Completed Anime
Kurenai

“Teen mediator Shinkurou protects runaway heiress Murasaki while uncovering hidden threats and forming a bond.”

Kurenai

7.31
2,992 rank · 93,560 viewers · 225 favorites
Comedy Drama Childcare
12 episodes · 25 min per ep min · Spring 2008 · Brain's Base · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Teen mediator Shinkurou protects runaway heiress Murasaki while uncovering hidden threats and forming a bond.

Shinkurou Kurenai is a 16-year-old student by day and a dispute mediator by night. Though kind-hearted and patient, due to his tragic past, he has trained for years to live on. Now, despite his unimposing appearance, he is a strong martial artist, who also possesses a strange power. While taking various jobs for his employer, Benika Juuzawa, one assignment leads Shinkurou to live with Murasaki Kuhouin as her bodyguard. Murasaki is the seven-year-old daughter of a plutocratic family, who escaped her home under peculiar circumstances with Benika's help. Commoner life, in her eyes, seems bizarre. However, by interacting with her neighbors, she grows more accustomed to the daily routine, and rids herself of her snobbish behavior, gradually growing attached to Shinkurou. Though many details of the job remain unclear, Shinkurou still strives to protect the young lady. But to make things more complicated, he also lacks a crucial fact—what is the real threat against Murasaki?

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Community consensus

Derived from 39 sampled reviews

7.4 /10

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88% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 9 σ 2.18
1510
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Polarized

σ 2.18 · split reception

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The polarity gap

6.0 pts

Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.5

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Score over time

↓ 1.59

Running avg · Apr 2008 → Jan 2021

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Spring 2008

Brain's Base.
in association with

Yomiko Advertising · Pony Canyon

  • Format 12 × 25′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 5h 00m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2008 – Jun 2008 Spring 2008
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-2970 catalog

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