Kranke

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## Character Information

* Redo
* Reality

### Real Name

井(い)手(で)口(ぐち) 真(ま)莉(り)愛(あ) (Maria Ideguchi)

## Media

### Voice Actor

Yuuki Takada

**Kranke** is a member of Obbligato Musicians. She is unable to walk due to a leg injury, and is pushed around in a wheelchair by Doktor. Kranke's thoughts are hard to grasp since she tends to act like her mind is not present, and she always has a faint smile on her face. Many are drawn to her music and the world it weaves, which is dark beyond her fragile impression.

Her flower is the toad lily. The Japanese name of this flower, ホトトギス, shares the same name as the lesser cuckoo. In Japanese flower language, the toad lily represents "hidden intentions" (秘めた意思) and/or "forever yours" (永遠にあなたのもの).

## Appearance

Kranke has messy white hair that reaches to about her chin, obscuring much of the left side of her face. She has droopy grey eyes, and thick eyelashes that often make her eyes look half-closed, as well as slight red eyebags. Around her neck, she wears a seemingly metallic bronze choker, as well as an orange and white ribbon over her chest. She also has a brown and green diamond patterned shawl draped over her shoulders, a cream shirt that falls off of her shoulders, a long dark turquoise skirt and pink socks, with brown loafers over them. Her hands and ankles are bandaged.

Kranke uses a manual wheelchair, which is mostly off-white in colour.

## History

*"Also... the Hidden? Couldn't that be something even you don't want to know?"***The following content contains spoilers.** Please proceed at your own risk.
For as long as she can recall, Kranke had lived in a hospital. Afflicted with a rare, incurable disease, her life consisted of little other than wasting away in the private ward her wealthy parents forced her into.

Knowing her chances of recovery were nil, Kranke opted against any rehabilitation. Instead, she spent her days idly playing music on a keyboard she had been gifted.

She made no attempt to get along with the medical staff treating her. After all, her future was a dead end. At the same time, her illness wasn't terminal, so she wouldn't die, either. That was simply the way it was.

Then, when she turned ten, a doctor appeared before her. He worked tirelessly, dedicating his efforts to saving her life. What truly saved her, however, was the vibrant smile he wore when they were together.

From that day on, her monochrome life suddenly began to take on meaning. Kranke had fallen in love with the doctor.

Kranke and the doctor bonded through music. It was the only hobby Kranke had to speak of, and so she began to teach the doctor from square one.

Everything he did was in the aim of connecting with Kranke to understand her better. The lengths to which he was willing to go moved her deeply.

"If we're going to do this, we may as well start from scratch."

With that, the two began composing with virtuadolls--a girl sheltered from the outside, and her doctor, eager to show her its beauty. At times, the music they wove was more eloquent than words. Kranke adored the sincerity in the doctor's work. It was as if it were him singing through the virtuadoll.

Ten years came and went since her and the doctor first met.

The day she reached twenty years of age, the doctor told her about a surgery he wished to conduct.

A successful case overseas had shed light on a procedure that could possibly cure her legs of their affliction.

Kranke realized that, deep down, she did not want to be cured.

"If my illness is cured, won't he start drifting away from me?"

It was their relationship as doctor and patient that bound her to him. The thought of losing that connection filled her with terror.

Kranke refused to consent to the surgery. But the doctor, refusing to budge, repeatedly attempted to persuade her, to the point where tears brimmed in his ardent eyes.

It wasn't that Kranke feared the chance of failure. But the truth would be even harder for him to accept. After all, his integrity as a physician would prevent him from granting her wish: for her to stay infirm, under his care.

Eventually, Kranke gave in to the doctor's desperate pleas to carry out the surgery. That night, she wept alone in silence, steeling herself for their parting.

But then the surgery failed. She was relieved at heart. Evidently, God was watching over her. Though her legs were now fully immobile, she couldn't care less, so long as she could remain her doctor's patient.

What she got was more than she ever imagined. The doctor began pushing her around in her wheelchair at all times. He would neglect his other patients to stay beside her. Above all else, she was glad they could spend more time together.

But that was only the start. The doctor's overwhelming guilt and despair over the failed surgery warped his very being. His bright eyes dulled, and his smile faded.

The songs Kranke once loved grew grim in tone, their melodies made into refrains of anguish. Regret surfaced, not from her now-inert legs, but because Doktor changed.

"I never should've had that surgery."

The musical work the pair did on a whim was discovered. Bluffman's invitation arrived soon after. Then, just as Doktor had wished, Kranke's legs were cured in Redo.

Even so, Kranke pretended to be unable to walk, for as long as she remained infirm, Doktor would never leave her. By that same token, only when she could walk would he smile again. But no matter how much she knew it, Kranke could not muster up the courage.

She could not bring herself to trust that their bond went any further than her condition.

## Trivia

* Unlike most other traumas (The other exception being Machina), Kranke’s isn’t stated in a profile. It’s only mentioned by Ryuto Tsukishima right before her boss fight.

## Gallery

Compilation of all of Kranke's sprites.Official Steam card for *The Caligula Effect 2*, featuring Kranke and Shota.Official Twitter icon featuring Kranke.Official cafe collaboration for *The Caligula Effect 2*, featuring a drink inspired by Kranke.Official artwork published by Historia counting 3 days until the Steam release of *The Caligula Effect 2*.
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/pug\_maniac/status/1446490579416780801