New Hinanana art: Unmasked Soh

本作のアートを手掛けた「ヒナナナ」が新たに描き下ろした特別な色紙イラストを公開！✨

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— 【公式】 祇（くにつがみ）：Path of the Goddess (@Kunitsu_Gami_JP) November 14, 2025

When I first glanced at the thumbnail image, and hadn't translated the caption yet to know it was Hinanana's art, I thought Yoshiro was drawn beside a different Capcom character. 

Looking closer, I saw it's Soh, unmasked!

Words can't describe how much I love this pair.

The bones on the right of Yoshiro caught my attention. The decay and beauty theme in Kunitsu-Gami's art should've been felt more in the game.

The game's aesthetic could have afforded to go darker, to match the art.

I wonder what Hinanana was told of the story? I wish I could ask them, to better understand their perspective when illustrating the characters.

Especially when it comes to the faces.

Faces of the Maiden.

 

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The bottom face is 'Yoshiro' and this is when the Maiden becomes the abode for the Goddess.

Is it safe to say that the Maiden's face changes due to their intertwining/merging?

It's made visually clear that her face changed to resemble Soh once she became Yoshiro.

This face from the art is seen in the trailer:

Original face

Originally, Yoshiro's face was closer to Soh's face. It might've been changed to avoid confusing them to be the same person. But this change in her face absolutely should have been shown somehow in-game. 

It makes it very clear when that the Maiden becomes 'Yoshiro', she is merging with the Goddess.

And that this merge actually physically changes her.

In the final game, Yoshiro keeps her Maiden face:

Versus her first face, which is true to the art:

Here's Soh's:

Her 3D face seems prettier and less harsh.

A missed opportunity to show what 'Yoshiro' actually is and what's happening to the Maiden when she undertakes this duty.

I once said this face resembles Soh's:

Here she is becoming a vessel for the Goddess. It would explain her face resembling Soh's.

In the scrolls, I just noticed the 'Birth of the Goddess', this Goddess has her eyes closed:

I always thought she was looking down...but it appears not? Her eyes are closed.
The black in the middle is her make-up.

Looking at the scrolls again, are the Maiden's eyes meant to represent something?

Faces are definitely important in Kunitsu-Gami. Everyone is masked. Yoshiro wears a veil until her  petrification begins.

Only Soh gets to see her without her veil, in the tent. Oh, and the villagers who come to leave offerings for her.
(and Soh as they are seen as one in the same. It's why we receive the offerings.)

The Kunitsu-Gami Collector's Edition.

I received my collector's edition.

It's as small as advertised.

Better official images here. 

The biggest issue is that the artbook is incomplete. It's missing Seethe artwork and certain artwork present in the mini-artbook, and artwork shown in the 'Behind the Scene's videos.

Everything is tiny but it's A5 and I bought it knowing that. But I expected it to actually contain all artwork.

It's been a huge disappointment and feels like false advertising. :(

For example, in the mini-artbook, you can see more of Yoshiro and the back of Soh's armor. These images don't exist in the artbook.

Most Seethe images aren't drawn art. They're 3D art.

I can barely even see Cursed Soh's art. It's just a small little piece in the corner. 

Since she's such an important boss with heavy lore implications, you'd figure she'd get a few pages. (or at least 2)

On a brighter note, look at how pretty the Maiden is!

As pretty as a flower!

We have Soh's face, too! Fashionable earrings... But they were shown in the image of her back!

Building on the Eyes on Yoshiro post, here's her face in the artbook:

In the mini-artbook, we saw her frontal with her crown on.

this isn't in the artbook!

And they had Puppet Yoshiro! Her outfit was altered for the play.

There's more but I'll make a post since it's about the spirit stone.

And a new rendition of that special image...

Overall, it was so very expensive for me due to importing and customs and I'm disappointed. The artbook was what I was looking forward to the most and it's not even complete.

A Goddess's Maiden. A Maiden's Goddess.

A favorite of mine.

Night photos have a better atmosphere...

If only her hand wasn't clipping through!!!

This would make such a cute 'selfie' pic if only the clipping wasn't there...

These photos I took are so cute. (Naturally I took a million...)
I wish we have more official artwork of them together with a similar atmosphere.

Soh's face when using the Chozusha Basins.

 
It's not illuminated, like her mask is.

There's even pink over her face, the kind of pink that surrounds Yoshiro when she's dancing at night.

Is it a hint at relationship with the Maiden or a hint at her being merged with a previous Maiden?

The other visible flesh on her is colored this yellow/blue combo. It's only her face and neck that has pink.

In comparison to the masked version...

There's pink as well, near her neck.