Byakuren Hijiri

聖 (ひじり) 　白 (びゃく) 蓮 (れん) çidʑiɽi bʲakɯɽeɴ (♫) Byakuren Hijiri Byakuren Hiziri More Alternative Spellings
Byakuren Hijiri in Antinomy of Common Flowers The Sealed Great Magician More Character Titles
Species	Magician (formerly Human)
Abilities	Magic (specialized in magic that increases her physical abilities)
Age	Over 1200 years old.
Occupation	Monk
Location	Myouren Temple
Music Themes
感情の摩天楼　～ Cosmic Mind (Undefined Fantastic Object, Hopeless Masquerade, Urban Legend in Limbo)
Appearances
Official Games
Undefined Fantastic Object (Cover, Stage 6 Boss) Double Spoiler (Scene 12-1, 12-3, 12-5, 12-7 Boss) Hopeless Masquerade (Playable character, Possible Opponent, Assisting Final Boss of Kokoro's Scenario) Impossible Spell Card (10th Day Boss) Urban Legend in Limbo (Playable Character, Possible Opponent) Antinomy of Common Flowers (Playable Character, Possible Opponent) Violet Detector (Nightmare Sunday Boss) Sunken Fossil World (Minamitsu's Ending)
Print Works
Oriental Sacred Place (Chapter 12 cameo) Wild and Horned Hermit (Chapter 18, Chapter 19 cameo, 27 cameo, 31 cameo, 35, 36 cameo, 44) Symposium of Post-mysticism‎ (Article, Participant of the symposium) Forbidden Scrollery (Volume 1 omake, Chapter 10, 11 cameo, 16, 34, 40 cameo) Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia (Cameo) The Grimoire of Usami (Section 1-8, Section 2-4) Curiosities of Lotus Asia (Chapter 35) Lotus Eaters (Chapter 12 cameo, chapter 16, 17, 55 cameo) Foul Detective Satori (Chapter 23 cameo, chapter 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38)

"Hmph, you should have said that from the start. After all, I'll beat anyone who's a friend to youkai!"

"Humans haven't changed since my days in the temple. How weak and rash you are! Now, namusan ―― !"

— Reimu Hakurei and Byakuren Hijiri (Undefined Fantastic Object Stage 6.)

Byakuren Hijiri (聖　白蓮, Hijiri Byakuren) is a Buddhist nun and magician who was sealed away by humans because of her kindness towards youkai in the outside world. During the events of Undefined Fantastic Object, the youkai she has saved reappear to break her free from the seal. She is now the head priest at the Myouren Temple, which is populated mostly by youkai.

General Information

Byakuren first appeared as the final boss of Undefined Fantastic Object, later appearing as a playable character in Hopeless Masquerade and Urban Legend in Limbo. She was a target for Stage 12 of Double Spoiler and the Final Day of Impossible Spell Card.

Personality

Byakuren possesses the typical behavior of a Buddhist nun due to being one for much of her human years. She's infinitely tolerant and never seems to get angry. She preaches and shows unconditional love for both humans and youkai. Prior to being sealed, she had protected youkai from humans out of her own fear and selfishness. Eventually, she grew to genuinely love the youkai she was protecting and formed ideals of Human and Youkai co-existence. She doesn't drink alcohol or eat meat, and because of this, she finds it difficult to befriend humans since the bulk of social mingling in Gensokyo is done via drinking parties. During the events of Symposium of Post-mysticism‎, she displayed some humility in stating she was still in training as a Buddhist.

Abilities

Magic

Byakuren was once a Buddhist miracle-worker, but after her brother's death turned to youkai-derived magic to retain her youth. Though she is called a saint, these powers are ultimately demonic in nature. Her current specialty is magic that increases her physical abilities, including strength, speed, and sensory perception. In Undefined Fantastic Object, the spell card Superhuman "Byakuren Hijiri" demonstrates these powers, increasing Byakuren's speed of movement so greatly that she can even outrun Reimu's Dream Seal. Likewise, the fighting games show an extensive use of these abilities in several of her attacks and spell cards.

Occupation

Byakuren is the chief priest at the Myouren Temple, where her main goal is to bring peace to both humans and youkai. As the chief priest, she teaches the dharma to anyone willing to listen. She also manages funerals and the graveyard. Once a month, she performs an "overnight sutra-chanting live concert", where she sings a song in monotone while keeping rhythm with a wooden fish. The event attracts both youkai and humans.

Possessions

Sorcerer's Sutra Scroll

Created while Byakuren was in Makai, the Sorcerer's Sutra Scroll is unique to her. The sutras Byakuren needs to use her power are written on them. It has an automatic mode, which will cause it to recite spells on its own. Compared to a regular paper scroll, the amount the Sorcerer's Sutra Scroll holds is limitless. It is also said that this scroll won't deteriorate over time. Lastly, because it has a "will" of its own, no one except for Byakuren can handle it.

Vajra

Byakuren wields Vajra that she could either use as a sword or throw it as a projectile.

Motorcycle

During the events of Urban Legend in Limbo, Byakuren gains a motorcycle as a result of the Urban Legend incident. She mostly uses it to ram her opponents with it, however, she also used it as a transportation device as seen in her Urban Legend in Limbo's credits sequence.

Official Profiles

Official Profiles

Undefined Fantastic Object - キャラ設定とエキストラストーリー.txt

○６面ボス　　封印された大魔法使い 　　聖 白蓮（ひじり びゃくれん） 　　Hiziri Byakuren 　　種族：魔法使い 　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力（身体能力を上げる魔法を得意とする） 　　白蓮の弟、命蓮は伝説の僧侶であった。 　　軽々と鉢を飛ばしたかと思うと、その鉢でごうつくばりな長者の倉を持っていったり、離れた場所にいる人間の病気を治したりしていた。 　　白蓮は、年老いてからその弟に法力を学んだ。 　　普段は命蓮の法力が詰まった飛倉（とびくら）に暮らし、自然と力を身に付けた。 　　しかし、命蓮は白蓮よりも早く亡くなってしまった。 　　嘆き悲しんだ白蓮は、死を極端に怖れるようになった。 　　まず、自分が死なない為に若返りの力を手に入れた。それは法術と言うより妖術、魔術の類であった。 　　若返りを自分の物にし、寿命が亡くなった彼女が次に怖れたのはその力が失われる事だった。 　　妖術が失われる事、それは人間が完全に妖術を排除する事に他ならない。 　　つまり、妖怪が居なくなってしまったら、自分の力も維持できなくなるのだ。 　　彼女は妖怪を敬った。 　　表では妖怪退治を依頼されても、裏では妖怪を助けていた。 　　彼女は妖怪を敬ったが、それは人間と敵対する為ではない。 　　最初は自分の欲の為であったが、妖怪達の不憫な過去を知り次第に力にならないといけないと思うようになったのだ。 　　突然現れた若い僧侶。 　　若さと法力を手に入れた彼女は、人間の人気者であった。 　　「白蓮が居れば、もう妖怪は怖くない。 　　　夜に怯えて暮す必要なんか無い」と。 　　そして、彼女の思いと人間達の期待とのギャップが、悲劇を生んだ。 　　「彼奴は人間の面をした悪魔である」と。 　　彼女は魔界に封印され、二度と人前に出てくる事は無かった。

○Stage 6 Boss　　The Sealed Great Magician Byakuren Hijiri Species: magician Ability: Using magic (specializing in magic that increases her physical abilities) Byakuren's younger brother Myouren was a legendary monk. With ease he could cure the illnesses of people in faraway places and send away a flying bowl to carry off the granaries of the miserly rich. In her later years, Byakuren, studied the way of the Dharma under her brother. She normally lived on the Flying Storehouse, which was packed with Myouren's Dharmic power, and so naturally Byakuren gained power of her own. But Myouren passed away before Byakuren, and in her grief, Byakuren was filled with a terrible fear of death. To save herself from dying, she learned the power of rejuvenation. But rather than the way of the Dharma, she got this power from youjutsu, a kind of witchcraft. Having made the gift of rejuvention her own, the undying woman next came to fear losing her power. The only way her youjutsu could be lost was if humanity were to reject it entirely. In other words, if youkai were to disappear, she would be unable to sustain her own power. Byakuren respected the youkai. On the surface she would accept requests to exterminate youkai, but underneath she would help those youkai. She respected the youkai, but not out of hostility toward humans. At first was to serve her own desires, but as she learned of the of the youkai's pitiful past, she began to think she needed to do something to help them. This youthful monk who'd suddenly appeared... Her youth and her magic made her extremely popular among humans. "With Byakuren here, we needn't fear the youkai anymore. We needn't spend our nights in fear," they said. And so the gap between her wishes and the expectations gave birth to a terrible tragedy. "She's a demon in human guise!" they said. She was sealed away in Makai, never to appear before humans again.

Hopeless Masquerade - Official website

霊長類を越えた阿闍梨　聖白蓮 命蓮寺は人で賑わっていた。 しかし、皆の目的は仏の教えを受ける事では無 かった。 道徳が廃れ、世は、大騒ぎして派手に目立った者こそが 正義という末法の世界。 彼女は”力も方便”とばかり派手な闘いに出る。 特技　超人の血統 必殺技を出す前に詠唱が必要という特徴があります。 一度必殺技を入力すると使用回数をチャージする詠唱を行い、 再び同じ必殺技を入力することで 使用回数を消費して必殺技を使用します。 使用回数は必殺技ごとに個別で、 他の必殺技を使うときは改めて詠唱が必要です。 詠唱のために必殺技の使い分けが難しい代わりに、 必殺技自体が強力なものになっています。 ラストワード　アーンギラサヴェーダ 突進で相手を弾き飛ばし、レーザーの集中照射で 焼き払う連続攻撃を仕掛けます。 超高速突進は相手の弾幕をすり抜け、 離れた相手も瞬時に捕まえます。 強力なプレッシャーと心をへし折るほどの高い威力を持つ、 まさしく超人の本領発揮です。

Acharya who Surpassed the Primates, Hijiri Byakuren The Myouren Temple was bustling with people. But their goal wasn't to receive the teachings of the Buddha. They were those who strayed from morality, who stood out gaudily, causing a huge ruckus, who were called "justice", in this world without rules. Repeating "power is a means, not an end", she enters the gaudy battle. Special skill: Lineage of the Superhuman Before activating a special attack, Byakuren must first recite a chant. When you input a special attack once, she performs a chant that charges the amount of times she can use it, and inputting the same special attack again consumes the charge and uses the special attack. The number of charges for each special attack differs, and if you want to use a different special attack, she must recite a new chant first. In exchange for her chanting making special attacks hard to distinguish, the special attacks themselves are more powerful. Last Word: Atharsaveda Byakuren charges forward and knocks her opponent back, and using concentrated laser fire she performs a series of burning attacks. Her high-speed charge grazes the opponent's bullets, so she can catch opponents that are far away. Possessing strong pressure and high enough power to break your spirit, it is truly a show of the greatest superpower.

Urban Legend in Limbo - Official website

極速！ライダー僧侶 聖白蓮 オカルト名　「ターボババァ」 格闘戦は信仰の基本とばかりの近接戦と 接近手段への特化キャラ。 詠唱というシステムがあり、 必殺技の使用にワンクッション必要なハンデがあるが 今作では詠唱さえすれば使う必殺技の選択は自由に なったり、長時間の詠唱で複数回のストックが可能に なるなどの変化があります。 オカルトアタック「シルバースカイウェイ」で 自在に空を駆け巡ろう

Extreme Speed! The Rider Monk Byakuren Hijiri Occult name "Turbo Granny" With faith as the basis for her martial arts, she’s a specialized character for close-range combat and spacing. She has a system called Chanting which allows for a handicap in the application of the finishing move; in this game you can choose freely what finishing move to use as long as you have a chant, and chanting for a prolonged period of time opens up several new possibilities, such as the ability to stockpile them. Her Occult Attack “Silver Sky-way” lets her rush freely through the sky.

Antinomy of Common Flowers - Official website

超人的で悟りを開く大阿闍梨 聖白蓮 「今、貴方に悪霊が取り憑いたわ！ 　抵抗しないと死んでしまうわ」 妖怪も受け入れるお寺、命蓮寺の主。 異変を危険視し、完全憑依の調査に乗り出す 部下の手も借り完全憑依とは何かを探ろうとするが…

Superhuman and Enlightened Mahācārya Byakuren Hijiri "You were possessed by an evil spirit just now! You have to resist it, or you'll die!" The head of the Myouren Temple, a Buddhist temple that accepts even youkai. Regarding the incident as dangerous, she sets out to investigate the Perfect Possessions. With the help of her subordinate, she tries to solve the question of just what the Possessions really are, but...

Skills

Skills

Name	Translated	Comments	Games	Usage
Total: 10
ハヌマーンの舞	Hanuman's Dance	Buddhism-aligned	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable 5C 5C
ヴィールパークシャの目	Virupaksa's Eyes	Shinto-aligned	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable 8C 8C
インドラの雷	Indra's Thunder	Shinto-aligned	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable 2C 2C
スカンダの脚	Skanda's Legs	Taoism-aligned	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable 6C 6C
ヴィルーダカの剣	Virudhaka's Sword	Taoism-aligned Not named in ULiL or AoCF	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable Charged B attack Charged B attack
ガルーダの爪	Garuda's Talons	Buddhism-aligned	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable J5C J5C
ドゥルガーの魂	Durga's Soul	Buddhism-aligned	HM ULiL AoCF	Equippable 4C 4C at middle of screen
シルバースカイウェイ	Silver Skyway	Aided by Occult Ball	ULiL AoCF	A+B with Occult Ball A+B with Occult gauge
詠唱	Chant	Not named in ULiL	ULiL AoCF	5C without a move already charged
ガンガーの一滴	Ganga's Droplet		AoCF	4C at top or bottom of screen

Spell Cards

Spellcards

Name	Translated	Comments	Games	Stage
Total: 38
魔法「紫雲のオーメン」	Magic "Omen of Purple Clouds"		UFO	St. 6: E/N
吉兆「紫の雲路」	Good Omen "Cloudy Way in Purple"		UFO	St. 6: H
吉兆「極楽の紫の雲路」	Good Omen "Nirvana's Cloudy Way in Purple"		UFO	St. 6: L
魔法「魔界蝶の妖香」	Magic "Mystic Fragrance of a Makai Butterfly"		UFO	St. 6: E/N
魔法「マジックバタフライ」	Magic "Magic Butterfly"		UFO	St. 6: H/L
光魔「スターメイルシュトロム」	Light Magic "Star Maelstrom"		UFO	St. 6: E/N
光魔「魔法銀河系」	Light Magic "Magic Milky Way"		UFO GoU	St. 6: H/L —
大魔法「魔神復誦」	Great Magic "Devil's Recitation"		UFO GoU	St. 6: E/N/H/L —
「聖尼公のエア巻物」	"Amagimi Hijiri's Air Scroll"		UFO	St. 6: N/H
超人「聖白蓮」	Superhuman "Byakuren Hijiri"		UFO ULiL	St. 6: L Story (Extra)
飛鉢「フライングファンタスティカ」	Flying Bowl "Flying Fantastica"		UFO	St. 6: E/N
飛鉢「伝説の飛空円盤」	Flying Bowl "Legendary Flying Saucer"		UFO	St. 6: H/L
「遊行聖」	"Yugyou Hijiri"		DS	St. 12
習合「垂迹大日如来」	Syncretism "Manifestation of Mahavairocana"		DS	St. 12
「スターソードの護法」	"Star Sword Apologetics"		DS	St. 12
天符「三千大千世界の主」	Heaven Sign "Master of the Great Trichiliocosm"		HM ULiL AoCF	Use Use Use
天符「大日如来の輝き」	Heaven Sign "Brilliance of Mahavairocana"		HM ULiL AoCF	Use Use Use
天符「釈迦牟尼の五行山」	Heaven Sign "Five-Element Mountain of Shakyamuni"		HM ULiL AoCF	Use Use Use
「アーンギラサヴェーダ」	"Angirasa Veda"		HM	Use-LW
杵符「ヴァジュラパーニの呪文」	Pestle Sign "Vajrapani's Incantation"		HM	Story
超人「ガルーダの翼」	Superhuman "Garuda's Wings"		HM	Story
「ハリの制縛」	"Binding Laws of Hari"		ISC	St. 10
「ブラフマーの瞳」	"Eyes of Brahma"		ISC GoU	St. 10 —
＊１００キロで空を駆けろ！＊	*Race Through the Sky at 100 kph!*		ULiL AoCF	Use-LW Use-LW
超音速「老婆のスプリント」	Supersonic Speed "Old Lady's Sprint"		ULiL	Story
＊ハイウェイターボエアターン＊	*Highway Turbo Air Turn*		ULiL	Story
＊ターボババァ走死走愛＊	*Turbo Granny Rides for Her Life*		ULiL	Story
光符「インドラのヴァジュラ」	Light Sign "Indra's Vajra"		ULiL	Story (Extra)
超人「大追跡！ブディストライダー」	Superhuman "Hot Pursuit! Buddhist Rider"		ULiL	Story (Extra)
光撃符「君を導く王道のヴァジュラシュート」	Light Strike Sign "Vajra Shoot of the Noble Path that Guides You"	Co-owner with Miko	AoCF	Story
撃拳符「スカンダの怪雲拳」	Strike Fist Sign "Skanda's Strange Cloud Fist"	Co-owner with Ichirin	AoCF	Story
撃光符「スカンダの王道の威光」	Strike Light Sign "Glory of Skanda's Noble Path"	Co-owner with Miko	AoCF	Story
蹴斬符「ガルーダの聖徳斬」	Kick Slash Sign "Garuda's Shoutoku Slash"	Co-owner with Miko	AoCF	Story
光仙符「日出ずる国の僧侶と道士」	Light Hermit Sign "Monk & Taoist of the Land of the Rising Sun"	Co-owner with Miko	AoCF	Story (Overdrive)
光拳符「インドラのヴァジュラ怪雲拳」	Light Fist Sign "Indra's Vajra Strange Cloud Fist"	Co-owner with Ichirin	AoCF	Story
撃符「スカンダに追われる正夢」	Strike Sign "Prophetic Dream of Pursuit by Skanda"	Used by Byakuren's Dream World self	AoCF	Story
星神符「十七条の超人」	Star Divine Sign "Superhuman of Seventeen Articles"	Co-owner with Miko	VD	Nightmare Sunday - 2
紅星符「超人ブラッディナイフ」	Scarlet Star Sign "Superhuman Bloody Knife"	Co-owner with Remilia	VD	Nightmare Sunday - 3
紅星符「超人カタストロフ行脚」	Scarlet Star Sign "Superhuman Catastrophe Pilgrimage"	Co-owner with Flandre	VD	Nightmare Sunday - 6

Backstory

Once a human, Byakuren was a nun who worked with her younger brother, Myouren Hijiri. However, when her brother died, she began to fear death. This fear prompted her to search for some way to maintain her youth. Eventually she did find it; however, its origin was not in the Buddhist art she had dedicated her life to, but rather a kind of black magic.

No longer fully "human", she soon came to fear losing her power. Because of the nature of the world, the magic that she wielded would only be lost if humanity came to reject it as a whole; and because of that, she needed to ensure the prosperity and longevity of youkai. Thus, she came to honor and protect the youkai for her own benefit while simultaneously pretending to exterminate those youkai. People came to look up to her and the threat of youkai lessened. However, after some time, Byakuren started to realize the struggle youkai faced in her time. So rather than protecting them out of her own selfishness, she began to honestly consider the youkai as beings that needed to be helped.

At one time, Byakuren was sent to exterminate the phantom on the seas, Minamitsu Murasa, who had gained much infamy for sinking ships. Rather than vanquish Murasa as she had been sent to do, Byakuren confronted the spirit as a normal human, and Murasa easily capsized her ship. However, Byakuren rose from the sea, riding atop a shining ship like the one Murasa had fallen from. By granting Murasa this ship, she freed the spirit from the cursed oceans and earned her gratitude.

At some point she also welcomed Ichirin Kumoi and her nyuudou companion Unzan, gaining their trust as well. The two of them lived at her temple.

The temple that she lived in was in the mountains; a temple to the god Bishamonten. In order to gain the trust of the youkai living on the mountain, she decided to appoint a youkai to serve under the god. This youkai was Shou Toramaru. Shou excelled at her duties, and it is implied that in doing so, Byakuren came to be liked by the youkai living around the area.

Eventually, her desire to help youkai rather than exterminate them was exposed to humans such as with her encounter with Murasa. She was ostracized for being a "demon in human form", and eventually was sealed away into the depths of Makai, forever locked in Hokkai.

Character Design

Origin

Byakuren, as she appears in Symposium of Post-mysticism‎.

Myouren Hijiri, Byakuren's younger brother, was a real Buddhist priest born in Shinano Province, which is ZUN's hometown, and trained at Chougosonshi Temple (朝護孫子寺) on Mount Shigi (信貴山). He appears in several stories, but the most significant one is Shigisan Engi, which is one of the most popular emakimono. In its third volume, there is an unnamed Buddhist priestess who wants to meet Myouren, who is her younger brother. She is the inspiration for Byakuren. The priestess is looking for Myouren because she is worried about him not coming back, so she stays at Toudaiji, where Myouren had made the vows for priesthood. Daibutsu tells her in a dream that there is a purple cloud over the side of the mountain southwest from where she is. She goes there the next morning, and finally she is able to meet and live together with him.

Name

Byakuren Hijiri (聖　白蓮) is her name. Hijiri (聖) can mean "Saint", "Virtuous Monk" or "Itinerant Monk" whilst Byakuren (白蓮) can mean "White Lotus" or "Purity". So it literally can be read as "Saint of the White Lotus" or "White Lotus Saint"; drawing upon the cultural reading of the white lotus as a symbol of purity – "Pure and Saintly" or "Saint of Purity". It may also be drawing upon the modern definition of Hijiri (聖, meaning a world-trekking Buddhist monk) – "Roaming Monk of the White Lotus" or "The Pure and Itinerant Monk".

Design

In Undefined Fantastic Object's official art, Byakuren has long, wavy, light brown hair that fades to purple at the top, with hazel or light brown eyes. She wears a black and white dress with long strips of black fabric going across the middle and white fabric across the arms. Along with this dress, she wears a long cape. She also holds a giant, magical scroll called the Sorcerer's Sutra Scroll. The gradient in her hair has been confirmed by ZUN to be a natural colour during an interview with Yamu's blog on 2009/09/24

From Hopeless Masquerade onward, she wears a wide-brimmed hat and shiny green beads.

Occasionally, in Urban Legend in Limbo and Antimony of Common Flowers, Byakuren dons a biker gear that has similarities to her outfit, consisting of a latex bodysuit with a zipper in the chest. Underneath the zipper are the similar strips of black fabric that were in the middle of her dress that covers her cleavage, a pair of high-heeled boots and a green neckerchief that replaces her green beads.

Story

Games

Undefined Fantastic Object

Byakuren's sprite in UFO

In Undefined Fantastic Object, she is unsealed thanks to the combined efforts of Shou Toramaru's group of youkai and the heroine. Her fate depends on which heroine is chosen by the player, but in canon, she settles down near the Human Village with the intentions of building a temple there. By Sanae Kochiya's request – the shrine maiden had vouched for Byakuren's character – Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya constructed it for her relatively quickly.

Spin-offs

Hopeless Masquerade

Byakuren defeats various religious leader, such as Mononobe no Futo, Reimu Hakurei or Toyosatomimi no Miko, fighting for the attention of the Human Village. After defeating Mamizou Futatsuiwa thinking she was Reimu, Mamizou suggests that the lost of hope is not something normal. After that, she encounters Hata no Kokoro, who explains her emotions are berserk because she lost her Mask of Hope. Seeing how she was and the fact that Kokoro called her a thief, Byakuren fights her. After the fight, she suggests Kokoro staying in the temple to learn how to control her emotions.

Impossible Spell Card

Main article: Impossible Spell Card: Story

After apparently reading the newspaper by the tengu about a mischief-making amanojaku, she becomes one of the many strong youkai and humans to try and stop Seija Kijin in the final day. She uses spell cards that are considered impossible to dodge.

Urban Legend in Limbo

After fighting Ichirin and confiscating her Occult Ball, Byakuren suspects of their danger and decides to go all through Gensokyo confiscating them fighting. Afterwards, she meets Toyosatomimi no Miko, who was also collecting the balls. However, Miko explains that she does that for investigating and thinking what to do with them. Byakuren then tells her that she is doing it to sealing the urban legends. Miko, after commenting how ridiculous she thinks that plan is, fights Byakuren to obtain the last Occult Balls. After reuniting all of them, Byakuren decides to save them in a Buddha statue. When she turns around, the statue disappears and the balls come back to her.

Antinomy of Common Flowers

In Antinomy of Common Flowers, Byakuren teams up with Toyosatomimi no Miko to investigate and resolve the Perfect Possession incident. They also receive assistance from Ichirin Kumoi and Mononobe no Futo.

Miko brings Byakuren along to the Concert Stage of the Sun where they encounter Yukari Yakumo, who claims she is also resolving the Perfect Possession incident. Miko is hesitant to share the results of her investigation, but Byakuren trusts Yukari and shares what she learned about forced Perfect Possession. In return, Yukari tells the superhuman duo that the mastermind behind Perfect Possession will appear when the concert begins.

The duo then encounters Joon and Shion Yorigami. Joon uses her spell to exchange Shion and Byakuren, and Byakuren is forced to fight on Joon's side.

Violet Detector

Literature

Symposium of post Mysticism

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Forbidden Scrollery

In chapter 34, Reimu appears at the Myouren Temple to interrogate Byakuren about the ongoing rumor that is spreading, one about the end of the world occurring before the end of the year. Byakuren refutes it claiming that the legend it's based on says the end of the world would be in 5 or 6 million years, and she adds that the buddha Maitreya is supposed to be a savior, not a destroyer. However, she theorizes they could be a link between Gensokyo and the outside world, and warns Reimu about the danger they can cause.

Curiosities of Lotus Asia

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Lotus Eaters

Byakuren, first appearing in chapter 16, has her appeasing what was at first, a ghost that haunts Geidontei. Byakuren gives Aya, who's been secretly investigating the ghost that lingers the pub, a tour of her daily ascetic training. Later she has a meeting with an old man whose lingering regrets were the actual cause of the ghost's manifestation. The next day, she reads the fabricated article about her being the cause of Geidontei's vexation, to her dismay.

Relationships

As a result of her saintlike nature and being an important figure in Gensokyo, Byakuren has gained a wide variety of followers and rivals alike.

Residents of Myouren Temple

Ichirin Kumoi

Ichirin Kumoi is a youkai who used to live at Byakuren's temple hundreds of years ago. By showing kindness to both her and Unzan, even though she was human, she earned their trust.

Minamitsu Murasa

Byakuren saved Minamitsu Murasa from her grim fate of haunting the oceans and capsizing ships. Minamitsu became one of Byakuren's strongest allies, and she used the flying object in Gensokyo to retrieve the treasures needed to revive the nun.

Shou Toramaru

Shou Toramaru was a disciple and avatar of Bishamonten who lived at Byakuren's temple. Byakuren had used her to gain more trust from the other youkai living on the mountain at the time, and in order to show her kindness towards youkai.

Nue Houjuu & Mamizou Futatsuiwa

It is also known from both Touhou Hisoutensoku and Oriental Sacred Place that Nue Houjuu is currently living at the temple she built. Nue, after learning from the heroine during the extra stage of Undefined Fantastic Object of Byakuren's kindness to all beings, including youkai like her, went there, most likely after a bit of time had passed and nervous because she was attempting to ruin the plans to unseal the nun in the first place. Also, Nue calls in her friend Mamizou Futatsuiwa from the outside world to become a youkai ally. After being suggested by Youmu Konpaku in her respective Extra stage, she decides to take up residence at Myouren Temple with Nue.

Myouren Hijiri

She had a younger brother named Myouren Hijiri. However, her brother died.

Kyouko Kasodani

Kyouko cleans the Myouren Temple.

Others

Toyosatomimi no Miko & Seiga Kaku

Miko and Byakuren have an antagonistic relationship with one another, with Byakuren seeing her as a threat to the youkai, thus building her temple on top of the mausoleum to keep the former from resurrecting. As for Seiga, while they have not been seen interacting, Byakuren is highly disturbed by Seiga's activities and claims that she can sense great evil from her.

Koishi Komeiji

Byakuren believes that Koishi's present "thoughtless" state is close to enlightenment, and wants her to join the temple.

Hata no Kokoro

During the events of Hopeless Masquerade, Kokoro stays at Myouren Temple in order to learn how to control her emotions in order to prevent another berserk at the end of Byakuren's storyline.

Reimu Hakurei

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Gallery

Covers

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  Cover of Undefined Fantastic Object, featuring Byakuren's silhouette

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  Byakuren on the Vol. 5 cover of Foul Detective Satori

Artworks

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  Byakuren artwork from Undefined Fantastic Object

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  Byakuren artwork from Hopeless Masquerade

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  Byakuren artwork from Urban Legend in Limbo

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  Byakuren artwork from Urban Legend in Limbo

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  Byakuren as "Turbo Granny" from Urban Legend in Limbo

Illustrations

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  Illustration of Byakuren in Symposium of Post-mysticism

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  Byakuren in Symposium of Post-mysticism

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  Byakuren with Miko & Marisa in Symposium of Post-mysticism

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  Byakuren from Who's Who of Humans & Youkai - Dusk Edition

Screenshots

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  Byakuren cameo in Oriental Sacred Place

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  Byakuren in Lotus Eaters

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  Byakuren as she appears in Foul Detective Satori

Others

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  Byakuren's different color palettes from Antinomy of Common Flowers, Urban Legend in Limbo, and Hopeless Masquerade, the last two were added in Antinomy of Common Flowers v1.10

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  Byakuren's Sutra Scroll on ability card in Unconnected Marketeers

Additional Information

• Byakuren is a practitioner of Shingon Buddhism in her early life together with her brother.
• The silhouette of Byakuren occupies the front of Undefined Fantastic Object's jewel case.
• Byakuren was one of the candidates for the extra boss of Ten Desires, along with Kasen Ibaraki.
• Written in ZUN's hand on her final cut-in is Namusan! (南無三！), which is short for Namu Sanbou (南無三宝) - roughly, "Hail to the three treasures of Buddhism" (the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha). It's used to request salvation in a moment of danger. Byakuren also uses this term at the very end of her dialogue with the heroine.
• During her second-to-last (fourth) spell card on Easy, the stars under the health bar show she has two lives left. She does, but only on higher difficulties.
  • The same spell card looks like one of Shinki's attack patterns.
• Byakuren's Lotus Butterfly seems to be a reference to YuugenMagan's evil eyes. The two share a similar presentation and shoot similar danmaku patterns. This, of course, makes sense as Byakuren, like YuugenMagan, appears in Makai.
• In Undefined Fantastic Object, Byakuren has no hitbox after her third spell card. This is likely a glitch.
• In Oriental Sacred Place chapter 12, Byakuren's hair is lighter on the top and gets darker towards the bottom.

Fandom

Main article: Fandom: Byakuren Hijiri

Official Sources

Official sources

• 2009/08/15 Undefined Fantastic Object - Stage 6 dialogue; various stage dialogue; all endings; Settings and Extra Story.txt (official profile)
• 2009/08/15 Touhou Hisoutensoku - Reimu's VS dialogue with Marisa
• 2010/03/14 Double Spoiler - Stage 12 spellcard comments
• 2010/12/25 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 12
• 2011/11/25 Ten Desires special and two-part interview with ZUN
• 2012/04/27 Symposium of Post-mysticism - Byakuren Hijiri
• 2013/05/26 Hopeless Masquerade

See Also

• Byakuren in Antinomy of Common Flowers wiki