[Onmyoji] There are fox sui sui

Onikiri is the new shikigami on the line. Since we want to talk about him, let's start with the newly released official expansion piece Tonaru Sanka.

At the beginning of the expansion, there is a plot of Kyoto Genji's crusade against Dajiangshan, which is in line with the legend.

Because the follow-up plot of the expansion has not been made public, I don’t know how it is set in the game, but according to the legend, the cause of the incident was Shuten Doji abducting the daughter of Ikeda Nagon, which made the general Minamoto Raimitsu lead his "" The "Four Heavenly Kings of Raikou", that is, Watanabe Tsuna, Sakata Kintoki, Bubu Jiwu, Uui Sadamitsu, and the warrior Fujiwara Homasa, formed a six-member team to crusade against Shuten Doji.

The more important ones here are Minamoto Raimitsu, the master of Dojikiri, and Tsuna Watanabe, the master of Onikiri.

It is worth mentioning that although Minamoto Yorimitsu's surname is Minamoto, his Genji and Minamoto Hiroya do not belong to the same Genji. Born in Genji Saga.

That is to say, although they both belong to Genji and are related by blood, they have strife, competition, and even provoked wars with each other.

Speaking of Genji's most famous case of brother fighting, it should be the two brothers Minamoto Yoshitsune and Minamoto Yoshitomo.They were still half-brothers, and once crusaded against the Heike family together, Minamoto Yoshitsune issued a wanted order to hunt down Minamoto Yoshitsune all over the country because of Minamoto Yoshitsune's high meritorious service. Minamoto Yoshitsune committed suicide after killing his wife and daughter.

What's more interesting is that Minamoto Yoshitomo was Onikiri's later master, and Bolu, who had the same knife skills as Onikiri, was in the hands of his younger brother Minamoto Yoshitsune.

The original name of Onikiri was Higakiri, which was named after the beheaded criminal cut off the head and beard with one knife when he tried the knife.As for Onikiri's name, it was changed after Ibaraki's arm was cut off, which is the same as Dojikiri's name changed to Dojikiri after Sake Tun.

In the expansion film, Onikiri introduced himself, "My name is Onikiri, the blade that cuts down all the evil spirits in the world. I am Genji's sharp blade."

This line is generally correct, except that the timeline of the name "Onikiri" does not match.

Because in the back of the expansion piece, there is a scene of Onikiri and Ibaraki fighting, Onikiri cut off Ibaraki's arm with a knife, that is to say, when they were fighting, Onikiri should be called Higashikiri, and Shuten It's called Onikiri directly.

However, I can also understand the official approach. For a total of 1 minute expansion, two names are called in turn, and players will definitely be confused.

There are two places in the expansion that I am more concerned about. I feel that it is not quite right. If I am wrong, please correct me (no bar meaning)

One: The sword in Onikiri's hand should be the main body, so it should be a Taidao, but the length seems a bit too long, and I personally think it is closer to Odachi. (The Onikiri body is 85.4cm, and the blade length is less than 91cm as a Taidao, and the blade length exceeds 91cm is considered a Taidao, and the above is considered a Taidachi)

[-]: Onikiri in the expansion pack fights with two swords, but traditional Japanese samurai should hold the sword with both hands. For example, Keisuke Yamanan in "Hakuoki" couldn't continue to live as a samurai because one hand was injured.Moreover, the two-sword combat is mostly Tatowakizashi. This kind of combination of one long and one short, and Onikiri's fighting method with two very long swords, I have never heard of it, maybe I am ignorant.

Let’s stop talking about Onikiri here, and then let’s talk about Shuten Doji.

According to the information in my hand, Shuten-douji (also known as Jiuten-douji, Jiudian-douji) and Yuzao, Daitengu are listed as the three major evil monsters.

When Shuten-douji is in trouble in the world, he will often turn into a handsome boy, so he is also considered to be one of the most handsome and handsome monsters.

So what does his original form look like?

The description I found is this: the body is extremely muscular, six meters tall, thick-backed, with a red face, nearly bald on the top of the head, only a few messy short hair, five horns on the head, and it is said that there are fifteen eyes , wearing a checked fabric coat with wild animal skins tied around the waist.

The image of Shuten-douji is also very bloody. He is good at turning into a handsome boy to seduce women. After he succeeds, he drinks blood and eats meat (there is also a saying of eating breasts. Head). Those who are outstanding in appearance are imprisoned or used as slaves.Because most of the women killed were young virgins, Shuten-douji was also called the virgin killer.

As for the legend of Raimitsu Minamoto and his party's crusade against Shuten Doji, I personally feel that it is almost a template with Dragon Quest, and I will let everyone feel it step by step.

The first step: Minamoto Yorimitsu embarked on a journey after visiting three shrines in Kumano, Sumiyoshi and Hachiman. (foreshadowing)

Step [-]: On the way, I met Ibaraki who was sent by Shuten to do evil. Watanabe Tsuna cut off his arm with Onikiri. (Brush experience)

Step [-]: Come to the foot of Dajiang Mountain and meet three old people in the cave. The old people said that their relatives were killed by Shuten Doji and came to revenge. (NPCs)

Step [-]: The three old men heard that Minamoto Raimitsu was here to hunt down Shuten-douji, so they took out the ghost poison wine and star lodging and gave them to them, and told them the specific place where Shuten-douji lived (select equipment, assists)

Step [-]: After finishing everything, the three old people disappeared. It turned out that they were the gods of the three shrines that Minamoto Yorimitsu visited before. (withdraw the foreshadowing)

Step [-]: Minamoto deceived Jiuten-douji that he was lost and came here for the night, and offered the god wine to express his gratitude to the master. After drinking, Jiuten-dou and his men fell asleep, and Yuan Laiguang and his party started killing. (clean mobs)

Step [-]: Bind Shuten Doji, four people cut off his limbs respectively, Minamoto Raimitsu beheaded, Shuten regained consciousness, his head was flying in the air, Minamoto Raimitsu blocked Shuten's head with a star lobe, and wrapped it up . (kill boss)

The eighth step: Rescue women and children, the reputation is far and wide. (he)

Above, a traditional Dragon Quest is completed in this way. It seems that for thousands of years, everyone likes this kind of routine plot.

That's about all the legends about Shuten-douji. Next, let's talk about the more interesting legends about Ibaraki.

It was said before that Ibaraki was cut off because he intended to ambush Tsuna Watanabe. Watanabe Tsuna did not follow Abe Seimei’s advice and carried out Qitianwuji (that is, staying at home for seven days and seeing no one). Put into the home, the arm was tricked back.

In the previous legend of Shuten, Ibaraki was sent to do evil, and he lost his arm when he was hit by Minamoto Raimiko and his group.

I don't know why there is such a difference, it may be related to the version or the evolution of later generations.

Regarding Ibaraki's life experience, I found out that his parents were from Settsu Ibaraki. Because his mother was pregnant with him for more than [-] months, he was considered a "devil" and very unlucky, so he was abandoned by the roadside.Later, he was adopted by the owner of the barber shop and became an apprentice when he grew up. Once, he accidentally cut the scalp of a customer. Ibaraki subconsciously licked it with his tongue, and felt that the taste of blood was very delicious.

I think Ibaraki's more interesting legend is related to his other name, Rashomon Ghost (also known as Rashomon Ghost)

When it comes to Luocheng Gate, one has to mention a small knowledge point. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties in my country, Japan sent a lot of envoys to the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. For Japan, which was very backward at that time, the Tang Empire was undoubtedly a model to learn from.

The most direct evidence is that the entire Ping'an Kyoto is a high imitation of Chang'an, and the urban planning is basically the same, and not only the urban planning, but even the street names are copied, such as Xuanwumen and Suzaku Avenue.

In order to express their love for Chang'an and Luoyang, Japan called the west of Suzaku Avenue Chang'an and the east of it Luoyang.

Luocheng Gate is the city gate located at the southernmost end of Suzaku Avenue, and it was also the largest city gate in Japan at that time.

At that time, people believed that Luocheng Gate could play a role in connecting the two worlds of Yin and Yang on certain occasions and times. Through Luocheng Gate, one could travel to places like hell and other worlds. big.

The Luochengmen ghost, also known as Ibaraki Doji, is the door god of Luochengmen. He guards here, and his main business is to lead the ghosts who strayed into the human world to the right path.

This setting still feels very friendly.