Yojimbo (Summon)
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- "Please, clear us a path."
- —Yuna, Final Fantasy X
Yojimbo (用心棒, Yōjinbō?) is an aeon from Final Fantasy X. He is acquired by visiting the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth, where the player must hire him to become Yuna's aeon. Yojimbo acts as a sword-for-hire and has four different attacks, depending on how much the player pays him as well as a complex mathematical formula based on his worker-employer relationship with Yuna and several other factors. Yojimbo functions similarly to Odin and Gilgamesh from previous Final Fantasy games.
With his most powerful attack, Zanmato, Yojimbo is able to instantly kill fiends and bosses.
In the International version of Final Fantasy X, the players can fight Dark Yojimbo in the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth after having acquired the airship.
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Entrance
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With the wave of the summoner's hand, a night-time dimension forms, replete with a single cherry tree with blue petals and silver bark. Yojimbo's dog, Daigoro, appears first and greets the summoner. Yojimbo walks out from behind the tree with an honorable pose. He turns and calls upon his dog to start the battle.
AcquiringEdit
Yojimbo can be recruited at the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth near the entrance to Mt. Gagazet. Yojimbo will initially ask the player for hundreds of thousands of gil to be hired, but it is possible to haggle with him. In order to get Yojimbo for a cheaper price, the player must offer him half the initial gil he is asking for plus one gil, and he will change his price. One can continue increasing the price by one gil until he agrees to it. If the player then pays Yojimbo triple what he is asking, he will give two Teleport Spheres as a token of his appreciation. This will still work after having "haggled" with him.
AttacksEdit
- See the Summon and Overdrive sequences here.
- Daigoro: Yojimbo's dog will attack on his command.
- Kozuka: Yojimbo throws several kozuka (a special throwing knife made to fit inside a wakizashi's scabbard) at a single target.
- Wakizashi: Yojimbo slashes single/multiple targets with his wakizashi (his short sword).
- Zanmato: Yojimbo calls his katana Zanmatou (斬魔刀、ざんまとう; [The] sword [that] beheads/cuts demons/evil) out of a portal in the ground, which he uses to quickly slice all enemies in half. It instantly kills any enemy in the game, with the exceptions of Sin (when fighting face-to-face on the airship), Yunalesca and Braska's Final Aeon, which will only move to the next form (unless they have already reached their final form, in which case Zanmato will kill them).
The player must pay Yojimbo gil every time they want him to attack. How much one pays him influences what he uses to attack.
Yojimbo has no Overdrive, but if his Overdrive meter is full, the chance of him performing his stronger attacks increases. The chances of Yojimbo using his stronger moves are much higher in the International/PAL versions of Final Fantasy X.
Yojimbo can exceed maximum damage once Auron obtains and charges his Celestial Weapon, the Masamune.
Other AppearancesEdit
Final Fantasy X-2Edit
Yojimbo reappears in Final Fantasy X-2, this time as a Dark Aeon. The Gullwings must fight Dark Yojimbo in order to save dozens of tourists visiting The Cavern of the Stolen Fayth in the Chapter 3 Tourist Trap mission.
Added by RebelliaMerchandiseEdit
Final Fantasy X Action Figure Collection by ArtFXEdit
A figure of Yojimbo was made for the Final Fantasy X Action Figure Collection by ArtFX. Listed as No.2 in the series, the Yojimbo figure comes complete with Zanmato and Wakizashi swords, Kozuka throwing knife and Daigoro, as well as a mountable stand for display. A later version of "Dark Aeon Yojimbo" was released using the same figure mold and accessories.
Final Fantasy Master CreaturesEdit
A figure of Yojimbo was made for the Final Fantasy Master Creatures second set, featuring him slashing with Zanmato as Daigoro is pouncing.
TriviaEdit
- When Yuna visits Yojimbo's fayth to hire him as an aeon, he calls himself Yojimbo. Despite this, the player can still rename him.
- "Yojimbo" means "bodyguard" in Japanese.
- The Kanji (Japanese characters) can also mean "sword/service for hire", befitting his pay-off system.
- When Yojimbo is summoned into battle, the player can hear the same sound effect that was used in Final Fantasy VIII as the magic spell effect.
- Yojimbo has a visual cue for his Zanmato move. If he is paid a sufficient amount to be able to perform it, he will nod once upon receiving the money. He will not nod prior to any of his other attacks.
- Yojimbo also has a visual cue for his Daigoro move. If he isn't paid a sufficient amount he will shake his head as if to say no after receiving the money. He will not shake his head prior to any other of his moves.
GalleryEdit
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Zanmato
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Yojimbo's and Daigoro's original mortal forms
External LinksEdit
- Look here for a simplified, easy-to-understand mathematical description of Yojimbo and his attacks.
- Look here for a more complex, harder to understand, but much more detailed mathematical description of Yojimbo and his attacks. (This includes calculations for PAL/International versions of the game as well, along with probability (Percentile) tables for all versions.)
