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Aunn Komano
Aunn Komano komano aɯɴ Aun Komano More Alternative Spellings | |
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 Aunn Komano in Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost The Guardian Beast Devoted to Shintoism and BuddhismMore Character Titles | |
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Locating Shintoism and Buddhism |
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"I've been protecting shrines and temples from simple enemies all the time until now.
It's, like, volunteer work?""Huh, I see. I hadn't noticed at all. I'm sorry." — Aunn Komano and Reimu Hakurei (Hidden Star in Four Seasons Stage 3)
Aunn Komano (高麗野 あうん Komano Aunn) is a komainu who guards places of religious worship.
General Information
Aunn appears as the Stage 3 Boss in Hidden Star in Four Seasons. She is a komainu youkai who guards places of religious worship. This includes the Hakurei Shrine, even though Reimu was unaware Aunn was protecting her shrine until Hidden Star in Four Seasons. Ironically, Reimu beats her up for intruding.
She is content with guarding sacred places, considering it a kind of "volunteer work".
Personality
Aunn has a very kind and simple personality. She holds no ill-intent against anyone or anything. Her nature as a komainu is that of a guardian. She loiters around Shrines and Temples and guards them without being asked. Aunn only shows her full power against something with ill intent, and even so, she is not very strong. She usually loses.
Abilities
- Ability to locate Shintoism and Buddhism
She can track down temples and shrines to guard them. Besides this rather mundane ability, she also seems to have some instinct for evil, as she senses in the Four Seasons Incident that Cirno's power comes from someone with devious intentions. That being said, she can appear in two bodies at the same time, as in one of her Spellcards, which makes a reference to Komainu always being set up as pairs. This is also alluded to with the title of her song A pair of beasts (一対の神獣). However, according to their own statements in The Grimoire of Usami, both parts can only make the same movement at the same time, and in the long run, this power exhausts them greatly.
Backstory
Prior to the events of Hidden Star in Four Seasons, Aunn was just a normal komainu statue. During the incident, she became a sentient youkai due to the magical energy coming out from the backdoor that Okina Matara placed on her. Even as a statue she was conscious of her surroundings, and she was able to see and recognize Reimu and other characters while in that state. Not only that, apparently she could see from the inside of various statues, as she explained how she was watching not only the Hakurei Shrine, but also other places.
Character Design
Name
Her full name is Aunn Komano (高麗野 あうん). The characters for Komano (高麗野) are spelled with ko (高) "tall, high", ma (麗) "lovely, beautiful, graceful", and no (野) "plains, field".
Komano (高麗野) is a reference to her species Komainu (高麗犬), as it shares the first two characters. Her last name can be roughly translated as "Korean/Goryeo plains".
The name Aunn (あうん) is representative of a traditional characteristic of komainu statues. Komainu generally come in pairs; one will have their mouth open, and the other closed. The open mouth is said to be pronouncing Sanskrit "a", and the closed one "un" – together forming the sound Aum / Om (ॐ), which is a syllable sacred in many religions including Buddhism and Hinduism, signifying the start and end of everything. The sound is transliterated in Japanese as A-un (阿吽).
Design
Aunn has light skin, green eyes, and long seafoam-color hair. Her hair is multi-layered, the longest of which extends down past her waist into multiple points. A shorter shoulder-length layer lies beneath with inward curls, as do her bangs. She has a grey cylindrical horn on top of her head and grey horn-shaped ears. These have a magatama-shaped design where the large base is where her ears would be and curving upward and out, with an accented ridge running their length; the tip very slightly curves upward in the opposite direction. Her eyebrows, usually hidden underneath her bangs, are unusually round.
Aunn wears a red short-sleeved collared Kariyushi shirt with 3 round white buttons down the middle, one up top and two below. Her shirt is decorated with white cloud designs and the design forms a heart shape in the middle. She also wears white shorts with wide openings for her legs, adorned with bright red cloud designs and a thick, darker red trim on the bottom edge. She wears a pair of two-tooth geta that have red hanao. She also has a curly tail, not visible on her game portrait[1], but noticeable in her Wild and Horned Hermit and Lotus Eaters appearances.
Appearances
Games
- Hidden Star in Four Seasons
After being brought to life by Okina Matara's powers, Aunn begins to protect the Hakurei shrine. She unsuccessfully tries to drive away the characters she perceives as intruders - Cirno and Aya Shameimaru - but also those belonging to the shrine - Marisa Kirisame and Reimu Hakurei - attack her, since they don't know her. After the fight, she tries to give them clues, but does not know anything more specific about the incident.
- Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost
Because of the opening of the marketplace, ownership of the ancient land was lost. This has caused greedy animal spirits to attempt to claim ownership of the land. Aunn gets excited and joins them in the rush to claim ownership of the land. Despite this, she still remains calm and collected.
She eventually runs into Mamizou Futatsuiwa, who notices she is talking to herself and discovers a kuda-gitsune in her hair, however Aunn defeats her before she can remove it. She then encounters Son Biten, who tells her she is being manipulated and that the culprit is in Hell. She finds Yachie Kicchou, who reveals that Biten works for her and lured Aunn to Hell so the shrine will be unguarded. However, Aunn reveals to Yachie that there are two of her and that the shrine is still safe.
Literature
- Wild and Horned Hermit
In chapter 42 of Wild and Horned Hermit, Aunn reassures Reimu and Kasen that the Four Seasons incident is over. The two question who she is, and Aunn cheerfully reminds them that she has been watching them for a long time. At the celebration of the end of the incident, Okina Matara reveals that she created Aunn from a komainu statue at the front of the shrine.
- Lotus Eaters
She repeatedly makes background appearances, but doesn't have an actual role besides that.
Relationships
Minor Relationships
Aunn claimed to have been guarding the shrine at times when Reimu was gone. Reimu seemingly has no idea who Aunn is. In chapter 42 of Wild and Horned Hermit it is revealed that before the four seasons incident she was a simple komainu statue, but Aunn was still capable of seeing and sensing her surroundings. This explains why Aunn knew Reimu and the others, but no one knew about her.
While one-sided at the time, Aunn acted as if she'd known Marisa for quite some time when they first encountered each other. Like with Reimu, Marisa has no idea who Aunn is.
- Okina Matara (creator)
Okina is the one responsible for Aunn becoming a sentient youkai. This was caused by the magical energy coming out from one of Okina's doors on the back of a regular komainu statue.[2]
Gallery
Covers
Aunn with Reimu Hakurei and Kasen Ibaraki in the cover of Wild and Horned Hermit Vol.9
Aunn with Reimu Hakurei, Sanae Kochiya and Marisa Kirisame in the cover of Strange Creators of Outer World Vol.4
Illustrations
Aunn artwork from Hidden Star in Four Seasons
Others
Art Concept of Aunn in casual clothes in Wild and Horned Hermit
Art concept of Aunn in winter clothes in Wild and Horned Hermit
Aunn drawing made by ZUN in the Nikenme Radio AI event
Aunn with Reimu Hakurei, Sanae Kochiya and Marisa Kirisame in the announcement of the serialization of Wild and Horned Hermit Vol.9
Spell Cards
| Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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| 犬符「野良犬の散歩」 | Dog Sign "Stray Dog's Walk" | HSiFS | St. 3: E/N | |||
| 狗符「山狗の散歩」 | Hound Sign "Mountain Hound's Walk" | HSiFS | St. 3: H/L | |||
| 独楽「コマ犬回し」 | Spinning Top "Koma-Inu Spin" | HSiFS | St. 3: E/N/H | |||
| 独楽「カールアップアンドダイ」 | Spinning Top "Curl Up And Die" | HSiFS | St. 3: L | |||
| 狛符「独り阿吽の呼吸」 | Koma Sign "Solitary A-Un Breathing" | HSiFS GoU |
St. 3: E/N/H/L — | |||
| 独楽「コマ犬大回転」 | Spinning Top "Koma-Inu Giant Slalom Spin" | VD | Friday - 2 | |||
| 独楽「阿吽の閃光」 | Spinning Top "A-Un Flash" | VD GoU |
Friday - 3 — | |||
| 夢犬「１０１匹の野良犬」 | Dream Dog "101 Stray Dogs" | VD | Wrong Sunday - 7 | |||
Additional Information
Fandom
Official Profiles
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○３面ボス 神仏に心酔する守護神獣 高麗野 あうん 種族：狛犬 狛犬。一人で、獅子と狛犬の二つの性質を持つ。 博麗神社、守矢神社、命蓮寺、こういった人間の信仰を集めそうな場所を 神社の桜が綺麗だったので、博麗神社で花見をしていたところ今回の騒動が始まった。 巫女と戦うと言うのは彼女にとっては不本意な戦闘であるが、何故か楽しかった。 自分の心の中に何か底知れぬ霊力を見いだし、背中に冷たいものが流れるのを感じた。 |
Stage 3 Boss: The Guardian Beast Devoted to Shintoism and Buddhism Aunn Komano Species: Komainu A komainu. She's a single individual with the properties of both a shishi and a komainu. She finds places where human faith gathers, like the Hakurei Shrine, Moriya Shrine, Myouren Temple and so on, then mooches around and guards the place without being asked. Since the Hakurei Shrine's cherry blossoms were so beautiful, she was having a flower-viewing at the shrine when the commotion began. She was somewhat disappointed to find herself fighting a shrine maiden, but it was somehow fun. She found a strange, bottomless spiritual power welling up in her heart, and felt something cold running down her back. |
Official Sources
- 2017/05/07 Hidden Star in Four Seasons trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 3 dialogue)
References
- ↑ Aunn Komano's theme
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit - Chapter 42
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