Kurumi Ebisuzawa

Kurumi Ebisuzawa is one of the main characters of the Gakkou Gurashi! series. She is a former student at Megurigaoka Private High School and the primary "zombie killer"/strategist of the School Life Club, where her abilities prove invaluable. 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". 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.