Kururu
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| Kururu/Kululu | |
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| Sgt. Frog character | |
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| First appearance | Manga: Chapter 1 (silhouette), Chapter 20 (debut) Anime: Episode 1 (silhouette), Episode 9 (debut) |
| Created by | Mine Yoshizaki |
| Voiced by | Takehito Koyasu |
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| Aliases | 966 (wordplay) |
| Age | Unknown (younger than Keroro) |
| Gender | Male |
| Species | Keronian |
| Date of birth | Unknown |
| Title | Sergeant Major of the Keroro Platoon. |
| Known relatives | A brother and sister (?), as implied in Chibi Kero: Secret of the Kero Ball? |
Sergeant Major Kururu (クルル曹長 Kururu Sōchō?) is a fictional manga and anime character from Mine Yoshizaki's Sgt. Frog series. In the anime, he is voiced by Takehito Koyasu.
Kururu is a Sergeant Major in the Keron Army, and the head of communications in the Keroro Platoon. Although he is of a higher rank than Keroro, he is not the leader of the Platoon due to his unpleasant and unnerving demeanor, which has given him the nickname of 'Yellow Devil'. His blood type is AB, which is befitting his Japanese blood type theory of personality . His name comes from the Japanese word for the phrase "round and round" ("kurukuru"), referring to the spirals seen on his glasses.
Kururu's name is now romanized as 'Kululu' in the English manga as of the eleventh volume. Furthermore, all of the books previous to this have been republished with the name replacement.
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[edit] Personality and appearance
Kururu is the brain of the Keroro Platoon, officially in charge of intelligence and planning, and the alien partner of Mutsumi Hojo. However, he is extremely mischievous, deceitful, and downright evil and enigmatic, almost to the point where some people might call him a mad scientist. He is generally disliked by everyone, most of the characters seeing him as a depressing jerk and in the series, action figures of him tend to sell very poorly on Keron, (much to Kururu's chagrin[1] but Kururu seems to take pride in his bad attitude). Despite this, he gets along quite well with Mutsumi. Kururu and Giroro greatly loathe each other due to their vast differences (Brain vs. Brawn)[2] and as a result, Kururu usually uses Giroro as a guinea pig for any invention that he creates. By the third season however, Kururu seems to have developed a sort of crush on Giroro, much to the corporal's abject horror, blushing whenever Giroro pays extra attention to him, and wasting no opportunity to woo Giroro by way of gift or twisted invention. Whether this affection is genuine, or merely a new way for him to torment Giroro remains a mystery. Being the least emotional of the Keroro Platoon, he is almost never seen being moved to tears or smiles by any events, though at the same time he rarely, if ever, panics when something goes wrong, likely due to the multiple dangers from his own inventions outweighing it.
Kururu's body color is yellow, though he was originally blue. It is revealed in Chibi Kero: Secret of the Kero Ball!? that he was dyed yellow due to falling in a large plate of curry. His stomach has a red swirly mark on it; a yellow one is also located on his hat, though it is purple in the 114th episode of the anime. Spirals can also be seen on his glasses. When these glasses are removed in one way or another, Kururu often begins to mumble "megane, megane" (glasses, glasses) and starts searching for his glasses. His headphones have the ability to take the sound a person hates the most and send it into their brain, usually using the antenna located inside of them, and it can also erase other people's memory (surprisingly, this is a very painless process).[3] Kururu also loves curry, but often takes this to the extreme, even seen bathing in it, and can withstand even the spiciest curries.
[edit] Other information
- Kururu's remote control resembles an iPod.
- Kururu dislikes sukiyaki.
- Kururu's favorite dish is curry. He loves it so much he bathes in it. It is shown in the Secret of the Kero Ball that his color originates from bathing in curry.
- Kururu often puncutuates his sentences with a high-pitched laugh pronounced 'kukuku'; this may allude to his mischievous nature as 'ku', can mean '9', but has the same pronunciation as 'bitterness'.
[edit] Costumes and transformations
- Kururuko
In episodes 47 and 82, Kururu disguises himself as a magical girl complete with short, orange hair, a uniform, a wand and wings. In episode 47, Kururu became Keroro's guide in Hinamatsuri. In episode 82, Kururu was a contestant for 623's radio contestant, in which he won.
- Old Lady
Kururu disguises himself as a little old lady in episode 63 of the anime as a diversion for Fuyuki and Momoka's teacher. The teacher has to carry Kururu on his back.
In the second half of Episode 83, Kururu The Most Dislikeable Guy, he is hit by a "If You Can Do Life Over Again" gun, thus transforming him into a baby.
Kururu dons this attire in order to attend a Halloween party in the 133rd episode of the anime.
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