- "Patchouli" redirects here. For the Suguri-inspired fangame, see Patchouli (Game).
Main Profile
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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 two others, 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. In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she decided to find what was the cause of the weather disaster. In the events of Subterranean Animism, she noticed the abnormalities in the underground, and had Marisa go with the help of Yukari preparing Marisa's options.
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.
- After being defeated in Marisa's scenario in IaMP, she utters "mukyu~". Since then, fan works have often depicted her using this sound as a sign of surprise or discontentment.
- 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 (e.g., Marisa Kirisame) as "rats" and guards (e.g., 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, an unexcitable personality, an affinity for books (she is a librarian) and magic (she is also known to dress in a witch getup similar to Marisa's).
- Patchouli's Non-Directional Laser was ripped off and later used by Marisa as her normal B-type bomb in Perfect Cherry Blossom, and as a Spell Card in Imperishable Night.
- The crescent on Patchouli's hat could be the crescent in the Sanskrit "Hum", part of the Mantra "Om mani padme hum". In Buddhism, it stands for knowledge and purity and is associated with the color white—all the 7 colors combined.
- There is an ongoing debate (mostly in 2channel) over whether she is large-breasted or small-breasted, as her baggy clothing makes it impossible to distinguish the size of her breasts. The former claim is based on how she never leaves her room and thus must gain weight since she never gets any exercise, while the latter claim is based on her physical weakness and generally childlike appearance.
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 Ability: the power to control fire, water, wood, earth, metal, sun, and moon 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 weak constitution makes her poor at physical combat, but she makes up for 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 also seems to have a vitamin A deficiency. Maybe her windowless library room is dusty. No, obviously, it's 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 does everything by the book, 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. | |
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - chara.html
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○ パチュリー・ノーレッジ
職業:魔女 住家:紅魔館 能力:魔法(主に精霊魔法)を扱う程度の能力 性格:口数も少なめで暗い。 暗いといっても、ただ愛想が悪いだけで思考は暗くない。 | |
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Patchouli Knowledge
Occupation: witch Place of residence: Scarlet Devil Manor Ability: the power to use magic (primarily elemental magic) Personality: dark and taciturn. Dark just means she doesn't interact well with others - it's not a reflection of her outlook. | |
Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt
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○動かない大図書館 種族:魔法使い 紅魔館に住んでいる魔法使い。 間欠泉から大量の地霊達が湧いている事に気付いた。 自分はじっくり怨霊が載っている本を探したいのだが、まず誰かに間欠 | |
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The Great Unmoving Library Species: magician A magician that lives in the Scarlet Devil Manor. She noticed the great number of earth spirits that came from the geyser. On further investigation, they turned out not to be earth spirits, but evil spirits that looked just like phantoms. These evil spirits were spirits that bore a grudge agaisnt the world. They were a threat to humans, youkai, and fairies alike. She wanted to find out what was causing the evil spirits to appear, but going herself would have been quite dangerous. Troubled, Patchouli went to see Yukari. Yukari, who was also surprised by the incident, came up with a plan to make the humans go explore the underground. | |
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
- Patchouli is a magician known as the brain of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
- It is said that she both creates and solves problems in the Mansion.
- Patchouli is a natural magician who has lived for over a hundred years, most of which she has spent transcribing spells in the library.
- As she is a magician, she uses magic often. Her specialty is elemental magic employing the seven elements Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Metal, Sun and Moon. In addition, she can combine the elements as well.
- Her books aren't just spell collections, but magical items with magic imbued in them.
- However, one can only cast a spell from a book if they have equal or stronger magical abilities than the one who wrote the spell in the book.
- There are far more books in her library than one could ever hope to read.
- To defeat Patchouli, one must to pay attention to what elements she is using.
- However, as she is asthmatic and never leaves the mansion, battles with her are rare.
