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Kikuri

Touhou Project/Kikuri



Kikuri is a moon of Hell who appears as the Stage 15 boss along the Hell route in Highly Responsive to Prayers. Reimu Hakurei encounters her within Hell's Rotting World of Flames. As Kikuri lacks a character profile and exchanges no dialogue with Reimu, little is known about this enemy.

Kikuri
Origin
Origin Touhou Reiiden (Wondrous Tale) ~ The Highly Responsive to Prayers
Creator ZUN
First Appearance Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers
Characteristics
Species Goddess
Gender Female
Pronouns She/Her
Sexuality Unknown
Age Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Height Unknown
Weight Unknown
Ethnicity Japanese
Status Alive
Alignment True Neutral
Archetype God
Occupation N/A
Time Period Non-linear
Language Unknown
Combat Style Magical Combat
Homeworld Hell
Relationships
Affiliations Unknown
Enemies Reimu Hakurei

Background

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

Highly Responsive to Prayers


“ A small shrine resting in a country far to the east, the "Hakurei Shrine". Many out-of-the-ordinary events transpire here, causing normal people to almost never draw close to the shrine. On the other hand, there is also a reason that "things that aren't human" never descend to terrorize the Human Village: because shrine maidens, females with the power to channel the gods, have lived at this shrine for many generations, guarding the gates to other realms such as Hell and Makai where those "things that aren't human" reside.
Long ago, powerful mountaineering ascetics, exorcists, and spiritual leaders from all areas of the country gathered in order to seal away youkai, demons, and other creatures from their land. Despite their great success, the recoil from performing the ceremonies was so tremendous that it annihilated everyone gathered there.
Much time passed after that — so much time that the effectiveness of the seal began to fade. The shrine maiden currently living at this shrine has trained her body and mind intensely in order to fight these unstoppable enemies, these "things that aren't human", and prevent them from reaching the Human Village. Even though she knew it was a futile effort, even though she knew her life would be forfeit, she made her way to one of the gates.
...Actually, it's not really that serious.
The truth is that this shrine maiden is Reimu Hakurei, who always gets caught up in strange things. One of the "things that isn't human" destroyed her shrine, and she flew into a rage. There is only one thing that will quell her anger: the total annihilation of all "things that aren't human"!!
...Well, that's half wrong too.
The real truth is that Reimu Hakurei is actually quite the optimist. Acting on her whims as always, she figured she'd go and enter one of the gates. After a while, she realized that only the Hakurei Shrine's greatest treasure, the Yin-Yang Orb, was effective against these non-human creatures.
Reimu "Well, whatever. Things will turn out just fine as long as I use the yin-yang orb skillfully!"
What sort of fate awaits this shrine maiden? 		„
~ Highly Responsive to Prayers Prologue English


“ ここは東の国のとある小さな神社、‘博麗神社’、ここには色々な出来事が起こるため、普通の人はめったに近寄ったりしなかった。しかし、‘人間でない何か’が、人里におりてこないのにはわけがあった。それは、この神社には代々、神に通ずる力のある女性、つまり巫女がいたからであった。 なぜ、この小さな神社に力の在る巫女がいるわけは、ここには地獄や魔界、といった‘人間でない何か’の棲む世界との接点（ゲート）が重なっているからである。
その昔、ここから現れる妖怪、悪魔などを封印するために、全国各地の力のある修験者、調伏師、などが集まり封印に成功した。　が、そのときの反動は非常に大きく、集まった者も全滅した。
それから時がたち、あれほどの力をもった封印の効力も薄れてきた。この神社の巫女は、‘人間でない何か’を人里におりていかない様にするためかなうはずもない敵に対し、精一杯の修業を積み、それでも無理と分かっていながら、自分の身を犠牲にし、このゲートへ向かっていった。
う　・　そ
ほんとは、変な事巻き込まれ体質の巫女、博麗靈夢。‘人間でない何か’に、神社を破壊されちゃって、おこちゃったのだ。この怒りを沈めるには、‘人間でない何か’を、全滅させるしか！！
って、半分うそ
ほんとのほんとは、博麗靈夢は、かなりの楽天家。今回もきまぐれで、ゲートに入ってみたのであった。 ここの魔に対して効力のあるのは、博麗神社最大の秘宝‘陰陽玉’だけであるということが分かったのも、しばらくしてである。
靈夢「ま、いっか。‘陰陽玉’をうまく使えば、なんとかなるわよね」
どうなることやら・・・・ 		„
~ Highly Responsive to Prayers Prologue Japanese

A shrine located in the Far East, the Hakurei Shrine, houses a powerful seal that has begun to deteriorate. As a result, numerous non-human entities have started to emerge.

Reimu only encounters Kikuri if she chooses the Hell route, where Kikuri is the Stage 15 boss that ends up being defeated by Reimu.

Kikuri has not been seen again, but due to Reimu rarely killing any of her adversaries unless they directly broke the laws of Gensokyo, it is very likely Kikuri is still alive. ZUN has made word too that characters from PC-98 games are still alive and are just "retired".

Name Meaning

Her name in-game is spelled as Kikuri. As with the rest of the Highly Responsive to Prayers cast, there is no official kana or kanji spelling. However, her name can be written as "菊理". In this interpretation, kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", a symbolic flower of Japan, while ri (理) means "reason", "logic", or "general principle" in a Buddhist context.

Appearance

General Description: Kikuri appears as a large bronze disk surrounded by a fiery purple aura. The disk contains the image of a girl, suggesting she is a being inhabiting the disk rather than a simple engraving.

Facial Features: The girl within the disk has long hair and a content expression with her eyes closed. Ribbons or feathers flank both sides of her head, positioned on either side of a white dot on her forehead.

Clothing/Outfit:

  • Appearance Within Disk: She appears to be wearing modern attire, including what seems to be a tie or ascot. A white orb is visible between her clasped hands.

Special Features: Kikuri is surrounded by a fiery purple aura emanating from the disk. In Highly Responsive to Prayers "Good Ending #2," she is shown partially exiting the disk, confirming she is a being inhabiting it rather than a static image.

Alternate Forms/Disguises: This character does not have other widely recognized alternate forms beyond her disk-bound appearance.

Personality

Kikuri has no spoken dialogue or narrative exposition in Highly Responsive to Prayers. Their actions and motivations are not explained or referenced within the game.

Goals

  • Not known, other then possibly defeating Reimu (Failed).

General Information

Name: Kikuri[1]

Titles: HellMoon[2]

Origin: Touhou Reiiden (Wondrous Tale) ~ The Highly Responsive to Prayers

Overall Series: Touhou Project

First Appearance: Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers

Latest Appearance: Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers

Company: Team Shanghai Alice

Creator: ZUN

Actor: N/A

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: She/Her

Handedness: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

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

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Hell

Residence: Hell

Story Role: Final Boss

Legacy: Unknown Legacy

Influence: No Influence

Language: Unknown

Ethnicity: Japanese (Their design heavily looks of Japanese origin)

Religion: Likely Shintoism (Kikuri is likely based off the Shinto goddess Kikurihime)

Classification: HellMoon 'Kikuri'[3]

Species: Goddess

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Goddess Physiology

In-Universe Creator: N/A

Occupation: N/A

Combat Style: Magical Combat

Affiliations: Unknown

Enemies: Reimu Hakurei

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive (Noted by ZUN that characters from the PC-98 games have probably retired and are warmly watching over things from various places nowadays[4])

Alignment: True Neutral (Gods merely wish to keep faith from humans as it is what empowers them and how they exist)

Potential

Archetypal Tiering: God

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: Unknown-D physically, Far Higher with Spiritual Power

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D, truly Dimensionless (It is noted that with all gods, the form they adopt is mostly meaningless and they can take whatever form they wish due to this[6])

Power Source: Faith (Gods rely on faith in order to exist and retain power and if they are without faith, they get reduced to essentially the same as youkai[7])

Attack Potency: Unknown: True level (It is unknown how much faith Kikuri has due to the little information given about them, where a god is empowered by their faith and is strengthened by it[7]), Far Higher with Spiritual Power (Noted how even Yumemi Okazaki's scientific magic truly pales in comparisson with the real thing[8], which Yumemi noted to not make light of the power of her science as she could blow up the planet at any moment[9]). Can ignore covnentional durability with Magic (Magic exists outside of the Grand Unified Theory[10], 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[11]. Yumemi also explains that in the world of Gensokyo, magic unifies everything[12]. Magic is noted by Yumemi to have close ties with religion[13]. 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[14])

Durability: Unknown: True level, Far Higher with Spiritual Power

Striking Strength: Unknown: True Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level (Does not move for the entirety of the boss fight[15])

Attack Speed: At least Superhuman (Can tag Reimu Hakurei[16]). Magic Attacks lack a defined speed (Magic exists outside of the Grand Unified Theory[17], 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[18]. Yumemi also explains that in the world of Gensokyo, magic unifies everything[19]. Magic is noted by Yumemi to have close ties with religion[20])

Reaction Speed: At least Superhuman

Stamina: Limitless (Gods are able to duplicate no matter how many parts they split into, each has the same amount of power as the original, thus if there was somewhere for all of them to stay, they could multiply infinitely and due to this they can inhabit different objects and bodies without ever tiring[21])

Range: Tens of Meters through sheer size (Is much larger compared to Reimu[22]). Dozens of Meters with Attacks (Her intial appearance caused her to shoot out several objects that flew off the screen[23], shoots out multiple bullets across the entire screen[24])

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Unknown level

Powers and Techniques





Equipment

Nothing notable.

Notable Techniques

Phase 1

 

Spiraling Bullets

Bullets generate from two opposite points along Kikuri's disc circumference and travel along its edge. Fire rate scales progressively with difficulty; on Lunatic, bullet spawn points also shift slightly closer to the disc's center.

The spiral periodically contracts toward the disc center before expanding back to its original circumference.

Phase 2

 

Bullet Rings

Kikuri fires small, aimed bulelt rings, with firing frequency increasing on higher difficulties. They normally go towards the target while spinning.

Spirit Spawnning

Spawns spirits that discharge an aimed spreadshot. Spreadshot configuration scales with difficulty:

  • Easy: 2-way spread
  • Normal: 3-way spread
  • Hard: 5-way spread
  • Lunatic: 5-way spread fired downward

Phase 3

 

Spirit Projectile Drop

Spirits traverse left and right across the screen, dropping projectiles that splash outward upon impact. Drop frequency increases on higher difficulties.

Laser Eyes

Kikuri periodically fires red lasers from her eyes.

Phase 4

 
 
 
 
Kikuri Phase 4

Spiral

A point travels along the disc's circumference for approximately nine seconds, emitting four bullets in diagonal directions from its current position. Bullet density scales with difficulty.

Six Red Lasers

Kikuri fires a series of red lasers that track the opponent's position. Each laser incorporates a random angular offset.

Spirit Bullets

Spirits throw three gravity-affected bullets to the left and three to the right, repeating twice.

Thick Descending Lasers

Lasers drop straight down from the top of the playfield.

Other

Standard Tactics

  • Phase 1: Kikuri starts off by shooting energy bullets from two opposite points of its disc in rapidfire succession.
  • Phase 2: A brief transitional phase featuring only two attack types. Kikuri first fires small, aimed bullet rings and then spawns spirits that discharge an aimed spreadshot.
  • Phase 3: Kikuri employs two concurrent attacks in this phase. Spirits traverse left and right across the screen, dropping projectiles that splash outward upon impact and she periodically fires red lasers from her eyes.
  • Phase 4: Kikuri cycles through four attacks in a fixed sequence. Throughout the phase, floating spirits occasionally fire single aimed bullets at the opponent.

Weaknesses

Note

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[91]. He has also said that anything prior to Embodiment of Scarlet Devil can for the most part be ignored and one can think fo Embodiment of Scarlet Devil as the starting from a clean slate and starting a new series[92], he's also referred to Highly Responsive to Prayers as a study product[93]. 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[94]. 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[95]. 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[96]. 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[97]. ZUN has also made mention to Genji probably living in the lake in the back of the shrine[98]. 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[99].

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"[100]. In Yuuka's mode in Touhou Project - Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Reimu directly references defeating Yuuka back in PC-98[101]. 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[102].

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[103].

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[104].

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

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[108]. 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[109]:

  • 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[110]. 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[111], further showcasing that probabiliy serves an importance.

Magical vs. Physical Strength

There[112] are[113] multiple[114] occasions[115] of[116]characters[117] commenting[118] on[119] humans like[120] Reimu[121] being strong[122]. 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[123], 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[124], with her acknolwedging her strength[125], something Yuugi only does to those who are truly strong[123]. 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[126], 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[14]. 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[127].

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

Trivia

  • Kikuri is most likely based on Kikurihime (菊理媛, lit. "Lady Kikuri" or "Princess Kikuri"), a Shinto goddess who mediated the dispute between the primordial creator deities Izanagi and Izanami within Yomi, the Shinto land of the dead. As the mediator of this pivotal conversation, Kikurihime is regarded as the goddess of love, marriage, and negotiation. It is speculated that her name derives from the word 括り (kukuri), meaning "to bind" or "to tie," reflecting her role as a matchmaking deity. She was later syncretized with the dragon goddess Shirayamahime, worshipped at Mount Haku, thereby acquiring attributes as a patron of fertile land and rain.
  • Elis and Kikuri share the same theme, titled "Magic Mirror." However, Kikuri's version employs slightly different instrumentation at a lower pitch.
  • The Japanese name for "Magic Mirror," 魔鏡 (makyou), refers to a type of traditional bronze mirror imported from China. These bronze magic mirrors were often used as ritual objects in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, where they were believed to either represent deities or be inhabited by them. Considering this, Kikuri may actually be the goddess Kikurihime inhabiting or possessing a bronze magic mirror.
  • In the game files of Highly Responsive to Prayers, Kikuri's version of "Magic Mirror" is listed as "KAMI.MDT"—kami (神) being the Japanese word for god.
  • Kikuri is encountered in the Hell route of Highly Responsive to Prayers, likely because the goddess Kikurihime was present in Yomi, the Shinto underworld.
  • In some Japanese translations of the Bible, "Yomi" is used to render the words Hades and Hell.
  • Kikuri's title, "HellMoon," may derive from the cultural association between mirrors and the moon in Japan. For instance, the moon god Tsukuyomi is said to have been born from a copper mirror. Another example is the Japanese proverb 鏡花水月 (kyouka sugetsu, lit. "mirror flower, water moon"), which connects the fleeting, untouchable beauty of the moon reflected on water to a flower reflected in a mirror.
  • In China, there existed "moon mirrors" (方諸 fangzhu) used to gather water during the night.
  • Kikuri's connection to the moon may also arise from juxtaposition with the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu. Amaterasu's symbol is the yellow chrysanthemum, representing the sun and Japan (the Land of the Rising Sun) as a whole. Kikurihime's symbol is also the chrysanthemum—specifically the white chrysanthemum—which symbolizes death (due to her connection to Yomi) and, if interpreted as the counterpart to Amaterasu's chrysanthemum, the moon.
  • During the PC-98 era, ZUN frequently referenced the Shin Megami Tensei video game series. The original Shin Megami Tensei on the PC Engine, released in 1993, featured both Kikurihime and Amaterasu, with Kikurihime appearing as a simple palette swap of Amaterasu. Additionally, the area of Hell where Kikuri resides, the "Rotting World of Flames" (炎の腐界), is a direct reference to Megami Tensei's "Rotting Sea of Flames" (炎の腐海).
  • Kikurihime is considered by some Buddhist sects to be the honji (manifestation) of the androgynous bodhisattva Kannon (the Japanese version of Avalokiteśvara).
  • This association may have influenced Kikuri's pose and appearance. Depictions of Kannon often show the figure with closed eyes and clasped hands, much like Kikuri. This connection could also explain Kikuri's distinctive forehead dot and accompanying ball of light. Kannon, like most Buddhist figures, possesses an urna (白毫 byakugo) on the forehead. Kannon is also commonly depicted holding a cintamani (如意宝珠 nyoi hōju), a wish-granting jewel often represented as a glowing orb of light in Buddhist art. (For comparison, see here.) This Buddhist iconography may also explain why Kikuri appears in Jigoku (Buddhist Hell) rather than Yomi (Shinto Hell).

Gallery

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    Kikuri's sketch art in the good ending credits

Misconceptions

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  1. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Good Ending Hell Route
  2. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Good Ending Hell Route
  3. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Good Ending Hell Route
  4. ↑ Touhou Project - Strange Creators of Outer World Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo Yuuka Kazami "I basically just wanted to bring back a character from the old works (*from before "Embodiment of Scarlet Devil"). Her current appearance is based on the one from "Seihou Project", made by my juniors. Back then, based on the personal criteria I had for a "strong boss", I figured it would be better if she weren't being too serious the first time you fought her. Then, when she woke up all the way, she would have a "serious mode." I wonder if I could've gotten away with bringing back more older characters at the time, too... although they wouldn't mesh that well with the current setting. I'd say those old characters have probably retired by now, and are warmly watching over things from various places nowadays."
  5. ↑ Touhou Bougetsushou (Ephemeral Moon Vignette) ~ Silent Sinner in Blue Chapter 6
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Symposium of Post-mysticism Pages 22-25 Suwako Moriya "The Highest of Native Gods
    Suwako Moriya
    Ability: The ability to create earthliness
    Threat level: Low
    Human friendship level: Medium
    Main place of activity: Youkai Mountain, Geyser Center, etc.
    A mysterious god residing at the Moriya Shrine. In contrast with Kanako Yasaka, she doesn't come out of the shrine often.
    Unlike Kanako, she is one of the myriad gods. She does not have a spirit as a base form, and instead consists of pure faith. Therefore, it is believed that she is the one who would be more troubled by losing all faith, rather than Kanako.
    However, Kanako and the shrine maiden, Sanae Kochiya, carry out the duties of gathering faith. She doesn't come forth of her own volition often. Whether it is because she is bad at marketing faith by herself or some other reason is one of the mysteries of the Moriya Shrine.
    She has the power to control curse gods. When the Moriya Shrine came from the outside world, the curse gods came along with it. It sounds troublesome but since manipulating curse gods is her blessing, we must bear with it. If you don't want to be cursed, you have no choice but to worship her.(*1)
    Like most gods, she normally tends to take a human form. However, like all gods, the form she adopts is mostly meaningless. When a portion of her spirit is enshrined elsewhere, she often takes the form of a frog, and in those circumstances it seems she can grant blessings of safe travel (Safety Frog: makes you return safely), financial upturn (Fortune Frog: makes you able to buy soon), or transfiguration (Beauty Frog: makes you look better than ever).
    At first glance, her personality seems genial, but it's difficult to tell what she's thinking. Unlike Kanako, she acts if she was clueless which would be problematic when dealing with her."
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Symposium of Post-mysticism Part 5 Pages 124-135 The Difference Between Gods and Youkai "Marisa
    By the way, what's the difference between gods and youkai?
    Kanako
    From the Shinto perspective, gods are the true nature within all things. Originally, gods exist namelessly in nature or in tools.
    Byakuren
    Doesn't that contradict the fact that you yourself have a name?
    Kanako
    When gods are named their powers are restricted, but they receive an identity. They lose the ability to exist within anything, becoming almost the same as youkai, but in return receive an ability to be reborn by their myths.
    Byakuren
    So basically, gods are youkai whose ability changes according to myths?
    Kanako
    However, if they lose their faith, they will gradually return to their former existence. As for youkai, they disappear when forgotten, so they threaten people in order to prevent that. However for faith, it does not work the same. If a god did nothing but threaten people, it would lose faith and become a mere youkai.
    Marisa
    Now that you mention it, I met a harvest goddess before, but I couldn't tell her apart from a youkai.
    Kanako
    Nearly all stray gods without shrines(*7) get reduced to youkai. Gathering faith is a difficult task, after all. Out of curiosity, who was this harvest goddess?
    Marisa
    Um... I think it was Minoriko Aki.
    Kanako
    Ah, that feral goddess... I believe she had a sister(*8) too, a goddess of autumn leaves, but frankly it's because there are so many other more famous harvest gods, like Ukanomitama, and all the faith ends up going to them. There isn't much competition in the autumn leaves market though, so it's probably easier to gather faith with that. I think they should become something like "the goddesses of roasted sweet potatoes" by combining their powers, and set up a nice kiosk in some corner of the human village to earn a moderate amount of faith(*9).
    Marisa
    Is that so? I'm sure they'd love to hear that. They've been in a slump again since winter came in.
    Byakuren
    It seems there are quite a few other gods who have lost their place.
    Kanako
    This is because even though modern humans will easily attach names to gods, they don't have faith in them. At all.
    Byakuren
    That sounds like our earlier conversation about youkai.
    Kanako
    Maybe humans lose interest in things more easily nowadays. What I'm interested in is you though, Ms. Miko. What are your goals?"
  8. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Reimu Ending
  9. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Kotohime Ending
  10. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Reimu vs Chiyuri
  11. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Marisa vs. Chiyuri
  12. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Rikako vs. Chiyuri
  13. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Reimu Ending
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 27 Mechanism of Fortune "That's how Reimu makes tea for three people 淹 (い) Yes, I handed it to him happily. After saying this, Reimu brewed tea for the three of us and gladly served it.
    It would be fun to hear why Reimu has such good intuition. I forgot to let the tea cool and brought it to my mouth./We looked forward to hearing the reason behind the quality of Reimu's intuition. I brought the tea to my lips, forgetting to cool it.
    "...Huh. Reimu's initial conditions became exactly the same Saiko (Dice) So you're saying that the same eyes don't necessarily appear?" "... Ah. So what you're saying is that even if the initial conditions of the dice are the same, it's possible to get different results?"/"Of course it will. That alone doesn't determine the outcome." "Of course, I am. Those aren't the only things deciding the outcome."
    The story of Reimu was not a difficult one, but it contained a shocking truth./Reimu's tale wasn't a difficult one, but there was a shocking truth contained therein.
    Reimu 曰 (Iwa) He says that the world is made up of three layers./According to her, the world is made up of three layers.
    First, there are the physical laws of living things, tools, etc 則 (Not yet) is a layer of moving physics. This layer is where objects fall towards the ground and river water flows./First is the physical layer that moves in accuracy with the laws of physics, including all living things, objects, etc. It is on this layer that an object falls towards the ground, and that the water of the river flows.
    The second is the movement of the mind and the layers of psychology such as magic and sorcery. Meeting assholes and getting offended, or having a party and getting rid of your rut is this demographic. Most monsters see the world solely through this layer of physics and psychology, so history repeats itself and the future is planned 戯れ (ざ) 言 (Goto) It is said that he says./The second layer is one that moves with the spirit, which includes things such as magic and sorcery, the mental layer. One's mood turning sour when meeting an unhappy person, and releasing all your stress and cares during a party lie here. Since most youkai conceive of the world just through these physical and mental layers, they Ridiculously say that history repeats itself and the future is predetermined.
    However, according to Reimu, the third layer of the world forms the loop of the world 拒 (Koba) Moo-y. The third layer is the layer of memory where all things remember events. The layers of memory increase but do not decrease, so we cannot be in exactly the same state as in the past. If it becomes the same as in the past, then the memory of it becoming the same is contradictory because it leaves you with nowhere to go. The layers of memory are only increasing./But according to Reimu, there is a third layer that rejects loops. The third layer is the layer of memory, which is the recollection of events that lies within all things. Since it's only possible to add to the memory layer, it's possible to completely recreate the past. If something were to happen that already occurred in the past, then there would be a contradiction because that would simply that memory was lost, which is impossible. The memory layer always continues to build up."
  15. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  16. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  17. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Reimu vs Chiyuri
  18. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Marisa vs. Chiyuri
  19. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Rikako vs. Chiyuri
  20. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Reimu Ending
  21. ↑ Touhou Bougetsushou (Ephemeral Moon Vignette) ~ Silent Sinner in Blue Chapter 6
  22. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  23. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  24. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red Pages 24-25 Eirin "A New Dream Medicine for Modern Gensokyo
    Good news for the stressed contemporary youkai
    Gensokyo's master of medicine, Eirin Yagokoro ([self-proclaimed] human) has developed a new dream medicine for modern troubled people that lets one "enjoy sweet dreams".
    The name of this new drug is Butterfly Dream Pill. It takes its name from the dream it induces, where one becomes a butterfly and enjoys oneself. A few doses of the red pill before bed will prevent nightmares and create an enjoyable dream for a good night's sleep. Yagokoro explains the specifics of what led to the development of this medicine:"See, in Gensokyo, everyone are either youkai or demons or ghosts or such, so they're all fit and robust. There isn't really much of a demand for medicine for physical illnesses. These kind of beings are comprised mostly of spirit. Therefore, if they need any sort of care it would be for their mentality. The origin of the dream medicine was sparked by this realization."
    The Dream World is another self, says Yagokoro. If the dream is too enjoyable, there's a chance that the real world and the Dream World may switch places, so one must be careful of overdosing.
    "The medicine itself has existed since ancient times. In the past, there were many humans who took the medicine and could not return from the Dream World. In this new formula, I've weakened the potency and reduced the side effects."
    However, there are people who say that good things happen in nightmares as well. For those people who enjoy a little thrill in their dreams, the 'Butterfly Dream Pill Nightmare Type' is also available. This one is a black pill, and when taken, causes nightmares to occur."
  26. ↑ Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers/Eastern Wondrous Tale Game Manual Touhou Reiiden Backstory:"The real truth is that Reimu Hakurei is actually quite the optimist. Acting on her whims as always, she figured she'd go and enter one of the gates. After a while, she realized that only the Hakurei Shrine's greatest treasure, the Yin-Yang Orb, was effective against these non-human creatures.
    Reimu "Well, whatever. Things will turn out just fine as long as I use the yin-yang orb skillfully!"
    What sort of fate awaits this shrine maiden?"
  27. ↑ Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers/Eastern Wondrous Tale Game Manual Touhou Reiiden Backstory: "2. Character Introductions
    * Main Character ... Reimu Hakurei
    The shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine. She possesses an innate spiritual power but lacks the discipline to develop it. She wields the powerful Yin-Yang Orb, but without skill, often flailing it about wildly. Despite that, she is still a force to be reckoned with due to her natural power. Reimu has trained herself to attack with ofuda, her spirit power, and martial arts. These all proved useless against her enemies this time, though, so she's a bit worried. Currently, she is the only person at the shrine."
  28. ↑ Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers/Eastern Wondrous Tale Game Manual Touhou Reiiden Backstory: " * Yin-Yang Orb ... Hakurei Shrine's Greatest Treasure
    A mysterious orb with an unnatural amount of spiritual power. Perhaps a soul dwells within? It appears as though it could be alive. Normally you cannot defeat spirits or devilish powers without a weapon such as this."
  29. ↑ Dr. Latency's Freak Report Story #10 Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart "Pure Furies" ""When they see me, the youkai living there will attack."
    "What...? ...Actually, you kind of have a habit of getting attacked by monsters, Merry."
    "Well, I'm used to it by now. I suppose it is only natural that they'd realize I'm a foreign presence. Like I see youkai as fluctuations, perhaps they see me as a phantom-like being."
  30. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Reimu vs Chiyuri
  31. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Marisa vs. Chiyuri
  32. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Rikako vs. Chiyuri
  33. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Reimu Ending
  34. ↑ Touhou 14: Double Dealing Character Extra Stage
  35. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream Cutscene: Reimu vs Chiyuri
  36. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream Cutscene: Reimu vs Chiyuri
  37. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream Cutscene: Marisa vs. Chiyuri
  38. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream Cutscene: Kana vs Chiyuri
  39. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Reimu Ending
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers/Eastern Wondrous Tale Game Manual Touhou Reiiden Rules of the Game:"*Special Abilities
    Left + Right + Z Key
    or
    X+Z　2 times ... Spirit attack, a.k.a. bomb.
    You can only bomb as many times as indicated by the spirit attack counter in the upper part of the screen. You will gain a bomb when you collect a bomb item or die.
    When you perform this attack Reimu will become invincible and furthermore, enemy bullets will be destroyed. During regular stages, bombing will cause many of the panels to flip over. Bosses will not take damage from bombs but the temporary invincibility allows you to use this as an emergency dodge. When you have 0 lives left, bosses *will* take damage."
  41. ↑ Touhou Project - Story of Eastern Wonderland 封魔録.txt Controls "●Ｘkey　　　Uses a spiritual attack.
    Commonly known as the bomb. Allows invincibility for a short period."
  42. ↑ Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers/Eastern Wondrous Tale Game Manual Touhou Reiiden Rules of the Game:"Every 5 stages a boss will appear. Only the power of the Yin-Yang Orb can deal damage. (If you have 0 lives remaining your spirit attack can also do damage.)
    Bosses have various types of attacks but you can repel white bullets with your exorcism or somersault or the start of an ofuda burst. Also, if you hit a bullet directly with an ofuda you can destroy it.
    You cannot destroy lasers and missiles. When you're cornered simply accept that you will have to bomb. Otherwise it may be time to give up. Fire, exploding bullets and the like are also not destroyable."
  43. ↑ Touhou 02: Story of Eastern Wonderland
  44. ↑ Touhou Project - Lotus Land Story Manual Bonuses and extends "＊３．Bomb bonus
    Using a bomb will cause all items on screen to be attracted towards the player.
    At this time, collected items will have their value doubled.
    When using a bomb, go to the top of the screen as much as possible for higher scores."
  45. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Quest
  46. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Final Stage
  47. ↑ Touhou 14.5: Urban Legend in Limbo Reimu Story Ending
  48. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers
  49. ↑ Touhou 02: Story of Eastern Wonderland
  50. ↑ Touhou 04: Lotus Land Story
  51. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers
  52. ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism Part 3 The Past and Present of the Tengu Pages 62-72 "［Tengu Then and Now ］/The Past and Present of the Tengu
    Byakuren
    Tengu are said to live in the mountains and cause various strange happenings. At first, it was probably just a human being./Tengu live in mountains and cause various strange occurrences. At first, they were beings that only did harm to humans.
    Miko
    Falling stones, kidnapping babies, threatening them with eerie sounds.../Like dropping rocks on them, stealing their babies, frightening them with eerie noises...
    Byakuren
    When Buddhism was introduced and Shugendo began, Tengu became the object of mountain worship. They are spirit-like beings who help or hinder the Shugendo mountain ascetics who practice holed up in the mountains. Yamabushi (*1), who practiced strict training, were indistinguishable from Tengu from the perspective of ordinary people, and gradually came to be identified with them. For this reason, Tengu today probably dress like mountain ascetics./But once Buddhism spread through the country and Shugendou started, tengu become objects of mountain worship. They were like spirits that both helped and hidered the mountain-dwelling Yamabushi who were training there. From the ordinary person's perspective, the Yamabushi (*1) underlying intense training were no different from the tengu, and gradually they came to be considered one and the same. Because of that, today's tengu still have a Yamabushi-like appearance.
    Marisa
    You're detailed./You sure know a lot about this.
    Byakuren
    I'm a specialist when it comes to Yokai studies. Excellent Shugendo practitioners were sometimes called immortals, so of course there were Tengu who became immortals./Because I specialize in knowledge of youkai. Since the great mountain ascetics were sometimes called hermits, I believe that there were also tengu who have become hermits.
    Marisa
    It's true that even today's Tengu seem to have some who look like hermits./Yeah, there definitely seem to be some hermit-like tengu out there, too.
    Byakuren
    By the way, it seems that it was only during the Edo period that the tall-nosed Tengu that humans often imagine became established. It is thought to come from an image of the mask that Yamabushi wore during training and festivals./Incidentally, the common image of long-nosed tengu seems to have been established around the time of the Edo Period (1603–1868). I believe the image comes from the masks that the monsters would wear while training and performing rituals.
    Miko
    I wonder if high-nosed Tengu are even in Gensokyo?　 I see a lot of Karasu Tengu./Does Gensokyo have any long-nosed tengu too? It feels like I only see crow tengu.
    Kanako
    Karasu Tengu is a newspaper reporter and delivery man, so that's all he comes down to the base of the mountain, but there are actually a lot of other Tengu deep in the mountains, right?　 It seems that Hanataka Tengu is a clerk and rarely comes out./The crow tengu are the newspaper reporters and deliverers, so they're the only ones who come down to the foothills, but there are actually lots of other tengu deep in the mountains. The long-nosed tengu are clerks, so it seems they don't get out much.
    Miko
    That's a strange story too./That's odd.
    Kanako
    Huh?　 What is it?/What's odd?
    Miko
    What is the image of Sarutahiko (*2) that underlies the image of a tall-nosed Tengu?　 Sarutahiko is the god of guidance, and for that matter, he is identified with Dosojin (*3), so don't he have to come out and work?/Isn't the image of the long-nosed tengu based on Sarutahiko(*2)? Sarutahiko is a god of guidance, making him the same as a god of travelers(*3), so shouldn't they be working outside?
    Byakuren
    That's true../That certainly is odd...
    Kanako
    Apparently Hanataka Tengu's latest job is mainly making maps, right?　 Ideally, you would build a system that can guide you without you having to show up. He said GPS (*4) or something./I've heard that their recent jobs have entailed making maps. They've been talking about their vision of eventually creating a guidance system where they don't even have to go outside. They call it GPS(*4) or something.
    Miko
    It's Sarutahiko, who is sideways (laughs)./What lazy Sarutahiko (laugh).
    Byakuren
    Well, it's not Sarutahiko himself, but simply a Tengu being identified with Sarutahiko and imitating him, so that may be the case./Well, they aren't Sarutahiko themselves, perhaps they are just considered the same since they are imitating him.
    Kanako
    Apologize to the real Sarutahiko./They should apologize to the real Sarutahiko.
    Marisa
    So, does that mean that Tengu has been given so many different images that he has become what he is today?/So the tengu ended up with the appearance they have now because of all those images of them?
    Byakuren
    Yes... well, that was the case until the Edo period. But right now, it may be a little different from a collection of different images./Yes... Wait, no, they were until the Edo Period. However, I would say they are a bit different now.
    Marisa
    Hou./Huh...
    Byakuren
    In the past, Tengu would help train mountain ascetics and sometimes appear as leaders at festivals and other events. This will be forgotten along with the superstition of folk tales due to the expansion of civilization, the decline of Shugendo due to its irreligion, and a human heart that no longer fears darkness. Tengu who were active alongside humans gradually became less visible. This put the existence of the monsters in jeopardy. Not just Tengu, but all monsters.../The tengu of the past used to help out the mountain monks with their training, and would sometimes also take a leadership role during festivals. But then, because of the Westernization of Japan, folklore became superstition, shugendou gave way to secularism, and they were forgotten about along with humanity's fear of the dark. The tengu who were working together with humans starting appearing less and less. For this reason, the existence of these youkai was endangered. And not just tengu, but all youkai...
    Miko
    To save the day, Gensokyo became an isolated world./And in order to deal with that crisis, Gensokyo became an isolated world.
    Byakuren
    Well, since I wasn't there at the time, I don't know how I got there (*5), but... Gensokyo took on its current form and was freed from the curse of the human imagination, and finally the monsters gained true freedom. Originally unable to define their form, they began to evolve in their own way. It is unclear what changes have occurred, but originally Tengu were monsters with strict hierarchical relationships, which is why they have come to build the society we see today./That's right. I wasn't here at the time so I don't know how this came about(*5), but when Gensokyo entered its current state, youkai were liberated from the spell of human imagination and obtained true freedom. Since they originally lost a stable form, they started to develop their own characteristics. I do not fully understand the kind of changes they have made, but because the tengu were youkai that had followed strict hierarchical rules, they were able to build the kind of society they have now.
    Marisa
    It's so good that it will. In other words, when combined, does this mean that yokai of the past were influenced by human imagination and changed their appearance, while yokai of today have changed independently?/I get it. To put it all together, the forms of youkai in the old days had been influenced by human imagination, and youkai nowdays can change on their own. Does that sound right?
    Byakuren
    I think so. That's why there is so much diversity in the monsters today./I believe so. That is why there is so much variety among youkai presentedly."
  53. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream Cutscene: Marisa vs. Chiyuri
  54. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream Cutscene: Kana vs Chiyuri
  55. ↑ Touhou 8: Imperishable Night Stage 5
  56. ↑ Touhou 8: Imperishable Night Stage 5
  57. ↑ Dr. Latency's Freak Report Story #09 The Sea Where One's Home Planet Reflects "Unstained See" "I saw a forest rich with diversity. I saw a proud, holy mountain, shut off to creatures who preferred the lower ground. I saw a deep lake covered in an arcane mist.
    Those sights weren't just beautiful, but natural too. They were all hidden in the invisible gaps of the quantum world.
    By the way, just what would happen if one went to a brane dominated by particles with different properties?
    Merry remembered, and her face contorted in terror."
  58. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Marisa vs. Chiyuri
  59. ↑ Dr. Latency's Freak Report Story #07 The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air "Gravitino World" "Apparently, the "worlds beyond" didn't just have living things, but all manner of strange objects that defied common sense.
    "I saw a castle floating in the sky once, too. Upside-down, at that."
    "If the gravitons have a different structure, the world's properties would be different, too. That might've been the kind of brane you saw."
    "It felt mysterious and nostalgic. And I really liked the wooden tenshu."
    "Wait, tenshu? Since you said castle, I thought you meant like Cinderella's."
    "If I had to say which it resembled, it was more like Matsumoto."
    Merry had been enjoying her talk about the mysterious world, but she shivered when she briefly remembered something else. It seemed that not all of her memories were fun ones."
  60. ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 37 Chapter 10: Information That Loses its Value and the Almighty of the Occult "Reimu asked Miss Usami many of the same questions that I'd asked her, but from the start, she seemed utterly disinterested in the fine details of what had happened. For now, she was just relieved to know that Sumireko hadn't been dragged into any of Gensokyo's affairs, and made her promise to routinely show up once in a while from now on. Apparently, the nine-tailed fox that works as Yukari's shikigami was also present when the promise was made. As a witness, I'd have to imagine.
    However, I'd learned that a menace known as "AI" was being born in the Outside World. AIs supposedly held all knowledge, studied all technology, and never tired, aged or died— almost akin to a god. Could something like that really exist in the end, like Miss Usami said? It was also shocking to hear that AI could project a virtual image into Gensokyo. Certainly, youkai and phantoms are more information-based than humans or fairies. Perhaps Gensokyo itself was the same way. If I believed everything Miss Usami had to say, that is.
    Come to think of it, Sumireko misunderstood and thought that she had been speaking to me from the start of our online chat. The actual chat companion that I'd seen— was it one of those "AI" things? If that was the case, then how did their conversation come to be projected on my personal computer? Had the AI viewed Miss Usami as a threat, and ensured that I would intervene? That would be a terrifying thought, were it true. I dearly hope that Gensokyo never comes under the control of AI."
  61. ↑ Touhou Bougetsushou (Ephemeral Moon Vignette) ~ Silent Sinner in Blue Chapter 6
  62. ↑ Touhou Sangetsusei (Three Fairies) ~ Visionary Fairies in Shrine Chapter 3
  63. ↑ Touhou Bougetsushou (Ephemeral Moon Vignette) ~ Silent Sinner in Blue Chapter 6
  64. ↑ Touhou Bougetsushou (Ephemeral Moon Vignette) ~ Silent Sinner in Blue Chapter 6
  65. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Sqaure Final Stage
  66. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Sqaure Final Stage
  67. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Sqaure Final Stage
  68. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Sqaure Final Stage
  69. ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 15 Page 98-106 A Nameless Stone "In the beginning, nothing in this world had a name. It was a world in which all things were mixed together in chaos. However, the gods in those ancient times gave a name to every last thing, and so the orderly world we see today was born. When naming something, a new border is created that makes it recognizable as one thing. You could say that the power to name is the creation to produce the object from nothingness, clearly the same power as a god's. And because of the strength of this power, the things themselves remember their names. And that's why I can see those names in them."
  70. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  71. ↑ Touhou 04: Lotus Land Story Stage 1
  72. ↑ Dr. Latency's Freak Report Story #04 September Pumpkin "Parallel Communication" "Is it possible to see different things in the same place?
    Merry said that she'd recently started to see multiple worlds at the same time. According to her, all people are seeing slightly different worlds. Particularly interesting was that despite this, they can apparently still communicate with each other.
    Merry started to tell a mysterious story. It was about a strange world that only some humans could see.
    Not only was it extremely small, but our common sense didn't apply there. A bizarre world where elementary particles flew across boundaries of both time and space.
    "...By 'only some humans,' do you mean physicists?"
    "Correct. Good on you, Renko.
    But, did you know that there are actually strange creatures lurking in that senseless world?""
  73. ↑ Touhou 13.5 Hopeless Masquerade
  74. ↑ Gensou Narratpograph Chapter 1, Page 35 "Reimu: (rolling) — Success. I smack her upside the head with my purification rod. I won't let you do the same thing twice! (laugh)
    GM: Very well. Chen has finally been defeated, and exploded like the
    Stage 2 boss she is.
    Reimu: Exploded. (laugh)
    GM (Chen): "Hnngh! It went so well the first time. I didn't expect the shrine maiden!""
  75. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  76. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  77. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  78. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  79. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers Stage 15 Hell Route
  80. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Sqaure Reimu Good Ending #1
  81. ↑ Touhou 04: Lotus Land Story Stage 1
  82. ↑ Immaterial and Missing Power Tutorial
  83. ↑ Touhou 17.5: Sunken Fossil World Reimu Story Tutorial
  84. ↑ Touhou 04: Lotus Land Story Stage 2
  85. ↑ Touhou 04: Lotus Land Story Stage 2
  86. ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Page 77-79 Remilia Scarlet "If one refers to vampires that are known to exist in Gensokyo, they must be the Scarlet family living in the Scarlet Devil Mansion."
  87. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria Dim. Dream Rikako Ending
  88. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria Dim. Dream Rikako Ending
  89. ↑ Gensou Narratograph Chapter 1 Pages 104 - 108 "GM: Ahh, I had a great time! Thank you all for playing!
    All: Thank you!
    ZUN: I had fun. Lots of fun. (laugh)
    GM: Really!? Just hearing that makes me really happy.
    Player A: Yeah, it was great!
    GM: Thank you very much! So, we're about to get into the post-game!
    In reality, we're also supposed to do things like reset or advance your characters and stuff like that, but since the time limit's pressing down on us, I'd just like everyone to take a turn and share their thoughts about today's game, anything like that.
    Player B: Alright. Man, what should we talk about? (laugh)
    GM: (laugh) ...Well, suppose I'll start. First off, I'll say it again, but thank you, everyone.
    All: Thank you for the game!
    GM: In particular, it was really nice of ZUN to agree to play with us, and I loved watching him play Reimu.
    ZUN: No, no, it's nothing. (laugh)
    GM: It really made me feel, "So this is what Reimu's like!" Very strongly so.
    ZUN: Well, you know. Reimu's a character with no mercy towards youkai. Whether they're bad, or even haven't done anything, she'll hit them without a second thought. (laugh)
    GM: Yes, well... It was fun to watch. Player A, who played Cirno, has the longest history with tabletop RPGs here, so you could really call them a veteran, but they turned out to be a big help filling in the details of the story here.
    Player A: Yaaay. I'm glad you think so.
    GM: Aya was very cool in the Showdown Phase. In addition, they did a great job roleplaying and commenting on things in the scenes, and made me chuckle a lot of times.
    Player B: Hahaha. You're right, I did roll pretty well back there.
    GM: Also, speaking as the GM, excitable Sanae was a lot of fun to play!
    ZUN: You could tell from the start she was going to fail (laugh). The way she acted.
    GM: If that's what you thought, then it worked as intended (laugh). — So, moving on. Player A, if you would!
    Player A: Okaaay! Everyone, thank you so much! Everyone was really cute... I noticed I was grinning the whole time. (laugh)
    All: Thank you!
    Player A: I felt a lot of love for the source material in all of Aya's lines. Writing an extra, and the regular edition too, I really felt like "Man, being a reporter is a lot of work."
    Player B: That's great to hear.
    Player A: And Reimu was really awesome too. Really felt like this was "ZUN's Reimu". Saying what she wants, doing what she wants, being really rough on Cirno too, it was great to see. Compared to everyone else here, I don't know the source material nearly as well, so it might not have been a very Cirno-like Cirno, but I still had lots of fun messing around as her for a day. Thank you very much!
    GM: I think it was good you amped up her fairy-ness! — Well, next up, Player B. If you would.
    Player B: Riiight! Good work, everyone! Man... First off, Cirno was really cute. I thought her level of energy and clever use of her ability were really Cirno-like, actually. She was fun to watch.
    Player A: Hehehe. Alright!
    Player B: Also, the mental image of Sanae explaining the ski resort with a smug look on her face really stuck in my head. It was such a good smug face, I don't even know if it would come across in a photo. (laugh)
    ZUN: It was a good smug face. Sanae also has a habit of getting carried away, after all. (laugh)
    GM: I'm glad to hear you say that. (laugh)
    Player B: I feel like Aya really wants to write articles that make people chuckle, so the idea of being able to turn Sanae's smug photo against her was really funny. My main goal as Aya was to write some entertaining articles, so I'm glad I got a lot of chances for that. I think I managed to roleplay an Aya Shameimaru that matches what's in my head.
    ZUN: It was very Aya-like. (laugh)
    Player B: Thank you very much! — And, of course, I felt a really strong "canon Reimu" too, and was really moved. How direct she was with everyone, and her small hitbox, simply felt like her.
    ZUN: Yeah, exactly (laugh). That's what Reimu's like.
    Player B: Maaan, I'm still not over it. — Seriously, thank you!
    GM: Thank you very much. ...So, finally. Can I ask ZUN as well?
    ZUN: Of course. Man, it was fun (laugh). First off, Cirno. Watching "Charismatic" Cirno run around like that, I definitely thought, "Is that what Cirno's like?" ...but despite that, it was great, and I felt like I saw a new Cirno today. I felt like this game's own kind of Touhou-ness, own kind of playstyle and relationships between characters really got to shine. It was really good.
    Player A: Thank you very much!
    ZUN: Aya is a character who's easy to make a bit too righteous, but this one definitely wasn't. Her only looking for the bad sides of people is, if I had to say, more faithful to how I write her. Really Aya-like. It was great.
    Player B: Hehehe. That's just how Aya is, huh. Doesn't really think about anybody else, you could say.
    ZUN: Yeah, exactly. That's how she is (laugh). ...Also, the first thing that really surprised me was with that cat in the Human Village. I just threw "It was Chen, right?" out there as a bit of a joke, but then the GM picked that up and ran with it. I really thought "Wow! These are actually connected like that!?" It made me think that might be what's really good about these kinds of games.
    GM: I was a bit worried about that part, but I'm glad it worked out.
    ZUN: To be honest, I was kind of messing with you when I said that. (laugh)
    GM: Messing with me!?
    ZUN: (laugh) — Well, last, about the Reimu I played. I was kind of embarrassed in parts, and don't really know if you can call what I did roleplay. But in the final danmaku battle, watching the bullets fly past me even without doing anything, I really felt invincible for a moment, and like Reimu's character really ended up shining through somehow. I know the dice rolls are random and stuff, but it's interesting how you can see it like that.
    GM: Yeah, that's true. Of course, the numbers you get when rolling dice are just products of chance, but I think being able to sense meaning in them is one of the great things about tabletop RPGs. And since they're random, they end up going differently every time. (laugh)
    ZUN: True, true. I kinda wanna do this again sometime.
    GM: If you think so, that really makes me feel like it was worth making.
    ...But, well, until we get another chance, I think this is it for now. Good work today, everyone!
    All: Good work today!
    ..."
  90. ↑ Touhou Project - Highly Responsive to Prayers/Eastern Wondrous Tale Game Manual Touhou Reiiden Backstory: " * Yin-Yang Orb ... Hakurei Shrine's Greatest Treasure
    A mysterious orb with an unnatural amount of spiritual power. Perhaps a soul dwells within? It appears as though it could be alive. Normally you cannot defeat spirits or devilish powers without a weapon such as this."
  91. ↑ ZUN's Email "> • Are Yuki and Mai really dead?
    > I know we're dealing with a PC-98 game, but were Yuki and Mai from Mystic Square really killed?
    > Looking in particular in the conversation when Lady Mima and Yuki are left... (sweat)
    > Or is this also a type of joke, like Lady Remilia's statement that "Sakuya is dead" in EoSD?
    Basically, they're whatever-works types, so they might not be dead. I generally have no comment regarding the PC-98 games. Please ignore them just as one can ignore derivative works. :-)"
  92. ↑ ZUN's reply to messages on the former Gensou Bulletin Board "Ｑ．「幻想郷」旧作を知らないのですが、霊夢とアリスの過去になにが・・・？
    Ａ．基本的に、ストーリーに関係するキャラは全て紅魔郷以降になります。
    一応、紅魔郷から全体の設定を一掃したので、新シリーズみたいなもんだと
    思っていただけると(^^;

    Q: I don't know anything about the old games in Gensokyo, but did Reimu and Alice have something going on in the past?
    A: Generally, the story related to the characters will all be from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and later. For now, you can just think of EoSD starting from a clean slate, and starting a new series. (^^;"
  93. ↑ Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou" "Q: Why was Highly Responsive to Prayers an Arkanoid-clone, not a shmup?
    ZUN: "Because it was a study product.""
  94. ↑ ZUN's AWA Q&A Panel Touhou Wiki Translation:
    "Q: Are the PC-98 games considered canon compared to the Windows series?
    ZUN: It's the same world. There are a few contradictions in the story when putting the PC-98 and Windows games side by side, but I would take reference from the latest games to consider what is canon."

    Word of the Nerd ZUN AWA Panel: Recap Translation:"Q: Are the PC-98 games considered canon compared to the Windows series?
    ZUN: There are a few contradictions in the story when putting the PC-98 and Windows games side by side, but I would take reference from the latest games to consider what is canon."

    Rukasarisari Tumblr Translation:"Q: Are the PC-98 games separate canonically from the Windows series?
    A: It’s the same world, and ZUN realizes there are contradictions. He then tells us to refer to the most recent games <for canon>."
  95. ↑ Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil おまけ.txt "So without any advice, here are the character backstories.
    ○Eternal Shrine Maiden
    Reimu Hakurei
    Ability: Able to Fly, and to Manipulate Natural Spirits.
    The protagonist.
    Chronologically this title is not too far from the previous title, thus her age stays the same as before.
    Unintentionally, she is a shrine maiden. Or rather, she is a shrine maiden only because the Touhou series has become the "Shrine Maiden Shooting Game" series. It feels like the cart has been placed before the horse to me.
    This time, her outfit is not overly intricate like typical shrine maiden clothing, but has become quite simple and only remotely resembles that of a shrine maiden. Is she really a shrine maiden?
    She's more like "You red & white girl!" in my opinion."
  96. ↑ Touhou Project - Strange Creators of Outer World Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo Yuuka Kazami "I basically just wanted to bring back a character from the old works (*from before "Embodiment of Scarlet Devil"). Her current appearance is based on the one from "Seihou Project", made by my juniors. Back then, based on the personal criteria I had for a "strong boss", I figured it would be better if she weren't being too serious the first time you fought her. Then, when she woke up all the way, she would have a "serious mode." I wonder if I could've gotten away with bringing back more older characters at the time, too... although they wouldn't mesh that well with the current setting. I'd say those old characters have probably retired by now, and are warmly watching over things from various places nowadays."
  97. ↑ ZUN's Gensou Denshou Lecture Gensou Denshou After Report "Questioner: Where has Ms. Mima gone to?
    ※Mima is a character introduced in Touhou Project's PC-98 games (Story of Eastern Wonderland, Mystic Square, etc).

    ZUN: The past is being brought up too huh? Bringing them back would make things complicated, and people will ask "Where have they been this entire time?!" I'd rather bring out new characters than go back to past characters. But, I also kinda wanna bring them back too. I won't say they'll never be brought back... that's kinda how I feel, see?

    Questioner:Even Genjii?
    ※Genjii is a character introduced in Touhou Project's PC-98 games. He assisted Reimu by allowing her to ride on him since she could not fly at the time.

    ZUN:Well Reimu is able to fly now. Either way, the idea of a turtle hermit... why did I do that? I feel like a Nimbus Cloud would have been a better idea (lol). Normally speaking, since turtles live a very long time, (Genjii) is most likely not dead. That is the impression I get."
  98. ↑ Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou" "Q: Where's Genjii now?
    ZUN: "Probably living in the lake at the back of the shrine... at least he's not consumed.""
  99. ↑ Touhou Sangetsusei ~ Strange and Bright Nature Deity Chapter 12
  100. ↑ Touhou Project - Perfect Cherry Blossom Stage 03 Reimu "Reimu: It's really cold out tonight...
    And I can't see a thing."

    Alice: Is your level of spring insufficient even to push away this cold?"

    Reimu: Well, that might be true.

    Alice: Long time no see.

    Reimu: We've only just met.

    Alice: No, that's not what I meant.

    Reimu: Long time no visibility?

    Alice: Don't you remember me? Well, either way is fine though.

    Reimu: Setting that aside, what did you mean by "level of spring"?

    Alice: I was referring to the springtime in your head.

    Reimu: I hope mine's not too high. Still, why has this winter been so long?

    Alice: There's someone who's gathering the spring.

    Reimu: And you have nothing to do with it?

    Alice: Of course not.

    Reimu: Bye.

    Alice: Hey!

    Alice: And we've only just met after so long, old friend. Have you only brought me your life as a gift?

    Reimu: And why am I being called "old friend" by this seven-colored magical moron?

    Alice: In the end, shrine maidens are two colors.
    Your power is only twenty-eight-point-five-seven-one-four percent as powerful as mine.
  101. ↑ Touhou Project - Phantasmagoria of Flower View Yuuka Story Episode 6 - Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise: Reimu Hakurei "Yuuka: Flowers and ghosts and..., hmm. Speaking of which, this happened once before didn't it? How many decades ago was it? It's been so ordinary since then, I can't remember.

    Reimu: Ah, there you are!

    Reimu: You're the culprit, aren't you?

    Yuuka: Do you think that ignoring the events back then, would bring everything back to normal?

    Reimu: Everything went back to normal when I defeated you back then!"
  102. ↑ Touhou Project - Phantasmagoria of Flower View Yuuka vs Marisa Yuuka Victory Quote "Yuuka: Ah, you're still alive?
    You've grown up quite a bit."
  103. ↑ Touhou Project - Immaterial and Missing Power Omake Afterword "Greetings, from one's whose ratio of saying "nice to meet you" is decreasing steadily even in real life, ZUN.
    But this time there may be more people to who I am saying "nice to meet you" than for Imperishable Night.
    This time it's Touhou Suimusou (IaMP), Touhou Project Volume Number 7.5.
    Though I get the feeling "What's with 7.5 being released after 8", this isn't the numbering order of release, but rather the order of canon.
    The plot of this game happens between Perfect Cherry Blossom (Winter to Spring) and the time of Imperishable Night (Early Autumn).
    Eventually, the "game of the summer" started to feel more like a game coming in winter, right?"
  104. ↑ ZUN's reply to messages on the former Gensou Bulletin Board "Q: "Gensokyo" In "Embodiment of Scarlet Devil," wasn't it a serious affair for the strange mist to go down to the human village?
    A: Ahh, that it is a little misunderstanding.
    The motive of the turmoil, so to speak, is the motive of the youkai side who caused the turmoil.
    Since it can't be helped, even when 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..., to say it clearly it is assuredly an inconsequential thing^^;
    Mr.anonymous's post was precise so I shall cite it:
    Sorry for butting in. However, in my thinking, as for what shall happen when the mist given out by Remilia goes to the human village, in the first place, I have not conceived that the mist would go to the human village. So in other words, there was no bad intention. The reason for giving out the mist is also, "that" (haha so Reimu also went towards the extent of giving a warning, "it can't be helped" (although it is violent, eh?"
  105. ↑ Touhou Project - Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Reimu Profile
  106. ↑ Touhou Project - Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Reimu Profile
  107. ↑ Touhou Project - Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Reimu Profile
  108. ↑ Touhou Project - Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Reimu Profile "スペルカードルール Spell Card Rules
    いかなる妖怪でも博麗の巫女を倒す訳にはいかず、妖怪の存在意義が消えようとしていたが、彼女は画期的な手段を持ってその問題を解決する。 Without a way for any youkai to defeat the Hakurei shrine maiden, many youkai felt that their meaning to exist had disappeared, but by taking some ground-breaking measures she solved this problem.
    それはスペルカードルールの導入である。 That is, the introduction of the spell card rules.
    スペルカードルールは、お互い技を見せ合い、その美しさで競う決闘ルールである。 The spell card rules are dueling rules that allow both parties to show off their skills in a beautiful competition.
    大雑把に言うと、 The major points are:
    *スペルカードとは、自分の得意技に名前を付けた物で、使う時は宣言してから使う必要がある。 *Spell cards are techniques specially-named by the individual, and they must be declared upon use.
    *お互いカードの枚数は予め決闘前に提示しなければならない。 *The number of each party's spell cards must be determined in advance of a duel.
    *手持ちのカードが全て破られると負けを認めなければいけない。 *The first party to have all of their spell cards beaten must admit defeat.
    *勝者は決闘前に決めた報酬以外は受け取らない。相手が提示した報酬が気に入らなければ断れる。 *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.
    *勝者は敗者の再戦の希望を、積極的に受ける様にする。 *Winners should generally allow losers a rematch.
    *不慮の事故は覚悟しておく。 *Always prepare for the unexpected.
    といった内容のもので、これによりスポーツ感覚に近い決闘が出来る。 Following these rules allows for duels that feel almost like sport.
    そのルールの導入により、比較的力の弱い人間も妖怪に勝負を挑む事が可能となった。 With the introduction of these rules, it became possible for even relatively weak humans to challenge youkai.
    それと同時に気軽に巫女を倒す事も出来て、反対に妖怪も有る程度無茶出来る様になった。 At the same time, it became possible for youkai to freely defeat the shrine maiden without worrying about the consequences."
  109. ↑ Touhou Project - Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Unresolved Materials Draft of Spell Card Rules
  110. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Kana vs Chiyuri
  111. ↑ Touhou 03: Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Cutscene: Reimu vs Chiyuri
  112. ↑ Touhou 05: Mystic Sqaure Good Ending #1
  113. ↑ Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Stage 5
  114. ↑ Touhou 07: Perfect Cherry Blossom Extra Stage
  115. ↑ Touhou 8: Imperishable Night Extra Stage
  116. ↑ Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou" "Q: Who's the strongest in Gensokyo?
    ZUN: "Absolutely, ...isn't it Reimu? Although it seems obvious.""
  117. ↑ Touhou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Stage 2
  118. ↑ Touhou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Stage 4
  119. ↑ Touhou 16: Hidden Star in Four Seasons Stage 6
  120. ↑ Touhou 17: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Extra Stage
  121. ↑ Touhou 18: Unconnected Marketeers Stage 2
  122. ↑ Touhou 18: Unconnected Marketeers Stage 3
  123. ↑ 123.0 123.1 Symposium of Post-mysticism Yuugi Hoshiguma Profile Pages 120-122 "The Spoken-of Unexplainable Phenomena
    Yuugi Hoshiguma
    Ability: The ability to wield unexplainable phenomena
    Threat level: Very High
    Human friendship level: Unknown
    Main place of activity: Former Hell
    An oni who silences crying children. While it's unknown where all the oni went, it's been confirmed that at least one lives in Former Hell. It's quite likely that there are other oni living in Former Hell as well. While oni have a strong sense of camaraderie, they have an even stronger sense of independence so it seems she doesn't know where the others live.
    It is said that she possesses unbelievably supernatural strength. According to fellow oni Suika Ibuki, "She's weaker than me in magical powers, but might be stronger than me physically."(*1) Although this is just a rumor, it is said that her superhuman strength is of the level where her footsteps alone are enough to make nearby buildings collapse.
    The sake dish she carries is said to be called the Hoshiguma Dish, an oni masterwork that increases the quality of any sake poured into it(*2). Its compatibility with the Ibuki Gourd carried by Suika Ibuki is extremely high.
    Currently, it seems she has cut off all contact with humans. Moreover, she tries to limit contact with the youkai on the surface as much as possible. For these reasons, there is little information on her.
    Regarding her personality, she is firm of character and straightforward. She likes the strong, the brave and the honest, while conversely shows no mercy towards the weak, the cowardly and the sly."
  124. ↑ Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism Stage 2
  125. ↑ Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism Stage 2
  126. ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 27 Mechanism of Fortune ""It's okay. 暫 (Shibara) Once I get there, this ghost story will die down. That's the future we have planned."/"It'll be fine. The phantoms will settle down after a while. The future is predetermined like that."
    Spiritual dreams Mysterious question (Kegen) He looked at me with a strange expression./Reimu gave me a dubious expression.
    "Rinnosuke says the same thing as vampires and monsters."/"The vampires and youkai say the same thing you do."
    It is said that ghosts have appeared on the streets, but this store 出 (﹅) る (﹅) There are few things. Ghosts are noisy to begin with 処 (place) It's easy to get together in. The ghost itself 儚Haka ({{{2}}}) Perhaps it's because they seem to be disappearing at any moment, but it's easy to feel their own presence 賑 (Nigi) Gather in a small place. They will likely gather in crowded places, just like humans did when they were alive./Phantoms will appear in public places, but they don't show up at my store often. To begin with, phantoms tend to gather easily wherever there is a lot of commotion. This is because of a phantom's transient nature, where they may vanish at any moment, so they gather at a lively place where it is easier for them to really feel their own existence. It is likely just as when they were human, preferring to be in crowds to people.
    "They say the future is planned, but that doesn't make sense. Some people seem to make their daily lives based solely on luck," Marisa said after having a spiritual dream./"There's no way the future is pre-defined. Some people's lives are supported just by luck, y'know." Marisa said, looking at Reimu.
    "Well, it's just luck 勘 (Kan) But even a hunch is a hunch that has some basis."/"Well, rather than 'just by luck' it's 'intuition', and that intuition is an intuition with a proper foundation."
    She looked like she couldn't believe Marisa./Marisa's expression said that she didn't believe her.
    "At the banquet ち (﹅) ん (﹅) ち (﹅) ろ (﹅) り (﹅) ん (﹅) Even when I did it, it wasn't a contest 賽 (Sai) You'll catch the eye of. What kind of basis do you have for that."/"Whenever we play Chinchirorin at parties, ya always call the face of the die to the point where there's no longer any competition. How can ya say there's a foundation for that?"
    Chinchirorin? Ah, Saiko (Dice) It's a simple game where you just have to look at the eyes of. Gambling at banquets is like the world of the yakuza./Chinchirorin? Ah, the simple game played with dice. Feasts and gambling, it's like the world of crime.
    "Marisa, I think the reason Reimu is able to ensure the dice are cast is because he is instantly calculating the planned future."/"Marisa, I believe the reason why Reimu can guess the outcome of dice rolls must be because she can calculate in an instant the predetermined future."
    I shared my thoughts on the mechanism by which the eye of the dice is determined. Reimu must probably be able to calculate the result intuitively by looking at Saiko's initial state. That's the kind of luck that exists in the world./I told them my idea, about the mechanism by which the outcome of dice was set. Perhaps after seeing the initial conditions Reimu can calculate the result of the dice by her intuition. Within this world good luck is that sort of thing.
    "Rinnosuke, that's completely different. You can't do that kind of calculation just by looking at the dice. Calculating people only think about probability. And even if you do the math, it won't turn out the way it does."/"That's not it at all, Mr. Rinnosuke. No matter how you slice it you couldn't do that kind of calculation just by looking at the dice. Calculating people only think with probabilities. Besides, even if they did calculate that the result won't go exactly as they thought."
    "Why do you think that? It's true that there's no way to calculate it, but if you could calculate it, you could read the future."/"Why do you think so? While I suppose you couldn't do that, wouldn't it still let you tell the future if you could?"
    Reimu looked shocked./Reimu looked shocked.
    "I seem to understand luck a few levels better, so I'll teach you today. The mechanism of probability. Also, the future is not planned..."/"Since it seems I have a deeper understanding of fortune, today I'll be doing the lecturing on the mechanism of probability. And while I'm at it I'll also show that the future is not predetermined…"
  127. ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 27 Mechanism of Fortune "The layers of physics act on the laws of physics, the layers of psychology act on the interpretation of results, and the layers of memory act on the manipulation of probability, interacting to create the future. Since memories cannot be the same as a single point in the past, there are no plans for the future./The physical layer follows the laws of physics, the mental layer interprets the outcomes and the memory layer alters probability, mutually creating the future. Since it's impossible for memories to reach the same state as a point in the past, the future is not predetermined.
    For example, suppose you roll the dice once and get a 1. Even if you drop the dice again under the exact same conditions, the fact that one came out 賽 (﹅) 子 (﹅) が (﹅) 覚 (﹅) え (﹅) て (﹅) い (﹅) る (﹅) The above are not necessarily the same probability./So take a die rolling a one as an example. If you were to throw it again with the same initial conditions as before, since the die members the previous outcome it won't necessarily be the same probability.
    Just as I was about to hear and understand, I thought, "So how can you say you can read the dice?" Marisa asked./I followed her explanation up to that point, but then Marisa asked "So how are ya able to predict how the dice will fall?"
    I was distracted by Reimu's idea of a new world, but Marisa remained calm. If you can read the dice, not only will you be able to stand it and not lose, but you may also be able to achieve the same level of luck as Reimu./While I was entranced by Reimu's new illustration of the world, Marisa was unfazed. I didn't think she wanted to know just to beat Reimu at Chinchirorin, but to use that idea to become as lucky as Reimu.
    "I'm not really reading the next die. 私 (﹅) が (﹅) 賽 (﹅) の (﹅) 目 (﹅) を (﹅) 予 (﹅) 想 (﹅) し (﹅) た (﹅) That's what Saiko remembers."/"I'm not "predicting" the fall of the dice at all. The dice members the fact that 'I predicted how the dice would fall'."
    Just by having a lucky card called Reimu in your memory at the dice, the result will be great and you will be on the Reimu side 偏 (Katayo) It is said to be a ru. 結 (﹅) 果 (﹅) が (﹅) 霊 (﹅) 夢 (﹅) に (﹅) 付 (﹅) い (﹅) て (﹅) く (﹅) る (﹅) Apparently./According to this, by the lucky card called Reimu entering the memory of the die-face the result greatly skews in Reimu's favorite. Apparently, 'the results side with Reimu'.
    "Well, then such knowledge is of no use to anyone except those with good fortune," Marisa was embarrassed./"What? Howzzat gonna help anyone but those who are already lucky?" Marisa sunk.
    I thought there was something false and shady about luck in the world. A big factor in this is that I thought the future was planned. Good luck (Engi) Even things were perceived as just far-fetched lumps./I doubted the existence of things such as fortune in this world, thinking it seemed like a lie. This was too likely of me thinking that the future was predetermined. I saw good luck charms as nothing more than lumps of sophistry.
    However, hearing Reimu's words reaffirmed the existence of luck in this world. There are certainly lucky and bad people. 験 (Gen) を 担 (and) Some people succeed easily. To the jinx 囚 (Tora) I have people who fail. It may certainly be rough to think of all of these as just initial conditions./ Whatever, upon listening to Reimu's words, I have reaffirmed the existence of fortune. The blessed man and the cursed man both exist, certainly. There is a man that succeeds in shouldering his trials. There is a man that is a failure, captive by jinxes, as well. It might certainly be reckless to think of each one as mere because of initial conditions.
    If the determination of probability is due to the power of memory, it may not be surprising that lucky charms have the power to manipulate probability. The origin is complex and strange 程 (Moderate) , memory is Taki (Taki) This also means that the status of lucky charms increases./If we assume that probability is determined by the power of memory, it may be natural that probability can be manipulated by the power of good luck charms. The more complicated and unusual the origins are, the more memories a charm will have, therefore raising its effectiveness.
    Reimu added that 『all matter and psychology in this world are created by probability, and it is the luck of memory that determines this』./Reimu added to this, "In this world, both objects and souls are made up of probability, and are determined by the fortune which memories hold."
    I once heard that word and remembered it. 『 こ (﹅) の (﹅) 世 (﹅) の (﹅) 物 (﹅) 質 (﹅) は (﹅) 全 (﹅) て (﹅) 確 (﹅) 率 (﹅) で (﹅) 存 (﹅) 在 (﹅) し (﹅) て (﹅) い (﹅) る (﹅) For it is already common sense』 I have seen science books from the outside world that say things like this. I remember looking at the book and not being able to figure out 『who would confirm the probability』 and not really understanding it./Hearing those words I remembered something. "It is already common knowledge that everything in the world exists by probabilities." Something along those lines was written in a science textbook from the outside world. I recall having only a huge compromise of its meaning, and I didn't understand, "Who determines the outcome of those probabilities?"
    However, Reimu was thinking of something similar, and he also realized that he had the power to determine probability in his memory. It was amazing./But Reimu had thought the same kind of thing, and even realized that it is memories which hold the right to determine those probabilities. It was surprising.
    "Memory determines probability... in other words What goes around comes around (Ingaohou) You could also say, it's amazing. That may indeed be true. But how did you acquire that knowledge?"/"Memory determinations probability... in other words, you could say it's karma. That's pretty amazing. It may very well be true. By the way, how did you come across this knowledge?"
    Always Inaction (Mui) I almost added that it looks like the wind that lives in, but I stopped to move the story along smoothly./Your lifestyle appears so idle, I was about to add, but to preserve the current subject I changed my mind.
    「 も (﹅) の (﹅) 凄 (﹅) く (﹅) 頭 (﹅) の (﹅) 良 (﹅) い (﹅) 人 (﹅) 間 (﹅) I asked him."/"I heard it from a really, really smart human."
  128. ↑ Touhou 01: Highly Responsive to Prayers
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