Kure-nai's Murasaki and Shinkurou

POSTED by Rica

The anime Kure-nai, written and directed by Kou Matsuo (and based on the light novels by Katayama Kentarou) starts off with an interesting incident: a “dispute mediator” named Kurenai Shinkurou is taking care of a guy who turns out to be a client’s stalker. During the confrontation, something pops out of Shinkurou’s right elbow which obviously pains him and distracts him from finishing his job.

Sixteen-year old Kurenai Shinkurou seems like a normal high school student at first, but as mentioned, he’s hired to settle disputes or squabbles. Only two people from his school – Murakami Ginko and Houzuki Yuuno – know that he’s a dispute mediator hired by Juuzawa Benika to take care of trivial job requests from clients.

The real story of the anime starts when Benika drops by Shinkurou’s apartment to offer him his next job. He’s being asked to protect a seven-year old girl named Kuhouin Murasaki, the girl that Benika and her subordinate Inuzuka Yayoi snatched from the Kuhouin compound early in the first episode. Shinkurou accepts the job, and during the short conversation between him and Benika, we see snatches of the boy’s past as well as his possible reason/s for accepting the job of protecting Murasaki from the Kuhouins and from the Inner Sanctuary. more…