Due to vocalist Sayuri's poor health, Silver Forest is disbanding.
Hina Kagiyama
Hina Kagiyama kaɡijama çina | |
|---|---|
 Hina Kagiyama in Mountain of Faith Nagashi-bina of the Hidden GodMore Character Titles | |
| Species | Misfortune Goddess |
| Abilities | Stockpiling misfortune |
| Occupation | Chasing away lost humans, gathering the misfortune of humans |
| Location | The Great Youkai Forest, near a river |
Music Themes | |
| Show Music Themes | |
Appearances | |
| Official Games | |
| Show Official Game appearances | |
| Print Works | |
| Show Print Work appearances | |
Hina Kagiyama (鍵山 雛 Kagiyama Hina) is the leader of the Nagashi-bina doll army and one of the Yaoyorozu no Kami, a misfortune goddess. Her job is to gather the misfortune of humans, as well as scare off lost humans who get too near to the Youkai Mountain. She first appeared as a stage 2 boss in Mountain of Faith, but had no relation to the story of the game.
Contents |
Concept
Hina is one of the Yaoyorozu no Kami, being a misfortune goddess. As a misfortune goddess and using nagashi-bina (流し雛) dolls refers to a Japanese ritual of transferring one's sins and misfortune to a nagashi-bina and throwing it in a river to be carried away.
Name
Her name is Hina Kagiyama (鍵山 雛). The characters for Kagiyama (鍵山) literally mean "key(鍵) mountain(山)". While Hina (雛) could mean either "bird chick" or "doll". Doll makes much more sense with her occupation in mind.
Her official title is 「厄神」 (Yakujin, "Misfortune God").
Appearance
In Mountain of Faith's official art, Hina has aquamarine hair and eyes. Her hair is decorated with red bows and white frills. Part of her hair is tied under her chin with a bow as a sort front ponytail. She wears a red dress which is darker around her middle and lighter on the bottom. The dress also has white frills on the bottom and an enormous white kerchief on top. The bottom of her dress is decorated with a similar aquamarine swirl resembling the "厄" (misfortune) kanji at the bottom. As footwear she has knee-length black cross-laced boots similar to Alice Margatroid's.
At the fight Hina is spinning during all her spell card attacks. And apparently it is her speciality, as explained in The Grimoire of Marisa. This is also seen in Double Spoiler.
Story
- Mountain of Faith
Depending on who you choose as a playable character, Hina will either face Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisame in the stage 2 fight of Mountain of Faith at the Great Youkai Forest near a river.
- Main article: Reimu Arc
Hina tries to chase Reimu away during the midboss fight, as she explains that it's her job to chase away lost humans. But Reimu claims she isn't lost and just want to go to the Youkai Mountain and then starts to fight as she thinks Hina is a youkai. Hina once again tries to stop Reimu, but fails.
- Main article: Marisa Arc
Marisa says it takes so long to enter the mountain that she could "recite all the digits of pi" before she gets there. Hina then enters and is wondering what Marisa is talking. Hina does not want Marisa, or any other human, to enter the mountain as it could be dangerous. Hina is trying to protect them from the mountain, but Marisa wants to enter the mountain anyway and starts fighting with Hina.
Additional Information
Trivia
- Hina spinning may be a reference to her ability to store up curses. This is because the kanji for curse (厄) looks somewhat like a swirl, just like the one on her dress.
Hina's sigil as in The Grimoire of Marisa. - An alternate color palette of Patchouli Knowledge in Touhou Hisoutensoku resembles Hina.
- The same goes for one of the color palettes of Suwako.
- Hina got a small reference in Sanae's part of the Ten Desires prologue. [1]
- Hina's relationship to curses is referenced during her Spell Cards, where a purple-blue-ish fog can be seen swarming around her.
Fanon
- Since Hina spins around in Mountain of Faith, she is depicted loving to spin all the time without getting dizzy, most people would say, "Spin spin, Hina likes to spin."
- This has resulted to comparisons between her and Wallachia from Melty Blood, due to Wallachia spinning a lot and screaming "Reverse the birth, reverse death, reverse the world and SPIN SPIN SPIN!" Spin Hina. Spin.
- While she does not have any known relationships, she is often paired with Nitori and Parsee.
Spell Cards
Show spell cardsOfficial Profiles
- Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt
Official Sources
Show sourcesReferences
- ↑ Ten Desires: Prologue - "For example, prayers for a great harvest, or protection from misfortune..."
