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The Elegant Dead |
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Yuyuko Saigyouzi |
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Ability: Ability to manipulate death |
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Threat level: Critically High |
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Human friendship level: High |
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Main place of activity: Netherworld |
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The mistress of the Saigyouji family who resides in Hakugyokurou in the Netherworld. It is said that she died over 1000 years ago, so she is a spirit with an extremely unusual lifespan (*1). |
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Impressed by her unwillingness to curse people and her ability to control spirits, she was appointed by the great Yama to manage the souls of the dead. |
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In return she was permitted eternal residence in the Netherworld. |
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As her body is sealed away within Hakugyokurou, it is said to be impossible to hold a service for her. |
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Thus, she will live (*2) eternally in the form of a ghost. |
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Her personality is so extraordinarily easygoing that it is said she doesn't remember how long she's been in the Netherworld. |
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It seems she doesn't even remember what she had for breakfast (*3). |
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Power |
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The ability to manipulate death literally means the ability to kill someone with no resistance. |
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Of course, once they're dead, she would be able to control their spirit, as well. |
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Nothing good can come out of challenging her. |
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Stories about this youkai |
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西è¡å¦ã¨å¼ã°ããæ¡ |
The Sakura Called Saigyou Ayakashi |
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Her father was a widely admired poet, and eventually fell into eternal rest beneath a cherry tree, as he'd always wanted. |
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æ»å¾ãæ ããç¶ããç¾å¨ã¯ç¥æ ¼åãã天çã«ä½ãã |
His adoration continued after his death, and now he has ascended into heaven. |
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Every year some grand personage would die beneath that tree when it was in full bloom, just like Yuyuko's father. |
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The tree that continued to suck their blood eventually became a youkai cherry tree with the ability to lure people to their death, and it was called the Saigyou Ayakashi. |
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The Saigyou Ayakashi is now kept in Hakugyokurou in the Netherworld, sealed thanks to the bodies of countless people, including Yuyuko, who sleep beneath it. |
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So, it never reaches full bloom. |
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The Ghostly Emigration Project |
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This is a story of twenty or thirty years ago. |
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The number of spirits in the Netherworld increased due to limits on ascension (*4). |
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As the already-vast Netherworld beginning to expand due to the pressure of all the spirits, she allowed them to inhabit various places (*5) in the world of the living as they were waiting to reincarnate. |
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The places she chose included closed schools and hospitals, abandoned buildings, and places people don't usually visit, but some curious person on the outside caught sight of one of the ghosts, so people started flocking to them (*6). |
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Eventually, the Yama became aware of this plan and decreed that ghosts shouldn't be seen, so it was put to rest. |
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Finally, the Yama increased the size of the Netherworld, thereby removing the necessity for the emigration plan. |
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It's said that the Netherworld today is larger than Hell. |
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Eyewitness Reports |
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"Hmm, maybe I should go to the Netherworld for flower-viewing again this year..." (Marisa Kirisame) |
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å¥çã®æ¡ã¯çãã¦ãã人éã«ã大人æ°ã |
The flowers in the Netherworld are extremely popular even among the living. |
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ããããªå¤§ããªå±æ·ã«ä½ãã ããæé¤ã大å¤ãããããã羨ã¾ãããªãããï¼åéºéå¤¢ï¼ |
"Cleaning up a place with that much space would be a pain. Still, it must be nice." (Reimu Hakurei) |
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It seems the housework is left to the spirits. |
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対ç |
Countermeasures |
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ã¾ããæ®éã«ãã¦ã¦åºä¼ãäºã¯ãªãã ããã |
First of all, you will likely not meet her normally. |
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She stays in the Netherworld most of the time, and if she has business in Gensokyo, she usually has one of the spirits go in her stead. |
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ãã ãä¸ã¤ã ãä¾å¤ãããã |
There is one major exception. |
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ããã¯æ»ãã å¾ã®è©±ã§ããã |
You can speak with her after your death. |
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Normally when you die, after you set out on the road to rebirth, cross the Sanzu river, and receive the judgement of the ten lords during Higan, even if you've done no wrong, you go to the Netherworld and await reincarnation or enlightenment. |
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ããã§å¿ ã彼女ã®å§¿ãè¦ãäºã«ãªãã |
You will definitely see her there. |
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ãã®æãå½¼å¥³ãæ¨ã¿ã«è§¦ããæãããäºãå¾ ã£ã¦ããã ããã |
Surely something dreadful will await you if you manage to incur her wrath. |
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Her assistant Konpaku can sever the cycle of transmigration with her sword, and if Yuyuko sent you back to Higan from the Netherworld, you'd surely be sent to Hell. |
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æ»ã¬åã«å½¼å¥³ã®äºãåå¼·ãã¦ããã¨è¯ãã ããã |
It's probably best to read about her before you die. |
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1: "Lifespan"? |
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2: "Live"? |
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ï¼ï¼ãåãã¦ããã®ãã |
3: Perhaps senility is setting in. |
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ï¼ï¼ã天çã¯è¼ªå»»è»¢çãæã¡åã£ãè ãè¡ãã®ã§ãç¾å¨é£½åç¶æ ã§ããã |
4: As the heavens receive all those who have broken from the cycle of transmigration, they've reached their capacity. |
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5: Including the outside world. |
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6: People like mysterious places. |