Shinganji Kurenai

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**Kurenai** Shinganji (心願寺 **紅**) is an independent Taimanin, she is the protagonist of Taimanin Kurenai together with her friend Ayame.

Kurenai is successor of Shinganji Gen-an and would be the head of the Shinganji family of the Fuuma clan, but was outcast for her half-vampire blood and saving of Ayame. She is the daughter of Edwin Black and Felicia's older sister.

## Personality

Despite her demonic lineage, she has an intense hatred toward demons, due to them harming her mother and grandfather in the past. Kurenai remains calm if insulted for her demonic bloodline and even stops Ayame that would get angry on her behalf. She feels guilt for her vampire blood and that she brought hardship to her grandfather and the clan. Trying to live up to the expectations of a Taimanin for justice, she still has certain childish kinks and reactions to light teasing.

Even though she thought she couldn't handle children at first, she really enjoys her work at Himawari, a children's orphanage. Kurenai can act very spontaneous and rush ahead if it is about justice, killing the fuuma clan members that assaulted Ayame as part of a punishment. Her Inner Demon form would put her in a state of bloodlust, enjoying the act of killing, but she seemed to have her alternative form under control at the end of Taimanin Kurenai.

When it comes to love or erotic things, she is very awkward and clumsy though not a stranger to these things, when other people come into it, she tends to become rather stiff.

### Relationships

 Black | Knowing that he is her father, doesn't change the fact that Kurenai hates him for what he had done with her mother. Wanting to kill him and take him down more than any other person. While Black shows less a care for Kurenai as a person or daughter and more as a woman with potential similar to his.
 Fuuma Kotaro | In Taimanin RPGX, Action Taimanin they are childhood friends connected to the Fuuma clan but since moving away from Gosha Village, are really awkward with each other. The TABA version of Kotaro was not a friend of Kurenai.

## Appearance

Kurenai is a young looking women, with blond short hair made into two short braids. She has a blond eye, a smaller to medium-sized bust and blue eyes.

She wears a blue and white battle suit.

## History

### Background

Kurenai was born, in the original timeline around the year **2048**, as the daughter of Shinganji Kaede and Edwin Black.

A member of the Shinganji clan, one of the 8 main clans that follow the Fuuma clan. Kurenai was her first child, named with the help of her uncle Shinganji Sakyo.

Her mother was one day kidnapped by Edwin Black and after experimentation/rape by that vampire, Kurenai was born in the Dark World, as a half demon. Her grandfather, Shinganji Gen-an, head of the Shinganji clan, tried to save his daughter but was only able to recover Kurenai. Suffering permanent injuries, he was never able to recover Kaeda. Her grandfather stopped being an active Taimanin and slowly faded into the background as a Shinganji clan head, instead parenting and teaching Kurenai. Developing a strong sense of justice and wish to save her mother, she was taught swordsmanship by her grandfather. Kurenai grew up in Gosha Village but suffered from discrimination because of her half vampire origin mixed with her status as an heir of the Shinganji and Fuuma clan.

Around the year **2066**, when Kurenai was older, she learned of an unjust ongoing, execution/torture, of her Fuuma clan classmate Ayame. Rushing ahead, Kurenai killed the lower ranking Fuuma clan members that had sexually assaulted Ayame for multiple days as punishment. Using her demon-looking transformation, a power she gained from her mixed blood. Technically excused for her actions, as the execution wasn't allowed, It still created more resentment. Ayame however, out of thankfulness and a feeling of responsibility, would swear her eternal allegiance and service to Kurenai, both becoming best friends afterwards.

**Originally**, this was mentioned as the reason for Kurenai, Ayame and Gen-an departure from Gosha Village, ⁣⁣ but later online games also reference "The Fuuma Revolt of Fuuma Danjo" as a motivation. The Shinganji clan did not join Danjo's side but, as part of the Fuuma clan, removed themselves from the village afterwards.

After Gen-an natural death, Kurenai was next in line as head of the Shinganji clan. Though, the combination of the actions with Ayame and her own demon blood, made her unsuitable in the eyes of the clan, and she was isolated even more. Hated by her own clan, Kurenai removed herself from that internal conflict. Instead, working more individually but remained in strong contact to the government's Section Three, which overlooked the Taimanin.

### Visual Novels

Taimanin Kurenai, now takes place two years after these events, around year **2068**. In the prologue, Kurenai interrupts the slave deals of Tendo Kazuma, the leader of the group House of Greed which has many dealings with Dragon Gate and the Chinese Union. Kazuma did not only create Body Modification for slaves and viewed himself as an artist, he also was one of the producers of "Hallelujah" a drug spread around the time in Tokyo. Destroying his self-made demonic Flesh Doll guards, Kazuma is able to slip away, even with Makishima Ayame supporting Kurenai from the distance. Having failed the mission to kill or capture Kazuma, the two Taimanin return home.
Kurenai works a day job in Himawari, a children's orphanage, it houses the victims of demon attacks and recent wars. Loved by the children, she and Ayame also use this location to make contact with Section Three. Not long after the failed mission, Tomari Reiichiro their contact informs them about the next mission in person. Tomari, was a lower ranking Fuuma clan member, which still feels resentment and dislike for Kurenai and does only poorly hide this behind snark and fake smiles. Bad-mouthing Kurenai for the mission, Ayame is almost ready to kill the man, but Kurenai halts further escalation. Viewing, her own failure on the last mission and responsibilities as important, she agrees to the next mission to take down Tendo. A mission, that Tomari has far more knowledge over and control over.

In the next days the operation begins, and Kurenai infiltrates King's Pleasure, a club in Tokyo Kingdom, to get close to Kazuma as part of the prostitute. Ayame herself, waits near one of the rooftops as cover and support. However, when Kurenai interacts with Kazuma, she is given Hallelujah and loses control of the situation quick, Kazuma revealing that he knows it is Kurenai thanks to one of his contacts. A fight begins, with Kurenai taking out more of his Flesh Dolls, but is not able to fight well in the state she is in. Ayame rushes to rescue, but before she can enter the club is knocked by Tomari from behind, that had cooperated with Kazuma in secret.
Kurenai forced to give up with, Ayame captured and her strength fading. Both women are brought to the mansion of Kazuma, also called "House of Greed", located in Yomihara.

In which, their bodies are changed with Heretical Acupuncture, their sensitivity is increased and a curse increasing obedience and submission is applied. While, Ayame is given to Tomari unable to speak up thanks to the curse. Kurenai remains with Kazuma, for further training, as she would have great value as a half vampire, to either research or as a slave. Kazuma plans, a large auction and party to sell Kurenai of but until then he puts her into mind breaking training and humiliation, while also eroding her mind, making him think of him as the master she can trust on. Kurenai meets another slave girl under Kazuma named Felicia, that is stated to be a noble demon but had been broken into a loyal personal slave a while ago.
Felicia, teases Kurenai often for being too shy and indecisive for a human, but seems to know more than she lets on. Felicia seems to be insane, but it is unclear if she is on Kurenai's side or plays her own game. In the Bad Endings, Kurenai's auction plays out in the form of a game, in which Youmushi bug weapons are used in the form of a "game. Ayame, which has been fully brainwashed, supports the game and takes out her own lust for Kurenai in it. Three outcomes can come from this, Kurenai is bought by Yamai Muneyoshi for his demon beast Tarou. Kurenai becomes, fully a slave to Kazuma, which keeps her ending the auction, both she and Felicia remain slaves for some time. Until Kazuma turns her into a demon breeding machine. Ayame and Kurenai can become both slaves of Tomari, which he uses for his lesser clan members, as he rises to the ranks of Section Three.

In the true ending, Ayame remained somewhat sane enough, and Felicia breaks the curse enough that she can brute force it away from herself. While Kurenai, once more, is part of the game and Kurenai follows her lust at first, she is able to break free and releases Kurenai, which is much too weak at this point. Multiple guards start to attack, and Ayame starts to bleed out from her wounds, but to give Kurenai a chance feeds her blood, which awakens Kurenai's power. Ayame, falls unconscious, while Kurenaio takes care of the guards and flesh puppets. Killing Tomari, which also gained additional Body Modification for strength by Kazuma and kills him. Kazuma himself, shocked at first, has no time to react, as he is decapitated by Felicia. Edwin Black, leader of Nomad and vampire King, arrives, and it is revealed that not only is Kurenai his daughter but also Felicia. His goal was it to awaken Kurenai's demonic side, by using Kazuma unaware pawn, as a tool to do so. Felicia was overlooking the progress, but Kurenai's awakening did not result in her becoming a full demon, and her desire to protect Ayame was considered to be still a failure.

Felicia reveals that Kurnai's mother had already been killed by herself and if she is just a human failure, she will do the same as her father commands. Both daughters, start to fight, with Edwin Black observing the combat from the distance with interest. Combining, her half demon vampire powers, with her Evil Eye, Kurenai is able to unleash powers far beyond these of Felicia and even with. Reminded back on the teachings of her grandfather, Kurenai is able to overcome the quick demonic healing and slashes Felecia in two.

Laying now dead on the ground, Black picks her up but refuses to fight Kurenai. Saying that he "wouldn't want to lose two daughters in one day" and Black disappears into mist with Felicia's body. Kurenai turns back to Ayame, which still is about to die, from blood loss. Using her own half vampire blood, Kurenai turns Ayame into a vampire, to keep her alive and both are able to escape the House of Greed afterwards.

Both Kurenai and Ayame, make a report to Section Three, which takes away some of their influence in exchange. Section 3, learning of both the deep corruption, within the Fuuma clan by people like Tomari and that the only trustful members left have, in their eyes, became demons connected to Black, they questioned Kurenai's and Ayame's loyalties. A hearing for the both of them were scheduled, possibly by Yamamoto Nobushige, in the hope they could defend themselves, but both Taimanin never showed up.

Instead, both became Rogue Taimanin, and hunted Black and Nomad, now around the dark cities without any oversight from Section Three.

As Taimanin Kurenai is a later released prequel, before Asagi was even introduced as an Igawa clan leader, many years go by until Edwin Black's death in TA3, year 2082, Kurenai and Ayame are not seen again in the Canon Universe but they are likely alive, the same way they are in TABA.

### Timeline TABA

TK events played out, like in the true ending.

As a result of the corruption, by Fuuma clan members like Tomari Reiichiro, failure to capture Tendo Kazuma and the disappearance Shiranui. The government looked deeper into the Fuuma clan, which was viewed more and more as not suitable for its task. Specially, the Igawa Elders pushed for the Igawa clan, and for a shared base of operations in the new Gosha Village. Fuuma Danjo, leader of the Fuuma clan and all sub-clans including the Shinganji clan viewed this as a form of aggression and dominance, which resulted in him starting the Fuuma Revolt as a power grab over Gosha, in the year **2068**. Kurenai and Ayame, did not answer the call and even the rest of the Shinganji clan, which was under control Shinganji Ryu and her father, did not assist Danjo which was defeated by Igawa Asagi and Koukawa Oboro and forced to flee to the UFS.

Kurenai and Ayame, continued to work as Rogue Taimanin, at times also collaborating with the UFS on minor weapon test but remained dedicated to justice and each other. When Fuuma Kotaro (TABA) formed the Fuuma Organization, in year **2082**, they did not join him.

Ayame and Kurenai, with both their vampire powers awaken now were unaging, anybody modification they suffered, have been blocked with the help of their vampire blood as well. Typically, they remained in the dark, hunting for traces of Edwin Black. Kotaro is able to use a Psycho Dive on people which interacted with Ayame and Kurenai, during TK, and recognizes Kurenai as a Fuuma clan member but does not know them personally.

In the year **2083**, Kurenai and Ayame do engage in a fight with Kotaro, but it isn't clear if she was captured or Kotaro was just able to flee from her. Multiple captured "what if" scenarios exist and some would contradict each other, but Kurenai otherwise plays little role in any of the events.

Felicia returns as well in year **2084**, healed by Fürst of Nomad, and it is not known if both meet. Felicia having been the one that almost had killed Amamiya Shisui and left her in comatose until the end of TABA but does not appear in the final confrontation, same as Kurenai.

In the year **2086**, when Fuuma Kotaro (TABA), was on a mission to save Luna. Hatsukaze, one of his minor members, had lost rock paper scissors against Minasaki and Lilim and was forced to look after Kotaro unable to change her rather silly looking bunny costume. While, in the enemy base, she ran into Ayame. Kurenai, at this point, picked up mercenary work for the UFS, to test out some weapons, together with Makishima Ayame. Kurenai and Ayame misunderstood the situation, thinking that she was part of the Rabbit Platoon and started the training with her, fighting against holograms of Fuuma Organization members. At some point, Miranda Camilo arrived, the real test partner which just had overslept. Nobody really was convinced that Hatsukaze was all that bad, even after their found out she was in fact of the Fuuma Organization. However, a small group of Oboro's men attacked the base using Cloaking technology. However, because of Hatsukaze, Yatagarasu powers she could detect any enemies and Kurenai, Miranda and Ayame defeated the attackers. As Hatsukaze used that chance to escape as well. Kurenai battled Miranda as a final weapon test and Kurenai won in a few blows, both Ayame and Kurenai later left the UFS job, feeling good and refreshed. In a minor conversation with Miranda, what Ayame's and Kurenai's relationship was as they acted close, Ayame responded saying it was "basically" as thick as blood, and was slightly suggestive in her responds, which embarrassed Kurenai.

At this point, both were not as opposed to the Fuuma Organization, even if they called them "evil".

### Timeline RPGX

Taimanin Kurenai did not play out, when Edwin Black visited, Shinganji Sakyo in the year **2063**, they formed a new version of Nomad, released from most of the evil of the past worlds, this Black was more social. Two years after, in the year **2065**, Black had secretly hooked up with the sister of Sakyo, Shinganji Kaede, with Kaede giving birth that year. Two years later, in year **2067**, Kurenai was living happy with her mother which was pregnant with her second daughter (Felicia). However, one night Kaede and her guard Makishima Niemon, were ambushed by Task Force G, which desired to capture Kurenai. While the commander Evie Ace, was defeated Kaede was stabbed by Teutates from behind, and her body was taken, Kurenai was able to escape thanks to Niemon, and grew up. Kaede was resurrected and forced to give birth to Felicia, which she wished would be called Shinganji **Fumika**, trying to escape the Wraith King, she was confronted and took her own life, in order to prevent the birth of the darkness that Teutates had corrupted her with. Hoping, that at least Felicia would be able to one day escape her future brainwashing. Teutates now acting as the father of Felicia brainwashed her as his daughter. It is strongly suggested that Kaede's body had been used in the creation of Vivi Blood, which had at least given birth once or multiple times. Kurenai's niece is Kiichi Azusa, which worshiped her mother Shinganji Kaede for giving her the ability to see in the past, and from this day looked for those responsible for Kaede's death.

Kurenai herself, was guarded and trained by Shinganji Gen-an, that would remain alive in this timeline for much longer but suffered from a lung desease. During the Fuuma revolt, **2068**, Gen-an refused to join Fuuma Danjo, and distant himself from the Fuuma clan, keeping Kurenai save. With Danjo's death, the Shinganji slowly left, speculation wise Kurenai still was able to enter preschool, meeting upcoming clan head, Kotaro and saved Ayame, with her demonic form like in the old timeline. At some point, Kurenai left Gosha Academy and even her grandfather, which remained behind in a temple.

Kurenai and Ayame, fully cut their connection to Gosha Village, but hold a light connection to Igawa Asagi directly. Unlike her Rogue Taimanin version in the normal canon, she still has a good size of the Shinganji clan on her side and a hideout in Senzaki. She at times interacts with Kanzaki Junbei another former Fuuma clan member that has left for the city but both are on good terms. In the year **2082**, like other former members of the Fuuma clan, Kurenai was requested to join the Nisha Gaiza revolt and his Nisha Ninja Troops but refused.

Kurenai is fitst seen in year **2083**, she supports Shinohara Mari to give the Book Demon, a last normal day by sharing Mari's body and going on a drinking bender. As a result, she clashes with some random demons and Li Mayfeng. While, they are forced, to let the Book Demon go, which forces them into a fake fight to pass on, they remember him fondly. Keeping up the law in the lawless town, she still is at times contacted by Igawa Asagi and helped out faking the death of Sango Bunko (Later Library). Kotaro and Yukikaze unaware of the the trick to protect Bunko from the Internal Affairs Bureau, seek out a contact in Senzaki and friend of both Kurenai and Kotaro, Kanzaki Junbei. Armed with new information, they confront Makishima Ayame and Kurenai, which explain the details of the faked death. Kurenai, seems to be akward around Kotaro, and still seems to have some feelings for him, in this timeline.

Kurenai helped out the Independent Rangers in the case of the Evil Spirit of Halloween.

In the year **2084**, Kagari, tried to infiltrate Gosha Village to kill Asagi. This member of the Shinganji clan, that supposly had died in the fires of the Fuuma revolt but gave her body to demons. Having learned that Kurenai had been outcast from Gosha, she blamed Asagi and as a giant fan of Kurenai, she thought she could sneak in and kill Asagi unnoticed. However, most of the people seemed aware of her breaking into Gosha with her rather bad disguise. Kurenai and Ayame herself confronted Kagari and fought and talked her down. Afterward Kagari joined the other Taimanin of the Shinganji clan, to serve Kurenai with her demonic side being no issue for Kurenai.

Kurenai was part of an investigation of kidnapped kids in the Senzaki area. Researchers of Task Force G, conducted secret human experiments from the camouflaged research ship "Esperanza", which is anchored in a section called "Ship Graveyard" in the port area of ​​Senzaki where dilapidated ships were abandoned. At first, "parts" for research were procured cheaply from overseas, but now they are procured from nearby places. While one of the main researchers was knocked out by one of the captured kids, which kicked him in the crotch. Kurenai, Kanzaki Junbei and Erica Blackmore, dealt with Silver Skull which was guarding the ship. However, Karl Closet, which had made the deal with Task Force G in the first place and even had given his daughter Miranda Closet for the research, was killed by Miranda herself, which now housed the brain of Tekkain Bantetsu after her modification. The entire opperation being deeply connected to the Internal Affairs Bureau, which also used this technology in secret.

Kurenai also appeared again against multiple Devil Lantern, which caused trouble in Senzaki and formed a large united form.

In the year **2085**, she appeared in a case involving Mr Fool and around the time Nielsen of the Samurais and Four Heavenly Kings was fought, as well as a minor role in the time Juno tried to cause chaos with Empusa.

The next year **2086**, she is first seen working in the nightclub of Tekkain Kaworu, the Black Rose to earn extra money in Yomihara. While both the Independent Rangers and Nisha Ninja Troops cooperated shorly to fight Fürst, and his Wraith allies, Ayame and Kurenai, were close observing the fight. Ayame, observing it with her sniper rifle, while Kurenai waited in a transformed state, she was glad when she had not to intervene, when Nisha Gaiza did not attack Kotaro after the defeat of Faust. Kurenai saying that a "battle between two men needs to be respected."

In the year **2087**, Kurenai assisted the Independent Rangers as they infiltrated a sport school because of demonic disappearances. As part of the volleyball team she remained hidden, until Mr Football a crazy Imitator revealed himself.

After the death of first Fürst and another figure working for Wraith King, Lady Shark, Yomihara is rather empty. Fuuma Kotaro, Kurenai and Kanzaki Junbei meet up in a bar to drink and discuss the situation, also because of what the King called his daughter Felicia. The Brain Flayer Suzuka, servant of Marjaana, makes a short stop at the bar to try out normal milk before leaving to check on an old "villa" of Marjaana that has been discovered, to take care of any invaders. As Junbei starts to flirt, with the unknown being, he has never seen before, the situation is missunderstood as a marriage proposal. A very short exchange of blades, with Kurenai, ends with a polite and friendly later exchange, before Suzuka leaves but remains now intrested in Junbei. Marjaana would later, meet another family member of Kurenai, Kichi Azusa with that encounter being less pleasant.

Supported Mizuki Yukikaze in an air assault against the Anzu, which threatened Japan. Used her Ninja Art to control the wind to guide the lighting attack of Yukikaze. Ayame used her own Ninja Art to find the target. Thanks to Uehara Shikanosuke, Ayame's visual information was given to **Kurenai** and Mizuki Yukikaze herself that fired an unrestrained lighting strike outside the visual perception of the monster. This created the later opening to take down the Anzu.

Kurenai later started to work with Tekkain Kaworu part-time in the Black Rose, in which she encountered Vivi Blood, another hired hand which seemed to remember something about Kurenai. Vivi herself made from dead Taimanin parts, by Fürst, shares only the same womb and brain of a single Taimanin but her memories are fragmented. Akiyama Rinko and Mizuki Yukikaze learn later the entire truth about Kurenai's backstory from Shinganji Sakyo, and some of the information has reached Kurenai since.

She acted as a guard, when Nisha Gaiza's mother had finally died and Fuuma Kotaro made his way to Tokyo Kingdom to inform Gaiza of this. A short exchange of blows, between her Dobashi Gonza and Jiroemon ended peacefully but both noticed that chaos was growing in the city. Kagari was left behind, and investigated on her own part in the bars of the Kingdom, watching the talks of the Kibushu, a group of Oni, which prepared for an upcoming civil war, one of the Oni, Hasegawa Fuki voicing his desire to fight Kurenai. Kagari informed Kurenai, about this threat but Kurenai was certain that the real issue, would come from Gaiza's group, with Kagari ending her communication, stating she would continue to collect intel. Kagari, herself unknown to Kurenai, found that Felicia, Anubis and a member of the Gaiza's men worked together in secret causing the conflict but was attacked before she was able to give the information to Kurenai.

### Timeline Action

Taimanin Kurenai, has not played out.

Felicia is still alive and Ayame is not a vampire. This version is much closer to the one in RPGX, but it isn't clear if her base also lied in Senzaki. She still worked as an independent Taimanin and has a day job working in Himawari, the children's orphanage. However, just as in RPGX has cut her connection to Gosha Village and the government, but also leads the Shinganji clan in Senzaki. As Felicia is again alive and Ayame not a vampire, it is not clear if or how much of Taimanin Kurenai happened. Kotaro and Kurenai meet here the first time in Tokyo Kingdom as she is requested after the events of Kotrara Island to help the Taimanin Task Force out.

When confronting Edwin Black, she seems to act strange and concerned, but does not reveal any blood connection. It isn't clear, but doubtful, that Kurenai knows that she is Felicia's sister, additionally her mother might have not died by Felicia's hands in this timeline, but this is unknown.

### Timeline GOGO!

Taimanin Kurenai, has not played out. Somewhat resembles the RPG timeline, with Black being less evil. Kurenai is noted as honest, pure but also foolishly trusting.

Since Edwin Black retired, and became a teacher at Gosha Academy in this strange timeline. It is mentioned that he is often frustrated that his two alive daughters tend to fight each other. Kurenai acts as part of the disciplinary committee of Gosha Academy and hall monitor, she often is portrayed as aggressive towards any "crime" but also easy to fool. Sometimes hangs around with the bad crowd but also is moreso often blamed by Felicia, which causes her sister often trouble on purpose to look better infront of their father.

Shinobu, arrived in the Taimanin world, year **2082**, and caused some minor trouble which brought her on the radar of Kurenai.

Missunderstanding a situation, Kurenai pulled Oma Shinobu's group into a secret area in Gosha. Thinking it would be some illigal deal, since her father was involted but in truth Igawa Asagi, Igawa Sakura and Edwin Black were drinking tea. As no real crime was being done and it was more a matter of being lazy and money wasting, Kurenai still wished to beat up her father, after Asagi and Sakura escaped.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Twin Kodachi Blades Shirakami and Koma

* **Ninja Art**: "**Wind Art**": Using the speed of her sword swings, she creates vacuum attacks. (Trivia\*)
	+ **Whirlwind Zone**: Her dual wield styles shreds enemies with vacuum blades. Can create whirlwind swarms.
* **General Ninja Techniques/Onmyoji Techniques**
	+ "**God's Eye**", it spots the "distortion of an enemies' existence" which means she can find any weak spot a person has. Her evil eye does also read air movement, which allows her to create vacuum attacks and small tornados.
* **Skilled Sword User**: Learned dual swordsmanship from her grandfather, on a very high level. Her suit as well is filled with hidden blades, to counter grapple attacks.
* **Ancestor Vampire**: As Edwin Black is her father, her vampire blood makes her stronger than most full vampires.
	+ **Regeneration and Boost**: When drinking blood, able to heal harsher wounds and gives energy to transform. Her vampire blood makes her highly resistant to drugs or alcohol. Can ignore erotic modified body.
	+ **Drug resistance**: Her vampire blood makes her highly resistant to drugs or alcohol. She is also able to life normally, even with an erotic modified body as a result.
	+ **Semi-Sun Immunity**: In TK and TABA only able to use half her strength in sunlight. Otherwise more immune than other vampires.
* **Particle Control**: Taimanin are able to manipulate Taima Particles to enhance their physical strength, speed and defense. The particles are also used to counter demonic influences and strengthen damage to demons.
* **Awakened transformation**: Kurenai's Inner Demon form, her skin becomes slightly darker, while her eyes become red. A form, that Kurenai is able to enter thanks to her half demon blood in states of rage.

**More about this form**:

* **Multiplier on all**: Her abilities are all far upgraded.
* **Regeneration**
* **Flight**
* **Demonic Aura**
* **Vampire magic**
* **Changed Personality**: When is this form, she is filled with murderous rage and joy. Using it erodes her personality and will. Unlike, the Inner Demon of Asagi, this form does not converse. Only, near the end of Taimanin Kurenai does she accept this form, thanks to the wisdom of her grandfather Shinganji Gen-an. Combined it with her own abilities, she used both her human and demon side, which allowed her to defeat her sister Felicia which fully had fallen mentally to her demonic insanity.

## Media

* Taimanin Kurenai
* Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
* Taimanin RPGX
* Action Taimanin

## Trivia

* Her current location in TA3 is unknown but the death of Edwin Black, may draw her out once more, should she still be alive.
* Black introduces Felicia to Kurenai, as her younger sister and the second child born from Shinganji Kaede.
* Outside Felicia and **Shinganji Kurenai**, which are direct siblings. Noah Brown might be considered a half sibling of sorts, as she was created from Edwin Black's genes.
* Kurenai's art is a bit of a mess to understand and unclear, even if Action Taimanin just calls it "Wind Art", with "God Eye" being one of her lesser skills. This is not true in the old timeline, in which the "God Eye" an "Evil Eye ability" of the Fuuma clan more specific the Shinganji clan, is what enables her to create wind as a byproduct. She, unlike Koukawa Asuka or Akiyama Tatsuro, does not just cast wind itself in these games but uses her eye to create wind. As an analogy, a wood art user that moves earth with their control of roots, would not be an earth art user. However, the Evil Eye is not fully explained outside their activation and there is no official classification system. "Metal Art"-like created by the Evil Eye ability are explicitly a thing as well, one could view Kurenai's art, as a "Wind Art"-like. However, since nobody has a definite answer, it is just as possible that she has both Wind Art and Evil Eye, which just benefit each other.
	+ To continue the confusion Makishima Ayame "Eye" is an ability that also reads the wind and air currents, and she is part of the Fuuma clan but she is never explicitly called an Evil Eye user. Even if everything points at it being that. It is never called an Evil Eye, so it makes things not easier. This might be a translation issue, with her Aye just being a wind art like Ayame's.
	+ Her God Eye appears in Action Taimanin as one of her attacks and increases the critical rate, hinting that it can find weak spots.
* Her favorite food are hamburger steaks, which is seen as rather childish.
* Her Inner Demon and Asagi's Kage, are the only awakened and controlled Inner Demons in the main canon. It is however, slightly unclear if this could be considered the same thing or is closer to taping into vampire magic, the same way Onisaki Kirara, uses Ice Magic and has an awoken form.
* As, the Shinganji family is part of the 8 Generals of the Fuuma clan. Kurenai could have become the leader of the Fuuma clan with support of the members if this had happened around Taimanin Kurenai, she would have been the leader of all the Taimanin, as the Fuuma clan head was the direct link to the government. However, after TK the Fuuma clan was switched for the Igawa clan as it was considered more trustworthy.
* Her age is somewhat unclear, but it is stated her and Ayame are of similar age (±2 years). Given that Taimanin Kurenai also plays multiple years before Taimanin Asagi 1, even with rough estimations she should be older than Asagi in the original timeline, if only by a few years. However, was significantly de-aged in RPGX and Action. As she also is a half vampire, just like Felicia she might not visibly age normally as well. This is later confirmed in TABA, in which it is stated, why she is young is a mystery regarding her birth.
* Speculating on the prior point: If Kurenai had turned into a full demon and joined Edwin Black, Nomad would have had full control over the village. If this was maybe also additionally a plan of Black is not clear.
* Kurenai becoming a Rogue Taimanin is foreshadowed in Taimanin Kurenai, where she states that a failure in her next mission. Not capturing Tendo Kazuma. Will result in her quitting as a government controlled "Taimanin" as punishment.
* She is the firstborn daughter and because of that heir of the clan. Felicia was born afterward.
* In the some of the rpgx bios of Felicia's, an encounter with Kurenai is mentioned, with Felicia suffering a grave injury and disappearing into the darkness with nobody knowing her fate. However, this version seemed to have been not the one native to the RPG Universe.
* Kurenai becomes weaker in sunlight and shows a strong reaction to foods with much garlic.
* Shinganji Sakyo gave her the name Kurenai.

## Quotes

**Kurenai**: "*If you're feeling obligated because of... "That Time", it's all right... If you're staying with me because you feel some obligation for that....forget about it....*"
**Ayame**: "*Ah~, certainly not! What are you talking about, Kurenai-sama? It's not obligation! I'm here because I want to be with Kurenai-sama. There's no other reason than that. Or maybe I should say... I'm the one who's greatful for you.*"
**Kurenai**: "*Grateful? For, me...?*"
**Ayame**: "*Yes. Before I met Kurenai-sama, I used to hate lots of things. But - That got a little better. Hmm~? How do I put it...? I was saved by meeting Kurenai-sama. That's why I'm with her like this. Fufu, even if you told me not to come, I'd follow you against your will, see? Please resign yourself to that, all right, Kurenai-sama?*"
**Kurenai**: "*Ah...Th... That's um... I'm the one who should be saying that... I'd be glad for you to follow me.*"
— Kurenai is worried, that Ayame followed her only because she had saved her in the past out of obligation, and now suffered because of her.[src]

## Gallery

TK fighting stanceDisguised as Eda (Edith Blackwater)Healed by Ayame's bloodUsing blades within clothes to cut up Flesh Doll'sWith FeliciaWith Tendo Kazuma (undercover)Drinking with Shinohara Mari, in RPGX Book Demon eventWith Tendo KazumaBad EndingHalloween CostumeWith Tendo KazumaWith Makishima AyameDisguised2 years old in RPGXVS Felicia
## Notes and references

1. Action Taimanin Profile
2. Lilith-soft Profile Page
3. Evil Eye on RPGX Wikiru (Search 邪眼)