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|greeting=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest!
|greeting=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest!
|encouraging=Don't look so glum, my little mountaineer! At times like this, just look to the mountain and scream your heart out! Like this: Mouuuuuntaineeeeering!
|encouraging=Don't look so glum, my little mountaineer! At times like this, just look to the mountain and scream your heart out! Like this: Mouuuuuntaineeeeering!
|touched=
|touched=Eh? What? Of course I change my clothes! Who doesn't?! I don't, um... smell or anything, do I?
|conversation-1=Eh? What? Of course I change my clothes! Who doesn't?! I don't, um... smell or anything, do I?
|conversation-1=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest!
|conversation-2=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest!
|conversation-2=My training program is more comprehensive than ever! I have been climbing not just mountains, but peaks and pinnacles too! Eh? Anything else, you ask? What else is there?
|conversation-3=My training program is more comprehensive than ever! I have been climbing not just mountains, but peaks and pinnacles too! Eh? Anything else, you ask? What else is there?
|conversation-3=Ah, look at it all! The mist on the summit! The gushing mountain spring! Truly, a friend by my side reflects the mountain's beauty tenfold. Thank you for this wisdom.
|conversation-4=Ah, look at it all! The mist on the summit! The gushing mountain spring! Truly, a friend by my side reflects the mountain's beauty tenfold. Thank you for this wisdom.
|conversation-4=I wonder if this mountain harbors a hot spring. If we find one, perhaps we should slip in together. Hm? What's so indecent about that?
|conversation-4=I wonder if this mountain harbors a hot spring. If we find one, perhaps we should slip in together. Hm? What's so indecent about that?
|self=Mountain Demon of Shinjuku, eh? It fits a little strangely, but I will do my best to live up to that name! H-hey, stop laughing! Don't mock your elders!
|self=Mountain Demon of Shinjuku, eh? It fits a little strangely, but I will do my best to live up to that name! H-hey, stop laughing! Don't mock your elders!
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*His Role is "Mountain Ascetic" and his Rule is "Traveling on Foot."
*His Role is "Mountain Ascetic" and his Rule is "Traveling on Foot."
*His full name is Zao Gongen, the name of a Japanese Buddhist deity of the mountains.
* Zao is usually portrayed as a violent deity, one foot raised to stamp down evil.
*''Gongen'' are the protectors or essences of a particular place in Japan. Zao Gongen is the protective deity of [[wikipedia:Mount_Zaō|Mount Zaō]], one of the peaks used extensively by [[wikipedia:Shugendō|Shugendō]] practitioners for pilgrimage and other ascetic practices.
* [[wikipedia:En_no_Gyōja|En no Gyōja]], founder of Shugendō, adopted Zao Gongen as his patron for aiding in the battle against evil. As such, many pilgrims participate in rituals carried out in his main temple, Kinbusen-ji, with the intent of driving out evil.
 


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