Kuruanzu

Kuruanzu is the friendship between Naomichi Kurumada and Anzu Kinashi from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

Canon
Anzu and Kurumada both died in their First Trial before they could meet each other. Videos of their First Trials are both available for purchase at the Prize Exchange on the third floor. For the Murderer Sub-Game, AIs of them were uploaded into Doll versions of them.

If Anzu dies in the first Obstructor fight, Kurumada is the first to say something in response to her death. When Mai and Q-taro reconcile after she stabbed him, Anzu comments that it's nice to see everyone getting along despite all the stabbing. Kurumada teases her and asks if she's going to go make friends with the first Obstructor they fought, and Anzu tells Kurumada to "shaddup".

After the group finds out that they need to raise their friendship with Maple in order to reconcile with her, Kurumada tells Anzu to take care of that job. Anzu is nervous about doing it, and Kurumada asserts that, yes, she has to. Kurumada suffers damage from Maple, and later the Shin AI says there's a way to charge Kurumada after the big damage he took. Anzu asks him to tell them more, and gets excited that they still have a chance to save him. When Kurumada is resting in the charging room, Anzu keeps him company. Kurumada keeps asking Anzu if she wants to charge, but Anzu refuses, partly because she thinks it'd be embarrassing to share the same charger.

Anzu and Kurumada both attempt to tell jokes; Kurumada does this in the first fight against Maple, and Anzu does it against Maple 2.0.

If all Dummies have survived up to the pre-banquet in the Kanna lives route, Kurumada asks to hear a song. Anzu joins in with the others and they make peace for a moment. If Maple was not reconciled with before, Kurumada dies. Upon this happening, Anzu runs up to Kurumada despite the possibility of his collar exploding, and she begs him to wake up, even just for five minutes. Afterward, the Dummies decide to be the ones who go in the coffins. Kurumada teases Anzu, asking if she's scared of the dark, and she should "go in with her mommy". Anzu reluctantly forces herself into her coffin.

Fanon
Kuruanzu is a fairly popular friendship in the fandom. It is one of the relationships more focused on in Chapter 3, and it is also Anzu's most prominent one. They are both not very bright, which is part of what is so appealing about their friendship. Kurumada is very teasing towards Anzu, but he still looks out for her. They have a very lighthearted and goofy dynamic, and often provide comedic relief in the midst of the tense Murderer Sub-Game. Both Anzu and Kurumada are seen as simplistic, shown by Anzu purposely trying not to think and having nearly all of her discussion contributions be useless, as well as Kurumada resorting to punching as his only solution to problems. They also go together in terms of appearances, both having distinctive hair colours and pink eye colours. Often, Anzu and Kurumada are regarded as siblings.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Variations

 * Dummies refers to the ship between Anzu, Kurumada, Hinako Mishuku, Mai Tsurugi, Ranmaru Kageyama, and Shunsuke Hayasaka