- Suika Ibuki
TITLE
- Tiny Night Parade of a Hundred Demons
AGE
- "I 'unno, pretty old."
GENDER
- Female
SPECIES
- Oni
ETHNICITY
- Japanese
OCCUPATION
- Deva of the Mountain (A leader of the Oni)
GENERAL APPEARANCE
- Suika is perhaps among one of the most deceiving Youkai. While the Oni are usually known for being huge, muscular beings, Suika takes on the appearance of a little girl. Now, this is entirely her decision alone, although precisely why she chooses this appearance isn't widely known. She's most easily identifiable by the two long horns on her head, marking her as an Oni. Suika wears shackles around her wrists and chain ornaments on her belt, a fashion choice popular among the Oni. While she does have light blue robes which she would only wear on special occasions, she commonly wears a torn white blouse and a blue skirt, as well as several ribbons throughout her body. She is rarely seen without her gourd hanging by her side. Theoretically, Suika could change her appearance at will, but aside from changes in size, she never really cares to make use of this, unless she already is.
Suika is almost always one to uphold the values of the Oni, heavily valuing strength yet also valuing fair play. At the same time, of course, she despises dishonesty and cowardice, and is quite proud about her ability never to lie. Typically, Suika never lets any sorts of problems or hardships bother her. She'd rather drink and clear them from her mind.
Of course, like most Oni, Suika is a famed alcoholic, loving nothing more than to get absolutely smashed on sake. In fact, the drunker she gets, the more powerful she gets, so it's not uncommon to see her be able to punch through mountains when she can barely even keep her balance.
Suika might be one to challenge others commonly, but she isn't known to have any true enemies. Others might view her as an enemy, but she doesn't truly hate anybody. That said, she is quite blunt and tends to be very critical of others, expressing nothing toward them but what she truly thinks.
- Manipulation of Density and Sparseness ~ Simply put, she can control the mass and the distribution of mass in anygiven object. She can make a rock absurdly heavy or break it into an infinitesimally small powder. In theory, she could do the same to her enemies, but that just wouldn't be fair. She does make use of this ability in several of her attacks, as well as on her own body. She can manipulate her own mass and spread herself as a thin mist across the entire country or she could gather all her mass together to turn herself into a giant, bigger than mountains. This would suggest that the small form she normally takes up is actually just a small fraction of her whole body, which is probably up in the air somewhere. Of course, she has several other uses for this ability as well, such as concentrating a lot of mass into one spot to pull things toward her using hyper-gravity, as well as sending a bunch of miniature versions of herself at her foes. The list goes on.
Super-Strength ~ As Oni are famed for being the strongest among the Youkai, Suika is hailed as being the absolute strongest of them all. Almost no Youkai can compare to her raw power, let alone any humans. The drunker she gets, the stronger she can get, and seeing as she has the constitution of an Oni and an endless supply of sake, it's almost not difficult to imagine her splitting the Earth's crust in two under the right circumstances.
WEAPONS/TOOLS
- Ibuki Gourd ~ Suika is almost never seen without her carrying this at her side, unless it's at her mouth. Within the gourd is a bug capable turning water into sake, thus providing Suika with a near limitless supply.
STRENGTHS
- - Being the strongest is a bit of a strength.
- Her ability is downright powerful.
- Not much really bothers her, she's usually just too drunk to care.
WEAKNESSES
- - Although she's very powerful, as well as a skilled fighter, her attacks tend to be very reckless. She's drunk after all.
- She's always honorable, and like most Oni, it could be possible to use that against her. Whether she's clever enough to see it coming or not is a mystery.
- All Oni are weak to fried beans.
The Big Four are known to be the four commanders of all the Oni in the country, consisting of the four most powerful; Suika Ibuki, Yuugi Hoshiguma, Ibaraki-douji and a fourth unknown member. Suika is often regarded as the head, but whether that is because she formed the group or is simply the most powerful is unknown. Ibaraki-Douji was originally regarded as a lieutenant, known to be level-headed and knowledgeable, but as of recently, he/she had simply left for mysterious reasons. Yuugi is now current lieutenant, and is known to be the most honorable and just of them all and is known to settle even the most heated of disputes between Youkai. The fourth member's name is never mentioned, but supposedly he/she was the deadliest of them all, cutting down all who opposed them. Supposedly, this one was defeated long ago, but his/her fate isn't quite known.
Long ago, before humans ever settled in Gensokyo, the Big Four had come to Gensokyo. Some tales say they had fled there, while others said they conquered it. Either way, they came to this isolated land and developed a society dominated by Oni, destined to be stronger than any human clan in the country of the time. They settled in Mt. Yatsugatake, where they have been ruling over the Oni ever since. How long they had been here before humans isn't quite clear, but what is clear is that there is a long history behind the growth of this Youkai society. What is known, however, is that the Oni did end up conquering the Tengu and Kappa, who only had primitive clans at the time, and that the two races now serve as their subordinates in a much stronger society, a society that is now known as the Youkai Mountain.
The Human Village and Youkai Mountain have been at odds with each other for as long as humans had first settled in Gensokyo. Oni would constantly terrorize the village, yet humans always seemed to recover and attempt a futile counterattack. Overtime, however, the humans would find ways to combat the Oni more effectively, and Oni extermination specialists became very prevalent. The Oni were originally overjoyed at first, as they finally had suitable rivals, but it would only get worst from there. It wasn't long before humans learned to take advantage of the sense of honor an Oni had and use it against them. The most common tactic was to challenge an Oni, and once they were led into a false sense of security, use a trap on them to stun them, such as poisoned sake or demon wards. Many Oni fell victim to these traps. One of the big four, the one that wielded a sword, had attempted to do something about it, but their fate was very unfortunate.
It was at that point that the Oni and the humans created a pact of some sort. They agreed not to attack each other recklessly and left each other in relative peace. That said, the pact dictated that Oni could not invade the village and humans could not invade the mountain unless a member from the other side had broken the pact. That said, Oni and humans could still attack each other outside of territorial bounds without repercussions. This also meant that whenever an Oni invaded human boundaries, a human was allowed safe passage through the mountain. This pact, however, doesn't prevent either from doing so anyway, as long as that rule is upheld. Many Oni take advantage of this and every now and then, an Oni will come down from the mountain to kidnap a human in order to challenge another, who would be sent to the mountain to recover said human by accepting that Oni's challenge.
Over the decades, however, people who are knowledgeable at effectively combating Youkai have shrunk, what with Oni being less of a threat as they were before. Therefore, less and less people have been able to accept the Oni's challenge, much to their dismay. Ever since, the Oni have begun to lose their strength. Many have relocated off of Earth to work in Hell while others have simply disappeared. Nobody was afraid of Oni, after all. They were merely monsters out of children's storybooks who exist only to be vanquished. Even Ibaraki-douji had mysteriously left the mountain. Now, Suika and Yuugi are the only two of the Big Four left and nearly all the Oni now live at Youkai Mountain. Not a single Oni lives outside of Gensokyo. Times have been getting dark for the Oni, and now, tensions are beginning to rise between them and their subordinates, the Tengu and the Kappa. And what of Suika?
Well, she's just doing what she always does.