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Koishi Komeiji
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| Species | Satori |
| Abilities | Manipulation of the unconscious |
| Occupation | Unknown, it is said that she is wandering aimlessly |
| Location | Palace of the Earth Spirits |
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Koishi Komeiji (古明地 こいし Komeiji Koishi) is Satori's younger sister. She wanted to avoid the hate and dislike which Satori experienced due to her mindreading abilities, so she sealed away her own Third Eye. This backfired, since she gained the ability to read and manipulate people's subconscious, an even greater ability. However, she also became much more carefree as a result, and didn't mind as much. She now spends much of her time wandering the world aimlessly.
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Concept
Name
The characters for Komeiji literally mean "ancient and pure/bright earth". Koishi is not written in Kanji, but it's supposed to mean "love" or "beloved".
Appearance
Has wavy, grey-greenish, short hair and dark green eyes, wears a black hat with a yellow ribbon around it. A closed, dark blue "third eye" is positioned over her heart, with cords wrapped around her torso and attached to each of her ankles. Wears an orange shirt with diamond-like blue buttons and dark green collar. The skirt is also green with a faint flowery pattern, but a lot lighter. Her socks are black.
Story
- Subterranean Animism
After the events of the main story in Subterranean Animism, Koishi heard that her sister and pets fought a human from above ground, as well as Utsuho's new power, so she decided to go to Gensokyo. Thanks to her subconscious ability, she managed to reach the Moriya Shrine atop of Youkai Mountain, around the same time the Heroine decides to pay a visit to the Gods in the Mountain in the game's Extra Stage. After this encounter, however, Koishi regretted having closed her third eye and became curious enough to want to start actually meeting people.
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Relationships
Koishi's most important relationship is her older sister, Satori Komeiji. Despite Koishi closing her mind and seemingly whimsical wandering, Satori cares a lot about her.
Koishi is also acquainted with Satori's pets, which include Rin Kaenbyou and Utsuho Reiuji.
Additional Information
Trivia
- In Koishi's profile, it is said that she met a human at the shrine at the top of the mountain who made her regret closing her third eye and want to learn more about this human. Though it may seem like this was talking about Sanae, once put in to context by the extra stage of Subterranean Animism, it is clear that the human it was talking about is either Reimu or Marisa.
- Koishi's musical theme, Hartmann's Youkai Girl, may refer to Eduard von Hartmann (whose most famous work is entitled The Philosophy of the Unconscious) or Heinz Hartmann (as many of Koishi's spellcards seem to make references to ego psychology.) The track itself is also arranged so that it has symmetrical parts, making it sound remarkably similar to itself even when played reversed, possibly as a reference to the practice of backmasking.
- Satori and Koishi's design may have been inspired by the 1939 painting by Kahlo titled "The Two Fridas". The subject is essentially two identical women (sisters/clones/twins...) with visible hearts and external arteries that seem to connect and wrap around their shoulders and arms, where one of them has a cut artery and a pair of scissors in hands (resembling Koishi, who has closed her third eye).
- Since many aspects of Koishi are references to psychology, there's a running joke that her "Embers of Love" spellcard is a reference to the phallic obsession of Freudian psychology. For those that do not get the hint, look closely at the shape of the bullets. Of course if you think that, maybe Freud was right.
- Koishi's design can also be referenced to all the bosses in Ibara, as both Koishi and the Rose sisters have white hair and has a lot of reference to roses (although roses in Ibara are point items instead of bullets)
- If her's and Satori's color schemes are inverted, they will both somewhat resemble each other.
Fanon
- Koishi is occasionally drawn with some sort of connection to Flandre Scarlet, since both are extra-bosses who are the younger sisters of the owner of a mansion from the same game, as well as being explicitly noted as being stronger than their siblings and isolated from them.
- Koishi in fanon is usually kooky, sometimes overly affectionate kooky (particularly to her sister), just zany, or an utterly unrepentant mind-rapist (most infamously so in the "Koishi Komeiji's Heart-Throbbing Adventure" video series).
- Some jokes were made about the Hartmann in her theme title being the infamous drill sergeant of Full Metal Jacket fame.
- Her ability to manipulate the sub-consciousness of those around her (masking herself and thus becoming essentially invisible) have been described as a Somebody Else's Problem Field.
Spell Cards
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- Subterranean Animism - おまけ.txt
