Sekibanki

Vorlage:Infobox Character Sekibanki (赤蛮奇) ist eine rokurokubi und lebt undercover als Mensch im Human Village.

General Information

Sekibanki ist eine Rokurokubi that dwells in the Human Village in disguise as a human. Sie erschien zuerst als Stage 2 Mid-Boss und Boss in Double Dealing Character, und dann als ein Day 2 Boss in Impossible Spell Card.

Personality

Sekibanki is described as being slighty prideful and with a cynical view of things. She became agggressive and somewhat youkai-like when affected by the Miracle Mallet, but it seems that she is normally recalcitrant towards both humans and youkai, and she doesn't get involved much with them.

Fähigkeiten

Kann ihren Kopf fliegen lassen

Wie bereits erwähnt kann Sekibank ihren Kopf von ihrem Körper trennen und ihn nach Willen bewegen.

Vervielfältigende Köpfe

Einige ihrer Spellkarten involvieren, dass sie Kopien ihres Kopfes erschaffen und von verschiedenen Stellen/Orten angreifen lassen kann. Es ist unbekannt ob ihre aktiven Köpfe eigenständig denken können (wie Flandre's Taboo "Four of a Kind"), oder nur Duplikate des richtigen Kopfes sind.

Langer Hals

Sie kann ihren Hals sehr viel verlängern. Das ist vor allem in one of her spell cards der Fall.

Charaktergestaltung

Origin

Although she's referred to as a rokurokubi in-game, Sekibanki has a few different inspirations. In Japanese folklore, a rokurokubi is a youkai that can stretch its neck to great extents. There's also a type of youkai called a nukekubi, which can remove its head completely. Although it may seem like Sekibanki is based exclusively on the nukekubi, she still does have the elongated neck of a rokurokubi (best seen in her spell cards Flying Neck "Extreme Long Neck" and Flying Neck "Twin Rokuro Head"). ZUN also uses the term 'Dullahan' as a translation or close approximation of her species' name in English.

Name

Sekibanki (赤蛮奇) is spelled with the characters for "red", "barbarian", and "anomaly". The characters are read using their on'yomi, or Chinese readings, unlike with most Touhou Project characters. The second character, ban (蛮), is likely taken from hitouban (飛頭蛮), which is a Chinese youkai equivalent to the rokurokubi.

Design

Sekibanki has red hair and eyes. She wears a blue bow with red trimmings and a red and blue capelet that covers part of her face. She also wears a black and red long sleeved shirt, as well as a dark red skirt and red and black boots. When she's defeated, her portrait with a slash in her skirt show that she wears a white undershirt.

Story

Games

Double Dealing Character

Hauptartikel: Reimu A Arc und Reimu B Arc

Sekibanki shows in front of Reimu, asking if she's there to exterminate her. At first, she doesn't recognize her opponent as the shrine maiden of Hakurei, and attacks her after claiming that humans have become too confident because the youkai have been calm for a while. After being defeated, she understands who her opponent was, and runs away.

Hauptartikel: Marisa A Arc

Sekibanki shows in front of Marisa, and attacks her after saying that humans' insolence made youkai retaliate. After being defeated, she understands how strong Marisa is and runs away.

Hauptartikel: Marisa B Arc

After Sekibanki shows up again, Marisa says that she was quite surprised of seeing her flying head. The youkai attacks again, trying to scare the magician with her ability, but gets defeated and mocked. Sekibanki complains about how fearless humans have become, but Marisa reassures her saying that she is just special.

Hauptartikel: Sakuya A Arc

Sekibanki attacks Sakuya trying to terrorize her, but the maid is far stronger than expected and defeats her.

Hauptartikel: Sakuya B Arc

Sekibanki shows herself, asking Sakuya if she's there to exterminate her. The maid says that she's pacifying all the rampaging youkai, but Sekibanki claims that it's too late and that the youkai conterattack has already begun. Sakuya defeats her, saying that noone except Reimu would hurt her if she behaves herself.

Spin-offs

Impossible Spell Card

Presumably from hearing or seeing a wanted sign about the mischief-making amanojaku Seija Kijin, Sekibanki appears to be one of the many youkai that tries to capture her. She uses spell cards that are considered impossible to dodge.

Spell Cards

  Spell Cards

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Additional Information

• In folklore, nukekubi are said to have symbols on their neck where the head detaches, revealing their identity - which may explain Sekibanki's choice to wear a capelet to cover her neck.

Fandom

Hauptartikel: Fandom: Sekibanki

Official Profiles

  Double Dealing Character trial - omake.txt

	○２面ボス　　ろくろ首の怪奇 　　赤蛮奇（せきばんき） 　　Sekibanki 　　種族：ろくろ首 　　能力：頭を飛ばせる程度の能力 　　人里で人間に紛れて生活している妖怪。 　　首を飛ばすことが出来るので色々と便利。 　　性格は少々プライドが高く、人間とも妖怪とも打ち解けない。 　　何となく斜に構えて見てしまうようである。 　　今夏、人間の里でも宗教家達によるお祭り騒ぎがあったのだが、 　　人間や妖怪が盛り上がっている間、それら流行り物を否定的な目で 　　見て、一人ひっそりと暮していた。 　　しかし今回、何故か暴れてしまう。	Stage 2 Boss - The Rokurokubi Horror Sekibanki Species: Rokurokubi Ability: Ability to make her head fly A youkai who lives in the Human Village, taking the guise of a human. Her ability to make her head fly is convenient in various ways. Her personality is slightly prideful, and she's recalcitrant towards both humans and youkai. It seems she takes a somewhat cynical view of things. The previous summer, the religious leaders had been causing riots in the Human Village. While the humans and youkai had been rising up, though, she was living quietly by herself, viewing the fads in a negative light. However, this time, she went berserk for some reason.

  Double Dealing Character - omake.txt

	○２面ボス　　ろくろ首の怪奇 　　赤蛮奇（せきばんき） 　　Sekibanki 　　種族：ろくろ首 　　能力：頭を飛ばせる程度の能力 　　人里で人間に紛れて生活している妖怪。 　　首を飛ばすことが出来るので色々と便利。 　　性格は少々プライドが高く、人間とも妖怪とも打ち解けない。 　　何となく斜に構えて見てしまうようである。 　　今夏、人間の里でも宗教家達によるお祭り騒ぎがあったのだが、 　　人間や妖怪が盛り上がっている間、それら流行り物を否定的な目で 　　見て、一人ひっそりと暮していた。 　　打ち出の小槌の魔力に冒され、いきがっていたところ霊夢達に 　　成敗された。 　　今はもう大人しい。	Stage 2 Boss - The Rokurokubi Horror Sekibanki Species: Rokurokubi Ability: Ability to make her head fly A youkai who lives in the Human Village, taking the guise of a human. Her ability to make her head fly is convenient in various ways. Her personality is slightly prideful, and she's recalcitrant towards both humans and youkai. It seems she takes a somewhat cynical view of things. The previous summer, the religious leaders had been causing riots in the Human Village. While the humans and youkai had been rising up, though, she was living quietly by herself, viewing the fads in a negative light. She was affected by the Miracle Mallet's magic power, became ferocious, and was punished by Reimu and company. She's behaving herself once again by now.

Official Sources

  Official sources

• 2013/05/26 Double Dealing Character trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 2 dialogue)
• 2013/08/12 Double Dealing Character - omake.txt (official profile, stage 2 dialogue)