Kurona

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**Kurona** (くろな) is a mischievous demon girl who is a third year student at the Demon Academy, and is an antagonist in *Gal\*Gun: Double Peace* and *Gal\*Gun 2*. She causes trouble in the human world in order to pass her exams. Kurona tries to act evil and heartless, but she is actually quite cowardly and a bit of an air-head.

She is one of the main antagonists of *Gal Guardians: Demon Purge*. In addition, there seems to be a mysterious, older-looking demon whose appearance bears similarity to her...

Her ending theme is *Swirling Confusion* (ぐるぐるコンフュージョン).

## Appearance

Kurona has dark red short hair, red eyes, yellow curved horns, and a black pointed tail and wings. She wears a frilled black collar, along with a pink-eyed skull necklace on her neck.

In her *Double Peace* appearance, Kurona sports a black, frilly summer Demon Academy uniform, with a long black socks, cut-off black sleeves, and red boots. She is often seen with her signature Demon Spear, which is a trident with gold points attached to a red staff.

In her appearances for *Gal\*Gun 2* onwards, she wears a new outfit that is exposed down the middle and shorter black socks.

### Gallery

*Main article: Kurona/Gallery*

*Double Peace* appearance*Gal\*Gun 2* appearance
## Abilities

Kurona is capable of flight, and wields her signature Demon Spear, which causes those stabbed by it to bully their love interest, or bends the victim to Kurona's will. She is also capable of summoning powerful demons that follow her bidding, such as Mr. Veggie Demon. In *Gal Gun 2*, she can also summon mini demon versions of herself, which can apply the effects of the Demon Spear to anyone they attach to. She can also fire powerful dark energy from her Spear. However, if her Demon Spear has gathered too much dark energy from excessive mischief, it is capable of corrupting Kurona herself and driving her into a berserk state.

In *Gal Guardians*, she has become even more powerful, capable of summoning a miniature castle to accompany her throne.

## Story

*Heads up, human!
**This section spoils the HELL out of games in the*** **Gal\*Gun *series.*** *Don't say I didn't warn ya!*

### Gal\*Gun: Double Peace

Due to her preparation to ambush Houdai with her Demon Spear, Kurona's presence is indirectly responsible for Ekoro's rushed and subsequently backfired attempt to increase Houdai's chances at love. Later, she is chased by the Kamizono sisters in front of the Academy, and escapes due to Houdai bumping into them.

In all routes, Kurona is trying to pass her make-up exam from Demon Academy, which requires filling up a stamp card. Whenever she causes mischief or pranks, the stamp card fills up with aptly named "Mischief Markers", and she will not give up until her stamp card is complete. Her most common trick is demonic possession via her Demon Spear, which corrupts the love of the affected into wanting to punish the target of their affection. Kurona's subsequent role in the story is route dependent.

#### Shinobu Route

In Shinobu's route, she causes plenty of trouble for Shinobu, who is relentless in pursuing her. In the gym closet, she escapes Shinobu's attempt to ambush her, which results in a rather embarrassing predicament for the demon hunter.

Later, she ambushes Shinobu in the school's changing room with her demon spear. Because she was not wearing her enchanted bells, Shinobu falls under her influence and Kurona manages to escape, leaving Houdai to deal with the corrupted Shinobu.

Her final encounter with Shinobu occurs in the caves under the school, where the demon hunter is captured by Mr. Demon Veggie. Once defeated, Kurona's arrogant facade breaks and she begs for forgiveness, saying that she only performed her bad deeds to pass her exams. She is banished back to hell by Shinobu in retaliation to the mischief and humiliation she has caused.

#### Maya Route

Kurona and Mr. Demon Balloon fight Shinobu on the school roof, and the duo easily defeats Shinobu by the time Maya, Houdai, and Ekoro arrive. Kurona briefly panics at Maya's rage, but Mr. Demon Balloon easily captures and swallows her whole. However, Houdai and Ekoro manage to defeat the demon girl's familiar and free Maya. Kurona is harshly scolded by Maya, who is enraged to the point where even Houdai and Shinobu cannnot get a word in. Eventually, she gets dragged away by Maya while Houdai and Shinobu are distracted.

Despite humiliating Maya and endangering Shinobu with her antics, Maya helps Kurona fill out her stamp sheet by baiting Houdai into a booby trap. This trap resulted in a series of harmless pranks, which was enough to complete the stamp sheet. Thanks to Maya's help, she'll be able to complete her make-up lesson and avoid a scolding from the Demon King. The two form an unlikely friendship, and thus Kurona promises to only cause "a little trouble" for the demon hunter the next time they met.

#### Sisters Route

When the Kamizono sisters follow the Kurona into the school's underground caves, they are captured by Mr. Demon Veggie. Following Mr. Demon Veggie's defeat, Kurona mourns for the loss of her loyal familiar, but is promptly banished to hell by Shinobu.

#### Angel and Demon Route

In both the Angel and Demon routes, it is revealed that Kurona had already fulfilled the stamp requirement, and was looking on the wrong side of the stamp sheet the entire time. She had been causing so much mischief that the stamps started to appear on the other side. Causing too much mischief would cause her to fail the exam, so she needs to perform good deeds to remove the extra stamps. Fortunately, due to the opposite nature of the demon spear, stabbing Houdai with the spear can neutralize the effects of his overwhelming popularity, which would qualify as a good deed.

##### Angel Route

Due to being an accomplice for Kurona's mischief, Ekoro falls ill. Kurona accompanies Houdai and Patako to the roof to help purify Ekoro. After the Ekoro boss fight, depending on the ending, she either stabs Houdai with the demon spear to neutralize the effect, or chooses not to due to feeling forgotten and ignored.

##### Demon Route

Kurona realizes that she has lost her spear, and separates from Ekoro and Houdai to search for it. When the duo find the spear in the Lost and Found, Aoi Uno notes that the shrine maiden who retrieved the spear felt a negative aura emanating from it. After being given the spear, the negative aura from the spear, caused by performing an excess of bad deeds, corrupts Kurona. The corruption creates a bloodlust against humans, and Houdai and Ekoro defeat her before she potentially goes on a rampage.

On the true ending, Kurona returns to normal, and develops feelings for Houdai even after she negates the Popul-aura. After Houdai shows some reservation to accepting her feelings, she promises to one day return to him as a demon so beautiful that he would fall in love with her.

##### Patako Route

Kurona develops an admiration for Patako, much to Ekoro's annoyance. After Houdai passes Patako's test, she uses some of her angel power to cause Kurona and Ekoro to become infatuated with Houdai.

#### Unseen Destiny

If Houdai manages to find a compatible love interest, Kurona will have captured his true love within Mr. Demon Balloon on the roof. Once defeated, she retreats. However, if Houdai is incompatible with all potential love interests, she writes a fake love letter to him as a prank. She waits for him on the roof, where she reveals the deception and leaves Houdai to despair over his lost chance at love.

### Gal\*Gun 2

In *Gal\*Gun 2*, Kurona uses her Mini-Kuronas to possess the female students in the school. Her role in the story depends on which route(s) and missions the player chooses.

##### Chiru

Kurona locks the gym storage door and traps Chiru, Risu, and the protagonist inside, and proclaims it as a classic rom-com prank. She then summons her Mini Kuronas, which target Chiru. Before she leaves, she teases the two and tells them to "have fun" while trapped.

In **Ending B**, Kurona challenges the protagonist and Risu to a rematch, and boasts that she's stronger than ever. Kurona feigns defeat, only to reveal that she had been holding back the whole time and that the duo was no match for her at all. Suddenly, Chiru appears, and using her Anti-Goddess weapon Neo Heart Blazer, defeats Kurona in a single blast.

##### Nanako

Kurona casually flies by the school window while the protagonist is in a conversation with Nanako, which prompts him to run outside the school, but she has already disappeared by the time he gets there.

When Nanako has seemingly transformed into a demon, Risu and the protagonist ask if she's heard of such a phenomena. Kurona claims that while she hadn't heard of a human transforming into a demon, she was aware of the opposite occurring and that by undergoing the "Limbo of Limbo" ritual, the transformation could be undone. This ritual turns out to be nothing more than a cheap prank by Kurona. Her personal theory about Nanako's condition is that she's likely a demon who has failed her exams, and thus had her memory wiped and was transformed into a human.

Later on, Kurona overhears Nanako's revelation that she is a half-demon, and plots to use this information to her advantage.

She corners Nanako at the school's gymnasium, and attempts to enlist her as her underling. When Nanako refuses, Kurona summons her Mini-Kuronas to assail her, but the Nameless Student interferes. Before she retreats, she insists that Nanako must attend Demon Academy.

Kurona encounters Nanako once again at the school library, and upon noticing her reading books about demons, decides to tell her about demons herself. Her overwhelming aura causes Nanako to become dazed and revert back to her demonic form even with her holy hair clips on. After the protagonist purifies the dark energy with Doki Doki Mode, Kurona reminds Nanako that if she wants to learn more about demons, she's free to talk to her at any time.

###### Ending A

Due to his status as an alumni from Demon Academy, Nanako's father tasks Kurona with delivering a package to the protagonist. She arrives at the protagonist's house before RIsu's departure and gives it to him.

###### Ending B

After being called upon, Kurona appears at the school roof and takes Nanako to Hell with her. This decision was not influenced by Kurona at all, and was done entirely out of Nanako's own free will.

After some time, Kurona is once again called upon at the school roof, but she gets confused when she realizes that Risu who shouted her name. However, it just so happened that Kurona had a message to deliver from Nanako, which she plays back using a demonic recording.

A few days later, Kurona challenges the protagonist to a rematch, and after seeming to lose, reveals that she wasn't trying at all. Signs seem to point toward her victory when suddenly Nanako intervenes. Kurona is impressed by her act of rebellion, but still believes she has the upper hand. Nanako, however, possessed power far greater than even her's, and this difference in power scares Kurona enough for her to retreat from the battle.

##### Harem Ending

More powerful than ever, Kurona prepares to fight against the protagonist and Risu, but is interrupted by the appearance of Chiru and Nanako. They have come to aid the protagonist against Kurona, but were unaware of the hero's two-timing. Kurona is unable to get a word in due to the ensuing argument, and she sheepishly leaves.

### Gal Guardians

Kurona wanders around a castle in Hell, cursing the Kamizono sisters for repeatedly foiling her pranks and having to repeat a year in the Demon Academy. A nearby door opens by itself, prompting her to look in the room. Happening upon a large mirror, she looks at her reflection, when suddenly a blinding flash of light catches her off-guard...

Sakurazaki Academy and the Demon world's dimensions fuse, turning the Academy into a demon's castle and providing Kurona with a chance for the "comeback prank of the century". Initially under the guise of Amalgabat, she encounters the Kamizono sisters once again, and after blaming them for her academic failures, she invites them to come face her at the top of the castle.

At the Castle's Peak, the Kamizono siblings find her awaiting on a throne sipping orange juice out of a wine glass. She smashes the glass and begins the battle, but is no match for the duo. Upon her defeat, Adult Kurona makes her grand appearance, chastising her younger self for her weakness. Kurona had teamed up with her future self to aid in her revenge against the siblings, who had foiled her schemes and embarrassed her countless times. Adult Kurona sends the siblings back to the castle's entrance.

Upon rematching the Kamizono sisters and losing once again, she reveals that the Dimensional Mirror only allows the Eternal Seductress, Adult Kurona, to use its magic. After facing further pressure, she confesses that the mirror also has a fetish for bunny girls.

## Profiles

### Gal Gun: Double Peace

#### Official Website Profile

A 3rd year trainee at the Demon Academy. Kurona is overflowing with unearned confidence that crumbles quickly when she's on the receiving end. She has a habit of sprinkling the word "HELL" into her speech. Kurona is a classic troublemaker who loves to play tricks and hates studying. She has been sent to the human realm to complete a practical exam.

#### PQube Website Profile

Also looking to pass her final exams is Kurona, a mischevious demon sent to make Houdai's mission as difficult as possible. In order to pass her demon training exam she needs to collect "Mischief Makers" stamps or risk flunking entirely. To help her, she's converted swarms of school girls to dish out harsh punishments on Houdai.

#### In-Game Profile

* English
* 日本語
* JP Translated

 A third year student at the Demon Academy. She's beautiful, but a bit of a weakling. She over compensates by playing tricks on people - but she gets carried away too easily.

 悪魔学校中等部の三年生。調子に乗りやすく、その反面ものすごく打たれ弱い。 苦手なものは勉強。好きな物はいたずら。
遠くない将来、傾国の誘惑者とまで呼ばれる美女悪魔として、その名をとどろかせる。

 3rd year student of a Demon Junior High school. Often gets carried away, but she's very wimpy. Bad at studying. Likes doing mischief. She will make her name famous as "The Bewitching Courtesan", in a not far future.

### Gal Gun 2

#### Official Website Profile

* JP Translated
* 日本語

 (Machine TL):
Demon Kurona

A third-year student in the middle school of Devil's Academy.

She is a dim-witted, good-natured troublemaker. She wants to leave her name in the Devil's School by pulling a big prank. She is a genius when it comes to magic, so she is not bound by the basic devil's rule of common sense.

She always adds "DEATH" at the end of phrases.

 悪魔くろな
悪魔学校中等部の三年生。

頭が悪くお調子者でトラブルメーカー。 大きなイタズラをして悪魔学校に名を遺そうと考えている。 魔力に関しては天才肌のため基本的な悪魔の一骰常識に縛られない。

語尾にDEATHをつける。

#### In-Game Profile

* English
* 日本語
* JP Translated

 A third-year student at the Demon Academy.
She's always been treated as the class dunce, but thanks to her recent supplementary lessons, she's proven herself to be among Hell's most powerful demons.

Basically, she's got talent.
Lot's of it.
But she's still kind of a wimp, and the power is getting to her head.

 悪魔学佼中等部の三年生。　長らく落ちこぼれ扱いを受けていたが、以前行った補習をきっかけに魔界でも随一の魔力を有していることが判明。
めきめきと才能を開花させつつある。その反動で調子に嬢りまくっているが、本質的にはとても打たれ弱い

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### Gal Guardians

#### Official Twitter

* JP Translated
* 日本語

 She is an apprentice demon girl who attends the middle school of the Devil's School. She is a confident, good-natured troublemaker. In the past, she has played various pranks and failed, and it seems that she has finally been sentenced to repeat a year...?

 悪魔学校中等部に通う見習い悪魔の女の子。自信家でお調子者のトラブルメーカー。過去、様々なイタズラをしては失敗し、いよいよ留年が確定してしまったようだが…？

#### Official Website

* English
* 日本語
* JP Translated

 An apprentice demon currently attending Demon Academy.
Full of confidence and easily carried away, she's well known for her trouble-making antics.

She has a turbulent history with the Kamizono sisters, who have successfully foiled each and every one of her pranks.

Learning that she will be held back a year due to these continued failures, she's in search of a means to make a comeback, which she may just have found in the form of a mysterious mirror within the Demon Academy...

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#### In-Game Profile

* English
* 日本語
* JP Translated

 A demon apprentice and middle school student at the Demon Academy. A troublemaker full of misguided pride. Confirmed to repeat a year after previous pranks were unsuccessful, but seems to have something in mind...?

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## Designer Comments

### Double Peace

* JP Translated
* 日本語

 (Disclaimer: Machine TL)
**Ito**: I envisioned her as a cute, mischievous devil, a bit childish, as if she were forcing herself to be sexy. As was the case with the previous "Gal☆Gun," the design of heroines often goes smoothly.

 **伊東**：カワイイ系のいたずら悪魔で、ちょっと無理してセクシーを出しているような、子どもらしさをイメージしています。前の『ぎゃる☆がん』の時もそうですが、メインヒロインのデザインはすんなりいくことが多いんですよね。

## Gameplay

### Gal\*Gun 2

#### Phone Number Requirement

Win the third Kurona fight in the main story.

#### Favorite Snacks

* Packy
* Golden Packy
* Gorilla Chocolate

## Boss Fights

Note: Due to the lack of official attack names for the boss fights, the names listed are conjecture (for the sake of repeated reference).

### Gal Guardians

**Note:** *Since there are no official names, the following attack names are conjecture.*

**First Phase**

The first phase requires destroying all four sections of the castle. The hard variant has higher HP per section.

     "HELL Laser"

**Second Phase**

     "Dark Shot"

## Other Appearances

### Mighty Gunvolt Burst/Gal\*Gunvolt Burst

Kurona appears as part of the Rivals DLC Character Set in Mighty Gunvolt Burst aka Gal\*Gunvolt Burst. Her unique abilities include a super gauge that allows her to pierce shields when full, hovering for a limited time, and pogo bouncing off of enemies using her Demon Spear. Additionally, she has slightly faster movement speed compared to the other characters. The plot of her campaign involves her finding a student's game, and deciding to beat the save file before the owner as a prank.

### Venus Eleven Vivid!

Kurona makes an appearance alongside Risu, Nanako and Chiru in *Venus Eleven Vivid!* as part of a collaboration.

### Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2

Kurona makes an appearance as a DLC boss in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2. This DLC released on March 24th, 2022 and at the cost of $4 USD (400 yen). She encounters series protagonist Copen after getting lost on her way to Sakurazaki Academy, and decides to fight him as a prank. The reward for her boss fight is the "Dark Power" ability, which transforms Lola into her Darkness Trigger mode and sets the BGM to "Beyond Probability" once 1000 Kudos has been reached. However, unlike its previous apppearance, Darkness Trigger is purely cosmetic.

#### Website Description:

*A demon-in-training from the world of "Gal\*Gun Double Peace" has stumbled into another dimension. She's well known as a trouble-maker who says "HELL" a lot. She was on her way to the human world for extra lessons ordered by the Demon Academy when... she accidentally found herself in the world of iX 2. Kurona loves pulling pranks, and doesn't miss the opportunity to torment Copen.*

## Musical Themes

### *Gal\*Gun: Double Peace* Themes

(C) = Composer

(A) = Arranger

### *Gal\*Gun 2* Themes

(C) = Composer

(A) = Arranger

### *Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2*

As Kurona's DLC themes in *iX 2* were not released in the *iX 2* soundtrack, listed titles and composers are based on the original in the *Gal\*Gun Double Peace* OST that they're derived from.

(C) = Composer

(A) = Arranger

## Quotes

### Gal\*Gun: Double Peace

* *"Humans...must be MASSACRED! DEATH!! DEATH!! DESTROY!!!!"* (Possessed)
* *"Obliterate...humans!! KILL THEM ALL!!!"* (Possessed)
* *"I'll never...forgive you, man!! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH!!! GENOCIDE!!!"* (Possessed)
* *"You're weird as HELL, human. I dunno why a demon hunter like you would be worried about a demon like me."* (Maya route)
* *"When girls are stabbed by the demon spear, they're affected by my dark power fooor about... a day or so."* (Maya route)

### Gal\*Gun 2

* *"Kyehehehehe! Don't even bother getting the HELL up. The dirt's the perfect place for a cheru-bimbo like you!"*
* *"Hurry the HELL up and answer!"*
* *"Death and Death-truction!"* (Attacking)
* *"Get the HELL down!"* (Tackle)
* *"HELL, this is just a prank, okay...?"* (About to kiss)
* *"Kneel the HELL before me!"* (Push)
* *"My feet feel HELLA good, don't they?!"* (About to grind/stomp)

## Trivia

* Kurona tends to say "HELL" in most of her sentences. In Japanese, she ends her sentences with "DEATH" (written in English in lieu of "です" (desu)).
	+ In Gal\*Gun 2, the request text for one of the Kurona boss fight missions says "Heaven or HELL! Let's rock!" in the English version. This is a reference to Guilty Gear's starting round quote.
* Matt Papa, the localization supervisor of Inti Creates, has admitted that Kurona is his favorite Inti Creates character on multiple occasions.
* Due to her DLC appearance in Luminous Avenger iX 2, Kurona is the first Gal Gun character to have an English dub.
* Her boss fight in LAiX2 features an attack that is a reference to Mega Man's Yellow Devil boss.
* According to the *Grim Guideians: Demon Channel #6* stream, the drink prior to Kurona's boss fight in *Gal Guardians* is orange juice.

### Connections to Nori

* In *Azure Striker Gunvolt*, the flagship series of Inti Creates, Nori is all but explicitly stated to be Kurona in that series' canon.
	+ The Japanese version of Kurona's *Double Peace* profile mentions that in the near future, she becomes known as the "Bewitching Courtesan" (傾国の誘惑者 *Keikoku no Yuuwakusha).* In the Japanese version of *Azure Striker Gunvolt 2's* secret ending, Xiao Wu refers to Nori's past as the "Bewitching Courtesan" (傾国の誘惑者 *Keikoku no Yuuwakusha),* and implies that "Nori" is merely an alias*.*
		- Kurona and Nori/Nowa as names are based on the words for "black" in Japanese and French respectively.
		- Although Adult Kurona is a separate entity from Nori, they share the same nickname in Japanese. Additionally, *Gal Guardians* gives the first official localization of the term: "The Eternal Seductress."
	+ In the *Clockwork Daydream* drama CD, Nori disguises as a "magical girl". This girl shares Kurona's voice actor, and during her appearance, a remix of Kurona's theme plays in the background.
		- This magical girl also claims to be good friends with the Kamizono family head, who is Copen and Mytyl Kamizono's aunt. Interestingly, the only Kamizono Kurona befriends on-screen is Maya Kamizono during the Maya route. This may indicate that the Gunvolt series follows that route.
	+ Nori shows an odd weakness to good luck charms, to the point where being near one causes her to feel unwell and stagger.
	+ In an optional conversation in *Gunvolt 2*, among the magazines Nori gives to Mytyl for reading is a magazine that supposedly teaches dark magic. In another conversation, she mentions having been a troublemaker in the past.
	+ In another optional conversation, Copen notes that Nori seems to not have aged as long as he's known her. Additionally, her age is a very sensitive topic.
		- In *Grim Guardians*, Adult Kurona claims to have lived from several centuries to a millennia. While this version of Kurona is a separate entity from Nori, this likely means that Kurona does not age like a regular human would.
	+ In the drama CD adaptation of "Copen's Story", Nori uses a technique called "Stupid Angel Initiation: Maid Kick". This attack uses a sound effect from Ekoro's boss fight in Double Peace. Additionally, "stupid angel" is the nickname Kurona uses on Ekoro.
	+ Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu, after retweeting the 5th anniversary art for Gal Gun: Double Peace, commented on it featuring the *"Mother and maid in their younger days."*

## Videos

* LAiX2 DLC (JP)
* LAiX2 DLC (EN)

## References

1. ↑ https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/107/1107677/
2. ↑ https://www.nikkan.co.jp/releases/view/41356 Venus Eleven Vivid! x Gal\*Gun 2 collaboration
3. ↑ https://ricedigital.co.uk/galgun-10th-birthday-matt-papa-interview/
4. ↑ http://gunvolt.com/en/X2/product/product02.html
5. ↑ https://azurestrikergunvolt.fandom.com/wiki/Azure\_Striker\_Gunvolt\_2/Conversations?so=search#Nori's\_Preferences
6. ↑ https://azurestrikergunvolt.fandom.com/wiki/Azure\_Striker\_Gunvolt\_2/Conversations?so=search#Lovetap
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/galgun\_official/status/1291214190934257664
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/t\_aizu/status/1291217241048899584