Hong Meiling

Hong Meiling (紅 美鈴 Hon Meirin) is a youkai who serves as the gatekeeper of the Scarlet Devil Mansion and is known for her skill in martial arts. She first appeared as the Stage 3 boss of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and later became a playable character through a downloadable patch in Immaterial and Missing Power, appearing as a versus mode character with no story involvement. She is also one of the three protagonists of Touhou Hisōtensoku.

Hong Meiling
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Origin
Origin	Touhou Koumakyou (Scarlet Devil Land) ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Creator	ZUN
First Appearance	Touhou 06: Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil
Voiced by	Japanese: Marina Inoue, Satomi Sato, Naomi Ōzora, Lynn, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, Sakura Nakamura, Shiori Mikami, Rika Tachibana, Machico, Kaori Maeda, Hina Suguta, Yuka Otsubo, Rena Hasegawa, Shion Wakayama, Akiho Suzumoto, Yumiri Hanamori, Yuri Fujimoto
Characteristics
Species	Touhou Project/Youkai
Gender	Female
Pronouns	She/Her
Sexuality	Unknown
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Tall
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Chinese
Status	Alive
Alignment	Neutral Good
Archetype	Protector/Guardian
Occupation	Gatekeeper
Time Period	Non-linear
Language	Japanese
Combat Style	Qigong
Homeworld	Gensokyo
Relationships
Affiliations	Scarlet Devil Mansion: (Remilia Scarlet, Flandre Scarlet, Patchouli Knowledge, Sakuya Izayoi, Koakuma, Fairy Maids), Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Alice Margatroid, Aya Shameimaru
Enemies	Reimu Hakurei (Formerly), Marisa Kirisame (Formerly)

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Hong Meiling’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

GamesPrinted Works Embodiment of Scarlet Devil English TranslationJapanese “ Eastern Scarlet Devil Land ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - 0 - Every day in Gensokyo was more noisy than expected. Any mysterious visitor would be confused with a ghost of summertime. All of that equates to just a normal summer. The outskirts were enveloped in scarlet illusion. - 1 - In the eastern mountains, far from any human habitation, is where the isolated Hakurei Shrine lies. This mountain was never occupied by humans, and even now no one ever goes there. Thus the place was called Gensokyo. And even now, as usual, non-human creatures and just a few humans lived freely with pride. People blindly accepted the advance of culture, and aggressively tried to eliminate any of the darker parts of their lifestyles. In truth, that was a comfortable environment for the creatures living in the dusk. They did not have to get involved with humans. And one summer day, without a sound, a turbulent, mysterious mist began to envelop Gensokyo. It was almost as if Gensokyo itself was loathing the light of day. - 2 - The shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, Reimu Hakurei was living a mostly peaceful life. At this shrine, seldom visited by those come to pray, she was sometimes bored, sometimes not bored, and generally living in a carefree manner. On that day, Reimu was just a little less bored than usual. Reimu: "Geez, what is all this? If we're not getting any light, then the weather is not going to clear up at all." At the rate it was moving, the mist would reach past the shrine and descend to where humans lived. Gensokyo interfering with its peoples' lives would most likely cause Gensokyo to be eliminated by the hands of humans, too. Reimu: "Well, finding the cause of all this is a shrine maiden's job (isn't it?). For some reason, that lake back there is pretty suspicious, so let's go there!" With her body surrounded by the mysterious mist, The sharp-witted girl, relying on her senses, set off in the direction of the lake. - 3 - As one of the few residents of the forest, the normal girl Marisa Kirisame normally flew through the sky. When she realized that she couldn't see any of the lake all of a sudden due to the mist, the normal-witted girl thought that there might be something happening on the island floating in the lake. Marisa: "Well, humans usually create communities close to water, after all." Monsters wouldn't be able to live without water, either. That was her very human-like way of thinking. Marisa: "It looks like she'll be doing something pretty soon, so why don't I go take a look?" The girl set off as if there might just be something valuable to find. Or, rather, she actually went looking for it. - 4 - The lake was entirely covered by the mysterious mist. This mysterious energy was so strong that a normal human would only survive for about 30 minutes, but less ordinary humans too would have about thirty minutes. The center of the mist barely receives any light during the day, and filters out moonlight as well. From within the mist, a full moon looks hazy and several times larger. If we suppose the mist is the work of a human, one could say that the human must have eaten belladonna flower. In the very center of it all is an island, rejected by mankind simply because they could not live there. On that island is a mansion; one of few windows. Inside the mansion that knows neither day nor night, "she" was there. „ ~ Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Prologue English Translation “ 東方紅魔郷　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. - 0 - 幻想郷は、予想以上に騒がしい日々をおくっていた。 　謎の来訪者に、夏の亡霊も戸惑ってるかの様に見えた。 そんな全てが普通な夏。 　辺境は紅色の幻想に包まれた。 - 1 - ここは東の国の人里離れた山の中。 　博麗（はくれい）神社は、そんな辺境にあった。 　この山は、元々は人間は棲んでいない、今も多くは決して足を踏み入 　れない場所で、人々には幻想郷と呼ばれていた。 　幻想郷は、今も相変わらず人間以外の生き物と、ほんの少しの人間が 　自由に闊歩していたのだった。 人々は文明開化に盲信した、人間は生活から闇の部分を積極的に排除 　しようとしていた。 　実はそれは、宵闇に棲む生き物にとっても、人間との干渉もなくお互 　いに気楽な環境だったのだった。 そして、ある夏の日、音も無く、不穏な妖霧が幻想郷を包み始めたの 　である。 　それは、まるで幻想郷が日の光を嫌っているように見えたのだった。 - 2 - 　博麗神社の巫女、博麗霊夢（はくれいれいむ）はおおよそ平穏な日々 　を送っていた。 　滅多に参拝客が訪れないこの神社は、退屈だったり退屈じゃなかった 　りして、楽しく暮らしているようである。 　そんな夏の日、霊夢は少しばかり退屈以外していた。 　　霊夢「もー、なんなのかしら、 　　　　　日が当たらないと天気が晴れないじゃない」 　このままでは、霧は神社を越え、人里に下りていってしまう。 　幻想郷が人々の生活に干渉してしまうことは、幻想郷も人の手によっ 　て排除されてしまうだろう。 　　霊夢「こうなったら、原因を突き止めるのが巫女の仕事（なのか？） 　　　　　なんとなく、あっちの裏の湖が怪しいから、出かけてみよう！」 あたりは一面の妖霧。 　勘の鋭い少女は、直感を頼りに湖の方向へ出発した。 - 3 - 数少ない森の住人である普通の少女、霧雨 魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）は、 　普通に空を飛んでいた。 　いつのまにか、霧で湖の全体が見渡せなくなっていたことに気づくと、 　勘の普通な少女は、湖に浮かぶ島に何かがあるのでは？と思ったのだった。 　　魔理沙「普通、人間だって水のあるところに集落を造るしな」 　化け物も水がないと生きてけないのだろうと、実に人間らしい考え方である。 　　魔理沙「そろそろ、あいつが動き出しそうだから、ちょっと見に行くか」 　少女は、何かめぼしい物が無いか探しに行くかのように出発した。 　むしろ探しに行ったのだった。 - 4 - 　湖は、一面妖霧に包まれていた。 　普通の人間は３０分はもつ程度の妖気だったが、普通じゃない人もやはり 　３０分程度はもつようだった。 　妖霧の中心地は、昼は常にぼんやり明るく、夜は月明かりでぼんやり明る 　かった。 　霧の中から見る満月はぼやけて数倍ににも膨れて見えるのだった。 　もしこの霧が人間の仕業だとすると、ベラドンナの花でもかじった人間で 　あることは容易に想像できる。 　中心地には島があり、そこには人気を嫌った、とてもじゃないけど人間の 　住めないようなところに、窓の少ない洋館が存在した。 　昼も夜も無い館に、「彼女」は、いた。 „ ~ Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Prologue Japanese During the events of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Meiling confronts Reimu or Marisa but is ultimately defeated. She is then followed into the mansion against her will by the Reimu or Marisa, leading to another battle. Immaterial and Missing_Power English TranslationJapanese “ The long winter, the short but grand spring, has withdrawn from Gensokyo. The cherry blossoms that dyed that mountain in light purple have receded, and the land has been wrapped in a deep green... But humans, ghosts, and many others were still gathering for cherry blossom viewings, again and again. This cherry blossom viewing was not restricted to just the girls of Gensokyo. Every time a feast was held, an unknown, restless, strange aura in Gensokyo also increased in strength. ――However, even with the rise of this strange aura, nothing has happened yet. Nothing was known about the criminal's motive. Even their objective remained unknown. When this strange aura strengthens, not a single person tries to stop this recurring feast. As such, everyone who comes to the feast, be it humans or youkai, appears to be very suspicious. There's only three days left until the next feast. "I'll figure out what this strange aura is coming from and stop it before the next feast!" „ ~ Immaterial and Missing Power Prologue English Translation “ 長かった冬も、短いながら盛大だった春も、幻想郷から過ぎ去ろうとしていた。 あれほど山を薄紫色に染めていた桜はなりを潜め、既に深い緑に包まれていたが…… 人間、妖怪、その他諸々が集まるお花見だけは、未だ繰り返されていた。 そのお花見は、幻想郷の少女を集めるだけではとどまらなかった。 宴会を行う度に、幻想郷に得体の知れない不穏な妖気が高まっていたのだった。 ――だが、妖気は高まる一方だったが、まだ何も起きていない。 犯人は、動機は、全てが判らない。その目的すら判らなかった。 妖気が高まろうと、誰一人、繰り返される宴会を止めようとしない。 こうなると、宴会に来る人間、妖怪、全員が怪しく見えるのも仕方がないだろう。 次の宴会まであと３日しかない。 「次の宴会までには、必ず私がこの妖気の原因を突き止めてやる！」 „ ~ Immaterial and Missing Power Prologue Japanese Meiling is playable in Immaterial and Missing Power through a downloadable patch, however she has no story campaign and doesn't appear in anyone's campaign. Shoot the Bullet Aya encounters Meiling on Stage 5 and took photos of her danmaku attacks. Touhou Hisoutensoku English TranslationJapanese “ That morning was a little dark, as if something was blocking the sunlight. Could it be because of the morning fog that had unexpectedly appeared in the middle of summer? Having leapt out of your home into the mist you were expecting to let you forget about the heat, it is no wonder you would be surprised to see "that" swaying before your eyes. This human-shaped "that", venting disgusting tepid steam, staggered forward and looked as if it were gazing up at the mountain. --From up on the mountain, as hot and noisy as it always was in the summer, she gazed down upon the human-shaped "that". It had already been two years since she first came to Gensokyo. At first, she was so scared of its strange inhabitants that she squarely refused to even perform her rituals, but now she was on friendly terms with them, and could perform her usual work just fine. She thought she would not be surprised by anything any more. But of course, Gensokyo is the kind of place that will surprise anyone who believes so. That is one of Gensokyo's strong points in comparison to the outside world. From the Moriya Shrine, she had seen the shape of a giant human. It was taller by far than the shrine itself. In her own old-fashioned terms, it was on the scale of a ten-story highrise. To her, it looked like a giant robot from anime she watched when she was younger. But for a robot, it moved too smoothly. It moved as if alive, sometimes looking longingly at the mountain, sometimes glaring down at the village. And suddenly, it was wrapped in fog, disappearing in eerie silence. When she informed Kanako of what she had seen, Kanako told her about the "Brocken Spectre". The Brocken Spectre is a weather phenomenon where your own shadow is reflected in the mist as a seemingly giant figure. But no matter whether it actually was just a weather phenomenon, just accepting that would take all the fun out of imagining what it could be. So she decided to believe it was a giant robot attacking the village below. That way, it would be fun to investigate. Yes, this was definitely no shadow reflected in the mist. The mist had appeared after the human-shaped form, but most importantly, this was Gensokyo, a place where nothing, no matter how unexpected, is ever strange. The little fairy was excited as ever. Today it was because she had seen that thing that was taller than a mountain. Of course, it was also further away than the mountains, so it wasn't very big, but from looking at it, she felt there wasn't much of a difference between them. It had quickly been enveloped in mist and she lost sight of it, but she was sure of what she'd seen. That was the great youkai "Daidarabotchi", no doubt about it. With no idea where it would live, but filled with excitement at seeing such a rare youkai, the shrine maiden had left the Youkai Mountain. "Have you seen a giant ro... a large moving thing around here?" Asked the shrine maiden, starting her search through the mist. The little fairy for some reason felt annoyed by this, and felt that since she had seen it first, it should belong to her. "I haven't seen anything like a Daidarabotchi!" She answered, to fool the shrine maiden. She then set out to search for the great youkai on her own, out of pure curiosity. The Scarlet Devil Mansion was as busy that day as it always was. The gatekeeper was giving a report to the mistress of the house, Remilia Scarlet, who was cheerfully paying it no mind. The gate keeper was feeling a vague sense of unease. During the morning, she had seen the shape of a giant human at the foot of the mountain. It had then vented tepid steam around it, and disappeared. What could it have been? It was as big as the giant bird Peng, and spewed ominous smoke. She was sure of it. It was the shape of "Taisui Xingjun", the Embodiment of Misfortune. Finally, all the youkai of Gensokyo must stand together and fight this evil god that has appeared in their midst, she reported to the mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Needless to say, her recommendation was not heeded. That was what she thought. But perhaps she exaggerated a bit, in order to liven up her dull everyday life a little. „ ~ Touhou Hisoutensoku Prologue English Translation “ 　その日の朝は日射しが遮られ、僅かに暗かった。 　こんな夏に季節外れの朝霧が出ているのだろうか。 　暑さを忘れさせてくれる霧を期待して家を飛び出した君は、 目の前に揺らめく「それ」を見て驚愕したに違いない。 　人型の「それ」は、生ぬるくて気持ちの悪い蒸気を放ち、 　山を見上げるようにゆらゆらと動いていたのだ。 ――いつものように暑く、いつものように騒がしい夏の山。 　　彼女は人型の「それ」を見下ろしていた。 幻想郷に来てから早二年経とうとしていた。 初めは異形なる者に対して畏怖から、まともに儀式も行えなかったが、 今ではすっかり馴染み、違和感なく通常の仕事を行う事が出来た。 もう、多少の事では驚かないと思っていた。 勿論、そう思ってしまったら必ず驚かされるのが幻想郷である。 そこが外の世界にはない幻想郷の長所であった。 彼女は、守矢神社から見える巨大な人影を見ていた。 人影は神社よりも遥かにでかい、彼女にとっての古典的な表現では 十階建ての高層ビル位はあるだろうか。 その人影は、彼女には昔アニメで見た巨大人型ロボットに見えた。 しかし、ロボットと言うには動きが滑らかすぎた。 まるで生きているかの様に動く人影は、時には山に望み、時には里を睨み そして突然霧に包まれたあと、不気味なほど静かに消えた。 その事を神奈子に報告すると、それは「ブロッケンの妖怪」だと教えてくれた。 ブロッケンの妖怪とは、自分の影が霧に映り巨人に見える気象現象である。 実際何らかの気象現象かなんかであろう、 そう考えてしまう自分の思考回路が面白くなかった。 だから彼女は、あの影は里を襲う巨大ロボだと思う事にした。 そう考えると調査が楽しいからである。 そう、アレは決して霧に映った影などではない。 霧が出てきたのは人影が出た後だったし、 何より、ここは何が起こってもおかしくない場所、幻想郷なのだから。 小さな妖精はいつものように興奮していた。 今日は山よりも大きいアレを見たからである。 勿論、実際には山よりも遥かに小さいのだが、 視覚から感じる印象は大差はない。 すぐに霧に包まれ見えなくなってしまったが、彼女は確信していた。 アレは、大妖怪「だいだらぼっち」に違いない。 普段はどこに住んでいるのか判らないが、 珍しい妖怪を見たと興奮したのもつかの間 妖怪の山から巫女が下りてきた。 「この辺で巨大ロ……、大きな動く物を見たりしていない？」 巫女はそういうと、霧の中を探し始めたのである。 小さな妖精は何故か焦燥感に駆られ、 自分が先に見たんだから自分の物だと思う様になった。 「だいだらぼっちなんて見てないよ」 そう答え、巫女を牽制した。 彼女はただの好奇心から自分で大妖怪を探そうと思ったのである。 いつも騒がしい紅魔館。その日も例外なく騒がしかった。 門番である彼女は、紅魔館の主であるレミリア・スカーレットに 何やら報告していたが、 主は軽く聞き流していた。 彼女は漠然とした不安を感じていた。 朝方、山の麓に巨大な人影を見たのである。 そして、生ぬるい霧をまき散らし、消えてしまった。 アレは一体何だったのか。 大鵬の様な大きな影、吐き出された禍々しい霧、彼女は確信していた。 アレは凶事の顕形「 太歳星君 たいさいせいくん 」の影である。 ついに幻想郷の全妖怪が 手を取り合って戦わないといけない凶神が現れたのだと、 紅魔館の主に報告していたのだ。 勿論それは聞き入れられなかった。 彼女は思っていた。 退屈な毎日を少し楽しくする為に、わざと誇張しましたけどね、と。 „ ~ Touhou Hisoutensoku Prologue Japanese In Touhou Hisōtensoku, Meiling spots a roaming giant she believes to be an incarnation of the calamity god Taisui Xingjun. Those she warns fail to grasp the severity of the situation, leaving Meiling alone to defend the Scarlet Devil Mansion and all of Gensokyo from this destructive deity. After defeating several pseudo-characters sent as assassins, she overcomes a Giant Catfish and confronts Taisui himself—only to realize it was all a dream. Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red Hong Meiling in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red One day, a mysterious crop circle appears in the gardens of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, sparking widespread speculation, rumors, and gossip throughout the estate. Meiling, who tends to the garden, denies responsibility but admits Remilia has tasked her with restoring it to its original state now that her mistress has grown bored with the crop circle pattern. During her interview with Aya Shameimaru, Meiling expresses concern, having no idea how to change the flowers back. When questioned about the crop circle's origins, she firmly denies falling asleep on duty, prompting Aya to shift the conversation toward aliens. The culprit is ultimately revealed to be Patchouli Knowledge. Touhou Bougetsushou During the celebration party for the completion of Remilia's moon rocket in Silent Sinner in Blue, Meiling is briefly shown guarding the gates of the Scarlet Devil Mansion as guests pass by. Foul Detective Satori Early in the investigation of Patchouli Knowledge's collapse, Meiling stands at the gates of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Rin Kaenbyō approaches her to inquire about the incident. Meiling first confirms there were no visitors at the time of Patchouli's poisoning. When Rin questions whether she was even watching the gate—noting that others have described it as usually wide open with the gatekeeper notoriously absent—Meiling grows defensive. She becomes visibly nervous, especially after Rin mentions the detective's ability to read minds. Feeling pressured, Meiling admits she was asleep when Patchouli was poisoned. Later, when Sakuya Izayoi is accused of the crime and locked in the basement, Meiling visits to bring her food and express scorn over the evidence against her. She slams and locks the basement door, leaving Sakuya alone with Flandre Scarlet. Sometime afterward, Reimu Hakurei flies overhead and spots Meiling unconscious on the ground. Landing, she attempts to slap Meiling awake when Rin approaches. Rin briefly examines Meiling and concludes her symptoms match Patchouli's, indicating Meiling has also been poisoned by the same culprit. At the incident's conclusion, it is revealed that neither Patchouli nor Meiling were poisoned, but rather possessed by a vengeful spirit from Former Hell capable of controlling bodies and consuming magical energy. The spirit first possessed Sakuya to approach Patchouli, then jumped to Meiling, draining her energy and leaving her comatose. After Satori Komeiji explains this, Flandre is shown preparing to strangle Meiling, believing her to be the true culprit. Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine Meiling has a fortune slip written by Reimu to clean up the aftermath of an incident.

Name Meaning

Her full name is Hong Meiling (紅 美鈴 Hon Meirin). The character hong (紅) means "scarlet" or "crimson" in Japanese and "red" in Chinese. Meiling (美鈴) translates to "beauty bell" or "beauty chime", and is a common Chinese given name. Her full name references Hong Mei, a tai chi grandmaster. In Japanese, these characters can be read as Kurenai Misuzu, and are sometimes mispronounced or miswritten that way. Following English name order, her name would properly be "Meiling Hong", a convention typically used by Chinese diaspora or immigrants in Western countries. Some sources may read Chinese names using Japanese on'yomi, rendering her name as Kō Birei or Kō Mirin. Meiling's name is often presented in Mandarin Pinyin instead.

The character hong (紅) is read as kō in the on reading, Hóng in standard Chinese and Mandarin, and Ghon (pronounced "hong") in Shanghainese. It may reference the Red Guards (紅衛兵, Pinyin: Hóng Wèibīng), a youth movement during China's Cultural Revolution—a connection reinforced by her clothing. The word "guard" also carries the meaning of "gatekeeper", suggesting a pun where "guard of the family name Hong" equates to "Red Guard". The character hong also appears in the title Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (東方紅魔郷). However, the game's working title was 東方紅茶館, indicating a strong connection to the hong found in black tea (紅茶).

Her first name may also play on 虹, meaning "rainbow", which shares the same on reading as 紅 and the same pronunciation in Shanghainese and literary standard Chinese. In a Chinese context, this character is also synonymous with a two-headed dragon-like creature, whose rainbow associations may be reflected in Meiling's title "Colorful Rainbow Gatekeeper", the naming theme of several spell cards, and her typically rainbow-colored bullet patterns and attacks.

ZUN spelled her name as Hong Meirin in Immaterial and Missing Power and the corrected version of Sangetsusei. In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, her name became Hoan Meirin. Although the pinyin spelling would be "Meiling", no official source within the Touhou Project confirms this rendering. Meiling's line "Geez, please remember my name~" appears as a win quote in Immaterial and Missing Power. When asked whether "Chuugoku's name" was forgotten, ZUN was uncertain how to respond, though this may simply be because "Chuugoku" (中国, "China") is a fan nickname unfamiliar to him at the time.

Appearance

General Description: Meiling is a figure with long scarlet or salmon-colored hair and aqua-blue eyes. Her hair color symbolizes both her name and the place she guards.

Facial Features: She has long hair in shades of scarlet or salmon. Her eyes are aqua-blue.

Clothing/Outfit:

• Primary Outfit: A green beret and dress styled as an avant-garde variant of traditional Chinese clothing. The beret features a gold star on the front containing the Traditional Chinese character "龍" (lóng), meaning dragon.
• Fighting Game Appearances: White pants are worn with her outfit.

Special Features: The dragon character on her beret is a notable detail connecting her to her role as a guardian. Her hair color directly ties to her name and the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Alternate Forms/Disguises: She has several alternate color schemes with her alt costume options in Immaterial and Missing_Power & Touhou Hisoutensoku.

Personality

• Laid-Back: Meiling is very laid-back and known for sleeping on the job. This tendency sometimes gets her into trouble.

• Dutiful When Necessary: Despite her laid-back nature, Meiling does her job when needed. She regularly receives challengers and is a worthy opponent for the strong.

• Not Aggressive Toward Humans: Meiling is not outwardly aggressive toward humans except those who attempt to trespass on the Scarlet Devil Mansion grounds. She sometimes has conversations with passersby.

• Patriotic: Meiling frequently makes boastful statements expressing patriotism for China, referencing its 4000 years of history and comparing others unfavorably to it.

• Chinese Culture Fanatic: Meiling compares Yuyuko to a Jiang Shi and notes that Tenshi and the Celestials have read Chinese classics.

Goals

• Prevent Reimu and Marisa from entering the mansion (Failed).
• Stop the Giant Catfish (Succeeded).

Relationships

Remilia Scarlet

Remilia is Meiling's mistress. True to her nature, Remilia tends to tease all her subordinates, and Meiling is no exception. While she does become angered at times when things do not go her way, the two are generally on friendly terms. In Touhou Hisoutensoku, it is suggested that Remilia reads some of the same manga that Meiling does.

Sakuya Izayoi

Sakuya is a fellow employee of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Meiling's win quote against Sakuya in Touhou Hisoutensoku implies a friendly, if somewhat formal, relationship between the two. In these quotes, Meiling tells Sakuya that she always goes easy on her, suggesting they spar frequently. She also claims she would not hold back in a formal match, though it is unknown how much effort Sakuya puts into their spars or if Meiling's claims about her own strength are accurate. Sakuya is shown to care for Meiling's well-being—carrying her inside out of concern for heatstroke when she is found passed out asleep—while remaining strict about her not slacking off at the gate.

Patchouli Knowledge

As a friend of her mistress, Patchouli sometimes berates Meiling for not thinking enough and spending too much time reading "senseless comics."

Fairy Maids and Other Staff

The fairy maids assist Meiling during the events of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, but it is unknown what authority she holds over them within the mansion's hierarchy. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense implies that youkai also occasionally join in Meiling's battles on a whim, though they usually only point and laugh from the sidelines.

Flandre Scarlet

Flandre is Remilia's younger sister. The nature of Meiling and Flandre's relationship, if any, remains unknown.

Taisui Xingjun and the Giant Catfish

Taisui Xingjun is Meiling's sworn enemy, and the Giant Catfish serves as his avatar. Both have only appeared in Meiling's dream while she was reading a manga; any realistic communication or direct interaction with them has not been shown to date.

General Information

Name: Hong Meiling

Nicknames: China

Titles: Chinese Girl

Origin: Touhou Koumakyou (Scarlet Devil Land) ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Overall Series: Touhou Project

First Appearance: Touhou 06: Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil

Latest Appearance: Foul Detective Satori

Company: Team Shanghai Alice

Creator: ZUN

Actor: The following voice acted roles are all from fan-made series not apart of any canonical Touhou works.

• Japanese Voice Actors: Marina Inoue (Touhou Spell Bubble), Satomi Sato (Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony, Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger's Requiem), Naomi Ōzora (Touhou Azure Reflections), Lynn (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling), Sarah Emi Bridcutt (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling), Sakura Nakamura (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling), Shiori Mikami (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Scarlet), Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Immovable Demon's Gate)), Rika Tachibana (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Scarlet)), Machico (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Scarlet)), Kaori Maeda (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Immovable Demon's Gate)), Hina Suguta (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Immovable Demon's Gate)), Yuka Otsubo (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Be the Change)), Rena Hasegawa (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Be the Change)), Shion Wakayama (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Be the Change)), Akiho Suzumoto (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Law)), Yumiri Hanamori (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Law)), Yuri Fujimoto (Touhou LostWord Hong Meiling (Law))

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: She/Her

Handedness: Right-Handed

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: The world of Gensokyo itself is in a non-linear time period

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Gensokyo

Residence: Scarlet Devil Mansion

Story Role

• Embodiment of Scarlet Devil: Stage 5 Boss

Legacy: Local Legacy (Eyewitnesses note that Hong Meiling at times makes the mansion feel less scary as she is friendly)

Influence: Personal Influence

Language: Japanese

Ethnicity: Chinese

Religion: N/A (Youkais lack faith, not caring about religious related values)

Classification: Martial Artist

Species: Youkai

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Gatekeeper

Combat Style: Qigong

Affiliations: Scarlet Devil Mansion: (Remilia Scarlet, Flandre Scarlet, Patchouli Knowledge, Sakuya Izayoi, Koakuma, Fairy Maids), Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Alice Margatroid, Aya Shameimaru

Enemies: Reimu Hakurei (Formerly), Marisa Kirisame (Formerly)

Height: Tall (It's noted by ZUN that he does not have an official height listed for characters, though generally speaking they are about as tall as height of a human in her late teens or older)

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment

• Innate Youkai Nature: Neutral Evil (Youkai carry about one thing in common, that they attack and prey upon humans, they only think of themselves, and they are the most dangerous enemies to humans)
• Unique Nature: Neutral Good (Despite being the gatekeeper of the Devil Mansion, Meiling is often noted to be nice to humans passing by, making them feel safe despite being in front of the mansion of devils)

Protection Level: Street Protector

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Growth Potential
• Level of Potential: Growth
• Description: Meiling is considered unusually physically oriented in Gensokyo with the only other physical type being noted being her master Remilia.
• Limitations: Nothing notable.

Archetype: Protector/Guardian

Codex Statistics

Key: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil | Touhou Hisoutensoku

Key Information

• Embodiment of Scarlet Devil: This key covers all information from the game Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
• Touhou Hisoutensoku: This key covers all information from the game Embodiment of Touhou Hisoutensoku.

Grade: A

Tier: At least 8-C, Far Higher with Spiritual Power | At least 8-C, Far Higher with Spiritual Power

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Qi & Magic

Attack Potency: At least Building level (Potency) (Meiling is considered unusually physically oriented in Gensokyo with the only other physical type being noted being her master Remilia, with it being seen as extremely difficult to exterminate her. Along with this she was personally appointed as the gatekeeper for the Scarlet Devil Mansion by the vampire Remilia Scarlet due to her well-rounded strength. This means she should be somewhat relative to vampire-level Youkai, where vampires are among the strongest of the youkai, strong enough to take part in the power-balance of Gensokyo, making them comparable if not superior to Oni who are able to cause nearby buildings collapse with just a step. Youkais can easily kill humans, with it being noted that if it came to open conflict between humans and youkai, they would probably wipe out the village in the blink of an eye. Youkai have stronger bodies than humans. Youkai are noted to be physically stronger than humans), Far Higher with Spiritual Power(Noted how even Yumemi Okazaki's scientific magic truly pales in comparison with the real thing, which Yumemi noted to not make light of the power of her science as she could blow up the planet at any moment). Can ignore covnentional durability with Magic (Magic exists outside of the Grand Unified Theory, a theory with any model that merges electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces into a single force at high energies, unifying gravity with the electronuclear interaction, providing a more comprehensive theory of everything. Yumemi explains that on her world, all power can be explained by the Grand Unified Theory, however she posits an existence of a power not covered by the Theory: the power of magic. Yumemi also explains that in the world of Gensokyo, magic unifies everything. Magic is noted by Yumemi to have close ties with religion. The second layer of reality is spirit and magic, while the first layer is where all things within the laws of physics presides, putting attacks with magic outside of the conventional laws of physics) | At least Building level (Potency) (Has fought and defeated the dream versions of the characters ( Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Patchilou Knowledge, & Alice Margatroid), and then proceeded to defeat the Supreme Cat Fish), Far Higher with Spiritual Power. Can ignore covnentional durability with Magic

Durability: At least Building level, Far Higher with Spiritual Power | At least Building level, Far Higher with Spiritual Power

Striking Strength: At least Building Class (Potency) (Relative to vampires, where vampires are strong enough to crush boulders) | At least Building Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Relative to vampires, where vampires have tremendous physical abilities, being able to uproot a thousand-year-old tree single-handedly) | At least Class 5

Travel Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Relative to vampires, where vampires like Remilia are able to fly around the moon. Vampires are able to run through the human village within the blink of an eye, reaching these speeds. Vampires are noted to be faster than the eye can follow), likely Speed of Light | Massively Hypersonic+, likely Speed of Light'

Attack Speed: Massively Hypersonic+, likely Speed of Light. Magic Attacks lack a defined speed (Magic exists outside of the Grand Unified Theory, a theory with any model that merges electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces into a single force at high energies, unifying gravity with the electronuclear interaction, providing a more comprehensive theory of everything. Yumemi explains that on her world, all power can be explained by the Grand Unified Theory, however she posits an existence of a power not covered by the Theory: the power of magic. Yumemi also explains that in the world of Gensokyo, magic unifies everything. Magic is noted by Yumemi to have close ties with religion) | Massively Hypersonic+, likely Speed of Light. Magic Attacks lack a defined speed

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic+, likely Speed of Light | Massively Hypersonic+, likely Speed of Light

Stamina: Superhuman (Youkai have stronger bodies than humans. Youkais within Gensokyo do not have much demand for medicine for physical illnesses as they are comprised mostly of spirit, thus they are always fit and robust. Has fought and defeated the dream versions of the characters, and then proceeded to defeat the Supreme Cat Fish, where the Supreme Catfish's paln was to drain her energy in order to defeat her and it still didn't work)

Range: Standard Melee. At least Tens of Meters (), Cross-Dimensional with Battlefield Removal (Ordinary youkai, can send themself and their opponent to a different battlefield)

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (Hong Meiling is master of martial arts, being highly proficient in battle, where Hieda no Akyuu notes it is extremely difficult to attempt extermination on her as she doesn't have any apparent weak points. Hong Meiling is noted to be skilled in martial arts, where she lacks any particular weak point)

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Powers and Techniques

Standard Fighting Game AbilitiesStandard Youkai AbilitiesUnique Abilities

Immaterial and Missing PowerScarlet Weather Rhapsody/Touhou Hisoutensoku

• Air Dash (Can perform dashes while in the air)
• Acrobatics (Every fighter has three high jumps they can use in combat to get around their opponent while fighting)
• Second Wind (All characters after their health bar is drained can recover with a second health bar for a second round)
• Counter (All characters have counter hits, which cause wall slams and ground slams)
• Guard Break (All characters have two Guard Crush attacks that can break through guards if not blocked correctly, and cause the fighter to instantly lose all spirit)
• Aerial Recovery (Fighters can recover in the air while being combo'd in the air)
• Autopilot (All fighters can instantly bomb right after being time stopped by Sakuya to defend themselves)
• Invincibility Frames (Grazing allows the fighter to pass through all of the projectiles hitting them, taking no damage)
• Restoration (When a fighter loses spirit, they enter a state of Guard Crush where they need to wait for the spirit bar to refill)
• Transmutation (When fighters attack another fighter, they automatically turn all of their projectiles into points that refill their spirit bar)
• Invulnerability
  • Physical Invulnerability: When activating a spell card, the character becomes completely invincible as their lost health regenerates.
    • Regeneration
• Spirit Manipulation (Special Attacks and techniques utilize the spirit bar)
  • Statistics Boost (Spirit bars are also used to block attacks, meaning characters are enhancing themselves with spirit in order to defend themselves)
• Vibration Manipulation (All fighters can use bombs in order to cause a massive shockwave that pushes the opponents back)
  • Restoration (Bombs can instantly restore a fighter's spirit bar).

• Resistance to
  • Black Hole (Fighters can outrun the pull of a black hole)

• Acrobatics (Fighters are able to jump high into the air and do somersaults and backflips. Fights can also perform a super jump, to jump far higher into the air)
• Guard Break (Through Guard Crush, breaks the opponent's guard)
• Second Wind (Fighters can get back up and fight against for a second round even after their health has been depleted)
• Aerial Recovery (Fighters can recover from being launched through the air)
• Counter (Fighters can perform a Guard Reversal to parry an attack while guarding to send the opponent flying away)
• Invincibility Frames (Throgh grazing, allows fighters to dash through projectiles)
• Statistics Boost (With Spell Amplifier, grants 2 spell cards if uninterrupted)
• Healing (With Illness Recovery Charm, heals a small bit of health if uninterupted)
• Restoration (With Magic Potion, spirit recovers temporarily faster. With Grimoire, spirit recovery is permanently faster)
• Damage Reduction (With Sacrificial Doll, a doll that absorbs some damage taken)
• Ability Optimization (With Ibuki Gourd, grants two cards if uninterupted)
• Nullification
  • Power Nullification: With Spell Breaking Drug, an attack that removes an enemy card. Spell Cards can end weather immediately when used. Characters can cause a spell break, nullifying the glyphs and effects of an opponent's spell card.
• Statistics Boost (With Control Rod, deals more damage but also takes more damage)
• Super Armor (With Dragon Star, grants hyper-armour that breaks after 2 hits)
• Invulnerability
  • Metaphysical Invulnerability: With Three Heavenly Drops, grants invulnerability after the third card.
• Summoning (With Catfish's Great Earthquake, summons a giant catfish to crash into the ground)
• Ice Manipulation (With Frozen Frog, creates an icy floor that causes anyone to trip over it by dashing or jumping into it)
• Air Manipulation
  • Statistics Boost (With Tengu Fan, increases the user's speed)
• Energy Manipulation
  • Energy Projection (With Soul Torch, summons three slow projectiles)
• Time Manipulation
  • Time Stop (With Stopwatch, stops time for a short moment)
• Forcefield Manipulation (With Custom Parasol, protects against most projectiles with a forcefield in front of the character)
• Spirit Manipulation
  • Flight (Through the use of spirit, all characters are able to fly)
  • Regeneration (With Spirit Regenerator, restores spirit orbs if uninterrupted. With Health Regeneration, restores a chunk of health if uninterrupted)
• Vibration Manipulation (All fighters can use bombs in order to cause a massive shockwave that pushes the opponents back)
• Weather Manipulation (With Temperment Manifestation, changes the weather. With Sword of Scarlet Perception, changes the weather. During story mode, all fighters have a mysterious mist around them and said mist changes the surrounding weather suited to each person's temperment), which induces the following effects:
  • Sunny: Statistics Boost & Ability Optimization (Let's one fly longer and turn quicker, Border Escapes also cost nothing)
  • Drizzle: Statistics Boost (Spell Cards deal more damage)
  • Cloudy: Ability Optimization (Spell Cards now cost 1 card less)
  • Blue Sky: Ability Optimization (Special attacks can be cancelled into each other. 4Special-Special cancels cost half an orb)
  • Hail: Ability Optimization & Statistics Boost (Projectiles hurt more and spirit regenerates quicker)
  • Spring Haze: Attack Nullification (Melee attacks are disabled), Power Modification (In Hisoutensoku's Spring Haze, melee attacks can be used but now they can easily be grazed through) Ability Optimization (Spirit regenerates faster)
  • Heavy Fog: Damage Manipulation (Dealing damage gives health)
  • Snow: Spell gauge decreases with damage taken
  • Sunshower: Guard Break (Incorrectly blocked melee attacks instantly guard crushes. In Hisoutensoku's Sun Shower, no orbs are lost on guard breaks)
  • Sprinkle: Statistics Boost (All special moves are upgraded to level 4)
  • Tempest: Ability Optimization (Can fly 3 times in the air, all melee attacks can be jump cancelled), Statistics Boost (Dash speed and distance increased)
  • Moutain Vapor: Perception Manipulation (All spell cards are hidden), Power Modification (The current deck is randomized)
  • River Mist: Spatial Manipulation (Both fighters are kept a fixed distance from each other. In Hisoutensoku's River Mist, the characters slide back and forth), Space-Time Manipulation (Noted by ZUN that manipulating time also means manipulating space and vice versa)
  • Typhoon: Nullification (Removes hitsun and removes the ability to block)
  • Calm: Healing (A healing beacon on who hit last)
  • Diamond Dust Technique Nullification (Disables the use of ground teching, damage is taken on wakeup)
  • Dust Storm: Counter (Everything is a counter hit)
  • Scorching Sun: Statistics Boost (More damage in the air but the air hurts)
  • Monsoon: Wall and Ground bounce more
  • Aurora: Probability Manipulation (Any random weather effect can happen).

• Resistance to
  • Extreme Colds (Characters can fight while in a hail)
  • Environmental Hazards (Characters can fight in Typhoons)
  • Electricity Manipulation (Fighters can take electricity attacks and keep fighting)
  • Energy Manipulation, Essence Manipulation, Soul Manipulation & Absorption (Fighters are unaffected by the scarlet mist of Tenshi, which are causing the number of phantoms to decrease, where those who died are not turning into ghost and seem to have simply vanished, with it being found out that the all living things temperaments are rising up and being sucked into the sky, with the scarlet mist being non-perceptive qi, the essence of living things' temperamnets)

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength (Youkais can easily kill humans, with it being noted that if it came to open conflict between humans and youkai, they would probably wipe out the village in the blink of an eye. Youkai have stronger bodies than humans. Youkai are noted to be physically stronger than humans)
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
  • Superhuman Lifting
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Enhanced Senses (Unlike humans, youkai can see in the dark to the point that it's a way for them to spot a human)
• Extrasensory Perception (Youkai are able to see the human village that Keine made essentially invisible from history from humans)
• Longevity (Marisa notes that youkai live a really long time, beyond even human years. Youkais have longer lifespans than humans)
• Aura (Noted that Youkai possess an aura, along with an energy source called "Youkai Energy")
• Invisibility (Youkai are noted to be life-forms that are invisible to humans, appearing to them via fluctuations. Noted that all objects within Gensokyo were all hidden in the invisible gaps of the quantum world)
• Non-Standard Damage (Youkai's attacks are spiritual based whereas having standard durability against them does not help. When a youkai has injured someone, they need special recovery from youkai practitioners otherwise they cannot recover normally)
• Non-Standard Defenses (Reimu realized that only the Yin-Yang Orb was effective against non-human creatures, with it being noted that Reimu using her ofuda, her spirit power, and her martial arts all prove to be useless against her enemies, meaning Youkai cannot really be harmed by regular or standard weaponry. It's noted that one cannot defeat spirits or devilish powers without a weapon with an unnatural amount of spiritual power such as the Yin-Yang Orb. Physical attacks such as a whacking a sake bottle over the head are considered violent methods that wouldn't work on youkai, with it only being spiritual attacks that cause fatal wounds to youkai. When attempting to exterminate a youkai, one does not use weapons that cause physical damage, instead weapons with an "origin" are more preferable. In the world beyond (Gensokyo), physical form has no meaning for all non-human entities)
• Absorption
  • Information Absorption: It is noted by Reimu that youkai can be swallowed up by information which can turn them into an "omnipotent youkai" due to the impurity which is the information of living things which overwhelms a youkai's existence when it's swalloed up by that information.
• Regeneration
  • Mid-High right away: Youkai have stronger bodies than humans, thus even if they're torn limb from limb they can heal right away. Youkai can heal wounds like tiger slashes in no time at all.
  • Low-Godly overtime: Non-Humans within Gensokyo do not have much demand for medicine for physical illnesses as they are comprised mostly of spirit, thus they can always regenerate from their spirit.
• Transformation
  • Shapeshifting: Youkai are able to transform into mist or clouds and reform themselves from said objects.
    • Reforming
• Acausality
  • For Their Physiology
    • Irregular Causality
    • Contradictive: As Non-Humans within Gensokyo as comprised mostly of spirit, they embody the second layer of reality which is spirit and magic, while the first layer is where all things within the laws of physics presides.
  • For their Magic
• Reliance
  • On Fear: Youkai are reliant on the fear of humanity, if humanity fears them less, they will cease to exist.
• True Sight (It's noted by ZUN that Youkai can see through illusions that humans can't)
• Propagation (Youkai are able to sever their heads from their body and multiply them)
• Incorporeality (Youkai's bodies in truth are just their souls. Youkai's do not possess DNA, with the concept being foreign to them, noting how humans for some reason are under the control of them)
• Empowerment (Youkai are amplified by the power of the moon, Mima specifically reqested Yumemi in an ending to stop the moon so that she could always be empowered by its light)
• Battlefield Removal
  • Application Based: Ordinary youkai, can send themself and their opponent to a different battlefield.
• Magic (Youkais have developed a civilization of magic, making it a common ability used by them. Magic exists outside of the Grand Unified Theory, a theory with any model that merges electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces into a single force at high energies, unifying gravity with the electronuclear interaction, providing a more comprehensive theory of everything. Yumemi also explains that in the world of Gensokyo, magic unifies everything. Magic is noted by Yumemi to have close ties with religion)
  • Transferal (Magic users can transfer their magic into a tool, having the tool change depending on the user)
    • Transmutation
  • Acausality
    • For their Magic
      • Irregular Causality
        • Unknown: A youkai's magical power exists outside of the Grand Unified Theory, a theory with any model that merges electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces into a single force at high energies, unifying gravity with the electronuclear interaction, providing a more comprehensive theory of everything. It's further explained that magic is a force that cannot be explained by the Grand Unified Theory, with Yumemi even proposing a "Non-Unified Magic World" theory. Yumemi explains that on her world, all power can be explained by the Grand Unified Theory, however she posits an existence of a power not covered by the Theory: the power of magic. Magic does not exist in Yumemi's world, which is a Probability World, a different world, but in the same dimension.
  • Holy Manipulation (Magic is noted by Yumemi to have close ties with religion)
• Temperature Manipulation (Youkai being released caused the room to get more cold)
• Emotion Manipulation (A youkai's Noh is able to take away people's emotions)
• Portal Manipulation (The denizens of Makai found out about the human world and managed to obtain the power to make a hole in the barrier)
• Forcefield Manipulation (Youkais use their magic in order to strengthen and reinforce the great barrier with an ever stronger power to prevent invasion by humans)
• Curse Manipulation (Youkai energy naturally curses people)
• Quantum Manipulation (Youkai are naturally in a state of lurking within quantum gaps, were they can exist in both the human world and Gensokyo freely while not being noticed in the human world and passing through objects, being compared to the idea of Schrödinger's Cat).
• Spirit Manipulation (The bombs used are referred to as spiritual attacks, being directly called spiritual attacks)
  • Explosion Manipulation (When bomb users are cornered from attacks they cannot repel with regular attacks they can release a massive spirit explosive that destroys all objects on screen, along with killing all enemies on screen)
  • Magnetism Manipulation (When using a bomb, all items on screen will be attracted towards the user)
  • Perception Manipulation (When using a bomb the screen flashes white and an image of the bomb user can be seen)
  • Logic Manipulation (The Great Hakurei Barrier is a boundary of common sense, which things with high spiritual power in the cause to waver)
  • Nullification & Erasure
    • Projectile Nullification & Physical Erasure: Bomb users can use a bomb to nullify & erase all projectiles on screen. This makes the enemy incapable of shooting out any further projectiles until the bomb's duration is done.
  • Invulnerability
    • Physical & Metaphysical: When a character uses a bomb, they are temporarily invincible to all attacks and is allowed to attack freely herself
• Link Manipulation (Strong Emotions can be contained in objects that can connect between the main world and the netherworld).
  
  
• Resistance to
  • Extreme Temperatures (Youkai are unaffected by things such as heatstrokes)
  • Sealing (Youkais can overtime break out of seals. Youkais use their magic in order to strengthen and reinforce the great barrier with an ever stronger power to prevent invasion by humans)
  • Observation & Subjective Reality (Once a youkai/non-human enters Gensokyo or if a youkai/non-human is a native, they are liberated from the spell of human imagination and obtain true freedom, being able to develop their own characteristics, though the observations of the humans from within Gensokyo can have some effect on them to a degree)
  • Probability Manipulation (Yumemi explains that on her world, all power can be explained by the Grand Unified Theory, however she posits an existence of a power not covered by the Theory: the power of magic. Magic does not exist in Yumemi's world, which is a Probability World, a different world, but in the same dimension)
  • Madness Manipulation (Unaffected from the affects of the Lunarian Full Moon, a hypnosis that drove the humans who came to the Moon insane, further being noted by Reisen that the moon drives people insane)
  • Illusion Manipulation (Youkai are unaffected by illusions as they can easily see through them)
  • Disease Manipulation (Non-Humans within Gensokyo do not have much demand for medicine for physical illnesses as they are comprised mostly of spirit, thus they are always fit and robust with no diseases)
  • Matter Manipulation & Physics Manipulation (Youkai are noted to be fluctuations that exist in worlds which are not dominated by concepts such as photons, but instead other types of particles not explored by humans in the Outside World, with the grand unified theory being the reason for all pheneomna in the human world, which does not apply to Gensokyo. Gensokyo is a brane world dominated by particles with different properties, not following the standard physics of the real world)
  • Gravity Manipulation (Noted by Maribel that in the world of Gensokyo, they the gravitons likely have a different structure and the world's properties are likely different too, likening it to being one of the brane worlds)
  • Biological Manipulation & Disease Manipulation (Youkai's do not possess DNA, meaning that nothing regarding biological processes can truly affect them)
  • Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Youkai cannot be affected by the Hourai Elixir, which removes death from part of one's existence, where being without death is being without life, being free from the boundaries of life and death)
    • Soul Manipulation (Immortality casts away the physical body, only the soul becomes invincible so it will be constnatly reborn in new flesh)

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength (Meiling is considered unusually physically oriented in Gensokyo with the only other physical type being noted being her master Remilia)
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
  • Superhuman Lifting
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Martial Arts (Hong Meiling is noted to be skilled in martial arts, where she lacks any particular weak point, being noted to be a master of martial arts, being highly proficient in battle)
• Breaking the Fourth Wall (Touhou characters constantly acknowledge being a stage boss)
• Cartoon Physics (Gensokyo is a world that lacks and defies common sense, where characters can explode, this is even acknowledged with ZUN roleplaying as the characters in-universe that they explode upon defeat. Despite this they will still come back, even human characters that do not have regeneration)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Metaphysical Interaction: As a non-human that can only be truly harmed from powerful spiritual attacks, they should also be able to harm other non-humans.
• Flight (Can fly around and shoot out blasts while dodging from other flying opponents)
• Power Modification (Spell Card Rules allows someone to apply meaning and a name to an attack to form it, allowing for people to use abilities like Sakuya's time stop)
• Nullification
  • Power Nullification: Through the use of "Last Words", nullifies the usage of bombs.
• Dormant Power Reservoir (The Giant Catfish used the energy taken from Hong Meiling to resurrect itself)
• Curtain Fire
  • • Multi-Directional & Rapid Fire: Shoots bullets sporadically in all directions. Can shoot out bullets in all directions. Can shoot out dozens of bullets that cover the screen making a flower-like symbol as they travel outwards. Can shoot out bullets in a clockwise/counter-clockwise direction, covering the screen. Shoots out hundreds of energy bullets in a continous clockwise position covering the screen. Can shoot out dozens of energy bullets sporadically that all home towards the nearest target.
• Chi Manipulation (Hong Meiling's ability is to manipulate qi)
  • Statistics Boost (With Chi Sign "Fierce Tiger Energy Release", explosively raises the level of chi in the body, all first hits on all combos are treated as counterhits and gain an extremely large attack bonus)
    • Counter
  • Invulnerability
    • Metaphysical Invulnerability: With Colorful Sign "Colorful Light Wind Chime", Meiling uses all of her chi, creating a whirlpool and attacks, a very handy and easy invincible attack and a staple of defense. With Strike Sign "Dapeng Fist", invinicible from the waist up.
  • Super Armor (With Blazing Strike "Dapeng-Felling Fist", a three-tiered powerful attack, she can power through enemy attacks and still use this move)
  • Nullification (With Flower Sign "Colorful Light Lotus Flower Palm", Meiling moves a large amount of chi directly into the enemy, then sparks the chi within them with a huge attack)
  • Energy Manipulation (With Rainbow Sign "True Intense Rainbow Fist", a wild, chi-infused attack forwards)
    • Energy Projection (With Chi Sign "Star Pulse Bullets", releases chi bullets forwards. Can shoot out energy waves from her kicks. Can shoot out energy attacks from her hands)
  • Color Manipulation (With Chi Sign "Earth Dragon Sky Dragon Kick", a flying, seven-colored, chi-filled kick)
  • Air Manipulation (With Extreme Color "Vivid Chaotic Dance", whips up a storm using powerful chi from all over her body, having her fly into the sky)
  • Wave Manipulation (With Colorful Chinese Flower "Rainbow Taijiquan", a special ranged attack that creates waves of chi that undulate like waves).

• Resistance to
  • Smoke Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, & Poison Manipulation (Sakuya naturally existed within the mist at the mansion, where it's noted that the mist carries a mysterious energy that was so strong that a normal human would only survive for about 30 minutes)

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Equipment

Spell Card ListStandard Fighting Game Spell Cards ▾

Name	Translated	Comments	Works	Stage
華符「芳華絢爛」	Flower Sign "Gorgeous Sweet Flower"	Related: Flower Sign "Selaginella 9"	EoSD GoM	St. 3: E/N —
華符「セラギネラ９」	Flower Sign "Selaginella 9"		EoSD	St. 3: H/L
虹符「彩虹の風鈴」	Rainbow Sign "Colorful Rainbow Wind Chime"	Related: Colorful Sign "Colorful Light Wind Chime"	EoSD	St. 3: E/N/H/L
幻符「華想夢葛」	Illusion Sign "Imaginary Flower Yumekazura"		EoSD	St. 3: H/L
彩符「彩雨」	Colorful Sign "Colorful Rain"	Related: Colorful Sign "Vivid Chaotic Dance"	EoSD	St. 3: E/N
彩符「彩光乱舞」	Colorful Sign "Vivid Chaotic Dance"	Related: Extreme Color "Vivid Chaotic Dance"	EoSD	St. 3: H/L
彩符「極彩颱風」	Colorful Sign "Dazzling Color Typhoon"		EoSD GoM	St. 3: N/H/L —
彩符「彩光風鈴」	Colorful Sign "Colorful Light Wind Chime"		IaMP Soku	Use Use
極彩「彩光乱舞」	Extreme Color "Vivid Chaotic Dance"		IaMP Soku	Use Use
光符「華光玉」	Light Sign "Blossoming Light Orb"		IaMP	Use
極光「華厳明星」	Polar Light "Flower-Adorned Morning Star"		IaMP	Use
華符「破山砲」	Flower Sign "Mountain-Breaking Cannon"		IaMP	Use
三華「崩山彩極砲」	Three Blossoms "Colorful Ultimate Mountain-Breaking Cannon"	(三華/sange maybe has a double meaning, three flowery and powerful attacks and dying gracefully 散華/sange)	IaMP	Use
華符「彩光蓮華掌」	Flower Sign "Colorful Light Lotus Flower Palm"		StB Soku GoM	St. 5 Use —
彩翔「飛花落葉」	Colorful Flip "Fluttering Petals and Falling Leaves"		StB Soku	St. 5 Story
彩華「虹色太極拳」	Colorful Chinese Flower "Rainbow Taijiquan"	Taijiquan: a kind of traditional Chinese shadow boxing.	StB Soku	St. 5 Use
虹符「烈虹真拳」	Rainbow Sign "Intense Rainbow Fist"		Soku	Use
気符「星脈弾」	Chi Sign "Star-Pulse Shot"		Soku	Use
撃符「大鵬拳」	Strike Sign "Dapeng Fist"		Soku	Use
気符「地龍天龍脚」	Chi Sign "Earth Dragon Sky Dragon Kick"		Soku	Use
気符「猛虎内剄」	Chi Sign "Fierce Tiger Energy Release"		Soku	Use
星気「星脈地転弾」	Star Chi "Earth-Moving Star Pulse Shot"		Soku	Use
熾撃「大鵬墜撃拳」	Blazing Strike "Dapeng-Felling Fist"		Soku	Use
彩符「極彩沛雨」	Colorful Sign "Vivid Color Downpour"		Soku	Story

Scarlet Weather RhapsodyTouhou Hisoutensoku

Spell Card 1

気質発現 (Katagi Hatsugen)
Temperament Manifestation

Cost

1 card

Comment

現在の予報の天候を発動するが　無予報時は何が起こるか不明 また既に発現している天候を 打ち消す効果も有る

Translation

Activates the currently forecast weather, but it's unknown what happens if used when there's no forecast. It also serves to cancel the currently active weather.

Spell Card 2

霊撃 (Reigeki)
Bomb

Cost

1 card

Comment

衝撃波で周囲を吹き飛ばす 攻撃発生直後まで無敵で、距離が近ければ対地対空を問わない 威力は無いが緊急回避の基本

Translation

Pushes everything back with a shock wave. You're invincible afterwards, so it's good against ground and air at close range. It does no damage, but it's a fundamental evasion technique.

Spell Card 3

ガード反撃 (Gaado Hangeki)
Guard Reversal

Cost

1 card

Comment

ガード中のみ使用可能 ガードを中断して打撃で反撃する攻撃直前まで無敵で発生も早く　手堅い割り込み手段となる

Translation

Only usable while guarding. It interrupts your block to counterattack. It's fast and makes you temporarily invincible, so it's very useful for countering.

Spell Card 4

スペル増幅 (Superu Zoufuku)
Spell Amplifier

Cost

1 card

Comment

カードゲージがカード二枚分増加このカードの消費を差し引いて　一枚カードを増やすことが出来るただ途中で攻撃を受けると その時点でゲージ増加は中断

Translation

Fills your card gauge by two cards, or one card if you count having to use this one. However, if you take damage while the gauge is still filling, it will stop.

Spell Card 5

体力回復 (Tairyoku Kaifuku)
Life Regenerator

Cost

1 card

Comment

使うだけで体力を回復できる 使用に隙があり、途中で攻撃を　受けると回復が停止する点に注意

Translation

Regenerates your strength just by using it. You're free to move about while using it, but the regeneration stops if you take damage, so be careful.

Spell Card 6

霊力回復 (Reiryoku Kaifuku)
Spirit Regenerator

Cost

1 card

Comment

使った瞬間に霊力がフル回復し 破壊された霊珠も一つ取り戻せる

Translation

Refills all available spirit spheres and recovers a broken spirit sphere the instant this card is activated.

Spell Card 01

霊撃札 (Reigeki-fuda)
Spiritual Strike Talisman

Cost

1 Card

Comment

瞬時に周囲を結界で囲い、近くの敵を弾き飛ばす防御カード
無敵時間が有り安定性が高い

Translation

Instantly encloses the surrounding space with a magic barrier, a defensive card that repels nearby enemies and sends them flying. Has a long safe invincibility duration providing great security.

Spell Card 02

マジックポーション (Majikku Pooshon)
Magic Potion

Cost

1 Card

Comment

魔法の森のキノコから抽出した　魔力回復剤で、服用すると霊力が高速で回復し、最大値も元に戻る

Translation

Drawn out of mushrooms from the Forest of Magic into a magic power restoration drug, after taking a dose, spiritual power regenerates very quickly, also spirit orb limit is restored.

Spell Card 03

ストップウォッチ (Sutoppuwocchi)
Stopwatch

Cost

1 Card

Comment

使うと時間が止まる奇妙な時計　効果中は手を出せないため
一種の移動カードとなる

Translation

A strange pocket timepiece that stops time when used. During the middle of use, you cannot act. A movement affecting card.

Spell Card 04

白楼剣 (Hakurouken)
Hakurouken

Cost

1 Card

Comment

迷いを断ち切る妖怪の鍛えた刀　使うと現在の動作を中断しつつ　ダッシュ移動を行う

使い方は多岐に渡る優秀カード

Translation

A youkai forged sword that cuts away hesitation, when used, the current action will be interrupted while a dash movement will begin, an excellent card for covering large amounts of distance quickly.

Spell Card 05

身代わり人形 (Mikawari Ningyou)
Sacrificial Doll

Cost

1 Card

Comment

所持者が受けるダメージを一部　肩代わりする有難い人形
効果は微々たる物だが永続し 複数使うと防御が累積する

Translation

The damage taken by the possessor will be partially taken by this gratitude evoking doll. The effects are small, but persist. Using more than one will continue to increase defense.

Spell Card 06

グリモワール (Gurimowaaru)
Grimoire

Cost

1 Card

Comment

魔力の篭った貴重な書物
所持者の霊力を活性化し、使うと永続的に霊力回復速度が増加する複数の使用で効果が累積

Translation

A precious book that fills you up with magic power. The possessor's spiritual powers will activate, when used, rate of spirit orb recovery persistently increases, the more it's used the faster the rate of recovery.

Spell Card 07

特注の日傘 (Tokuchuu no Higasa)
Custom Parasol

Cost

1 Card

Comment

光をシャットアウトする白い日傘使う者が使えば太陽だけでなく　弾幕も弾き返す盾となる
使うと射撃を防ぐバリアを展開　実はもう一つ効果があるが…？

Translation

Shutting out the light, a white custom parasol whose wielder, upon use, will block out the sun. It also acts as a danmaku repelling shield. When used, a defensive barrier will form to protect against projectile attacks. Actually there is an additional effect but...?

Spell Card 08

人魂灯 (Hitodama-tou)
Soul Torch

Cost

1 Card

Comment

幽霊を呼び寄せる冥界の道具 使うと幽霊が現れ敵を追尾する　弾速が遅く追尾性も良好で
本体が攻撃を受けても消滅しない

Translation

A tool from the realms of the dead that summons spirits to draw near. When used, spirits will materialize and pursue the enemy. A danmaku good for slow pursuit, even if your original form is attacked, they will not disappear.

Spell Card 09

左扇 (Hidari-ougi)
Left-Handed Folding Fan

Cost

1 Card

Comment

スキマ妖怪の力が篭った奇妙な扇ガードすると強制クラッシュする特殊打撃を出すことが出来る
防御側は食らえばノーダメージでやり過ごすことが出来る

Translation

The card which fills you up with the power of the youkai of boundaries, a mysterious folding fan guard which when used, can then crash through all obligations to deliver a strike. If blocked there is a guard crush, otherwise there is no damage.

Spell Card 10

伊吹瓢 (Ibuki-hyou)
Ibuki Gourd

Cost

1 Card

Comment

無限に酒の沸く鬼の瓢箪
使うと符力が漲りカードを二枚　引くことが出来る便利なアイテム

Translation

The treasure of the Oni from which an infinite quantity of sake flows. When used, card power will swell up allowing for 2 cards. A useful item for drawing attention.

Spell Card 11

天狗団扇 (Tenguuchiwa)
Tengu Fan

Cost

1 Card

Comment

風を操る天狗の団扇

手に持つと風で体が身軽になり　永続的に移動速度がアップする　複数使うと効果が累積

Translation

A Tengu fan that can manipulate the wind. With this in hand, the wind will affect your body to make it lighter and more agile. Speed persistly is increased with each use. Multiple uses further increase the effects

Spell Card 12

符蝕薬 (Fushokuyaku)
Spell-Breaking Drug

Cost

1 Card

Comment

精神にダメージを与える劇薬 使用して出る打撃を当てると 相手の先頭にあるカードを破壊

Translation

A strong poison that inflicts damage upon the soul. When used and it's a hit, the opponent's top card will be destroyed.

Spell Card 13

宵越しの銭 (Yoigoshi no Zeni)
Yesterday's Money

Cost

0

Comment

死神の距離を操る能力を持つ銭　ガード中に使うと距離を開ける　効果はささやかだが、何度でも　使用可能という特徴がある

Translation

Coins that carry the distance manipulating powers of the Shinigami. Using the card will cause space to be freed up. The effect is meager, but the card has the feature that it can be used any number of times

Spell Card 14

龍魚の羽衣 (Ryuugyo no Hagoromo)
Divine Raiment of the Dragon Fish

Cost

1 Card

Comment

風も稲妻もいなす龍魚の羽衣 ガード中に使うと出始め無敵の　打撃で強制的に割り込める
押されて苦しい時は頼もしい

Translation

A wind and lightning bolt repelling raiment of dragon fish. When using this card, a successful strike will cause an invincible state to come into being that will interrupt attacks. Press down on this when defense becomes difficult

Spell Card 15

緋想の剣 (Hisou no Tsurugi)
Sword of Scarlet Perception

Cost

1 Card

Comment

気質を操る天人の武器

使うと天候を発動させたり
現在の天候を終了させたり出来る

Translation

A celestial maiden's weapon, capable of manipulating the weather. When used, the laws of weather will be invoked, and the current weather will end.

Spell Card 16

病気平癒守 (Byouki Heiyushu)
Illness Recovery Charm

Cost

1 Card

Comment

傷を癒す守矢神社のお守り
使用すると体力が一定量回復する

Translation

A charm from the Moriya Shrine that can heal wounds, when used the body will recover a fixed amount.

Spell Card 17

冷凍カエル (Reitou Kaeru)
Frozen Frog

Cost

1 Card

Comment

強い冷気が込められたカエル 周囲の地面を凍らせ足元を悪くし踏んだ相手を転倒させてしまう　その威力は自分が踏んでも転ぶ位強烈である

Translation

A frog into which potent coldness was placed. The nearby ground is frozen, stepping in would be bad and your opponent would slip and fall. If you yourself steps on the power your advantageous position will slip and fall.

Spell Card 18

龍星 (Ryuusei)
Dragon Star

Cost

1 Card

Comment

龍の力が篭った（と言われる）　星型の頭飾り。 使うと気が漲り　短時間攻撃を受けて怯まなくなる

Translation

To become filled with the power of the (so-called) Dragon. A star-shaped hat decoration. When used, one's chi energy will swell up and for a short amount of time, receiving a blow will not cause you to falter.

Spell Card 19

制御棒 (Seigyobou)
Control Rod

Cost

1 Card

Comment

核融合の力を操作できる制御棒　使うと永続で攻撃力が上昇するが逆に防御力は低下する諸刃の剣　核の御使用は計画的に

Translation

Control rods which can regulate the energy of nuclear fusion. A persistent effect that increases your attack power but lowers your defense, a double-edged sword. Plan your use of nuclear power carefully.

Spell Card 20

三粒の天滴 (Santsubu no Tenteki)
Three Heavenly Drops

Cost

1 Card

Comment

一日三滴降ると言う不思議な水　一つ使っても二つ使っても何も　起こらないが、三つ目を使うと？

Translation

On the first day of each month, only three drops of this mysterious water will fall, or so they say. On the first and second use, nothing happens, but on the third use?

Spell Card 21

ナマズの大地震 (Namazu no Daijishin)
Catfish's Great Earthquake

Cost

1 Card

Comment

巨大ナマズが辺りに地震を起こす地震は無差別攻撃なので災害注意

Translation

The Great Catfish will cause an earthquake to happen in the vicinity, the earthquake is indiscriminate and is a calamity which hits everything so caution is advised.

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Notable Techniques

Primary AbilitiySkill ListOverallBoss Fights

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Mastery

Meiling's primary combat ability is her mastery of t'ai chi ch'uan. She possesses no youkai-like abilities beyond this martial arts skill.

While not particularly strong as a youkai, she is described as well-rounded with no particular weak point when fighting humans. This versatility is likely why she was hired to guard the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Qi Manipulation

Meiling can manipulate her life-breath, or qi. Her danmaku and flight involve projecting qi outward to attack foes or propel herself, similar to techniques seen in martial arts folklore and contemporary Japanese manga.

Name	Translated	Comments	Games	Usage
連環撃	Multistrike		IaMP	AA or AAB or AAAB or AAA2B or AAAA
螺光歩	Spiral-Light Steps		IaMP Soku	236A/B Default 214B/C
紅砲	Crimson Cannon		IaMP Soku	623A/B Default 623B/C
黄震脚	Yellow Quake Kick		IaMP Soku	214A/B Default 22B/C
降華蹴	Kick of Showering Brilliance		IaMP Soku	421A/B Alternate 214B/C
芳波	Fragrant Wave		Soku	Default 236B/C
水形太極拳	Water Taichi Fist		Soku	Alternate 236B/C
彩雨	Colorful Rain	Related: Meiling's Colorful Sign "Colorful Rain" (EoSD)	Soku	Alternate 236B/C
紅寸剄	Crimson Energy Release		Soku	Alternate 623B/C
虎剄	Tiger Chi Release	Related: Meiling's Chi Sign "Fierce Tiger Energy Release" (Soku)	Soku	Alternate 623B/C
烈虹拳	Intense Rainbow Fist		Soku	Alternate 214B/C
地龍波	Earth Dragon Wave		Soku	Alternate 22B/C
天龍脚	Sky Dragon Kick	Related: Meiling's Chi Sign "Earth Dragon Sky Dragon Kick" (Soku)	Soku	Alternate 22B/C

Focused Movement

Moving while holding down the shift key will result in a decrease of the Alice movement speed to about half of what it is. There will be moments when there are too many enemy fire on the screen to the point where moving through them is impossible. In such cases, Alice uses this focused movement to make danmaku dodging easier.

Spirit Attack

Otherwise called "bomb", a spirit attack that counters projectiles and enemy attacks while also making Alice become invicible.

Embodiment of the Scarlet DevilShoot the BulletTouhou Hisoutensoku

Spell Card 08

華符「芳華絢爛」 (Hanafu "Houka kenran")
Flower Sign "Gorgeous Sweet Flower"

Owner

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Stage 3 — Easy/Normal

Spell Card Pattern Description

Meiling makes an expanding flower pattern with yellow crystal shard-like bullets at a random starting point, as she shoots slow rings of red shard-like bullets aimed at the player.

Spell Card 09

華符「セラギネラ９」 (Hanafu "Seraginera kyuu")
Flower Sign "Selaginella 9"

Owner

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Stage 3 — Hard/Lunatic

Spell Card Pattern Description

The base is similar to the previous spell card, but meiling starts lower, the yellow bullets redirect themselves twice to form a simpler pattern, and the red aimed rings are much faster.

Spell Card 10

虹符「彩虹の風鈴」 (Nijifu "Saikou no fuurin")
Rainbow Sign "Colorful Rainbow Wind Chime"

Owner

Template:Spell Card Info/owner
Stage 3 — Easy/Normal/Hard/Lunatic

Spell Card Pattern Description

Meiling shoots a complex spinning pattern from herself, which can be dodged simply by tapping left and right at similar times in every instance of the spell. She starts at the top of the screen and goes down to about the center of the screen at a medium speed.

Spell Card 11

幻符「華想夢葛」 (Genfu "Kasou yumekazura")
Illusion Sign "Imaginary Flower Yumekazura"

Owner

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Stage 3 — Hard/Lunatic

Spell Card Pattern Description

Meiling spawns bullets from a flower-like shape around her in a way that seems to be aimed towards the player, and the individual bullets go in random directions.

Spell Card 12

彩符「彩雨」 (Saifu "Saiu")
Colorful Sign "Colorful Rain"

Owner

Template:Spell Card Info/owner
Stage 3 — Easy/Normal

Spell Card Pattern Description

Meiling shoots rainbow shard bullets in random directions, that then fall below her. Slowly, she then makes bullets in a curved trajectory appear.

Spell Card 13

彩符「彩光乱舞」 (Saifu "Saikou ranbu")
Colorful Sign "Vivid Chaotic Dance"

Owner

Template:Spell Card Info/owner
Stage 3 — Hard/Lunatic

Spell Card Pattern Description

Similar to the previous spell, but Meiling produces bullets in a spiral around her that go downwards in organized lanes, replacing the falling bullets from the prior spell card.

Spell Card 14

彩符「極彩颱風」 (Saifu "Gokusai taifuu")
Colorful Sign "Dazzling Color Typhoon"

Owner

Template:Spell Card Info/owner
Stage 3 — Normal/Hard/Lunatic

Spell Card Pattern Description

Meiling forms a pattern that looks like a flower around her, and the bullets that come out curve in random directions all over the screen.

Spell Card 5 - 1

Owner

Hong Meiling
Level 5 — 1

Comment

突然跳び蹴りですよ？
もう、がさつな妖怪って嫌ですよね。
最速の私に当たるわけが無いじゃないの。

Translation

A surprise jump kick?
I really don't like violent youkai.
She has no chance of matching my speed.

Spell Card 5 - 3

華符「彩光蓮華掌」 (Kafu "Saikourenkashou")
Flower Sign "Colorful Light Lotus Flower Palm"

Owner

Hong Meiling
Level 5 — 3

Comment

縁起の良い写真が撮れました。
虹色の蓮の花です。どういう記事を書こうかしら？
レンコンも虹色だった、とか付け足して……

Translation

I have a good feeling about these shots.
These are rainbow-colored lotus flowers. What should I write?
I should also note the roots were rainbow too...

Spell Card 5 - 5

彩翔「飛花落葉」 (Saishou "Hika Rakuyou")
Colorful Flip "Fluttering Petals and Falling Leaves"

Owner

Hong Meiling
Level 5 — 5

Comment

また跳び蹴りですよ。
たまに居るのよね、こういう無粋な妖怪。
もう、有ること無いこと記事にしようかしら？

Translation

More jump kicks.
Sometimes these rough-and-tumble youkai are just there.
Geez, should I just write an article about that?

Spell Card 5 - 7

彩華「虹色太極拳」 (Saika "Niji-iro Taikyouken")
Colorful Chinese Flower "Rainbow Taijiquan"

Owner

Hong Meiling
Level 5 — 7

Comment

健康に良い体操があるらしい、って聞いたので
取材してみました。でも、本当に体に良いのか
信憑性が薄いのでお蔵入りかな？

Translation

I heard there was some exercise that's good for your health, so
I took some pictures. But should I really rely
on such unreliable information?

Spell Card Story Mode 1

彩翔「飛花落葉」 (Saishou "Hika Rakuyou")
Colorful Flip "Fluttering Petals and Falling Leaves"

Owner

Hong Meiling
Sanae Stage 2, Cirno Stage 2　

Spell Card Story Mode 2

彩符「極彩沛雨」 (Saifu "Gokusai Haiu")
Colorful Sign "Vivid Color Downpour"

Owner

Hong Meiling
Sanae Stage 2, Cirno Stage 2　

Skill Card 1

芳波 (Houha)
Fragrant Wave

Cost

1 orb

Comment

円弧の動きで気を循環させ、前方へ収束させて放つ気攻波。有限射程だが、届く範囲ならば瞬時に攻撃が可能で貫通性も高い。

Translation

A semicircle of chi circles and is released as a forward beam. Limited range, but instantaneous. High penetration.

Move Command

236B/C

Skill Card 2

水形太極拳 (Suigyou Taikyokuken)
Water Taijiquan

Cost

1 orb

Comment

渦状に気の流れを制御して射撃を飲み込む気の防壁を作り出し、巻き込んだ敵弾諸共撃ち返す。彼女なりのエコを気遣っている。

Translation

Creates a barrier of chi out of a whirlpool-shaped chi flow, which absorbs all projectile attacks. Her way of caring for the environment.

Move Command

236B/C

Skill Card 3

彩雨 (Saiu)
Colorful Rain

Cost

1 orb

Comment

周囲に気を循環させ、熱いのまま辺りへ飛び散らせる射撃技。本来は無心で規則的に放つ技だが、彼女に夕食予想等の雑念がある為、ばら撒かれる軌道はランダム。

Translation

Gathers chi from the surroundings and disperses it around. It should have been dispersed uniformly if one’s mind is calm, but because she’s always thinking about dinner and such, the paths are random.

Move Command

236B/C, higher levels shoots more projectiles

Skill Card 4

紅砲 (Kouhou)
Red Cannon

Cost

1 orb

Comment

斜め上へ向け練った気の塊を放つ。発射までは拳に直接攻撃力もあり、上空の敵へ対して遠近共に効果的。

Translation

A chi bomb that directly attacks the upper diagonal. Connecting with the fist also causes damage, so it’s a great anti-air and melee move.

Move Command

623B/C

Skill Card 5

紅寸剄 (Kousunkei)
Red Energy Release

Cost

1 orb

Comment

腕に気を集中し、さらに全身の力を乗せ絶大な威力の一撃を打つ。初の試し撃ちでうっかり紅魔館の塀を破壊してしまい、キッツイお灸を据えられた曰く付きの技。

Translation

Gathers chi into the arms and unleashes a huge attack from her entire body. The first time she tried it, she destroyed the wall of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, so this is an extremely intimidating attack.

Move Command

623B/C, higher levels increase damage.

Skill Card 6

虎剄 (Kokei)
Tiger Chi Release

Cost

1 orb

Comment

全身の気を流れを一時的に活性化打撃の際に撃ち込む事で強化する。この状態で触れた最初の打撃は強制的にカウンターヒットし、高レベルでは威力も増加する。

Translation

Activates all chi within Meiling and makes her attacks stronger. The first hit she lands in this condition is extremely strong and is a counterhit. Becomes more powerful at high levels.

Move Command

623B/C, higher levels increase effect.

Skill Card 7

螺光歩 (Rakouho)
Spiral-Light Steps

Cost

1 orb

Comment

気を腕へ集めて練り上げ、それを敵へと叩き込む踏み込み突き。高レベルになると踏み込みにも攻撃力が発生する。

Translation

Gathers chi into her arms and punches and stomps the enemy. At high levels, the stomps also do damage.

Move Command

214B/C, higher levels induce more damage.

Skill Card 8

烈虹拳 (Rekkouken)
Intense Rainbow Fist

Cost

1 orb

Comment

高速で突きを連打し、そこから気弾を連続して放って敵を止め、最後に強力な裏拳を見舞う技。接近状態での牽制と、そこからの致命打を狙って作られた。

Translation

First unleashes a high-speed punch and then fires a few balls of chi at the enemy to stop her. Finally, she unleashes one last powerful punch. A move created to suppress and then pummel the enemy.

Move Command

214B/C

Skill Card 9

降華蹴 (Koukashuu)
Kick of Showering Brilliance

Cost

1 orb

Comment

円弧を描く蹴りで頭上を攻める。見ての通り中段攻撃で、蹴りの軌道上空対空でも打ち負けづらい。

Translation

Attacks overhead with this sweeping arc kick. A mid-level attack, hard to be bested even in mid-air.

Move Command

214B/C

Skill Card 10

黄震脚 (Oushinkyaku)
Yellow Quake Kick

Cost

1 orb

Comment

練り上げた気を大地へ打ち込む。気は地中を拡散し、周囲を攻撃する。気を循環と大気、大地への放出は基本として重要な位置である。

Translation

Directs chi towards the earth and it spreads throughout the ground and attacks. The release and cycling of chi through the earth is of fundamental importance.

Move Command

22B/C

Skill Card 11

地龍波 (Chiryuuha)
Earth Dragon Wave

Cost

1 orb

Comment

地中に打ち込む気の質を収束させ、距離による減衰を小さくした技。しかし基本空で戦うことが多い幻想郷では日の目を見ることが少ない悲運の技でもある。

Translation

Stomps the ground and deals damage to the enemy with a wave. In Gensokyo, where most battles are aerial, this move sees very little use.

Move Command

22B/C, ineffective against enemies in air.

Skill Card 12

天龍脚 (Tenryuukyaku)
Sky Dragon Kick

Cost

1 orb

Comment

地中に打ち込む気の反動を使い、上空へ向け強烈な飛び蹴りを放つ空を翔る龍の如きシルエットを持ち、彼女のお気に入り技の一つである。

Translation

Using the counter-reaction from stomping the ground, she kicks strongly into the air. With a dragon like silhouette, this move is one of her favorites.

Move Command

22B/C

Spell Card 1

彩符「彩光風鈴」 (Saifu "Saikou Fuurin")
Colorful Sign "Colorful Light Wind Chime"

Cost

2 cards

Comment

全身で気の渦を作り出し攻撃する。攻撃範囲はそれなりだが手軽な無敵技であり、防御の基本である。

Translation

Using all of her chi, she creates a whirlpool and attacks. A very handy and easy invincible attack and a staple of defense.

Spell Card 2

虹符「烈虹真拳」 (Niji-fu "Rekkou Shinken")
Rainbow Sign "True Intense Rainbow Fist"

Cost

2 cards

Comment

前方に向け気を込めた突きを乱打。一見射撃だが完全な打撃技。判定は扇状に前方をカバーし、距離が合えば地上も空中も射程内レバーで前後移動も可能である。

Translation

A wild, chi-infused attack forwards. The hitbox is fan-shaped and covers the front. If the distance is correct, she can move on the ground and still remain in range.

Spell Card 3

気符「星脈弾」 (Kifu "Seimyakudan")
Chi Sign "Star Pulse Bullets"

Cost

3 cards

Comment

前方に高度に練り上げた気の塊をぶつける射撃系スペルカード。スタンダードな射撃で弾も大きく扱いが容易である。

Translation

Releases chi bullets forwards. A fairly standard ranged attack, and the bullets are easy to use because they’re large.

Spell Card 4

撃符「大鵬拳」 (Gekifu "Taihouken")
Strike Sign "Dapeng Fist"

Cost

3 cards

Comment

上方へ向けて渾身の打撃を打つ。無敵は上半身のみだが判定が強い敵の落下が早いためタイミングが難しいが、落ちてくる相手へ対し、追撃が可能になっている。

Translation

An all-out attack upwards. Only invincible from the waist up, but has a large hitbox. The enemy falls down quickly, so it’s difficult to time, but it is possible to hit the enemy on their way down.

Spell Card 5

気符「地龍天龍脚」 (Kifu "Chiryuu Tenryuukyaku")
Chi Sign "Earth Dragon Sky Dragon Kick"

Cost

3 cards

Comment

七色の気を練り込んだ跡び蹴り。踏み込みで相手を浮かせ、そこに蹴りで追撃できる為距離が近いと発生の遅さがカバーされる。

Translation

A flying, seven-colored, chi-filled kick. The kick suspends the enemy in mid-air, and Meiling can continue to hit her. Because of this, the move is slow on startup if you use it close to the enemy.

Spell Card 6

極彩「彩光乱舞」 (Gokusai "Saikou Ranbu")
Extreme Color "Vivid Chaotic Dance"

Cost

4 cards

Comment

全身で強力な気の嵐を巻き起こす。発生する気が強力になったためその熱いで宙に舞うように変化。攻撃範囲も広く、信頼性は高い。

Translation

Whips up a storm using powerful chi from all over her body. Because the chi is strong, she can fly into the sky. Great range, very reliable.

Spell Card 7

彩華「虹色太極拳」 (Saika "Niji-iro Taikyokuken")
Colorful Chinese Flower "Rainbow Taijiquan"

Cost

4 cards

Comment

波紋の様に地表を流れる気の波を発生させる特殊な射撃カード。波は非常にゆっくりと広がり長時間相手の行動を制限する。

Translation

A special ranged attack that creates waves of chi that undulate like waves. They are really slow, but spread and limit the enemy’s movement.

Spell Card 8

気符「猛虎内剄」 (Kifu "Moukonaikei")
Chi Sign "Fierce Tiger Energy Release"

Cost

4 cards

Comment

全身の気の流れを爆発的に高める。以後一定時間連続技の初撃が必ずカウンターヒット扱いになり、ダメージも激増する。

Translation

Explosively raises the level of chi in the body. During this time, all first hits on all combos are treated as counterhits and gain an extremely large attack bonus.

Spell Card 9

星気「星脈地転弾」 (Seiki "Seimyaku Chitendan")
Star Chi "Earth-Moving Star Pulse Bullets"

Cost

5 cards

Comment

長時間かけて気を練り上げる事で、巨大な七色の気弾を作り出す。練り上げている最中の気弾も攻撃能力が有り、この部分の発生速度は非常に早い。

Translation

Takes a while to create a huge, seven-colored bullet of chi. Even while being created, the bullet has a hitbox. On top of that, it also forms very quickly.

Spell Card 10

熾撃「大鵬墜撃拳」 (Shigeki "Taihou Tsuigekiken")
Blazing Strike "Dapeng-Felling Fist"

Cost

5 cards

Comment

三連続で強烈な打撃を見舞う。出始めにアーマーが有り、攻撃を耐えて無理やり通すことも可能。威力は超一級で追撃も可能のため一発逆転のロマン溢れる一枚。

Translation

A three-tiered powerful attack. She can power through enemy attacks and still use this move; extremely powerful and able to be linked into, this is one move that can turn the tables completely in a match.

Spell Card 11

華符「彩光蓮華掌」 (Kafu "Saikou Rengeshou")
Flower Sign "Colorful Light Lotus Flower Palm"

Cost

5 cards

Comment

大量の気を直接相手に流し込み、スパークさせることで大打撃を与える超大技打撃。悪魔やアンデッドに大ダメージとの事だが、ガセネタのようだ。

Translation

Moves a large amount of chi directly into the enemy, then sparks the chi within them with a huge attack. Super effective against demons and undead… or maybe not.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Hong Meiling utilizes physical qi based attacks while flying around.

Weaknesses

• Standard Youkai Weaknesses: Youkai's bodies being destroyed by spiritual attacks, have them take a while to recover. Youkai are more easily affected by belief than humans, and as a result spiritual damage can cause fatal wounds. Youkai are weak to spiritual attacks such as names or legends. Youkai and Ghost are weak to sunlight. Mental Attacks can be lethal to youkai, in some cases one can repel them with a single phrase. The human village acts as a lifeline for the Gensokyo Youkai, if the humans were to perish or if they stopped fearing the youkai, then they would cease to exist. Youkai are weak against psychological attacks.
• Magic Weaknesses: Magic users taking too much damage will cancel out their attacks. If a magic users spirit is depleted they enter a state of "Guard Crush" where they can't use bullets, special moves, or spell cards at all. Repeatedly attacking red glyphs will break one's defenses.
• Unique Weaknesses: Meiling is considered unusually physically oriented in Gensokyo though she isn't as good at danmaku usage.

Note

• Any translations from en.tohouwiki.net are considered fine to use as they all fall under Project Translations, a fan translation team that have translation guuidelines and rulesets, along with moderators that directly overlook and proofread English translations to check for machine translations.
• Yumemi's statements can be taken with credibility, not only do the science from her world surpass the main one by 500 years where she notes the science of the main world is much more primitive then hers, but her world has already fully proven the existence of Grand Unified Theory and Yumemi herself notes that her theory was proven right by seeing magic.
• Despite Gensou Narratograph being directly noted to be an "unofficial Touhou tabletop RPG", ZUN has directly participated in the RPG and noted the way Reimu acts during his session is how canon Reimu would act, thus character actions done by him and mechanics are fine to use.
• Even if characters have not showcased using a bomb, they should all be able to use bombs, as bombs are realistically just spiritual attacks and to even be able to fight the non-human entities, requires a weapon with an unnatural amount of spiritual power such as the Yin-Yang Orb, meaning everyone that is non-human or is fighting non-humans is using spiritual energy.

Special Notes

• Many spell card images and descriptions along with translations are heavily helped by the Touhou Wiki.

Explanations

Canoncity of Touhou Project

The Touhou Project franchise canoncity mainly falls under any media worked on by ZUN are official and canon to the overall lineup.

There are various aspects constantly debated about within the canon:

PC-98

Media like PC-98, has been noted by ZUN to be ignored as one can ignore derivative works. He has also said that anything prior to Embodiment of Scarlet Devil can for the most part be ignored and one can think of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil as the starting from a clean slate and starting a new series, he's also referred to Highly Responsive to Prayers as a study product. With this in mind, one would assume that PC-98 is thus non-canon to the Windows continuity of games.

However, ZUN has also directly stated PC-98 games are the same world as the Windows Games, stating that any contradictions that exist from PC-98 can be ignored from the retcon in Windows Era. While one argues ZUN noting the works are derivative works to be ignored and Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil should be seen as the starting point, these statements are moreso telling a fan to not worry about having to play PC-98 games or learn more about their stories.

It's also been noted in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil's おまけ.txt that the game chronologically is not too far from the previous title, which would be Mystic Square, the PC-98 title. ZUN has also directly brought back characters from PC-98 games, noting he wanted to bring back characters from before Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and notes any of the other older characters that don't appear have probably retired by now and are warmly watching over things from various places nowadays. When asked where Mima from PC-98 has gone, ZUN notes that he doesn't bring them back due to making things complicated and having potentially angry fans ask where she has been the entire time, he has also noted that there's not much use for characters like Genji as Reimu can fly now and also notes he is not dead. ZUN has also made mention to Genji probably living in the lake in the back of the shrine. In Touhou Sangetsusei ~ Strange and Bright Nature Deity, Reimu and Marisa were talking about glowing moss with Reimu saying it would be nice to transfer it to the pond in the back of the Hakurei Shrine and Marisa saying that she could make it grow there on the turtles' back, referencing Genji.

In Touhou 07 Perfect Cherry Blossom, when Alice meets Reimu, she tells her long time no see, noting that they've met before calling her "old friend". In Yuuka's mode in Touhou Project - Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Reimu directly references defeating Yuuka back in PC-98. If Yuuka defeats Marisa in the same game, she will note that Marisa has grown up quite a bit, when the last time she's seen her has been in PC-98.

Seeing as ZUN himself has directly said both PC-98 and Windows are in the same world and that characters directly acknowledged PC-98 events and reference characters from it, PC-98 is completely canon and any contradictions PC-98 have can be ignored.

Side Games Time Placements

Touhou 7.5 - Immaterial and Missing Power takes place between Perfect Cherry Blossom and Imperishable Night.

Multiple Playable Routes

In the series, there are multiple playable character routes, including some where the characters fight Reimu herself and defeat her, calling question into what route is canon. ZUN has elaborated that canonically, anytime Reimu and the gang are defeated, they challenge again however many times they want, but on the youkai side, they do not challenge again after being defeated and are not attached to the results of winning or losing.

In terms of how playable routes have went, some examples of canonically noted routes:

• In Reimu's profile on Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, it's noted that Reimu resolved the Scarlet Devil Mansion Incident alone.
• Reimu is also acknowledged to have resolved the Spring Snow Incident in Perfect Cherry Blossom, though it is not noted if she did this alone.
• Reimu claims she solved the Eternal Night incident, however if one asks her about the cause or the perpetrator, she'll only respond with ambiguous answers, it is also not noted if she did this alone.

With some of these examples, it is normally assumed that in some way Reimu has some part in resolving every incident and other routes are dubiously canon depending on what transpired.

Spell Card Rules

There are many cases of weaker humans beating stronger Yokai or vice versa within the Touhou series, this has been elaborated on in Reimu's profile on Perfect Memento in Strict Sense. Reimu introduced the spell card rules as the youkai had no way to defeat the Hakurei shrine maiden, making many youkai feel that their meaning to exist have dissapeared. The rules incoporate the following:

• Spell cards are techniques specially-named by the individual, and they must be declared upon use.
• The number of each party's spell cards must be determined in advance of a duel.
• The first party to have all of their spell cards beaten must admit defeat.
• The victor is entitled only to what was agreed upon before the duel. If they're not interested in what their opponent has to offer, they can refuse a duel.
• Winners should generally allow losers a rematch.
• Always prepare for the unexpected.

The original draft held these rules:

• Combatants will give names and meanings to the duel for the benefit of beauty.
• Combatants will declare the number of named duels before beginning.
• Combatants may not repeat attacks by relying on stamina.
• Combatants may not deliver attacks that do not have meaning. The meaning itself becomes the attack's power.
• In the case that a combatant loses a named duel, that combatant will admit defeat, even if he or she has strength remaining. No combatant may kill a human, even upon victory.
• Combatants will write the duel's name on paper in the format of a contract. By doing so, the above-mentioned rules become absolute. These papers will be called spell cards.

These rules allows for duels that feel almost like sport rather then a match, and have allowed for weaker fighters to challenge stronger ones, due to this though, it also has become possible for youkai to freely defeat Reimu without worrying about the consequences.

Due to them being written into cards and essentially affecting the ability and power of an attack, the spell cards are likely the thing binding attacks to specific properties.

Parallel Worlds

Parallel Worlds is a topic brought up at some points in the Touhou Project franchise, they are worlds called "Probability Worlds" by Yumemi, stating that those and parallel worlds are one and the same. This essentially means that parallel worlds in Touhou are based on the concept of probability. Yumemi and Chiyuri use a "Probability Space Hypervessel" in order to travel to alternate worlds and time periods, further showcasing that probabiliy serves an importance.

Magical vs. Physical Strength

There are multiple occasions ofcharacters commenting on humans like Reimu being strong. Despite this Reimu showcases physical strength that isn't superhuman, such as the fact that she cannot cut a bamboo stick while Fujiwara direclty does in front of her.

This is due to the difference between magical and physical strength.

In works like Symposium of Post-mysticism, Yuugi Hoshiguma's profile has Suika directly state that Yuugi is weaker then her in magical powers, but stronger than her physically, lining a clear difference between magical and physical strength.

While one can be physically stronger then another, such as how Onis are physically the strongest, magic users are still able to keep up with them due to using a different form of attack.

An example can be found with Yuugi herself, when Reimu fights against her in Subterranean Animism, with her acknolwedging her strength, something Yuugi only does to those who are truly strong. This establishes even with spellcard rules, Yuugi considers Reimu a strong fighter. Reimu herself is very clearly not at an oni's physical strength, as she cannot do the things they can, however, her magical strength allows her to keep up with them.

To defend against magical based properties requires Non-Standard Defenses as it is acknowledged as not being something of standard physicality.

The Three Layers of Reality

In Chapter 27 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia, Reimu proceeds to explain how reality works to Rinnosuke and Marisa, where she explains in-depth the three layers of reality.

This conversation started from discussing the mechanism of fortune, where Rinnosuke attempted to posit that the future is predetermined and that Reimu's luck was her being able to calculate in an instant the predetermined future, however Reimu had a different explanation requiring her to lecture on the mechanisms of probability, in her explanation, the world is made up of three layers: the physical layer that moves in accuracy with the laws of physics, the second layer that moves with the spirit, and the third layer of memory which is the recollection of events that lies within all things. The memory layer rejects the loop of the physical and mental layers, the two layers the youkai conceive of the world which is why they believe history repeats itself and the future is predetermined. Since it's only possible to add to the memory layer, it's possible to completely recreate the past.

While the physical layer follows the laws of physics, the mental layer interprets the outcomes and the memory layer alters the probability, essentially creating the future, since it's impossible for memories to raech the same state as a point in the past, the future is not predetermined, thus when Reimu is able to predict how the dice will fall, she's not predicting the fall of the dice, the dice members the fact that she predicted how the dice would fall, thus due to this, Reimu entering the memory of the die-face greatly skews the results in Reimu's favor, where the results side with Reimu.

Thus the memory layer is essentially the most important layer that rejects the notion of loops from the previous two layers.

Trivia

• In Touhou Hisoutensoku, if Meiling loses to Youmu, Youmu suggests that Meiling might consider using a weapon—specifically a "green dragon blade." This reference can cause confusion, as many would associate the term with the legendary Green Dragon Crescent Blade wielded by the famous Chinese general Guan Yu, yet women rarely use polearms in Chinese martial arts. In Japan, however, the phrase has become a common but inaccurate way to refer to liuyedao and other Chinese sabers. Given that Youmu admits she only knows of these weapons from stories, her use of the local, incorrect term is likely intentional.

• One of Meiling's normal bullet attacks in Touhou Hisoutensoku, along with several of her skill cards, resembles Krizalid's Typhoon/Tuhon Rage from The King of Fighters '99, 2000, and 2002: Unlimited Match.

• Meiling bears a strong visual resemblance to the character Orange.

• Meiling is one of the few characters who does not make a cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade.

• Her movement style in Touhou Hisoutensoku is based on Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that translates well to fighting games because its routines typically involve moving in straight lines.

• In that same game, Meiling's idle stance is Liang Yi Zhuang, a well-known fighting stance from Bajiquan.

• Her spell card Fiery Attack "Roc-Killing Fist" resembles Yun's First Super Art from Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact.

• In chapter 4 of Foul Detective Satori, Meiling is shown performing a Gongfu tea ceremony. Sakuya remarks that Meiling always prepares her own tea.

• Masahiro Shibata's manga series Sarai, published from 1998 to 2007, appears to have been a major influence on many characters from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. The series follows superpowered maids battling youkai and monsters in a dystopian future.

• The protagonist of Sarai, Kannagi Sarai (神薙サライ)—a red-haired maid—may have inspired Meiling's design. Given that Embodiment of Scarlet Devil heavily emphasizes a red motif, from the name "Scarlet" to Meiling's surname "Hong," which also means "red" or "scarlet" in Chinese and Japanese, this character likely influenced the game's central theme.

Gallery

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  Meiling cameo in Oriental Sacred Place

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  Meiling as she appears in Foul Detective Satori

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  Meiling greeting Sakuya at the gate in Strange and Bright Nature Deity

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  Meiling's alternate colors from Touhou Hisoutensoku. Middle top refers to her 2P palette from Immaterial and Missing Power.

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  Meiling's fortune slip in Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine

Profiles

Touhou Project - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - おまけ.txt

Profiles

Chinese Girl Hong Meiling Ability: Usage of Qi Stage 3 boss. A Chinese-looking youkai. Her clothing is colorful and somewhat traditional. She is the gatekeeper of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and prevents intruders from beyond the lake from reaching the mansion. She is by no means a special character, but she is the first character that has something to do with the main story. Even if that something happens to be merely mentioning the Mistress. Total of seven card attacks.

○華人小娘　 紅 美鈴（ホン・メイリン） 能力：気を使う程度の能力 ３面ボスです。中国人風の妖怪です。 カラフルで民族っぽい衣装です。彼女は紅魔館の門番で、 湖外からやってくる侵入者を積極的に排除しています。 これといった特別なキャラではないのですが、ここで初めて、ストーリーに関係あるものになっていきます。 といってもお嬢様の存在を言うだけですが。 カードアタック　全7種

Touhou Project - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Touhou Hisoutensoku - Official website

Chinese Girl Hong Meiling The always noisy Scarlet Devil Mansion. That day, it was as noisy as ever. Its gate guard had reported something to the mansion's master, Remilia Scarlet, but the master had loftily ignored her. The girl felt a vague sense of uneasiness. That morning, she had seen a giant figure. Then, it dissolved into a lukewarm mist and disappeared. Just what was that? A big shadow like a roc, and a sinister mist being produced. She was certain. It was the shadow of the Buddha of Misfortune, "Taisui Xingjun". She reported to the master of the mansion that an evil god that all youkai must join forces and fight against had finally appeared in Gensokyo. Naturally, nobody listened to her. The girl thought. In order to break up the everyday boredom with a little fun, she had intentionally exaggerated a bit.

○　華人小娘 紅　美鈴 いつも騒がしい紅魔館。その日も例外なく騒がしかった。 門番である彼女は、紅魔館の主であるレミリア・スカーレットに 何やら報告していたが、 主は軽く聞き流していた。 彼女は漠然とした不安を感じていた。 朝方、山の麓に巨大な人影を見たのである。 そして、生ぬるい霧をまき散らし、消えてしまった。 アレは一体何だったのか。 大鵬の様な大きな影、吐き出された禍々しい霧、彼女は確信していた。 アレは凶事の顕形「太歳星君（たいさいせいくん）」の影である。 ついに幻想郷の全妖怪が 手を取り合って戦わないといけない凶神が現れたのだと、 紅魔館の主に報告していたのだ。 勿論それは聞き入れられなかった。 彼女は思っていた。 退屈な毎日を少し楽しくする為に、わざと誇張しましたけどね、と。

Touhou Hisoutensoku

ZUN's comment from Dai Touhouten plaque

For my first Windows debut with a title named "Eastern," wouldn't it be interesting if I designed it around a Western-style mansion? That's the contrarianism EoSD was based on, and I made it more fun by making a Chinese gatekeeper guarding a Western-style mansion. She's the character born from such extreme contrarianism. . During that time, her name was so hard to pronounce so people gave her the lovely nickname "China" and people loved it. Nowadays, pretty much everyone knows how to pronounce her actual name, at least I hope so. She's a versatile character that can fill both a cool and a dumb role.

東方というタイトル名で、Windows版一作目に洋館を出したら面白いよねー。という意外性で始まった紅魔郷ですが、さらに洋館の門番を中華風だったらさらに面白いかなー、という極度のひねくれより生まれたキャラクターです。 当時、名前が読み辛いと言う事もあって『中国』という愛称で呼ばれていて可愛がれていましたが、今では名前を覚えて貰えて、ますよね？格好いい役から間抜けな役までこなすオールラウンダーです。

Dai Touhouten plaque

Misconceptions

Characters Have Flown Through Outerspace

One example of this is believed to be in Touhou 02's Stage 3 Scarlet Dream ~ Scarlet Dream where it displays stars and a space-like effect in the background, however this is actually the World of Fantasies, the world that lies between Makai and the human world, with Genji confirming this is definetely not outerspace as Reimu can breathe just fine there.

All Characters are Children

This is an argument that spawns from how small the characters look in different works, though this is moreso due to the "moe" artstyle Touhou tries to capture, in many of the manga characters look far older.

Majority of characters in the series are outright shown to drink alcohol on a daily basis, where one needs to be at least 20 years old under Japanese law to drink, where Japanese law requires no underaged characters to be shown drinking. This is even acknowledged in the series itself with a note saying alcohol is only for those over 20 years old. Thus if a character is ever seen drinking alcohol in the series, they are an adult.

The only direct non-adults in the series are Sumireko Usami, Chiyuri Kitashirakawa, and Hieda no Akyuu in her first appearance.

Youkai Control the world through both the mental and physical layer

This statement comes from a fan translation that says this in Curiosities of Lotus Asia.

While the statement seems clear cut, there is another translation used instead that makes more sense with the sentence.

It instead notes that most youkai concieve of the world through these two layers, which is why they believe the future is pre-determined and history repeats itself. This falls in line with the earlier disucssion of Rinnosuke claiming that he believes the future to be predetermined and Reimu needing to explain to him why that's not the case.

Battle Records

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Touhou Hisoutensoku

The events of this story mode are all a dream Meiling is having, which the Dream World, is a separate plane, that has influence on reality, thus the battle records can be recorded for Hong Meiling, but as it's the dream version of th echaracters it goes on none of their pages:

• Patchilou Knowledge - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 1 - The Legendary Titan

• Alice Margatroid - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 2 - Ambush the Shadow of the Evil Star

• Marisa Kirisame - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 3 - Demons Disguised as Humans

• Reimu Hakurei - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 4 - Reimu Fears Not Exorcism

• Supreme Catfish - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage Final - Does the Story End That Way?

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

• Reimu Hakurei - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 3 Scarlet Border ~ Scarlet Land

• Marisa Kirisame - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 3 Scarlet Border ~ Scarlet Land

None.

References

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