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Revision as of 21:38, 24 February 2012

ゲイツ
Gates
Gates
Gates in Banshiryuu
Species

Human

Abilities

Unknown

Age

45 years old

Occupation

Career Soldier, Assassin

Location

Seihou World (Earth)

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
  • Shuusou Gyoku (Cover, Stage 3 Boss)
  • Kioh Gyoku (Cover, Playable Character, Possible Opponent)
  • Banshiryuu
    • C67 (Music Room Background)
    • C74 (Stage 1 Possible Midboss, Stage 1 Possible Support Boss, Extra Stage Boss #4)
    • v3.000 (Stage 1 Possible Midboss, Stage 1 Possible Support Boss, Extra Stage Boss #4)
Other
Note: This article is part of the Seihou Project by the Doujin circle "Shunsatsu sare do?".

Gates (ゲイツ Geitsu) is an hot-blooded 45-year-old military commanding officer. When all plants except saboten (cactus) became extinct 30 Years ago, and riots occurred around the world, an army was formed in order to suppress this, and Gates was enlisted into that army at that time. He's currently in charge of keeping an eye on Erich's private army on behalf of the Earth's military, but he sometimes works on Erich's behalf[Ref. Needed]. He has showed up in all three Seihou Project games.

Concept

Name

His name could be a reference to Greg Gates, a character from another shmup, U.N. Squadron.

Appearance

In Shuusou Gyoku, Kioh Gyoku and Samidare's official art, Gates is shown to have thin black hair and a red military hat with a "V" on it. He wears a plain green soldier outfit with yellow buttons going down it. He also has blue eyes, a faint beard and an eye patch. In Kioh Gyoku, he isn't shown with a beard.

In Banshiryuu's official art, he looks just as same as before, except he now wears black rubber gloves and a thick light brown belt. He has his beard once again that's slightly bigger and he has a lighter with a cigarette in his mouth. He has what appears to be an "E" on his hat and not a "V".

History

The army that Gates serves for as a commanding officer was, when all plants except saboten (cactus) went extinct and riots occurred around the world, the army formed to suppress these riots. In Shuusou Gyoku's third stage, he doesn't have an eye patch. In the ending and Kioh Gyoku onwards, he does. It appears that VIVIT damaged his eye during their battle.

Personality

He has an eye patch on his right eye and a stern face that would seem fitting for a soldier, but compared to other Seihou characters, he is an extraordinarily sultry and honorable character. Perhaps due to this, in the Kioh Gyoku manual, it also recommended "if someone is honorable, it should be him". Perhaps since his personality came to ruin, in Shuusou Gyoku, VIVIT ended up saying, "Truly, it did not seem to have the scent of Gates♪". In the continuation of Kioh Gyoku, Marie said "Really, didn't somebody say... Truly, it did not seem to be a person who had the scent of Gates??", and furthermore in Samidare, C23 said "Truly, it did not seem to have the scent of Gates..."

Although Gates is like this, he also has a cute side such as liking the pink color, and according to the music comments in Banshiryuu, he hates dogs, but loves penguins. It was also hinted that ZUN has often joked about Gates been a male and having a theme song that's more fitting for a female.

He appears to like wars and battles and he only looks up to "the strong", as well as having strong feelings for women who are strong (but apparently not beautiful). On most of his expressions if he wins in kioh Gyoku, he acknowledges that he likes the girl who he wins and asks if they can share their power by joining his army.

Processions

Since he knows the dreadfulness of the rampage of the powerful saboten (cactus) energy in what is called the "Other Dimension", he is fully armed with the huge aircraft that he rides in. Perhaps due to its considerable size, its attack power is higher than that of other characters, but its maneuvering speed is slow.

His aircraft in Kioh Gyoku was "Gate's personal SB-00 Custom". As an attack-defense-oriented type of aircraft, its image color is "pink".

Gates in other Canon Works

Samidare Canon

Gates as he appears in Samidare.
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Gates made a guest appearance in the game Samidare as the first Extra stage boss. His appearance was added by Yoko (blankvision), one of the members of "Shunsatsu sare do?" and RebRank. He wanted to make Gates, along with VIVIT, appear as the Extra stage bosses of this game, whose request was permitted. His theme was "Meets The Gates", which is an arrangement of "Aerial Army" (天空アーミー), the stage three boss theme of Shuusou Gyoku.

Story

Shuusou Gyoku

Gates was sent out for an attack order and merely came across VIVIT. He said he wishes VIVIT to fight him and to show him her true strength. After being defeated by VIVIT, he acknowledge VIVIT's strength, and made an offer to join his army.

Kioh Gyoku

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Banshiryuu

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Relationships

Erich (Surveillance Target)

Gallery

Other images of Gates from Banshiryuu.

Additional Information

Trivia

Fanon

Perhaps due to his name, or perhaps due to his appearance or personality, among Seihou Project characters, he is an unusually popular character for some reason, and in the "Second Touhou Series Popularity Poll", and in the "Third Touhou Series Popularity Poll", among Seihou characters, he was the most voted-for character. (In the first one, he was not nominated, and in the fourth one and thereafter, it was not possible to vote for Seihou characters).

Official Profiles

Shuusou Gyoku

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Kioh Gyoku

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Official Sources

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