This proud Pokemon is based on the Kyubi no Kitsune, the nine-tailed fox. These creatures are said to be shapeshifters, to grow more tails as they age, and to produce ghostly flames.
What is Kyukon/Ninetails?
Protagonist Kazoo dated this girl before the start of the show, but she broke up with him in the titular first episode
Who is Mami Nanami?
In Japan, Christmas Eve is often seen as a counterpart to this other Western holiday, with its focus on couples, romance, and gifts
What is Valentine's Day?
Who is Kazuya's literal girlfriend, you know, while he was going on dates with other girls
Who is Ruka Sarashina?
The Hero of the Hidden Leaf and the Seventh Hokage
Who is Uzamaki Naruto?
This Pokemon is based on the Tsuchinoko. These snakelike yōkai have bodies that are fatter in the middle, with a tapering tail and a discernible neck.
What is Nokocchi/Dunsparce?
Main character Charisma becomes infatuated with this rental girlfriend who operates under the professional name of Mizuhara
Who is Chizuru Ichinose?
This traditional Japanese Christmas treat is commonly sold and consumed ever since it became a symbol of post-war prosperity
What is Christmas Cake?
It is described as "light and spongy with whipped cream filling and frosting, topped with perfectly cut deep red strawberries."
Ruka decided to date Kazuya because of this
What is doki doki?
(She has a heart condition with an abnormally low heart rate and she seeks a relationship that can bring it up)
The Attack Titan and the Doomsday Titan
Who is Eren Yeager?
This Pokemon is based on the kappa, a creature described as green-skinned, with the body of a child and the beak and shell of a turtle, with a bowl or dish on their head that must always be filled with water.
What is Hasubrero/Lombre?(Or any of its evolutions)
Ruka was introduced to Kazoo when she was hired as a rental girlfriend by this college classmate
Who is Shun Kuribayashi?
This American fast-food chain is, perplexingly to Westerners, inseparable from Japanese Christmas tradition, with reservations made weeks in advanced for a Japanese holiday dinner
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Ruka works a position at this type of establishment, serving food and providing customer service
What is a karaoke business?
The Third Child, Pilot of EVA Unit-01
Who is Shinji Ikari?
This Pokemon is based on the Jinmenju or ninmenju, a tree that has human heads for fruits. The heads continue to laugh even if they fall off of the tree.
What is Nassy/Exeggutor?
Charizard was introduced to this pink-haired rental girlfriend after she was encouraged to practice dealing with her shy nature towards men
Who is Sumi Sakurasawa?
This Western tradition of Christmas is not practiced widely in Japan, except between couples
What is gift giving?
Kazuya told this group of people that Ruka was mentally ill and attention seeking when she informed them that she was his girlfriend
His family
Indigo Plateau Conference - Top 16
Silver Conference - Top 8
Ever Grande Conference - Top 8
Lily of the Valley Conference - Top 4
Vertress Conference - Top 8
Lumiose Conference - Runner-Up
Manalo Conference - Winner
World Coronation Series- Monarch
Who is Ash Ketchum?
This Pokemon is based on the Futakuchi Onna, or "two mouthed woman." The stories tell of a woman who eats normally during meals but at night comes out to raid the house’s stores and eat them with her second, hidden mouth, attached to the back of her skull. Often her long hair will form tendrils that help her feed.
What is Kucheat/Mawile?
This is Bazinga's closest companion and roommate, comforting him both after his breakup with Mami and after his infatuation with Mizuhara
What is the tissue box?
This German song is associated with Christmas in Japan, performed by choirs and often known simply as "Number Nine"
What is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony?
(It includes Ode to Joy)
Ruka is the shortest cast member, standing at this height
153 cm
(or 5 feet, 0 inches)
Greatest Psychic of the 21st Century, Seasoning City's Bro
Who is Arataka Reigen?