Main Profile
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雲居一輪 (くもい いちりん) Ichirin Kumoi | |
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Youkai (Wanyuudou or Katawaguruma ?) | |
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Power to use nyuudou | |
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At least 1000 years | |
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Guardian of the Palanquin Ship | |
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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. | |
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雲山 (うんざん) Unzan | |
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Power to change form and size | |
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Unknown | |
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A pink/reddish cloud with the face of an old man with a beard. | |
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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, though many western fans believe it resembles a gypsy's. The former seems to be what was intended, considering her powers.
- 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
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○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 雲山(うんざん) 種族:入道
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。 一輪の性格は、真面目だが機転が利いて要領がよい。 雲山は、雲で出来た入道である。 何故、この空を飛ぶ船を守っているのだろうか。 | |
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Stage 3 boss The Big Wheel That Guards and is Guarded Ichirin Kumoi Race: youkai A youkai guarding the ship which seems to have a secret. She wasn't ordered by someone to stand guard, she's doing it of her own accord. Ichirin's personality is very straightforward, but she's quick-thinking and understands things easily.
Race: Nyuudou Unzan is a nyuudou made of clouds.
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Undefined Fantastic Object - Omake.txt
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○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 雲山(うんざん) 種族:入道
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。 一輪の性格は、真面目だが機転が利いて要領がよい。
ムラサ達の仲間の妖怪で、白蓮を慕う者の一人。 | |
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Stage 3 boss The Big Wheel That Guards and is Guarded Ichirin Kumoi Race: youkai A youkai guarding the ship which seems to have a secret. She wasn't ordered by someone to stand guard, she's doing it of her own accord. Ichirin's personality is very straightforward, but she's quick-thinking and understands things easily.
Race: Nyuudou Unzan is a nyuudou made of clouds.
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