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Eika Ebisu
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Eika Ebisu Youka Ebisu More Alternative Spellings | |
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Eika Ebisu in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stillborn Idol of the RiverbedMore Character Titles | |
Species |
Soul of a stillborn child and god |
Abilities |
Stacking stones well |
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Eika Ebisu (戎 瓔花 Ebisu Eika) is the soul of a stillborn child and a god of fortune who resides at the riverbank of the Sanzu River, Sai no Kawara.
General Information
Eika appeared as the Stage 1 midboss and Boss in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
Abilities
Stacking stones well
Background Information
Origin
Name
Her full name is Eika Ebisu (戎 瓔花). The character "戎" (Ebisu) is one of several used for Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Fortune, who presides over fishermen and luck. Ebisu was the first child of the creation gods Izanami and Izanagi, but was born without bones due to Izanami committing a transgression during the ritual of their union. Initially known as Hiruko (蛭子), meaning "leech child", the child was set adrift in a boat of reeds, and eventually grew to become Ebisu after washing ashore. "戎" is also used to refer to the Ebisu (or 'Emishi'), a former ethnic group of northern Japan with potential relation to the Ainu.
Eika (瓔花) is spelled with the characters ei (瓔)- an uncommon character meaning "necklace made of precious stones"- and ka (花), meaning "flower". "瓔" also visually resembles the characters "王" (meaning "king" or "ruler") and "嬰" (from 嬰児 / eiji, meaning "infant"), tying in to Eika's status as a "ruler" of infant ghosts. The character can also be read as you, notably seen in a spelling discrepancy in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature's demo release. Her name is read as "Eika" in the music room and her on-screen title graphic, and as "Youka" in the omake.txt and name graphic in the upper-left corner.
Design
Her color palette seems to be based off –to an extent– of Turritopsis dohrnii (commonly known as the immortal jellyfish), a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the waters of Japan. It is one of the few known cases of animals capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary individual. The liner notes for her boss theme Jelly Stone make a reference to jellyfish – probably this specific species in particular.
Story
Games
- Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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石符「ストーンウッズ」 | Stone Sign "Stone Woods" | WBaWC | St. 1: E/N | |||
石符「ストーンコニファー」 | Stone Sign "Stone Conifer" | WBaWC | St. 1: H/L | |||
石符「チルドレンズリンボ」 | Stone Sign "Children's Limbo" | WBaWC | St. 1: E/N | |||
石符「アダルトチルドレンズリンボ」 | Stone Sign "Adult Children's Limbo" | WBaWC | St. 1: H/L | |||
石符「エイジャの積石」 | Stone Sign "Red Stone Stack of Aja" | 100BM | 3rd Market |
Additional Information
- Eika is the sole Touhou character to have a different natural skin tone compared to all other characters, barring the tans seen by Cirno (in Hidden Star in Four Seasons) and Urumi Ushizaki.
Fandom
Official Profiles
Official Sources
- 2019/05/05 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 1 dialogue)
References
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