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缚魂之白 The Immortal-Soul-Binding White
荼靡 结音 Tobi Yune Yune Tobi
能力 夺魂程度的能力 Ability: Capable of seizing one's immortal soul
危险度 极高 Threat Level: Extremely High
人类友好度 极低 Human friendship level: Extremely Low
主要活动场所 八寒地狱 Main place of activity: Eight Cold Hells
斩魄之黑 The Mortal-Soul-Cutting Black
墨樱 初月 Sumizakura Shogetsu Shogetsu Sumizakura
能力 散魄程度的能力 Capable of scattering one's mortal soul
危险度 极高 Threat Level: Extremely High
人类友好度 极低 Human friendship level: Extremely Low
主要活动场所 八寒地狱 Main place of activity: Eight Cold Hells
介绍 Introduction
地狱是个辽阔无比的地方,除了死神、阎魔和鬼,还有许多其他住民。

这对姐妹便属于地狱住民中的“无常”,负责与死神类似的引渡灵魂的工作。

Hell is a vast place full of inhabitants besides shinigami, yama and oni.

This pair of sisters are among the "impermanences" in Hell, and are entrusted with the work of delivering souls, similar to the shinigami.

无常极为罕见,据说一处地狱有且只有两名无常,且必定是一黑一白。

(※黑与白即为阴与阳、浊与清、生与死,乃是万物相对之两端,灵梦的阴阳玉亦有此理)

Impermanences are extremely rare. There are said to be only two impermanences in any one Hell, and each one must be either black or white.

(*Black and white are yin and yang, muddy and clear, life and death, the opposite ends of all things. Reimu's Yin-Yang Orb also shares this philosophy.)

这一黑一白两名无常凑成了一对姐妹,总是形影不离。

白色无常“结音”手执提灯,黑色无常“初月”扛着镰刀,专在深夜出没,形貌颇为骇人。

The black and the white impermanences are a pair of sisters, always inseparable.

The White Impermanence "Yune" holds a lantern, and the Black Impermanence "Shogetsu" carries a scythe. They show up in the dead of night, and their appearance is quite frightening.

她们身上散发出强烈的压迫感,甚于死神。活人与其遭遇尚且胆战心惊,更遑论失去肉身的幽灵。

在这次寒流冰封的异变之后,村里出现了不少关于关于她们的目击记录。

They exude a strong sense of oppression, even more than the shinigami do. Even the living are frightened by their encounters, let alone the ghosts who have lost their physical bodies.

In the wake of the cold snap incident, a number of sightings of them were documented in the village.

一想到执掌生死、与地狱密切相关的无常就在你我身边,真是不寒而栗。 The thought of impermanences being all around you and I, ruling over life and death and being closely associated with Hell, is truly unnerving.
死亡使者 Envoys of Death
现世人类的寿命一般由死神负责管理,她们会对寿命进行精算、对死亡日期进行严格的推定。

当这个日期来临,寿命管理就会移交给专门的处置人员,也就是俗称的“死亡使者”、“地狱刺客”。

The life expectancy of humans in the mortal world is generally managed by the shinigami, who perform precise calculations of human life expectancy and make strict presumptions about one's death date.

When this date comes, lifespan management will be handed over to specialized disposal personnel, commonly known as "envoys of death" or "assassins of Hell".

一般来说,处置棘手人物是鬼神长的职责所在,而鬼神长的部下(通常是鬼)会从旁协助。

但是八寒地狱情况特殊,鬼神长需要处理众多杂务,因此她要求自己的部下独立执行任务。

Normally, it is the kishin chief's job to deal with problematic individuals, while the kishin chief's subordinates (usually oni) provide assistance from the sidelines.

However, in the case of the Eight Cold Hells, the kishin chief has to attend to a multitude of matters, so her subordinates are required to perform their tasks independently.

于是心思细腻的无常姐妹被安排为了八寒地狱的“死亡使者”,而非性情直率的鬼。

无常姐妹的行事风格和其他死亡使者大不相同,她们擅长用各种策略引君入瓮。

Therefore, the meticulous impermanence sisters were assigned to be the envoys of death for the Eight Cold Hells, rather than the brutally honest oni.

They are very different from the other envoys of death in that they excel at using various strategies to lure others to their demise.

比如她们开设了“地狱通信”业务,生者可以通过涂黑的绘马、黑色信笺、黑色稻草人等途径和地狱取得联系。

寄信人以为写下姓名就能让仇人下地狱,殊不知“地狱通信”的目的是将其自身也一并寄去地狱。

For example, they have a "Hell Correspondence" program, where the living can contact Hell through such means as black ema, black letterheads, and black straw dolls.

The person sending the letter assumes that by writing down their enemy's name, they can send that person to Hell. But little do they realize that the purpose of the "Hell Correspondence" is to also send themself to Hell.[1]

死期到来之时,无论寄信者逃到天涯海角,无常姐妹都能准确定位其位置,进行精准猎杀。

与地狱做交易就必须具备相应的觉悟,御阿礼之子如是说。

No matter where the sender flees to when their death date comes, the impermenance sisters will be able to pinpoint their location and hunt them down with precision.

"To make a deal with Hell requires the appropriate awareness", so say the Children of Miare.

“无常少女” "The Impermanent Maidens"
“无常少女”这个组合名,最早在鬼当中传开,后来广泛流传于地狱,颇受欢迎。

平心而论,她们结成组合是再合适不过了,一黑一白两名可爱的少女并肩而立,谁都乐于见到这种盛景。

The name of the "Impermanent Maidens" was first spread among the oni, but later became popular all throughout Hell.

In all fairness, it was only fitting for them to form a duo. A lovely black and white pair of girls standing together is a sight anyone would enjoy seeing.

姐妹俩有着互补的性格,姐姐活泼开朗、妹妹文静沉稳,完美契合了“白”与“黑”的印象色。

但是“无常少女”既不唱歌也不跳舞,猎杀罪人才是她们的拿手好戏。

The sisters have complementary personalities, the elder being lively and cheerful and the younger being quiet and calm, perfectly matching the impression of "white" and "black".

But the "Impermanent Maidens" neither sing nor dance. Hunting sinners is their specialty.

她们毫无顾忌地使用暴力,没有半点怜悯之心可言,与其柔弱少女的外表完全不相符。

无常的本质是地狱的亡灵,积累了无比深重的怨念,难以想象她们过去究竟经历了什么。

They use violence without fear or compassion, completely at odds with their appearance as delicate girls.

Impermanences are ghosts of Hell by definition, and they have accumulated such deep resentment that it's hard to imagine what they've gone through in the past.

仇怨极深的亡灵或是会诱导人自取灭亡,或是招来灾祸进行咒杀,按照偶像的标准这都是“失格”之举。

但地狱住民却对“无常少女”及其追捧,觉得她们越是强大暴虐,就越是动人可爱。

A spirit with such deep grudges would either lead someone to their own demise or conjure up catastrophes to kill them, which is "out of character" by idol standards.

The more powerful and tyrannical they are, the more attractive and lovely they become.

地狱那“实力至上”的法则,在她们身上表现得淋漓尽致。 Hell's law of "strength above all" is fully evident in these girls.
对策 Countermeasures
对于普通人来说,亡灵是极度危险的存在,怨念深重的亡灵生前多半遭遇惨祸,因而充满了对生者的憎恨。

和这种存在接触非常不明智,若是不小心触到其黑历史,就很可能招致怨恨,亡灵下手是不顾轻重的。

For ordinary humans, ghosts are extremely dangerous entities. Ones with deep resentment most often suffered a tragedy in life, and are therefore riddled with animosity towards the living.

To engage with such beings is very unwise. If you aren't careful and touch upon their dark history, you are likely to incur their resentment, and ghosts have no regard for the seriousness of their actions.

所幸这对无常姐妹受到“死亡使者”身份的约束,地狱的专业人士不得随便发泄私怨,无差别咒杀是大忌。

她们通常会直奔猎杀目标,极力避免与其他人接触,这样她们心中对生者的憎恨才不会失去控制。

Fortunately, the sisters are bound by their status as "envoys of death"; professionals in Hell are not allowed to vent their personal grudges, and indiscriminate cursing is prohibited.

They'll usually head straight for their target and try to avoid contact with others so that their hatred for the living doesn't run amok.

虽然直接遇到她们的概率非常低,但是依然不能掉以轻心,因为“地狱通信”可能就在你身边。

如前文所言,“地狱通信”是“无常少女”标记罪人的手段。

Although the probability of a direct encounter is very low, one still shouldn't take them lightly, because a Hell Correspondence could be near you.

As mentioned above, Hell Correspondences are the means by which the Impermanent Maidens mark sinners.

涂黑的绘马、黑色信笺、黑色稻草人,许多咒术道具都可能导向地狱。

但是“地狱通信”绝不会带来救赎。

There are many kinds of curses that can send one to Hell, such as black ema, black letterheads, black straw dolls, et cetera.

But a Hell Correspondence will never bring salvation.

咒人者,须掘两穴;欲使他人入地狱者,其心已入地狱。 He who curses others must dig two graves, and he who wishes to damn others to Hell has already been damned in his heart.
简评 Brief Commentary
画师简评:

一直都想在雪莲华中学习些角色设计方面的东西。
无常姐妹在设计时,被老板明确拒绝了传统形象中高帽子的装束特点 。
因此为了在角色中加强其与冥界的关联,
在两姐妹的装饰中分别尝试融合进了枷锁与丧葬的元素。
想法还算是令我满意的,尽管当时的设计现在看来仍是十分稚嫩。

Artist's Comment:

I always wanted to learn a bit about character design during Abyss Soul Lotus' development.
When designing the Impermanence Sisters, Boss Bei explicitly rejected the traditional tall hats as clothing.
So in order to connect the characters more to the underworld,
I tried adding elements of chains and funerals to the sisters' designs.
I'm quite satisfied with the idea, though looking back at those designs now, they feel very immature.

结音和初月是两位掌握着生与死的少女。

姐姐相对开朗,表情会比妹妹丰富一些,妹妹冷静,沉默寡言。
虽然和人类一样有着各自的性格,但是她们对待目标是残酷无情的。
所以绘制线稿的时候特别的注意了姐妹俩的神态。
符卡的动作都选择了比较有张力的动作,看来她们真的很想带走你的灵魂啊。

Yune and Shogetsu are two maidens that control life and death.

The elder sister is relatively more open and expressive than the younger sister. The younger sister is quiet and collected.
Although they each have their own personalities like humans, they are both cruel and emotionless to their targets.
So I paid particular attention to the sisters' expressions when drawing the line art.
For their spell card animations, I chose motions with more tension. Looks like they really want to lead your soul away.

乐师简评:

“我知道你可能不太愿意跟我走……
但如果我们是萝莉双子姐妹呢?”.jpg
我不知道为什么要给黑白无常整这么活泼的曲子……
黑白无常妖精说?
虽说做了左右声道,但是感觉游戏中效果并不是很明显呢,还要大家听纯音乐来感受啦——

Composer's Comment:

"I know you might not be willing to come with me...
But what if we're a pair of loli sisters?".jpg
I have no idea why I gave the Heibai Wuchang such an upbeat track...
Theory: The Heibai Wuchang are fairies?[2]
Although I did left-right stereo effects, I feel like it's not very obvious ingame. Please listen to the track standalone and enjoy--

References

  1. This whole section is a reference to the anime Hell Girl.
  2. Oblique reference to a dated meme. In short, there was a gay Japanese adult video called "A Midsummer's Lewd Dream". Memes sprung up regarding theories of the identity of one of the characters, the "Beastly Senior". A common meme in the past was to say "Theory: Beastly Senior is X".
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