Kirimi is a Nekozawa. It counts!
Twenty Facts about Kirimi Nekozawa
Nekozawa is afraid of the dark. She loves to play in the sunlight, loves to be warm, and is frightened by the uncertainties of the night.
2. Kirimi loves to be read to. Every night, to ward off the darkness, Kuretake reads to her, sometimes for hours. Kuretake is Kirimi's favorite storyteller. She always does the voices, and if Kirimi is dozing while being read a manga, Kuretake will explain the action in the panel, as it was part of the text. ("'Oh, is that all he wanted?' Kimiko asked sullenly, looking disappointed. 'I thought maybe he…'")
3. Kirimi's favorite stories are those with dashing princes on white horses who rescue princesses from dragons. She'll also accept heroes who are not actually royalty by blood, but exhibit princely traits. And anything with a good romantic subplot.
4. Kirimi's brother is a prince. A brave, handsome blond prince she calls "Onichama", affectionately. His picture hangs on the stairwell. But her Onichama is difficult to find.
5. Kirimi thinks that perhaps her princely Onichama is under a wizard's spell, which turns him into a frightening creature of darkness. Nonetheless, she knows the creature of darkness is still her brother; she just has to figure out how to break the spell.
6. Kirimi doesn't like animals. A year ago, the family bought a kitten, thinking perhaps that a love of cats would be a common interest she and her brother could share. But the playful feline loved to pounce and play fight, and took a particular liking to Kirimi, adopting her as his sparring partner. After scratching her twice, Kirimi started to cry whenever she saw it, and the kitten was given away.
7. Kirimi doesn't know if Bereznoff is a good cat or a bad cat. But her Onichama says that Bereznoff will scare away all bad cats, so for now, she'll trust his faith in it.
8. Kirimi also doesn't know if Bereznoff is a ward or a conductor for curses, so she doesn't yet trust it completely. It might be the reason her Onichama has to live as a monster.
9. Kirimi wants for nothing else than for her Onichama to come outside and play with her. But he never does.
10. Sometimes, adults will stop to compliment Kirimi on her hair and eyes. They tell her how pretty she is and how jealous they are. It makes Kirimi very happy. She wished people could also see her Onichama's hair and eyes. She thinks they're the prettiest in the world.
11. Kirimi loves fairy tales, and she loves stories with pictures, so shoujo manga was an easy step. Her favorite is one called "Three and Green", that has dragons and fairies and princes and magic, and a character who reminds her of the dark creature her Onichama turns into, but he's a villain.
12. Kirimi often impresses people with her extensive vocabulary. Adults always say, "Wherever did you learn such a word?" and then Kuretake turns a little pink.
13. Kirimi thinks Kadomatsu is so funny. Sometimes, if mama is scolding her, Kadomatsu will stand behind mama, perfectly still and quiet, and then suddenly make a face at her. Quick as a flash, he'll be stoic again, because the funny face was meant only for Kirimi, to cheer her up. He'd get her in more trouble, though, when mama would catch her smile every time he did it when she was supposed to be thinking about what she'd done. Nine times out of ten, Kirimi didn't know what she'd done.
14. Kirimi loves flowers. Her family has a garden in the back that every spring and summer she'll visit at least once a day. Sometimes she'll pick the prettiest flowers and make a bouquet for mama or Kuretake, but that always makes the gardener so angry, and then Kirimi gets frightened and runs away.
15. Kirimi likes visiting the high school. Because she feels it brings her closer to her brother.
16. Kirimi thought she found her Onichama once, during one of her visits to the high school. He was warm and dashing and had blond hair just like her, just like the boy in the portrait. For a moment, she felt completely fulfilled as he held her. She had never known such happiness. And best of all, he was a policeman, too!
17. Kirimi still likes her first Onichama. But it wasn't him that had come to rescue her. It was her real brother, the prince. And he had Bereznoff, just like the creature of Darkness. It was then that she realized that they were the same person. She was right to go looking in the high school, after all!
18. Kirimi knows that if she is ever in trouble again, she can count on her prince to save her. He promised her. And she made a promise, too; one that she can't tell anybody, not yet. Not even her prince.
19. One day, Kirimi wants to save her brother from the darkness. She wants to find a way to lift the curse her Onichama is under, so they can finally be together.
20. One day, Kirimi won't be afraid of the dark.