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Ichirin Kumoi

Name:

雲居一輪 (くもい いちりん)

Ichirin Kumoi

Species:

Youkai (Wanyuudou or Katawaguruma ?)

Abilities:

Power to use nyuudou

Age:

At least 1000 years

Occupation:

Guardian of the Palanquin Ship

Location:

Temple of Myouren

Description:

Has light purple wavy hair, and dark purple eyes. Carries a medium-sized yellow ring in her right hand. On her head, she wears a headdress similar to a Hijab or a nun's headdress. She wears a white dress with a blue trim at the bottom, and wears black shoes. She is also always seen with Unzan.

Relationships:

Appearances:

Titles:

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Unzan

Name:

雲山 (うんざん)

Unzan

Species:

Nyuudou

Abilities:

Power to change form and size

Age:

Unknown

Occupation:

Location:

Palanquin Ship

Description:

A pink/reddish cloud with the face of an old man with a beard.

Relationships:

  • Ichirin Kumoi (Controller)

Appearances:

Titles:

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Ichirin is the midboss and boss of Undefined Fantastic Object's Stage 3. Her personality is described as straightforward and quick-thinking, allowing her to adapt to most situations with ease. Unzan is Ichirin's nyuudou partner. He is literally a gigantic, angry pink cloud with fists and a face, but ZUN describes him as a "gentle old man at heart." The two work together during the boss battles.

During the events of Undefined Fantastic Object, Ichirin and Unzan were acting as guards for Byakuren's ship, to keep out anyone trying to keep her from being revived. She initially thought the heroines were attempting to stop her, but upon realizing they had some parts of the treasure needed to unseal Byakuren, she assumed they were on her side and happily let them through.

Fun Facts

  • In the demo version, Ichirin refers to someone (Byakuren?) as 姐御 (anego) and 姐さん (ane-san or nee-san). Both terms are variants on "elder sister", but these versions usually mean a female superior who is not one's real sister, such as a female gang boss.
  • Ichirin's outfit closely resembles that of a Buddhist nun's, which is appropriate, considering her ability.
  • Ichirin's inspiration may come from the second volume of Shigi san Engi. In the story, Daigo Tennou becomes dangerously ill one day, so his subjects visited Myouren to beg him to come and pray for the emperor. Myouren rejected their request for some reason but proposed that he would do it at his temple and he would inform them when he finished. After approximately three days passed, a flying stranger, Ken no Gohou (剣の御法) appeared near the court, who implied the end of Myouren's praying. After that, the emperor recovered very soon. His outfit is; a sword in one hand, numerous blades around his neck, and he flew on the wheel very similar to a dharmacakra, followed by wind or clouds. We could say that Ichirin is most derived from the dharmacakra called "hourin" (宝輪) in Japanese, which has one of the same kanji in Ichirin's name (一輪). Also, Myouren's sister, Byakuren's inspiration, gave him a cloth to wear as a gift and the cloth was stored in the Soaring Vault (Tobikura, 飛倉), the inspiration for the Palanquin Ship. These correspond to the points that Ichirin's wearing a hood and is the guardian of Palanquin Ship. Also look at these pictures.
  • The characters for Unzan's name mean "Clouded Mountain" or "Mountain of Clouds".
  • A nyuudou cloud (入道雲) is a Japanese term for cumulonimbus cloud or thunderhead.
  • Unzan being purple is a reference to the purple cloud leading to where Myouren was.
  • Some fans have begun calling her Ichirin Kujo, a reference to Jotaro Kujo of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, from Unzan's appearance with Ichirin and fights with her (emphasis on fists).
  • There is an old Japanese tale about a tsukumogami (a youkai born from an old object attaining a spirit of its own after being around for 100 years) named Ichiren Nyuudou, which was a tsukumogami born from a Buddhist rosary. ZUN may have based this character off of the tale.
  • Within the fandom, Ichirin's presence tends to be overshadowed by Unzan. Even ZUN himself says she's nothing more than "Unzan's hitbox".
  • In an interview with ZUN, he states that Ichirin isn't the only one that can hear Unzan. Rather, he's just shy and tends to whisper, so Ichirin repeats what he said to others "Like a spokesperson".

Official Profiles

Undefined Fantastic Object demo - オマケ.txt

Ichirin Kumoi UFO

  ○3面ボス  守り守られし大輪

  雲居 一輪(くもい いちりん)

  種族:妖怪
  能力:入道を使う程度の能力

  雲山(うんざん)

  種族:入道
  能力:形や大きさを自在に変える事が出来る程度の能力


  何やら秘密のありそうな船を守っている妖怪。
  入道を使い、見張り番をしていた。

  見張りは誰かに命令されたわけではなく、自主的に行っているのである。
  その目的は何であろうか。

  一輪の性格は、真面目だが機転が利いて要領がよい。
  雲山の頭が固いので、上手く制御しているのである。

  雲山は、雲で出来た入道である。
  頑固親父で無口だが、根は優しい。曲がったことが嫌いで、正々堂々と
  している者を好む。

  何故、この空を飛ぶ船を守っているのだろうか。
  それはまだ語られていない。

Stage 3 boss The Big Wheel That Guards and is Guarded

Ichirin Kumoi

Race: youkai
Ability: power to use nyuudou

A youkai guarding the ship which seems to have a secret.
She was using nyuudou to keep watch.

She wasn't ordered by someone to stand guard, she's doing it of her own accord.
It's unknown just what she's after.

Ichirin's personality is very straightforward, but she's quick-thinking and understands things easily.
Unzan is kind of stubborn, so it's easy for her to control him.


Unzan

Race: Nyuudou
Ability: power to change form and size

Unzan is a nyuudou made of clouds.
He's a stubborn, quiet old man, but he's gentle at heart. He likes people who are on the up-and-up, and doesn't like roundabout things.


Why are they guarding this ship floating in the sky?
Who cares.


Undefined Fantastic Object - Omake.txt

Ichirin Kumoi UFO

 ○3面ボス  守り守られし大輪

  雲居 一輪(くもい いちりん)
  Kumoi Ichirin

  種族:妖怪
  能力:入道を使う程度の能力

  雲山(うんざん)
  Unzan

  種族:入道
  能力:形や大きさを自在に変える事が出来る程度の能力


  何やら秘密のありそうな船を守っている妖怪。
  入道を使い、見張り番をしていた。

  見張りは誰かに命令されたわけではなく、自主的に行っているのである。
  その目的は何であろうか。

  一輪の性格は、真面目だが機転が利いて要領がよい。
  雲山の頭が固いので、上手く制御しているのである。


  雲山は、雲で出来た入道である。
  頑固親父で無口だが、根は優しい。曲がったことが嫌いで、正々堂々と
  している者を好む。

  ムラサ達の仲間の妖怪で、白蓮を慕う者の一人。
  入道相手にすら慈悲を見せる白蓮に帰依している。

Stage 3 boss The Big Wheel That Guards and is Guarded

Ichirin Kumoi

Race: youkai
Ability: power to use nyuudou

A youkai guarding the ship which seems to have a secret.
She was using nyuudou to keep watch.

She wasn't ordered by someone to stand guard, she's doing it of her own accord.
It's unknown just what she's after.

Ichirin's personality is very straightforward, but she's quick-thinking and understands things easily.
Unzan is kind of stubborn, so it's easy for her to control him.


Unzan

Race: Nyuudou
Ability: power to change form and size

Unzan is a nyuudou made of clouds.
He's a stubborn, quiet old man, but he's gentle at heart. He likes people who are on the up-and-up, and doesn't like roundabout things.


Since Ichirin is a member of Murasa's group of youkai, she also misses Byakuren.
She is devoted to Byakuren, who was even kind to her nyuudou companion.

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