Main Profile
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四季映姫・ヤマザナドゥ(しきえいき・ヤマザナドゥ) | |
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Sikieiki Yamaxanadu | |
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Can distinctly judge anything to be Good or Evil | |
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Immortal (Age is presently Unknown) | |
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Judge of the Dead | |
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Hell | |
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Shikieiki is one of the Yama who judge the dead to decide whether they go to Heaven, Hell, somewhere else, or get reincarnated. Whether it's because she simply has a habit of lecturing or because she genuinely wants others to change for the better, she's become well known in Gensokyo for lecturing anyone and everyone about their faults. The souls of the dead are brought to her by Komachi over a river called the Sanzu no Kawa. However, not every soul makes it all the way to Shikieiki without being tired out from the journey or being extinguished by Komachi. She currently resides in Hell to judge the dead who've traversed Higan and the Sanzu no Kawa.
Fun Facts
- The fairies in Shikieiki's stage are dressed in dark blue uniforms and wear hats similar to hers, and Lily White's normally white dress and hat are colored black.
- A silhouette of Shikieiki occupies the front of Phantasmagoria of Flower View's jewel case.
- Her "Yamaxanadu" title is considered to be a combination of Xanadu, an ancient palace of the Mongol warlord Kublai Khan, which was later used as meaning a "Pleasure Palace" in a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and her status as Yama, and can mean something along the lines of "Yama of Paradise".
- In fanart her name is also shortened to Yamada (山田), a pun on "Yama da!" (It's the Yama!). Yamada is a very common Japanese family name, the Japanese equivalent of being called (for example) "Smith" in American English or "Garcia" in Spanish.
- Based on this, "Eiki Shiki" (using English name order) would be her Romanized name. "Eiki" means 'reflection princess' and "Shiki" means 'four seasons'.
- Yamaxanadu is also more of her title, and is sometimes mistaken for her last name.
- Some fanartists portray Shikieiki as being envious of Komachi's bust size.
- In addition to this, it's entirely normal for fanartists to draw her with magnificent legs; she is highly popular with devotees of zettai ryouiki or "absolute territory", a fashion involving short skirts and thigh-high stockings that leave only a highly specific and measurable section of a girl's bare thighs visible between the tops of the stockings and the skirt; canonically her fashion is to wear very short, frilly socks, leaving her legs mostly bare skin.
- In Shikieiki Spell Cards, the background is "The Last Judgment" by Michelangelo.
- Because of her job and Komachi's attitude, she is usually seen striking Komachi with the "Rod of Remorse" for being a slacker, however ironically, fans have also speculated that this could be just a tsundere personality between her Shinigami.
- Explained in PMiSS, she carries her rod with her everywhere, she even appears to carry it in her character portrait.
- The name "Shikieiki" has recently garnered more fame than the actual in-game (PoFV) name "Sikieiki". This may be due to the fact that a more proper rendition of her name is "Eiki Shiki" or "Shiki Eiki".
- As a joke, sometimes her name is made fun of due to its length.
- In fanart, she is seen as aggressive against other people with "larger breasts", to the point of even arbitrarily sending them to hell.
- She is sometimes seen as a baby, or even a midget compared to Komachi, but she's actually almost as tall as Komachi Onozuka.
- Based on her conversation with the many playable characters in PoFV, she is seen as a compassionate individual, however her conversations with Komachi Onozuka can seem quite harsh. Despite all this scolding however, Komachi remains a slacker.
- She told Yuka Kazami to "scare humans" like a regular youkai, and told Reimu Hakurei to "exterminate youkai more", no explanation of the justice or morality in this specific case has come forth.
Official Profiles
Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt
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○楽園の最高裁判長 | |
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Highest Judge of Paradise Species: Yama The minimum requirement of lying to her, in order to appear as a good person, is not letting her discover that lie. If discovered it is a huge deduction. Her usual routine is to find faults of the deceased and decide where they will be sent to: Hell, Heaven, or somewhere else. Due to her job, she tends to be somewhat moralistic.
All kind of flowers were blooming at the same time - spider lilies, sunflowers, lilies of the valley, lotus blossoms, and cherry blossoms. As she was digesting this, both living humans and youkai attacked her, seething with anger. These assaults immediately made her realize what was going on. All these flowers were possessed by spirits of the deceased, and the reason they weren't processed properly was because Komachi was being lazy. It's not like she can restore the flower-covered Gensokyo, but time will eventually bring it back to normal. There was little to no harm. However, a human who's been charged with a crime is before her. With her pride, she couldn't let her pass through her place. | |
Book Synopsis
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
- Main article: Perfect Memento: Shikieiki Yamaxanadu
- There are many Yamas, and Shikieiki is the one in charge of Gensokyo.
- Shikieiki is well known for her lectures.
- She lectures people in the hope that they will change for the better and so she won't have to send them to Hell.
- For people with particularly bad karma, she will go directly to that person to warn them. Sometimes, she "urges" them by exaggerating the punishment that they would receive.
- Youkai tend to avoid her, probably because of this.
- Even Shikieiki has work breaks, but even during these she doesn't pass up chances to lecture people.
- Yamas, including Shikieiki, have a special mirror that lets them look into a person's past.
- She can find out anything she wants to know about someone with this and then make fair judgements.
- It's tiring to use, though.
- Yamaxanadu is actually her job title, meaning "Yama of Paradise".
- Shikieiki was not always the Yamaxanadu. Rather, she earned this position through her merits.

