Emi

Credit to Onibiness on Tumblr and ブランク4600.

Emi (恵美) is a character from the Onibi Series.

She is described as being the Hero of the Onibi, as in the term "Onibi", not the series in itself since the Onibi series is a fan given name.

## Appearance

Contrary to popular belief, Emi has only *one* design, her canon design appears in the remix of The Fox's Wedding, released on 5th, 2016.

Emi has shoulder-length purple hair, burgundy eyes, and pale skin.

She wears a violet kimono with maroon obi and red sashes.

The person she is commonly confused with is the blue-haired Miku in Masa's song, "Will-O-The-Wisp" (鬼火).

However, these characters are not the same person as confirmed by MASA. Something to note about them is that MASA mentioned that they do look similar.

## Appears in:

* The Fox's Wedding (remix).
* Star Lily Dance Performance (remix).

## Background

There is not much official/canon information on Emi just yet, except the fact that she is a dollmaker, but there may be more on her when Masa updates his blog.

What we do know is that Emi's ancestors were evil gods, which is why many people dislike her, however, she did not pay them any mind.

Until one day, while walking on the sidewalk, Shikyou appears before her and offers her a deal that will do her good, it is unknown to this day what she had offered Emi.

   Also, it should be noted that Emi is given the title "千手観音," (senju kannon), meaning "The Thousand-Armed Kannon," and as stated by Shishikusas on their Tumblr blog,

*"...Senju Kannon is one of the more beloved Buddhist deities in Japan. Portrayed as a girl, Kannon is the goddess of mercy whose sole drive was to allow souls to escape from the cycle of suffering. but as she saved people, she realized countless others needed saving too, and she got so sad her head split into pieces. Amida Buddha, her master, gave her 11 heads to witness the world’s suffering and a thousand arms, each with an eye, to relieve said suffering. so that is her duty to make sure all sentient beings escaped the cycle of suffering indeed."*

## Relationships

### Akari Oborodzuka

They don't seem to like each other very much; the reason why is unknown. In Emi's presence, Akari's hair is bloodshot red, indicating that she is either angry or furious and is using her powers at the moment.

The usage of her powers is shown by Emi stabbing her left eye with her nails, whereas Emi is smiling, clearly not intimidated by Akari.

### Shikyou, The Amanojaku

The state of their relationship is unknown, but they can possible be incorporated as allies as Shikyou offered Emi a deal that she stated will benefit her, a reason on why Shikyou would be friendly with Emi compared to others is because of Emi's evil ancestors.

Or they could possibly be frenemies, taking a disliking to each other, the reason why is unknown.

## Theories

* There is a common theory that she is the reason as to why Akari and Mai met, probably by arranging a meeting between them at a specific location, although they were both doomed to never meet.

* There is a theory that she arranged the meeting between Akari and Mai to screw over Akari's deal with Shikyou and ruin their plans, which might explain Akari's hatred for Emi in "The Fox's Wedding" remix.

* When Emi is stabbing her right eye with her nails as a result of Akari's powers, she is shown smiling, not in pain or intimidated by Akari one bit, this could be because Emi believes that Akari can't kill her in fear of Shikyou.

## Trivia

* Even if she doesn't resemble any specific Vocaloid, she takes on GUMI's voice in the "Fox's wedding"(remix), earning her the name of purple GUMI.

* Her hair color is the same color of the blood of the mysterious GUMI in the song "Will O The Wisp".

* In all of Emi's instances, she is only shown smiling.

* Emi is the only character besides Sachiko without a known last name or surname.

* Some fans claim that Masa stated that Emi is no longer part of the Onibi series's canon, however there isn't any evidence found to back up this claim.