Kurenai Akatsuki

Kurenai Akatsuki is one of the main characters of the manga series Dear. He is 20 years old and is about 181 centimeters tall. His blood type is A.

• personality

He is a young man who is a subordinate of the overlord, and a humanoid demon. Contrary to Komomo, he is a demon without magical power. He is also ambidextrous, and wields a sword. He and Carol are considered problematic amongst the fellow soldiers of the demon army. He is a hard worker who is always serious and sometimes easily angered. He likes many animals, especially cats, though he hates insects, and also has an animal picture book hidden between futons in the closet, and is sure to rush to wherever an animal may be in harms way. His hobby is collecting antiques, and is also a master of swordsmanship as previously mentioned. However, it is said that he is self taught in regards to this. Although he is one of the overlord's direct subordinates, he often acts with the general, Purino, and his colleague Carol. He's a little outdated and according to Carol, he uses harsh language at times and is very straightforward. He is a gentle person, but it isn't very easy to tell from his usual, slightly blunt impression. Kurenai is often mad at Subaru's seemingly selfish decisions, but he understands Subaru as well and secretly wishes for the best of Subaru. Although Subaru has once joked that Kurenai is gay so that Komomo would be misinformed, it is implied that Kurenai developed feelings for Purino over time.

• story and past

With Purino's lycanthrope being fond of him, he is often hugged and pushed down by her in that state, and it is a misconception by many that he has a romantic relationship with Purino. The cross-shaped earrings and chokers he wears are also said to have most likely belonged to his mother, though he doesn't know much about her, or where she is and whether or not she is alive. in chapter 50, after first returning to the demon continent to go after Chiruha and Subaru, Kurenai lost his choker. Worried that it was important to him despite not having any knowledge on his past, Purino and Komomo set off to find it. As Kurenai searched for it alongside Purino, he then spoke of his own past, saying "I think... that choker was my mom's.." in which Purino responded with "...Then it must be something important to you." Kurenai then spoke more, saying "I wonder about that. My mom is not a legal wife. I was raised by my father and his legal wife, so I don't know anything about my mother. A belonging of someone I don't know. I wonder if it's even that precious to me. My father's family... greatly values social status, it was a very closed place to me. Doing works decided for you and spending your whole life with a companion chosen for you. Apparently the marriage of father and mother wasn't accepted. Father married another women and they had children. Father and mother... my grandmother told me I was not to take over the house's name." responding to Purino saying that that's just cruel, he then said "I don't need sympathy. I wasn't sad. It's because I was just a kid. I was raised there, so it was an obvious thing to me. Father and his legal wife treated me well. They were kind to me. They were considerate to me. They must've been gentle people. The people around me were also considerate to me. Just like when you touch a swelling on your body, the human relation around me was that thin. It was normal, I was never sad. ...Sometimes I felt a bit lonely, too. Those times I stared at my mother's belongings that father gave to me. It was my heart's support. Even if it was thin, it wasn't a relationship I couldn't realize. Even I felt like I was finally connected to someone. With this person I don't know. Dead or alive, or wherever she was. Hey, I sound like a hypocrite, don't I? Even before that, I thought my grandmother would recognize me if I was a righteous, accomplished person. Everything I've done has always been full of lies. I thought about what's right. I lived only speaking out things I thought right, and doing things I considered right. It was not from my own feelings nor my experience, even I didn't realize that. Then, I met Subaru. Subaru's words... deeds... they're all distorted. Subaru was wrong, but I couldn't say a word. It's because I felt the strong feelings in his words, intense willpower... I realized that to stop that, my nature as a human was simply too weak. I've never been loved strongly, nor have I loved so strongly. That's why it's not only people around me. I myself became a thin, weak human."

• appearance

Kurenai has short, red hair, and eyes of the same color. He has one ear pierced and wears a single cross shaped earring, and also wears chokers that belonged to his mother, as previously mentioned. His outfits often consist of short sleeved button up shirts.