Main Profile
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キスメ Kisume | |
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Power to fling down demon fire | |
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unknown | |
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unknown | |
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Underground | |
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unknown | |
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Kisume is a rather shy youkai who usually spends her time in buckets. As a midboss with no dialogue and a rather sparse official profile, little is known about her, but she seems rather childish.
Fun Facts
- Tsurube otoshi (lit. bucket dropper) are a type of youkai believed to have originated in the Chuubu region of Japan. They usually live atop trees, and when humans come close to the tree a bucket or a severed head drops down and eats them. They are also sometimes depicted as flaming spirits.
- According to ZUN, her name is written in katakana to give it an old feel, and it's not written in kanji because "that would make her seem too strong".
- Upon the release of the demo of Subterranean Animism, fans immediately dubbed Kisume "Bucket Ranka," named after Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier.
- Western fans dubbed her "Bucket Loli".
- Fan artists interpret the clothes she's wearing inside the bucket as either a white collared blouse or a gi.
- Perhaps due to her sharing the same stage as Yamame, fanworks with her and Yamame and somehow, Parsee is common.
- She is one of the few Touhou characters in the Windows series to not have a last name. (Cirno, Nazrin for example)
- Another recent meme has Kisume depicted in fanart with her bucket humorously containing everything she needs to stay alive as well as numerous luxuries, thus making sure she never has to leave it. This may well be a tribute to the Western cartoon character named Sheldon from U.S. Acres shown on Garfield and Friends, a baby chick who refuses to hatch out of his egg but has everything he needs inside of it.
Official Profiles
Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt
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○1面中ボス 恐るべき井戸の怪 種族:釣瓶落とし 暗い夜に道を歩いていると真上から落ちてきて、頭をぶつけてしまう | |
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Stage 1 mid-boss The Fearsome Well Spirit Species: Tsurube otoshi A fearsome youkai who drops straight down onto you from above when you're walking the | |