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Mamizou Futatsuiwa

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二ッ岩 (ふたついわ) マミゾウ
Mamizou Futatsuiwa
Mamizou Futatsuiwa
Mamizou Futatsuiwa in Ten Desires
化け狸 十変化 (Ten Desires)
More Character Titles
Species

Tanuki

Location

Myouren Temple

Relationships
Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games

Mamizou Futatsuiwa (二ッ岩 マミゾウ, ro. Futatsuiwa Mamizou) is a Tanuki, first appearing in Ten Desires as the boss of the extra stage.

Concept

Based on Danzaburou Danuki of Sado Island, one of the most famous tanuki in Japanese folklore, along with Hage Danuki of Yashima and Shibaemon Tanuki of Awaji Island. He was the boss of tanuki on Sado, who drove off the foxes from the island. [1] In another, Danzaburo was a money lender, who freely loaned money to the people. He was also said to be responsible for mirages at Futatsu-iwa, a rock formation in Aikawa, Sado. [2]

Name

Futatsuiwa (二ッ岩) literally translates to "two stones", perhaps a reference to the tanuki's inflatable testicles, but also a location in Sado where tanuki were prevalent.

Appearance

As with most Tanuki from Japanese myths, Mamizou carries a bottle of sake and a booklet of promissory notes.

Occupation

Her role is to become a strong ally in the youkai forces.

Relationships

Mamizou is friends with Nue Houjuu and is living at Byakuren Hijiri's temple.

Story

Ten Desires

Mamizou is secretly called in by Nue Houjuu from the outside world to become a strong ally on the youkai side against Toyosatomimi no Miko and her faction. She arrives late however and Miko had already been defeated by the heroines. She later takes up residence at Myouren Temple.

Additional Information

Trivia

  • She is the first female character in the Windows series to wear glasses. The first in the entire series is Rikako.

Fandom

  • Because of her name, many fans depicted her in many situations that were similar to those experienced by Mami Tomoe from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
  • Some fans depicter her as Mamio, referencing Mario, who could wear a Tanuki suit in Super Mario Bros. 3

Official Profiles

Ten Desires - Settings and Extra Story.txt

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Mamizou Futatsuiwa ○エキストラボス  化け狸 十変化


  二ッ岩 マミゾウ(ふたついわ まみぞう)
  Hutatsuiwa Mamizou

  種族:化け狸
  能力:化けさせる程度の能力


  由緒正しき化け狸。
  幻想郷の外に住んでいた、珍しい妖怪である。
  今回は、旧友のピンチと言う事でわざわざやってきたのだ。

  狸は人を化かして戸惑う姿を見るのが大好物で、直接被害を与えたり
  する事は余りない。満月の夜になると力が増す。

  化けさせるという意味では鵺とは似たもの同士である。結局お互い、
  直接戦闘に役に立つ妖怪ではないようだ。

  こんな妖怪を呼んたところで、神子に対抗できるのだろうか。
  結局、妖怪達は自分勝手であり、統率を取ろうとしないのでいくら単体が
  強かろうとも、負けるときは負けるのである。


  彼女は地元(佐渡)では人間と共に暮していたようである。
  時には騙したりしていたが、貧しい人にはお金を貸したり、仕事を依頼さ
  れれば遂行したりと、ちゃんと人間社会に溶け込んでいたようだ。


  しかし、狐とは仲が悪く、その為佐渡には狐が棲んでいないという噂だ。
  幻想郷の狐達と一悶着起こすことになるのだが、それはまた別のお話。

○Extra Boss  The Tanuki Youkai with Ten Transformations



Mamizou Futatsuiwa

Species: tanuki
Ability: the power to make things change shape


A youkai tanuki of proper upbringing.
An unusual youkai that lived outside of Gensokyo.
She's made her way inside this time to help out an old friend in a pinch.

Tanuki take great pleasure in watching the reactions of humans that they trick, so they seldom take direct damage. They are more powerful on the night of a full moon.

Their ability to shapeshift makes them similar to the nue. Neither of them seem to be terribly effective youkai when it comes to close combat.

Can this kind of youkai really hold her own against Miko? After all, youkai are fairly self-centered and don't take or give orders easily, so no matter how many would stand up to her alone, they'd still lose in the end.

It seems she'd lived together with humans in her home town (Sado). Sometimes she'd trick them, but she'd also lend money to the poor and worked diligently on any task she was given, so she integrated well into human society.

She doesn't get along with foxes, though, and there's a rumor that no foxes live in Sado.
She would end up causing trouble with the foxes of Gensokyo, but that's a story for another day.

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