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>>20332861
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>審判「十王裁判」(Judgement "Trial of the Ten Kings)
If you are not sent immediately to heaven upon dying, you must traverse the underworld in order to be judged by the Ten Kings of Hell. The danmaku in this spell card comes in ten waves, each corresponding to a king. The fifth wave uses radial lasers and is different from the others because Eiki takes her theming from Enma-O (the fifth King of Hell) although she is not Enma herself. The last three waves are also different from the rest because meeting with the last three Kings of Hell means you are already going to hell. Taizan-O, the 7th judge, is the most important judge aside from Enma-O as he is the final say on whether you enter hell or not. The next three judges will meet you in hell and decide what your punishment is in there, which is why the last three waves of danmaku are so different.
The process of judgement by the Ten Kings is described in detail here:
http://yokai.com/meido
>審判「ギルティ・オワ・ノットギルティ」(Judgment "Guilty or Not Guilty")
This card is a harder version of [Judgement "The Last Judgement"] from PoFV with bubble danmaku taking the place of wooden rod danmaku. "Guilty or Not Guilty" refers to the two different verdicts in a court; it's a common expression in English. Aya, in her comment on this spell card, also uses an extremely complicated idiom that has some very minor relation to Eiki but I'm not gonna bother to explain it, you can find a Japanese explanation here and read it (if you can read Japanese, of course):
https://seesaawiki.jp/toho-motoneta_2nd/d/%BF%B3%C8%BD%A1%D6%A5%AE%A5%EB%A5%C6%A5%A3%A1%A6%A5%AA%A5%EF%A1%A6%A5%CE%A5%C3%A5%C8%A5%AE%A5%EB%A5%C6%A5%A3%A1%D7
>審判「浄頗梨審判 -射命丸文-」(Judgement "Cleansed Crystal Judgement -Aya Shameimaru-")
浄頗梨 ("cleansed crystal") refers to the (Johari no Kagami lit. "Cleansing/Purifying Crystal Mirror"). The yama of hell use these mirrors to show a person their past life and past sins. In game, Eiki summons another Aya (obviously a reflection) to attack and Aya's own theme, "Wind God Girl" plays. This also perhaps is a reference to a technique in psychology called the "Johari Window" (named after creators JOseph Luft and HARRIngton Ingham) which helps a patient better understand themselves. In Japanese, it's called "ジョハリの窓" using the kanji 窓 (johari lit. "cleanse/purify"), the same kanji that's used for the name of a yama's mirror.
>妖花符「バタフライストーム閻魔笏」(Spirit Flower Sign "Butterfly Storm Yama Shaku")
Shared with Yuyuko Saigyouji. Yuyuko fires butterflies while Eiki shoots out weird, glittering rod-shaped danmaku that destroys other bullets and breaks them down into smaller bullets that spread out. A 笏 (shaku) is a wooden rod that Japanese officials used to write notes on. The Kings of Hell and yama are all depicted wielding shaku (during their trials they use it to write notes on). In Touhou, all yama possess a mirror (Johari no Kagami lit. "浄玻の璃鏡 lit. "Cleansed Crystal Mirror") and a shaku (悔悟の棒/Kaigou no Bo lit. "Rod of Remorse"). Also, Yuyuko was appointed princess of the Netherworld (冥界 Meikai lit. "Dark World") by the yama (Eiki was probably one of the yama who reached that decision). The weird reflective danmaku that Eiki shoots are probably shaku, specifically, the yama's shaku (Rods of Remorse). In PoFV these rods were orange/red/yellow instead. 妖 in the spell card references PCB's title or Yuyuko herself and can mean many things, but it's most likely "spirit/ghost". 花 (flower) appears in the titles of all of Eiki's spell cards and refers to PoFV's title and Eiki's connection to flowers.
>風花符「ミシャグジ様の是非」(Wind Flower Sign "Mishaguji-sama's Right and Wrong")
Shared with Suwako Moriya. Suwako controls the curse/fertility gods called the Mishaguji (ミシャグジ). 是非 ("right and wrong") has an obvious connection to Eiki's status a yama judge. 風 (wind) in the title reference's MoF's title. Once again, Eiki fires her rods which break down Suwako's green danmaku into small fragments.
>風花符「オンバシラ裁判」(Wind Flower Sign "Onbashira Trial")
Shared with Kanako Yasaka. Kanako wears onbashira (オンバシラ) and a great deal of them are placed around Moriya Shrine (onbashira are giant wooden pillars that harbor religious significance in Shinto; a great deal of onbashira are placed near the local shrines of Suwa and four famous onbashira surround the Suwa Grand Shrine, the inspiration and identity of the Moriya Shrine) (this is also why Kanako specifically dawns four onbashira on her back). 風 (wind) refers to MoF's title and Kanako's status as a god of weather while 裁判 (trial) has obvious connections to Eiki. For the final time in VD, Eiki shoots her rods that break down Kanako's thick red lasers that fall from the sky (these are supposed to symbolize onbashira) into smaller danmaku fragments.

>>20332861
cont.
>審判「十王裁判」(Judgement "Trial of the Ten Kings)
If you are not sent immediately to heaven upon dying, you must traverse the underworld in order to be judged by the Ten Kings of Hell. The danmaku in this spell card comes in ten waves, each corresponding to a king. The fifth wave uses radial lasers and is different from the others because Eiki takes her theming from Enma-O (the fifth King of Hell) although she is not Enma herself. The last three waves are also different from the rest because meeting with the last three Kings of Hell means you are already going to hell. Taizan-O, the 7th judge, is the most important judge aside from Enma-O as he is the final say on whether you enter hell or not. The next three judges will meet you in hell and decide what your punishment is in there, which is why the last three waves of danmaku are so different.
The process of judgement by the Ten Kings is described in detail here:
http://yokai.com/meido
>審判「ギルティ・オワ・ノットギルティ」(Judgment "Guilty or Not Guilty")
This card is a harder version of [Judgement "The Last Judgement"] from PoFV with bubble danmaku taking the place of wooden rod danmaku. "Guilty or Not Guilty" refers to the two different verdicts in a court; it's a common expression in English. Aya, in her comment on this spell card, also uses an extremely complicated idiom that has some very minor relation to Eiki but I'm not gonna bother to explain it, you can find a Japanese explanation here and read it (if you can read Japanese, of course):
https://seesaawiki.jp/toho-motoneta_2nd/d/%BF%B3%C8%BD%A1%D6%A5%AE%A5%EB%A5%C6%A5%A3%A1%A6%A5%AA%A5%EF%A1%A6%A5%CE%A5%C3%A5%C8%A5%AE%A5%EB%A5%C6%A5%A3%A1%D7
>審判「浄頗梨審判 -射命丸文-」(Judgement "Cleansed Crystal Judgement -Aya Shameimaru-")
浄頗梨 ("cleansed crystal") refers to the (Johari no Kagami lit. "Cleansing/Purifying Crystal Mirror"). The yama of hell use these mirrors to show a person their past life and past sins. In game, Eiki summons another Aya (obviously a reflection) to attack and Aya's own theme, "Wind God Girl" plays. This also perhaps is a reference to a technique in psychology called the "Johari Window" (named after creators JOseph Luft and HARRIngton Ingham) which helps a patient better understand themselves. In Japanese, it's called "ジョハリの窓" using the kanji 窓 (johari lit. "cleanse/purify"), the same kanji that's used for the name of a yama's mirror.
>妖花符「バタフライストーム閻魔笏」(Spirit Flower Sign "Butterfly Storm Yama Shaku")
Shared with Yuyuko Saigyouji. Yuyuko fires butterflies while Eiki shoots out weird, glittering rod-shaped danmaku that destroys other bullets and breaks them down into smaller bullets that spread out. A 笏 (shaku) is a wooden rod that Japanese officials used to write notes on. The Kings of Hell and yama are all depicted wielding shaku (during their trials they use it to write notes on). In Touhou, all yama possess a mirror (Johari no Kagami lit. "浄玻の璃鏡 lit. "Cleansed Crystal Mirror") and a shaku (悔悟の棒/Kaigou no Bo lit. "Rod of Remorse"). Also, Yuyuko was appointed princess of the Netherworld (冥界 Meikai lit. "Dark World") by the yama (Eiki was probably one of the yama who reached that decision). The weird reflective danmaku that Eiki shoots are probably shaku, specifically, the yama's shaku (Rods of Remorse). In PoFV these rods were orange/red/yellow instead. 妖 in the spell card references PCB's title or Yuyuko herself and can mean many things, but it's most likely "spirit/ghost". 花 (flower) appears in the titles of all of Eiki's spell cards and refers to PoFV's title and Eiki's connection to flowers.
風花符「ミシャグジ様の是非」(Wind Flower Sign "Mishaguji-sama's Right and Wrong")
Shared with Suwako Moriya. Suwako controls the curse/fertility gods called the Mishaguji (ミシャグジ). 是非 ("right and wrong") has an obvious connection to Eiki's status a yama judge. 風 (wind) in the title reference's MoF's title. Once again, Eiki fires her rods which break down Suwako's green danmaku into small fragments.
風花符「オンバシラ裁判」(Wind Flower Sign "Onbashira Trial")
Shared with Kanako Yasaka. Kanako wears onbashira (オンバシラ) and a great deal of them are placed around Moriya Shrine (onbashira are giant wooden pillars that harbor religious significance in Shinto; a great deal of onbashira are placed near the local shrines of Suwa and four famous onbashira surround the Suwa Grand Shrine, the inspiration and identity of the Moriya Shrine) (this is also why Kanako specifically dawns four onbashira on her back). 風 (wind) refers to MoF's title and Kanako's status as a god of weather while 裁判 (trial) has obvious connections to Eiki. For the final time in VD, Eiki shoots her rods that break down Kanako's thick red lasers that fall from the sky (these are supposed to symbolize onbashira) into smaller danmaku fragments.