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Youki Konpaku

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Revision as of 14:00, 28 September 2011 by TiamatRoar (talk | contribs) (Updated relationshpi to match latest translation. Some small misc trivia. Er... is he a hermit or not? The whole "growing older" thing seems to imply he became an actual hermit to stop the aging...)
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魂魄 (こんぱく)  妖忌 (ようき)
Youki Konpaku

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Species

Half-human half-yuurei

Abilities

Swordsmanship

Age

Unknown, but at least 300 years old

Occupation

Currently in hermitude, former gardener and swordsmanship instructor

Location

Unknown, use to live in Hakugyokurou

Relationships
Appearances
Official Games

Youki Konpaku (魂魄 妖忌 Konpaku Youki) is an enigmatic character who has yet to make an actual appearance in any Touhou game. He was the gardener for the Saigyouji clan at Hakugyokurou for about 300 years, before leaving it to his successor and student Youmu Konpaku. He, too, is a half-yuurei. No one currently knows his whereabouts.

Concept

Name

Youki Konpaku (魂魄 妖忌 is his full name. Youki (妖忌) consists of two kanji: You () as in "youkai", and Ki () which mean "inauspicious" or "taboo". The characters for Konpaku (魂魄) mean simply "Soul". Although both Kon () and Paku () are "soul", their elements are different. Kon stands for a "mental soul", which is separated from a body as soon as human dies and ascends to Heaven; Paku is a "physical soul", which remains in the body a few days and goes back to the Earth. In this case, Kon is Youki's yuurei half, and Paku is his human half. Maybe Konpaku is not only a surname but a feature of the Konpaku clan.

Relationships

Youki is the master and predecessor of Youmu Konpaku as gardener for the Saigyouji clan at Hakugyokurou. Though, at one time he left and even Youmu does not know where he is.

Story

Youki was the predecessor of Youmu as the gardener. At one point, after 300 years of service, he went into hermitude (another term for seclusion) and left the young Youmu as the gardener, possibly because he was growing old. Afterwards there are no signs whatsoever about this man.

Additional Information

Trivia

  • According to Page|Youmu Konpaku, the Konpaku are a lineage of half-phantom, half-yūrei.
  • He is stated to be the only person who knows the whole story behind the sealing of the Saigyou Ayakashi in Yuyuko's profile. Yukari's profile shows she at least knows the part where Yuyuko is the one sealing it, so maybe the context is Youki is the only human to know. Presumably the story was passed down to him, just as he feels that Youmu will inherit it someday, as it seems unlikely Youki was alive when the Saigyou Ayakashi was sealed 1,000 years ago (but this is unconfirmed). The sealing of the Saigyou Ayakashi eventually became public knowledge with the Gensokyo Chronicle.

Fandom

  • In fandom, he's sometimes compared with Rinnosuke due to being one the few males in Gensokyo, and sometimes portrayed as one of the residents of the Human Village.
  • No official image of Youki exists. A lot fans portray him as an old man with a short white beard <please add more>. ZUN is aware of this. [1]

Official Profiles

Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt

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  先代、魂魄 妖忌(こんぱく ようき)は、300年程庭師を務めたあ
  る日頓悟し、まだ幼すぎる妖夢に後を継がせ幽居する。妖夢の剣術は
  まだ未熟であり、成熟までには日々の修行を欠かせない。師匠である
  はずの先代は行方をくらましてしまい、妖夢でもどこに居るのか知ら
  ない。これも教えなのだろうと彼女は思う。

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Youki Konpaku, the former gardener, had been the one for about 300 years, but suddenly became a hermit after having made a very young Youmu his successor. Youmu's ability of swordsmanship has still been in progress, so she needs daily practice. Though Youmu herself has no clue where her master is, she thinks of her master's absence as a lesson from him.

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  幽 々子が転生も消滅もせずに楼中に留まっているのも、西行妖の封印があるためである。この結界が解けたとたん、止まっていた時間は止め処なく流れることにな り、それは、再び幽々子の死に繋がる。自分を復活させることも白玉楼にいる自分の消滅にも繋がる為、復活は寸前で失敗するのは当然である。

  やはり幽々子は死を操ることしか出来ないのだ。

  唯一そのことを知る先代魂魄妖忌は、半分人間という性質上ゆっくり年を取り、妖夢に幽々子の事を伝えたつもりで消えた。

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The reason Yuyuko can neither reincarnate nor vanish is because of the seal on the Saigyou Ayakashi. Once the boundary is breached, the time that was frozen will continue to flow, resulting in her death again. Reviving the corpse will destroy Yuyuko's ghost, so it's no wonder that the near-success of the revival ended in inevitable failure.

Yuyuko is only able to bring death after all.

The only person who knew the whole story, Youki Konpaku, grew slowly older due to the nature of half-humans, and disappeared with the belief that Youmu could inherit the truth about Yuyuko.

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Official Sources

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References

  1. "2011年博麗神社あとの祭り part1大百科". 2011. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)