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| First Appearance | Onikakushi-hen |
| Portrayed By | Macy Anne Johnson (Funimation) |
Chie Rumiko is a character in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series and the sole teacher in the Hinamizawa School.
Character Summary
Chie Rumiko is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa and played by Hitomi Miwa in the live action movies. She is a parody of Ciel from Tsukihime, and even has the same voice actor as her. Chie is the teacher for Keiichi and his friends' class, the only one in the entire school. There, she follows her role as a teacher for the class until the inevitable Great Hinamizawa Disaster, in which she dies alongside many others in most arcs. She is also known to visit India many times a year to research the history of curry and eat curry for every meal three times a day.
Physical Appearance
Chie, being a parody of Ciel from Tsukihime, has most of her character design borrowed from her. She wears a plain white dress with a red ribbon, a green jewel, and is always seen carrying a notebook.
Personality
Chie is a naturally kindhearted and gentle person, but she can become furious when anyone insults curry, or its history. This is made clear in the sound novel for Watanagashi-hen. The manga adaptation only touches upon it as a humorous aside, and the first two seasons of the anime do not mention it save in the light-hearted first episode of Rei. The third season does depict her school curry cooking competition in Cotton Deception Chapter Part One where her intensity surprises Keiichi and Mion. Her violent obsession earns her the nickname "Curry Demon."
Etymology
- Chie means "wisdom, intelligence, wit, advice, sense, sagacity" (知恵).
- Rumiko means "detain, fasten, halt, stop" (留) (ru), "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "child" (子) (ko).
Trivia
- Going along with the parody, her favorite food is curry rice, just like Ciel.
- In the comedic chapter Hajisarashi-hen, she wields six T-squares in the same fashion that Ciel wields her "Black Keys" swords.
- In Higurashi Daybreak, one of Chie's possible outfits is Ciel's black dress.
- Chie's voice actor, Fumiko Orikasa, also serves as Ciel's VA in the Tsukihime anime.
- Chie lives in Okinomiya.
- In Hinamizawa Bus Stop, Hotoda Kasumi is portrayed using one of Chie's sprites, however, in Tomozo's illustrations, she bears a closer resemblance to Rena.
Images
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