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Yoshika Miyako
mʲijako joɕʲi̥ka Yoshika Miyako | |
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Yoshika Miyako in Ten Desires 忠実な死体More Character Titles | |
Species |
Jiang Shi (キョンシー, Kyonshī) |
Abilities |
Ability to the extent of eating anything |
Age |
Dead/Immortal |
Occupation |
Guard |
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Yoshika Miyako (宮古 芳香 Miyako Yoshika) is a dimwitted but loyal Jiang Shi who guards and protects the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum from the residents of the Myouren Temple. Despite being a zombie, she takes very good care of her skin, which is why she hasn't rotted away. However, her body is extremely stiff and she cannot really bend any of her limbs, prompting her master, Seiga Kaku, to encourage her to exercise.
As a member of the undead, Yoshika cannot feel pain. She also has the ability to consume spirits - in the case of Ten Desires, evil spirits - to heal her body. She doesn't seem to be fully aware of what they are, however, as is evidenced in her dialogue.
Concept
Name
Her full name is Yoshika Miyako (宮古 芳香). The Miyako (宮古) in her name means "ancient palace", while Yoshika (芳香) means "fragrance", "perfume" if read together. The Yoshi (芳) can also mean "fragrance", "beautiful", "virtuous" when standing alone, and ka (香) "incense", which might be referring to either Yoshika being a jiang shi, or her guarding a graveyard.
Her name comes from Miyako no Yoshika (都良香), a ninth century Japanese scholar and poet. Legends say that 100 years after he left office, he was spotted on a mountain as a hermit, his face unchanged.
Appearance
In Ten Desires's official art, Yoshika has pale skin, greyish blue hair and eyes. She wears a blue hat with a yellow star and an ofuda on the forehead. Her shirt is red chinese-like, with pink trim on the wide sleeves. Her skirt is black skirt with the same trim wrapped around the skirt like ribbon. She keeps her arms ahead, like a zombie.
ZUN stated in an interview that her original design was too similar to Lei-lei(Hsien-ko) from Darkstalkers. Considering it too cliche, he instead made Yoshika a zombie whose brain was rotting away and was thus stupid.
Occupation
Yoshika was revived at the graveyard near Myouren Temple by Seiga. She is a corpse from an ancient Japanese era. According to ZUN, after the events of the main story, she probably sunk back into the earth where she belonged; but if she was ever needed, Seiga could just revive her again anyway.
Story
- Ten Desires
When the heroine reaches the graveyard adjacent to the Myouren Temple, Yoshika meets her there. Having been revived to protect the Mausoleum from intruders, a fact which takes her a little while to remember, she does battle with the heroine and loses. Later, in stage 4, she is revived again and returns to team up with her master Seiga, but the two are defeated.
Relationships
Yoshika is a corpse reanimated by Seiga Kaku in order to protect the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum during Toyosatomimi no Miko's resurrection. Seiga is generally her master, who thinks of the jiang-shi as a cute underling.
A fellow ally of the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum and the purpose of guarding it under Seiga Kaku's orders. No actual relationship between the two is established in the game's dialogue.
A fellow ally of the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum. No actual relationship between the two is established in the game's dialogue.
A fellow ally of the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum. No actual relationship between the two is established in the game's dialogue.
- People in the Myouren Temple
Yoshika Miyako purpose for guarding the Dream Palace Great Mausoleum was to prevent Byakuren Hijiri and the rest of her allys of Myouren Temple from interfering with Toyosatomimi no Miko's resurrection.
- Other Minor or Unknown Meetings or Associations
Yoshika's presence in the cemetery becomes an unknown threat for Kogasa Tatara.
Additional Information
Trivia
- She has a star on her hat that is similar to Hong Meiling's, but without a symbol.
- The relationship between Yoshika and Seiga probably is caused from the fact that the inspirations of both of them appears in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. There is a story "dead body incident" (simplified:尸变, traditional:屍變), the 3rd chapter of the 1st volume.
Fandom
- Some people noticed that Yoshika's hands moving as if she was driving an invisible car. Combined with her cap, this has led to a minor meme of depicting her as a cab driver.
- Because Yoshika is a guard, she has sometimes been compared to Meiling because she is also a guard. She's also a Chinese girl...
- Since her ability is "eating anything", she immediately became part of the "Hungry Trio". The trio consists of Rumia, Yuyuko Saigyouji and Yoshika.
- Yoshika's ability to eat anything puts her higher than Yuyuko in fandom. In some fanart, Yoshika is even trying to eat Yuyuko.
- Her ability is speculated to have been inspired by Yuyuko, which is often shown to eat many many things, including normally inedible things in fanon.
- Many fans draw the characters on the seal as "勅令 随身保命" (Emperor Rescript: Comply & Live), the format used in a film series Mr. Vampire, which is one of the most famous Jiang Shi movies.
Spell Cards
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回復「ヒールバイデザイア」 | Recovery "Heal By Desire" | TD | St. 3: E/N/H/L | |||
毒爪「ポイゾンレイズ」 | Poison Nail "Poison Raze" | TD | St. 3: E/N | |||
毒爪「ポイゾンマーダー」 | Poison Nail "Poison Murder" | TD | St. 3: H/L | |||
欲符「稼欲霊招来」 | Desire Sign "Score Desire Spirit Invitation" | TD | St. 3: E/N | |||
欲符「スコアデザイアイーター」 | Desire Sign "Score Desire Eater" | TD | St. 3: H/L | |||
毒爪「死なない殺人鬼」 | Poison Nail "Undead Murderer" | TD GoU |
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毒爪「ゾンビクロー」 | Poison Nail "Zombie Claw" | ISC | St. 4 |
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Official Profiles
Ten Desires Demo - omake.txt
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Ten Desires - omake.txt
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Official Sources
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- 2011/04/15 Ten Desires Demo - Stage 3 dialogue; Omake.txt (pre-official profile)
- 2011/08/13 Ten Desires - Stage 3 dialogue; Omake.txt (official profile)
- 2011/11/25 Ten Desires special and two-part interview with ZUN
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