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"He He He. A corpse is talking."
Pingtsi (ピンツイ Pintsui?) was one of Quanxi's fiends, and one of her harem members.
Appearance[]
Pingtsi possesses a corpse with dark hair with a blue hue and has a Futakuchi-onna-like ponytail along with eye-length bangs and slightly longer side bangs. Given the same coloration of the ponytail and the rest of the hair, it is unknown if the ponytail was originally a part of the corpse or a part of the devil that took the form of one. All the hairbands she wears have been shown as red. She wears a long-sleeved, knee-length black dress with white cuffs and a dress collar. She wears plain black shoes and black leggings. Her eyes on her ponytail seem to be purple, while the eyes on her face may either be red or purple. She is considerably shorter than the rest of Quanxi’s fiends.
Personality[]
Pingtsi is a very cheerful, talkative girl who likes to share useless facts in order to impress or entertain Quanxi.
Plot[]
International Assassins arc[]
Pingtsi is shown as one of Quanxi's girlfriends, alongside Cosmo, Long, and Tsugihagi. She's loyal to Quanxi and is shown following her around. After arriving in Japan, Pingtsi asks Quanxi for them to go to a sushi restaurant. In the restaurant she demonstrates her knowledge of fish, much to Quanxi's dismay.
Later, Quanxi is assisted by her and the others as she makes her way to the mall, all the while slaughtering every doll and Devil Hunter in sight, which makes Pingtsi make a snarky comment, saying that corpses are talking. Pingtsi is assisting Quanxi and her fellow fiends finish off the remaining dolls outside the mall, while saying they should catch up to Quanxi quickly.
They then get approached by Kishibe, who says they're finally away from Quanxi. Pingtsi says she doesn't know what he's saying because she doesn't understand Japanese, but then she uses her ability to find out what Devils he's contracted with, saying that he's friends with some rather dangerous Devils. She then mocks him, saying that he's no one special and that he can't beat them because he has no body parts left to sacrifice for contracts, and orders her girlfriends to "gobble him up". She is shown getting apprehended by Kishibe, along with Long. Kishibe then tells Power to restrain Pingtsi, which she does and holds her at knifepoint. Power then threatens Long, who has just escaped, to stay back, or she will kill Pingtsi. Quanxi asks her to let Pingtsi go, or she'll have to fight her.
Pingtsi is sent to Hell along with the other Devil Hunters in the mall. Power lets go of Pingtsi, after which she starts freaking out about being sent to Hell, asking why she is there. She's feeling scared, telling Quanxi they're being watched by a dangerous devil. Adding on, that the Primal Fears are watching them and says that if they draw their hostility they're going to die, after which she asks Quanxi for permission to kill herself. The Darkness Devil removes her hands along with the rest of the people there. She is killed by the Darkness Devil but later returns as one of Santa Claus' dolls with Long in order to intimidate Quanxi, while threatening to kill Tsugihagi. She stabs Quanxi, after which Quanxi gives her one final hug.
Aging Devil arc[]
The corpses of Pingtsi and the other Fiends were eventually taken into custody by the Public Safety. As revealed by the scarred Public Safety agent during Asa Mitaka and Fami's assault on the Tokyo Devil Detention Center, Quanxi was supposedly recruited into Special Division 7 with the promise of regaining the corpses of her now deceased friends and lovers.
Abilities[]
As a fiend, Pingtsi can't make contracts and her powers are considerably weaker than those of her devil form. However, she still has all the other standard devil abilities.
Devil Powers[]
- Magnifying Glass: Her ponytail can turn into a magnifying glass or monocle and seems to detect information. Such as when she could find out what devils a person is contracted with, described in more detail below. When she and the others got sent to Hell, even when all the fiends were uncomfortable from the area including herself, she managed to give out information in detail about the Primal Fears watching everyone and was shown having her magnifying glass out.
- Contract Perception: Her ability allows her to gain information on what Devil contracts a human possesses. She used this ability against Kishibe and revealed his contracted devils and the lack of sacrifices in his body, which suggests that she is able to foresee possible sacrifices required to use abilities of contracted devils.
Skillset[]
- Bilingual: Pingtsi has demonstrated the ability to speak both Japanese and Mandarin, but couldn’t understand Japanese at first and needed to use her magnifying glass to collect information.
Chapter Appearances[]
Public Safety Saga[]
| 53. In a Dream | Absent |
| 54. To Go to Enoshima | Debut |
| 55. Let's Go | Absent |
| 56. A Curse and A Fist | Absent |
| 57. Suddenly | Absent |
| 58. Yutaro Kurose | Appears |
| 59. Mess | Appears |
| 60. Quanxi and Fiends' 49-Person Massacre | Appears |
| 61. News Reporter | Appears |
| 62. Super Mess | Appears |
| 63. Trip To Hell | Appears |
| 64. Welcome To Hell | Appears |
| 65. The Darkness Devil | Death |
| 66. Woof! | Corpse |
| 67. The First Devil Hunter | Corpse |
| 68. Dark Power | Appears |
| 69. Shining Power | Absent |
| 70. Pinch | Absent |
Academy Saga[]
Trivia[]
- Pingtsi's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
- Pingtsi ranked 13th in the First Popularity Poll with 4,515 votes.
- Pingtsi ranked 33rd in the Second Popularity Poll with 1,092 votes.
- Pingtsi ranked 55th in the Third Popularity Poll with 526 votes.
- Pingtsi's name wasn't revealed before the Character Popularity Poll, in which she is referred to as Futakuchi (フタクチ Two-mouths?) from Quanxi's group.
- Futakuchi-onna are women who are forced to indulge in over-eating due to an extra mouth on the back of their head, greedily demanding more food, which seems to be in correlation with Pingtsi's eating habits.
- In some fictional works, characters inspired by Futakuchi-onna might exhibit a tendency towards gossip or have traits related to the yokai's association with hidden aspects or a voracious appetite.
- Her name in the Mandarin translation contains the Hànzì 屏翠 (Píngcuì, Pʰiŋt͡sʰu̯eɪ̯IPA)[Note 1] that means "bamboo bush" or "green folding screen".
- Her name seems to be inspired by a chinese singer named Tsui Ping.
- A Futakuchi-onna-like Devil appears in the ending animation for In The Back Room, the fifth ending theme song for the anime, which is presumably her Full Devil Form.
Notes[]
- ↑ Unlike her girlfriend Quanxi, Pingtsi's romanized name is in fact practically entirely accurate to her actual pronunciation. This is more indicative to the latter character in her name, as the consonant ⟨c⟩ emphasizes the IPA characters (t͡sʰ) which is pronounced like ts with an small h-like expression at the end.