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3''Steel Angel Kurumi 2'' is an anime series produced by [[Creator/OLMIncorporated OLM, Inc.]] and directed by Naohito Takahashi. It aired from April 12 to June 28, 2001.
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575 years after the events of the original ''Manga/SteelAngelKurumi'', Nako Kagura, a 14-year-old girl who is in the last year of middle school, is both a shrine maiden at the temple where she lives with her mother, Misaki, and an aspiring cellist.
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7Her best friend is Uruka Sumeragi, a rich girl who lives in the BigFancyHouse next door. She is 15 years old and a high school student. Their relationship is complicated: although they have been friends since they were toddlers, Uruka has recently taken to inflicting casual minor cruelties on Nako. [[{{Tsundere}} However, this is a smokescreen]] because Uruka is secretly in love with Nako.
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9Before Uruka can even figure out how to express her feelings, though, Nako discovers and accidentally activates Kurumi Mark II, a new Steel Angel modeled after the original Kurumi. Kurumi II, like her predecessor, is uninhibitedly affectionate with her new master. This upsets Uruka, who sees Kurumi as usurping her rightful place at Nako's side.
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11The series is available in North America via Creator/ADVFilms.
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14!!This series provides examples of:
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16* ACupAngst: While Uruka isn't entirely flat-chested, she seems to show hostility toward both Saki and Kurumi for their [[BuxomBeautyStandard more impressive busts]].
17* AccidentalKiss:
18** Nako does to to Kurumi when the latter first appears.
19** Uruka does to Saki when the former is daydreaming about kissing Nako.
20* AllLoveIsUnrequited:
21** Kurumi, Uruka and Karinka all love Nako, who isn't interested in any of them.
22** Saki loves both Uruka and Kurumi, neither of whom reciprocate.
23* BeachEpisode: "Kurumi Becomes a Fish."
24* BespectacledCutie: Nako wears a pair of glasses.
25* BigFancyHouse: Uruka lives in one next door to Nako's temple.
26* BrotherSisterIncest: On top of having a blatant crush on Uruka, Saki also has a crush on Kurumi.
27* CatchPhrase: Nako saying "This sucks" in assorted variations.
28* ChekhovsGun: The conspicuous statue in Uruka's father's office. [[spoiler:It's actually Saki.]]
29* ChildhoodFriendRomance: This is secretly what Uruka wants between herself and Nako.
30* CipherScything: The usual male lead character is outright replaced by a more marketable shy nerd girl in glasses, but otherwise Kurumi does her usual fawning and cuddling.
31* ClingyJealousGirl All three of Nako's UnwantedHarem, [[{{Tsundere}} Uruka]] and Kurumi especially.
32* CoincidentalBroadcast: Happens twice. The first time, Uruka watches a TV show about a teacher seducing one of his students and believes that Mr. Kizuki is trying to seduce Nako at school. The second time is when [[spoiler:Uruka watches a news broadcast about the winner of the cello contest will study abroad to Vienna. Nako won the contest, but it turns out that she wasn't eligible for that particular prize because it was only for high school students.]]
33* CrossPoppingVeins:
34** Uruka is prone to have these whenever Kurumi does something that really makes her mad. She also has one when she finds out that her father was (unknowingly) responsible for Kurumi being in the same class as Nako.
35** Kurumi has one when a second humongous mecha appears while she is talking to Nako at school.
36* CuteClumsyGirl: Nako, who is clumsy.
37* DeadPetSketch: When Nako's cello is broken.
38* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Nako's mom is cooking and listening to the theme song on her Walkman while Nako is screaming for help outside.
39* TheDitz: Kurumi is this most of the time.
40* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Kurumi and Nako are very popular among Uruka, Saki, Karinka, and their female classmates.
41* EyesAlwaysShut: Mr. Kizuki's eyes never open.
42* FaceFault: Uruka occasionally does this whenever Kurumi says or does something stupid.
43%%* FacialMarkings
44* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Uruka's plans end up as this.
45* {{Fanservice}}: This series has plenty of this.
46* FirstKiss:
47** Nako has her first kiss when Kurumi first appeared.
48** Saki accidentally ends up being Uruka's first kiss when the latter daydreams about kissing Nako.
49%%* {{Flashback}}
50%%* FlungClothing
51* FuroScene: There are several in the series.
52* GodivaHair: Briefly played straight with Kurumi's hair covering her nipples, then subverted.
53* HardWorkMontage: When both Kurumi and Karinka gets a job at a construction site in order to earn enough money to buy a new cello for Nako.
54* {{Honorifics}}: Nako refers to Uruka as "Uu-chan."
55* HumongousMecha: Kurumi fights a couple that Uruka's father sends out on the behalf of his daughter. Kurumi ultimately defeats them.
56* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Kurumi feels this way when she fights both Uruka and Karinka in order to ensure that Nako is allowed to follow her dream. Uruka comes to the same conclusion at the very last moment when she realize how selfish she was.]]
57%%* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
58* KnightTemplarParent: Uruka's father. He'll do anything to make her happy.
59* LastNameBasis: Mr. Kizuki. According to numerous sources, his first name is Yutaka.
60* LoveDodecahedron: In one scene representing Saki's thoughts, a LoveChart is displayed with super deformed versions of the involved characters and arrows indicating who likes whom. It shows that Kurumi and Uruka are in love with Nako, while Saki is in love with Kurumi and Uruka. Later in the series, Karinka falls in love with Nako as well.
61* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:In the GrandFinale, Uruka ventures into murderous territory with her approach to keep Nako in Japan. The cello competition's winner gets to spend a summer in Vienna, and Uruka wants no part of being away from Nako. She gets better at the very last moment, just as she's about to attack a fully upgraded Kurumi.]]
62* MagicalGirlfriend:
63** Kurumi is this for Nako.
64** Saki is this for Uruka, much to the latter's chagrin.
65* MarshmallowHell: Kurumi does this to Nako a few times.
66* {{Oneesama}} In the first episode, Uruka demands Nako that she call her this.
67* OrbitalShot: Nako at the cello competition.
68* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Nako is this as she is a clumsy, but kindhearted middle school student and shrine maiden.
69%%* PostKissCatatonia
70* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:This allows Kurumi to defeat Karinka in episode 9, and Uruka in the GrandFinale.]]
71* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Nako.
72%%* PuppyDogEyes
73%%* QuiveringEyes
74* RichBitch: Uruka is a rich girl.
75%%* {{Robocam}}
76* RobotGirl: Kurumi, Saki, and Karinka are Steel Angels.
77* {{Roofhopping}}: Kurumi does this with Nako on their way to school.
78* ShoutOut: To ''Anime/ProjectAKo''; also Karinka's hair style makes her a dead ringer for Cindy from ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
79* SingleTargetSexuality: Kurumi and Uruka are flagrant Nako-sexuals.
80%%* SqueakyEyes
81* StalkerWithACrush: Uruka's love for Nako plays out more like this as the series goes on. [[spoiler: This gets to the point where Uruka was willing to kill Nako rather than let her study abroad and leave her behind.]]
82%%* StockFootage
83%%* SuperDeformed
84%%* SweatDrop
85* {{Tsundere}}: Uruka. Hostile and taunting toward Nako in public, longing and wistful in private. She softens on Nako in the second half of the series.
86* UndeadTaxExemption: Kurumi has no problem becoming a student at Nako's school.
87* UnwantedHarem: Uruka, Kurumi and Karinka for Nako.
88* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[spoiler:Karinka calls this into question during her fight with Kurumi in episodes 8 and 9. She relents, however, when she sees ThePowerOfLove in action, resulting in her defeat. She immediately joins the [[UnwantedHarem harem]] in the next episode.]]
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