Karen Kasumi: the Heavenly Dragon of Fire
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Karen first appears in manga 5: Serenade, when Sorata and Arashi were talking in a tree while watching Kamui. Just when Sorata was claiming that the Dragons of Heaven would win my 'prettiness alone', Karen appeared, saying 'Oh... ...then I can't be friends, can I? Not unless I'm pretty'. O.o that comes across sounding malicious... (Darn, I need to scan that page ideally...) but she was actually just acting cute. She was the one who burned down Tokiko's house - also then being the one who scared and upset Kamui ^_^() - because Tokiko actually asked her to. She also gave her a message, asking her to tell Kamui to 'protect the sacred sword'. Of course, when she tells Sorata about being affiliated with the Dragons of Heaven, he asks her what he religion is and gets the peculiar response 'flower', delivered with a giggle. She works in a 'bath house', which I think is a nice way of saying she is a prostitute, or geiko. (BTW, I get lots of conflicting information about the difference between a geisha and a geiko. If I have this wrong, can you please e-mail me at chibi_kachi_chan@yahoo.co.uk and correct me. Thank you ^_^ )
Again, in the anime, Karen was an underused resource, so to speak ^_^(). She was already part of the Dragons of Heaven, so you never are actually told her job, it is only implied by her costume (and she might just have liked to dress kinky ^_^() ). She seemed only to exist to dispose of the infinitely-disposable Shogo Asagi (and die in the process). That annoyed me...
I look forwards to reading more about her, she seems to be an enigma to me: someone who wants to save the world while working as a hostess... If you have any more information to add to this, please don't hesitate to e-mail me at the address above! ^_^ I shall credit you lots and lots and lots...
