Touhou Wiki
Advertisement

Main Profile


Patchouli Knowledge

Name:

パチュリー・ノーレッジ
Patchouli Knowledge

Species:

Magician

Abilities:

Magic, especially good at Elemental Magic

Age:

About 100 years

Occupation:

Intellectual and Librarian

Location:

Scarlet Devil Mansion

Description:

  • Her hair and eyes are purple and a lot of ribbons are tied to her hair and other body parts. Wears pajama-like clothing and a night-cap which are, according to ZUN, her daily wear.

Relationships:

Appearances:

Titles:

See Character Titles

Patchouli Knowledge is a very smart, anemic witch from the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Although she has only been a boss in one game, and playable character in another, she is still a very popular character, showing up in many endings and is referenced quite often. She spends most of her time in the mansion's library reading and writing magic books. It seems that she's capable of very powerful magic of all kinds, using many elements in a single spell, but due to asthma and general poor health she's often unable to recite her spells.

In Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she tried to stop you from getting deep into the mansion, but failed. In the extra stage, she tried again and used much more powerful magic because she felt better that day but still failed.

She rarely leaves Scarlet Devil Mansion, but in Immaterial and Missing Power makes an exception to go investigate the recent strange events. In other character's scenarios she's visited by several of them thinking that she, of all people, must know what the strange mist is. However, getting a straight answer from her is anything but easy.

Fun Facts

  • Her first name, "Patchouli," is taken from name of a herb used in perfumes and incense. Her last name, "Knowledge," is obviously a reference to her amount of knowledge, though few other characters seem to have such literal surnames.
  • She's also known as the "One-week Wizard" or the "Wizard of the Week" due to her elemental magics coinciding with the days of the week on a Japanese calendar.
  • Even though Patchouli doesn't appear during gameplay in most games after Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she often appears in the endings.
  • In some fan comics Patchouli is portrayed as an otaku, and sometimes as a fan of the villain Frieza from the manga DragonBall Z.
  • In other fan comics, Patchouli is considered a hikikomori due to her apparent habit of spending all her time in one room (the library) and rarely ever stepping outside. She would only have to keep this up for 6 months to meet the time span given in the definition, and she's been living like that for the past 100 years.
  • Patchouli has been rumored to be the inspiration for the character Yue Ayase from the manga Negima! Magister Negi Magi. Like Patchouli, Yue is a short, quiet girl with long purple hair and an unexcitable personality, and an affinity for books (she is a librarian) and magic (she is also known to dress in a witch getup similar to Marisa).

Official Profiles

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - おまけ.txt

Patchouli Knowledge

 ○知識と日陰の少女
  パチュリー・ノーレッジ

  能力:火+水+木+金+土+日+月を操る程度の能力


  4面ボスです。お嬢様のお友達で大体100年は魔女をしています。
  1週間少女です。

  もともと病弱で肉弾戦が苦手ですが、圧倒的多彩な魔法攻撃でそれを
  カバーしてます。パチュリーのリボンは御札ではなく、魔法力を高め
  るためのアクセサリです。

   本物の魔女なので、魔法力は恐ろしいものがあります。ただ、生ま
  れつきの喘息のためスペルが唱えきれません。ビタミンAも足りてな
  いようです。
   もしかしたら、窓の無い図書室が埃っぽいのかも知れません。いや
  普通に考えたら埃っぽいです。でも彼女は、本の近くにいるものこそ
  が自分だと思っているため、本のそばから離れることが出来ません。
  100年くらい。

The Girl of Knowledge and Shadow, Patchouli Knowledge
Ability: The ability to manipulate fire, water, wood, metal, earth, sun, and moon to a degree.

The 4th stage boss. She is the friend of the young mistress and is a witch who has lived for 100 years. The "One-week Girl".

Her innate weak constitution makes her poor at physical combat, but she covers for that with her sheer variety of magical attacks. Patchouli's ribbon is not a holy charm, but rather an accessory that boosts magic power.

Since she's a genuine witch, her magical power is terrifying. However, because of the asthma she was born with, she often cannot recite the spells. She doesn't have enough Vitamin A.

Maybe her windowless library room is very dusty. Actually, if you think about it, it would definitely be very dusty. But since she spends all her time near books she considers them a part of herself and cannot stand to be separated from them. This is how she has spent about a hundred years.


Immaterial and Missing Power - 上海アリス通信.txt

Patchouli Knowledge

 ○動かない大図書館
  パチュリー・ノーレッジ

  種族:魔女
  住処:紅魔館
  能力:魔法(主に精霊魔法)を扱う程度の能力

   紅魔館に住み着く魔女。この家の主人とは異なり、日光には弱くない
  が余り出歩かない。生活している図書館も日光が届かない所にある。こ
  れは本が傷まない様にする為の配慮であるが、空気は良くない為、健康
  に良くない。

   性格も積極的な方ではなく、常に我が道を行く。ただ、好奇心は高く
  知識に関しては積極的に取り入れる。全て本に依る物だが間違いも多い。

   器用さは持ち合わせているが、いかんせん非力な上に体術の心得は全
  くない。直接殴ったり蹴ったりは殆どしない。その代わり強力で多彩な
  魔法を会得している。殴るくらいなら魔法を使った方が楽である。曜日
  にあわせて魔法を使い分けるのが密かな趣味であるが、誰もその事には
  気が付かない。

The Unmoving Great Library, Patchouli Knowledge
Species: Witch
Residence: Scarlet Devil Mansion
Ability: The ability to use magic (mainly spirit magic)

A witch who has settled down in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Unlike the mistress of the house, she is not weak against sunlight; however, she does not go out much. She spends her days in a library where the sunlight cannot reach. This is so that the books won't be damaged, but the unhealthy atmosphere is bad for her health.

She doesn't have a very proactive personality, but rather always walks her own path. However, she is always interested where knowledge is concerned and will proactively go and try to acquire it. She completely depends on her books, but still makes a lot of mistakes.

Although she is quite skillful, her complete lack of physical fighting ability can't be helped. She pretty much never attempts to directly punch or kick her opponent. She makes up for this with her knowledge of a great variety of powerful magic. She's more at ease using magic than trying to attack physically. Dividing the magic she uses according to the days of the week is a secret hobby of hers, but no one has realized this.

Advertisement