Benben Tsukumo

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九十九 (つくも) 　弁々 (べんべん) Benben Tsukumo
Spezies	Tsukumogami (biwabokuboku)
Fähigkeiten	Making sounds and performing on her own
Auftritte	Offizielle Spiele: Double Dealing Character (Stage 4 Midboss & Boss, Ex-Stage Midboss) Impossible Spell Card (5th Day Boss) Literatur: Wild and Horned Hermit (Chapter 19 & 20 Cameo) Forbidden Scrollery (Chapter 12 & 16 Cameo)
Musik	幻想浄瑠璃 (Double Dealing Character)

Benben Tsukumo (九十九 弁々, Tsukumo Benben) is a tsukumogami, transformed from a biwa. She is the older sister of Yatsuhashi Tsukumo, though they are technically not blood related, and just became sentient at the same time. She appears in Double Dealing Character.

General Information

As a biwa tsukumogami, she carries a biwa, and uses it in her attacks and for her spell cards.

Backstory

Both Benben and Yatsuhashi were once merely an instrument used by others in the outside world, but eventually they came to Gensokyo. When the Miracle Mallet was used, its magical power flooded into them, and they both became tsukumogami at around the same time. However, they quickly learned where their power was coming from – the Shining Needle Castle – and decided to overthrow society as tools, like Seija Kijin did as well.

Character Design

Name

Her family name "Tsukumo" comes from "tsukumogami", her species of youkai. The motif of hers might be derived from "Bokuboku Biwa" (琵琶牧々), a tsukumogami transforming into biwa houshi. It should be pointed that Bokuboku and Kotofurunushi, would-be Benben's and Yatsuhashi's motives, are drawn next to each other in the facing pages of an ukiyoe aritst Sekien Toriyama's last work, and that Bokuboku is there on the left side. This means the tsukumogami of koto appears earlier and that of biwa later on the book in the traditional Japanese style, the order of which is the same when we're playing Double Dealing Character and selecting Item A of any character. Her given name "Benben," likely comes from the name of the goddess Benzaiten, as they both have the kanji "弁" in their names meaning "valve," "speech," or "petal," and because Benzaiten is often depicted holding a biwa. Another possibility is that "Benben" is derived from "ben-ben", an onomatopoeia of deep sound (two deep sounds in this case; "ben" is repeated) from the lute like biwa or shamisen — "be-be-ben" is seen in the bonus chapter of 1st volume of Forbidden Scrollery when Byakuren is playing the shamisen.

Design

Benben has short lilac hair with two long ponytails, and purple eyes. Her outfit consists of a brown and black dress, with long white sleeves. She is barefooted and wears a small floral accessory in her hair. She also carries a biwa that is chained to her left hand.

Story

Games

Double Dealing Character

Both Benben and Yatsuhashi appear before the player character in Stage 4, though only one of them fights the player at a time. The fight the player gets is decided by which shot type they choose - if they chose to take their weapon along, they face Benben, and Yatsuhashi earlier on as a mid-boss; if they didn't take their weapon, it's vice-versa. At first, the two of them are under the impression that the heroine is looking to join their side, but it quickly turns violent. After being defeated, she points out the Shining Needle Castle, which is where they're getting their power from.

Between the main game and the extra stage, they were approached by Raiko Horikawa, who explained what had happened - and a way out of their situation. The two tsukumogami had realized that their power was coming from the Miracle Mallet. Not wanting to return to being tools, they successfully replaced the magical power they used to survive as self-aware beings with one from the outside world. The heroine must fight both of them at once.

Spin-offs

Impossible Spell Card

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

Relationships

Yatsuhashi Tsukumo

Yatsuhashi is Benben's younger sister, and serves as a hot-headed, energetic counterpart to Benben's cool and collected demeanor. The two of them are both tsukumogami, so they are not technically related by blood; they call themselves sisters because they were both "born" at roughly the same time.

Raiko Horikawa

A drum tsukumogami that approached her and Yatsuhashi, and offered to swap out their source of power.

Minor Relationships

Seija Kijin, Shinmyoumaru Sukuna

No dialogue is exchanged between these characters; when mentioned by the heroine, Seija appears to realize she's talking about tsukumogami, but no more than that. They all appear to share the same goal of overthrowing society.

Spell Cards

  Spell cards

{{#lsth:List_of Spell Cards/Touhou_Project_3|Benben Tsukumo}}

Official Profiles

  Double Dealing Character - omake.txt

	○４面ボス 　　古びた琵琶の付喪神 　　九十九 弁々（つくも べんべん） 　　Tsukumo Benben 　　古びた琴の付喪神 　　九十九 八橋（つくも やつはし） 　　Tsukumo Yatsuhashi 　　種族：付喪神 　　能力：自ら音を発して演奏できる程度の能力 　　それぞれ伝統楽器の付喪神。 　　冷静で大人びたお姉さん役の弁々と、勝ち気で無鉄砲な妹役の八橋。 　　二人は姉妹だと言っているが、同時期に付喪神になっただけで血のつながりは無い。 　　自分の力の源が、空中に現れた逆さ城にある事に気が付き、そこを目指していた。 　　彼女らの目的は道具による世界の征服。つまり下克上であった。 　　道具が自由に動き、その能力を遺憾なく発揮できる道具の理想郷の実現を夢見たのだ。 　　しかしその夢は霊夢達によって阻まれる。 　　だが彼女達は諦めてはいなかった。 　　その思いが打ち出の小槌の魔力の影響だったことに気が付くと、別の自分の力を 　　魔力に置き換える呪法を試みた。	Stage 4 Bosses Tsukumogami of an Aging Biwa Benben Tsukumo Tsukumogami of an Aging Koto Yatsuhashi Tsukumo Species: Tsukumogami Ability: Capable of making sounds and performing on their own A pair of tsukumogami, each created from a traditional musical instrument. Benben plays the part of the cool, grown-up older sister, and Yatsuhashi plays the part of the hot-blooded, reckless younger sister. They're said to be sisters, but it's just because they became tsukumogami at the same time. They're not blood relatives. They realized that the source of their power was the upside-down castle floating in the sky, and set their sights there. Their goal was to conquer the world with their fellow tools. Social upheaval, in other words. They dreamed of an utopia where tools could move freely, and display their abilities to the fullest. However, that dream was prevented by Reimu and company. They still didn't give up, though. When they realized that their thoughts had been influenced by the Miracle Mallet's magic, they tried using incantations to replace their power with a different magic power.

	○EX面中ボス　九十九姉妹 　　自分達の力の源が打ち出の小槌の魔力だったことを知る二人。 　　どうしよう、このままではただの道具に戻ってしまう。 　　慌てる二人に救いの手が差し伸べられた。 　　それは見た事も無い打楽器の付喪神であった。	Extra Stage Midbosses - The Tsukumo Sisters The two learned that the source of their power was the magical power of the Miracle Mallet. What were they going to do? At this rate they would return back to being mere tools. A hand of salvation reached out to this panicking pair. It was the tsukumogami of a percussion instrument that they had never seen before.

Official Sources

  Official sources

• 2013/08/12 Double Dealing Character - omake.txt (profile, extra stage profile)
• 2013/12/10 Wild and Horned Hermit - Chapter 20