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Shinmyoumaru Sukuna
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Shinmyoumaru Sukuna in Double Dealing Character Descendant of the KobitoMore Character Titles | |
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Using the Miracle Mallet |
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Princess |
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Shinmyoumaru Sukuna (少名 針妙丸 Sukuna Shinmyoumaru) is a kobito living in the Shining Needle Castle.
General Information
Shinmyoumaru is a young kobito, currently residing in the Shining Needle Palace. Prior to the events of Double Dealing Character, she was ignorant to the existence of the Miracle Mallet. During the game's story, she uses it to make herself bigger, enlarging her size to that of a small human child.
Personality
Shinmyoumaru acts and speaks as if she was a young child. Along the same lines, she appears easily persuaded, as she readily accepted the fabricated history of the kobito that Seija Kijin fed to her.
Abilities and Possessions
- Miracle Mallet, and the ability to use it
The Miracle Mallet is an ancient kobito artifact, passed down through the generations, said to be able to grant any wish the user wishes. Only kobito are able to use it, though. In addition, the utilization of the Mallet to grant wishes comes with a price, and for wishes that are too large, it extracts this price before it even grants the wish.
In Double Dealing Character, Shinmyoumaru used it to make herself bigger, but the price she had to pay appears to have been the leakage of a lot of magical energy into Gensokyo. This magical energy was responsible for turning normally peaceful youkai into aggressive monsters, and creating tsukumogami such as Benben, Yatsuhashi, and Raiko. It caused Reimu's purification rod, Marisa's Mini-Hakkero, and a few knives belonging to Sakuya to start "acting" strangely. However, in Sakuya A's route, Shinmyoumaru says that the maid's knife is something she made into a tsukumogami as an experiment, so it's unknown whether or not all the heroines' weapons were the same, or if all of the tsukumogami were her experiments, or if Sakuya's knife was an exception.
Occupation
She was a co-conspirator to Seija, and plotted to overturn the hierarchy of society with her, but at present what she's doing is an unknown.
Backstory
Shinmyoumaru is a descendant of Issun-Boushi, a legendary oni-slayer who managed to obtain from them a treasure called the Miracle Mallet. At first, he only used its wish-granting power to make himself bigger and to make himself a princess. He initially thought that since the Miracle Mallet was an oni power, using it recklessly would cause his own ruin.
Several generations later, this particular mindset was all but gone in the minds of most kobito. One of his descendants decided to use it again in order to live in luxury, thus breaking the taboo. However, the descendant wished for a grand castle and to rule over the kobito people. In that moment, the Shining Needle Castle appeared, and the Mallet's power ran out. Shortly after, the price of using the Mallet's power manifested itself: the entire castle turned upside-down, and they presumably descended into Gensokyo afterwards and joined the oni, also leading to the eventual forgetting of the kobito by those living in the outside world. Afterwards, the Mallet was never spoken of again.
Before the main events of Double Dealing Character, Shinmyoumaru was a normal kobito living in the Shining Needle Palace, unaware as to the history of the kobito race, as well as to the Miracle Mallet. However, Seija Kijin eventually approached her with the Mallet she had found, and asked her to use it. By falsifying the history of the kobito and placing the blame for the race's destruction on powerful youkai, Seija was able to convince her to rally to her side, and to use the Mallet for what is ultimately Seija's own ambition.
Character Design
Origin
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Name
Her surname Sukuna (少名) literally means "name with a little volume". The meaning of the kanji "少" or word "sukunai" is "a little," or "with a little volume", but it originally meant "young" in ancient times. So "Sukuna" can be interpreted as "young" or "little". This name is borrowed from "Sukunabikona", the small god who created and ordered the land of Izumo with Ookuninushi in Japanese mythology. Her given name Shinmyoumaru (針妙丸) can be roughly translated as "Needle Strange Ball." "Shin," or "needle," is what her character model, Issun-boushi, used for oni's termination. "Myou" means "strange/unnatural", but in the ancient era "elegant/moderate/vague." The kanji of "Shimyou" is ZUN's original spelling, but it can also be written"神妙" meaning "mysterious/very serious." The "-maru" in her name is a suffix for boys in the medieval era. So we could interpret her given name as "mysterious boy with a needle".
Design
In Double Dealing Character's official art Shinmyoumaru wears a pink Kimono with a pinstripe pattern, some flowers, and a black Obi. She has a black bowl covering her head with a flower-patterned border. In her left hand she carries the Miracle Mallet, and in her right hand, a sewing needle that shines, hence the name "Shining Needle Sword". The bowl, mallet and needle are the iconic possessions of Issun-boushi, and her design is largely based on him. The Miracle Mallet's power forms a circle around her, representing how the mallet takes payment equivalent to the wishes it grants. She doesn't wear any kind of footwear. She appears to be the size of a small child in-game. This is due to the Miracle Mallet's power, however. In several endings, she is shown to be only a few inches tall once its power wears off.
Story
- Double Dealing Character
- Main article: Reimu A Arc
Shinmyoumaru believes that Reimu is one of her allies as her purification rod has some of her miracle mallet's power and tells Reimu about how her purification rod is not happy with her. She asks Reimu to help her overthrow society, but Reimu refuses and fights her.
- Main article: Reimu B Arc
Reimu came to stop Shinmyoumaru from overthrowing society. She tells Reimu that she is causing the social upheaval because the kobito have been ignored.
- Main articles: Marisa A Arc and Marisa B Arc
Shinmyoumaru asks Marisa if she is there to help her "turn the world upside-down", and that her heart longs for power. Marisa is only there to stop her, though, so the two do battle.
- Main article: Sakuya A Arc
When Sakuya arrives, she realizes that her knife is something that she had experimentally turned into a tsukumogami. She is awash with joy at Sakuya's kind-heartedness, but the two are ultimately on opposite sides, so Shinmyoumaru begins the battle.
- Main article: Sakuya B Arc
Like in the Sakuya A arc, Shinmyoumaru misunderstands the maid's intentions and is extremely happy a human would support her. Again, Sakuya is a member of the "ruling class", so the two fight each other.
Relationships
Seija Kijin
Seija initially comes to Shinmyoumaru to give her the Miracle Mallet and convince her to overturn society with her. The two are allies during the course of the game, but it's unknown as to their relationship afterwards.
Minor Relationships
The two tsukumogami are also in on the conspiracy, but it's unknown if they know each other at all.
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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Total: 27 | ||||||
小弾「小人の道」 | Small Bullet "Inchling's Path" | DDC | St. 6: E/N | |||
小弾「小人の茨道」 | Small Bullet "Inchling's Thorny Path" | DDC | St. 6: H/L | |||
小槌「大きくなあれ」 | Mallet "Grow Bigger!" | DDC | St. 6: E/N | |||
小槌「もっと大きくなあれ」 | Mallet "Grow Even Bigger!" | DDC GoU |
St. 6: H/L — | |||
妖剣「輝針剣」 | Bewitched Sword "Shining Needle Sword" | DDC | St. 6: E/N/H/L | |||
小槌「お前が大きくなあれ」 | Mallet "You Grow Bigger!" | DDC | St. 6: E/N/H/L | |||
「進撃の小人」 | "Attack on Dwarf" | DDC | St. 6: E/N | |||
「ウォールオブイッスン」 | "Wall of Issun" | DDC | St. 6: H/L | |||
「ホップオマイサムセブン」 | "Hop-o'-My-Thumb Seven" | DDC | St. 6: E/N | |||
「七人の一寸法師」 | "The Seven Issun-Boushi" | DDC GoU |
St. 6: H/L — | |||
「小人の地獄」 | "Inchlings' Hell" | ISC GoU |
St. 8 — | |||
輝針「鬼ごろし両目突きの針」 | Shining Needle "Oni-Slaying, Eye-Stabbing Needle" | ISC | St. 8 | |||
小槌「伝説の椀飯振舞」 | Mallet "Lavish Banquet of Legend" | ULiL AoCF |
Use Use | |||
小人「一寸法師にも五分の魂」 | Inchling "One-Inch Samurai with a Half-Inch Soul" | ULiL AoCF |
Use Use | |||
釣符「可愛い太公望」 | Fishing Sign "Adorable Tai Gong Wang" | ULiL AoCF |
Use Use | |||
*緑の巨人よ、おおきくなれよ!* | *Grow Bigger, Oh Green Giant!* | ULiL AoCF |
Use-LW Use-LW | |||
大漁「空中大回転漁法」 | Big Catch "Midair Giant Rotation Fishing Method" | ULiL | Story | |||
*幻の国ブレフスキュ* | *Country of Illusion, Blefuscu* | ULiL | Story | |||
槌化符「大判小判弾幕変化」 | Mallet Transform Sign "Wild Riches Danmaku Transformation" | Co-owner with Mamizou | AoCF | Story | ||
昇槌符「僕らの夢を載せて大きくなあれ」 | Rising Mallet Sign "Carry Our Dreams and Grow Bigger!" | Co-owner with Tenshi | AoCF | Story | ||
墜槌符「夢は大気圏に落ちて大きくなあれ」 | Plummeting Mallet Sign "Dreams Fall Through the Atmosphere and Grow Bigger!" | Co-owner with Tenshi | AoCF | Story | ||
「全小人族の緋想天」 | "Sky of Scarlet Perception of All Inchlings" | Co-owner with Tenshi | AoCF | Story (Overdrive) | ||
狂槌符「狂視幻像(ディスオーダーアイ)も大きくなあれ」 | Mad Mallet Sign " |
Co-owner with Reisen | AoCF | Story | ||
槌恋符「大判小判ザックザクハート」 | Mallet Love Sign "Rolling-in-Riches Heart" | Co-owner with Koishi | AoCF | Story | ||
槌礫符「大判小判ザックザクサイコキネシス」 | Mallet Rubble Sign "Rolling-in-Riches Psychokinesis" | Co-owner with Sumireko | AoCF | Story | ||
緋針符「要石も大きくなあれ」 | Scarlet Needle Sign "Keystones Grow Bigger, Too!" | Co-owner with Tenshi | VD | Nightmare Tuesday - 2 | ||
輝夜符「蓬莱の大きな弾の枝」 | Shining Night Sign "Big Bullet Branch of Hourai" | Co-owner with Kaguya | VD | Nightmare Tuesday - 4 | ||
永輝符「大きくなる壺」 [1] | Eternal Shining Sign "Expanding Jar" | Co-owner with Eirin | VD | Nightmare Tuesday - 5 |
Additional Information
- The silhouette of Shinmyoumaru occupies the front of Double Dealing Character's jewel case.
Official Profiles
Official Sources
- 2013/08/12 Double Dealing Character - omake.txt (official profile), Stage 6 dialogue, various endings
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- ↑ Incorrectly displayed in-game as 妖風符「土着蝶ストーム」(which is Yuyuko and Kanako's card from a previous scene). True name was later revealed in SCoOW Volume 7.