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Tenma

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Tenma

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Species

Tengu

Abilities

Unknown

Occupation

Chief of the Tengu

Location

Youkai Mountain

Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Perfect Memento in Strict Sense (Mentioned in article)

Tenma (天魔) is an enigmatic character, only known to be the chief of the tengu on the Youkai Mountain. They were first mentioned as the Tengu boss in the Tengu section of Perfect Memento in Strict Sense.

Concept

Name

The name 天魔 Tenma consists of the character meaning "heaven," and the character meaning "demon."

In Japanese, one of the names of the Buddhist demon Māra is 第六天魔王 dairokutenmaou, literally "King Māra of the Sixth Heaven." This was abbreviated as 天魔 Tenma, said to be another name for Māra in the Buddhist doctrinal treatise 摩訶止観 Móhē zhǐguān. Tengu came to be linked with Māra, seen as his subjects, and hence the name Tenma was associated with tengu. While originally viewed as a single being, Māra was reinterpreted as a title or a class of evil being, and the name Tenma took on the same associations.

Tenma is distinct from the Great Tengu, who are the "management types" of tengu living on Youkai Mountain. [1]

Story

Mountain of Faith

In Mountain of Faith, the great tengu (management types, not to be confused with the boss tengu, Tenma) receives a report from Momiji about intruders on the mountain and sends her and Aya to investigate. After discovering that they weren't hostile, Tenma and the Mountain God (presumably Kanako) decided to pursue friendly relations, though the full details of the discussion were kept secret.

Relationships

Aya Shameimaru (subordinate)
Hatate Himekaidou (subordinate)
Momiji Inubashiri (subordinate)
Megumu Iizunamaru (subordinate)

Fandom

Official Sources

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References