Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-89.164.14.114-20200119143507/@comment-46291250-20200727015820

Hmmm... Shinoa is more playful to hide her interior because of her childhood (read: the Hīragis are not a healthy family) and wants to know the full spectrum of emotions due to her suppressing them. She’s not naïve about the world in any way but the whole ‘emotions’ thing.

Krul is a thousand year old vampire (estimating- honestly, who knows exactly) who’s a hardened, brutal, vicious queen. She’s not below manipulating people to get what she ultimately wants: her brother. She’s willing to attack her own men (okay, Ferid deserved it) for disobeying, as well.

Although they both can be manipulative, that’s a trait they share with most of the cast due to the world they live in.

So ultimately, I would have to say that Krul is more similar to Guren than Shinoa, which makes sense since Krul and Guren are the manipulative guardians of Mika and Yū. Guren took in Yū because he knew how useful he’d be later; Krul took in the Hyakuyas (and refused to let Mika die) because she wanted to be in control of the seraphs and knew how important they were for her plan. They both show that while they have a degree of care for their wards, ultimately their end goals trump their care (in Guren’s case, saving his family; for Krul, saving her brother).

Shinoa (and Shinya) could be more similar to Ferid due to them all portraying happiness and humor despite what’s going on. Mahiru and Shinoa are described with “gray/ashen hair” in the light novels while Ferid has silver-ish; both were translated to purplish on screen. They all can also be quite manipulative, whether intentionally or not, and they’re all great at killing. But while we know that Ferid always enjoyed killing, neither of the Hīragi siblings enjoyed it. But still! I wouldn’t be surprised to find out the Hīragis are related to Ferid in some way because they have a lot of similarities!!

This turned into an essay, sorry! It’s probably a bit incoherent too since it’s late 😂