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Satori Komeiji
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Satori_Komeiji | Name: | 古明地さとり(こめいじ さとり) (♫)
Satori Komeiji
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Species: | Satori | |
Abilities: | Power to read people's hearts/minds | |
Age: | Unknown | |
Occupation: | Master of the Palace of the Earth Spirits. | |
Location: | Palace of the Earth Spirits | |
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Titles: | See Character Titles |
General Information
Satori is the Mistress of the Palace of the Earth Spirits after the underground city was separated from Hell. Her ability to read "minds" makes various youkai and spirits fearful of her, while leaving her well-loved by the animals that normally can't be understood. With these animals as pets, she manages the ruins of inferno where her home stands.
Story
At some point in the past she started living in the Palace of the Earth Spirits, right above the Hell of Blazing Fires. However, her ability caused her to be shunned by humans and most Youkai. Over time, the only other residents in the Palace were her pets, who welcomed Satori's ability to read minds. Due to the difficulties in managing the Hell of Blazing Fires, she started letting the pets do some of the work.
During the events of Stage 4 in Subterranean Animism, the Heroine (from above ground) invaded her home. The Heroine inquired Satori about the evil spirits and the geyser that brought them above ground; suspicious, the Youkai read the Heroine's heart, only to find that the above-ground human does not care about such things. Thus, Satori decided to test their strength. After the encounter, she permitted the Heroine passage towards the Hell of Blazing Fires to ask her pets about their supposed problem.
Relationships
Satori keeps many pets, including blaze cats and hell ravens, which also oversee the general management of the Hell of Blazing Fires. Chief amongst those pets are Rin Kaenbyou, the blaze cat in charge of the evil spirits, and Utsuho Reiuji, the hell raven who manages the depths of the Hell of Blazing Fires.
The other important relationship for Satori is her sister, Koishi. Satori cares about Koishi, and wants her sister to open her heart to others once again.
Other Information
Name and Concept
- The characters for "Komeiji" (古明地) literally mean "ancient and pure/bright earth". Satori isn't written in kanji, but it's pronounced the same as "Satori" (悟り), which means "enlightenment, profound understanding". These characters are also used as the name of her youkai species.
- In mythology, the Satori are mountain youkai who can read people's minds, which gives the character her unique abilities.
Trivia
- With the exception of her first spell card, all of Satori's spell cards are based on, if not directly stolen from, those of the player's partner.
- Satori is currently the only Touhou Windows character that appears before her subordinate is introduced.
- Satori and Koishi's design may have been inspired by the 1939 painting by Mexican painter Frida 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.
- If her and Koishi's color schemes are inverted, they will both somewhat resemble each other.
- At seventy-six cards total, Satori has more spell cards in a single title than any character in the series (one spell card of her own, plus three cards from the player's partner, across four difficulties). The only character who comes close is Kaguya Houraisan, with forty cards total.
Fandom
- Because of how her hands are coming out of her sleeves only at her waist in her portrait, some fans believe that Satori has really short arms, and often draw her with such.
- A common nickname for Satori is 「さとりん」 or "Satorin," similar to how Yukari is called "Yukarin."
- Since her ability enables her to read minds, and due to the similarity of her "third eye" badge to Backbeard of "You damned dirty lolicon!" fame, a growing joke among fan artists depicts Satori as cognizant of (and disgusted by) lolicon.
- Similarly, it has become common in fan art to break down the kanji of Satori (悟) into its component radicals (小五口) and add the katakana り, spelling out "shougorori", read as "fifth-grade elementary student loli". Her apparently small stature in her portrait seems to add to this. It is thus not uncommon to see her depicted wearing a Japanese elementary-schooler's book satchel on her back.
- Western Touhou fans have noticed a similarity between Satori's design and an image making fun of ZUN's drawing style. It is unknown if this is a coincidence or if ZUN is aware of the image.
- Satori's third eye is frequently portrayed in fan works as if it has a mind of its own, reflected by expressions that do not match Komeiji's facial expressions and body language.
Spell Cards
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Official Profiles
Subterranean Animism - おまけ.txt
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Satori_Komeiji SA | ○4面ボス 怨霊も恐れ怯む少女 古明地さとり(こめいじ さとり) 種族:さとり 地霊殿の主。 地底都市が地獄から切り離されたが、未だ地獄の施設があった場所に 灼熱地獄跡の上には地霊殿が建てられ、そこに彼女が住む事となった。 しかし、逆に心を読む能力が言葉を持たない動物達に好かれ、地霊殿 ペットの多さに今度は灼熱地獄跡がまともに管理しきれなくなり、色 ペットの管理をまた別のペットに。 だが、地上から訪れる筈のない人間が現れ、怨霊や間欠泉の異変を聞 怨霊の管理はお燐に任せ、灼熱地獄の火力調節は空に任せていた。 もしかしたら、目の前の人間が嘘を吐いて何かを企んでいるのかも知 人間達の心の中には、怨霊や間欠泉といった情報は殆ど無かったので |
Stage 4 Boss The Girl Even the Evil Spirits Fear Satori Komeiji Race: Satori The master of the Earth Spirit Palace. The underground city was separated from Hell, but a number of uncontrollable spirits remained in the former facilities of Hell, so there was a need to control them. The Earth Spirit Palace is built above what was the Hell of Blazing Fires, and this is where she took up residence. Since she can read others' hearts, all sorts of youkai and spirits fear her, so eventually people stopped visiting the Earth Spirit Palace. On the other hand, her power makes her well-loved by animals that don't speak, so eventually the premises began to overflow with many pets, starting with blaze cats and hell ravens. Her great number of pets made it difficult to manage the Hell of Blazing Fires, so she entrusted parts of its management to some of her pets. Her pets would oversee other pets. However, what shouldn't have happened did: a human came from above ground, and she was surprised when they started asking about evil spirits and a geyser. Satori left Orin in charge of the evil spirits and Utsuho in charge of the Hell of Blazing Fires. They were both loyal to Satori, so they shouldn't have done any harm. She believed there was no way they'd start some sort of incident. She thought that perhaps the human before her was spouting off lies and trying to trick her, so she read her heart and was surprised again by what she saw. There was almost nothing to be seen inside the humans' hearts about the evil spirits or the geysers. Suspicious, Satori decided to test them. |
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Official Sources
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- 2008/08/16 - Subterranean Animism - Settings.txt (official profile)
- 2009/07/28 - The Grimoire of Marisa - Satori Komeiji's Spell Card
- 2010/03/14 - Double Spoiler - Stage 9 Spell Cards
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Book Synopsis
The Grimoire of Marisa
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