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Spell Card 069


Screenshot No. 069: 幽鬼剣「妖童餓鬼の断食 -Easy-」

Ghost Sword "Fasting of the Young Gaki -Easy-"
(Gaki: Japanese name for a Buddhist Hungry Ghost. Those reborn as a Gaki are always hungry but cannot enjoy food or drink.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Easy
Comment: Light dodging, a moment of eternity, keep distance and focus.


Spell Card 070


Screenshot No. 070: 幽鬼剣「妖童餓鬼の断食」

Ghost Sword "Fasting of the Young Gaki"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Normal
Comment: Heavy dodging, a moment of eternity, keep distance and focus.


Spell Card 071


Screenshot No. 071: 餓鬼剣「餓鬼道草紙」

Gaki Sword "Storybook of the Gaki Realm"
(Gaki Realm (餓鬼道; Gaki-do): one of the Six Realms of Rebirth (六道; Riku-do) in Buddhism. This realm is based on possessiveness and desire, and is considered to have the third-lowest rank of the six realms.)

餓鬼道 (Gaki-do) is one of 六道(Riku-do). 六道 are six worlds in Buddhism; 地獄道(Jigoku-do), 餓鬼道(Gaki-do), 畜生道(Chikusho-do), 修羅道(Shura-do), 人間道(Ningen-do), and 天上道(Tenjo-do). All the Youmu's spell cards are named after the 六道.

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Hard
Comment: Heavy dodging, a moment of eternity, believe in slow moment.


Spell Card 072


Screenshot No. 072: 餓王剣「餓鬼十王の報い」

Hungry King Sword "Ten Kings' Retribution on the Gaki"
(The Ten Kings (十王; Ju-ou): the judges of the afterlife in Buddhism. They decide the realms that people will be reborn in, based on their past karma.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Lunatic
Comment: Heavy dodging, a moment of eternity, believe in slow moment.


Spell Card 073


Screenshot No. 073: 獄界剣「二百由旬の一閃 -Easy-」

Hell Realm Sword "200 Yojana in 1 Slash -Easy-"
(Hell Realm (地獄道; Jigoku-do): one of the Six Realms of Rebirth (六道; Riku-do) in Buddhism. This realm is based on hatred, and is considered to have the lowest rank of the six realms. 由旬 (yojana in Sanskrit, yujun in Japanese): a unit of length in early India. 1 yojana is the distance that the imperial army could advance in 1 day; about 10-15 km. 200 yojanas is the width of Yuyuko's garden.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Easy
Comment: Light dodging, the flash of a sword, bursts of sliced spirits.


Spell Card 074


Screenshot No. 074: 獄界剣「二百由旬の一閃」

Hell Realm Sword "200 Yojana in 1 Slash"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Normal
Comment: Heavy dodging, the flash of a sword, bursts of sliced spirits.


Spell Card 075


Screenshot No. 075: 獄炎剣「業風閃影陣」

Hell Flame Sword "Flashing Slash Formation as Karma Gust"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Hard
Comment: Heavy dodging, the flash of three slices, fury of condemned spirits.


Spell Card 076


Screenshot No. 076: 獄神剣「業風神閃斬」

Hell God Sword "God's Flashing Slash as Karma Gust"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Lunatic
Comment: Heavy dodging, the flash of five slices, fury of condemned spirits.


Spell Card 077


Screenshot No. 077: 畜趣剣「無為無策の冥罰 -Easy-」

Brute Sword "Karmic Punishment of the Idle and Unfocused -Easy-"
(畜趣(Chikushu) is 畜生道. 畜生(Chikusho) means animals. The word "畜生" has a negative image as low organisms.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Easy
Comment: Light dodging, calm before the slash, the sword's delayed waves.


Spell Card 078


Screenshot No. 078: 畜趣剣「無為無策の冥罰」

Brute Sword "Karmic Punishment of the Idle and Unfocused"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Normal
Comment: Standard dodging, calm before the slash, the sword's delayed waves.


Spell Card 079


Screenshot No. 079: 修羅剣「現世妄執」

Asura Sword "Obsession with the Present World"
(Asura (阿修羅))

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Hard
Comment: Standard streaming, horizontal dangers, blade dance of the tornado.


Spell Card 080


Screenshot No. 080: 修羅剣「現世妄執 -Lunatic-」

Asura Sword "Obsession with the Present World-Lunatic-"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Lunatic
Comment: Heavy streaming, horizontal dangers, blade dance of the tornado.


Spell Card 081


Screenshot No. 081: 人界剣「悟入幻想 -Easy-」

Human Realm Sword "Delusion of Enlightenment -Easy-"
(悟入(Gonyu) means "achieving enlightenment".)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Easy
Comment: Standard streaming, rain from below, move little and with caution.


Spell Card 082


Screenshot No. 082: 人界剣「悟入幻想」

Human Realm Sword "Delusion of Enlightenment"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Normal
Comment: Standard streaming, rain from below, move little and with caution.


Spell Card 083


Screenshot No. 083: 人世剣「大悟顕晦」

Human Realm Sword "Approach to Disillusion"
(大悟(taigo or daigo) means disillusioning oneself completely and coming together with the ultimate truth. 顕晦(kenkai) means "appearing (顕(あら)わす; arawasu) and disappearing (晦(くら)む; kuramu)".)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Hard
Comment: Standard streaming, rain from below, move little and with caution.


Spell Card 084


Screenshot No. 084: 人神剣「俗諦常住」

Human God Sword "Attainment of Eternal Truth"
(俗諦常住 means taking socially truths as eternal truths exactly. It is important especially in early Tendai-shu (天台宗), a Japanese Buddhism sect. Human God (人神) is a person worshiped as a God before or after death. Human Gods are not only fine persons, but also evil persons to avoid the curse.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Lunatic
Comment: Standard streaming, rain from below, move little and with caution.


Spell Card 085


Screenshot No. 085: 天上剣「天人の五衰 -Easy-」

Celestial Sword "Five Signs of the Dying Celestial Beings -Easy-"
(天人(tenjin) is a person who lives in Heaven (天上道). 天人 has very long life, but is not immortal. Five signs of weakness are shown before 天人 dies. The signs is called 天人の五衰.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Easy
Comment: Standard dodging, a moment of clarity, find clear path to shrine.


Spell Card 086


Screenshot No. 086: 天上剣「天人の五衰」

Celestial Sword "Five Signs of the Dying Celestial Beings"

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Normal
Comment: Heavy dodging, a moment of clarity, find clear path to shrine.


Spell Card 087


Screenshot No. 087: 天界剣「七魄忌諱」

Heaven Realm Sword "Displeasure of the Seven Sins"
(忌諱(kiki or kii) means "hating". Refer to 天神剣「三魂七魄」 about 七魄.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Hard
Comment: Heavy dodging, a moment of clarity, pray for enlightment.


Spell Card 088


Screenshot No. 088: 天神剣「三魂七魄」

Heavenly God Sword "Components of Konpaku"
(三魂七魄(three kons and seven hakus) are the components of soul (魂魄; konpaku) in Taoism (道教). Three kons control mental activity (reason), and Seven hakus control physical activity. In Taoism, it is believed that there is a period that the body is controled by only hakus between losing kons and death. That is an unstable state because of lacking the reason, so the seven hakus are hated (七魄忌諱). No one, however, can put off the seven hakus, because they are important components of soul.)

Owner: Youmu Konpaku
Stage 5 — Lunatic
Comment: Heavy dodging, a moment of clarity, pray for enlightment.


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