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About 100 years | |
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Intellectual and Librarian, teacher. | |
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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 Immaterial and Missing Power, Patchouli refers to intruders/thieves (i.e. Marisa Kirisame) as 'rats', and guards (i.e. Sakuya Izayoi) as 'cats'. She rates the catness/effectiveness of a guard on a scale of 1 to 96, because that's the highest number under 100 that is divisible by both 2 and 3. After defeating Sakuya in Immaterial and Missing Power, she gave her a rating of 24.
- 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
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○知識と日陰の少女 | |
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The Girl of Knowledge and Shadow, Patchouli Knowledge 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
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○動かない大図書館 | |
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The Unmoving Great Library, Patchouli Knowledge 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. | |
Book Synopsis
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
- Main article: Article and Interview: Patchouli
Not translated yet.
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
- Main article: Perfect Memento: Patchouli Knowledge
Brief summary of the article goes here.
