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Ruri Gokou
Kuroneko in the arcade - S02E01 - m21 s31
Name in Japanese 五更 瑠璃
Romaji Translation Gokō Ruri
Nickname/s Kuroneko (黒猫 lit. Black Cat)

Shironeko (lit. White Cat)
Kamineko (lit. Cat God)
Yamineko (lit. Darkness Cat)
Denpaneko (lit. Denpa Cat)
Noraneko(野良猫 lit. Stray Cat)
Dorobouneko (lit. Thieving Cat)
Ms. nonsensical magical eyes (邪気眼電波女 lit. Evil eye with micro-wave woman)

Debut (Anime) Season 01 Episode 02
Debut (Light Novel) Volume 01
Debut (Manga) Volume 01 (Chapter 05)
Appears in
  • OreImo
    • Light Novel
    • Manga
    • Anime
  • Eromanga Sensei
    • Anime
Voice Actor (Japanese) Kana Hanazawa
Personal Info
Gender Female
Age 15-16
Birthday April 20th, 1996[1][2]
Height 155 cm (Anime)

160 cm (Manga)

Weight 43 kg
Measurements 77/53/80
Occupation Student
Family Hinata Gokou (Younger Sister)
Tamaki Gokou (Youngest Sister)
Kyousuke Kousaka (Husband, Kuroneko if)
Yuri Kousaka (Daughter, Kuroneko if)

Ruri Gokou (五更 瑠璃, Gokō Ruri), also known as Kuroneko (黒猫, lit. "black cat"), is one of the main characters of the series. She's an avid anime fan and a Chūnibyō who claims to have supernatural powers, inspired by her favorite anime Maschera: Lament of a Fallen Beast. She's very skilled at several things, but she doesn't automatically success in everything she tries, in contrast to Kirino.

Although she isn't fond of social events, she becomes a member of the otaku group Otaku Girls Unite where she meets Kirino, Saori and later Kyousuke. Later she becomes Kyousuke's kouhai and eventually start dating.

Appearance[]

Kuroneko Appearance

Some of Kuroneko's outfit through the series

Kuroneko has long straight dark blue hair neatly cut at the forehead in a hime-style, blue eyes (uses red contacts when cosplaying) and a beauty mark under her left eye. She's one of the shortest character in height, which makes many think of her as a loli, although she's older than Kirino and Ayase. Besides her school uniforms and although she's seen in many costumes, her predominant choice of fashion is mostly a gothic lolita aesthetic, wheter it's her Queen of Nightmare cosplay or her regular outfit. Her regular clothes are a violet/burgundy and white sport set.

Personality[]

Ruri often acts according to the character she poses as (i.e., Queen of Nightmare): snobbish and overly confident of her own aptitude. However, she is in fact socially insecure, and is usually uncomfortable in talking to other people, particularly strangers. Fortunately, she eventually learns to make friends when she enrolls in high school once again.

Kuroneko and Tamaki having lunch in Kuroneko's livingroom - S01E09 - m04 s25

Ruri with her youngest sister Tamaki Gokou.

Aside from her otaku persona, she is also a caring sister to her younger siblings Hinata and Tamaki, whom she constantly tends to while at home. At home, she is a dependable older sister, capable of cooking and doing other important chores at home while tending to her younger siblings. She has also shown a skill in sewing and handiwork, as shown in her costumes, and in one occasion, a pair of angel wings.

Background[]

Ruri came from a financially-challenged family, and with her parents often away, she is left to take care of her younger sisters, temporarily leaving behind her studies. Her costume, as proof of her skills in sewing, is completely done by hand, and she also occasionally uses her expertise in sewing to fix her sister's stuffed toys.

At one time, Ruri joins the online community Otaku Girls Unite! under the handle name Kuroneko, and eventually attends one of its offline meetings, although not expecting to make friends at the said event.

Plot[]

The Black Cat Cometh[]

Kyousuke intruding in Kirino and Kuroneko's anime argument in WcDonelb's - S01E02 - m19 s15

Ruri's first meeting with Kirino ends up in a heated confrontation.

In an offline meeting of Otaku Girls Unite! in Akihabara, Ruri as Kuroneko attends as one of its participants. Like Kirino, a fellow participant, Ruri was not able to mingle with the other members of the group, although Ruri appears to be more uninterested to do so compared to Kirino, who had difficulty in engaging in prolonged conversations with the other members.

After the event, Saori Bajeena, who acts as the moderator of Otaku Girls Unite!, soon takes Kuroneko and Kirino (with her brother Kyousuke) to a nearby fastfood chain in order to allow them to introduce themselves properly. The "after party" Saori organized soon becomes heated as Ruri and Kirino showed mutual animosity to each other, which continued as they went on a short trip across Akihabara, remaining as a mediator between the two. Despite Ruri's constant exchange of harsh words to Kirino, Saori considers this as a legitimate sign of a blooming friendship between the two girls. A few days later, Ruri is already receiving calls from Kirino, who constantly nags her about watching the Stardust Witch Meruru series.[3]

Kuroneko also has her own blog.

Memories of Summer Comiket[]

Ruri joins Saori in the Summer Comiket and invites Kirino and Kyousuke to join them during the second day of the event. The sweltering heat and the bustling crowds made Kirino impatient, so Ruri spends most of the time in the event arguing with Kirino. However, she herself had some personal grievances with being unable to participate in the event at a doujin circle due to financial difficulties. Eventually, as Kirino's mood improved later during the day, Ruri's interactions with Kirino became less tense, with Kirino even lending a helping hand in removing her cumbersome clothing. Later, Ruri participates on one of the events involving the game Siscalypse and wins the prize, a limited-edition CD, for Kirino.

The day of the Summer Comiket ends with a bad note as Kirino meets her close friend Ayase Aragaki on their way back home. In order to avoid contributing to Kirino's grim situation, Ruri and Saori went ahead of the siblings, leaving both concerned about the events that unfolded.[4]

Relationships[]

Kyousuke Kousaka[]

See also: Kuroneko if

Even though she started off as haughty even towards Kyousuke and, despite the fact that Kyousuke at first seems to dislike her, eventually, they seem to get along. They share the same rationality, and seem to be equally appalled over some of Kirino's childish acts and likes.

Later in the manga, they appear to be calling each other on the phone without a particular reason. Kyousuke invites her and her alone to go out on a Maschera convention, despite him not being interested in the anime.

Even later in the manga, she parodies and denounces in one of her manga the fetishism Kirino seems to have towards her brother, showing her literally smelling his underpants with an ecstatic expression. Kyousuke noted that she made a mistake because Kirino never called him "Onii-chan"; she reacts by acting shocked and saying she felt sorry for him. She then starts to call him Nii-san and makes showy advances to Kyousuke, parodying the kind of eroge Kirino plays, literally making sexual advances toward him, making Kirino jealous.

Near the end, while she gives a call to Kirino, she keeps referring to Kyousuke as Nii-san. Kirino reproaches it to her, complaining that Kyousuke goes "all dere" (meaning to become "lovey dovey") when she calls him like that. Kuroneko then replies by saying that she'll soon enough call him in another way. This is shown when Kuroneko attends Kyousuke's school at the start of her high school years, and sure enough, she refers to him as Senpai (a respectful way of addressing a senior).

It is shown that before he left for America to drag Kirino back with him that she has heightened feelings for Kyousuke disregarding friendship. Later on in the light novel, the two become "lovers" and start dating. Ruri really has a lot of love towards Kyousuke, and this is proven during their courtship for a period of time. However, the fact that it was also her plan to get Kirino to vent her true feelings towards both Kyousuke and Ruri and that her love was also just a tool to help may have been very stressful on her personality. As shown in the light novel, she was so shy (as befits what is defined in her personality) that the whole experience caused her to faint out of stress. However, after the commotion died down, it was implied in the end of Volume 8 that despite their breakup, Kuroneko still loves Kyousuke.

Kirino Kousaka[]

Kuroneko and Kirino seem to disagree on almost anything. She is highly critical on Kirino's favorite anime, Stardust Witch Meruru which according to her is inferior to her favorite anime Maschera due to depending too much on cuteness to garner audiences. The two, despite this, know exactly how to imitate each other during a regression or an act of mocking. They know exactly how to get on each other's nerves.

Despite Ruri's seemingly hostile relations with Kirino, Ruri considers Kirino as her friend. She won a video game for Kirino in the comiket and acknowledges their friendship to Sena during Kirino's absence.

Kuroneko was only willing to date Kyousuke after gaining permission from Kirino and when she noticed that their relationship with each other was getting awkward because of it, she chose to end the relationship with Kyousuke to have their friendship go back to normal and one day realize her dream, which was to happily be together with both Kyousuke and Kirino.

She was one of the few people to openly support Kirino and Kyousuke's incestuous feelings even before the confession and claimed that she was willing to accept them. She also helped them actually get together as a couple and, after the events of the series, she became Kirino's confident about matters of her relationship with her brother.

Saori Makishima[]

After their first meeting, Saori is more or less the only person who Ruri doesn't argue with or badmouths within their circle. Though not really shown, Ruri deeply cares for and respects Saori, seemingly considering her as a close friend and sometimes gets worries about the latter, worrying that she may return to her lonesome state, hence she is always present whenever their circle goes to an outing together.

Saori also acts as a peacemaker whenever Ruri and Kirino bicker.

Sena Akagi[]

Sena embarrased in the Game Research Club with Kyousuke, Kuroneko, Makabe, Gennosuke and the twins while cleaning after the welcome party - S01E13 - m22 s04

Kuroneko about to tease Sena amidst their rivalry

From the time they become classmates and fellow club-mates, Ruri, at first, doesn't think highly about Sena, and was rather annoyed by her personality; but the same goes for the latter. But after they agreed on helping one another in fixing the game that they were supposed to present in a game competition, their relationship greatly improved.

From that point on, Ruri began to consider Sena as a friend and as an important member of their club.

Ayase Aragaki[]

When she and Kyousuke broke up, and upon meeting Ayase, Ruri instantly clashed with her. Ayase points out to Ruri that she no longer has the right to be a friend to Kirino, which eventually was followed by a misunderstanding, adding the look of hostility of Ruri towards Ayase. But at some point later, they reconcile.

Appearances in Other Media[]

Ore no Kouhai ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai[]

In the spin-off manga series, Ruri and Kyousuke have an alternate ending where they get married after a time skip, with two daughters and at least one more child on the way. Kirino is still close to them and often visits their house to see her nieces and her big sister-in-law.

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai[]

Ruri can also be seen in the eleventh episode with Kirino, Saori and Kyousuke walking around the Summer Comiket. Though they are only shown from the back.

  • Ruri's voice actress, Kana Hanazawa, also voices Kobato Hasegawa in Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, who also dresses in gothic lolita fashion.

Eromanga-Sensei[]

Ruri appears in two different episodes of the series:

  • In the eighth episode, she can be seen in a TV news street interview. She is dressed in a kimono and is accompanied by her little sisters.
  • In the eleventh episode, she, along with Kirino, Kyousuke and Saori, walk past Masamune Izumi and talk about his newest light novel, The Cutest Little Sister in the World.

Saekano: How To Raise a Boring Girlfriend[]

A promotional poster featuring Kyousuke, Kirino and Kuroneko for season 2 of Oreimo can be in seen Tomoya Aki's bedroom wall in various episodes.

Trivia[]

  • According to her enrollment records, Ruri's address before moving out in Season 2 was "Chiba City, Higashi-Amanumacho 2-47-15" (千葉市東天沼町2-47-15).[1]
  • The reasons are unclear, but when Kyousuke and Kuroneko start dating and Ayase finds out, Ayase calls Kuroneko "Dorobouneko" (Thieving Cat) before meeting Kuroneko or knowing about her "neko" nicknames.
  • In the Orekou mangas it's shown to the readers that Kuroneko's right hand starts trembling when she's afraid or nervous. This is represented in the anime when Kuroneko confronts Kyousuke in the hot springs town.

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