Godori, the Story of Three Birds
A word you can’t leave out of Go-Stop: Godori! This thrilling combination that turns a round around once you collect three birds has quite a fun story hiding behind it. Shall we look together at where the birds perch and where they fly?
Feb Plum bird
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Apr Black Clover bird
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Aug Pampas bird
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What kind of birds make up Godori?
Godori is the three Animal cards of February, April and August . February shows a bird perched on a plum branch, April a bird flying beside a Black Clover branch, and August a flock of birds flying over a dark hill. In this game’s artwork, the February bird has green wings and a yellow belly, and the April and August birds spread yellow and red wings.
The August birds are usually said to be wild geese, but it’s hard to say the exact kind of bird from the picture alone. Even the February bird is called a bush warbler or an oriole, so the names differ. Remembering it as simply ‘three birds’ is enough.
Where does the name ‘Godori’ come from?
The word ‘godori’ was originally said to mean an arrow for hunting small birds, or a young mackerel, in Korean. But where the Go-Stop term ‘Godori’ exactly came from isn’t backed by solid written sources. There’s an explanation that it’s because ‘there are three birds (鳥),’ and other theories too, so just take it as ‘that’s what people call it’.
Interestingly, it’s said that Japanese Hanafuda has no combination called ‘Godori.’ Instead, there’s a combination called Inoshikacho, which collects the July boar, the October deer, and the June butterfly. It’s like playing different games with the same cards. You can meet Inoshikacho further in the article
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Hidden picture: the direction of the birds
Look at which way the three birds face and which flowers and branches they’re with. February is beside the plum blossoms, April beside the clover (Black Clover), and August beside the Pampas (the hill) . So collecting Godori is like taking a year-long bird journey ‘from the plum tree to the clover and the autumn hill.’ Each card is like a seasonal postcard.
Role in the game
- Collecting all 3 Godori cards adds +5 points. If you also have 5 or more Animal cards, the Animal score is added separately.
- When the ‘Catch Godori’ mission is chosen, the score of a round you win is x3. It’s one of the biggest multipliers among the missions.
- When Godori is completed during a round, big letters pop up on the screen to tell you.
- The August bird and the Bright (the full moon) are in the same month, so August is a month where the Bright and the birds stand out together among its 4 cards.
Godori is over if even one of the three bird cards gets captured by your opponent. So when birds are laid out on the table from the start, a battle of wits begins. If you see a bird, capturing it first is the best policy.
A little joke
When one Godori card is left and the opponent captures it, you sigh, "My bird flew away!" All three birds are annoying friends who tease, ‘I can fly, but I won’t let you fly.’ May all three birds fly into your arms today!
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