Kurumi Manori

**Kurumi Manori** (くるみ 万法?) is one of the four main Cures in *Heartcatch 7 S!*. She is a second-year student at Mysta Academy and is in the same class as Izumi.

Manori's alter ego is **Cure Manori** (キュアマノリ?)and she represents the flower, daisy. Her catchphrase is **"Even if my heart is larger than the sea, I have reached my limit!"** (海より広いあたしの心も、ここらが我慢の限界よ！?).

## Main information

### **Debut**

RECORD
7 S Cutie Girls Squad 💗

### **Power**

Flowers
Water

### **HenshinItem**

Heart Perfume
Heart Seed

### **Weapon**

Manori Tact
Heartcatch Mirage

### **Catchphrase**

Even someone like me, with a heart wider than the ocean, is at her limit!|海より広いあたしの心も、ここらが我慢の限界よ！

## Bio

### Appearance

Casually, she wears a pale Pink frilly dress with layered skirt, beneath a Pink blouse with a yellow bow and heart design. She also wears white tube socks and light brown boots.

As **Cure Manori**, Manori's eyes and hair become sky Pink, and her hair grows longer, splitting in two sections so far down. On her head is a Pink heart with a bow and pearls to match her earrings, and she gains a dark Pink choker. Her white mini-dress has puffed sleeves and dark Pink lining, a band of Pink going down each side of the chest to accent the petals of her skirt and chest ribbon. At the center is a silver and Pink heart brooch. On each hip is a baby Pink flower. Her wrist accessories accent her skirt, and she gains Pink shoes with white buttons and a cuff held by a baby Pink flower, along with white stockings.

### Personality

Manori is a feminine young girl who loves fashion and dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Everything she loves revolves around fashion, and she has turned it into an art form capable of helping others open up and feel their best. She is able to tell their feelings or moods using the color therapy she is going throughH7S04. She is also a very fast learner and shows that when she puts her mind to things she has some skill.

Usually, she is cheery and energetic, but she has times when she can come off as selfish by acting lazy, childish, and immature. She has a short-temper and can be impatient, and she's pretty blunt and likely to be nosy when curious. This brash personality causes her to come off as abrasive towards more shy or reserved types, but at the same time she can become more mindful towards them and will always be there to comfort them should they need it. She cares deeply for her friends, even if she struggles to express it in a way that doesn't cause them further anxiety.

Despite their similarities and shared interests, Manori is very jealous of Monori and often ignores or pushes her away as her Brother attempts to help her or make suggestions. She wishes to surpass Monori someday and would rather do it on her own then ask her for help. But over time she gradually begins to open up to her sister and grows less hostile.

### Relationships

* **Hanasaki Izumi:** Manori was loud and energetic and has an interest in Izumi when she met her. She tries to follow her around and tell her about the school. Manori sometimes teases Izumi because of her shy personality. Izumi has no interest and can't stand her own pace of deciding on whatH7S01. But Izumi soon gets along with Manori and her energetic personality slowly but quickly as they go to school together, living as neighbors, working together as Pretty Cures, and later become best friends.
	+ **Parta:** Parta acts like a little brother to Manori. He is very impressed with how fast she learned to transform and attack, and the two often think alike. Sometimes he gets into fights because he thinks of her as lazy that she can't even do her homework or clean her room and Manori always ask him to do it for her.
	+ **Kurumi Monori:** Her relationship with her older Brother Monori was initially strained, as Manori used to think her Brother is much more beautiful and mature than her, making her extremely jealous. As revealed by her Heart Flower's Desertrian, she detests her because of this H7S01. As their personalities are very different, however, it is possible that Manori tries to pass her Brother her own way, instead of mimicking her, although this might also just be another way of showing her disdain. But after rescuing Monori from the hands of Kumojaki, Manori begins to understand Monori better, and the two of them start improving their relationship with each other.
		- **Tsukikage Masy:** At first, Manori found Masy unapproachable, due to Masy distancing herself from her and the other Cures. However, Masy eventually opens up to Manori and the rest, and is able to become good friends with her despite Manori's loud attitude.
		- **Myoudouin Nakiko:** She respects Nakiko as the president of the Student Council and good terms on each other. Nakiko is a kind person that she let Manori continue on the Fashion Club even though she was late and soon Manori recruited her to join the Fashion Club. Ever since Nakiko joined the club and became the third 7 S, they are good friends and great teammates.

### Etymology

**Kurumi (来海?):** *Kuru* (来?) translates to *come; coming; due; next*. *Mi* (海?) translates to *sea; ocean*, a reference to her title of Cure Marine and her water-based powers.Roughly, the two together may be translated to *the coming sea*.

**Manori (万法?):** Manori is a common female given name in Japan, written in hiragana rather than kanji. Manori is also the name of MErica genus of flowers, which includes heather.

**Cure Manori:** "Manori" refers to water, the sea, or oceanography.. This meaning is referenced in her transformation phrase, "the flower which sways by the sea". Cure Manori's first single attack, Manori Shoot, involves water, and her third includes the word "dive", which is usually associated with jumping into water. Her name is likely chosen to reflect water as something necessary for flowers to grow, a complement Cure Izumi. It also reflects her surname, which includes the kanji for "sea". In episode 3, Manori thought up the name in advance after being offered to become a Pretty Cure.

## History

### Meeting Izumi

Manori decides to become a Cure, too, and transforms into Cure Manori. H7S03

## Cure Marine

   **"Cure Manori, a single flower swaying in the sea breeze!"**潮風に揺れる一輪の花、キュアマノリ！
*Shiokaze ni yureru ichirin no hana, kyuamanori!*

**Cure Manori** (キュアマノリ?) is the Cure Manori transforms into. Her powers are like Cure Izumi's, in that she controls flowers while possessing fluid traits shared with water. Because Manori had dreams of Cure Masy's and Cure Izumi's fights, she already knew how to transform and fight, and had fantasized about her own Cure name before she is entrusted with a Heart Perfume. Unlike Izumi, she was shown to naturally adapt to her Cure self at a quicker pace. Manori transforms by saying "7 S! Open My Heart!".

#### Attacks

* Finishers
* Sub-attacks

### Transformation

First, Manori’s Heart Perfume appears. Parta creates a Heart Seed for her and she shouts, "7 S! Open My Heart!". She then sprays the perfume all around forming her dress, shoes and bracelets. Her hair then turns neon Pink and gets longer. She creates her hair ornaments and earrings with her perfume. She puts her perfume to her lower body and is encased in a little pink and white-colored bag. She spins, and lands on the ground, and then introduces herself.

## Trivia

* Her heart flower is the white cyclamen, though it can turn red if Manori experiences extreme jealousy of her older Brother, Kurumi Monori.
* Upon transforming into Cure Manori, Manori knew what name she was going to have. This is because Izumi told her about 7 S earlier, prompting Manori to start coming up with a name. This makes her the only Cure to have thought up a name prior to becoming a 7 S.
	+ 2nd in "Favorite Pretty Cure"
	+ 1st in "The Pretty Cure you want to team up with most"
	+ 7th in "The Pretty Cure you want to be most"
	+ 5th in "The Pretty Cure you want to bake with most"
* Manori is the only *Heartcatch!* Cure who did not end her Cure debut episode with her transformation sequence or her first fight did not occur in two episodes.
* Even though in episode 49 Manori claims twice that she is 14, her official profile from Toei's website states she's 13.