Hong Meiling

Gender: Female

Age: Unknown

Appearance: Meiling has aqua-blue eyes and long, scarlet hair that symbolizes both her name and the place that she's guarding. Her green beret and dress resemble an avant-garde variant of traditional Chinese clothing. Her beret has a gold star on the front with the Traditional Chinese character "龍" that is read and pronounced as "lóng" in standard Chinese and means dragon. She wears white pants in her fighting game sprites.

Personality: Still sharing Meiling's boastful, and social personality, this take on Meiling has a little hint of cuteness to her, seen being occasionally shy and submissive (when the situation really calls for it.) She's still a worthy youkai who protects the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, though that isn't without faults, like with her laid-back side being TOO laid-back and sleeping on the job.

Hobby/Occupation: Gatekeeper and Gardener of the Scarlet Devil Mansion

Additional Information: ● Meiling is well known for her mastery of the martial arts, part of which can be seen in her movement which is based on Bajiquan, such as Shin-Kyaku and Tetsuzanko.

● She is also the Gardener of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

● She seems to spend a lot of time reading manga written by the tengu.

● Meiling's mastery of t'ai chi ch'uan is her main ability in combat, but other than that, she has no youkai-like ability. While not particularly strong as a youkai, she is described as being well-rounded, with no particular weak point when fighting humans; this is likely why she was hired to watch the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

● Meiling is able to manipulate her life-breath, or qi. Her danmaku and her flight likely involve projecting her qi outward to attack foes or propel herself in a manner seen in martial arts folklore and in contemporary Japanese manga.

● Meiling also acts as the doorkeeper when there's a party at the mansion. She performs Tai Chi Chuan daily, and has a nap at noon.

● Due to Meiling having quite the difficult boss fight in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (on both Hard and Lunatic Mode), she is sometimes depicted as super strong, in a manner of Goku from Dragonball due to her ability to use Ki.

● Meiling is sometimes compared to famous martial artists in pop culture such as Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Goku from Dragonball, Bruce Lee, and others.