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Naoko Kirino is the titular main protagonist of the action horror manga Pumpkin Night. After killing a total of twenty people and escaped from the asylum in which she was held in, she began to take revenge against her school friends under her homicidal moniker of the "Pumpkin Night". She was the titular killer in the first nineteen issues before her death. After this point, Kazuya Makino, her love interest, took over. The ending of the first part revealed that Naoko has been revived. Naoko was also the protagonist of of the prequel Pumpkin Night Gaiden where it explains how she escaped from the hospital.
Biography[]
Naoko Kirino was a Japanese girl who attended high school. During this time, she would be bullied by Naruto and his group for being “weird”. When Naoko was crowned as the "Pumpkin Queen", and she put the pumpkin on her head, the pumpkin was set ablaze, melting her face.
Because of this serious injury, she was kept in a mental hospital in inhumane conditions but later she killed more than twenty people. She wore a pumpkin head mask, escaped from the hospital and sought her former friends to take revenge.
She died because Naruto Kuroki's father used his position to drop her in a twenty-meter hole where they were building. Naoko fell on two poles that stabbed right into her stomach. In the later chapters, Kazuya, who was in love with her, later kills all of her tormentors to avenge her. Later revived from her grave, Matsui, who is part of the Pumpkin Night case, goes to Naoko's grave and digs it but he finds the grave empty, with a thrilled Naoko standing nearby. It's soon revealed that Naoko's body was fully healed and lives in a mansion with a doctor. The doctor found Naoko barley alive and nursed her back to health and returned her face to what it once was, but she suffered from amnesia. Despite this, she would later become the Pumpkin Queen once more, going on and killing corrupt officials and criminals under Doctor Higa's manipulation. The Flashback shows that Ryuchi took Naoko into his mansion where he used every chemical and surgery to fully heal her a year ago and now uses the amnestic Naoko for his plans to make the world pure. However, after the face restoration failed, she grew impatient and worrying she slowly started to regain her memories of Kazuya. She would later encounter Detective Matsui again and tries to kill him until he says Kazuya’s name, which causes her to regain her memories.
Personality[]
While not completely heartless, Naoko Kirino is a vengeful sadist and extremely cruel who enjoys killing and torturing her enemies. Before going insane, Naoko was an exceptionally intelligent and cheerful girl who was somewhat childish. After falling into madness, she still retains her cunning. Kirino often speaks in informal language and sometimes pronounces names wrongly. It is implied she may have a speech impediment. She's also deeply in love with Kazuya. After getting amnesia, she had a hard time remembering everything and falls in love with Doctor Higa for nursing her back to health. However the operations for restoring her face left her impatient and she is slowly starting to remember Kazuya. After hearing his name her memories return showing she truly loves Kazuya.
Appearance[]
Naoko stands at average height and wears a white school uniform. She has brown hair and large yellow eyes. She also wears a large red bow on her head. As Pumpkin Night, she wears a pumpkin mask and is seen holding a knife
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External Links[]
- Naoko Kirino on the Pumkin Knight Wiki
- Naoko Kirino on the VS Battles Wiki
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