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Hong Meirin

Name:

紅 美鈴(ほん めいりん)
Hong Meirin

Species:

Youkai

Abilities:

Control of "Chi", martial arts

Age:

Unknown

Occupation:

Gatekeeper of the Scarlet Devil Mansion

Location:

Scarlet Devil Mansion

Description:

  • Aqua-colored eyes and long, scarlet hair that symbolizes both her name and the place that she's guarding. Her green beret and dress resembles traditional Chinese clothing. Her beret has a gold star on the front that reads long (dragon).

Relationships:

Appearances:

Titles:

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Hong Meirin is a youkai, though it isn't known to which specific category she actually belongs. She guards the entrance to the Scarlet Devil Mansion along with her henchmen. She is known for her mastery of the martial arts, part of which can be seen from her movement which is performed with Shin-Kyaku (a move in Chinese martial arts).

During the events of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she bravely fought against the intruding heroines but ultimately failed to complete her job.

Fun Facts

  • The character for Hong literally means "Scarlet", and Meirin "Beautiful Bell." A common name (the Meirin part at least.) These characters are read in Japanese as "Kurenai Misuzu" and you'll sometimes see her name mispronounced or miswritten as that.
  • However, she is more widely known as and called "Chuugoku" (中国, which translates to China), the one whose real name is never remembered. At first, it was just a minor fan-only thing, but after a while even ZUN himself said that he doesn't deny calling her "Chuugoku", so it's considered half-official at the moment.
  • While that alone sounds quite miserable, that incident made her "The mock character of Touhou series" from a hardly-remembered minor boss... She's gained quite a lot of popularity since then. She recently managed to win the 2nd Saimoe tournament, besting both protagonists and an Extra Boss. If someone hadn't started calling her "Chuugoku", she would never have achieved such glory... Quite an interesting story.

Official Profiles

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - おまけ.txt

Hong Meirin

 ○華人小娘
  紅 美鈴(ホン・メイリン)

  能力:気を使う程度の能力


  3面ボスです。中国人風の妖怪です。

  カラフルで民族っぽい衣装です。彼女は紅魔館の門番で、湖外からや
  ってくる侵入者を積極的に排除しています。
  これといった特別なキャラではないのですが、ここで初めて、ストー
  リーに関係あるものになっていきます。
  といってもお嬢様の存在を言うだけですが。

Chinese Girl
Hong Meirin

Ability: Control of Chi


Stage 3 boss. A Chinese-looking youkai.

Her clothing is colorful and somewhat traditional. She is the gatekeeper of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and prevents intruders from beyond the lake from reaching the mansion. She is by no means a special character, but she is the first character that has something to do with the main story. Even if that something happens to be merely mentioning the Mistress.

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