Ruriko Liang-Melnikova

**Ruriko Liang-Melnikova** is a female student that attends Sakura Academy. She was first introduced in ShadowSphere 2.5 as the main protagonist

## Appearance

Ruriko wears the Student Council uniform

When Ruriko doesn't wear the Student Council uniform, She wears the standard uniform with the addition of a purple cardigan, In summer she wears the standard uniform instead of a regular shirt it is a purple one

Ruriko has long light brown hair with twin ahoges which she regularly styles. She wears a headband with white feathers on some occasions. She wears white stockings and Blue and mustard yellow shoes. She normally walks with her eyes closed when they are open, they're light blue. Her bust size is 27 inches. She wears the "Blue Armband of Leadership" on her left arm reading *生徒会 (seito kai)*, meaning *Student Council* written in kanji.

As Iris Sister, Her hair is now light purple and her eyes are pink. She is always smirking. She wears a black crop-top and a black skirt with white trim along with thick black boots and a choker

## Personality

Ruriko is Dangerous. If she sees the protagonist murder anyone she will run-up to her, spray her with pepper spray, and restrain her. She will push the protagonist away gracefully if they get too close and will spray her with pepper spray if she attempts to kill her without stealth or if she gets too close to her five times. She will break up fights between the protagonist and a delinquent by politely asking them to stop fighting. If the protagonist aims their phone at Ruriko, she'll stand still but will show no reaction. Intimidation will also not work on Ruriko if the protagonist attempts to intimidate her when she has joined the delinquents. Ruriko is also not affected by seduction.

Ruriko is known for being gentle, friendly, and an airhead. She also patrols the clubrooms to find anyone who needs help. However, there are rumors that her personality is a facade.

As Iris Sister, she is a sadist

## Reputation

Ruriko's default reputation is +60

**Liked**: 100

**Respected**: 30

**Feared**: 50

## Routine

At 7:00 AM, Ruriko will begin patrolling all the clubrooms around the school, starting with the Cooking Club.

At 8:45 AM, Ruriko walks to Classroom 2-B, sits at her desk, and socializes with Abbigail Kiyomizu and Mari Watanabe before class starts. She starts her 1st Block ELA at 9:15 AM and leaves to go to Second Block Math at 10:40 and stays there until the Lunch Bell rings at 11:20 she eats lunch with Naoto Shirogane, Kamiko Hazuki, and Chie Satonaka on Monday and with Abbie and Mari on other days. She returns to Second Block at 12:05 and stays there until 12:45 at 12:50 she patrols the club rooms again and heads to 3rd Block Science or Social Studies at 1:20 and stays there until 2:45 and heads to 4th Block P.E or Chorus. At 4:15 she heads to the Student Council Room and stays there until 5:00 after 5 she goes to socialize with Triplets. On Fridays at 4:15 PM, Ruriko will go to the Meeting Room and meet up together with the rest of the Student Council and all the club leaders to have a meeting. She stays there until 5:00 and then goes to meet with Kanji Tatsumi and Naoto

Her routine in the other ShadowSphere Games will be *here*

## Topics

### **Positive**

* Cooking
* Music
* Gardening
* Justice
* Nature
* Cats
* Occult

### **Neutral**

* Martial Arts
* Violence

## Relationships

### **Belac Liang-Melnikova**

Ruriko's older sister loves it when she swears. They get along well

### **Hu Liang-Melnikova**

Ruriko thinks that he is super edgy. She likes to make owl puns with his name

### **Yekaterina Liang-Melnikova**

She knows that Katie likes Abbie and is trying her best to help her

### **Yushi Liang-Melnikova**

Ruriko and Jade get along well due to their perverted personalities'

### **Rena Liang-Melnikova**

Ruriko likes shipping Rena with Dan. Ruriko enjoys Rena's cooking

### **Abbigail Kiyomizu**

One of Ruriko's best friends attempts to get Katie to confess her love to her

### **Mari Watanabe**

Another one Ruriko's Friends calls her RiRi That RatRat

### **Sofiya Liang-Melnikova**

Ruriko's mother. She loves her but Sofiya can get on her nerves

### **Ruslan Liang-Melnikov**

She enjoys his company. Constantly tells him "Nows not the time to be smoking ciggies"

### **Naoto Shirogane**

One of Ruriko's Friends. Knows that Naoto has feeling for Kanji and tries to help her tell him

### **Kanji Tatsumi**

Kanji finds her annoying but keeps her around. Ruriko knows that Kanji likes Naoto.

### **Yurie Fuyumi**

One of Ruriko's Friends. They have a short comic series about their friendship

## Trivia

* Her name first name Ruriko(ルリコ) means Lapis Lazuli Child her last name Liang(梁) means "a beam", "a bridge", or "an elevation", or "a mast" and Melnikova(Мельникова) means miller
* If she weren't in the Student Council, she would either be in the Cooking Club or Gardening Club. If Ruriko were in The Cooking Club, she would get along very well with Amai.
* She thinks that Info-chan may exist, but doesn't openly talk about it because she doesn't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist.
* She calls people "darling" or by weird nicknames (Eg. Cake[Naoto])
* Ruriko's eyes will open if she sees a corpse.
* Ruriko's favorite food is Sushi
* Ruriko's favorite drink is Grape Soda
* Ruriko will accept food from the Cooking Club members, but not from the protagonist.
	+ As of May 19, 2020, This no longer applies when you play as Noah, Naoto, Kamiko, Yurie, The Triplets, Norie, and Chie
* She likes all the triplets equally, but she gets along best with Jade
* She gets along well with Yosuke Hanamura and Yurie Fuyumi
* Ruriko has caused a few events in ShadowSphere 4 involving Naoto and Kanji
	+ On August 30 Kanji and Naoto have a very small conversation thanks to Ruriko making them bump into each other
	+ On September 21(Only if you save Naoto early) Kanji and Naoto will spend most of the day together and it is implied that they made out
	+ On October 6(Regardless of when you save Naoto) Naoto has Kanji stay at her house because Ruriko helped her get the courage to ask him earlier that day
	+ On October 10 when Naoto returns to school Ruriko and Jade lock her and Kanji in the gym storage closet saying that they won't let them out until they make out, which they end up doing
	+ On October 14 Kanji invites Naoto to his house because Ruriko stole her umbrella while she wasn't looking and Naoto stayed at Kanji's house till late at night
		- It is heavily implied that they did something at night especially because of their reactions when Ruriko asks if they "got hot"
	+ On October 19 Naoto goes to Kanji's house again because of Ruriko The Umbrella Stealer and it is once again implied that Naoto and Kanji "got hot"
	+ As of November 5, Ruriko tells Chie that Kanji and Naoto are an official couple
	+ On December 24, Ruriko gets the group to convince Naoto that she is gonna die so that she spends the whole day at Kanji's house, scared

* It is implied Ruriko has feelings for a few of her friends
	+ In The Chronicles, She "Plays" Chie, breaking her (As said by a quote)
	+ In The Chronicles, She says that she wants to "play" with Naoto
		- After 2 hours she says that she "finally got Naoto's hot bod" implying that she did something sexual to Naoto
	+ She has licked Kanji a few times
	+ She has attempted to "play" with Yurie
	+ She has asked Kamiko if she can touch her breasts
	+ She flirts with Abbie a few times
	+ She wanted to touch Kirumi a few times
	+ The only friends that she has shown little or no interest in touching are Noah and Mari
* Ruriko has "broken" the second most characters having broken
	+ Abbie in Hyper Dimension ShadowSphere(HDSS)
	+ Chie In HDSS, ShadowSphere Freestyle(SSF), and The Chronicles(TC)
	+ Naoto in HDSS, SSF, TC, ShadowSphere 2.5(2.5), ShadowSphere Q2, and The 40 Chapter Killing Game(40)
		- Naoto is the character she has broken most breaking her a total of 36 times
	+ The Triplets in HDSS, and SSF
	+ Kokichi in SSF
		- Kokichi is the only male character she has broken
	+ Mai in HDSS
	+ Rei in HDSS
	+ Yurie in HDSS
	+ Kamiko is the only HDSS character that isn't DLC that Ruriko hasn't touched
	+ Mini Rumi in HDSS
	+ Kirumi in SSF and 40
	+ Chika in SSF
	+ Kitty in SSF
		- She is the only character from Total Drama that she has broken so far
	+ Himiko in SSF and HDSS
	+ Linda in SSF
	+ She has attempted to break Rise and Yosuke but failed
	+ She is behind only her mom who has broken Kamiko, Maki, Many Children, Pirachu, Rise, and Yosuke(The latter 2 Ruriko failed with)

## Quotes

> "*Sorry you're to close*"
> ― When the protagonist gets to close to Ruriko
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> "*Please, stop this*"
> ― When breaking up a fight or witnessing murder
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> "*Is...Is...Is This Real*"
> ― When finding a corpse
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> "*Stop, you fiend*"
> ― When pepper-spraying someone
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> "*Uh Oh! You made a mistake. To Ms. Kunahito you go*"
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> "*Heh. I made a funny*"
> ― A random quote
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