Main Profile[]
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小野塚 小町（おのづか こまち） (♫) Komachi Onozuka |
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Komachi Onoduka | |
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距離を操る程度の能力 | |
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Unknown (Possibly Immortal) | |
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職業: |
Carrier of dead spirits | |
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住んでいるところ: |
三途の川, Buddhist river analogous to the River Styx | |
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Komachi is widely known in Gensokyo as being a slacker shinigami. Her pace of working is slow and when the "flower incident" hit (every 60 years, a great many spirits are 'produced' in the outer world that migrate here), she didn't feel any urgency and kept going at her own pace or outright ran away from work at times. This huge quantity of spirits that hadn't yet been brought to the Yama for judging led to all the flowers of all seasons blooming as they got possessed. Maybe she spends too much time around the dead, as she sure does talk about death and suicide every other sentence when not complaining about her workload. Still, she's a rather carefree individual.
In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Komachi is on her "free time" as she wonders about the sudden changes in weather until Youmu informs her that someone is killing ghosts in order to manipulate the temperaments. She begins her "work" at the bamboo forest before she goes to investigate the Hakurei Shrine's condition, where Tenshi appears to keep her promise to Reimu of rebuilding the Shrine. She calls out Tenshi's immortality as a sham and states her lifespan is already over before challenging her to a battle. Although Tenshi was defeated in the battle, Komachi is unable to send her to the Netherworld as she is simply a ferryman shinigami rather than a reaper.
Fun Facts[]
- May somehow be connected to 小野小町(Ono no Komachi). As said in link, "She was noted as a rare beauty; Komachi is a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan." 小町 is not a common term for beauty, but it can be used to mean a "belle", the "town beauty", or the prettiest girl in town.
- As with many Japanese names, 小野塚 小町 doesn't quite mean anything specific. The difference between the names of Ono no Komachi and Onozuka Komachi is that 塚 is added after Ono. 塚 (mound) is a character that is used in Muenzuka, it might have a connection considering the theme of the game. 小町 has adopted the meaning beauty, and is written with the characters small and town. 小野 is written with the characters small and field, field having a connotation of countryside.
- There is a shinkansen named Komachi after Ono no Komachi. Poor humour, but it's not entirely impossible that ZUN referenced this as her ability to manipulate distance.
- The Last Word theme in Imperishable Night, 東方妖怪小町(Touhou Youkai Komachi), contains the exact kanji (小町) for her name. This fact has been used in the titles of several Komachi doujins.
- Fanart usually depicts Komachi's boat as a small wooden one that must be pushed with a pole, but Komachi herself refers to her boat as the "Titanic". While this could be hyperbole or a joke and there is nothing concrete to indicate her boat bears any similarity to that infamous ocean liner, it certainly is possible that Komachi is the captain of a fairly large ship, especially considering the volume of work she has to perform. However, according to Perfect Memento her boat is rowed by hand. If it's just Komachi rowing this could severely limit the size of her boat, and she's not known to have any assistants. Regardless of Komachi's own official profile which says the width of the river changes by her mood it is also mentioned in some of the PoFV dialog, especially between Shikieiki and Sakuya, that the width of the river depends at least partly on the actual ghost being ferried; "A river's width is the same as the breadth of the soul's history. How you lived decides the width of the river." This could imply that only one ghost is ever on board at once to avoid conflicting river-widths from ghosts who lived very different lives being on board at the same time, and thus she would not need a large boat.
- Fanart also tends to portray Komachi as being very large-chested perhaps based off the remark of her being "Tall and Imposing" in PMiSS. Her art depiction in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is remarkable for being one of the few characters with a visible bust. For reference, SWR's art has Reisen being as flat as Suika.
- In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she mentions that it would be very convenient if she were to have a book which brings death to anyone whose name is written on it. This is a reference to the anime series Death Note which also features shinigami.
Official Profiles[]
Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt[]
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○三途の水先案内人 小野塚 小町（おのづか こまち） Onozuka Komachi
能力：距離を操る程度の能力
距離を操る程度の能力を持つ。
している。彼女の気分次第で、河幅や深さが変わる。余りにも生前悪 いことをし過ぎていたら、河を渡ることが出来ない事もある。
お金と言っても、故人の財産ではなく、故人の事を心から慕っていた 人の財産の合計である。ちなみに罪の量で裁くことは、彼女の仕事で はなく河を渡った後の話である。
金ではなく、身の回りの人間の財産の合計に見合ったお金になってい る事に驚かされる。
持ちの少なさに驚くこともあるという。
途中で落とされるだろう。河幅は果てしなく広くなり、泳ぎ疲れたと ころを、河に棲む絶滅した大型魚や水竜に喰われてしまう。
今回、幻想郷が花で埋め尽くされてしまったのは、彼女の仕事が許 容量をオーバーしてしまったからである。余りにも死者の魂が多すぎ て、冥界に渡れない魂が幻想郷に取り残され、途方に暮れた霊魂達が 身近な花に身を寄せたのだ。
彼女のボスに当たる四季映姫の目にとまり、怒られてしまうのだった。 |
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Guide of the Sanzu no Kawa Komachi Onozuka Species: Shinigami Ability: Manipulation of distance A youkai that provides passage for the river between Gensokyo and the other side. She has the ability to manipulate distance. When a person dies, their spirit must cross the river to the Netherworld. It is Komachi's duty to ferry the dead across the river. The width and depth of the river changes depending on her mood. Also, if someone has done too much evil during their lifetime, they may even not be able to cross the river. A shinigami judges one to be good or bad not by the amount of crimes, but by money. That is to say, not the money that the deceased may have had while they were alive, but rather the total amount of those who yearned and missed that person from the bottom of their hearts. By the way, judging the amount of crimes of the dead is not Komachi's job and would be handled after crossing the river, but that's a story for another time. After death, when she requests a passage fee from them, people tend to be surprised since the money they have on hand doesn't correspond to their own assets, but on the assets of his or her surrounding friends. Very rich people tend to be despised during their life, and are astonished to see how little they have after death. Komachi always demands those she guides to pay all the money they have, and anyone who hesitates to pay the full sum is dropped into the river midway through the journey. The river is made infinitely wide, and the unfortunate spirit is soon consumed by huge fishes and sea dinosaurs which were extinct in world of the living. The reason Gensokyo got buried under a sea of flowers this time was because her workload went way beyond what she could handle. There were so many dead spirits that some of them were not handled in time and were left in Gensokyo, and in this puzzled state these dead spirits possessed nearby flowers. Komachi thought that it was just a temporary issue, and worked at her own pace without the slightest bit of worry. However, it soon caught the eye of her boss, Shikieiki, and she got a good scolding because of that. | |
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - おまけ.txt[]
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○三途の水先案内人 種族：死神 特に道の長さが変わる。 追っても近づかず、逃げても離れずで人間に恐怖心を与える。 性格：気前がよいが、調子がよい。 明るく、江戸っ子っぽい気前の良さがある。 相手をおだてたり、小咄をしてみたりと一緒にいると楽しい。 これは、死神全般の性格ではなく、彼女の性格。 |
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The Sanzu Ferryman Race: shinigami Especially the ability to change the length of a path. Her ability to make it seem as if you never get closer or can never get away Personality: good-natured, but laid back. She clearly has a very "Edoite"-like good nature about her. Enjoys riling up her opponents and telling anecdotes. Not all shinigami are like this; this is her own personality. | |
Book Synopsis[]
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense[]
- Main article: Perfect Memento: Komachi Onoduka
- A tall, imposing death god, one of many who ferries souls across the Sanzu River, though she is the one responsible for ferrying most of the souls of the departed, and may even ferry living people if she has time.
- Loves to talk.
- She uses her ability to manipulate distance to make the width of the river inversely proportional to what relatives spent on the deceased after death.
- Her boat, which is hand-rowed, is fairly plain and unadorned; it may be standard issue from a financially troubled Hell.
The Grimoire of Marisa[]
- Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Komachi Onozuka's Spell Cards
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