Ruri Azumi (安曇瑠理)
Ruri Azumi is a supporting character that appears in several works featuring Claudia Madobe.
History
Her earliest known appearance was as a silhouette on the Microsoft Japan's page featuring the Cloud Girl (クラウド ガール) Webcomic in which Claudia appears, on April or March 2012.
She then formally appeared in the sixth episode of the webcomic, which was released on July or August 2012.
Character
Ruri Azumi is a slightly ditzy girl with a Kyoto‑dialect whom is competent, proud, a bit smug at times, easily flustered, and deeply eager for Claudia’s approval and recognition. She is commonly blunt, as well as slightly teasing, though she panics easily under pressure, usually verbalizing such, but snaps back quickly into enthusiasm once things succeed.
Around Claudia, she shows visible admiration nearly immediately, and gets flustered if even close. She is immediately flustered when complimented by Claudia, and appears to want to show herself to her as reliable despite her lesser expertise, to the point of over-justifying her actions.
She is not afraid of showing her expertise, and is willing to assert it upon others, not hesitating to tease or challenge others when they fall short, occasionally leading to arguments.
Trivia
- There was a tablet PC with the system voice pack of Ruri Azumi, which was sold at Comiket 85 in 2013.
Sources/References
- Claudia Madobe and Ruri Azumi artworks: © 2011 Microsoft Corporation All Rights Reserved.
- Cloud Girl Webcomic
- Archive of the Microsoft Japan's Webcomic from April 20 2012↗, showing her silhouette. There is no archive on March and the previous one from February 11 does not show her.
- Archive of the Microsoft Japan's Webcomic page from August 10 2012↗, providing a link to a PDF where she appears. There is no archive on July and the previous one from June 23 does not show the link. The episode could then be read here, though only the first page has been archived.
- In the very last scene, Claudia Madobe mentions her as "Azu".
- Thoughts on the Blue Stage (unofficial Script↗)
- Claudia also calls her "Azu"
- Cloud Girl: Azure Japan Data Center (unofficial Script↗)
- Claudia also calls her "Azu"
- Kanae Itō's blog entry about Ruri Azumi↗