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Koishi Komeiji
komeːd͡ʑi koiɕi (♫) Koishi Komeiji | |
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Koishi Komeiji (古明地 こいし Komeiji Koishi) is Satori Komeiji's younger sister. To escape the fear and hatred which other beings feel towards the satori species, she attempted to destroy her mind-reading ability by closing her Third Eye. However, this had the side effect of sealing away her own conscious mind, causing her to lose all thoughts and motives; she could no longer be hated, but neither could she be loved, or even remembered by people who saw her.
General Information
Koishi first appeared as the extra stage boss of Subterranean Animism and later as a playable character of Hopeless Masquerade.
Koishi's presence cannot be "felt" by anyone unless she has entered their direct field of vision, and is forgotten as soon as she leaves it. In general, she doesn't have a personality. However, children enjoy her presence as one of an imaginary friend, whom they forget about once they grow up. However, as Satori's presence has been made known, even Koishi has begun to be recognized as of late.
Ability
- Taking actions unconsciously
As her actions are controlled entirely by her subconscious, Koishi's presence cannot be noticed by other beings unless she allows it, even while standing in plain view because she's closed her mind, or her Third Eye. Likewise her older sister's ability to reading minds cannot read her mind and has no effect on her, as she does not technically have a mind to read; that's why she said, "my sister can't win against me." Even someone who manages to communicate with Koishi will forget about her after she leaves, unless they already knew of her as Satori's sister.
Some children are immune to this effect due to their still-developing minds, leading Koishi to become their "imaginary friend", though they will forget about her when they grow up.[1] Other than making others unable to perceive her existence, it also makes the act of doing so difficult to perceive. Practically, without being noticed by tengu or the other youkai, she climbed Youkai Mountain. Even the optical camouflage was spoiled.
The youkai satori, on whom she and her older sister are based, by the actions of the humans' unconscious, they saw painful experiences. Due to this it is also not known if this ability was spoken of cynically in the past. However, since she closed her third eye which can read minds, she became unable to read others' minds. As she said herself, "reading people's minds is depressing, there's nothing good about it."
- Manipulation of the Subconscious
She can manipulate the subconsciousness of every living thing around her, allowing her to make them see everything she desires[2] and make them confront their own weaknesses hidden inside their hearts, as seen in lot of her Spell Cards.
Occupation
Koishi currently resides at the Palace of the Earth Spirits, but she is also a laywoman in regards to the Myouren Temple as a recent convert to Buddhism, at Byakuren Hijiri's request.
Possessions
Koishi wanted to receive the blessing of Kanako Yasaka so she could give her own pets power like Satori's pets were given, so Koishi does apparently have pets. During and after the events of Hopeless Masquerade, Koishi now possesses the original Mask of Hope that once belonged to Hata no Kokoro before she lost it. Koishi found it while wandering around Gensokyo, and because of this, she temporarily obtained the emotion of hope.
Character Design
Name
Koishi Komeiji (古明地 こいし) is her full name. Her surname Komeiji (古明地, lit. "ancient-bright earth") is an actual Japanese surname, seen mainly in the Yamanashi prefecture. There are two common ways to interpret her given name Koishi, based on which kanji are used. The kanji in "恋思", though not a Japanese word as a compound, mean "will/thought of love." The second writing, "小石", means "little rock." This could be connected to her ability, indicating her lack of presence, as she is often compared to a little rock sitting on the side of the road in official texts.
The ending of Koishi's storyline in Hopeless Masquerade suggests the origin for the name of Koishi. "Once hope is lost no one will be able to see her (Koishi) again, just like a small rock (小石, pronounced koishi as well) on the roadside."
Design
In Subterranean Animism Koishi has wavy, greyish, short hair and dark green eyes, wears a black hat with a yellow ribbon around it. A closed, blue-purplish "third eye" is positioned over her heart, with cords wrapped around her torso and attached to each of her ankles. she wears an orange shirt with diamond-like blue buttons and dark green collar. The skirt is also green with a faint flowery pattern, but is lighter. Her socks are black. As of Hopeless Masquerade, she has grey-greenish hair and dark green eyes. Her "third eye" is also towards a purple colour.
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).
Story
Games
- Subterranean Animism
During the main events of the main scenario, it's said that Koishi was around the whole time the heroine was in the Underworld, but they never noticed her. After the events of the main story in Subterranean Animism, Koishi heard that her sister and pets fought a human from above ground, and also heard about Utsuho Reiuji's new power. Desiring that kind of power for her own pets, she decided to go to Gensokyo to pray for divine blessings. 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. Koishi provokes a fight, and is defeated. After this encounter, however, Koishi somewhat regretted having closed her third eye and became curious enough to want to start actually meeting people.
- Hopeless Masquerade
Koishi tumbles across Hata no Kokoro's lost Mask of Hope and picks it up. This bit of hope added to her otherwise emotionless state allows her to gather popularity when she would otherwise be invisible. She ends up so attached to the mask (subconsciously) that she refuses to return it to Kokoro and ends up keeping it after the conclusion of the story.
Literature
- Symposium of Post-mysticism
While talking about the underground youkai, Byakuren Hijiri becomes interested in Koishi, as she thinks her state of mind – one of emptiness – is quite close to enlightenment. At the monk's request, Koishi converted to the Buddhist faith.
Relationships
Satori Komeiji
Koishi's most important relationship is her older sister, Satori Komeiji. Despite Koishi closing her mind and seemingly whimsical wandering, as well as the fact that even Satori has trouble "seeing" her, Satori does worry about her.
Minor Characters
In Koishi's profile, it is said that she met a human at the Moriya Shrine at the top of the Youkai 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 Kochiya, 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 is also acquainted with Satori's pets, which include Rin Kaenbyou and Utsuho Reiuji.
Byakuren has an optimistic view of Koishi's condition, believing that she is close to enlightenment, and invited her to attend Myouren Temple from time to time. Koishi accepted.[3]
Considered a nemesis by Kokoro due to Koishi stealing the Mask of Hope.
Gallery
Koishi despicted in Symposium of Post-mysticism
Koishi's sigil in Grimoire of Marisa
Koishi illustration in Grimoire of Marisa
Skills
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Usage | ||
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Total: 8 | ||||||
コンディションドテレポート | Conditioned Teleport | Taoism-aligned | HM | Equippable | ||
フィゲッティスナッチャー | Fidgety Snatcher | Buddhism-aligned | HM ULiL AoCF |
Equippable 8C 8C | ||
グローイングペイン | Growing Pain | Shinto-aligned Not named in ULiL or AoCF |
HM ULiL AoCF |
Equippable Charged B attack Charged B attack | ||
キャッチアンドローズ | Catch and Rose | Buddhism-aligned | HM ULiL AoCF |
Equippable 6C 6C | ||
リフレクスレーダー | Reflex Radar | Shinto-aligned | HM ULiL AoCF |
Equippable 4C 4C | ||
スティンギングマインド | Stinging Mind | Taoism-aligned | HM ULiL AoCF |
Equippable 2C 2C | ||
アンアンサードラブ | Unanswered Love | Buddhism-aligned | HM ULiL AoCF |
Equippable 5C 5C | ||
今から貴方の所に行くね | I'm Coming to You Right Now | Aided by Occult Ball | ULiL AoCF |
A+B with Occult Ball A+B with Occult gauge |
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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Total: 26 | ||||||
表象「夢枕にご先祖総立ち」 | Representation "All Ancestors Standing Beside Your Bed" | SA GoM |
St. Ex — | |||
表象「弾幕パラノイア」 | Representation "Danmaku Paranoia" | SA GoM |
St. Ex — | |||
本能「イドの開放」 | Instinct "Release of the Id" | SA GoM HM ULiL AoCF |
St. Ex — Use Use Use | |||
抑制「スーパーエゴ」 | Suppression "Super-Ego" | SA GoM HM ULiL AoCF |
St. Ex — Use Use Use | |||
反応「妖怪ポリグラフ」 | Response "Youkai Polygraph" | SA GoM |
St. Ex — | |||
無意識「弾幕のロールシャッハ」 | Unconscious "Rorschach in Danmaku" | SA GoM |
St. Ex — | |||
復燃「恋の埋火」 | Rekindled "The Embers of Love" | SA | St. Ex | |||
深層「無意識の遺伝子」 | Depths "Genetics of the Unconscious" | SA | St. Ex | |||
「嫌われ者のフィロソフィ」 | "Philosophy of the Despised" | SA GoM |
St. Ex — | |||
「サブタレイニアンローズ」 | "Subterranean Rose" | SA | St. Ex | |||
心符「没我の愛」 | Heart Sign "Selfless Love" | DS | St. 9 | |||
記憶「DNAの瑕」 | Memory "DNA's Flaw" | DS GoU |
St. 9 — | |||
「胎児の夢」 | "Embryo's Dream" | DS GoU |
St. 9 — | |||
「ローズ地獄」 | "Rose Hell" | DS | St. 9 | |||
夢符「ご先祖様が見ているぞ」 | Dream Sign "Ancestors are Watching You" | HM ULiL AoCF |
Use Use Use | |||
「ブランブリーローズガーデン」 | "Brambly Rose Garden" | HM | Use-LW | |||
本能「フロウディアン」 | Instinct "Freudian" | HM | Story | |||
茨符「コンファインドイノセント」 | Thorn Sign "Confined Innocent" | HM | Story | |||
*今から電話をするから出てね* | *I'm Going to Call You Now, So Answer the Phone!* | ULiL AoCF |
Use-LW Use-LW | |||
*呪われたワン切り電話* | *Cursed Dial-and-Drop Phone* | ULiL | Story | |||
星恋符「スプリンクルスター&ハート」 | Star Love Sign "Sprinkle Star & Heart" | Co-owner with Marisa | AoCF | Story | ||
恋拳符「ローズカプリチオ怪雲拳」 | Love Fist Sign "Rose Capriccio's Strange Cloud Fist" | Co-owner with Ichirin | AoCF | Story | ||
槌恋符「大判小判ザックザクハート」 | Mallet Love Sign "Rolling-in-Riches Heart" | Co-owner with Shinmyoumaru | AoCF | Story | ||
地妖符「イドの式神」 | Earth Ghostly Sign "Shikigami of the Id" | Co-owner with Ran | VD | Nightmare Wednesday - 2 | ||
「パーフェクトマインドコントロール」 | "Perfect Mind Control" | Co-owner with Satori | VD | Nightmare Wednesday - 3 | ||
地霊符「マインドステラリリーフ」 | Earth Spirit Sign "Mind Stellar Relief" | Co-owner with Utsuho | VD | Nightmare Wednesday - 6 |
Additional Information
- 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 spell cards 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.
- Since many aspects of Koishi are references to psychology, there's a running joke that her "Embers of Love" spell card 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 and Satori's color schemes are inverted, they will both somewhat resemble each other.
- One of her colors in Hopeless Masquerade is her sister's color scheme.
- Some fans believe that her name and her are references to Doraemon's gadgets Ishikoro Boushi (石ころぼうし, lit. "rock hat"), which by wearing, the user's existence faints out making him/her "unnoticeable", very similar to Koishi's ability.
Fandom
Official Profiles
○EX面ボス 閉じた恋の瞳 古明地こいし(こめいじ こいし) 種族:さとり 古明地さとりの妹。 それにより心を読む能力を失ったが、代わりに無意識で行動する事が出来る様になった。 心を読む力は、自らの心の強さでもある。
姉のさとりも閉ざされたこいしの心だけは読む事は出来ず、いつも何処で何をしているのかよく判っていない。 さとりはそんなこいしを不憫に思い、最近ペットにこいしと遊ぶようにと命令し、何匹か専属のペットを与えた。
今回は、地上から人間が降りてきて姉やおくう達と一悶着あったと聞き、中でもおくうの驚異的な能力アップが気になり、地上を目指す事にした。 無意識で行動する彼女は、誰にも気付かれることが無い。 それは都合の良い事もあるが、やはり少し寂しく見える。
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Extra Stage boss The Closed Eyes of Love Komeiji Koishi Species: Satori Satori Komeiji's younger sister. As a result, she lost her ability to read others' minds, but in return she gained the ability to take action unconsciously. The denizens of the underground no longer hated her, but at the same time, they never feared her and animals no longer loved her. The ability to read people's mind also makes one's own mind stronger.
Even her older sister, Satori, is unable to read Koishi's sealed-away mind, and doesn't really know where she goes or what she does there. Satori took pity on Koishi, ordering her pets to play with her and giving her some pets to keep as her own. She thought that taking care of the pets might give her a purpose, and it might enable her to begin opening her mind to others again. Indeed, it seemed that Koishi began to change, ever so slightly, after she began to raise her pets.
She heard that a human had come from above ground and had fought with her sister, Okuu, and the other pets, and was amazed at the incredible power-up Okuu had gotten, so she decided to go see the above ground world herself. Because she could act unconsciously, she remained unnoticed. She could go above ground, sneak past sleeping shrine maidens, or go into the mountain the tengu guarded, and nobody would take notice of her. In a way, it was convenient, but she was also lonely.
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Official Sources
- 2008/08/16 - Subterranean Animism - Settings.txt (official profile)
- 2009/07/28 - The Grimoire of Marisa - Koishi Komeiji's Spell Cards
- 2010/03/14 - Double Spoiler - Stage 9 Spell Cards
- 2010/08/26 - Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 10 (cameo)
- 2010/09/25 - Wild and Horned Hermit - Chapter 2 (cameo)
- 2012/04/27 - Symposium of Post-mysticism - Koishi Komeiji
- 2013/05/21 - Hopeless Masquerade - Introduction on website
- 2013/05/26 - Hopeless Masquerade - Playable character
References
- ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism: Koishi Komeiji article - "A youkai invisible to adults, and only visible to certain children. However, even those who played with them in their childhood will completely forget that they existed once they grow up. Has anything like that ever happened to you? They are often referred to as 'imaginary friends'. Koishi is, no doubt, an imaginary friend."
- ↑ Double Spoiler: Embryo's Dream - "They say the human embryo dreams in the mother's womb. What a scoop! The dreams' contents are...microbes, fish, and dinosaurs...they say."
- ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism: Part 4
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