Kirie Motoba (本場切絵 Motoba Kirie?) Is a classmate of Umaru Doma and the younger sister of Takeshi Motoba in Himouto! Umaru-chan.
Appearance[]
Kirie has quite dark purple hair, often tied in a ponytail, with some tips sticking out in different areas of her head and a couple of locks covering most of her forehead. She has dark, sharp purple eyes that match the color of her hair.
Kirie is usually seen in her school uniform, with her white long-sleeved shirt tucked into a red skirt, and a red ribbon around her neck. She also wears dark brown socks with a pair of regular black school shoes. Outside of school, she usually wears T-shirts and blouses, often described as frilly.
Kirie is a fairly thin girl and has a fairly athletic body, despite not being very tall, just like her mother Kaede Motoba.
Personality[]
Kirie is described as having an extremely menacing aura, which leads her to having few friends. Kirie may have earned this reputation as aggressive when she started her classes, as she was seen hitting an older man (which is her older brother, Takeshi Motoba) and since then several students have been afraid to get that close to Kirie without really knowing her.
It's also implied that she is actually shy to the point that she can only talk to small children, as seen with Umaru Doma's indoor mode, which has the appearance of a child. She calls Umaru's indoor mode (Komaru) as "Master" and is in service to her. When she is with Komaru, her faces become more beautiful and helpful because she serves her teacher Komaru since she met her, although Komaru is actually Umaru.
Her relationship with Komaru helps Kirie to be more social, open and to take a lot of confidence to be with Umaru and company, she even relates with Alex Tachibana and Taihei Doma, although at the beginning it costs her.
However, she is often violent towards Takeshi, due to his occurrences and actions. Takeshi is always concerned about his sister's well-being despite his treatment of her and always tries to relate to Kirie to get back to his old relationship.
Etymology[]
- The name of Kirie (切絵) means "cut, cutoff, be sharp" Kiri (切), and means "painting, picture, sketch, drawing" E (絵)
- Kirie's surname, Motoba, means "home" (本場)
Trivia[]
- Albeit Kirie is shorter than Umaru, but she actually is older than her, which is six month and eleven days age difference.
- Kirie has written a story book for children, named "Master and the Mysterious Fish."
- Kirie has a "special ability" to remove all traces of her existence, becoming invisible.
- Kirie has the skills of a pro swimmer, but gets quiet when people compliment her about it.
- Kirie was not allowed to ride a roller coaster because she didn't clear the height restriction of at least 140cm.
- Kirie has a fear of dark place, especially forests.
References[]
- ↑ Himouto! Umaru-chan SS Bonus Chapter: Educational Programs