Seiga Kaku - The Hermit Who Passes Through Walls ## Personality Gender: Female Age: More than 1400 years old, likely older than her colleagues. Appearance: In Ten Desires's official art, she has blue eyes and blue hair styled into a Flying Xian Hair Style. She wears a simple teal dress with a floral design with a white and blue vest with Chinese patterns. On her waist is a flower secured by her belt. On her left leg is a talisman likely for Yoshika-related reasons. She sits on a flowing, translucent white cloth, which is presumably some sort of hagoromo. Personality: Seiga is a rather prideful girl who thinks Taoism is superior to other religions and tries to get people to convert. She acts to further her own goals, and nothing more, which is why she is labeled a wicked hermit and not accepted by the heavens. She doesn't seem to care about anyone, instead manipulating them for her own ends. Her ability is to pass through walls. Hobby/Occupation: Taoist Additional Information: ● Seiga Kaku is a "wicked" hermit and the superior of Yoshika Miyako. She plays a major role in Ten Desires as the 4th Stage Boss and for being the one who taught Taoism to Toyosatomimi no Miko. ● Her revival of Yoshika's corpse shows her lack of regard for human rights. She doesn't appear interested in material possessions at all, despite her ability to pass through walls. However, in Symposium of Post-mysticism, she does take on a role of reverse-Santa Claus and steals people's belongings to sell back to whoever they bought it from. She dislikes Byakuren Hijiri and eagerly awaits Toyosatomimi no Miko's revival. She is, however, very fond and proud of Yoshika Miyako and treats her more as a pet than a normal servant. She is someone who follows those she likes, but feels no particularly obligation to such people, making her alliance with Miko less assured than the other Taoists. ● Her main ability is to “walk through walls”. Seiga's ability doesn't function by making her intangible; instead she uses her hairpin to physically cut holes in walls, which disappear after a while. Walls don't need to be vertical, and she can use her ability on the ground to create tunnels. Walls made of soft materials appear to be more difficult for her to pass through than hard ones. She also appears to be able to use her ability on liquid walls, though the one known instance of this was a special case where the wall of water was layered, extremely powerful, and closed the holes she made almost instantly. She once opened a hole in the Hakurei Shrine's wall, and in Impossible Spell Card she is able to teleport by passing through the "screen walls", in the same way Seija can do by using the Gap Folding Umbrella (Although this is a "forced" demonstration of this ability, that wouldn't be possible outside of gameplay mechanics). This ability might refer to the magical plow which can pass through any obstacle in the original "Qing'e" story. In the story, the plow was given to Huo Huan by a passing Taoist, and Huo Huan proceeded to use the plow to open a wall in Qing'e's chamber so he could have a good look at her, which eventually led to their marriage. When Qing'e became a hermit, Huo Huan used the plow again to bring her back when Qing'e's father tried to lock him out of their mountain retreat. Another reference exists in volume 1, chapter 15, "Taoist Climbing Mountain in Vain" (simplified:劳山道士, traditional:勞山道士), where Wang (王) temporarily gains the ability to pass through walls, although the main theme of it's however his inadequacy for becoming a hermit due to lack of patience. ● In Ten Desires's official art, she has blue eyes and blue hair styled into that of what strongly resembles a Flying Xian Hair Style. She wears a simple teal dress with a floral design with a white and blue vest with Chinese patterns. On her waist is a flower secured by her belt. On her left leg is a talisman likely for Yoshika-related reasons. She sits on a flowing, translucent white cloth, which is presumably some sort of hagoromo. ● She is one of the only characters in the series who is explicitly known to have been married. However, it isn't known if she bore any children (In the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing'e had two sons and one daughter.). The other characters known to have been married are Watatsuki no Toyohime, Watatsuki no Yorihime, and Junko. ● Seiga references Jesus Christ in Ten Desires, telling Youmu Konpaku that Miko's return will be much more magnificent than "that foreign prophet who resurrected three days after his execution". ● Some fans assume Seiga's hair stick is a chisel-shaped magical digging tool that appeared in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. In the original text, it was called (simplified: 镵, traditional: 鑱). It means a type of ancient spade or a herb digging tool. (See also the baidu pedia) Ironically, Seiga's fondness for Yoshika isn't that big of an exaggeration compared to most things. ● She's often shown in conflict with Kasen Ibaraki, who behaves like a proper hermit. ● The pronunciation of her name allows her to become a target for SEGA parodies. ● Due to what's been revealed in Symposium of Post-mysticism, some fans have come to see Seiga as an outright evil character. The acts revealed are stealing from people on Christmas and then selling their items back to them, and in particular the implications of how she got Yoshika as a servant. This is supported by Miko's wariness of her in Symposium of Post-mysticism and the fact in chapter 12 of Wild and Horned Hermit, she had the Kishin chief after her.