Kurumi Mugen

Anime depiction

**Kurumi Mugen** (夢源くるみ, *Mugen Kurumi*) is a Main Deuteragonist Magical Girl with the designation of "***War Nurse***" (***ウォーナース***) who is a member of M-Squad.

As one of the surviving Magical Girls from the Distonian War, she is a part of the Magical Five, though she hates the name since there were eleven girls, six of whom died.

## Personality

Kurumi seems sweet at first, but this masks a more sadistic side of her. She was saved by Asuka during the war from her life as a bullied teen who was abused by her family, and adores her to the point of obsession. Her number one priority is always Asuka, and even volunteered to take on the torture aspects of M-Squad to shield her from the trauma, though Kurumi seems to enjoy torture. Kurumi is always loyal to her friends, though, and is a strong and caring fighter. Kurumi also likes action and horror movies, referencing Red Scorpion and Stanley Kubrick in episode 12 of the anime.

## Relationships

### Magical Girls

#### Rapture Asuka

Kurumi adores Asuka and has a strong crush on her, though Asuka doesn't know this. As a result, Kurumi fights hard for Asuka, and vice versa. Kurumi and Asuka are also a popular pairing in the MSTA fandom, called 'Asumi' by some fans.

When Kurumi thinks Asuka would hate her for torturing others to obtain information, she considers committing suicide until Asuka tells her that she accepts her.

At the end of the series, Kurumi confesses to Asuka, and the two officially become a couple, sealing it with a kiss.

#### Just Cause Mia

Kurumi and Mia work well together, with Mia citing Kurumi as the only one of the Magical Five she could truly trust.

#### Phoenix Tamara

It seems that Kurumi and Tamara are friendly, but Kurumi holds a grudge against her thanks to Tamara kissing Asuka while her brainwashing's being undone in the Saving Phoenix arc. However, she does give her a slight pass due to Tamara not being in her right state of mind.

#### Whiplash Chisato

Despite their past of fighting, it seems that Chisato is obedient to Kurumi and the two are on good terms.

### M-Squad

#### Nazani

Despite their past of fighting, it seems that Nazani is obedient to Kurumi and the two are on good terms.

### Others

#### Sayako Hata

It seems that Kurumi's jealous of Sayako, because she was holding hands with Asuka in episode 6.

## Abilities & Powers

As an Magical Girl, Kurumi possesses magical perception blocking that allows no one she knows in real life to recognize her, a reactive magical shield to protect herself from attacks, and the finishing move 'Magical Calorie Roll-Up'.

Magical Calorie Roll-Up: Kurumi's definitive technique is based on a more resistant shield and with greater endowments than the others, having three capable of defense, thus earning it the title "Three Capable Reactive Shield."

Kurumi is able to use her syringe to immobilize opponents, get the truth out of them using 'Magical Truth Serum' and shoot needles at them. Kurumi also knows Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a result of her M-Squad training.

## Etymology

* The name **Kurumi** means "walnut" (くるみ) in Hiragana.
* Kurumi's surname **Mugen** means "dream, vision" (夢) (**mu**) and "source, origin" (源) (**gen**).

## Trivia

* In early scans of the manga, War Nurse was translated as 'Venus'.
* In the manga, Kurumi's hair is more brown than red, as it is in the anime.
* She is voiced by Akira Sekine in the original and Sara Ragsdale in the English dub.
* Her name means "walnut" in Japanese.
* Some fans call Kurumi 'War Criminal' as a result of her use of torture.
* Kurumi likes EDM music.
* Kurumi also likes yuri manga.