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Hina Kagiyama
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 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 |
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Hina Kagiyama (鍵山 雛 Kagiyama Hina) is a misfortune goddess and the leader of the Nagashi-bina doll army. 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.
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Character Basis
Hina is a misfortune goddess (厄神 yakujin). By utilizing the Japanese ritual nagashi-bina (流し雛) - a custom which people transfer their impurity (穢れ kegare) and misfortune (厄 yaku) on to a hina doll (雛人形 hina ningyou) and then putting it into a river to be carried away - she collects the misfortune by gathering the hina dolls at the downstream.[1]
Name
Her name is Hina Kagiyama (鍵山雛). The characters for Kagiyama (鍵山) literally mean "key mountain". Hina (雛) usually means "(bird) chick", but in her case, it's highly likely that it came from the event of nagashi-bina (流し雛).
Design
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.
Spell Cards
| Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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| 厄符「バッドフォーチュン」 | Bad Luck Sign "Bad Fortune" | MoF | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 厄符「厄神様のバイオリズム」 | Bad Luck Sign "Biorhythm of the Misfortune God" | MoF | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 疵符「ブロークンアミュレット」 | Flawed Sign "Broken Amulet" | MoF GoM |
St. 2: E/N ---- | |||
| 疵痕「壊されたお守り」 | Scar "Broken Charm of Protection" | MoF | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 悪霊「ミスフォーチュンズホイール」 | Evil Spirit "Misfortune's Wheel" | MoF | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 悲運「大鐘婆の火」 | Fate "Old Lady Ohgane's Fire" | MoF | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 創符「ペインフロー」 | Wound Sign "Pain Flow" | MoF GoM |
St. 2: E/N ---- | |||
| 創符「流刑人形」 | Wound Sign "Exiled Doll" | MoF | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 厄野「禊川の堆積」 | Cursed Field "Purification River Deposit" | DS | St. 2 | |||
| 災禍「呪いの雛人形」 | Calamity "Cursed Dolls" | DS | St. 2 | |||
Additional Information
- 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. [2]
- Hina's relationship to curses is referenced during her Spell Cards, where a purple-blue-ish fog can be seen swarming around her.
Fandom
- 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.
Official Profiles
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○２面ボス 秘神流し雛 鍵山 雛（かぎやま ひな） 種族：厄神様 悲劇の流し雛軍団の長である。厄払いで払われた厄を集めては、ため込んでいく。 彼女の近くでは、如何なる人間や妖怪でも不幸に会う。 |
Stage 2 Boss Nagashi-bina of the Hidden God
Species: Misfortune god Head of the Nagashi-bina doll army. She stores up all the curses that are expelled during exorcisms. Even those with no real spiritual experience can tell that she's surrounded by curses. Any human or youkai around her will run into misfortune. However, she herself never has this problem. It only affects those around her. Hina does her best to make sure that misfortune does not befall humans once again. |
Official Sources
- 2007/08/17 Mountain of Faith - Stage 2 dialogue (Marisa, Reimu) ; キャラ設定.txt (official profile)
- 2008/02/09 Silent Sinner in Blue - Chapter 9
- 2009/07/28 The Grimoire of Marisa - Hina Kagiyama's Spell Cards
- 2010/03/14 Double Spoiler - Stage 2 spellcard comments
- 2010/12/25 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 12
- 2011/08/12 Ten Desires - Prologue
- 2012/04/27 Symposium of Post-mysticism
References
- ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism: Hina Kagiyama's article.
- ↑ Ten Desires: Prologue - "For example, prayers for a great harvest, or protection from misfortune..."
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