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Joon Yorigami
joɽigami dʑoʔoɴ Joon Yorigami Jyoon Yorigami, Jo'on Yorigami More Alternative Spellings | |
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Joon Yorigami in Touhou Gouyoku Ibun The Most-Despicable and Disastrous Younger Twin SisterMore Character Titles | |
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Pestilence God |
Abilities |
Causing consumption of financial assets |
Occupation |
Con artist, spending money |
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"Maybe you'd be happier slipping into the crowd and then, I dunno, dropping dead?"
— Joon Yorigami (Antinomy of Common Flowers Yukari's Scenario.)
Joon Yorigami (依神 女苑 Yorigami Joon) is a pestilence god and one of the main antagonists of Antinomy of Common Flowers. Together with her older sister, Shion, she robs innocent residents of Gensokyo of their wealth by bringing them financial ruin.
General Information
Personality
Joon is a remorseless thief who has no issue with using her ability to rob anybody of their wealth, having no concern for their wellbeing. She doesn't even care much for her own older sister, using her as a tool and belittling her. She takes pride and satisfaction in being called one of Gensokyo's most hated residents. She's a spendthrift who can never maintain her wealth as she's always making impulsive and extravagant purchases. She's also incredibly wasteful and can be seen throwing away money and valuables in many of her attacks. She does, however, change slightly after the events of Antinomy of Common Flowers - due to her training at the Myouren Temple, she starts limiting herself to only stealing money from those who can afford losing a chunk of their wealth.[1]
Abilities
As a pestilence god Joon brings misfortune to others. She's capable of completely draining a person's financial assets - those around her think that spending money will bring them happiness, and thus use it up as if offering it of their own free will. An example of this ability can be seen in Curiosities of Lotus Asia, where she uses it on Sumireko Usami.[2]
Official Profiles
Skills
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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憑依剝奪「スレイブロバー」 | Possession Stripping "Slave Robber" | AoCF | Use | |||
貧符「超貧乏玉」 | Poor Sign "Super Poverty Bomb" [3] | AoCF | Use | |||
「クイーンオブバブル」 | "Queen of Bubble" | AoCF | Use | |||
「80'sのエクストーショナー」 | "Extortioner of the 80's" | AoCF | Use-LW | |||
不運「ようこそ極貧の世界へ」 | Bad Luck "Welcome to the World of Destitution" | Co-owner with Shion | AoCF | Story | ||
財禍「プラックピジョン」 | Financial Ruin "Pluck Pigeon" | Co-owner with Shion | AoCF | Story | ||
憑依交換「アブソリュートルーザー」 | Possession Exchange "Absolute Loser" | Co-owner with Shion | AoCF | Story | ||
石油「フレイマブルレイン」 | Petroleum "Flammable Rain" | Co-owner with Shion | SFW | |||
石油「貧乏神的な原油流出汚染」 | Petroleum "Poverty God's Crude Oil Runoff Pollution" | Co-owner with Shion | SFW | |||
油井「疫病神的な天空掘削機」 | Oil Well "Pestilence God's Heavenly Excavator" | Co-owner with Shion | SFW |
Character Design
Origin
Joon is a pestilence god/spirit (疫病神 yakubyougami). Yakubyougami assume a form of an elderly man or woman, visiting home and spread diseases. They could be repelled through an appeasement rituals/festivals, carrying protective amulets or by installing an image of Zhong Kui indoors, a deity in Chinese mythology traditionally known as the vanquisher of the ghosts and evil beings. In Japan specifically, Yakubyougami can be also repelled by adorning a house with Shimenawa.
Name
Her full name is Joon Yorigami (依神 女苑). Joon (女苑) comes from himejoon (姫女菀), the Japanese word for the daisy fleabane.[4] The daisy fleabane is closely related to the Philadelphia fleabane, called a harujion (春紫菀) in Japanese, is likely what her sister Shion is named after, thus reflecting their relationship as siblings. Both the Philadelphia Fleabane and Daisy Fleabane are considered an invasive species in Japan and disregarded as weeds on its native land of North America, just as the Yorigami sisters have a reputation for being two of the most despicable inhabitants of Gensokyo. In addition to that, the birth order of Yorigami sisters may be influenced by the flower they are named after, as Philadelphia Fleabane usually blooms first around April and May, while Daisy Fleabane tends to bloom a few months later. Her family name Yorigami is composed of the kanji 依, which means "reliant" or "dependent", and 神, which means "god". The first kanji is also present in the term hyoui (憑依) meaning "possession", so it is possible that Yorigami could mean "possession god".
Design
In Antinomy of Common Flowers Joon has orange eyes and long light-brown/ginger hair styled into the shape of two curly drills with red ribbons tied in them.
Her clothing consists of a purple wide-sleeved coat with a rose motif, a short light-pink dress with a red ribbon under it held by a black belt, brown boots, round sunglasses, and a mini top hat. She also carries a golden "Channel" bag (which may or may not be a pun on the brand Chanel).[5] Befitting her compulsive spending habits, she sports a great variety of expensive-looking accessories like golden rings, a golden necklace, golden earrings, and golden bracelets, most of which also have gems. Some of her in-game portraits and animations also show her holding a Juliana fan.
Both her game art and her sprite show Joon being followed by something that appear to be flames.
Story
Games
- Urban Legend in Limbo
Reisen's Extra story shows the beginning of the Perfect Possession incident, which was caused by Joon and Shion.
- Antinomy of Common Flowers
Joon, with the help of Shion, starts the events of Antinomy of Common Flowers through using Perfect Possession. Initially, they are thought to be unbeatable due to Shion's misfortune-bringing ability being brought upon their enemies by Joon switching her with the opponent's slave. Eventually, they are defeated by Reimu Hakurei and Yukari Yakumo, who manipulated the border between master and slave to prevent Joon from taking control of Reimu's body. Joon is then taken to the Myouren Temple for training as punishment.
Later, Yukari orders Joon and Shion to capture every Dream World dweller that's still in Gensokyo.
- Touhou Gouyoku Ibun
In Kanako’s Scenario, Kanako realizes that both of them had being recollecting as much petroleum as they could with the intention of getting rich, and she calls them egoists for that. Later, they call her poor and fight against her, only to be defeated.
In Minamitsu’s scenario, both of them call the phantom poor after she said she didn’t know what petroleum was, and they attack her after knowing she wants to stop the incident.
In their scenario, Joon and Shion go after more petroleum to get richer. After fighting Kanako, Joon enters in a backdoor in her back, and she is followed by Shion. They arrive at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, where they fight Flandre Scarlet. After winning against the vampire, they enter another door and they get out of Yuuma Toutetsu’s back, who they fight for the the “petroleum” from the Hell of Blood Pools.
Literature
- Curiosities of Lotus Asia
In chapter 32, Joon uses the Perfect Possession to possess Sumireko Usami and make her spend her money on food for the party, buying meat of better quality than needed. She also used her power on Reimu and Rinnosuke to make them buy things they normally wouldn’t.
Relationships
Shion is Joon's older sister. Although Shion was fundamental for Joon's scheme during the events of Antinomy of Common Flowers, she seems to not hold Shion in high regard, as she often berates her and heavily insults her as soon as they get cornered, calling her a "gloomy, poor, smelly, miser who can't do anything on her own", [6] and saying how there isn't anything good about her. Their relationship appears to somewhat improve, however, as Joon is much kinder to her sister in their scenario.
In Touhou Gouyoku Ibun, thanks to the oil they've been collecting, the relationship between the two seems to have changed quite a bit since their debut, as Joon doesn't insult Shion the whole time, nor does she mind when Shion calls herself a "millionaire god".
Minor Relationships
After Joon is defeated by Reimu and Yukari, Byakuren takes her under her wing to teach her a simpler lifestyle. However, she later escapes the temple and keeps stealing other people's possessions, but this time from those who can afford it.[1]
Gallery
Covers
Joon and Shion in the cover for Antinomy of Common Flowers
Joon on the chapter 32 cover of Curiosities of Lotus Asia
Artworks
Joon's portrait from Antinomy of Common Flowers
Joon's full attire from Antinomy of Common Flowers
Joon's pre-battle portrait from Antinomy of Common Flowers
Joon with Shion in Touhou Gouyoku Ibun
Joon and Shion's pre-battle portrait from Touhou Gouyoku Ibun
Sprites
Joon's different color palettes from Antinomy of Common Flowers, the last two were added in v1.10
Illustrations
Joon with Shion from Who's Who of Humans & Youkai - Dusk Edition
Other
Omikuji with Joon's portrait and romanized name, made by ZUN for Reitaisai 15
Additional Information
- Joon was originally intended to be a single character with an Urban Legend taking on a human form. This concept ended up changing as Antinomy of Common Flowers' development went along, turning into a pair of misfortune-bringing gods.[4]
- Joon, along with Shion, are the only final boss consisting of two characters.
Fandom
Official Sources
- 2022-06-13 Antinomy of Common Flowers - omake.txt
- 2022-06-13 Antinomy of Common Flowers - Final boss and Playable Character
- 2022-06-13 Antinomy of Common Flowers - Yukari's Scenario
- 2022-06-13 Antinomy of Common Flowers - Joon and Shion's Ending
- 2022-06-13 Touhou Gouyoku Ibun - Kanako's Scenario
- 2022-06-13 Touhou Gouyoku Ibun - Minamitsu's Scenario
- 2022-06-13 Touhou Gouyoku Ibun - Joon and Shion's Scenario
- 2022-06-13 Curiosities of Lotus Asia - Chapter 32
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Antinomy of Common Flowers - Joon and Shion's Ending
- ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia - Chapter 32
- ↑ Parody of the Super Spirit Bomb (超元気玉) from Dragon Ball.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Strange Creators of Outer World 2018 Spring! - Antinomy of Common Flower Interview with ZUN and Iruka Unabara
- ↑ Touhou 15.5 Manual
- ↑ Antinomy of Common Flowers - Yukari's Scenario
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