Makai

魔界 (まかい) Makai
Makai (above Hokkai), as seen in Undefined Fantastic Object.
Creator	Shinki
Location	Behind the Hakurei Shrine inside the mountains, eastern Gensokyo
Residents	Shinki (ruler and creator of Makai) Yumeko (Shinki's maid) Sariel (the Angel of Death, in the Fallen Temple) Sara (gatekeeper to the entrance) Yuki and Mai (in the frozen fields) Louise (average resident) Elis (in the Ruins of Vina) YuugenMagan (an evil-eye monster, possibly near Makai's gate) Alice Margatroid (formerly a resident in the PC-98 era, now living in the Forest of Magic) Byakuren Hijiri (formerly sealed in Hokkai, now a resident of Gensokyo)
Appearances
Official Games
Show Official Game appereances Highly Responsive to Prayers (One of the main Locations) Story of Eastern Wonderland (Stage 4 and 5 (Unknown)) Mystic Square (Main Location) Undefined Fantastic Object (Stage 5 and 6)

Makai (魔界, or Demon World) is a world that exists in essentially an alternate dimension to Gensokyo. Not to be confused with Hell as referenced in Highly Responsive to Prayers and Phantasmagoria of Flower View, or Former Hell, from Subterranean Animism.

General Information

Geography and People

The entrance to Makai is located in a cave in the mountains near the Hakurei Shrine. Makai itself is a land with a harsh and unearthly nature that makes it difficult to survive in, but youkai and some humans live and/or train their powers here regardless. It is filled with a toxic miasma which is physically harmful, but strengthens magical spells and seals, and can also make learning magic easier for a human.^{[Ref. Needed]}

Much of Makai's terrain is a deep red color, but there are also extensive fields of crystalline forests and frozen fields.

Story

Most of the events of Highly Responsive to Prayers occurred in Makai when Reimu Hakurei discovered a portal that had opened in her shrine. Almost the entirety of Mystic Square happened in Makai, as well, and in the last two stages of Undefined Fantastic Object, the heroine travels to Hokkai via the Palanquin Ship captained by Minamitsu Murasa. It's unknown if the last two stages of Story of Eastern Wonderland take place in Makai.

Sub-Locations

There's a number of settelments within Makai.

Ruins of Vina

The Ruins of Vina is only seen in Makai route stages 10~15 of Highly Responsive to Prayers. Reimu encounters Elis here on the fifteenth stage. Nothing else is known about this place other than its name, which is listed in the results screen after beating the game.

Pandæmonium

Pandæmonium is the fortress of Shinki, the creator of Makai, named in Mystic Square's manual. It seems to be constructed from a sort of crystalline material. The player visits the fortress in the final stage of the game.

Wonderland

During the Extra Stage of Mystic Square, the heroines enter into a kind of wonderland, presumably created by Alice Margatroid. It is implied that it exists within Makai.

Hokkai

Not much is actually known about Hokkai (法界). The heroine travels there in Stage 6 of Undefined Fantastic Object. The entire region appears to have been sealed, along with the monk Byakuren Hijiri. Minamitsu Murasa describes it as tucked away in "a corner of Makai".

Additional Information

Trivia

• Makai was returned into Undefined Fantastic Object from the PC-98 era, but no residents from Makai was seen during the game.
• Makai was once again referenced Symposium of Post-mysticism.

Gallery

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  Ruins of Vina, part of Makai, as seen in Highly Responsive to Prayers. (Purple background)

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  Ruins of Vina, part of Makai, as seen in Highly Responsive to Prayers. (Brown background)

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  A part of Pandæmonium, as seen in Mystic Square's Stage 5.

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  Another part of Pandæmonium, as seen in Mystic Square's Final stage.

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  Makai on fire, as seen in Mystic Square's Final stage.

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  A part of the Wonderland, as seen in Mystic Square's Extra stage.