Kurumi Ebisuzawa

## Family

Yoshihira Ebisuzawa† (father)
Mikako Ebisuzawa† (mother)
Himeka Manaka (aunt)
Mashiro's mother (aunt)
Mashiro Kurata (1st cousin)
Laala Manaka (1st cousin)
Non Manaka (1st cousin)
Reina Miyama (2nd cousin)

Kurumi Ebisuzawa is one of the characters of the World Protection Security Agency series and one of the characters in School-Live! and is a character from Meta-Verse Arcs 3-9. She is a former student at Megurigaoka Private High School in School-Live universe and the primary "zombie killer"/strategist of the School Life Club, where her abilities prove invaluable. She and the rest of the School Life club members including Yuki Takeya, Yuuri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki later join in with the WPSA after the events of WPSA: School-Live.

## Appearance

Kurumi is a fair light-skinned teenage girl that is prone to blushing with straight hip-length dark purple hair that is tied in a twin-tail fashion with violet ribbons on each side (Sometimes, she wears her hair loose, and it extends to her waist. When in combat situations, Kurumi often wears her twin tails in low buns instead) and magenta-colored eyes (violet eyes in the anime).

She is usually seen with her black choker collar and her school uniform, which consists of a short-sleeved white shirt (that she sometimes wears with a purple cardigan), a green necktie with a red ribbon hanging from it, and a green skirt with yellow buttons on the area around her stomach. To finish the look, Kurumi wears black socks with white shoes that are green at the tip.

Though not part of the uniform, she wears black and white striped arm-warmers and green knee-pads with large silver plates on them. In addition to this, she is usually (if not always) seen carrying her shovel by her side. Because of this, Yuki calls her weapon "Shovel-kun".

In the WPSA series, she is now seen carrying a red backpack, which contains various weapons she uses throughout her journey as a member of the Agency, including Beretta 92 FS Inox handguns, named "Yoshihira" and "Mikako", a triple-barrelled sawed-off shotgun whom she named it "Senpai", and various grenades and ammunitions. She has a pair of gun holster straps encircled in both of her legs concealed beneath her skirt, which is where she holsters her dual handguns.

## Personality

Kurumi is, physically speaking, the most capable in the School Life Club and is always helping out. Although she looks innocent, she is by far the strongest member of the Club and has killed multiple zombies without a scratch, which is why she is often sent out on more dangerous missions. Although she is good at it, Kurumi is not fond of zombie hunting and sometimes her reaction time suffers because of this. She expresses genuine empathy, sympathy and is prone to acting on her emotions. This is demonstrated that she will balk at killing a zombie if she is reminded of its former humanity: she pauses before an easy kill because she sees the zombie's phone, with a picture of a girl and her senpai on it. She feels guilty after fighting the zombies off and has suffered trauma and constant nightmares of it, often about the day she killed her beloved senpai. She is shown tending to her shovel when anxious and even sleeps with it by her side at night.

Kurumi is overall an energetic, feisty, and cheerful girl. She is also shown to be a very passionate and hardworking person, especially when doing things that require physical activity. Despite her strong sense of responsibility, she enjoys fooling around with Yuki and enjoys teasing her sometimes. She also likes to play video games and was very surprised to see that Saint Isidore University had games and even a television. As so, she is seen to be quite mischievous and naive sometimes. Despite her mischievous and teasing streak, she is very friendly and welcoming, as she cares for her friends deeply and is incredibly loyal and protective of them. She is also very lively, determined and straightforward, and quite confident in her own abilities. Although Kurumi is viewed as an athletic, thickheaded, reckless, and strong-willed tomboy, she also has certain girly interests, like boys and getting married someday. When talking about 'girlish' things, she tends to become quite flustered and embarrassed, showcasing that she embraces her tomboy side more openly.

Kurumi sometimes plays up her gutsy personality to keep up the group's morale. In the manga, she manages to return to her home, only to find the house abandoned - except for one room that's bloody and shows signs of a struggle. When she reunites with the group, she acts as nothing had happened. She also seems to value the human life a lot, being very saddened that Radio DJ died before she could rescue her.

She takes care of Yuki and remains supportive of Yuuri and Miki while living in the school, being remarkably calm in difficult situations. She usually handles the zombies herself since she doesn't want to put her friends in danger. While in zombie-populated areas, she usually carries a level-headed demeanor and has a leader-like role with the others following her. However, as shown when she snapped on Miki upon finding the Emergency Response Manual, Kurumi can be impulsive and violent if the situation hits close to home.

Despite her kind nature, she takes advantage of the fact that zombies ignore her. She even made the zombies kill Takashige because he had hit and tried to kill her and kept trying to kill her despite verbal warnings and Kurumi retreating, although she also did this because she didn't want to risk him telling anyone about her health. However, Kurumi was seen breaking down in tears and felt extremely guilty about this, indicating that she would never want to kill someone else. Ever since she has been "cured", Kurumi has remained worried and unsure about herself. On the other hand, she still displays a positive demeanor around others. Later in the series, Kurumi distances herself from everyone, since her slowly worsening zombification and the fact that she killed Takashige in self-defense begin to overwhelm her to the point where she wanders off on her own, aimlessly wandering amongst the zombie horde waiting for her impending demise. However, Yuki manages to find her and snap her out of it.

In the WPSA universe, because of extensive training from John Rambo after the events of WPSA: School-Live, Kurumi develops a fearless, bold personality, to the point she does not care about which villain she encounters, despite the obvious signs of danger, but she makes it up through her talent. She is also foul-mouthed, headstrong, trigger-happy, and crass, which is unlike her usual self, even after being fully cured of her zombification within the conclusion of the events of WPSA: The Zombified Attack in Gazth-Sonika.

## Powers and Abilities

Being a former survivor in her old universe, Kurumi is an adept zombie hunter. Combining it with her past history as a member of the Track and Field Club in Megurigaoka, she is notably fast and physically adept, according to Yuuri Wakasa, who is able to swing her shovel easily.

In the WPSA stories, Kurumi later becomes an adept gunslinger, after being trained by Rambo, who is able to utilize a variety of weapons including a dual handgun, a triple-barreled sawed-off shotgun (WPSA: Non Non Biyori Vacation), and even an anti-materiel rifle (WPSA: Horizon Zero Dawn).

### Weapons

#### Shovel-kun

Her mainstay weapon. During the events of School-Live, it is then revealed that it is the same weapon she used to kill her now-zombified crush, her senpai.

#### Yoshihira and Mikako

A pair of heavily-modified Beretta 92 FS Inox handguns, named after her parents Yoshihira Ebisuzawa and Mikako Ebisuzawa. It is modified in a way that it is capable of having two barrels instead of the standard single barrel. The Yoshihira fires a single shot of devastating power, while the Mikako fires three shots at once.

#### Senpai

A break-action shotgun, modelled after a real-life break-action shotgun known as the Chiappa Triple Crown. It is named after her former crush, her senpai, as a homage.

#### Blue Kryptonite bullets

Only used in WPSA: Non Non Biyori Vacation and WPSA: Non Non Biyori Nonstop against Bizarro, whose weakness is Blue Kryptonite.

## History

Before the outbreak, Kurumi lived a normal life with her parents. She seemed to be quite close with her parents, but their current status is unknown. While still a student and Megurigaoka Private High School, Kurumi was in the track and field club and it's manager. Though she didn't dislike running, she only joined the club because she was after her senpai (先輩, upperclassman). Despite being a manager, she said the role didn't fit her.

She liked her senpai a lot. Her friends were also aware of her crush and supported Kurumi. It is also stated in the anime that Kurumi said that she would enroll at the same college as he would, and when being with him, she wanted that those beautiful days without any worries would go on forever.

When the outbreak occurred, her senpai was already infected as he was being carried to the rooftop by Kurumi. As the girls (Megumi, Yuki, and Yuuri) barricaded the door, her infected senpai then rose up and proceeded to attack. To defend herself, Kurumi stabs her senpai multiple times using a nearby shovel, explaining her weapon of choice.

## Relationships

### Yuki Takeya

Kurumi and Yuki are on good terms as Kurumi considers Yuki as one of her closest friends. Kurumi worries about Yuki quite a lot due her air-headed nature, and she is also aware of the "delusions" but chooses to play along. Kurumi also likes to tease her sometimes, and same with Yuki, as she sometimes makes fun of Kurumi because she is afraid of ghosts, much to Kurumi's chagrin. Yuki also relies on Kurumi's strength in the school, as Kurumi often accompanies Yuki when she has to go somewhere. Kurumi feels that Yuki's cheerfulness and positivism has saved her (and Yuuri) many times and gave them feeling of warmth because she was very stressed a short while after the outbreak started. Kurumi wants nothing else but for Yuki to be happy and therefore chooses to play along with her "illusions" so she can remain happy and cheerful. Kurumi sees Yuki as someone she needs to protect, and she also feels at ease around Yuki and she cares for her deeply, and vice-versa, as Yuki didn't want to leave Kurumi's side when she was infected and in pain, as she un cuffed her hands even though Yuuri told her to stay away since it could be dangerous. They both share a very close bond as they have known each other for a long time.

### Yuuri Wakasa

Yuuri and Kurumi get along very well, and they understand and respect each other. They are aware of Yuki's "delusions" and understands them well. They also care and help each other out, and though Yuuri isn't experienced in fighting the zombies like Kurumi, she still tries to help Kurumi out by distracting them, so they have a good teamwork. They can talk seriously with each other, as Kurumi asked Yuuri to end her if she became infected. Before however, Yuki stated that Kurumi and Yuuri sometimes fight late at night, and when Yuki asked what was wrong, they would always reply with "nothing", which is why Yuki created her illusions, to make them smile more, because they always seemed stressed. Yuuri cares for Kurumi's well-being as she doesn't want her to push herself to hard when fighting the zombies. Kurumi also cares for Yuuri and her well-being. Yuuri became very stressed and slightly depressed as she was seen breaking down when she was unable to end Kurumi, even though she promised Kurumi that she would when the time came. When Kurumi recovered, Yuuri became very joyful, relieved and even shed tears, as Kurumi is a very important friend to her. After leaving the school, they aren't seen interacting with each other like before, but they still have an unbreakable bond of trust and friendship between them.

### Miki Naoki

Unlike Yuuri, Kurumi didn't have anything against Miki even though she didn't understand Yuki's "illusions", though she became very upset with Miki when they found the emergency response manual and Kurumi said that Miki talked like she "knew everything". However, Kurumi came to respect her and consider her as a close friend later on, and they both care for each other deeply. Miki was even willing to get the antidote all by herself in order to cure Kurumi when she became infected, even though the risks; showing that Miki cares for her well-being very much. After leaving the school, the two becomes much closer and often talk about various topics both late at night and day. Miki came to care for Kurumi a lot, as she became very worried when she walked past some zombies, even shouting for her even if it attracted attention.

When Miki thought that the medicine didn't work, she seemed really sad but Kurumi reassured that it did work, as she wouldn't be here otherwise. Miki also doesn't want Kurumi to leave, to which Kurumi said that she wouldn't, since Miki is very precious to her and promised to not leave her side. They can talk with each other seriously and they are also seen supporting each other, as Miki has helped Kurumi in combat before and regards her as the one she goes to when she needs help. When Kurumi thinks Miki looks down, she always picks up on her and tries to cheer her up. After coming to Isidore University, they are often being together and talking late at night at the school roof. The two are on good terms and though they sometimes tease each other in a friendly way, they are very confident within each other's abilities, so they share a very close bond of trust and friendship, demonstrated by their actions, especially after leaving the school.

### Megumi Sakura

Megumi would blame herself because Kurumi always did the hard job in the school (fighting off zombies). Before the outbreak, Kurumi felt like Megumi was the only person she can talk about her feelings. Right of way, questioning "*Or why I feel the way I do around him?*"

Due to her fondness of Megumi as a kind teacher, Kurumi was unable to kill her when she met Megumi in the school's basement due to the close bond they had in the past. Kurumi also tended to visit Megumi's grave quite often and often prayed and asked her to keep her, along with the others, safe.