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雲山 (うんざん)
ɯ̃ᵝnzã̠ɴ (♫)
Unzan
Unzan
Sprite of Unzan in Hopeless Masquerade
The Big Wheel, Having Guarded and Been Guarded
More Character Titles
Species

Enlightened spirit, Nyuudou

Abilities

Changing shape and size at will

Location

Myouren Temple

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Unzan (雲山) is an old, male nyuudou controlled by Ichirin Kumoi. Being a cloud spirit, Unzan's true form is a mystery. Along with Ichirin, he guards the Palanquin Ship of his own accord in order to assist in the revival of Byakuren Hijiri.

General Information

Unzan, along with Ichirin Kumoi, first appeared as the Third stage boss of Undefined Fantastic Object and later both as a playable character of Hopeless Masquerade. As part of a team with Ichirin, they work together to face their challenges.

Personality

Unzan is a shy, but overbearing nyuudou who'll only talk to Ichirin Kumoi. However, when he really is angry, he'll thunder out.[1] Unzan is quiet and stubborn, with a strong sense of duty. While once feared, together with Ichirin, they rarely attack anyone.

Ability

Changing shape and size at will

He is able to make his fists giant and strike the opponent and shoot unique danmaku. He can multiply, expand and change form as he wishes, as shown in his Rage "First and Last of Its Kind Scolding Scorch" spell card. He cannot outright transform into a different being, however.

Backstory

His (and Ichirin's) Symposium of Post-mysticism article gives him the following backstory:

Unzan once was a normal man-eating foreseeing nyuudou. Ichirin, who then was a human girl, dauntlessly went to encounter him and give him a scare when she first heard of him. When she finally saw what looked like the feet of a monk, taking care not to raise her head, she shouted "The foreseeing nyuudou was foreseen!", a repelling spell.[2] While that would normally be enough to make a nyuudou disappear, the sheer shock of his utter defeat and resulting admiration for the courageous girl prompted Unzan to devote the rest of his life to protecting her.

By the time of Undefined Fantastic Object, Ichirin and Unzan have both joined Byakuren Hijiri due to her acceptance of youkai as well as her understanding of the human heart.

Background Information

Origin

A possible source of inspiration for the Unzan and Ichirin character is an old Japanese tale about tsukumogami (youkai born from an old object attaining a spirit of its own after being around for 100 years). This story features a tsukumogami born from a Buddhist rosary called Ichiren Nyuudou.

Name

His name is Unzan (雲山), which means "Clouded Mountain" or "Mountain of Clouds". A nyuudou cloud (入道雲) is a Japanese term for cumulonimbus cloud or thunderhead. Unzan being purple is a reference to the purple cloud leading to where Myouren was.

Design

The sprite of Unzan in Undefined Fantastic Object and Hopeless Masquerade shows that he is a pink/reddish cloud with the face of an old man with a beard. Due to his ability, he's shown to have multiple fists and heads.

Unzan's Appearances

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Games

Undefined Fantastic Object

Unzan stands guard with Ichirin at the Palanquin Ship in order to keep those who would prevent Byakuren Hijiri's revival away. During their battle with the heroine, he uses his fists as projectiles to try and defeat the heroine.

Spin-offs

Hopeless Masquerade

Unzan acts as the support of Ichirin, perfoming attacks for her while Ichirin fights characters who wanted revenge from their lose against Byakuren Hijiri

Urban Legend in Limbo

Unzan supports Ichirin in her search for seven Occult Balls, helping her both punching the opponent or in her spell cards.

Antinomy of Common Flowers

Unzan accompanies Ichirin and Mononobe no Futo, who help Toyosatomimi no Miko and Byakuren Hijiri in their investigation about the Perfect Possesion.

Whenever Ichirin is switched out in Perfect Posession, Unzan loses consciousness, too.

Unzan in Wild and Horned Hermit

Literature

Wild and Horned Hermit

In Chapter 44, after hearing Byakuren say they didn't have time or money to organize something for the celebration of the paranirvana day (the day Budda died), Ichirin Kumoi suggests her asking Unzan to become a budda statue. Kasen Ibara notices this and tells Reimu Hakurei and Sanae Kochiya about the real origin of the statue. Although Reimu tricked Ichirin threating to tell the truth to everyone and Unzan had to become a statue for Reimu too, the festival ended succesfully. However, Unzan ended exhausted and complaining about it.

Relationships

Ichirin Kumoi

The Wheel That Guards, Unzan's life is devoted to watching over Ichirin, his partner and handler. Since he is very shy, he talks quietly and only to her, causing her to be his spokeswoman of sorts.

Koishi Komeiji

Unzan is revealed to be able to notice Koishi before Ichirin does and apparently gets along well enough to have Koishi call him "Uncle Nyuudo".[3]

Gallery

Illustrations

Screenshots

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 29
鉄拳「問答無用の妖怪拳」 Iron Fist "An Unarguable Youkai Punch" UFO St. 3: E/N
神拳「雲上地獄突き」 Divine Fist "Hell Thrust from Above the Clouds" UFO St. 3: H
神拳「天海地獄突き」 Divine Fist "Hell Thrust from the Heavenly Seas" UFO St. 3: L
拳符「天網サンドバッグ」 Fist Sign "Heavenly Net Sandbag" UFO St. 3: E/N
連打「雲界クラーケン殴り」 Barrage "Cloud World Kraken Strike" UFO St. 3: H
連打「キングクラーケン殴り」 Barrage "King Kraken Strike" UFO
GoU
St. 3: L
拳打「げんこつスマッシュ」 Hand Strike "Fist Smash" UFO St. 3: E/N
潰滅「天上天下連続フック」 Annihilation "Consecutive Hooks Throughout Heaven and Earth" UFO St. 3: H/L
大喝「時代親父大目玉」 Thunderous Yell "A Scolding from a Traditional Old Man" UFO St. 3: E/N
忿怒「天変大目玉焼き」 Rage "Calamity Scolding Scorch" UFO St. 3: H
忿怒「空前絶後大目玉焼き」 Rage "First and Last of Its Kind Scolding Scorch" UFO
GoU
St. 3: L
拳骨「天空鉄槌落とし」 Fist "Falling Sky Hammer" DS St. 5
稲妻「帯電入道」 Lightning "Electrified Nyuudou" DS St. 5
鉄拳「入道にょき」 Iron Fist "Nyuudou Nyoki" DS St. 5
嵐符「仏罰の野分雲」 Storm Sign "Autumn Storm Clouds of Buddhist Retribution" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
積乱「見越し入道雲」 Cumulonimbus "Foreseeing Nyuudou Cloud" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
拳固「懺悔の殺風」 Clenched Fist "Deadly Wind of Penitence" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
「華麗なる親父時代」 "Traditional Era of a Splendid Old Man" HM Use-LW
拳符「怒りの大雲塊」 Fist Sign "Great Cumulus of Rage" HM Story
入道「夏の幻想太郎」 Nyuudou "Genso-Tarou Cloud in Summer" HM Story
*265センチの魔人現る!* *A 265-Centimeter Fiend Appears!* ULiL
AoCF
Use-LW
Use-LW
悪符「八尺のオカルト柱」 Evil Sign "Eight-Shaku Occult Pillar" ULiL Story
*謎の女に囚われた真夏の夜* *A Midsummer Night Trapped by a Mysterious Woman* ULiL Story
拳風符「入道叢雲風水拳」 Fist Wind Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Feng Shui Fist" Co-owner with Futo AoCF Story
拳星符「入道叢雲スレイブスパーク」 Fist Star Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Slave Spark" Co-owner with Marisa AoCF Story
撃拳符「スカンダの怪雲拳」 Strike Fist Sign "Skanda's Strange Cloud Fist" Co-owner with Byakuren AoCF Story
恋拳符「ローズカプリチオ怪雲拳」 Love Fist Sign "Rose Capriccio Strange Cloud Fist" Co-owner with Koishi AoCF Story
光拳符「インドラのヴァジュラ怪雲拳」 Light Fist Sign "Indra's Vajra Strange Cloud Fist" Co-owner with Byakuren AoCF Story
拳水符「入道叢雲ミズバク拳」 Fist Water Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Water Bomb Fist" Co-owner with Nitori AoCF Story

Additional Information

  • Essentially, Unzan is the Stage 3 boss in Undefined Fantastic Object and not Ichirin; Ichirin herself came as a way to have an actual character on the screen to shoot at.[1]
  • Unzan is the first male character to appear in a Windows game.
  • Unzan is (may be) the first male character in the Touhou Project to have become a playable character – in Hopeless Masquerade.

Fandom

Official Profiles

Undefined Fantastic Object - Settings and Extra Story.txt
Unzan ○3面ボス  守り守られし大輪

[...]

  雲山(うんざん)
  Unzan

  種族:入道
  能力:形や大きさを自在に変える事が出来る程度の能力

[...]

  雲山は、雲で出来た入道である。
  頑固親父で無口だが、根は優しい。曲がったことが嫌いで、正々堂々と
  している者を好む。

[...]

Stage 3 boss The Great Wheel, Having Guarded and Been Guarded

[...]


Unzan

Race: Nyuudou
Ability: Being able to change shape and size at will

[...]

Unzan is a nyuudou made of clouds.
He's a stubborn, quiet old man, but he's gentle at heart. He likes people who are on the up-and-up, and doesn't like roundabout things.

[...]

Official Sources

Official sources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chara☆Mel. "Interview with Chara☆Mel" (in 日本語). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  2. Foreseeing nyuudou are youkai monks who only show their feet at first. When their victim would look up to see their face, they would grow larger so that their heads would remain out of sight. It's been said that when the victim looks straight up, their head would get chopped off.
  3. Ichirin's Story Mode in Hopeless Masquerade