Chiru Kondo

* Gal Guardians
* Gal\*Gun 2

**Chiru Kondo** (近藤 ちる, *Kondo Chiru*) is one of the main heroines from *Gal\*Gun 2*. She is a truant 1st Year student from class 1-A at Sakurazaki Academy. She is the protagonist's neighbor and one of his love interests. She loves candy and playing retro games, but doesn't like going outside. Chiru is also a capable mechanic, and upgrades the player's gear when provided with the needed parts.

## Appearance

Chiru has platinum blonde hair with twintails and an ahoge, wearing cat-shaped hair accessories for her twintails and a hair clip for one of her bangs. Additionally, she has yellow eyes, which are often shown with bags underneath due to her tendency to stay up late. She wears a red and white jacket, a short black skirt, and fake bandages on her legs.

### Gallery

*Main article: Chiru Kondo/Gallery*

Chiru as a humanChiru, with her angelic power and Neo Heart Blazer
## Personality

Chiru is a "once-in-millennium" genius who hates going outside and interacting with other people, but she makes an exception for the protagonist. Her aversion to school is so strong that she'd rather fake an injury than have to go. Despite this, she can come across as rather haughty. She likes eating snacks, playing retro games, and tinkering with machines.

## 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 2

#### Pre-Game

Chiru was an angel who was considered a "once-in-a-millennium genius." She had earned the highest grades in Angel Academy's history, and developed the prototype for the Pheromone Goggles as well as many other devices. She had been fascinated by the video games from the human world, and although it was difficult to get, she managed to obtain an online multiplayer game through a certain acquaintance. However, she had got flamed very badly by both of the game's teams, and it was after this incident that she had viewed humans as scum.

Chiru made a weapon with the intent of eradicating humanity, but the Goddess had caught on to her plans. Furious with her behavior, the Goddess's punishment had her turned into a human and required that she had to study humans at human school, as well as learn humility. Chiru still was afraid of humans after her prior negative experiences, and thus she stayed at her adoptive grandparents' house as a shut-in.

#### Prologue

Chiru lives with her grandparents in the candy shop next-door to the protagonist, and refuses to go to school due to her disdain for most humans. Instead, she stays home and plays retro games. She can see Risu and the Pheromone Goggles, despite normal humans being unable to do so. Additionally, she is seemingly unaffected by the Popul-aura.

#### Chiru Route

When the topic of her fake bandages comes up, Chiru explains that she keeps the bandages to fake an injury so she doesn't go to school.

One day, Chiru complains about the summer heat making it difficult her to sleep. When the protagonist suggests going to the beach and wanting to see her in a swimsuit, she refuses because it would involve interacting with other people. She also feels self-conscious at the prospect of wearing a swimsuit due to her sedentary lifestyle.

Chiru confides that aside from the protagonist, she only feels comfortable with machines. She views humans as chaotic and vulgar, unlike machines, which she considers predictable and cute. On the topic of machines, she notes that she tried to make a massage machine to ease her fatigue, but since it isn't working as well as she had hoped, she still feels stiff. After some consideration, she accepts the protagonist's invitation to give her a massage and heads to his room. Chiru makes the protagonist swear to not do anything naughty, but the massage ends up being good enough for Chiru to feel ecstasy anyway. She goes to bed embarrassed.

Some time later, Chiru is trying to think of a present to give her grandparents for their wedding anniversary, but feels uneasy buying a gift online. However, she's too nervous to buy a present in a physical shop, so she asks the protagonist to go with her if she decides to do so.

Chiru sets up a meeting in front of the school to practice going out, but hides near the meeting spot. She is displeased that Risu had shown up as well, and claims the reason that she's hiding is because that she wants to test the protagonist's worth as her escort. After she's found, Chiru has second thoughts about the shopping trip, but before she can leave, Mini Kuronas appear for an ambush. Once the demons are taken care of, Chiru is shaken, but thanks the protagonist for saving her. When Risu questions how Chiru can see both demons and angels, Chiru avoids giving an answer and goes home.

In response to the incident, Chiru decides to begin development on an anti-demon weapon. Unfortunately, she lacks some crystals that are required as material, and the closest source of them are in the cave underneath the school. Since she still has an aversion to even going near school, she requests the protagonist to accompany her in the material collection.

At the cave, Chiru is displeased that Risu has once again accompanied them. She mutters under her breath that the angel is a third wheel, but claims to have said that she wised angels and demons would just leave normal people like herself alone. Once Chiru finds the crystals she needs, she boasts about the "hyperweapon" that she'll build using them. She offers to make Risu a weapon as well, but she declines because of the divine law forbidding angels combatting demons directly.

Wanting to make up for the failed shopping plans the other day, and remembering the protagonist's desire to see her in one, Chiru hesitantly decides to show herself in a swimsuit to him. She sneaks into the school pool with him, where she poses for several photos to commemorate the occasion. Although she's embarrassed about it, Chiru decides it was a positive experience overall, but makes the protagonist swear to not share the photos with anyone else.

A day or so later, Chiru asks the protagonist if he's ever the played the "Packy Game," since she had just learned about it from seeing a video on the Internet. Upon being dared to participate in the game, she accepts the challenge and brings some Packy over to his house. The two partake in the game, and it ends in an accidental kiss. Chiru fervently denies doing "anything," but admits she'll remember the moment any time she sees Packy.

Chiru begins contemplating going to school again, but wants to start by going somewhere with few people around. She requests for the protagonist to go with her, and that if she attends school, she wants to go with him.

Wanting to start somewhere with a minimal chance of seeing other people, Chiru sets up the meeting with Risu and the protagonist at the school's gym storage room. However, Kurona locks them in the room, and Chiru gets possessed by Kurona's mini-demons. After the demons are expelled via Doki Doki Mode, she confesses her feelings for the protagonist after being exorcised. She is so embarrassed after the confession that she locks herself in her room and shuts her window completely.

##### Ending A

A few days after this confession, Chiru reveals herself to be a former angel that had been exiled by the Goddess, who had told her to learn about humans by living as one among them. She had hated interacting with humans though, so she became a shut-in as a result. She does not elaborate on the reason for this exile. Chiru refuses to go back to Heaven because she prefers the snacks and games of the human world, and also because she wants to remain with the protagonist.

Additionally, she is in the process of creating an anti-Goddess-grade weapon, the Neo Heart Blazer, which she intends to use if the Goddess objected to her refusal to return to Heaven. Feeling invincible with angelic power by her side, Chiru boldly announces her intention to go to school (but intends to go when no one is around), and tells the protagonist to meet her on the school roof the next day.

On that day, Chiru meets up with the protagonist and Risu on the school's roof, and is ready to explore the school. However, the protagonist and Risu insist on her going back to Heaven to avoid incurring a punishment from the Goddess. By now, Chiru is exasperated with Risu's interference and accuses the angel of misleading the protagonist. She decides that the matter must be settled by force, ignoring Risu's warning that doing so would violate divine law and keep her exiled from Heaven. All that matters to her is remaining on Earth at the protagonist's side.

Despite wielding the power of her Anti-Goddess weapon, Neo Heart Blazer, Chiru ultimately faces defeat. Upon being reminded that the strength of the Pheromone Goggles is derived from the user's love, she assumes that this meant the love between the protagonist and Risu defeated her. However, she is shocked to learn that the love power was derived from his love towards herself. Upon hearing his pleas to return to Heaven and come back to Earth via the proper means, Chiru counters that the legal means of an angel coming to Earth is long and arduous, and the process of living as a permanent resident is a broken system. After some encouragement though, she decides that she'll return to Heaven and figure out the means to remain on Earth herself. She embarrassedly admits wanting to be his bride upon her return, and promises to be a beautiful archangel by that time.

However, Chiru managed to get the Goddess's permission much earlier than she had expected. She had published a thesis about "human research," in which she explained that because the power of angels was derived from human love, it was necessary for angels to learn more about human society. Normally, an average angel can't get the clearance to remain on Earth, but due to Chiru having the highest grades in Angel Academy's history, she was given special permission. As part of her "human research," the protagonist would be her research subject, and since there is no limit to the research period, this effectively meant Chiru could stay on Earth for good.

She meets the protagonist in front of Sakurazaki Academy, and after explaining the situation, kisses him. She proclaims his reaction as valuable research material, and the story ends after he teases her back.

##### Ending B

A few days later, with her curtains still closed, Chiru tells the protagonist that she's moving away, and won't be seeing him ever again. She opens the curtains to reveal that she is actually an angel and that she has to return to Heaven. She bids him farewell.

After saying goodbye to her grandparents, she explains the reason for her punishment to the protagonist, and that her prior behavior was a bit much in hindsight. Since she had started loving some humans, such as her adoptive grandparents and the protagonist, her punishment had seemingly ended and some of her angelic power returned. Chiru tells the protagonist that she's glad to have fallen in love with him, and once again affirms that she loves him before she disappears in a flash of light and feathers.

Chiru intervenes when the protagonist is no match for Kurona's immense power. Using the power of Neo Heart Blazer, she quickly defeats Kurona. However, since she used the full extent of her Angel Power to do so, she passes out afterwards.

Chiru is taken home to recover, and when she does, she explains that it turned out that her punishment hadn't ended after all. The Goddess had told her that she needed to learn more about humans before fully becoming an angel again, but since she had violated divine law by directly attacking Kurona afterwards, her time as a human had been extended further. So for the time being, the she and the protagonist are neighbors again.

After Risu's departure, Chiru asks the protagonist if he'll miss her, and jokes that he's already got a cute angel with him. She quickly tells him to forget about the joke, and almost blurts out a request for "next time". However, she cuts herself off and tells him not to worry about what she was going to ask.

After some time has passed, Chiru, partly inspired by Risu's completion of her work on Earth, decides to start attending school again to be with the protagonist. Chiru surprises him by waiting in front of the school gate in her school uniform. She is still uncertain about to going to class, and makes him promise to walk with her on the way home. However, before the two go, angel feathers begin falling from the sky. Recognizing the deed as Risu's doing, and with class starting soon, the story ends with Chiru inviting the protagonist to accompany her to class.

#### Harem Ending

Chiru interferes in the rematch between the Protagonist and Kurona, whose power has grown greater than ever. However, she soon realizes that she isn't the only one that has come to his aid: Nanako Tamasaki had arrived as well. The two demand an explanation from the Protagonist about who the other girl is, and begin to bicker amongst themselves. The argument gets intense enough for Kurona and Risu to sheepishly leave. Chiru and Nanako demand for the Protagonist to choose one of them to be his girlfriend.

Days later, after Nanako talks with the Protagonist in class, Chiru arrives, and the two begin bickering once again. Just as the two seem to be getting along, Nanako and Chiru demand for the Protagonist to make up his mind on who to date.

### Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

After the dimensions of the human and demon realms were fused at Sakurazaki Academy, Chiru was fused with a Fiend, resulting in the creation of a Fallen Angel. Once this Fallen Angel was defeated, Chiru is freed and meets the Kamizono sisters for the first time. Although they are caught off-guard by her abrasive attitude, Chiru is able to deduce that Kurona alone shouldn't be powerful enough to merge dimensions, and suspects that a greater force is behind the incident. Before leaving, she gives Shinobu and Maya the Anti-Demon Rocket Launcher and Houdai-kun Doll respectively.

Once the Academy's Gym is turned into a safehouse, Chiru is among the students called by Maya's shikigami dolls. When the Kamizono sisters need five items to raise Houdai Kudoki's Pheromone Power, Chiru mentions having bought a dose of Pheromone Z for research purposes. This dose was left in the Clock Tower.

#### True Ending

On the side, Chiru is working on a Dimensional Transmission Device, but lacks a few of the necessary components to compete it. If the Kamizonos give her all three pieces, she is almost able to complete the device, but is stumped on the means to complete it. During the sisters' battle with Kurona, she comes to the realization that the Dimensional Mirror was the final piece of the puzzle, and hurries to the Mirror's location. When she arrives, she attaches the Dimensional Transmission Device to the Mirror, bypassing the Mirror's restrictions entirely.

When Shinobu and Maya are faced with the full extent of Adult Kurona's power, Chiru, along with the other heroines rescued by the duo, come to their aid via the DTD.

#### Alternate Ending

After Adult Kurona is defeated by Shinobu and Maya using Houdai's Pheromone Power, the school and students are returned back to the human world. However, all the female students seem to suddenly have fallen in love with the sisters. Chiru explains that as a consequence of the sisters wielding the Pheromone Power, they have become Way Too Freaking Popular for a day. Chiru, however, is unphased by the sisters' pheromones.

## Profile

### **Gal\*Gun 2**

#### Official Website Profile

* 日本語
* JP Translated

 近藤ちる
主人公の家の隣にある，元駄菓子屋に住む女の子。桜咲第三高等学校の一年生だが，不登校を決め込んでいる。

お菓子や古いゲームが大好きで，メカ弄りが得意。

主人公に対しては少し生意気な態度を取るが，見知らぬ人に対してはめっぽう弱い。

 (Disclaimer: Machine translation)
Chiru Kondo

A girl who lives in an old candy shop next door to the main character's house. She is a first-year student at Sakurazaki Third High School, but has decided not to go to school.

She loves sweets and old video games, and is good at playing with machines.

She is a little cocky towards the main character, but is extremely shy around strangers.
#### In-Game Profile

* English
* 日本語
* JP Translated

 A girl who lives in the former old-fashioned candy store next to your house.
She's technically a first year student, but she's always truant.

She likes candy and retro games, and is good at tinkering with machines. She acts a little cheeky around you, but she's very shy around strangers.

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### Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

#### In-Game Profile

A first year who, until recently, was known for never turning up to class. Loves sweets and retro games, and is proficient at tinkering with machines and gadgets. The most haughty introvert you'll ever find.

## Gameplay

### Gal\*Gun 2

#### Favorite Snacks

* Packy
* Strawberry Packy
* Golden Packy
* Uma-Uma Stick
* Potato Chips

### Gal Guardians

During the game's second loop, you can give Chiru Candy in exchange for upgrading one of your subweapons. Candy is obtained by defeating any boss and talking to Risu.

Completing the Machine Parts side quest from Chiru is also required to obtain the game's True Ending.

## Other Appearances

### Venus Eleven Vivid!

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

## Musical Themes

### *Gal\*Gun 2* Themes

(C) = Composer

(A) = Arranger

## Quotes

### Gal\*Gun 2

* *"Yeah, don't call me that. The name's 'Chiru'... Chiru Kondo."* (After being called neighbor by Risu)
* *"Hwah?! Why didn't you say so earlier?! Nii-sama, you pervert! I'm done with you for today!"*
* *"Nice legs?! Nii-sama, do you have a foot fetish...?"*
* *"You can't convince me to go to school, okay?"*
* *"Machines are awesome. They don't flame you with incomprehensible abuse, and they don't say anything scary either. If you have the right algorithms, they work exactly as expected."*
* *"Fine! How's this?!"* (Confession)
* *"Don't dodge, okay?"* (About to attack)
* *"Stay still!"* (Attacking)
* *"This is revenge, Nii-sama!"* (Tackle)
* *"Don't move... Nii-sama."* (About to kiss)
* *"On your knees, Nii-sama!"* (Push)
* *"This is for your own good, Nii-sama!"* (About to grind/stomp)

## Etymology

* Chiru's surname **Kondo** means "near, early, akin, tantamount" (近) (**kon**) and "wisteria" (藤) (**to**/**do**).

## Trivia

* Chiru's favorite snack, "Packy," is based on the Pocky sweet snack.
* Chiru's anti-Goddess weapon, "Neo Heart Blazer", is a reference to "Heart Blazer" from *Love & Destroy*, Inti Creates's second game as an independent company. This reference is also shared with Copen Kamizono from the *Azure Striker Gunvolt* series.
* Chiru also bears some additional notable similarities to Copen.
	+ Both have white hair and a primarily red and white color scheme.
	+ Both are teen prodigies with a talent for developing machines.
	+ Racism is a character flaw both share: Chiru bears prejudice towards humans, while Copen bears prejudice against Adepts (a race of Psychic humans).
* One of her conversations has Chiru remark on the localization for a game about galactic fight against mutants being changed to a story about a boy chasing after his frog. This is in reference to the changes made from the NES game *Metafight* to *Blaster Master*.
* Another conversation has her remark on playing a game with an ending involving romancing both of the game's sisters. This is a callback to the Sisters' Route for *Gal\*Gun: Double Peace*.
* Chiru's status as a first year student is indicated by the color of her outfit. Her jacket's red and white colors match with the red and white colors of the series' first year students.
	+ Related to the above, early concept art of Chiru features a similar jacket with green and white colors, indicating that making her a third year student may have been considered.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nikkan.co.jp/releases/view/41356 Venus Eleven Vivid! x Gal\*Gun 2 collaboration