Yuyuko Saigyouji

Yuyuko Saigyouji

Final boss, formerly the mistress of old Saigyouji clan, currently the ghost princess.
Mainly she possesses the ability to manipulate death.

Long ago, there was a divinely talented poet in Gensokyo. He loved nature and spent most of his time traveling. When he became aware that the hour of his death drew near, he chose to begin his eternal rest under the most beautiful cherry tree he could find.

That cherry tree has grown even more beautiful since then, charming many people into resting in peace beneath its blossoms. The tree with the mortuary charm developed the powers of a youkai after a while.

A thousand years have passed.

In the garden of the Saigyouji clan, there exists a youkai cherry blossom with a story behind it; it is called the Saigyou Ayakashi. For as long as Yuyuko had been there, this cherry tree has never bloomed, even in spring.

One day, while browsing through the library as usual, Yuyuko found an old record. It looked so old that it was practically ageless; within it, the following was written...

"On the day the Saigyou Ayakashi had reached full bloom, the daughter of Fujimi crossed the boundary of life and death (in other words, passed away). So that her soul may rest in peace within Hakugyokurou, I shall seal the tree's blossoms and hereby fashion these limbs into a barrier. It is my hope that she will never again reincarnate, and thus never again have to suffer pain..."

Yuyuko had read that breaking the seal on the Saigyou Ayakashi, making it bloom fully, would cause a certain someone to be resurrected; she started gathering spring's essence out of curiosity.

Basically, those present in the Netherworld are mostly spirit beings. It is for that reason that she wondered about the corpse lying under the Saigyou Ayakashi with great interest, going as far as to consider breaking the seal. Normally, she can only tempt humans and youkai to their death. Bringing life to something already dead would be a first.

Thanks to an all-out effort put forth by Youmu, the gardener, every cherry blossom bloomed perfectly; every cherry blossom except for the Saigyou Ayakashi, which still bordered on blooming. By that point, Gensokyo's spring had almost been completely drained.

No one would have imagined that a living human, bearing a tiny drop of spring, would visit.

A battle for that last remaining bit of spring ensued...


Perhaps it was because of her carefree afterlife, or maybe the record had aged beyond recognition, but Yuyuko ultimately failed to realize that the girl who was written about in the record... was herself.

In the beginning, Yuyuko only possessed the ability to manipulate departed souls. Unconsciously, that power grew stronger, that eventually she possessed the ability to tempt others into their death. Terrified by her own ability, she committed suicide.

After becoming a ghost, she thoroughly forgot everything about the time she was alive, and started to enjoy being able to invoke death.

The reason Yuyuko can neither reincarnate nor vanish is because of the seal on the Saigyou Ayakashi. Once the boundary is breached, the time that was frozen will continue to flow, resulting in her death again. Reviving the corpse will destroy Yuyuko's ghost, so it's no wonder that the near-success of the revival ended in inevitable failure.

After all, Yuyuko is not able to manipulate anything but death.

The only person who knew the whole story, Youki Konpaku, grew slowly older due to the nature of half-humans, and disappeared with the belief that Youmu could inherit the truth about Yuyuko.

For all time, Yuyuko will remain as the princess of Netherworld and mistress of long-dead Saigyouji clan.

She shall never bear witness to the blooming of the Saigyou Ayakashi.

　　西行寺　幽々子（さいぎょうじゆゆこ）

　　種族：亡霊
　　住処：冥界にある白玉楼
　　能力：死を操る程度の能力

　　　あの世で成仏もせずのほほんと暮らす亡霊少女。いつ死んだのか、昔過ぎてもう思い出せない。成仏できないのは顕界に未練がある為か。

　　　性格は何を考えているのか判らなく、かなり困った行動を取る。真面目な性格の妖夢は、このお嬢様に振り回されっぱなしである。でも実は幻想郷の外のこの国を心から愛する愛国者である。

　　　生前も没後も体術の心得は余り無く、亡霊らしくふわふわしている。
　　動きも全体的にしなやかに動き、曲線が多い。何を考えているのか判らないつかみ所が無い攻撃は、気が付いたらいつの間にかやられていると感じてしまう。

Saigyouji Yuyuko

Species: Ghost
Location: Hakugyokurou in the Netherworld
Ability: Manipulating death

A cheerful ghost maiden who won't go to Heaven and lives in the Netherworld. She can't remember when she died, because she's been dead for a long time. The reason why she can't rest in peace is that she must have left her regret in the human world.

She's so carefree that she often acts tricky. Because of this, the straightforward Youmu is always troubled by this princess. But to tell the truth, she loves this nation outside of Gensokyo from the bottom of her heart.

She's not good at physical attacks before and after death. Like other ghosts, she's always floating. She moves smoothly like a curve. You'll find yourself being defeated all of a sudden since her attack is too mysterious.

　　冥界にすむ亡霊少女。
　　死を操る程度の能力を持つ。死んでから随分経つ。
　　幻想郷では死ぬと妙に陽気になる事が多い気がするのは何故だろう。
　　彼女も陽気な亡霊である。
　　しかも、天然なのかわざとなのか判らないような、惚けた性格をしている。
　　彼女の場合、亡くなる時に何か大切な物を置いて来てしまったのでは無かろうか。

　　武器は幻の蝶。とりあえず辺りかまわず発射。

　　　　備考
　　　　今回は妖夢と組む。
　　　　高速移動は単独使用時のみの性能である。
　　　　使いやすいワイドショットである。前方はほぼ
　　　　全てをカバーする。
　　　　ただ、威力面では劣る部分もあるため、その
　　　　時は妖夢に切り替えてしまうといいかも。
　　　　何にも考えていない、と言う人に。

She exists in the Netherworld as a ghost maiden.
She can manipulate death, and she has been existing as a ghost since ancient times.
It is said that experiencing death in Gensokyo is strangely cheerful in many cases.
And she is also a cheerful ghost, too.
Moreover, she is an airhead. Nobody knows whether she is usually like this or she just pretends to be.
When she passed away, she may have forgotten one important thing.

Her favorite weapon is the Phantom Butterflies. She uses it as an indiscriminate attack, because she doesn't consider the situation at hand at all.

Notes

She teams up with Youmu Konpaku in this title.

Normal speed only applies when she is used as a solo character.

Her missile's wide shot is easy to use, it can attack in almost all angles, if an enemy doesn't appear from behind.

However, it's inferior in destructive power. If you want something stronger, let's consider changing to Youmu.

Recommended for players who don't consider at all.

　　西行寺 幽々子（さいぎょうじ　ゆゆこ）
　　Yuyuko Saigyouzi

　　種族：亡霊
　　能力：死を操る程度の能力

　　冥界に住む、亡霊お嬢様。
　　霊体らしく、ちょっと地に足の着かない行動を取るので大迷惑。
　　でも足はある。

　　亡霊は死んだ人間の霊である。幽々子は特に何にも考えていない様に見えるが、誰も否定しない。好き勝手し放題だが、その死の能力は好き勝手使わないので、人間や妖怪に退治される事も無い。でも、心の奥底で幽々子に対し恐怖心を抱いている者も少なくない。

Yuyuko Saigyouji

Species: Ghost
Ability: Manipulating death

Yuyuko is a ghost princess who lives in the Netherworld. Like typical ghosts, she is quite the opposite of what humans call "down-to-earth", and her whims distract Youmu all the time. Unlike typical ghosts, her form has legs and feet.

She is a ghost—the form of humans after death. There is no doubt that Yuyuko "lives" a whimsical life, but she doesn't unleash her ability lightly, so neither humans nor youkai have a reason to attack her. Still, many beings across the land fear her within their hearts.

　　西行寺　幽々子（さいぎょうじ　ゆゆこ）

　　種族：亡霊

　　職業：お嬢様

　　住家：あの世に存在する白玉楼

　　能力：死を操る程度の能力

　　性格：惚けているが、余裕のある落ち着いた物腰

Yuyuko Saigyouji

Race: Ghost

Occupation: Lady

Residence: Hakugyokurou, in the afterlife

Ability: Manipulating death

Personality: an airhead, but has an incredibly calm demeanor.

千年以上も亡霊のまま冥界に留まっている西行寺家のお
嬢様。非常にのんきな性格で独特の間を持っており、つね
に呆けているのか深淵な思慮があるのか区別がつかず会
話の真意をはかりづらい。
他人の死を操るだけでなく、死んだ後の幽霊も操ることが
出来ることから、閻魔様から幽霊の管理を命じられている
らしい。

A young lady-like ghost, Saigyouji has remained a ghost for more than a thousand years in the
Netherworld. She has between a unique and a very easy-going personality. She
is either always profound or thoughtful as it is difficult to have a conversation that does not have discretion with a spirit.
Not only can she manipulate the death of others, there's also a possible fact that she can
manipulate ghosts after they die, and she seems to have been ordered by the Yama to manage
the ghosts.

　　西行寺 幽々子（さいぎょうじ ゆゆこ)
　　Saigyouzi Yuyuko

　　種族：亡霊
　　能力：死を操る程度の能力

　　冥界のお嬢様で妖夢のご主人様。
　　神霊には大した関心も無いが、何やら神霊が向いている方向に少し興味があった。
　　その先は新しく出来たばっかのお寺、命蓮寺だった。欲を殺す修行をしている輩が、欲の塊である神霊だなんて……。
　　とてもお寺の仕業だとは思えない。

　　そう考えていた時だった。

　　人間が自分の元に神霊の調査に来たのだ。その人間を見て、自分が出るまでもないと安心して彼女は花見を続ける事にした。

Yuyuko Saigyouji

Species: Ghost
Ability: Manipulating death

Yuyuko is a ghost princess who lives in the Netherworld, and is Youmu's mistress. She doesn't have too much of an interest in divine spirits, but the direction in which the divine spirits are headed intrigued her a little. This direction was Myouren Temple, a temple that was just recently constructed. It was a place for those who want to meditate to suppress their inner desires, but for divine spirits, which are the essence of desires, to congregate there... It surely didn't seem like the conduct of a typical temple.

And it happened when she was thinking about that.

Some humans were intruding her properties to investigate about divine spirits. After seeing them, she was relaxed that there was no need for her to do anything, and decided to continue with her flower viewing.

職業：亡霊
出身地？：冥界
住処：白玉楼
能力：死を操る程度の能力
趣味：アンチエイジング
生前の夢：安らかな死

フレーバーテキスト

死んでから何度目の桜だろうか。

9回で数えるのが面倒になり一桁でカンストという事にした。 しかし今は9999回くらいまで数えても良かったと後悔し、 カウントしていなかった期間を補うように、毎年ランダムに 数え上げている。
「妖夢、今年で5873回目の桜だわ～、綺麗ね」
「いくら何でも盛りすぎじゃないですか？　幽々子様」

Occupation: Ghost
Birthplace?: Netherworld
Residence: Hakugyokurou
Ability: The Ability to Manipulate death
Hobby: Anti-aging
Dream When Alive: Peaceful Death

Flavor Text

How many times has she seen this cherry blossom flowering since she died?

She got bored by the time she counted nine, and thought to stop there at one digit. But then she regretted that she should have at least tried to count up to somewhere around 9999, and now counts a random number every year, as if to make up for the past she hadn't counted.
"Youmu, that will be the 5,873rd cherry blossom flowering by this year. Isn't it beautiful?"
"Don't you think that's exaggerating too much, Lady Yuyuko?"

妖々夢の幽々子は重めのバックボーンがありましたが、
永夜抄ではただのほほん亡霊として出てきます。
一番ストーリーがゆるゆるで、和みキャラだと思っています。
エンディングまでゆるゆるです。

In PCB Yuyuko is the backbone who bears the weight,
but in IN she's just a dead spirit came here to chill.
Probably the most peaceful, relaxing storyline among the others,
from the beginning to the end.