 17
* Chapter 18
* Chapter 20
* Chapter 23
* Chapter 24
* Chapter 26
* Chapter 31
* Chapter 32

## References

1. ↑ comicspace interview "Mieruko-chan" author Izumi Tomoki