Shikieiki yamaxanadu



Shikieiki is one of the Yama  who judge the dead to decide whether they go to  Heaven, Hell, somewhere else, or get reincarnated. Whether it's because she simply has a habit of lecturing or because she genuinely wants others to change for the better, she's become well known in Gensokyo  for lecturing anyone and everyone about their faults. The souls of the dead are brought to her by Komachi  over a river called the  Sanzu no Kawa. However, not every soul makes it all the way to Shikieiki without being tired out from the journey or being extinguished by Komachi. She currently resides in Hell to judge the dead who've traversed Higan  and the Sanzu no Kawa.

[ edit ] Fun Facts

 * The fairies in Shikieiki's stage are dressed in dark blue uniforms and wear hats similar to hers, and Lily White 's normally white dress and hat are colored black.
 * A silhouette of Shikieiki occupies the front of Phantasmagoria of Flower View 's jewel case.
 * Her "Yamaxanadu" title is considered to be a combination of Xanadu (an ancient palace of the Mongol warlord Kublai Khan, which was later used as meaning a "Pleasure Palace" in a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and her status as Yama, and can mean something along the lines of "Yama of Paradise".
 * In fan art, her name is also shortened to Yamada (山田), a pun on "Yama da!" (It's the Yama!) Yamada is a very common Japanese family name, the Japanese equivalent of being called, for example, "Smith" in American English or "Garcia" in Spanish.
 * Based on this, "Eiki Shiki" (using English name order) would be her Romanized name. "Eiki" means "reflection princess" and "Shiki" means "four seasons".
 * Though "Yamaxanadu" is her title, though it is sometimes mistaken for her last name. This can result in jokes making fun of the excessive length of her name.
 * In fan art, she is seen as aggressive against other people with "larger breasts", to the point of even arbitrarily sending them to Hell.
 * Some fan artists portray Shikieiki as being envious of Komachi 's bust size in particular, though sending Komachi to Hell usually isn't an option.
 * In addition, it's quite common for fan artists to draw her with magnificent legs, and she is highly popular with devotees of  zettai ryouiki  or "absolute territory", a fashion involving short skirts and thigh-high stockings that leave only a highly specific and measurable section of a girl's bare thighs visible between the tops of the stockings and the skirt. Canonically, her fashion is to wear very short, frilly socks, leaving her legs mostly bare skin.
 * In Shikieiki's Spell Cards, the background is "The Last Judgment" by Michelangelo.
 * Because of her job and Komachi's attitude, she is usually seen striking Komachi with the "Rod of Remorse" for being a slacker. However, amusingly enough, fans have also speculated that this could be just a tsundere attitude toward her Shinigami.
 * As explained in PMiSS, she carries her rod with her everywhere. She even appears to carry it in her character portrait.
 * The "Shikieiki" spelling has recently garnered more fame than the actual in-game (PoFV) spelling of "Sikieiki".
 * She is sometimes depicted as a midget or even a baby compared to Komachi, but she's actually almost as tall.
 * She is also very often depicted as a elementary child in many of the fanworks, which could be due to her drawings in Perfect Memento and The Grimoire of Marisa.
 * Based on her conversations with the many playable characters in PoFV, she is seen as a compassionate individual, though her conversations with Komachi can seem quite harsh. Despite all this scolding, however, Komachi remains a slacker.
 * She tells Yuka Kazami to "scare humans" like a regular youkai and tells Reimu Hakurei to "exterminate youkai more." No explanation of the justice or morality in this specific case has come forth.
 * However, both of these cases can be simplified to "do your job".
 * While Shikieiki's combat capacity is never directly referenced, at the conclusion of ZUN 's " A Flower Blooming Fragrant Violet Every Sixty Years ", Yukari Yakumo - considered to be among the more powerful Youkai - leaves the scene when she senses Shikieiki's approach, believing herself, Yuyuko Saigyouji and Reimu Hakurei to be together "no match for" the Yama.
 * A lot of fanworks portray Shikieiki as a bit of a short-tempered grouch who will sentence people to hell for any arbitrary reason, but this conflicts with her personality in PoFV where she's stern, but patient and is constantly smiling even when having to reveal someone's shortcomings.

[ edit ] Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

 * Main article: Perfect Memento: Shikieiki Yamaxanadu 


 * There are many Yamas, and Shikieiki is the one in charge of Gensokyo.
 * Shikieiki is well known for her lectures.
 * She lectures people in the hope that they will change for the better and so she won't have to send them to Hell.
 * For people with particularly bad karma, she will go directly to that person to warn them. Sometimes, she "urges" them by exaggerating the punishment that they would receive.
 * Youkai tend to avoid her, probably because of this.
 * Even Shikieiki has work breaks, but even during these she doesn't pass up chances to lecture people.
 * Yamas, including Shikieiki, have a special mirror that lets them look into a person's past.
 * She can find out anything she wants to know about someone with this and then make fair judgements.
 * It's tiring to use, though.
 * Yamaxanadu is actually her job title, meaning "Yama of Paradise".
 * Shikieiki was not always the Yamaxanadu. Rather, she earned this position through her merits.

[ edit ] The Grimoire of Marisa

 * Main article:  The Grimoire of Marisa: Shikieiki Yamaxanadu's Spell Cards 


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