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Rin Satsuki

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冴月麟 (さつきりん)
Rin Satsuki
Rin Saetsuki (さえつき りん)
Rin Saezuki (さえづき りん)

More Alternative Spellings
Rin Satsuki
Rin Satsuki from the circle cut?
Species

Kirin?

Occupation

Nurse?

Appearances
Official Games

Rin Satsuki (冴月麟 Satsuki Rin) would have been the third playable character of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil but was cut during production due to time constraints[1].

General Information

Not much is known about her. A portrait of her appears on Team Shanghai Alice's circle cut in the Comiket when Embodiment of Scarlet Devil was first released (shown in the info box on the top-right). A trace amount of data about her was left in the game data -- the text "冴月 麟" (or the hex code "8D E1 8C 8E 20 97 D9") can be found in the "東方紅魔郷.exe" executable file near Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame's line of code. Additionally, there are two attack types: Flower Sign (花符) and Wind Sign (風符), which refer to the cherries she wears in her hair and her erhu respectively. Additionally, shown in the data files by using a tool to rip graphics from the game, there is an unused character in the Stage 1 enemy sprites that resembles the character in the portrait.

There is some implication that Rin Satsuki is Lucifer, as suggested by the python skin on her erhu and "Embodiment of Scarlet Devil" represented by the circle cut. Additionally, "rin" can be written as 燐 for phosphorous, which looks similar to 麟.

Clownpiece appears at the Sea of Tranquility in Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, referencing the clownish ribbon Rin wears in her hair and her surname "冴月" (serene moon).

Name

Her name Rin () stands for the mythological creature Kirin, prompting some to believe that she was supposed to be a personification of a kirin. This is supported by the fact that by the Japanese name order, her name is "Satsuki Rin." Official pronunciation and romanization are unknown. Her name "冴月 麟" is generally pronounced "Rin Satsuki" (さつき りん).

Other possibilities for reading her name includes "" as sae or kooru and "" as getsu or gatsu. "" has however only one reading: rin.

Her name is overall thematic of the erhu she holds, which has indecent text written on it.

Design

Rin appears to wear a large, clownish ribbon on her hair with cherry hair pins and a dress-like blouse. She holds an erhu upside down with mixed Japanese and Chinese letters written in an autistic, childish manner on it. The colours are unknown because the circle cut is in monochrome.

There are three different readings for the "周入矛" written on her erhu: circle cut, circumferentially spurred lance or "circumcision", both in mixed Japanese or Chinese, or "to financially support the entering of a spear", in full Chinese.

Gallery

Fandom

Official Sources

Official sources

References