Main Profile
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ルーミア (♫) Rumia | |
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Lumia | |
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Manipulation of darkness | |
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Unknown | |
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Wherever she happens to wander, seen near Hakurei Shrine once | |
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Rumia is a youkai that can manipulate the darkness, but judging from her Embodiment of Scarlet Devil appearance, she is only powerful enough to make it seem like late evening. Apparently she is quite simple-minded, but isn't featured in enough conversations for details about her personality to be revealed.
Rumia's hair ribbon is actually an amulet. She can't touch it, so she can't take it off.
In the events of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she's attacked by the heroines for no reason (probably just as a general warmup), and has nothing to do with the main story.
According to comments about her in the Bunbunmaru Newspaper and in Perfect Memento it seems that she's constantly surrounded by a mass/blob of darkness at all times except during the new moon, and so is rarely actually seen in person. Despite her innocent appearance, she eats humans.
Fun Facts
- She is known for the memorial "First to Use the Spell Card System (tm)" in the history of shooting games.
- She is also the first official Windows boss of the Touhou series.
- Her ability, "manipulation of darkness," sounds quite strong, yet she is only a poor stage 1 boss. It's kind of ZUN's joke.
- It's broadly rumored among fans that the amulet-ribbon is some kind of "seal", and that taking it off will release her true power...but nobody knows the truth. In some doujinshi, when the amulet-ribbon is removed Rumia develops an EX form in which she looks more mature, has wings, and/or wields a giant dark sword.
- Her catchphrase in fan works is そーなのかー (So- nanoka-) which is a pretty childish way of saying "Is that so~." Rumia first says this in EoSD during Reimu's scenario.
- She is usually drawn with her arms spread out, claiming the pose appears to say, "The saint was crucified." Of course, this just makes her look more childish. Like Cirno, she isn't too bright.
- The phrase "人類は十進法を採用しました" (Mankind adopted the decimal system) appears in Marisa's scenario of EoSD. It comes from Hiroshi Mori's novel "誰もいなくなった ~ Thirty Little Indians" (Then There Were None ~ Thirty Little Indians) from "まどろみ消去 ~Missing under the Mistletoe" (Slumber Erasing ~ Missing under the Mistletoe).
近づいて、フカシとヨーコが手を振ると、西之園萌絵は、
両手を顔の横で広げてみせた。
人類は十進法を採用しました、というジェスチャではない。
Coming closer, Fukashi and Yōko waved their hands, then Moe Nishinosono
spread her hands next to her face.
This wasn't the gesture of Man adopting the decimal system.
- The author commented this phrase was put in to show that she didn't spread her arms to the full extent like the character 十, but that she spread her ten fingers as if she'd counted to 10.
- In fan works, she is often seen with other lower level, childish characters such as Cirno, Mystia Lorelei, and Wriggle.
- Rumia doesn't react well at all to sunlight and dislikes the heat of summer, taking shelter from both in her own personal field of darkness. However, even she is unable to see in the dark and bumps into things on a regular basis while wandering with no goal in mind.
- Rumia's non-spell card attacks and her spell card Moonlight Ray are similar to the attacks of Mystic Square's first stage boss, Sara.
- Some fans speculate that when the charm on Rumia's head is removed, she does not become an "EX-Rumia", but rather she is actually Flandre Scarlet. The two have very similar character designs, their outfits are strikingly alike, and they both reference Agatha Cristie's book And Then There Were None. They are also never exactly seen at the same time, as Flandre is always assumed to be in the Scarlet Mansion basement, while Rumia is always in a dark blob. Also, if you play Stage 1, then play the Extra stage, the patterns in which the fairies attack are very, very similar—only much harder in the Extra stage.
- Another thing to take in consideration is the fact that Rumia dislikes sunlight, which is a vampire characteristic, even though it is explained why she dislikes it.
- In Marisa's EoSD Scenario, Marisa states after beating Rumia, "She's not human. I bet she doesn't even have 10 fingers.". Ever since, fans have made jokes about her having fewer than 10 fingers.
Official Profiles
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - おまけ.txt
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○宵闇の妖怪 ルーミア
実は髪の毛に巻いているリボンは御札で、リボンは取りたくてもルー ミア本人では触れることすら出来ないのです。
いつも夜になっています。 | |
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Youkai of the Dusk Rumia Ability: Manipulation of darkness Stage 1 boss. A youkai. She is of no importance to the story, and isn't up to anything in particular in her life. The ribbon tied to her hair is actually a charm; she can't touch it even though there have been times when she wanted to take it off. There is no evidence of her ability in the game, but in truth, places around her are always as dark as night. | |
Book Synopsis
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
- Main article: Article and Interview: Rumia
A small, unusual lump of darkness has been seen lately. This is actually Rumia, who is inside the darkness. Her reason for creating darkness around her every day is to avoid the heat of summer, which she dislikes along with sunlight. There's some concern that if she stays in one place too long the darkness would hurt the summer plants around her that wouldn't get any sunlight, but otherwise the darkness has no physical effect besides blocking the sun.
When interviewed later on, Rumia complained that other youkai were coming into her darkness because the article had suggested they could also avoid the light and heat like her. She also complained when Aya requested there be enough light for her to take notes. Rumia's eyes are very sensitive to even a little bit of light because she's so used to the darkness and she considers the night to be bright. It turns out that day or night Rumia simply flies around aimlessly, with no place in mind and often bumps into trees and such because even she can't see outside her darkness. Aya was a bit disappointed that Rumia has no goals in life.
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
- Main article: Perfect Memento: Rumia
- Rumia is among the weaker variety of youkai, but her ability makes her troublesome to fight.
- She can make her surroundings so dark that even torches won't have an effect.
- Even she can't see where she's going because of the darkness and bumps into things.
- She's unable to do this during the night of the new moon for some reason.
- Because she's normally always surrounded by darkness it's rare to see what she actually looks like.
- Her true appearance of a young girl is much less frightening than people would imagine her to be.
- Regardless of how she looks, she does eat humans.
The Grimoire of Marisa
- Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Rumia's Spell Card
- Insert Summary Here
