A collection of small discoveries!
Th shrine emblem is named as a 'tsuba' in one image. As you can see, it does appear to be able to fit on a sword. (Specifically Cursed Soh gets hit with it by Yoshiro)
but it's also titled as 'Soumon', when it comes to Cursed Soh's files.
Mon, meaning emblem. Soumon can mean a Buddhist temple gate.
Since 'Sou' is Soh, it means this is Cursed Soh's emblem.
Or rather, it's Soh's emblem. It's the symbol of the Goddess.
(I was right the entire time. Such a simple thing but the steam information made me doubt my own eyes.)
It's also called 'Shinmon'.
Shin can be (新), true/reality (真), heart/mind (心), belief/faith (信), or god/spirit (神).
On the Steam page, it's called 'Shrine Emblem'.
This emblem is also on Nanamagari. There's a big link between Soh, Yoshiro and Nanamagari.
A link between the heart and source of all the chaos and the one who brings salvation and prosperity.
The Maiden does both. But Nanamagari is specifically a representation of the ritual...the form the Maiden's spirit takes...
(The Dark Cursed Soh shares the file numbers with the Nanamagari who holds the shrine hostage)
This cute little Yoshiro image. Where is it used? It's showing Yoshiro opens the Torii Gates.
開? But in script.
If Soh tries to approach the Torii gate, a ribcage will appear to block her.
Why is Yoshiro the one who has such an effect on the cursed Torii gates? (who bear likeness to Nanamagari, who is (possibly) the spirit of the former Maiden)
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| when they were testing things? |
The first Maiden!! Doesn't she have similar buns to the Goddess in the opening?
An image of Yoshiro singing to Soh. Context unknown...
(The translation might be 'Happy Gaki/Gaki full of joy'?)
This little piece of art is present and it was right after a calligraphy brush, meaning there's an NPC drawing it?
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| 'calamity' |
When Nanamgari uses its KO attack, its texture is called 'Yakusai'. Calamity. There's this overlay of 'Dead Soh' as it unleashes the attack.
This feels very ominious lol. There are hands in the folder too but they're not in calamity KO:
Do you think the spirits of the Maidens want revenge against humans and even Soh herself? I've suggested before that Nanamagari is the spirit of the 7 Maidens, which I've since discarded, yet it's still an intriguing idea.
Here's 'Dead Yoshiro':
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| katashiro torn |
Not sure when we see this...
As for the sounds, there is an actual man wailing in some boss battles. The Seethe are called the wailing so a man actually wailing is appropriate.
(Will update once I've checked every boss sounds to see what differences there are)
I got excited and thought there was a different voice for every boss but no...I saw it in another boss file.
Notsugo has a baby crying in his sound effects.
Long ago, a great famine seized the mountain. The villagers prayed to the goddess, begging her to spare their kin, but their pleas went unanswered as lives continued to be lost to the marsh. Legend states that at nightfall, an infant's cry can be heard from Renge Marsh. If anyone attempts to approach the marsh to offer aid, they too will be dragged down into the depths.
In Yatsuro's battle and Nanamagari's battle, there's a high-pitched Seethe voice coupled with a more monstrous voice. Interesting...
Datamining revealed some intricate details I didn't see very well on PS4. Cursed Soh has geometric patterns from the kaleidoscope on her mask.
I'll make a separate post for her because her model is truly beautiful!