Kurome

Kurome is a member of the Jaegers, and the younger sister of Akame. Sold by her parents to the Empire along with Akame, the sisters survived the exam in the forest. She was drafted into a different Assassin Group than her sister and the siblings parted ways.

Appearance
Kurome looks very similar to her sister. She has short black hair with twintail style and black eyes. She wears a black sailor uniform and keeps her Teigu with her at all times. She wears black boots and gloves.

Personality
Kurome seems to hate her sister for betraying the Empire, or more specifically, betraying her. Although she shares some traits with her sister, such as her social awkwardness and her gluttonous desire to eat candy, in place of the meat that Akame is shown to eat, she is much more aloof and seems to show darker sides of her when it comes to killing her enemies. She is cold and ruthless in battle, usually ending the lives of her enemies as one would expect from a seasoned assassin.

Secretly, she is very scared of being seen as weak, knowing that, in the Assassination Division, if she became dead weight she'd be taken out to keep her silent. This has a lingering effect of her upbringing, as she almost did suffer this fate, were it not for the drug therapy she later underwent. She has shown this side of herself, unintentionally, to Wave, who she seems to have developed some trust towards in comparison to the other members of Jaeger.

She holds some form of unstable mental attachment to her fallen comrades as she keeps them as her corpse dolls. This warped psyche was most likely fueled by the empire; as claimed by Run before being enslaved. When Run was severely injured and about to die, she states that it allows them to be "together forever", and she intends to add her sister to this collection. She also seems to play with the corpses of those she has killed, as well as keeping powerful ones to use in her permanent collection which is limited to 8.

Bio
Along with her sister Akame, Kurome was raised as part of an Assassination Division of the Empire. She was subjected to cruel treatment as well as experimental drugs, making her body more powerful.

While her sister eventually became aware of the Empire's evil nature and left it to join Night Raid, Kurome did not have this option due to her constant need to rely on these medicinal drugs, which only the Empire could supply her. Eventually, after having participated in a slaughter with several Empire soldiers, she was given an order to join the Jaegers. She later cooperated with the rest of the Jaegers to annihilate a militia group as their first assignment, but was evidently disappointed in the level of her opponents.

After the fight between Shura and Wave, Kurome displays confidence of her companion's strength by claiming that he will win. After the result of the fight, Kurome and Wave listen to Run's plan to change the Empire from the inside. Just as Run is heading to Wild Hunt's station to take revenge on the one who killed his students, Kurome interrupts him and joins him, claiming that they are no help to the empire in any way.

The two work together for vengeance, with Run luring Champ out of the base and Kurome preventing Cosmina and Enshin from intervening. Kurome summons Natala and Doya to attack them, with Enshin amputating both of Doya's hands and slicing Natala. Two Danger Beasts, summoned by Kurome are easily defeated by the sound waves produced by Cosmina's microphone Teigu. This attack is blocked by Kurome by covering her ears as she cuts Enshin on his back. She then gets corned by the Wild Hunters but just as they attack, Run lifts her up with the help from his Teigu. Run and Kurome get trapped in a whirlwind by Champ's elemental teigu, Run protects Kurome during a fire explosion - taking a lot of damage. The two fall to the ground. Night Raid intervene and Akame and Kurome have a short confrontation, Akame questions why the Jaegers are attacking Wild Hunt. Kurome claims that they were disturbing the peace and prepares to fight Night Raid. Run shoots feathers at Night Raid which are blocked by Tatsumi and the two flee together.

As Run falls, accepting his death with a smile, a mentally unstable Kurome rejects the thought of her comrade dying. Shedding tears; "If Run's gone, Wave will be sad! I don't want you to go too..Let's stay together for a while longer." She stabs Run with her Teigu, who shows a face of despair at her choice, enslaving Run and turning him into her corpse. Kurome stops crying and smiles, happy to keep her comrade "alive", even if he won't be the same.

Equipment &amp; Skills
Kurome wields an offensive Teigu like her sister, in the form of a sword named "March of the Dead: Yatsufusa", which allows her to enslave up to 8 enemies killed with the Teigu. However, the corpses do not show any emotion. Also like her sister, she is extremely skilled in the art of the sword and assassination. She was able to land a hit on Esdeath. After Chelsea wounded her, she has been drastically weakened.

The following corpses have been used by Kurome:


 * Natala: The corpse of one of Kurome's childhood friends that wields an unnamed Teigu. He survived the battle against Night Raid along with Doya.
 * Doya: A former assassin from the Northern Tribes that dual-wields pistols. Like Natala, she survived the battle against Night Raid. Her arms get cut off by Enshin and it is unknown whether they will be repaired.
 * Woll: A former famous guardsman. He has a shield with a hidden lance in it that can be fired. He was destroyed by Bols' Teigu's self-destruction.
 * Apeman: A Danger Beast that resembles a gorilla, using brute physical strength to destroy its opponents. It was destroyed by Tatsumi.
 * Hentarr: A former survivor of the Northern Tribes. He has tricky movements and a knife, but was destroyed by Chelsea, who tricked him into believing that she was also a survivor before assassinating him.
 * Rokgough: A former general that tried to betray the Empire to join the revolutionaries. He wields a whip and can shake the earth with it. He was destroyed by Najenda, who seemed to have trained under him.
 * Destaghoul: An ultra-class danger beast. It seems to have a destructive breath and is extremely powerful. However, Susanoo managed to destroy it.
 * Kaiser Frog: A large, frog-like Danger Beast that can control its long tongue. It also has powerful acid in his stomach, although it did little to Mine besides dissolve her stockings before she destroyed it.
 * Run: A fellow comrade in the Jaegers. He still wields his teigu but his wings have turned black.
 * Two unnamed danger beasts: They were both easily destroyed by Cosmina.

Relationships
Akame: Kurome wants to kill her, and vice versa. They both grew up together as assassins after being sold by their parents.

Wave: They are friends to an extent, and they even play Chess together during their free time. Though she does not talk much, she is usually seen walking with Wave. Whenever Wave&apos;s attempt to comfort a teammate fails, she pats him on the shoulder. Their relationship has developed to be deeper following Kurome's assassination attempt, she confides her fear of being killed for being weak and useless to him and thanks him for his concern. She even expresses real concern when Wave is near breaking point for the actions of Wild Hunt, and when he angered Syura. Following Wave's fight with Syura, she shows signs of romantic affection toward him tending his wounds, and was very grateful for him when he protected her from Syura, who tempted to take her as his personal toy.

Run: In Chapter 48, Run and Kurome work together to get revenge on Wild Hunt. They display great team work and loyalty to one and another as he is able to save her multiple times. When he is about to die, Kurome could not bare to lose her comrade and so turns him into a corpse.

Trivia

 * Kurome means "Black Eye" in Japanese.
 * She is nearly always seen with Wave.
 * She is often seen eating, usually candy. She stubbornly refuses to share her candy with even her comrades.
 * Her measurements are 80-51-81.