Iroha Kurobane

Iroha Kurobane (黒羽 彩葉) is a minor character in the Spirits' Difficult Life series.

Official Description
A third-year middle school student, Iroha is the rich, sister-like cousin of Tomori.

Appearance
Iroha has red eyes and long flowing indigo-purple hair tied to a small bun.

Background
The daughter of a wealthy family, Iroha carries with her the stereotypical "lady-like" image of rich girls, but actually stands out as being more down-to-earth and humble than most. She is the older cousin to Tomori, who shares similar eccentricities about themselves. Like Tomori, Iroha lacks dexterity and has a tendency to become extremely inefficient with her time, such as knitting a mitten but spending two months finishing one finger. She also spent considerable time translating a book that happened to be in English, rather than simply settle for something similar in Japanese. Iroha's gentle kindness towards everyone, however, more than makes up for her little quirks.

Iroha encountered both Nomu and Shiiru at the construction site she was to oversee for her father, resulting in a rare "double pairing" of two spirits and a human. Eventually, Iroha brings the two of them into her mansion to stay, with Namiki assisting as a guardian. In essence, Iroha acts as the caring big sister to both Tomori and her spirit companions, and offers emotional guidance to Nomu and Shiiru as they find their way in the human realm.