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Name: |
寅丸 星 Shou Toramaru | |
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Syou Toramaru | |
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Tiger youkai | |
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Power to attract treasures. | |
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At least 1000 years | |
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Disciple of Bishamonten | |
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Has orange-yellow hair with black stripes in it and golden yellow eyes. Wears a lotus-shaped ornament on her head. Has a giant cloth circle attached to her back and carries a giant spear in her left hand and the jeweled pagoda of Bishamonten in her right. Wears a burgundy/orange/white dress with a tiger pattern around the abdomen. She wears white, frilly pants under her dress and black shoes on her feet. | |
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A disciple of the god Bishamonten. Along with Captain Murasa and the other youkai aboard the Palanquin Ship, she was seeking to revive Byakuren Hijiri after Byakuren had been sealed away in Makai by humans.
Fun Facts
- "Toramaru" can be literally translated as "tiger circle". However, the word "maru" is also used to end the names of ships in Japan, which is fitting, considering one of the main aspects of Undefined Fantastic Object is the "treasure ship".
- "Shou" means "star", which is also fitting considering the extraterrestrial implications given by the game's title.
- Her appearance appears to be based upon that of Bishamonten, the Japanese equivalent of Vaisravana, who is often depicted holding a spear and small pagoda.
- Some fans have compared her and Nazrin's relationship to Ran Yakumo and Chen's, as all four of them are animal youkai, and Nazrin comes back much more powerful as Shou's midboss, much like how Chen comes back more powerful as Ran's midboss.
- Some fans have speculated Shou involves a reference to Fatty from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, whose stand "Harvest" (which bears patterns similar to Shou's tiger stripes) gathered things at his request. The most notable case of this was lottery tickets, one of which was a winner—i.e., a treasure. The comparison has also led to some fat jokes about Shou.
- Shou's BGM description lists her name as 虎丸星 instead of 寅丸星. 虎 "tora" can refer to tigers, felines of the "panthera tigris" species, or colloquially, a "drunk person". 寅 "tora" can be used to refer the tiger as a sign in the Chinese Zodiac, which carries with it the additional meanings of a period of time from 3AM to 5AM, the direction East by Northeast, or January.
- She may have been inspired by one of Vaisravana's frequent companions in artistic depictions and sutras, an unidentified man wearing a tiger skin. She may also have been inspired by his usual mount, a Snowlion, but as Snowlions are more similar to dogs than to tigers, this seems unlikely.
Undefined Fantastic Object - Omake.txt
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○5面ボス 毘沙門天の弟子 種族:妖怪 縁起が良い妖怪。 白蓮は寺の近くに昔からいた妖怪達が、怯えている事に気付く。 毘沙門天は忙しくて寺に来られないし、妖怪達は怯えて近づかない。 そこで選ばれたのが星だった。 しかし、完全に信頼した訳ではなかった。 そんな毘沙門天の心配を余所に、彼女は何も問題を起こさなかった。 しかし、彼女は優秀すぎた。 白蓮がいなくなってから数百年経って、お寺は荒れに荒れた。 もう、後悔したくない。逃げやしない。 「封印を解く為には、白蓮の弟様、命蓮の力が必要です。 | |
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○Stage 5 Boss Disciple of Bishamonten Species: youkai A youkai representing good fortune. Byakuren realized that the youkai around the temple had always been afraid. Bishamonten was too busy to hang around the temple much, and the youkai were too scared to come around. That chosen youkai was Shou. However, she hadn't yet earned Bishamonten's full confidence. But, in spite of Bishamonten's worries, she didn't cause any problems at all. Still, she was perhaps too excellent. A few hundred years after Byakuren disappeared, the temple was in great disarray. She didn't want to have any more regrets. She wouldn't run away. "In order to break the seal, we'll need the power of Myouren, Byakuren's brother. | |
