Byakuren Hijiri

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	Name:	聖　白蓮 Byakuren Hiziri
	Alternate spellings:	Byakuren Hijiri
	Species:	Magician
	Abilities:	Ability to use magic
	Age:	Unknown
	Occupation:
	Location:
	Description:	Has long, wavy, light brown (That seems to be purplish at the top) hair, with hazel or light brown eyes. Wears a black and white dress with long strips of black fabric going across the middle and white fabric across the arms. Along with this dress, she wears a long cape. She is also holding a giant magical scroll-like object.
	Relationships:	Ichirin Kumoi (Servant) Minamitsu Murasa (Unknown) Myouren Hijiri (Younger brother)
	Appearances:	Undefined Fantastic Object (Stage 6 Boss)
	Titles:	See Character Titles

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Fun Facts

• Byakuren's name read literally means "white lotus saint".
• Byakuren is the only character so far to have text on any of her cut-in portraits. Written in ZUN's hand on her final cut-in is 南無三！, which is short for 南無三宝 - roughly, hail to the three treasures of Buddhism (the Buddha, dharma, and the clergy). It's used to request salvation in a moment of danger.
• Because of her and Minamitsu Murasa's relationship and character designs, some fans have described them as newer versions of Yumemi Okazaki and Chiyuri Kitashirakawa

Undefined Fantastic Object - Omake.txt

Byakuren Hijiri

○６面ボス　　封印された大魔法使い 　　聖 白蓮（ひじり びゃくれん） 　　Hiziri Byakuren 　　種族：魔法使い 　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力（身体能力を上げる魔法を得意とする） 　　白蓮の弟、命蓮は伝説の僧侶であった。 　　軽々と鉢を飛ばしたかと思うと、その鉢でごうつくばりな長者の倉を 　　持っていったり、離れた場所にいる人間の病気を治したりしていた。 　　白蓮は、年老いてからその弟に法力を学んだ。 　　普段は命蓮の法力が詰まった飛倉（とびくら）に暮らし、自然と力を 　　身に付けた。 　　しかし、命蓮は白蓮よりも早く亡くなってしまった。 　　嘆き悲しんだ白蓮は、死を極端に怖れるようになった。 　　まず、自分が死なない為に若返りの力を手に入れた。それは法術と言う 　　より妖術、魔術の類であった。 　　若返りを自分の物にし、寿命が亡くなった彼女が次に怖れたのはその 　　力が失われる事だった。 　　妖術が失われる事、それは人間が完全に妖術を排除する事に他ならない。 　　つまり、妖怪が居なくなってしまったら、自分の力も維持できなくなる 　　のだ。 　　彼女は妖怪を敬った。 　　表では妖怪退治を依頼されても、裏では妖怪を助けていた。 　　彼女は妖怪を敬ったが、それは人間と敵対する為ではない。 　　最初は自分の欲の為であったが、妖怪達の不憫な過去を知り次第に 　　力にならないといけないと思うようになったのだ。 　　突然現れた若い僧侶。 　　若さと法力を手に入れた彼女は、人間の人気者であった。 　　「白蓮が居れば、もう妖怪は怖くない。 　　　夜に怯えて暮す必要なんか無い」 　　と。 　　そして、彼女の思いと人間達の期待とのギャップが、悲劇を生んだ。 　　「彼奴は人間の面をした悪魔である」と。 　　彼女は魔界に封印され、二度と人前に出てくる事は無かった。

○Stage 6 Boss　　The Sealed Great Magician Byakuren Hijiri Species: magician Ability: the power to use magic (specializing in magic that increases her physical abilities) Byakuren's sibling Myouren was a famous monk. Myouren's days were spent easily tossing around enormous pots that contained great storehouses and curing sick people's illnesses in remote places. Byakuren, getting along in years, learned Buddhist magic from Myouren. She normally lived on Tobikura, which was packed with Myouren's Buddhist power, and so naturally Byakuren gained power of her own. However, Myouren died before Byakuren. The bereaved Byakuren started to fear death greatly. She obtained the power to regain her youth, but rather than a Buddhist art, it was something more like black magic. After having mastered the power of youth and left behind a normal creature's lifespan, the next thing she came to fear was someday losing her power. The only way to lose that black art was for Humanity to reject it entirely. In other words, if youkai ceased to exist, she wouldn't be able to sustain her own power. And so, she honored youkai. She pretended to be a great youkai exterminator, but actually saved the youkai behind the scenes. She had great respect for youkai, but not because she disliked humans. In the beginning, it was born from her own greed, but as she learned of the difficult past the youkai had borne, she began to think she needed to do something to help them. This youthful monk who'd suddenly appeared before the youkai... Her youth and her magic made her extremely popular. "As long as Byakuren is here, we youkai don't have to be afraid anymore. We don't need to live in fear in the dark of night anymore." And so the gap between her wishes and the expectations gave birth to a terrible tragedy. People began to call her a witch in human form. She was sealed away in the underworld, never to appear before humans again.