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{{Infobox Character
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| nameJp = {{ruby-ja|秋|あき}} {{ruby-ja|穣子|みのりこ}}
| nameJp     ={{ruby-ja|秋|あき}} {{ruby-ja|穣子|みのりこ}}
| nameEn = Minoriko Aki
| nameEn     =Minoriko Aki
| image = [[File:Th10Minoriko.png|x325px|Minoriko Aki]]
| nameIPA    =akʲi mʲinoɽʲiko [[Media:Pronunciation_MinorikoAki.ogg|(♫)]]
| caption = Minoriko Aki in [[Mountain of Faith]]
| image       =[[File:Th10Minoriko.png|x325px|Minoriko Aki]]
| chartitle = {{H:title|{{lang|ja|豊かさと稔りの象徴}}|Symbol of Abundance and Plenty}}
| caption     =Minoriko Aki in [[Mountain of Faith]]
| species = Harvest [[god]]dess
| chartitle   ={{H:title|Symbol of Abundance and Plenty|豊かさと稔りの象徴}}
| abilities = Ability to the extent of governing abundant harvest
| species     =Harvest [[god]]dess
| occupation =  
| abilities   = Controlling abundant harvest
| location = Near [[Youkai Mountain]]
| occupation =
| MusicThemes = *{{H:title|{{lang|ja|稲田姫様に叱られるから}}|Because Princess Inada Is Scolding Me}} ([[Mountain of Faith]])
| location   =Near [[Youkai Mountain]]
| appOfficialgames = *[[Mountain of Faith]] (Stage 1 Boss)
| MusicThemes =*{{H:title|{{lang|ja|稲田姫様に叱られるから}}|Because Princess Inada Is Scolding Me}} ([[Mountain of Faith]])
*[[Double Spoiler]] (Scene 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-6 Boss)
| appOfficialgames = *''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' (Stage 1 Boss)
| appPrintworks = *[[Silent Sinner in Blue]] (Chapter 5, 9 Cameo)
*''[[Double Spoiler]]'' (Scene 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-6 Boss)
*[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]
*''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' (Background Character)
*[[Oriental Sacred Place]] (Chapter 12 Cameo)
| appPrintworks = *''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'' (Chapter 5, 9 Cameo)
*''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''
*''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]'' (Chapter 12 Cameo)
*''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]''
*''[[Forbidden Scrollery]]'' (Chapter 2 Cameo)
*''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'' (Chapter 19 cameo, 25 cameo, 41 cameo)
* ''[[The Grimoire of Usami]]'' (Section 1-3)
}}
}}
'''Minoriko Aki''' ({{lang|ja|秋 穣子}} ''Aki Minoriko'') is the [[god]]dess of abundant harvest in [[Gensokyo]]. Along with [[Shizuha Aki|Shizuha]], her older sister, they control the [[Wikipedia:autumn|autumn]] season. She visits the [[Human Village]] to give humans a good harvest, and she also runs a sweet potato stand. Her first appearance was in the ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' stage 1 boss fight.
{{nihongo|'''Minoriko Aki'''|秋 穣子|Aki Minoriko}} is the [[god]]dess of abundant harvest in [[Gensokyo]]. Along with [[Shizuha Aki|Shizuha]], her older sister, they control the [[Wikipedia:autumn|autumn]] season. She visits the [[Human Village]] to give humans a good harvest, and she also runs a sweet potato stand.
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==Concept==
==General Information==
===Name===
Her first appearance was in ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' as a stage 1 boss. Minoriko is one of the [[Yaoyorozu no Kami|myriad gods]]. She appears during the autumn season in various places in Gensokyo to bless or curse the humans' crops.
''Minoriko Aki'' ({{lang|ja|秋 穣子}}) is her name. The character for ''Aki''({{lang|ja|秋}}) means "Autumn". ''Minoriko'' can be split into ''minori''({{lang|ja|穣}}) what could mean "Bountiful", "Harvest" or "Seed-spreading" and ''ko''({{lang|ja|子}}) what could mean "child". "Minori" could also possibly refer to 実り which means "ripening" or "harvest."


In her official profile of Mountain of Faith, her name in Japanese was mispelled as {{lang|ja|秋 '''稔'''子}} (''Aki '''Minoru'''ko'').
===Personality===
Minoriko is simplistic and cheerful. For a goddess, she isn't very dignified, however. She also has a superiority complex with regards to Shizuha, and together they become depressed when winter comes. In her dialogue with Reimu she said that gods put lots of time into themselves. That is why she wears freshly-harvested sweet potato smelling perfume.


===Appearance===
===Occupation===
Minoriko's ''Mountain of Faith'' portrait shows her having red eyes and blond hair. She wears a yellow blouse with poofy sleeves and a red dress which goes about halfway up her chest and has black straps over the shoulders. Over the dress there is a red apron which has a wheat pattern at the bottom, and her red hat has a cluster of blue grapes on the front. She does not have footwear, but walks with two left feet.
Minoriko is a harvest goddess. However, it appears that she's lesser-known, as there are many other, more famous harvest gods. Because of this, she's considered a "wild" or "feral" goddess who has great difficulty acquiring any faith at all. It is for this reason that she is nearly indistinguishable from a regular youkai. Compared to her sister, Shizuha, she is having more difficult time, since harvest gods and goddesses are particularly plentiful. However, she appreciates the smaller workload, and despite not having many shrines dedicated to her, she still gets enough faith from individual people. She regularly attends the humans' yearly harvest festival to bless their crops.
 
It's supposed that [[ZUN]] likened her to a Japanese one-legged scarecrow which guards farms, due to her having two left feet. The Japanese term for scarecrow, "kakashi" ({{lang|ja|かかし}}, came from "kagashi", which means "smeller". This may explain why Minoriko talks about her smell in [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]]'s scenario.


===Ability===
===Ability===
;:Ability to the extent of governing abundant harvest
;Controlling abundant harvest
When this [[god]] goes near a field, just from that, it becomes an abundant harvest. However, if she is not called before the harvest, it does not become an abundant harvest. Every year in autumn, she is called to the harvest festival in the [[human village]]. Even when she is called to the harvest festival, it does not seem like she delves into the fact that there is no benefit in calling her at that time.
Her ability is to control the autumn harvest. Thus, she can either bring about a plentiful harvest or destroy crops altogether. Apparently she works hard to cultivate the crops one at a time, and this power is limited to just plants that bear in the autumn. She's called to the [[Human Village]] as a special guest at the harvest festival every year. If she is not called for before the harvest, she is not able to guarantee an abundant harvest, but that's not her problem, and she would not point it out.


From the view of the residents of [[Gensokyo]], the ability to make crops have an abundant harvest is a god-like power, and at looking at how she is called to the harvest festival every year, it can be considered that among gods, she considerably close and intimate to humans.
From the view of the residents of [[Gensokyo]], the ability to make crops have an abundant harvest is a god-like power, and at looking at how she is called to the harvest festival every year, it can be considered that among gods, she considerably close and intimate to humans.


Although there is no benefit in calling her to the harvest festival, perhaps it is simply a way for the villagers to show their feelings of gratitude.
==Character Basis==
[[File:GoMSigil-AkiSisters.jpg|frame|left|Minoriko's Sigil in [[the Grimoire of Marisa]].]]
[[File:ThGKAki.png|thumb|200px|Minoriko as depicted in ''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]'']]
===Name===
{{nihongo|''Minoriko Aki''|秋 穣子}} is her name. The character for {{nihongo||秋|Aki}} means "Autumn" or "Fall. {{nihongo||穣子|Minoriko}} can be split into {{nihongo||穣|minori}} what could mean "Bountiful", "Harvest" or "Seed-spreading" and {{nihongo||子|ko}} what could mean "child". "Minori" could also possibly refer to {{lang|ja|実り}} which means "ripening" or "harvest."


===Personality===
In her official profile of ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'', her name in Japanese was misspelled as {{nihongo||秋 '''稔'''子|Aki '''Minoru'''ko}}.
She has a superiority complex with regards to Shizuha, and along with her sister they become disappointed when winter comes. In her dialogue with Reimu she said that gods puts lots of time into themselves. That is why she wears a freshly-harvested sweet potato smelling perfume.
 
===Design===
Minoriko's ''Mountain of Faith'' portrait shows her having red eyes and blond hair. She wears a yellow blouse with poofy sleeves and a red dress which goes about halfway up her chest and has black straps over the shoulders. Over the dress there is a red apron which has a wheat pattern at the bottom, and her red hat has a cluster of blue grapes on the front. She doesn't have any footwear.
 
It's supposed that [[ZUN]] likened her to a Japanese one-legged scarecrow which guards farms, due to her having two left feet. The Japanese term for {{nihongo|"scarecrow"|かかし|kakashi}}, came from ''kagashi'', which means "smeller". This may explain why Minoriko talks about her smell in [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]]'s scenario.


==Story==
==Story==
;Mountain of Faith
===Games===
;[[Mountain of Faith]]
[[File:Th10MinorikoSprite.png|frame|Minoriko's sprite in ''MoF'']]
Minoriko fights Reimu or [[Marisa Kirisame|Marisa]] in ''Mountain of Faith'' near the [[Youkai Mountain]].
Minoriko fights Reimu or [[Marisa Kirisame|Marisa]] in ''Mountain of Faith'' near the [[Youkai Mountain]].
:{{Main|Mountain_of_Faith/Story/Reimu's_Scenario#Stage_1|l1=Reimu Arc}}
:{{Main|Mountain of Faith/Story/Reimu's Scenario#Stage 1|l1=Reimu Arc}}
Minoriko is afraid to be eaten by Reimu in their dialogue, as Reimu smells something tasty. Minoriko says the smell comes from her perfume made of freshly-harvested sweet potatoes. She is still afraid of getting eaten by Reimu when the fight starts, and gets defeated.
Minoriko is afraid to be eaten by Reimu in their dialogue, as Reimu smells something tasty. Minoriko says the smell comes from her perfume made of freshly-harvested sweet potatoes. She is still afraid of getting eaten by Reimu when the fight starts, and gets defeated.
:{{Main|Mountain_of_Faith/Story/Marisa's_Scenario#Stage_1|l1=Marisa Arc}}
:{{Main|Mountain of Faith/Story/Marisa's Scenario#Stage 1|l1=Marisa Arc}}
Marisa says she could use some practice, and then Minoriko shows up. Minoriko says that the [[youkai]] in the Youkai Mountain are much different from those Marisa has already met and that she should be afraid of them, but Marisa isn't. Then Minoriko starts to fight, but is easily defeated by Marisa.
Marisa says she could use some practice, and then Minoriko shows up. Minoriko says that the [[youkai]] in the Youkai Mountain are much different from those Marisa has already met and that she should be afraid of them, but Marisa isn't. Then Minoriko starts to fight, but is easily defeated by Marisa.


;Double Spoiler
===Spin-offs===
In [[Double Spoiler]], Minoriko was [[Aya Shameimaru|Aya]]'s practice partner, but she snapped and starts to attack Aya.
;[[Double Spoiler]]
In ''[[Double Spoiler]]'', Minoriko was [[Aya Shameimaru|Aya]]'s practice partner, but she got annoyed and started to attack Aya. She appeared as a [[stage]] 1 target, where she uses a few [[spell card]]s and had [[Aya Shameimaru]] and [[Hatate Himekaidou]] take photos of her and her [[danmaku]].
 
;''Hopeless Masquerade''
[[File:Th135Minoriko.png|frame|Minoriko in ''HM'']]
Minoriko made a background cameo appearance in ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' on the [[Genbu Ravine]] and [[Youkai Tanuki Forest]] stage. She is seen with her sister [[Shizuha Aki]] cheering.


===Relationship===
==Relationships==
;[[Shizuha Aki]]  
;[[Shizuha Aki]]
Together they control the season of fall.  
Shizuha is her older sister. Together they control the season of fall.


;Other Minor or Unknown Meetings or Associations
===Other Minor or Unknown Meetings or Associations===
;[[Aya Shameimaru]]  
;[[Aya Shameimaru]]  
She helps Aya to practice, but then snaps and attacks her instead.
She helped Aya for practicing photo shooting in ''Double Spoiler''. Eventually she got annoyed and attacked.
 
;People from the [[Human Village]]
Every year she is called by the villagers for the harvest festival. She guarantees them an abundant harvest.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="3" widths="200">
File:GoMSigil-AkiSisters.jpg|Minoriko's Sigil in [[the Grimoire of Marisa]].
File:Th10Demo_CD.jpg|The Demo CD of [[Mountain of Faith]].
File:ThGKPartV.png|Minoriko in ''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]''
</gallery>
 
==Spell Cards==
{{hidden begin|title = Spell Cards|titlestyle = background:palegreen; text-align:center;}}
{{#lsth:List_of Spell Cards/Touhou Project 2|[[Minoriko Aki]]}}
{{hidden end}}


==Additional Information==
==Additional Information==
===Trivia===
[[File:Th10Demo_CD.jpg|thumb|190px|The Demo CD of [[Mountain of Faith]].]]
*It makes very much sense for Minoriko to be the younger sister who is the goddess of the harvest as the harvest comes after the changing of the leaves in the season.
*It makes very much sense for Minoriko to be the younger sister who is the goddess of the harvest as the harvest comes after the changing of the leaves in the season.
*Minoriko appeared on the cover of the demo CD of Mountain of Faith.
*Minoriko appeared on the cover of the demo CD of Mountain of Faith.
*Minoriko got a small reference in [[Sanae Kochiya|Sanae]]'s part of the [[Ten Desires]] [[Ten Desires/Story/Prologue|prologue]]. <ref>[[Ten Desires]]: Prologue - "''For example, prayers for a great harvest, or protection from misfortune...''"</ref>
*Minoriko got a small reference in [[Sanae Kochiya|Sanae]]'s part of the ''[[Ten Desires]]'' [[Ten Desires/Story/Prologue|prologue]].<ref>[[Ten Desires]]: Prologue "''For example, prayers for a great harvest, or protection from misfortune...''"</ref>
 
===Fanon===
*Because she and her sister were ranked the lowest of the [[Windows]] characters in the 5th annual [[THWiki Popularity Poll|Touhou Popularity Poll]], with Minoriko at 54th and Shizuha at 52nd, there is a running joke in Japan that they are "original characters" (i. e. invented by someone other than ZUN), an increase in popularity in 2008 when they were introduced as representing one of the four seasons, when many people did not even know they actually showed up in the games. There is a doujin anthology project dedicated to the Aki Sisters, perhaps to compensate for this.
**In later years the sisters increased in rank even with the introduction of new characters, a total of an increase in more than 20 for both, taking into account the introduction of new characters. In the latest poll, Minoriko finished in 46th place and Shizuha in 48th, two polls in a row, perhaps indicating that they have reached a stable position.
**Additionally, Minoriko's theme "Because Princess Inada Is Scolding Me" has climbed up in rank as well.
*In most fanart, she is shown to be curvier than her older sister. The exact reason isn't known but it's speculated that it's due to her being the goddess of harvest and bountiful crops while Shizuha is a leaf goddess. Naturally there's jokes about her "bumper crops". This has also lead to cases of Shizuha molesting her sister on top of occasionally being jealous of Minoriko's figure.
*Aoneko [http://www.nicovideo.jp/user/1873730 (Nicovideo)] [http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=12148 (Pixiv)], noted to be one of the biggest fans of the Aki sisters, started an Aki sisters-only video website called AkiTube.


==Spell Cards==
==Fandom==
<toggledisplay showtext="Show spellcards" hidetext="Hide spellcards">
{{main|Fandom/Mountain of Faith#Shizuha Aki & Minoriko Aki|l1=Fandom: Shizuha Aki & Minoriko Aki}}
{{#lsth:List_of Spell Cards/Touhou Project 2|[[Minoriko Aki]]}}
</toggledisplay>


==Official Profiles==
==Official Profiles==
;[[Mountain of Faith]] - キャラ設定.txt
{{hidden begin|title = [[Mountain of Faith]] - キャラ設定.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue; text-align:center}}
<toggledisplay showtext="Show profiles" hidetext="Hide profiles">
{{Profile Quote
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th10Minoriko.png|200px|Minoriko Aki MoF]]
| image = [[File:Th10Minoriko.png|200px|Minoriko Aki MoF]]
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Species: Harvest Goddess<br/>
Species: Harvest Goddess<br/>
Abilities: Ability to the extent of governing abundant harvest
Abilities: Governing abundant harvest


The first stage boss, and Shizuha's younger sister. Normally, they rule over autumn as sisters. She's called to the [[Human Village|village]] as a special guest at the harvest festival every year. If she is not called for before the harvest, she is not able to guarantee an abundant harvest, but that's not her problem, and she would not point it out.
The first stage boss, and Shizuha's younger sister. Normally, they rule over autumn as sisters. She's called to the [[Human Village|village]] as a special guest at the harvest festival every year. If she is not called for before the harvest, she is not able to guarantee an abundant harvest, but that's not her problem, and she would not point it out.


She's always surrounded by a sweet scent of fruits and other harvest items, and has something of a superiority complex with regards to her older sister. When winter comes, she becomes disappointed.
She's always surrounded by a sweet scent of fruits and other harvest items, and has something of a superiority complex with regards to her older sister. When winter comes, she becomes sorrowful.
}}
}}
</toggledisplay>
{{hidden end}}


==Official Sources==
==Official Sources==
<toggledisplay showtext="Show sources" hidetext="Hide sources">
{{hidden begin|title = Official sources|titlestyle = background:pink; text-align:center;}}
*2007/08/17 '''[[Mountain of Faith]]''' - Stage 1 dialogue ([[Mountain of Faith/Translation/Marisa's Scenario|Marisa]], [[Mountain of Faith/Translation/Reimu's Scenario|Reimu]]) ; キャラ設定.txt (official profile)
*2007/08/17 '''[[Mountain of Faith]]''' - Stage 1 dialogue ([[Mountain of Faith/Translation/Marisa's Scenario|Marisa]], [[Mountain of Faith/Translation/Reimu's Scenario|Reimu]]) ; {{lang|ja|キャラ設定}}.txt (official profile)
*2007/10/09 '''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''' - Chapter 5
*2007/10/09 '''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''' - Chapter 5
*2008/02/09 '''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''' - Chapter 9  
*2008/02/09 '''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''' - Chapter 9  
*2009/07/28 '''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''' - [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Minoriko Aki's Spell Cards|Minoriko Aki's Spell Cards]]
*2009/07/28 '''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''' - [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Minoriko Aki's Spell Cards|Minoriko Aki's Spell Cards]]
*2010/03/14 '''[[Double Spoiler]]''' - [[Double Spoiler/Spell Cards/Stage 1|Stage 1 spellcard comments]]
*2010/03/14 '''[[Double Spoiler]]''' - [[Double Spoiler/Spell Cards/Stage 1|Stage 1 spell card comments]]
*2010/12/25 '''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''' - Chapter 12
*2010/12/25 '''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''' - Chapter 12
*2011/08/12 '''[[Ten Desires]]''' - Prologue
*2011/08/12 '''[[Ten Desires]]''' - Prologue
</toggledisplay>
*2012/04/27 '''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]'''
{{hidden end}}


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 02:48, 26 November 2019

(あき)  穣子 (みのりこ)
akʲi mʲinoɽʲiko (♫)
Minoriko Aki
Minoriko Aki
Minoriko Aki in Mountain of Faith
Symbol of Abundance and Plenty
More Character Titles
Species

Harvest goddess

Abilities

Controlling abundant harvest

Location

Near Youkai Mountain

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Minoriko Aki (秋 穣子 Aki Minoriko) is the goddess of abundant harvest in Gensokyo. Along with Shizuha, her older sister, they control the autumn season. She visits the Human Village to give humans a good harvest, and she also runs a sweet potato stand.

General Information

Her first appearance was in Mountain of Faith as a stage 1 boss. Minoriko is one of the myriad gods. She appears during the autumn season in various places in Gensokyo to bless or curse the humans' crops.

Personality

Minoriko is simplistic and cheerful. For a goddess, she isn't very dignified, however. She also has a superiority complex with regards to Shizuha, and together they become depressed when winter comes. In her dialogue with Reimu she said that gods put lots of time into themselves. That is why she wears freshly-harvested sweet potato smelling perfume.

Occupation

Minoriko is a harvest goddess. However, it appears that she's lesser-known, as there are many other, more famous harvest gods. Because of this, she's considered a "wild" or "feral" goddess who has great difficulty acquiring any faith at all. It is for this reason that she is nearly indistinguishable from a regular youkai. Compared to her sister, Shizuha, she is having more difficult time, since harvest gods and goddesses are particularly plentiful. However, she appreciates the smaller workload, and despite not having many shrines dedicated to her, she still gets enough faith from individual people. She regularly attends the humans' yearly harvest festival to bless their crops.

Ability

Controlling abundant harvest

Her ability is to control the autumn harvest. Thus, she can either bring about a plentiful harvest or destroy crops altogether. Apparently she works hard to cultivate the crops one at a time, and this power is limited to just plants that bear in the autumn. She's called to the Human Village as a special guest at the harvest festival every year. If she is not called for before the harvest, she is not able to guarantee an abundant harvest, but that's not her problem, and she would not point it out.

From the view of the residents of Gensokyo, the ability to make crops have an abundant harvest is a god-like power, and at looking at how she is called to the harvest festival every year, it can be considered that among gods, she considerably close and intimate to humans.

Character Basis

Minoriko as depicted in Symposium of Post-mysticism

Name

Minoriko Aki (秋 穣子) is her name. The character for Aki () means "Autumn" or "Fall. Minoriko (穣子) can be split into minori () what could mean "Bountiful", "Harvest" or "Seed-spreading" and ko () what could mean "child". "Minori" could also possibly refer to 実り which means "ripening" or "harvest."

In her official profile of Mountain of Faith, her name in Japanese was misspelled as Aki Minoruko ().

Design

Minoriko's Mountain of Faith portrait shows her having red eyes and blond hair. She wears a yellow blouse with poofy sleeves and a red dress which goes about halfway up her chest and has black straps over the shoulders. Over the dress there is a red apron which has a wheat pattern at the bottom, and her red hat has a cluster of blue grapes on the front. She doesn't have any footwear.

It's supposed that ZUN likened her to a Japanese one-legged scarecrow which guards farms, due to her having two left feet. The Japanese term for "scarecrow" (かかし kakashi), came from kagashi, which means "smeller". This may explain why Minoriko talks about her smell in Reimu's scenario.

Story

Games

Mountain of Faith
Minoriko's sprite in MoF

Minoriko fights Reimu or Marisa in Mountain of Faith near the Youkai Mountain.

Minoriko is afraid to be eaten by Reimu in their dialogue, as Reimu smells something tasty. Minoriko says the smell comes from her perfume made of freshly-harvested sweet potatoes. She is still afraid of getting eaten by Reimu when the fight starts, and gets defeated.

Marisa says she could use some practice, and then Minoriko shows up. Minoriko says that the youkai in the Youkai Mountain are much different from those Marisa has already met and that she should be afraid of them, but Marisa isn't. Then Minoriko starts to fight, but is easily defeated by Marisa.

Spin-offs

Double Spoiler

In Double Spoiler, Minoriko was Aya's practice partner, but she got annoyed and started to attack Aya. She appeared as a stage 1 target, where she uses a few spell cards and had Aya Shameimaru and Hatate Himekaidou take photos of her and her danmaku.

Hopeless Masquerade
Minoriko in HM

Minoriko made a background cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade on the Genbu Ravine and Youkai Tanuki Forest stage. She is seen with her sister Shizuha Aki cheering.

Relationships

Shizuha Aki

Shizuha is her older sister. Together they control the season of fall.

Other Minor or Unknown Meetings or Associations

Aya Shameimaru

She helped Aya for practicing photo shooting in Double Spoiler. Eventually she got annoyed and attacked.

People from the Human Village

Every year she is called by the villagers for the harvest festival. She guarantees them an abundant harvest.

Gallery

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 7
秋符「オータムスカイ」 Autumn Sign "Autumn Sky" MoF St. 1: E/N
秋符「秋の空と乙女の心」 Autumn Sign "The Autumn Sky and a Maiden's Heart" MoF
GoM
St. 1: H/L
豊符「オヲトシハーベスター」 Plenty Sign "Owotoshi Harvester" MoF St. 1: E/N
豊作「穀物神の約束」 Bumper Crop "Promise of the Wheat God" MoF
GoM
St. 1: H/L
実符「ウォームカラーハーヴェスト」 Fruit Sign "Warm Colour Harvest" DS St. 1
焼芋「スイートポテトルーム」 Baked Sweet Potato "Sweet Potato Room" DS
GoU
St. 1
秋符「五穀豊穣波」 Autumn Sign "Bumper Crop Waves" 100BM 1st Market

Additional Information

  • It makes very much sense for Minoriko to be the younger sister who is the goddess of the harvest as the harvest comes after the changing of the leaves in the season.
  • Minoriko appeared on the cover of the demo CD of Mountain of Faith.
  • Minoriko got a small reference in Sanae's part of the Ten Desires prologue.[1]

Fandom

Official Profiles

Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt
Minoriko Aki MoF ○1面ボス 豊かさと稔りの象徴

  秋 稔子(あき みのりこ)
  Aki Minoriko

  種族:豊穣の神
  能力:豊穣を司る程度の能力

  1面中ボスの静葉の妹である。普段は姉妹で幻想郷の秋を司っている。
  彼女は毎年、里で行われる収穫祭に特別ゲストとしてお呼ばれされて
  いる。収穫前に呼ばれないと、豊作は約束できないのだが、まぁそん
  な事はどうでも良いかと、彼女も指摘しない。

  いつも果物や農作物の甘い香りを漂わせ、静かな姉に対して優越感に
  浸っている。
  冬が来ると暗くなる

Stage 1 Boss Symbol of Abundance and Harvest


Minoriko Aki

Species: Harvest Goddess
Abilities: Governing abundant harvest

The first stage boss, and Shizuha's younger sister. Normally, they rule over autumn as sisters. She's called to the village as a special guest at the harvest festival every year. If she is not called for before the harvest, she is not able to guarantee an abundant harvest, but that's not her problem, and she would not point it out.

She's always surrounded by a sweet scent of fruits and other harvest items, and has something of a superiority complex with regards to her older sister. When winter comes, she becomes sorrowful.

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References

  1. Ten Desires: Prologue — "For example, prayers for a great harvest, or protection from misfortune..."