Main Profile
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八意 永琳(やごころ えいりん) Eirin Yagokoro | |
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Can create all types of medicine, genius-level intelligence. | |
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Unknown, at least 1200 years old | |
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Pharmacist | |
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Eirin is a genius of medicine from the Moon, able to create even the elixir of immortality. She is living in exile in Gensokyo after choosing to stay with Kaguya Houraisan on Earth rather than take her back to the Moon.
During the events of Imperishable Night Eirin attempted to seal the passage between the Earth and Moon, which becomes open during full moons, by casting a spell that would seal the Earth inside a chamber (similar to a Chinese folktale about a paradise found inside a pot). She only meant to do this to protect both Kaguya and Reisen so that the emissaries coming from the Moon wouldn't be able to reach them, but this did not go unnoticed by the various Youkai in Gensokyo who enjoy the moonlight.
It seems that now Eirin has begun using her knowledge of medicine to act as Gensokyo's own pharmacist, selling medicines at Eientei ranging from sleep aids to cures for illness. She is generally a fairly pleasant person and is devoted to serving her best friend, Kaguya, but she does not suffer fools gladly and because of her incredibly high intelligence she can come across as snooty, exasperated and condescending at times to those not sharp enough to immediately follow her explanations.
Fun Facts
- The characters for Yagokoro mean "Eight minds", and Eirin "Eternal jewel."
- On a side note, "eirin" sounds a lot like "eirian", which is how "alien" is spelled in Japanese.
- Eirin's clothing has trigrams (broken and solid Yin/Yang lines) lining the bottom hem. They appear to be the complete set of trigrams used in Feng Shui, and match the set of trigrams on the Hakkero.
- Although Eirin was the one who formulated the Hourai Elixir, it has never been explicitly stated whether she has consumed it herself or not. Her official profiles say nothing on the matter, and she never claims in-game that she is immortal, unlike Kaguya (who refers to herself as an eternal being) and Mokou (who flatly states she is immortal). Considering that she was punished far less severely than Kaguya was, it is possible that leniency was granted in consideration that she did not actually drink the elixir. She is at least as old as Kaguya, but it is possible that Lunarians simply have lifespans far longer than humans do.
- Eirin has a spellcard named "Apollo 13" after the aborted third American moon mission launched in April 1970. The spellcard's spell sign is "Curse of the Heavens", and seems to imply that it was Lunarian magic, not mechanical failure, that critically damaged the spacecraft and forced it to abandon its lunar landing so as to forestall the "invasion". While it is not stated that Eirin herself was the one who attacked Apollo 13 (she has zero interest in getting involved in the war between the Earth and Moon), fans took it and ran, most prominently in the fangame Touhou Soccer, where Eirin's special shot- also titled "Apollo 13"- features her kicking the soccer ball into outer space, where it ricochets off the Skylab space station (which actually burned up in the atmosphere in 1979), destroying it, before flying back down to Earth and into the opponent's goal.
- Eirin is often shown in fan works as using the many rabbits at Eientei, especially Reisen, as test subjects for various drugs and medicines.
Official Profiles
Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt
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○6面ボス 月の頭脳= 八意 永琳(やごころ えいりん) Eirin Yagokoro
能力:あらゆる薬を作る程度の能力。天才。 月の民。つまりは宇宙人。地上に隠れ住んでから結構長い。輝夜との 付き合いは、はるか昔輝夜が月に居た頃から始まっている。
の知能は抜群である。彼女の頭脳は人間のそれをはるかに上回るが、 逆に何を言っているのか良く判らない時も多い。
に力をセーブしているらしい。
れていた輝夜を月に連れ戻しに来た使者の一人。ただ、とある理由で 輝夜と共謀し、月の使者を全員殺害してしまう。当時輝夜と一緒に住 んでいた賤しき地上人には、口止め料として永琳特製の「蓬莱の薬」 の入った薬の壺を手渡した。この薬、飲むと死ななくなるのである。
後で分かった事だが、地上人は何者かに殺されていたのである。
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Stage 6 Boss, Brain of the Moon Eirin Yagokoro Species: Lunarian Abilities: Creation of any kind of medicine; natural genius She's a person from the moon. That means she's an alien. She has lived on the Earth for a long time. Her relationship with Kaguya dates back to their days on the moon. The Yagokoro family is a line of medicinal geniuses that have been living on the moon for some time. Even among them, Eirin is exceptionally intelligent. She is much smarter than humans, which makes her rarely understood. In truth, she has power well beyond that of Kaguya's. She saves her power and maintains it at a lower level out of respect for Kaguya. Long ago, Eirin was one of a party of messengers who were sent to bring Kaguya back to the moon; the crime for which she was exiled to Earth had been forgiven. For some reason, she helped Kaguya kill all the other messengers instead. To ensure that the earthlings who lived with Kaguya would remain silent, she bribed them with the Hourai Elixir. The elixir had the power to make people immortal. None of those earthlings consumed the elixir, however, and died shortly afterward. It was later discovered that they were murdered. More detail is available in Kaguya's profile. For an unknown reason, Eirin is very surprised to see Sakuya. | |
Book Synthesis
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
- Main article: Article and Interview: Eirin
Eirin has created a new medicine called the Kochoumugan (Butterfly Dream Pill), which guarantees that one will have a pleasant dream. She says that since the youkai of Gensokyo rarely suffer from physical ailments, she began developing medicine for spiritual ailments instead. This particular medicine is ancient, but humans who took it in the past often found their dreams too enjoyable and never returned from the dream world, so Eirin has weakened its potency and made it safe to use. She also has a variety which causes nightmares instead of pleasant dreams.
In the interview, Eirin remarks that only a few people have come to buy the pill, even though it was a featured article in Aya's newspaper. Aya admits she doesn't have many readers. She is curious who is buying the medicine; Eirin is initially reluctant to say, but then reveals that it was Alice Margatroid. Aya mentions that she tried the pill herself, but found the dream uninteresting. Eirin suggests that she try Kochoumugan Nightmare Type (a scene in Shoot the Bullet.)
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
- Main article: Perfect Memento: Eirin Yagokoro
Not translated yet.