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Nemuno Sakata
sakata nemɯno Nemuno Sakata | |
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 Nemuno Sakata in Hidden Star in Four Seasons The Yamanba who Surpasses This Floating World's BarriersMore Character Titles | |
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Creating sanctuaries |
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| "Oh, sorry about that. I'm Marisa the magician. I'm not sure why, but it seems like the season around this one area has turned into autumn?" |
| "I don't know nothin' 'bout that. More importantly, you should git outta here. If you stick around here any longer, I'll slice you open an' sun-dry you!" |
| — Marisa Kirisame and Nemuno Sakata (Hidden Star in Four Seasons Stage 2.) |
Nemuno Sakata (坂田 ネムノ Sakata Nemuno) is a yamanba who lives alone on the Youkai Mountain.
General Information
Nemuno appeared as the Stage 2 midboss and Boss in Hidden Star in Four Seasons.
Personality
Nemuno Sakata is a reclusive youkai who lives independently on Youkai Mountain. She has no interest in the world at large. Her way of living is very primitive, even by Gensokyo's standards. She doesn't like trespassers and will attempt to drive away any intruder she comes across, be it human or youkai. [1] This treatment is harsher with tengus, as they signed a non aggression treatment which says tengu need to leave her alone in her territory [2]
However, she does have a benevolent side to her. She likes strong people. In Hidden Star in Four Seasons, she became more negotiable after fighting the protagonist. In Reimu's scenario in particular, Nemuno tries to invite Reimu for some tea.
Abilities
- Ability to create sanctuaries
She has the ability to create sanctuaries, which refers to a location that belongs to no one, thus lacking anyone's ownership.[3]
Seiran mentions in Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost sanctuaries being usable as passageways to the Lunar Capital.[4]
Official Profiles
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○２面ボス 浮世の関を超える山姥 坂田 ネムノ 種族：山姥 妖怪の山の中に住む妖怪。 組織を好む天狗とは相容れず、種族間で不可侵条約を結んで、それぞれ独自に 彼女自身も世間に興味が無く、幻想郷の中では未開で情報も殆ど無い。 |
Stage 2 Boss: The Yamanba who Surpasses This Floating World's Barriers Nemuno Sakata Species: Yamanba A youkai who lives on the Youkai Mountain. They're completely the opposite of the society-loving tengu. It seems that they form nonaggression treaties with other species and live on their own. Nemuno herself, likewise, has no interest in the world at large. She's primitive even by Gensokyo's standards, and there's hardly any information on her. |
Spell Cards
| Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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| 雨符「囚われの秋雨」 | Rain Sign "Imprisoning Autumn Rain" | HSiFS | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 雨符「呪われた柴榑雨」 | Rain Sign "Cursed Torrential Rain" | HSiFS | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 刃符「山姥の包丁研ぎ」 | Blade Sign "Yamanba's Kitchen Knife Sharpening" | HSiFS | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 刃符「山姥の鬼包丁研ぎ」 | Blade Sign "Yamanba's Oni Kitchen Knife Sharpening" | HSiFS | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 尽符「マウンテンマーダー」 | Blade Exhaustion Sign "Mountain Murder" | HSiFS | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 尽符「ブラッディマウンテンマーダー」 | Blade Exhaustion Sign "Bloody Mountain Murder" | HSiFS | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 研符「狂い輝く鬼包丁」 | Sharpen Sign "Madly Glinting Oni Kitchen Knife" | VD | Thursday - 2 | |||
| 殺符「窮僻の山姥」 | Murder Sign "Deeply-Secluded Yamanba" | VD | Thursday - 3 | |||
| 夢尽「殺人鬼の懐」 | Dream Blade Exhaustion "Demonic Killer's Retreat" | VD GoU |
Wrong Sunday - 6 — | |||
| 包丁「刃こぼれするまで切り刻め」 | Kitchen Knife "Mince Up Till Your Blade Chips" | 100BM | 1st Market | |||
Character Design
Name
Her full name is Nemuno Sakata (坂田 ネムノ). The characters for Sakata (坂田) are spelled with saka (坂) "hill, incline, slope", and ta (田) "rice field". Her surname Sakata (坂田) is a reference to Sakata no Kintoki (坂田 金時) a child of superhuman strength who was raised by a Yamanba. He was first known as Kintarō (金太郎 lit. Golden boy) but after catching Shuten-dōji he became a loyal follower of Minamoto no Yorimitsu and changed his name to Sakata no Kintoki (坂田金時).
Her first name Nemuno (ネムノ) may refer to the Albizia julibrissin (known as "nemunoki" (ネムノキ lit. "sleeping tree") in Japanese).
Design
Nemuno has red eyes and wavy waist-length grey hair that falls down naturally in a somewhat ragged fashion. She wears blue detached sleeves and a knee-length three colored dress, resembling a one-shoulder tunic, that wraps over her left shoulder yet still leaves both shoulders bare. Her dress has three color regions - yellow/gold on top, orange in the middle, and red on the bottom, all divided in a nonparallel manner by ragged white trim. The bottom is perforated with two and a half staggered rings of diamond-shaped holes and her detached sleeves bear a similar design. Nemuno wields a giant cleaver with a red bow at the front of the handle. She does not wear any footwear.
Appearances
Games
- Hidden Star in Four Seasons
- Main article: Hidden Star in Four Seasons: Story
Nemuno attacks the protagonist, who has reached a secluded area on Youkai Mountain. Nemuno is confused as to why an outsider would enter this place, but attacks in order to protect her territory. She is defeated shortly after.
Spin-offs
- 100th Black Market
In 100th Black Market, Nemuno appears as the one of the 1st market bosses. Her ability card, a kitchen knife hacking, can be acquired.
Relationships
Due to Nemuno's solitary nature, it is unknown if she possesses any relationship with the people of Gensokyo (other than vaguely speaking with the protagonists in Hidden Star in Four Seasons), however it can be assumed that she is the most isolated from the residents of Gensokyo. She does however mention that she signed a treatment for tengu to leave her alone in her territory, implying some interaction in one way or another.
Gallery
Illustrations
Nemuno's fortune slip in Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine
Screenshots
Nemuno in Lotus Eaters
Additional Information
- Nemuno Sakata and Mystia Lorelei are the only bosses who start the boss fight immediately after their mid-boss defeat.
- Yuugi Hoshiguma is a similar case, the difference being that she stays during a whole second half of the stage after her mid-boss defeat, until the start of her boss fight.
- Nemuno refers to herself with uchi (うち), a Japanese first-person pronoun used mainly by women in Kansai-ben and Kyushu dialect.
Fandom
Official Sources
- 2017/05/07 Hidden Star in Four Seasons trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 2 dialogue)
References
- ↑ Hidden Star in Four Seasons - Nemuno's Profile
- ↑ Hidden Star in Four Seasons - Aya's Scenario. "You're not s'posed t' be here. We made an agreement." "So that's your way of doin' things, huh? Decidin' all by yourselves to scrap our non-aggression treaty?"
- ↑ Strange Creators of Outer World - Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost Interview with ZUN
- ↑ Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost - Seiran's VS Script when defeating Biten
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