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==General Information==
==General Information==
She is both, Final Boss and a playable character in [[Urban Legend in Limbo]].
She is both, Final Boss and a playable character in [[Urban Legend in Limbo]].


===Personality===
===Personality===
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Sumireko is a high schooler with somewhat of a superiority complex. She considers herself above her peers and can't stand to be near those she sees as beneath her.
Sumireko is a high schooler with somewhat of a superiority complex. She considers herself above her peers and can't stand to be near those she sees as beneath her. Following her defeat and the end of her Incident, Sumireko gains a sense of respect for the people of [[Gensokyo]], and decides to pursure friendship there.
Following her defeat and the end of her Incident, Sumireko gains a sense of respect for the people of Gensokyo, and decides to pursure friendship there.


===Abilities===
===Abilities===
She is a strong psychic, an individual capable of various powers associated with the paranormal, including but seemingly not limited to levitation, pyrokinesis, hydrokinesis, telekinesis, psychokinesis, teleportation, and astral projection.
She is a strong psychic, an individual capable of various powers associated with the paranormal, including but seemingly not limited to levitation, pyrokinesis, hydrokinesis, telekinesis, psychokinesis, teleportation and astral projection.


==Background Information==
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===Design===
===Design===
Sumireko has brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair tied in pigtails. On her head is a black hat with a white bow along with red framed glasses. She wears a school uniform consisting of a purple plaid skirt and matching sleeveless top (resembling a jumper dress), over a long-sleeved white blouse and a black bolo tie with a clasp shaped like a [[wikipedia:Quimbaya artifacts|"Quimbaya airplane"]]. Along with this she wears white socks with bows and black shoes. Sumireko generally carries [[wikipedia:zener cards|zener cards]] and a tablet computer marked with a hexagram on the back. During the events of ''[[Urban Legend in Limbo]]'' she also wears white gloves and a black, high-collared cloak with a red interior inscribed with runes.
Sumireko has brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair tied in pigtails. On her head is a black hat with a white bow along with red framed glasses. She wears a school uniform consisting of a purple plaid skirt and matching sleeveless top (resembling a jumper dress), over a long-sleeved white blouse and a black bolo tie with a clasp shaped like a [[wikipedia:Quimbaya artifacts|"Quimbaya airplane"]]. Along with this, she wears white socks with bows and black shoes. Sumireko generally carries [[wikipedia:zener cards|zener cards]] and a tablet computer marked with a hexagram on the back. During the events of ''[[Urban Legend in Limbo]]'' she also wears white gloves and a black, high-collared cloak with a red interior inscribed with runes.


In ''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'' it is shown that she brings her hat to school, where she hangs it at the side of her desk. Her summer uniform appears nearly identical to her winter one, but with shorter and looser sleeves.
In ''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'' it is shown that she brings her hat to school, where she hangs it at the side of her desk. Her summer uniform appears nearly identical to her winter one, but with shorter and looser sleeves.


==Story==
==Sumireko's Appearances==
;''Urban Legend in Limbo''
;''Urban Legend in Limbo''
Sumireko is the main antagonist of ''Urban Legend in Limbo'' and the final boss in most of the character's story modes.
Sumireko is the main antagonist of ''Urban Legend in Limbo'' and the final boss in most of the character's story modes.
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==Relationships==
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Revision as of 14:42, 3 September 2015

宇佐見 (うさみ) 菫子 (すみれこ)
ɯᵝsa̠mi sɯᵝmiɺ̠e̞ko̞
Sumireko Usami
Sumireko Usami
Sumireko Usami in Urban Legend in Limbo
Expose the Esoteric! The Secret Sealing Club's First President
More Character Titles
Species

Human (native to the outside world)

Abilities

Manipulating psychic powers

Age

15-16 years old

Occupation

High school student at Higashifukami High

Location

Outside World

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works
Music CDs

Sumireko Usami (宇佐見 菫子 Usami Sumireko) is a human from the Outside World with psychic powers (ESP). She is the first president of the secret Sealing Club.

General Information

She is both, Final Boss and a playable character in Urban Legend in Limbo.

Personality

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Sumireko is a high schooler with somewhat of a superiority complex. She considers herself above her peers and can't stand to be near those she sees as beneath her. Following her defeat and the end of her Incident, Sumireko gains a sense of respect for the people of Gensokyo, and decides to pursure friendship there.

Abilities

She is a strong psychic, an individual capable of various powers associated with the paranormal, including but seemingly not limited to levitation, pyrokinesis, hydrokinesis, telekinesis, psychokinesis, teleportation and astral projection.

Background Information

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Name

Her full name is Sumireko Usami (宇佐見 菫子 Usami Sumireko). Usami (宇佐見) uses the same writing as Renko Usami's surname and it is known to be an actual name in Japanese. Sumireko (菫子) literally means "violet child", and is also similar to how Renko's name means "lotus child", as both take their names from flowers.

Design

Sumireko has brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair tied in pigtails. On her head is a black hat with a white bow along with red framed glasses. She wears a school uniform consisting of a purple plaid skirt and matching sleeveless top (resembling a jumper dress), over a long-sleeved white blouse and a black bolo tie with a clasp shaped like a "Quimbaya airplane". Along with this, she wears white socks with bows and black shoes. Sumireko generally carries zener cards and a tablet computer marked with a hexagram on the back. During the events of Urban Legend in Limbo she also wears white gloves and a black, high-collared cloak with a red interior inscribed with runes.

In Wild and Horned Hermit it is shown that she brings her hat to school, where she hangs it at the side of her desk. Her summer uniform appears nearly identical to her winter one, but with shorter and looser sleeves.

Sumireko's Appearances

Urban Legend in Limbo

Sumireko is the main antagonist of Urban Legend in Limbo and the final boss in most of the character's story modes.

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She manages to break through the Great Hakurei Barrier by using some power from the Occult Balls, which are special stones gathered from Mystery Spots outside of Gensokyo. She attempts to go around and explore, but this method of entering Gensokyo - known as being "spirited away", when a being from the outside world somehow enters Gensokyo - turns out not to be permanent and severely limits her time there before she is suddenly ejected from Gensokyo along with the occult balls. Learning from this, Sumireko starts with brief excursions into Gensokyo to learn more about the fantasy world, appearing to anyone who catches sight of her as an ominous black shadow (an apparent side-effect of directly channeling the power of the occult orbs).

After gaining sufficient knowledge of how Gensokyo and the occult balls work, Sumireko devises a plan: spread rumors of the occult ball's powers, then scatter them around Gensokyo for its residents to find before being ejected. Once the balls are gathered, they warp back to the Outside World - along with anyone holding them, whereupon after a few moments the "spiriting away" works in reverse and drags the Gensokyo native back inside, but it's enough time for Sumireko to learn about them. She then re-enters Gensokyo and scatters the balls again, thus beginning the occult incident of Urban Legend in Limbo.

Sumireko's first encounter with the game's playable cast is in her "shadow" form, with Reimu Hakurei, who happens to be in the vicinity when Sumireko is entering Gensokyo. Reimu decides to strike first, only to be repelled with little effort on Sumireko's part before she gets away. Despite the close encounter, her plan works out quite well for a while, and although she is baffled at why everyone who comes out of Gensokyo ends up fighting her, she enjoys it nonetheless; of note is Fujiwara no Mokou, who became fast friends with Sumireko through their battle to the point where she lent her a deck of Zener cards.

Because Sumireko is powerful enough to fend off Gensokyo's residents and because the occult balls always find their way back to her upon being gathered together, she could repeat this as many times as she desires... at least, until Mamizou Futatsuiwa catches wind of the incident and instigates a counterattack. Having studied the occult balls (notably that they can only change hands through battle) and Gensokyo's entry procedures herself, Mamizou devises her own plan to stop Sumireko: she claims to have Gensokyo's own occult ball in her possession when challenging Sumireko, claiming it would allow her permanent and unimpeded travel between Gensokyo and the Outside World. Mamizou then throws the fight to hand over the ball - actually a transformed tanuki - and crafts an elaborate farce to make Sumireko believe it works. In reality, Mamizou has tricked Sumireko into entering Gensokyo the proper way, which is permanent and works both ways, but neglects to tell Sumireko exactly how to use it to get back out, trapping her in Gensokyo so that everyone can teach her a lesson.

Sumireko's story mode in Urban Legend in Limbo follows her as she is trapped in Gensokyo, scared and with no idea what to do as she is forced to fend off several of the playable characters and the urban legends they're playing around with. In the end she is confronted by Toyosatomimi no Miko, who helpfully reminds Sumireko that she can use the occult balls to escape Gensokyo temporarily. After Sumireko defeats her, she returns to the Outside World and gets a chance to catch her breath, but knows she will be pulled back to Gensokyo soon. Things however take a turn for the worst when she hatches a new plan: believing she will eventually be killed by the youkai of Gensokyo, she decides that when her time in the Outside World runs out, she will sacrifice herself to destroy the Great Hakurei Barrier, using herself as the catalyst to unleash the full power of the occult balls to do the deed.

Before being spirited away again however, she is at last confronted by Reimu, who had to ditch Mamizou's plan in lieu of a new threat: she learned that one of Sumireko's occult balls - specifically the Lunar Capital ball - had been swapped out for another, modified one without Sumireko knowing, and if fully activated would link the Capital with Gensokyo. Unfortunately Reimu drastically underestimated how desperate Sumireko was at this point, who believes she had been followed by another native of Gensokyo wanting her dead, and so decides to destroy the Great Hakurei Barrier immediately. She draws out the full power of the occult balls for the game's final battle, and while Reimu defeats her and saves the Great Hakurei Barrier, the Lunar Capital ball was still activated, setting the events of Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom in motion.

Sumireko, defeated for good, is detained by Reimu, Mamizou and Kasen Ibaraki. With the occult balls all used up, the three decided Sumireko was no longer a threat and returned her to the Outside World via the proper procedures, with Mamizou promising to keep an eye on her. A few days later however, Sumireko reappears at the Hakurei Shrine, but now as neither a "shadow" or as herself, but as some form of astral projection that Sumireko recently learned could travel to Gensokyo with while she slept. Understanding that Sumireko was no longer an enemy, Reimu returned the deck of Zener cards Mokou intended to to her. Sumireko went on to become a brief sensation in Gensokyo by way of being a reliable source of recent events in the Outside World... though this leads to real life issues since she now sleeps as much as possible...

Spoilers end here.

Relationships

Fujiwara no Mokou

Initially annoyed, Mokou challenged Sumireko to a duel. The two found each other's strength admirable, and once Mokou's time Outside is over, they parted ways in a dramatic fashion. Later, Mokou met Sumireko again in Gensokyo, and guided her out of the Bamboo Forest, notably not as silently as the former usually would. It seems the two of them have become fast friends.

Renko Usami

Due to her name, similar appearance, and involvement in the creation of the Secret Sealing Club, she may have some kind of relation to Renko. However, the specifics of this connection is as yet unknown. Her profile suggests she is an ancestor of Renko, from the present time.

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 16
銃符「3Dプリンターガン」 Gun Sign "3D Printer Gun" ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
念力「サイコキネシスアプリ」 Psychokinesis "Psychokinesis App" ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
念力「テレキネシス 電波塔」 Psychokinesis "Telekinesis: Radio Tower" ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
*幻視せよ!異世界の狂気を* *See Visions of the Other World's Lunacy!* ULiL
AoCF
Use-LW
Use-LW
念力「サイコプロージョン」 Psychokinesis "Psychexplosion" ULiL Story
念力「テレキネシス 不法投棄」 Psychokinesis "Telekinesis: Illegal Dumping" ULiL Story
*現し世のオカルティシャン* *Occultician of the Present World* ULiL Story
*深秘のエソテリックセブン* *Esoteric Seven of Profound Secrets* ULiL Story
超能力「サイコキネシスエンドレス」 ESP "Psychokinesis Endless" Used by Sumireko's Dream World self AoCF Story
夢礫符「羊毛色のサイコキネシス」 Dream Rubble Sign "Wool-Colored Psychokinesis" Co-owner with Doremy AoCF Story
W超能力「サイコキネシステレポーテーション」 Double ESP "Psychokinesis Teleportation" Co-owner with own doppelganger AoCF Story
W超能力「絶体絶命メトロポリタン」 Double ESP "Desperate Danger Metropolitan" Co-owner with own doppelganger AoCF Story
「世紀のダブルエスパー 宇佐見菫子」 "Double ESPer of the Century, Sumireko Usami" Co-owner with own doppelganger AoCF Story (Overdrive)
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 Shinmyoumaru AoCF Story
紙符「ESPカード手裏剣」 Paper Sign "Zener Card Shuriken" VD Nightmare Diary - 2
紙符「結界中のESPカード手裏剣」 Paper Sign "Barrier-Enclosed Zener Card Shuriken" Co-owner with Yukari VD Nightmare Diary - 3

Gallery

Additional Information

  • The silhouette of Sumireko occupies the front of Urban Legend in Limbo's jewel case.
  • Sumireko is the first final boss to be a human from outside Gensokyo since the PC-98 game Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, who was Yumemi Okazaki. Sumireko also has similarities to Yumemi besides this; both have an interest in magic, they tried to take an inhabitant of Gensokyo, they have a cape and had traps provided to lurk them into their area.
    • She is also the first final boss whose story mode scenario is not the last to be unlocked.
  • The runes on her cape do not appear to form any meaningful words, and some are even drawn from different runic alphabets (e.g. the old-form "sowilo" rune as written in Elder Futhark and the "stan" rune used by Anglo-Saxon writers hundreds of years later).

Fandom

Official Profiles

Urban Legend in Limbo - キャラ設定とエキストラストーリー.txt
Sumireko Usami ULiL  ○深秘を曝け!秘封倶楽部 初代会長

  宇佐見 菫子(うさみ すみれこ)

  種族:女子高生
  能力:超能力を操る程度の能力

  彼女は本物の超能力者であった。

  ネットで知識を深めた若者にありがちの全能感と、生まれ持った才能に
  より、特に中学の頃は『自分は他の人間より優れている』と思っていた。

  友達という物が無駄であるとは言わない。
  但しそれは知識の上での有用性であり、本当の心情は
   「友達を必要とする人種にとっては有益だ。
    群れたがる奴らにとってな」
  と心底馬鹿にしていたようである。

  そんなわけで友達が出来る訳も無く
  (彼女からしてみたら『必要が無かったので友達を作らなかった』、となる)
  他の人から見たら無惨な、だが本人は充実した学生生活を送っていた。

  この頃から、彼女は独自の研究を始めた。
  超能力を使える理由や、オカルト、都市伝説と呼ばれる物、等々。
  その中でも特に、この世界とは違う何処か異世界への憧れが強かった。


  そんな生活も高校に入ると一変する。
  彼女は(この手の人間にありがちだが)成績優秀だった。その為少し
  離れた私立の進学校に進学した。
  生徒はアチコチから集まっていた。それまでの人間関係は断たれ、新
  たに構築されようとしている。すると成績優秀な彼女の元にも関係を
  築こうと人が集まるようになっていた。硬化させた態度も逆に魅力で
  あったのかも知れない。


  だが、彼女は自分が他の人間とは違う種族である筈だと思い込んでいた。
  他の人間は『自分と普通の人間関係を築き、同レベルに引きずり込もう』
  と企む悪魔のような物だと言い聞かせた。

  聡明な彼女は人を追い払う為に『あえて』人を集めた。
  それが、非公認オカルトサークル『秘封倶楽部』であった。
  彼女の目論見通り、もう友達になろうと言う人は現われなかった。


  秘封倶楽部とは、異世界の秘密を自分の足で曝くサークルである。
  結果、彼女は世界の深秘に触れた。


  ――はてさてそれから色々な出来事が起こり、
    結果、夢の世界に入れる様になる。

  そこでは自分の知識は上辺だけの物であると思い知らされた。経験
  こそがこの世界の真実であり、知識はそれを覆い隠す為にあるのだと。

  そして夢の中には、彼女が見下すことの出来ない人間達がいた。
  夢の中、いや幻想郷のお陰で、友達を作るのも悪くないと思うようになった。

   :
   :
   :

  ……しかし、最後まで不可解な事があった。
  彼女が仕掛けた、異世界の扉を開くはずのパワーストーンだが、
  一つだけ別の物にすり替わっていたらしい。

  それは誰の仕業だろうか。
  そもそも幻想郷に実現する都市伝説が蔓延していたのも
  自分が仕掛けたのでは無いのだ。
  都市伝説は結界を破るために良いように働いたのだが、
  それも全て偶然、だったのだろうか?


  もしかしたら、内側から誰かが結界を破ろうとしているのではないか。
  自分のパワーストーンは逆に利用されたのではないか。
  彼女には最後まで判らなかった。

Expose the Esoteric! The Secret Sealing Club's First President

Sumireko Usami

Species: High-school girl
Ability: Capable of manipulating psychic powers

She was a genuine psychic.

Thanks to the sense of omnipotence common to youths who furthered their knowledge via the internet, and to the talents she was born with, she began to think that "she was superior to other people," particularly around the time when she was in middle school.

It wasn't to say that friends were useless or anything.
It was just that they were useful to have from a simple knowledge standpoint.
What she really thought was that "friends are beneficial for the sort of people who actually need them. Like, the sort of people who want others to flock around them."
In the back of her mind, she mocked them.

Thus, unable to make any friends, (although she herself would frame it as "I didn't make any because I just didn't need any",) she lived a school life that others would view as tragic, but she herself was enriched by.

It was around that time that she began research of her own.
Why she could use psychic powers, occult phenomena, that which we call 'urban legends', et cetera.
In particular, she developed a strong interest in worlds separate from our own.

When she entered high school, her lifestyle instantly changed.
She was a model student (not uncommon for people such as her), and as a result, she advanced to a somewhat isolated private prep school. The school gathered students from all over; having been separated from their previous relationships, they strove to construct those relationships anew. As such, many people tried to strike up friendships with her, model student that she was. Her stiff attitude may have actually contributed to her appeal.

However, she was convinced that she was of a different sort than the other humans around her. Other people, as far as she was concerned, may as well have been demons plotting to form regular relationships with her in order to drag her down to their level.

In a smart move, she deliberately gathered people around her so as to drive them away.
She formed an unauthorized occult circle: the "Secret Sealing Club".
Just as she expected, nobody came up to her saying they wanted to be friends any more.

The Secret Sealing Club was a circle dedicated to exposing the secrets of other worlds with their own power.
As a result, she made contact with the deep secrets of the world.

---and so, various things occurred from there,
and as a result, she became able to enter the world of dreams.

There, she was made to realize that all her knowledge was only superficial. Experience is the real truth of this world, and her pursuit of factual knowledge was only something to cover for this.

And in that dream, she at last met people who she couldn't look down on.
Thanks to that dream--- no, thanks to Gensokyo, she found herself starting to think that maybe making some friends wouldn't be so bad after all.

....

....

....

...however, there was one thing that remained incomprehensible in the end.
Out of all the power stones that she set up in order to open the door to the other world,
one single stone seemed to have been switched with another.

Whose doing was this?
In the first place, the urban legends manifesting and spreading through Gensokyo were not something that she had planned. The urban legends had taken action such that a hole would be broken in the barrier, in the end, but was that really just a coincidence...?

Perhaps someone had been attempting to break the barrier from the inside.
Had her power stones been used for someone else's purposes?
She never did figure it out.

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