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 Eika Ebisu in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stillborn Idol of the RiverbedMore Character Titles | |
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Soul of a stillborn child/God |
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Stacking stones well |
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"How dare you mock the art of stone-stacking! Unforgivable! Dieee!"
— Eika Ebisu (Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stage 1)
Eika Ebisu (戎 瓔花, Ebisu Eika) is the soul of mizuko (水子), a stillborn child, and a god of fortune who resides at Sai no Kawara. Like all such spirits, she exists in limbo and spends her time stacking stones into towers. She is also a "god of fortune" capable of making the best out of a bad situation. Eika first appeared as the midboss and boss of Stage 1 in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
Eika is described as being both cheerful and intelligent,[1] though she also displays fierce bursts of emotion that one might expect from a young child. When the protagonists of Wily Beast and Weakest Creature knock over the stone towers while passing by, Eika is outraged on behalf of her fellow spirits and even makes a threat on Reimu's life.[2][3] At the same time, she's also very flexible and quick to make the best of a bad outcome. When defeated by Youmu and the otter spirit, she casually accepts the situation and wastes no time in arranging a different type of contest instead.[4] Though Japanese folklore portrays the spirits' situation as tragic, Eika is adored by her fellow spirits, and she uses her abilities to routinely arrange events such as stone-stacking contests for their enjoyment.[1][5]
Eika's main ability is based on the mythology surrounding Sai no Kawara, in which children's spirits such as Eika make stone towers in order to try and reach paradise.
Eika is considered a leader and idol of the children's spirits around Sai no Kawara and frequently organizes events for them.[1] Eika enjoys her work and sees the Sai no Kawara as a "kingdom" where she and the other spirits can play freely.[6]
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○１面ボス 河原のアイドル水子 戎 瓔花（えびす ようか） 種族：水子の霊 とても器用に石を積む達人。 無駄な単純作業を、楽しくやりがいのあるものに変える、転んでもただでは 主人公達が石積みコンテストを台無しにしたと、激怒しているが、実際には |
Stage 1 Boss: Stillborn Idol of the Riverbed Eika Ebisu Species: Soul of a stillborn child A master at skillfully stacking stones. She's also a god of fortune who's able to change simple, pointless work into something that's enjoyable and worth doing, and who can make the best out of any bad situation. She's utterly furious with the protagonists for ruining the latest stone-stacking contest, but actually, it was mostly the fault of the beast spirits who arrived from Hell. |
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| 石符「ストーンウッズ」 | Stone Sign "Stone Woods" | WBaWC | St. 1: E/N | |||
| 石符「ストーンコニファー」 | Stone Sign "Stone Conifer" | WBaWC | St. 1: H/L | |||
| 石符「チルドレンズリンボ」 | Stone Sign "Children's Limbo" | WBaWC | St. 1: E/N | |||
| 石符「アダルトチルドレンズリンボ」 | Stone Sign "Adult Children's Limbo" | WBaWC | St. 1: H/L | |||
| 石符「エイジャの積石」 | Stone Sign "Red Stone Stack of Aja" | 100BM | 3rd Market | |||
Her full name is Eika Ebisu (戎 瓔花). The character "戎" (Ebisu) is one of several used for Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Fortune, who presides over fishermen and luck. Ebisu was the first child of the creation gods Izanami and Izanagi, but was born without bones due to Izanami committing a transgression during the ritual of their union. Initially known as Hiruko (蛭子), meaning "leech child", the child was set adrift in a boat of reeds, and eventually grew to become Ebisu after washing ashore. "戎" is also used to refer to the Ebisu (or 'Emishi'), a former ethnic group of northern Japan with potential relation to the Ainu.
Eika (瓔花) is spelled with the characters ei (瓔) - an uncommon character meaning "necklace made of precious stones"- and ka (花), meaning "flower". "瓔" also visually resembles the characters "王" (meaning "king" or "ruler") and "嬰" (from 嬰児 / eiji, meaning "infant"), tying in to Eika's status as a "ruler" of infant ghosts. The character can also be read as you, notably seen in a spelling discrepancy in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature's demo release where her name is read as "Eika" in the music room and her on-screen title graphic, and as "Youka" in the omake.txt and name graphic in the upper-left corner.
Eika has a fluffy mass of light yellow hair with several thin braids trailing off of it, red eyes, and a noticeably darker skin tone than the majority of Touhou Project characters. She wears a white dress with red polka dots near the hems, red frills, and thin red tassels trailing off of the sleeves and waist. Both her hair and dress visually resemble a jellyfish, and the red tassels bear a resemblance to both a jellyfish's tendrils and to umbilical cords. She also has large earlobes, likely as a visual allusion to Jizo Bosatsu and Ebisu.
Eika was hosting a stone stacking contest on the riverbed of Sai no Kawara with the children of the afterlife. However, the contest was ruined due to the heroines thrashing around, causing the stacked stones to fall over. Enraged, Eika attacks the heroines, but is ultimately defeated.
In 100th Black Market, Eika appears as the one of the 3rd market bosses. Her ability card, jellyfish floating around, can be acquired.
Reimu Hakurei writes a fortune slip about Rumia as a way of cleaning up in the aftermath of an incident.
Eika's fortune slip in Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine
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