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She suggested to the powerful ones that they use Buddhism in politics to keep  
getting restless, while they used Taoism to attain superhuman strength for
the people from getting restless, while they used Taoism to attain superhuman  
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Since Taoism was a nature-worshipping polytheistic creed, it fit well with the
Since Taoism was a nature-worshipping polytheistic creed, it fit well with the

Revision as of 06:11, 20 August 2011

(かく) 青娥 (せいが)
Seiga Kaku
nickname: Seiga Nyan Nyan (青娥 (せいが) 娘々) (にゃんにゃん)

More Alternative Spellings
Seiga Kaku
Seiga Kaku in Ten Desires
壁抜けの邪仙 (Ten Desires)
More Character Titles
Species

Hermit

Abilities

The power to pass through walls

Age

More than 1400 years old, likely older than her colleagues.

Relationships
Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
  • Ten Desires (Stage 4 Midboss, Stage 4 Boss, Stage 6 Supporting Boss)

Seiga Kaku (霍 青娥) is a hermit.

Concept

Name

Her full name is Seiga Kaku (霍 青娥). Her nickname is Seiga Nyan Nyan (青娥 娘々, lit. Lady Seiga). Kaku () is a genuine if uncommon Chinese surname pronounced "Huo" in Mandarin Chinese. Likewise, her given name Seiga (青娥), is pronounced "Qing'e" in Mandarin Chinese and literally means "Blue/Green Beauty". The Nyan Nyan (娘々) part of her nickname is an approximation of "Niang Niang", which is an archaic word for refering to an emperess, a consort, or a goddess.

Qing'e (青娥) is the name of a tale in the Chinese ghost story collection Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, in which the eponymous heroine, surname Wu (武), follows her father's footsteps to seek Dao but falls in love with a Huo Huan (霍桓) and marries him. She is presumed dead later in the story, but her husband finds out that she became a hermit with her father and seeks her return.

Appearance

In Ten Desires's official art, she has blue eyes and hair of the same color styled with two chinese-style hair loops secured with a relatively large hair stick. She wears a simple teal dress with a floral design with a white and blue vest with chinese patterns. On her waist is a flower secured by her belt. On her left leg is a talisman likely for Yoshika-related reasons. She sits on a flowing, translucent white cloth.

Relationships

She owns Yoshika Miyako.

Additional Information

Trivia

  • There is an anachronism about her being interested about He Xiangu and her collaboration with Toyosatomimi no Miko. He Xiangu is allegedly born in the early Tang Dynasty. Seiga had to be born during or before the Southern and Northern Dynasties to be able to teach Miko Taoism.
  • Even being the one that declares all her spell cards during her boss battle, Yoshika is the one that shoots most bullets. During such, her focus is mostly resurrecting Yoshika every time she becomes disabled.

Fandom

  • Due to her nickname of "Seiga Nyan Nyan", Seiga is sometimes depicted as a cat-girl in fanart.
  • Because of Seiga's blue clothes and her name sounding like SEGA (known for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise), she is seen cosplaying as/with Sonic the Hedgehog

Spell Cards

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 10
邪符「ヤンシャオグイ」 Evil Sign "Yang Xiaogui" 養小鬼: A sorcery which involves taming dead spirits to use as tools TD St. 4: N
邪符「グーフンイエグイ」 Evil Sign "Guhun Yegui" 孤魂野鬼: Abandoned wild ghost TD St. 4: H/L
入魔「ゾウフォルゥモォ」 Demonify "Zouhuo Rumo" 走火入魔: A state of frenzy often associated with the mismanagement of the "vital forces" TD St. 4: E/N/H/L
降霊「死人タンキー」 Necromancy "Corpse Tongji" Tongji 童乩: A ritual where a person gets possessed by a divine spirit. TD St. 4: E/N
通霊「トンリン芳香」 Spirit Link "Tongling Yoshika" Tongling 通靈: Spirit linking TD St. 4: H/L
道符「タオ胎動」 Path Sign "Dao Fetal Movement" TD St. 4: E/N/H/L
道符「TAO胎動 ~道~」 Path Sign "TAO Fetal Movement ~Dao~" TD
GoU
Ov
入魔「過剰ゾウフォルゥモォ」 Demonify "Excessive Zouhuo Rumo" ISC St. 4
仙術「ウォールランナー」 Hermit Arts "Wall Runner" ISC St. 4
仙術「壁抜けワームホール」 Hermit Arts "Wall-Phasing Wormhole" ISC St. 4

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Official Profiles

Ten Desires - Settings and Extra Story.txt

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Seiga Kaku TD   ○4面ボス  壁抜けの邪仙


  霍 青娥(かく せいが)
  (通称:青娥 娘々(せいが にゃんにゃん))
  Kaku Seiga

  種族:邪仙
  能力:壁をすり抜けられる程度の能力


  元々は道士に憧れた人間である。

  青娥が幼い頃、父親が道教にはまり彼女を置いて山に篭もってしまった。
  父が残した本に興味を持った彼女は、何度も何度も本を読み返し、道士に憧れるようになった。特に何仙姑(かせんこ:道教八仙人の一人)に憧れ、いずれ自分も仙人となり父に会うと誓った。

  成長した彼女は、名家である霍家に嫁入りすることが出来た。何一つ不自由無い生活をしていたが、道士への夢は捨てきれず、毎日鬱々と生活していた。次第に引き籠もりがちとなり、誰とも会話しようとしなくなった。

  それからさらに八年経ったある日、青娥は突然別れの言葉を言いだした。家族は不思議に思ったが、青娥は自分の部屋でいつものように眠り、そして二度と目覚める事はなかったのである。

  それに驚いた家族は深い悲しみに暮れ、全く生気の無い彼女を埋葬した。


  しかし、彼女は死んでいなかったのである。
  彼女は引き籠もっていた間、本で学んで覚えた術を使い、竹の棒を自分の姿に見せて死んだように見せかけたのだ。家族はそれを埋葬したのである。

  彼女は俗世を捨て逃げ出した。そう、憧れの仙人の世界に行く為に。


  ――それからどの位経ったのだろう。
  彼女は仙人として、ある程度の力を身に付けていた。姿も常に若いままを保ち、不老長寿となっていた。
  その為に人前では憚られる様な事も色々した。しかしそれが天には認められず邪仙となってしまったようだ。彼女は自分の目的の為なら家族を欺くことも厭わなかった。そんな性格が良くなかったようである。

  彼女は道教を広めるというていで、自分の力を見せびらかす事が趣味であった。しかしこの国では自分くらいの道士や仙人も珍しくない。そこで、仙人の居ない国に行こうと思い、まだ見ぬ東の国を目指した。日本の事である。


  当時の日本では大陸から広まったばかりの仏教と、古来からある土着神を信仰する神道の二つの宗教が覇権を争っていた。

  彼女は「これは好機」と思い、当時一番徳があると思われる豊聡耳神子に取り入り、道教の魅力を伝えた。

  政治には仏教を使って民衆を大人しくさせ、権力者は道教で超人的な力を身に付けるといい、そう吹き込んだのだ。

  道教は自然崇拝、多神教である為、権力者を神々の末裔とする神道との相性は良い。しかも最終目的は不老不死であり、権力者にとってストイックな仏教よりも魅力的なものだった。
  神子は少し考えた後、その案を本来宗教敵であった物部氏に話を持っていったのだ。

 ○Stage 4 Boss  The Wicked Hermit Who Passes Through Walls


Seiga Kaku
(Nickname: Seiga Nyan Nyan, lit. Lady Seiga)

Species: Wicked Hermit
Ability: the power to pass through walls


Once, she was in awe of the Tao.

When Seiga was young, her father took a liking to the Tao and left her behind to shut himself up in the mountains. Finding herself interested in a book her father had left behind, she read through it over and over, and became attracted to the Tao. She was particularly interested in He Xiangu (Kasenko, one of the eight sages of Taoism), and swore she'd become a hermit one day, too, and meet her father.
As she grew older, she was able to marry into the Kaku family. She led a life without any restrictions on her freedom, but she was unable to throw away her aspirations towards Taoism, and she spent every day depressed. As a result, she practically became a shut-in, never conversing with anyone.

One day, after eight more years had passed, Seiga suddenly said her goodbyes. Her family thought it was odd, but Seiga passed every day asleep in her room, and she never opened her eyes again.

Surprised, a great sadness cast itself over her family, and they buried her utterly lifeless body.


However, she wasn't dead.
While she'd been shut away in her room, she used a technique she'd read about in her book to make a bamboo rod take the form of her own body, making her appear to be dead. That was what her family had buried.

She cast away her worldly life and ran. Yes, she ran to join the world of hermits she'd so yearned for.


―――What sort of journey did she experience after that?
As a hermit, she'd gained a certain amount of power. She maintained her youthful appearance, becoming unaging.
For this reason she also did many things which made her feared by the public. However, the Heavens did not acknowledged her and she became a wicked hermit. She hadn't hesitated to deceive her family in order to fulfill her goal.
It seemed her personality wasn't that good.

She had a tendency to show off her own power in order to spread Taoism. However, Taoists and hermits of her level weren't that unusual in this country. So, she thought she'd move to another country, and headed out for a country in the east she'd never seen before: Japan.


At that time in Japan, Buddhism, which had just spread there from the continent, and Shinto, which placed its faith in Japan's native gods, were locked in battle for supremacy.

Thinking this was the perfect chance, she caught the ear of Toyosatomimi no Miko, who was widely seen as a most virtuous person, and taught her of the charms of Taoism.

She suggested to the powerful ones that they use Buddhism in politics to keep the people from getting restless, while they used Taoism to attain superhuman strength for themselves.

Since Taoism was a nature-worshipping polytheistic creed, it fit well with the beliefs of Shinto, which held the powerful in Japan to be descendents of the gods. And since its ultimate goal was immortality, it was a compelling alternative for them to the more stoic Buddhism. A little while after she thought about it, Miko spoke to her former religious rival, the Mononobe clan, of this plan.

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Official Sources

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  • 2011/08/12 Ten Desires - Stage 4 dialogue; Stage 6 dialogue; Omake.txt (pre-official profile)

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