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Nazrin
ナズーリン
(♫) Nazrin | |
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Nazrin in Undefined Fantastic Object The Little Dowser GeneralMore Character Titles | |
Species | |
Abilities |
Finding sought-for items |
Age |
At least 1000 years |
Occupation |
Dowser, said to be a leader of mice |
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Nazrin (ナズーリン Nazūrin) is a mouse youkai, a skilled dowser and the leader of a great number of mice. She was asked by Shou to look for the lost pagoda of Bishamonten, and runs into the heroine multiple times on the way.
As the leader of many mice, she often employs them to search for things for her; though if she were to ask them to find food, it would most likely be gone by the time they returned.
General Information
Personality
Symposium of Post-mysticism describes Nazrin as having a large ego - due to being backed by Bishamonten himself - but that she is also timid, and would run away as soon as she became frightened. She also apparently eats quite a bit, and depending on how many mice are under her command at a given time, can put a serious dent in crop numbers.
Symposium of Post-mysticism also mentions that if one is firm and holds their ground while negotiating with her, they can get her to search for lost objects for them - while on the other hand, asking humbly and politely is likely only to inflate her ego.
Ability
Nazrin's ability is being able to find specific objects that are being looked for by someone. She presumably uses her dowsing rods to aid her in this effort, and also is able to order the mice under her command to assist her. In order to effectively utilize the ability, she must have a clear, concrete image of what she is looking for.
Occupation
Nazrin acts as Shou Toramaru's faithful helper, but is also the leader of a great deal of ordinary mice. In Symposium of Post-mysticism, she is referred to as Shou's mouse familiar, but in reality she is a high-ranking youkai dispatched by Bishamonten. Because of this, she does not generally reside at the Myouren Temple, and will not visit unless Shou calls upon her.
She currently resides in a small self-built hut in Muenzuka, because of the treasure that floats in from the outside world.
Possessions
Nazrin owns a pair of dowsing rods, which she uses to find gold and treasure. She employs them in Undefined Fantastic Object to search for the lost pagoda of Bishamonten, as well as the fragments of the Tobikura. She also utilizes them during some of her spell cards.
Backstory
Nazrin is a high-ranking youkai dispatched by the god Bishamonten. She was sent to god's new disciple, Shou Toramaru, to be a helper and also to keep an eye on her.
Character Basis
Name
The name Nazrin could possibly be derived from the Azerbaijani name Nasrin with the meaning "wild rose". It could also be a reference to nezumi (鼠), the Japanese word for "mouse".
ZUN states in an interview that it made sense to have a mouse be the envoy of the Vaisravana; in the Chinese zodiac, the mouse represents north, as does Vaisravana.[1]
Design
Nazrin has gray hair and red eyes. She wears a brownish-black one-piece with pink sleeves and a gray capelet. She also wears a necklace with a crystal pendant. Carries dowsing rods with the letters for the cardinal directions on the ends. She also carries a mouse in a basket by her tail. When she appears as the Stage 5 midboss, she is carrying the jeweled pagoda of Bishamonten.
Story
Games
- Undefined Fantastic Object
In Stage 1 of Undefined Fantastic Object, Nazrin descends from the flying ship after getting a treasure reading. Either by being provoked to or forced to, she attacks the player. After she loses the battle, she manages to flee the scene. Later she does find what she was looking for - the treasured pagoda, the other key to releasing Byakuren - in a second-hand goods store (conceivably Kourindou).
Later, in the middle of Stage 5, she encounters the player once more. Seeing that her allies have brought the player with the treasure, she decides to test out the pagoda against her in the meantime. She loses once more, and escapes to return the pagoda to her master, Shou.
- Double Spoiler
- Main article: Double Spoiler Story
In Double Spoiler, she demonstrates her dowsing abilities to Aya and Hatate at their request to dig up a few old coins. Of course, she's actually using them as weapons in the spell card. She follows up on this by digging up some gold, fully demonstrating her dowsing abilities.
Literature
- Wild and Horned Hermit chapter 2
She appears in chapter 2 of Wild and Horned Hermit along with Shou as part of the large crowd gathered to observe Kanako and Sanae's cold fusion experiment.
Relationships
Nazrin, while being a mouse youkai leader herself, is also Shou Toramaru's only known underling. She went to search for the lost pagoda on Shou's command, further showing her loyalty by keeping it a secret from Minamitsu Murasa - she states in Marisa B's story that Shou was probably too embarrassed to admit having lost it in the first place. It is stated in Symposium of Post-mysticism that she only really comes to the temple when Shou calls her, and otherwise lives in a little house she built near Muenzuka for the purposes of finding treasure there.
Originally, Nazrin had been placed as Shou's underling by Bishamonten in order to keep an eye on her, but as Shou exceeded all expectations, it eventually became unnecessary.
Gallery
Nazrin's appearance in Oriental Sacred Place
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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Total: 9 | ||||||
棒符「ビジーロッド」 | Rod Sign "Busy Rod" | UFO | St. 1: H/L | |||
捜符「レアメタルディテクター」 | Search Sign "Rare Metal Detector" | UFO | St. 1: E/N | |||
捜符「ゴールドディテクター」 | Search Sign "Gold Detector" | UFO | St. 1: H/L | |||
視符「ナズーリンペンデュラム」 | Vision Sign "Nazrin Pendulum" | UFO | St. 1: E/N | |||
視符「高感度ナズーリンペンデュラム」 | Vision Sign "High Sensitivity Nazrin Pendulum" | UFO | St. 1: H | |||
守符「ペンデュラムガード」 | Defense Sign "Pendulum Guard" | UFO GoU |
St. 1: L — | |||
宝塔「グレイテストトレジャー」 | Jeweled Pagoda "Greatest Treasure" | UFO | St. 5: E/N/H/L | |||
棒符「ナズーリンロッド」 | Rod Sign "Nazrin Rod" | DS | St. 7 | |||
財宝「ゴールドラッシュ」 | Treasure "Gold Rush" | DS GoU |
St. 7 — |
Additional Information
- According to the game transcript (namely Reimu-A and Marisa-B), Nazrin is the only stage 1 boss in a Windows game to escape rather than actually be defeated by the heroine.
- She is the only stage 1 boss that actually has something to do with the plot as opposed to "a pointless encounter with a pointless person", as Marisa puts it.
- She is also the only Touhou Windows series level 1 boss who attacks the heroines out of necessity rather than aggression (like Rumia or Letty), or irritation (like Yamame or Minoriko).
- She was featured on the cover of Undefined Fantastic Object demo CD.
- Her Hard-Lunatic mid-boss spell card looks almost exactly like Sara's last spell. (Also with Rumia, coincidence?)
- The pendulums of her last spell resemble diamonds, and when they come together around Nazrin, they form Mitsubishi's logo which, interestingly, means "three diamonds". However, this could be consisted to be a coincidence.
Fandom
- As she is a mouse youkai, fans believe she will be chased after by Chen and/or Orin.
- Some fans compare the prisms of her last spell card with Ramiel from "Neon Genesis Evangelion". [2]
- Some fans call her the Chen of Touhou 12, due to her coming back as a stronger midboss to another, more powerful animal youkai.
- Unlike Chen, she isn't a cutesy servant to Shou, but closer to a put upon servant (due to Shou's antics/chronically losing things) in fanon.
- As she's the only member of Murasa's crew who doesn't have any specific reason for being devoted to Byakuren, fanon occasionally portrays her as disliking, or even despising, her. The most common reason is the thought that Shou likes Byakuren more than her, which leads to a jealous Nazrin considering her a nemesis of some sort.
- In World of Warcraft, a quest called "A Tiny Clever Commander" involves killing "Commander" Nazrim [3].
- Fans tend to commonly misspell her name Nezrin or Nezumin, accidentally or otherwise.
- Due to a translation done of a comic by Ao Usagi, a popular but somewhat forced meme developed, since she's Nazrin!! [4]
Official Profiles
○1面ボス ダウザーの小さな大将 ナズーリン 種族:妖怪ネズミ 生粋のダウザー。無数の野鼠を操り、探し物を見つけるという。 星から二つの探し物を依頼されて地上を探し回っていた。 |
Stage 1 boss The Little Dowser General
Race: mouse youkai A natural-born dowser. They say she controls a great number of field mice to find what she's looking for. She went to and fro looking for the two things Shou entrusted her to find. |
○5面中ボス ダウザーの小さな大将 ナズーリン やっと探し出せた宝塔。 |
Stage 5 mid-boss The Little Dowser General
She's finally found the jeweled pagoda. |
Official Sources
- 2009/03/08 Undefined Fantastic Object Demo - Stage 1 dialogue; Omake.txt (pre-official profile)
- 2009/08/15 Undefined Fantastic Object - Stage 1 dialogue; Stage 5 dialogue; Settings and Extra Story.txt (official profile)
- 2010/03/14 Double Spoiler - Stage 7 spellcard comments
- 2010/09/25 Wild and Horned Hermit - Chapter 2
- 2010/12/25 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 12
- 2012/04/27 Symposium of Post-mysticism
References
- ↑ Chara☆Mel. "Interview with Chara☆Mel" (in Japanese). Unknown parameter
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- ↑ http://www.wowhead.com/quest=26843
- ↑ http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/550148/
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