Main Profile
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小野塚 小町(おのづか こまち) | |
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Manipulation of distance | |
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Unknown (Most likely Immortal) | |
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Carrier of dead spirits | |
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Sanzu no Kawa, Buddhist equivalent for Stygian River | |
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Komachi is widely known in Gensokyo as being a slacker shinigami. Exactly how much work she actually does is unknown, but apparently it's not enough. Now with such a backlog of spirits that haven't yet been brought to the Yama for judging there's been another "flower incident" and the number of suicides is on the rise. Maybe she spends too much time around the dead, she sure does talk about death and suicide every other sentence when not complaining about her workload. Still, she's a rather carefree individual.
Fun Facts
- May somehow be connected to 小野小町(Ono no Komachi). As said in link, "She was noted as a rare beauty; Komachi is a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan." This doesn't mean, however, that 小町 is a common term for beauty.
- As with Japanese names in general, 小野塚 小町 doesn't quite mean anything. The difference between the names of Ono no Komachi and Onozuka Komachi is that 塚 is added after Ono. 塚 (mound) is a character that is used in Muenzuka, it might have a connection considering the theme of the game. 小町 has adopted the meaning beauty, and is written with the characters small and town. 小野 is written with the characters small and field, field having a connotation of countryside.
- There is a shinkansen named Komachi after Ono no Komachi. Poor humour, but it's not entirely impossible that ZUN referenced this as her ability to manipulate distance.
- The Last Word theme in Imperishable Night, 東方妖怪小町(Touhou Youkai Komachi), contains the exact kanji for her name. This fact has been used in the titles of several Komachi doujins.
Official Profiles
Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt
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Guide of the Sanzu no Kawa Species: Shinigami A youkai that provides passage for the river between Gensokyo and the other side. When a person dies, their spirit must cross the river to the Netherworld. It is Komachi's duty to ferry the dead across the river. The width and depth of the river changes depending on her mood. Also, if someone has done too much evil during their lifetime, they may even not be able to cross the river. A shinigami judges one to be good or bad not by the amount of crimes, but by money. That is to say, not the money that the deceased may have had while they were alive, but rather the total amount of those who yearned and missed that person from the bottom of their hearts. By the way, judging the the amount of crimes of the dead is not Komachi's job and would be handled after crossing the river, but that's a story for another time. After death, when she requests a passage fee from them, people tend to be surprised since the money they have on hand doesn't correspond to their own assets, but on the assets of his or her surrounding friends. Very rich people tend to be despised during their life, and are astonished to see how little they have after death. Komachi always demands those she guides to pay all the money they have, and anyone who hesitates to pay the full sum is dropped into the river midway through the journey. The river is made infinitely wide, and the unfortunate spirit is soon consumed by huge fishes and sea dinosaurs which were extinct in world of the living.
Komachi thought that it was just a temporary issue, and worked at her own pace without the slightest bit of worry. However, it soon caught the eye of her boss, Shikieiki, and she got a good scolding because of that. | |
