Chiruha

chiruha, as she appears in one of her outfits in the manga

Chiruha is the main character of the manga series named Dear. Her age is unknown, but she is said to be around 17 to 18 years of age, and is 155 centimeters tall. Since she can tend to be laid-back, she believes herself to be an O blood type, but is actually a B type. Chiruha can be considered the main protagonist, since the story focuses on her in the beginning, but the story switches perspectives, so there are many main characters. Chiruha is supposedly the last remaining lycanthrope at the beginning of the series.

• Personality

She has an innocent heart that believes others unconditionally without doubting them, with many expressions of joy and sadness, even in small things. While living secluded in a house far away from others, the only way to receive information was the television, so her knowledge about humans can be a bit biased, showing a natural and somewhat ignorant side. her hobbies are watching television and observing people. Since she is a lycanthrope, also called a wolf sometimes, she seems to have a special ability, but is not sure. She looks the same as a normal human, but when she is very surprised or feels the power of other lycanthropes, her eyes and ears change to look similarly to those of a wolf. She also has small fangs. She has a habit of giving nicknames when she makes friends with most people, most using the -chan honorific. It's a daily routine of hers to keep a diary as well, but because she doesn't know very much about the characters also known as symbols or letters, it looks like some sort of code or foreign language to others.

• Past

The details of her past before she met Kisara are unknown, but when she was young, she lived in a shrine as a living god in a semi-confined state. At that time, she had immortal power and was often harmed as a target of stress relief for adults, because her wounds would heal quickly. However, this life was normal to her, as she was constantly harmed, and didn't feel any sadness. Around this time, she first met Kisara and learned about emotions such as enjoyment and loneliness. She was taken out of the shrine by Kisara who was aware of the terrible treatment of her by the adults, but on the way, the two were seperated by a pursuit caused by Kisara's adoptive parents. At this time, her power of immortality was transferred from the desperate Chiruha to Kisara, who was terribly injured by the pursuit. Therefore, the current Chiruha has no immortality, and if she is harmed, she won't heal immediately anymore.

• Story

Seven years later, Here she reunites with Kisara, who had become the vice officer of the punitive squad, and starts living with him and becoming friends with the punitive squad. Initially, she was assigned to the punitive squad as a monitoring target, but later officially joined the squad. She likes Kisara and wants him to be happy, though her feelings aren’t limited to only platonic love. She believes that happiness for him is for him to not be immortal any longer, and seeks for a way to cure his immortality. However, closer to the end of the story, she meets her relative, Sigma, and is informed that the only way to break the curse of immortality is for the attendant to die, which would imply the need for Chiruha to die. However, at the end, Kisara stops Chiruha from causing her own death, saying that he is happy because Chiruha is alive and with him, and that he wouldn't want for such happiness to be taken away. In the future, it is implied that Chiruha and Kisara are dating.

• Appearance

Chiruha has medium length hair which appears to have blue - purple color to it, that touches her shoulders, with bangs slightly parted to the side. She has fair skin and eyes a similar color to her hair, and is about 155 centimeters tall. She often wears kimono or yukata like clothing, and almost always has one large ribbon tied into the left side of her hair. Her outfit in which she is most commonly potrayed in is a blue kimono like outfit with a navy blue sash and matching thigh high socks and a hair bow. Her signature style is bows, which are often portrayed in her outfits. Ume once gave her a bikini that had bows on it, which resulted in Kisara's over protectiveness when he saw her in it with other guys around. click here to visit her gallery!