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Urumi Ushizaki
Urumi Ushizaki ɯɕizaki ɯɾɯmi | |
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 Urumi Ushizaki in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Parental Guardian of Ancient FishMore Character Titles | |
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Ushi-oni |
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Changing the weight of everyday objects |
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Urumi Ushizaki (牛崎 潤美 Ushizaki Urumi) is an ushi-oni who runs a fishery at the Sanzu River. Though she was once a fearsome youkai who attacked humans, she now leads a relatively peaceful life, and sometimes turns lost travelers back from the river.
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General Information[edit]
Urumi appeared as the Stage 2 midboss and Boss in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. She's initially surprised to see the protagonists attempting to fly over the river, and threatens them in an attempt to chase them off (or possibly just to get some excitement, since the protagonists are strong enough to be considered "fair game" by some youkai). Despite her initial hostility, she helpfully points them toward Higan and casually chats with them after being defeated, and asks them to tell her stories about Hell on their way back.
In her day-to-day life, Urumi tends to the prehistoric fish that live in the Sanzu River, and sometimes sells them in the Human Village.
Personality[edit]
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Abilities[edit]
Changing the weight of everyday objects
Urumi has the ability to change the weight of things she is close to. This is seen in her fight in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature with her enlarging her danmaku.
Background Information[edit]
Origin[edit]
Urumi is an ushi-oni (牛鬼, lit. "cow oni"), a youkai typically depicted as a giant spider with a cow's head and vicious claws. Ushi-oni folklore varies greatly from region to region, but Urumi appears to be specifically based on folklore from the San'in region: a woman asks a passerby to hold her baby, only for the baby to turn to stone and weigh them down, while the ushi-oni emerges from a nearby body of water to attack. The concept of "a woman who hands passersby an unexpectedly heavy baby" is shared by the nure-onna (濡女, lit. "wet woman"), which may also have served as inspiration for Urumi.
Name[edit]
Her full name is Urumi Ushizaki (牛崎 潤美). Urumi is spelled with the characters uru (潤), meaning "moist", and mi (美), meaning "beauty". The word urumi (潤み) is also a common noun meaning "moisture", presumably in reference to the nure-onna youkai mentioned above. Incidentally, "urumi" is also the name of a flexible sword that originates from the Indian subcontinent.
Ushizaki is spelled with the characters ushi (牛), meaning "bovine", and zaki/saki (崎), meaning "cape". The on'yomi reading of the characters also happens to be gyuuki, which is the same as the on'yomi reading of Urumi's species (牛鬼). Her surname is also a homophone for ushi-zaki (牛裂き, lit. "cow tearing"), a form of execution where the condemned was tied to bulls before being drawn and quartered.
Design[edit]
Urumi wears a loose cow-spotted jacket with black borders over a yellow crop-top with long yellow shorts. She wears sandals and holds a baby-shaped stone in her arms. She has horns like an Oni, though she is not a Hell Oni but an Ushi-Oni. Half of her hair is black, the other half is light grey. She has a light tan and bright red eyes. She also has cow ears and a tail.
Story[edit]
Games[edit]
- Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
While the heroines got lost in the middle of the Sanzu River, she appears and offers to return the heroines back to where they came from, but was replied rudely. She then wanted to feed the heroines to the ancient fish living in the Sanzu River, but has failed. Her fight lead the heroines to Higan, which was their destination.
Relationships[edit]
Komachi Onozuka (possibly)
On Marisa's Wolf Scenario, she mentioned that Marisa could've asked the shinigami to take her to Higan. This could possibly imply that Urumi and Komachi know each other to an extent.
Gallery[edit]
Illustrations[edit]
Spell Cards[edit]
| Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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| 石符「ストーンベイビー」 | Stone Sign "Stone Baby" | WBaWC | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 石符「ヘビーストーンベイビー」 | Stone Sign "Heavy Stone Baby" | WBaWC | St. 2: H/L | |||
| 溺符「三途の淪溺」 | Drowning Sign "Drowning in the Sanzu" | WBaWC | St. 2: E/N/H/L | |||
| 鬼符「デーモンシージ」 | Oni Sign "Demon Siege" | WBaWC | St. 2: E/N | |||
| 鬼符「ハングリーデーモンシージ」 | Oni Sign "Hungry Demon Siege" | WBaWC | St. 2: H/L | |||
Additional Information[edit]
Fandom[edit]
Official Profiles[edit]
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○２面ボス 古代魚の子連れ番人 牛崎 潤美（うしざき うるみ） 種族：牛鬼 生身の生き物を三途の川に引きずり込む、恐ろしい鬼。 しかし、幻想郷で人間を襲うことを禁じられて、現在では三途の河で漁業を営んでいる。 死神の保護無しで河を渡ろうとすると、絶滅した超巨大魚や首長竜が襲ってくる。 その牙を抜かれた姿を見て、妖怪達の中には馬鹿にする者も居るが、本人は今の生活に誇りを持っている。 |
Stage 2 Boss: Parental Guardian of Ancient Fish Urumi Ushizaki Species: Ushi-oni A fearsome oni who drags living creatures beneath the Sanzu River's waves. However, since she's forbidden to attack humans in Gensokyo, she currently runs a fishery at the Sanzu River. If one tries to cross the river without a shinigami's permission, they'll be attacked by creatures like extinct giant fish and plesiosaurs. Nowadays, she spends her time domesticating those giant fish and makes a living wage by sometimes selling them in Gensokyo. Some youkai view this defanged state of hers as deserving of mockery, but she's quite proud of her current life. |
Official Sources[edit]
- 2019/05/05 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 2 dialogue)
References[edit]
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