History Literature / Kurenai

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Murasaki. In the manga and OVAs, Murasaki wears almost exclusively boyish clothes - Dark-colored jackets with flared collars, flat-color T-shirts, sweaters and black shorts or overalls. Though, she does wear knee-high socks with her otherwise masculine attire. Moreover, Murasaki doesn't object to wearing aprons and feminine outfits prepared for her, in fact more often than not she is enthusiastic about them. This trope is less obvious in the anime, in which Murasaki's dress is much more girly, however, she still retains her boyish behavior and mode of speech. The way Murasaki acts and speaks, while neither overtly masculine nor feminine, is very open and straightforward to a point that it would be considered abnormal and in some cases impolite in Japanese culture.

The series started out as a LightNovel series but has grown to include both a manga and an anime adaption. The anime ends after the first arc, but both the original light novels and manga are ongoing. The series takes place in the same universe as ''Literature/DenpaTekiNaKanojo''.

The series started out as a LightNovel series but has grown to include both a manga and an anime adaption. The anime ends after the first arc, but both the original light novels and manga are ongoing. The series takes place in the same universe as ''LightNovel/DenpaTekiNaKanojo''.

%%* KnifeNut: Kirishima Kirihiko

* {{Meganekko}}: Ginko

* CutenessProximity: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kure_nai/c029/20.html Ginko]]

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Tamaki.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: Kirihiko]]
* HollywoodToneDeaf: When practicing their parts in a musical Yamie proves to be this, and Yuuno even more so, but it goes away for both of them once they stop practicing from the script and start improvising instead.

* KnifeNut: Kirishima Kirihiko
* KnowledgeBroker: Ginko
* LivingLieDetector: Murasaki
* LonelyRichKid: Murasaki, to the Nth degree.
* LoveHotels: Shinkurou lives opposite one.

* ArtShift: The opening animation compared to the rest of the anime.

* PlayingAgainstType: Miyuki Sawashiro plays Shinkurou. Aside from the fact that her roles are usually female, she usually plays either "shy and cute" characters or just TheOjou. Shinkurou is neither. But Miyuki actually does play an Ojou-esque character in one episode.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Murasaki. In the manga and OVAs, Murasaki wears almost exclusively boyish clothes - Dark-colored jackets with flared collars, flat-color T-shirts, sweaters and black shorts or overalls. She does she doesn't object to wearing aprons and feminine outfits prepared for her (usually by Tamaki), in fact more often than not she is enthusiastic about them. This trope is less obvious in the anime, in which Murasaki's dress is much more girly, however, she still retains her boyish behavior and mode of speech. The way Murasaki acts and speaks, while not overtly masculine, is very open and straightforward to a point that it would be considered abnormal and in some cases impolite in Japanese culture.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ginko and Yuuno. While Shinkurou doesn't return Yuuno's feelings any more than he does Ginko's, he does hang out a lot more with Yuuno than with her. Also, when they were little kids he [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise promised]] that when they grew up that they'd run Ginko's family ramen shop together, but instead ended up learning the martial arts of Yuuno's family and decided to become a dispute mediator instead.

* {{Lolicon}}
** Shinkurou isn't a lolicon, but some of the characters jokingly refer to him as one because of Murasaki. And then Murasaki gets hold of the word without realizing what it really means... It doesn't help that Yuuno's little sister, Chizuru, is always jumping on him too.
** [[spoiler: Ruuji, Murasaki's [[BrotherSisterIncest older brother]] [[{{Squick}} really has the hots for her]]...]]

'''''Kure-nai''''': Shinkurou Kurenai is a 16 year old boy who earns his living by settling disputes between people. This usually involves some degree of violence, which he deals with just fine, as he is very strong and proficient at martial arts.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: See the BlessedWithSuck and SwissArmyAppendage sections. [[spoiler:Not nearly as dangerous in the novels, given how frequent Shinkurou relies on it.]]

* SwissArmyAppendage: [[spoiler:Shinkurou, while living with and being trained by the Houzuki family, had a blade put into his right forearm that he can release at will. (In the anime, it is activated when he gets too agitated in combat.)]]

* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler:Murasaki being recaptured by the Kuhoins]]. Also, Shinkurou's dream at the end of the series.

* UnwantedHarem: A relatively mild case. Shinkurou has Ginko, Yuuno, and Murasaki gunning for him. Shinkurou cares about each of the main three, but in a platonic sense. Tamaki doesn't seem to be interested in Shinkurou romantically, but that certainly doesn't stop her from teasing him every now and then (especially [[BottleFairy when she's drunk]]). Yuuno's younger sister, Chizuru, also has a crush on him. Kirihiko is thrown into the mix with her [[LuminescentBlush blushes]] whenever Shinkurou praises her in the manga.

* BottleFairy: Tamaki.

* XanatosGambit: Benika's plan to "poison the prize".

** Murasaki, from the classic Japanese novel ''[[TaleOfGenji The Tale of Genji]]'', was kidnapped as a little girl by the protagonist Hikaru Genji and raised to be [[WifeHusbandry the perfect wife]].