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Saki Kurokoma
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Saki Kurokoma in Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost Matriarch of the Keiga FamilyMore Character Titles | |
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Kurokoma |
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Having unmatched leg strength |
Occupation |
Matriarch of the Keiga Family |
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聖徳太子のペガサス 〜 Dark Pegasus (Wily Beast and Weakest Creature, Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost) | |
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"Your power, swiftness, bravery and knowledge in facing down danmaku... All in perfect balance! I-I'm moved!"
— Saki Kurokoma (Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Extra Stage)
Saki Kurokoma (驪駒 早鬼 Kurokoma Saki) is the extra stage boss of Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. She runs the Keiga Family, a major organization of beast spirits in the Animal Realm of hell.
General Information
Saki first appears as the extra boss of Wily Beast and Weakest Creature and is the leader of the wolf spirits. In terms of height, she is shorter than she looks, and she's mindful enough of this fact to always stand in an imposing manner, wings outstretched, to make herself look bigger.[1]
Personality
Saki has a casual (but not rude) personality. As the leader of the wolf spirits, she is similar to her underlings: strong physically but not very smart. She was quite pumped to fight the heroine. She also respects others' strength even if they are an enemy, like Keiki Haniyasushin or Yachie Kicchou. In Wily Beast and Weakest Creature's Extra Stage, she even asks the heroines if they wanted to join them after being surprised at their strength or fight again. She is quite ambitious and does not hesitate to act, quickly planning on conquering hell and the surface when seeing a chance to. In the vs mode of Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost, when defeating Saki, Chiyari Tenkajin claims that Yuuma Toutetsu told her that Saki takes being a one-man army way too far, and says she's weak because no one ever tells her what not to do. Despite her claiming to value strength above all else, in Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost Saki regularly encourages characters even when initially seen as weak, encouraging Seiran in her final stage of her story mode to tolerate hell as well as helping her get out if she wins. Additionally, she encourages Nazrin by giving her fighting tips in vs mode and worries about Enoko Mitsugashira's defeat enough to be distracted during her fight with Yachie Kicchou in Yachie's story mode.
Abilities
- Ability to have unmatched leg strength
While not directly stated, most of her spell cards seemingly correspond to her ability. Especially the "Agile Skill" spell cards.
Occupation
Saki is the leader of the Keiga family, a family of wolf spirits from the Animal Realm. As such, she is the one who commands the spirits and has the superior authority over them, as the spirits work in the organizations of the Animal Realm as slaves. [2] The Keiga family is known for their strength and being simple-minded, which are traits that Saki has and projects over her decisions, being straightforward and not very premeditated. However, it is also said that she listens to the reports of her underlings and values their opinions and achievements. [3]
Official Profiles
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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勁疾技「スリリングショット」 | Agile Skill "Thrilling Shot" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
勁疾技「ライトニングネイ」 | Agile Skill "Lightning Neigh" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
勁疾技「デンスクラウド」 | Agile Skill "Dense Cloud" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
勁疾技「ビーストエピデミシティ」 | Agile Skill "Beast Epidemicity" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
勁疾技「トライアングルチェイス」 | Agile Skill "Triangle Chase" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
勁疾技「ブラックペガサス流星弾」 | Agile Skill "Black Pegasus Meteor Shot" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
勁疾技「マッスルエクスプロージョン」 | Agile Skill "Muscle Explosion" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
「フォロミーアンアフライド」 | "Follow Me, Unafraid" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
「鬼形のホイポロイ」 | "Oni-Shaped Hoi Polloi" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
「鬼畜生の所業」 | "Deeds of Devilish Beasts" | WBaWC | St. Ex | |||
天星馬「ペガサスクロス」 | Heavenly Stellar Steed "Pegasus Cross" | 100BM | 6th Market | |||
「爆発は筋力だ!」 | "This Explosion is Muscle Strength!" | 100BM | 6th Market |
Character Design
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Origin
Saki is based on Kai-no-Kurokoma (甲斐の黒駒 lit. Black-coated Horse from Kai), a legendary horse said to be owned and cherished by Prince Shoutoku that could fly through the sky. It was a horse that Shoutoku rode to various localities to spread the word of Buddhism. It was also said the Prince often rode this horse to Ikaruga (Hōryū-ji) and that the horse had miraculous powers on top of the ability to fly.
Name
Her full name is Saki Kurokoma (早鬼 驪駒). Her first name, Saki (早鬼), roughly translates to "speed demon", which might be a reference to her ability. The 鬼 character also appears in the Japanese title of Wily Beast and Weakest Creature (鬼形獣).
Kurokoma is inspired by Kurokoma (黒駒), a legendary horse owned by Prince Shoutoku said to be able to fly in the air, though the kanji used for her last name is different. First character means black horse (驪 kuro) and the second means horse (駒 koma).
Design
Saki has red eyes and black hair. She has black wings and a black horse tail. Her outfit is reminiscent of cowboys, where she wears a brown cowboy hat, a light turquoise bandanna, and two diagonal-plaid patterned clothes, one light blue and the lower pale pink. She also wears brown boots. Despite being a horse-related species, she is depicted with no horse ears under her hat.[4]
Appearances
Games
She teamed up with the other groups to stage the Hell invasion to overthrow Keiki Haniyasushin. In the extra stage, she once again invades Hell after hearing of Keiki's defeat and plans to do the same to the surface world, this time to try and take them over for herself.
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. Saki, as the leader of the Keiga family, was one of the leaders who tried to claim said ownership.
After testing her subordinate Enoko Mitsugashira, she goes to the Former Hell of Blood Pools to meet and beat Yuuma Toutetsu, but due to the Hell of Blazing Fires being in the way, she beats Chiyari Tenkajin before. After defeating the tenkajin and Yuuma Toutetsu, the latter tells her that the enemy is neither of the three people she could think of. Finally, she confronts Zanmu Nippaku after taking revenge on Yachie Kicchou for defeating Enoko.
After defeating the oni, she loses the desire for fighting, asks her underlings to monitor the situation and grows concerned about Enoko and her connection with Zanmu.
Spin-offs
Saki appears as the one of the 6th market bosses. She has two ability cards dedicated to her, both pertaining to beasts.
Relationships
Saki gets along very poorly with both Yachie and Keiki, but respects their strength.
Given the legend that Saki was the horse of Prince Shoutoku, which is Toyosatomimi no Miko's former name, there is a high likelihood that the pair of them know each other, although this is not yet confirmed.
Judging by the dialogue of the Extra Stages in the eagle spirit scenarios, it is suspected that Saki loathes Yuuma more so than Yachie and Keiki, saying that Toutetsu "is the worst".
Saki found Enoko when she was devouring the spirits of the surface and convinced her to stop. [5] and she offered her to join the Keiga family. Saki then entrusts her with the leadership of the wolf spirits on the surface until she realizes that Enoko worked under Zanmu Nippaku's orders.[6] It is not known if her relationship with Enoko goes beyond a boss–employee one.
Gallery
Covers
Cover of Wily Beast and Weakest Creature, featuring Yachie, Keiki, and Saki's silhouette.
Illustrations
Artworks
Saki artwork from Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
Additional Information
- Saki appears on the jewel case of Wily Beast and Weakest Creature along with Yachie Kicchou and Keiki Haniyasushin.
Fandom
References
- ↑ Strange Creators of Outer World - Saki Kurokoma
- ↑ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature – Yachie's Profile
- ↑ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature – Saki's Profile
- ↑ Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost - Zanmu's ending
- ↑ Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost - Enoko's Profile
- ↑ Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost – Saki's Ending
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