Kuro Kiryu/Relationships

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Hinata Aoi


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 * During the Christmas Live, Hinata requested outfits made for their Christmas event, but instead was given a bit too many costumes. The rest were given to RYUSEITAI.

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Tsukasa Suou


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Yuta Aoi


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Adonis Otogari


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Arashi Narukami


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Hokuto Hidaka


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Koga Oogami
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 * Fought each other during the "Dragon King Competition".

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Makoto Yuuki
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Mao Isara
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Mayoi Ayase
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Mika Kagehira
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 * Mika is scared of Kuro. They are not close acquaintances, but know of each other through Shu. Mika used to call him "Ryuukun-san", implying that Shu told him about Kuro before. Kuro basically considers Mika his "relative" because he is Shu's friend. In Nocturne, Mika has stated he was jealous of Kuro because he knew about Shu from his childhood.

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Ritsu Sakuma
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Subaru Akehoshi
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Tatsumi Kazehaya
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Izumi Sena
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Kaoru Hakaze
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Keito Hasumi
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 * Keito and Kuro met in their second year at Yumenosaki, during the events of the "war." As told in Reminiscene * Marionette and The Four Beasts of Fistfighting, Keito previously attempted to recruit Kuro into AKATSUKI with the intention of using his brute strength to win Dragon King Competition (Ryuuousen) Dream Festivals, which are Dream Festivals that specifically allow for violence in order to win. Kuro rejected him time after time again, but Keito continued to call him, never getting discouraged by Kuro's rejections. Despite rejecting him, Kuro remarked that Keito was delicate, so he didn't want him to get himself hurt. He also believed that Keito was a good person, but he didn't want to get himself into any trouble after he finally got to be a normal high school student.


 * Eventually, Kuro agreed to join AKATSUKI and act as Keito's strength. Students were afraid of him even before he joined AKATSUKI because of his delinquent history, so when Keito began to enter AKATSUKI into the Dragon King Competition (Ryuuousen) Dream Festivals, many opponents forfeited upon just seeing Kuro on the stage. Keito used Kuro's brute strength and reputation to win countless Dragon King Competition (Ryuuousen) Dream Festivals, boosting AKATSUKI's status to the top of Yumenosaki, in order to support Eichi's end goal of overthrowing the current Student Council and replacing it with his own. Kuro said that he was Keito's "executioner", thoughtlessly crushing everybody in his path in order to bring Keito to the top.


 * When Kuro tries to revive the Ryuuousen Dream Festival towards his graduation in an attempt to confess his past to Tetora and redeem himself for being a fake role model, Keito adamantly refuses his request, telling Kuro that he doesn't ever want to hurt him again like he hurt him the previous year by using him as a fighting dog. Although they argue about this, Keito's final answer remains the same. Kuro holds the Dragon King Competition (Ryuuousen) Dream Festival regardless of the consequences, expecting Keito to harshly punish him for going against him previously. However, in the epilogue of The Four Beasts of Fistfighting, Koga reveals to Kuro that Keito used the Student Council's funds to hold a huge event on the same day of the Dragon King Competition (Ryuuousen) so that Kuro could have the school all to himself and finally tie together the loose ends of his past. Keito doing this also prevented Koga and Tetora from being busy with unit activities so that they could participate in the Dragon King Competition (Ryuuousen). Kuro believes that this is Keito's way of apologizing to and repaying Kuro for having used him cruelly during their previous year.


 * Keito also shows deep regret for having mistreated Kuro in their previous year in Quarrel Festival. Keito apologizes to Kuro multiple times for dragging him into a fight that should only involve himself and Eichi, to which Kuro insists he has nothing to apologize for. Keito again apologizes for "everything," and for making Kuro endure so many hardships for Keito's sake. Kuro scolds him, telling him that he promised Kuro that he wouldn't apologize for that anymore. Kuro tells Keito firmly that he is choosing to follow Keito now out of his own free will, and that he is dedicated to AKATSUKI now. Keito then gives in and stops apologizing, and instead thanks Kuro for following him all this way, and that he will work hard for AKATSUKI's future. Kuro is satisfied by this.


 * Towards the end of Quarrel Festival and in several other events involving AKATSUKI, Keito and Kuro repeatedly remark that they feel like two parents when they're with Souma. Kuro often tells Keito that he has a fond expression when watching Souma, revealing that Keito has extremely warm feelings towards both Kuro and Souma. In Quarrel Festival, Keito even goes as far as to asking Kuro which one of them would be Souma's mother and which one of them would be Souma's father if they had to assign roles to themselves.


 * Keito's fondness of Kuro and of AKATSUKI is further established in Shinsengumi, when, after Madara jokingly says that he's planning to help Kuro start his own solo unit and leave AKATSUKI behind, Keito reacts with violent emotion. He demands to know why Kuro would ever leave him, telling him that he thought Kuro had promised him that "they would be together forever", which Kuro did not actually say. Kuro tries to tell Keito that Madara is just trying to get them to turn on each other, but Keito continues to panic over the thought of Kuro leaving AKATSUKI, and Kuro is unable to convince him otherwise. Keito orders Souma to hold Kuro down until he can figure out the truth, causing chaos during their live show. Thus, it is shown that Keito values Kuro to the point where he would be completely lost without him.

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Leo Tsukinaga
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Rei Sakuma
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Shu Itsuki
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 * Kuro and Shu were childhood friends up until middle school, where they entered different academies. As children, Shu was repeatedly bullied due to his interest in dolls, until Kuro came in to protect Shu and made a promise to always protect him. However, once they became separated in middle school, Shu became the victim of bullying once again, this time without anyone to save him, where he eventually developed a "bravado" to fend off against them. Kuro seems to feel like he owes Shu protection, and feels pressured to maintain his childhood promise, though Shu insists that it is simply a childhood promise that he does not have to maintain.


 * Meeting back in Yumenosaki Private Academy, Shu maintained his bravado and usually acts cold to him. He is annoyed by Kuro's overbearing nature when it comes to reminding Shu to take care of himself. Kuro finds it hard to approach Shu in early high school, especially after he was being called one of the Five Oddballs.


 * Kuro eventually breaks his promise and leaves him to "die" in the war, and considered it a sin he committed during that time. It may be implied that Shu does not hold this against him, because during their third year, he still has utter confidence that Kuro alone would not hurt him.


 * They were both very close to Kuro's mother, who seemed to have treated Shu like her own, though she later passed away. Kuro was not present in her last moments and Shu still holds this against him, to which Kuro admits his fault. Despite Shu's animosity towards Kuro about this subject, he is sometimes friendly with him and cherishes their friendship in childhood. For example, he made a great effort to prepare the Tanabata costumes that Kuro asked for in Milky Way. He also attended one of Akatsuki's lives in Kabukimono, and was satisfied to see that Kuro felt at home in his unit.

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 * The two share a room alongside Mao and Izumi, though Shu and Izumi are rarely in Japan. In the main story, Kuro mentioned that he was becoming similar to Shu with respect to channeling his spite into sewing perfect costumes. However, he also mentioned in Learning from the Past that there are some childhood friends that are nothing alike, like him and Shu, unlike Keito and Rei's case. In Submarine, Kuro expressed envy at Keito and Eichi's relationship compared to his relationship with Shu. Even if Keito and Eichi's relationship has soured or not, it is still a relationship, showing that Kuro still blames himself for supposedly ruining his friendship with Shu.


 * Kuro demonstrated that he knows Shu well when he gives advice to Anzu about how to plan his personal outfit.


 * In Unification by Force, it is revealed that his mother had to scold him for hitting Shu as a child. He likely stopped soon after, since, as mentioned above, Shu believes that Kuro would never hurt him. Furthermore, as somewhat outdated information, the Official Works Vol.1 states that Kuro did not hit Shu as a child, nor as a delinquent.

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Akiomi Kunugi
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Jin Sagami
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