Kanako, Eirin, Yukari, Yuyuko, Byakuren (Gensokyo Sages)

1. #1-Yukari Yakumo-

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   Yukari Yakumo is a powerful youkai with the ability to control gaps and borders. She's free to summon and control portal-like "gaps" that work like portals. She can freely separate and go anywhere she wants, and even rest on them like a seat, anywhere she goes. She's known as the most powerful youkai in all of Gensokyo. She has the reputation of being a cougar and a hag, one she hates and gets pissy about.

2. #2Hakurei Shrine

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   Hakurei Shrine is the House of the Shrine maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei, also the anchor point of the Great Hakurei Barrier, a barrier that separates Gensokyo from the real world.

3. #3Reimu hakurei

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   Reimu Hakurei is the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, she is responsible for solving incidents and trouble in Gensokyo.

4. #4Ran Yakumo

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   Ran Yakumo is Yukari's Shikigami servant. A yellow Kitsune woman who does everything for her.

5. #5Chen

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   Chen is the cat girl Shikigami of Ran Yakumo. She also serves Yukari.

6. #6Gensokyo

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   Gensokyo, the land home to all sorts of youkai and creatures. From humans to powerful gods.

7. #7The 5 Sages

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   5 of the most powerful women of all Gensokyo. They are all best friends.

8. #8-Byakuren Hijiri-

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   Byakuren was trapped in Makai for ages before being freed by her faithful followers. She runs the Myouren Temple, a Buddhist temple whose main goal is to unite youkai and humans in peace. She is known for being kind and always willing to help, even though she's somewhat lazy and prefers her followers to do everything around the temple.

9. #9Myouren Temple

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   Myouren Temple is the Buddhist temple where the head priest is Byakuren Hijiri. Home to many humans and youkai alike.

10. #10Makai

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    Makai is the hidden hell. Byakuren was banished here for being condemned as a witch by humans, but she was rescued by her faithful followers.

11. #11Shou Toramaru

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    Shou Tomararu is the personification of the god Bishamonten. It's an idiot tiger woman who works super hard to prove herself to Byakuren.

12. #12Ichirin Kumoi

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    Ichirin Kumoi is one of Byakuren's followers. Even though she follows Buddhism, Byakuren has caught her multiple times drinking, eating meat, and causing trouble.

13. #13Murasa Minamitsu

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    Muramasa is a ghost girl who died on a sinking ship and got the powers to sink ships. She also believes that youkai and humans can live in peace.

14. #14-Yuyuko Saigyouji-

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    Yuyuko Saigyouji is the Ghost princess of the netherworld. Lives in the Hakugyokurou. She is best friends with Yukari. Yuyuko has the powers to control and manipulate death, and also eat souls.

15. #15Hakugyokurou

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    Hakugyokurou is a huge mansion in the middle of the netherworld. Yuyuko and Youmu lives in there.

16. #16Netherworld

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    The Netherland is the land of the dead.

17. #17Youmu Konpaku

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    Youmu Konpaku is a powerful swordswoman who is a master of the konpaku arts. She is Yuyuko's servant and gardener.

18. #18-Kanako Yasaka-

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    Kanako Yasaka is the wind and sky goddess of the Moriya Shrine. She is also the goddess of agriculture and fertility. She shares her shrine with Suwako Moriya, and her Shrine maiden is Sanae Kochiya.

19. #19Suwako Moriya

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    Suwako is the Goddess of Earth of the Moriya Shrine. Shares a shrine with Kanako.

20. #20Moriya Shrine

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    Moriya Shrine is A shrine at the top of the youkai mountain where Suwako Moriya and Kanako Yasaka reside, as well as Sanae Kochiya.

21. #21Sanae Kochiya

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    Sanae Kochiya is the shrine maiden in charge of keeping the Moriya Shrine. She works hard and loves working there.

22. #22-Eirin Yagokoro-

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    Eirin is an hourai immortal, from the moon. She was the former scholar of the moon before she was exiled with Kaguya Houraisan for the illegal fabrication of the Hourai Elixir of immortality. She has the ability to fabricate any medicine or elixir in existence.

23. #23The Moon

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    The Moon is home to the lunar capital and the lunarians, a powerful military race.

24. #24The Lunar Capital

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    Home of the powerful lunarians. Ruled by King Tsukuyomi, Kaguya Houraisan was the former princess of the moon.

25. #25Bamboo Forest of the Lost

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    A tall Bamboo forest where humans often get lost, but are guided outside by Tewi. The forest surrounds Eientei.

26. #26Eientei

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    The house of eternity. Eirin Yagokoro, Tewi Inaba, Kaguya Houraisan, and Reisen Udongein Inaba live here. It also houses a pharmacy and a hospital to care for the sick.

27. #27Kaguya Houraisan

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    Former princess of the moon, rules Eientei with kindness and love.

28. #28Reisen Udongein Inaba

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    Reisen was a former moon rabbit. She lives in Eientei and works as the Head nurse for Eirin.

29. #29Tewi Inaba

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    Tewi Inaba commands all the earth rabbits. Lives in Eientei. Often pulls pranks on the residents of Eientei.

30. #30Youmu

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    [Youmu danmaku "bullets" are slashes in air that she does with her swords or even bullets from her other half.]

    [Youmu spell cards are usually based on Youmu swordsmanship, like making her make the target get slashed a thousand times or more.

    Some of Youmu spell cards are: "{Ghost Sword "Fasting of the Young Preta"}; {Preta Sword "Scroll of the Preta Realm"}; {Hungry King Sword "Ten Kings' Retribution on the Preta"}; {Hell Realm Sword "Two Hundred Yojana in One Slash"}; {Hell Fire Sword "Sudden Phantom Formation Slash of Karmic Wind"}.]

    As Youmu has a straightforward diligent personality, she is often manipulated by those around her (especially Yuyuko). For this reason, she often fails at her task, but that does not mean that she has no real power, and she particularly excels at instantaneous force and concentration power. In Immaterial and Missing Power, as stated by the shishou, "truth-slashing is something which you know", so she often performs tsujigiri-like moves, but Suika Ibuki pointed out that she does not think that Youmu understood her shishou's teachings.

    She has strong sensitivity, her human half was unable to resist the insanity-inducing effects of the true Moon, causing her to become "half-insane". Ironically enough, considering her species, she is afraid of ghost stories, dares, and darkness, but she is calm around phantoms since she is half phantom herself. After defeating Fujiwara no Mokou, Yuyuko pretends there is a ghost under a tree, earning a terrified shriek from Youmu.

    Youmu is a swordswoman who dual-wields two special swords, Roukanken and Hakurouken. As a result of Youki's disappearance, Youmu's sword training is incomplete. However, despite her unfinished training, Youmu is extraordinarily skilled in swordsmanship, as she can consistently win spellcard duels which are meant to be long-ranged with just her skills. Youmu can perform a constant barrage of flying slashes as danmaku, and is also extremely fast which helps her close in on opponents and deliver a flurry of slashes faster than the eye can see.

    Youmu is very agile and has very fast reflexes. Youmu runs very fast.

    Youmu has short silver hair and blue eyes. Youmu's outfit generally consists of an aquamarine vest and skirt over a white undershirt with several ghost insignias along the edges of the skirt and one on the breast pocket of her vest. She wears a black bowtie and hairband with a black ribbon tied off-center in her hair. She carries the Roukanken; a long katana with a large white tassel on the handle and the Hakurouken; a wakizashi (Short Japanese sword). Her ghostly half is a white phantom as large as her human self.

31. #31Yuyuko

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    Yuyuko is a very cheery and happy person, being very good-humored and rather motherly and mature. She can sometimes be a bit of an airhead, however at others she is extremely smart and cunning. She's also an incredible lover of food, known for her grand appetite, which most likely doesn't do much, due to her being a ghost.

    1º ("Yuyuko")= {{Yuyuko Saigouji is very cheerful and friendly. Her playful, good-humored personality, otherworldly beauty, and courtesan charm can have a disarming effect. She often makes bizarre and nonsensical remarks and sometimes seems to overlook the obvious, leading to her characterization as an airhead or a ditz. For instance, in Touhou Bougetsushou, she toyed with Youmu Konpaku as a daily occurrence even with Ran Yakumo present.

    However, at other times she will reveal an extremely cunning and perceptive side and will also sometimes display an extraordinary level of knowledge. For instance, in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she was the quickest character to identify the culprit as Tenshi Hinanawi when the incident was in the omen stage (Yukari Yakumo spoke of the dwindling of phantoms as Komachi Onozuka's negligence, but Yuyuko guessed correctly). Additionally, she obliquely informed the playable character about the location of the incident regarding the divine spirits. She is also known for her incredible appetite.

    Yuyuko has maroon eyes, and short wavy pink hair, and is surrounded by several small formless Phantoms. In all of the games, she wears a light blue and white kimono with dark blue trim and white designs; a blue mob cap on the front of which is a hitaikakushi with a red ghost insignia; and a veil of the same color as the kimono behind her head. She wears dark shoes with blue ribbons attached.

    This is the ability to, without exception and without permitting any resistance, end the life of any living being, whether it be human or youkai. The only kind of creature immune from this is Hourai Immortals. Be aware that this does not mean that she can make any person die instantly, but rather that she can make it so that any person will die with absolute certainty, regardless of whether they wish to die or not. Clearly and simply, it is an unusually and dreadfully powerful ability. Although the fear and responsibility brought by this ability is what drove her to commit suicide and become a ghost, it seems that she hasn't forgotten this ability since then, and it seems that she can use this ability in a carefree manner (though she doesn't act carelessly in the usage of this ability). However, whether she's able to end life only to the extent of fainting, or if she tempts one to death gently, is unclear. During her lifetime, the latter was true. Her Last Word "Saigyouji Parinirvana" is said to be the very incarnation of this ability.}}

32. #32Hakugyokurou

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    Hakugyokurou (白玉楼, lit. "Tower of White Jade") is a ghost shrine overlooking the Netherworld. It is well known among the afterlife realms for its cherry blossom gardens, and many ghosts come to see them every spring.

    The term Hakugyokurou comes from Chinese legends of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). It was said to be the place where artists go after death. Li He (李賀), a poet from the Tang Dynasty, heard a voice in a dream he had as he was dying; the voice said, "Hakugyokurou has been completely built, so come and write down its details." The story is the beginning of Hakugyokurou.

    Yuyuko Saigyouji is the lady of Hakugyokurou, and Youmu Konpaku acts as its gardener. The massive youkai cherry tree, the Saigyou Ayakashi, can also be found lying dormant in the gardens of Hakugyokurou.

33. #33Saigyou Ayakashi

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    The Saigyou Ayakashi (西行妖 Saigyou Ayakashi) is a youkai cherry blossom tree and the largest in the gardens of Hakugyokurou. It has existed in the Netherworld longer than the Ghost Princess, Yuyuko Saigyouji, herself. Some of the spirits in the Netherworld remember the Saigyou Ayakashi having the most beautiful blossoms they had ever seen, but the cherry tree has not bloomed for ages. There currently seems to be a powerful seal within the Saigyou Ayakashi, leaving it unable to blossom at all during spring. Whether the tree is sealing something or whether the tree itself is being sealed remains a mystery to most outsiders.

    A long time ago, there lived a divinely talented poet who traveled around Gensokyo. When the poet became aware that the hour of his death drew near, he chose to begin his eternal rest under the most beautiful cherry tree he could find. After the poet's death, word of the beauty of the cherry tree began to spread across the land. That cherry tree has grown even more beautiful since then, charming many people into choosing to rest in peace beneath its blossoms.

    After absorbing the blood of so many people, it turned into a youkai cherry tree with the ability to lure people to their death on its own, and came to be known as the Saigyou Ayakashi. Eventually, the beautiful blossoms of the Saigyou Ayakashi were sealed away, using the bodies of Yuyuko and several others buried beneath it, and now remains within Hakugyokurou.

    Yuyuko's corpse was buried under the Saigyou Ayakashi after she committed suicide.

    It is unknown if the tree can still drain the life out of people while it's not in full bloom. However, as the charm of its flowers has been removed, and due to it now residing in the Netherworld, it is largely not a real danger.

    It's not recommended to be near the Saigyou Ayakashi. The Saigyou Ayakashi tree has some strange magic that can charm people into resting in peace under its blossoms, and then draining the life out of them.

34. #34Kaguya

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    Kaguya was once a princess of the Lunarians, a race of people living on the Moon. For the crime of creating the Hourai Elixir, she and Eirin Yagokoro were exiled to Earth, where they came to live in what would eventually become Gensokyo. She is currently the princess of Eientei.

    Kaguya has a rather carefree personality, as she often sneaks out to visit the human village. She apparently is refined in the art of conversation, but her vocabulary is a bit dated. She is also described as haughty and relatively wild.

    Kaguya can has Manipulating eternity and the instantaneous power, Eternity is namely immutability, and it can be said that eternity rejects all change. Things that possess eternity indefinitely do not change, and also cannot be interfered with by things outside of themselves. By using her ability on everything in Eientei, she made it so that living things stopped aging, objects would never break, and food would never spoil. Additionally, beginning from when Kaguya came to Gensokyo, she lived hidden away for a thousand years in the interior of the Bamboo Forest of the Lost without anybody knowing about her. Also, the pure Japanese-style mansion in Eientei can be seen not to have worn out at all, which can be said to have been due to this ability of eternity. After the Eternal Night incident, Kaguya removed the spell of eternity from Eientei, causing objects to break as normal, living things to age again, and food to spoil if not eaten in time.

    Incidentally, as the Hourai Elixir made by Kaguya's ability of eternity is something that makes the consumer have a "body that rejects all change," it can simply be said to be a kind of maximised, self-healing ability (due to this, it is said that the entire body can recover from just a single hair left intact, as shown in the case of Fujiwara no Mokou). In the last spell card "End of Imperishable Night" which used this ability, it destroyed Reimu Hakurei and the others' spell of eternity, and forcibly called for dawn (End of Imperishable Night -Rising World-, where "Rising World" was a homophone to "dawn" as "yoake" (夜明け)).

    On the other hand, Kaguya, in being able to manipulate the instantaneous, is able to alter the needed "instants" and make them her own time. However, whatever she gathers together—since it is made up of many "unrecognisable instants" that cannot be changed—has no means of being known about. For this reason, in manipulating the instantaneous, Kaguya is able to spend "time the same as others'" and "time different from others'" simultaneously. Hieda no Akyuu presented this as "having parallel timelines at the same time". As the instantaneous is the smallest unit of time, time is able to accumulate countless instants. Watatsuki no Toyohime explained that to see time as continuous is due to the inability to recognise the instant.

    Since her ability can be said to be the ability to manipulate "complete stop = eternity" and "extreme speed-up = instant", Akyuu also summarised it as an "ability to manipulate time". This seems very similar to Sakuya Izayoi's "ability to manipulate time."

    Well over a thousand years ago, Kaguya was born in the royal house of the Moon and was treated with utmost care as a princess. However, due to boredom, and managed to get Eirin Yagokoro to create the Hourai Elixir out of self-interest and consumed it. This was illegal, and she was executed. She was immortal, so despite being executed many times, she could not permanently be killed, so she was exiled to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. She was found by a bamboo cutter and dwelt among the humans she had once despised. Though the Lunarians looked upon humans with contempt, Kaguya came to love her new home. She enjoyed her life on Earth for a while without problems, but as rumours of her beauty spread far and wide, she started to feel guilty about it. Tales of her unearthly beauty led men from all across the land to seek her hand in marriage, (Fujiwara no Mokou's father being one of them) but none could successfully complete her trial of the Five Impossible Requests.

    The first was to bring her the stone begging bowl of the Buddha from India. The second was to retrieve a jeweled branch from the island of Mount Hourai. The third was to seek the legendary robe of the fire-rat of China. The fourth was to retrieve a colored jewel from a dragon's neck. The final task was to find the legendary Cowry treasure of the swallows. These potent treasures were eventually revealed to already be in Kaguya's possession.

    After years of exile, powerful emissaries arrived from the Moon; Kaguya had been forgiven of her crime and it had been decided that she should return. Kaguya, however, had grown to love life on Earth, which was far more interesting than the life she had on the Moon, and had no desire to return to the Lunar Capital permanently. Even so, Earth was filthy and life on Earth had its share of problems. She was torn between Earth and the moon, but she discovered Eirin to be an emissary. Eirin was apologetic to Kaguya since she was not punished for creating the elixir. Her desire for redemption was so strong that she was ready to do anything for Kaguya, so she decided to live on Earth with her. Eirin betrayed the other emissaries and helped Kaguya escape to what would eventually be Gensokyo. Taking refuge in an ancient manor called Eientei hidden deep within the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, the two Lunarians began a new exile.

    Eventually, the Moon stopped sending emissaries to fetch them; they had forgotten about the past and were living in peace. One day, an event took place that made them recall the past, a century since Gensokyo was sealed. On that day, a self-claimed moon rabbit named Reisen Udongein Inaba ran into their home, who had come because she had heard rumors about Gensokyo. She then stated that humans were invading the Moon, sticking the American flag, on the moon and acting like the moon belonged to them, making it nearly impossible for people of the Moon to live there. The rabbit had escaped from the frontline of a war, leaving her allies behind. Kaguya remembered that she, too, was a Lunarian long ago, and they decided to allow Reisen to live with them. After several centuries of isolation, she was eventually reunited with Mokou, who had also used the Hourai Elixir to become immortal, and the two continued their feud, murdering each other on a nearly daily basis.

    A few decades have passed since then. On one night of a full Moon, Reisen received a transmission from other surviving moon rabbits, stating that a new war will be starting soon and Reisen needs to return. She had no intention of going back, so Kaguya and Eirin defended her. However, were they to kill the emissaries, they would have to go into hiding for a long time again. Eventually, Eirin came up with a plan to replace the real Moon with a fake one, thus making it no longer possible to travel between Earth and the Moon. Their only mistake was underestimating the power of Gensokyo's natives, who rely on the power of the moon, which caused the incident of Imperishable Night. In the end, humans and youkai succeeded in dispelling the fake moon, and Gensokyo was already sealed by the Great Hakurei Barrier', so the Lunarians would have been unable to enter Gensokyo to begin with. Kaguya, Eirin, and Reisen were now able to enjoy a peaceful life in Gensokyo without living in constant fear of attack.

    Kaguya is shown to have dark brown eyes and very long black hair in a hime cut style. She wears a pink shirt with many white bows, and a long, dark burgundy skirt decorated in plants and flowers representing the four seasons. Respectively, they are cherry blossoms, bamboo leaf, maple leaf and plum blossoms. Her 5 Impossible Requests are seen floating around her, probably waiting for her order to engage in a spell card attack.}}

35. #35Eirin

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    ("Eirin Yagoroko") {{Eirin Yagoroko is a medical genius from the Moon, able to create even the Hourai Elixir with the help of Kaguya's power, the manipulation of eternity. She is living in exile in Gensokyo after choosing to stay with and devote herself to Kaguya Houraisan on Earth rather than take her back to the Moon. She was a very well-known figure on the Moon, having not only been instrumental in the founding of Lunar society with Lord Tsukuyomi, but also being its leading medical mind and the person in charge of the Moon's emissaries to the Earth.

    Eirin is an enigmatic person surrounded by many mysteries and her answers regarding the mysteries about her are incoherent replies. She is generally a fairly pleasant person and is devoted to serving her ally, Kaguya, but she does not suffer fools gladly, and because of her incredibly high intelligence, she can come across as conceited, impatient and condescending at times to those not sharp enough to follow her explanations immediately. However, she also seems to lack general common sense, most likely due to her not living with humans.

    Eirin can make all sorts of drug/medicines (this is her ability along with her immortality), from medicine for the ordinary cold to drugs that can manipulate dreams. As one would expect, she is not able to make medicines that would require a physically impossible process in order to produce, nor can she make the medicine if she does not have the ingredients. Although she did make the Hourai Elixir, she made it using Kaguya's ability.

    Aside from her medical knowledge, Eirin seems to be very skilled in various forms of magic. For instance, she sealed the whole Earth preventing anything or anyone from reaching or leaving it. Additionally, she replaced the real Moon with a fake one that was able to mislead the heroines with an illusion. According to herself, doing this was "hardly" her most powerful spell, meaning that she is probably able to use other types of sorcery that are far stronger than this.

    Eirin wields a bow and arrow. Presumably, she uses it for spellcards. Ironically, she has never been seen using arrow bullets in any of her spellcards.

    A long time ago, Eirin was the Sage of the Moon; with her high intelligence and the aid of the former Princess of the Moon, Kaguya, she created the Hourai Elixir and gave it to her. As a result, Kaguya was exiled to Earth as a punishment for drinking the elixir. A few years later, Kaguya had been allowed to return to the moon and, along with other Lunarians, Eirin was sent to Earth as an emissary from the Moon. Eirin felt guilty because she herself wasn't punished even though she was the one who made the elixir. Her desire for redemption was so strong that she was ready to do anything for Kaguya, and so she killed all the other emissaries and decided to live on Earth with Kaguya as her own punishment.

    After living a few hundred years hidden in the Bamboo Forest of Gensokyo, her whereabouts were discovered by the Moon, and led to the Eternal Night Incident, but at the time the incident was resolved, she came to know that even if she did not try to hide the Moon, the Lunar Emissaries wouldn't be able to come for Reisen. She has been living as a resident of Gensokyo ever since.

    Eirin has dark grey eyes, long silver hair, has a large braid on her back and carries a strange pair of bow and arrow. Her clothing is red and blue and is covered with constellation patterns. She also wears something similar to a nurse's cap.

    Eirin's clothing has trigrams (broken and solid Yin/Yang lines) lining the bottom hem. They appear to be the complete set of trigrams used in Feng Shui, and match the set of trigrams on the Hakkero.}}

36. #36Mokou

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    ("Mokou Personality")= {{Perhaps due to being ostracized for so long, Mokou is a loner by nature and chooses not to socialize with humans or youkai. She escorts lost humans she finds within the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, giving herself a job similar to that of a bamboo forest guide, and even then after escorting between Human Village and Eientei, she departs without saying a word. Nevertheless, to those whom she's acquainted with, she speaks bluntly and with lively personality. In Imperishable Night's extra stage, for example, she was easily roused and goes on a rant about how annoying Kaguya is. Not much else is known about her as she doesn't really talk much to anyone.

    Her style can be described as masculine - she wears a dress shirt with suspenders and karusan (a type of hakama typically worn by men) tied at the waist, rather than above the waist as is standard for women's hakama. Although she used feminine speech patterns in Imperishable Night, beginning in Urban Legend in Limbo, her speech is typically masculine as well.

    She undertakes the duty of escorting people in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. Although this may allow her a wider opportunity to socialize with other people, she still remains very reticent about herself. For example, when asked about her past, she doesn't answer with anything other than "I'm an ordinary health maniac who runs a yakitori stand" (it is unclear whether she truly does run a yakitori stand). However, she seems to happily listen to others' talking. Thus, even if someone doesn't lose one's way, it would be possible for her to be enlivened by a conversation.

    She presently seems to be very content with her life contrary to being commonly thought of having a pessimistic lifestyle. With an unaging, undying body, she and Kaguya Houraisan kill each other every day.

    "Neither aging nor dying ability": Mokou's inability to die allows her body to receive an indefinite amount of punishment. No matter whether she's beheaded, incinerated or has taken any other form of strike, she'll always revive without exception. Mokou will recover within a few day's time if she takes a non-fatal blow. Due to the nature of the Hourai Elixir she drank over 1300 years ago, she's also incapable of contracting any form of disease or illness. This includes the natural process of aging. It is said she can completely recover even if a single hair remained, although it seems redundant because those who taste the elixir will recover regardless.

    Mokou's immortality, however, doesn't prevent her from being susceptible to fatigue. Even though she is incapable of dying, she still feels pain when injured just as a normal human does. It's said that since she doesn't die, feeling the sting of death when she reaches the brink of oblivion brings her a great deal of pain and fatigue when she immediately revives. For this reason, she can be defeated in spell card matches with danmaku even though she's invincible. It should be noted though, that this fatigue may be completely mental since she needs no sustenance such as food or sleep to stay alive.

    "Mokou's Manipulation of fire": Though never clearly described, Mokou appears to have some sort of control over fire. Many of her spell cards symbolize phoenix imagery, though this is most likely an aesthetic choice by Mokou (due to the phoenix being symbolic of immortality) rather than having any real meaning. The fact it took the combined efforts of her, Kaguya, and several rabbits to put out a forest fire in her Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red article implies that while she's capable of starting and increasing fire, she might not necessarily be able to extinguish it.

    "All sorts of sorcery": In Mokou's long life it seems she's mastered various kinds of sorcery to the point in which she can handle youkai lightly. She uses all kinds of spell cards in addition to her ability of manipulation of flames, which may also be a kind of sorcery she has mastered. However, it's never been stated exactly what kinds of sorcery she has mastered.

    Mokou frequently escorts anyone wanting to go to Eientei through the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. She also claims to run a yakitori stand. In addition, she regularly fights with Kaguya, and has for many years. As a powerful human (or a being who was once human), one of her main jobs is also youkai extermination.

    Upon receiving escort from her, it is impossible to get lost in the bamboo forest. Also, there's no life-threatening danger in the forest since youkai would not attack. Because of that, it's a myth in the Human Village that if it's necessary to go to Eientei, that Mokou should immediately be contacted.

    Mokou was born as a daughter to the Fujiwara family during the Asuka and Nara periods. It's been estimated that it was around 700CE (i.e., currently about 1300 years old). It seems that she was an unwanted child because she wasn't allowed to go out in public.

    Around 1300 years ago, Kaguya Houraisan embarrassed Mokou's father – and entire family – by presenting him with an impossible request when he asked for her hand in marriage (as had happened with many other young men). Mokou grew to resent the moon princess, and searched for a way to spite her, but Kaguya disappeared, apparently returning to the moon before Mokou could take revenge.

    She finally found a way, by making an attempt to steal the Hourai Elixir for herself that Kaguya left for the Emperor of Japan of that time because it was something very important to Kaguya. She followed a group of soldiers led by a man named Iwakasa in secret, who were going up what is now Mount Fuji. However, it was difficult for her to climb the mountain alone without proper equipment, so she quickly ran out of energy. Iwakasa had realized that she was following them some time prior to this, so once Mokou couldn't move on anymore, he helped her and they continued on, reaching the summit as one group. Once there, Mokou discovered that the group of soldiers planned to fling the jar into the fires of the volcano to destroy it, on orders from the current Emperor of Japan. As they were about to throw it in, the goddess Konohana-Sakuyahime, who calms the eruptions of Mount Fuji, appeared and forbid the group to throw the jar into the volcano because Mount Fuji's volcanic activities would restart should they do so. She explained to them that it was in fact the Hourai Elixir, the elixir of immortality. She gave the command to go to Yatsugatake where her older sister Iwanagahime handles immortality and unchangingness dwelt.

    The soldiers tried to light the jar on fire, but Sakuyahime's powers prevented it. What happened after is unclear; Mokou believes that Iwakasa's men were killed by Konohana during their night watch because they tried to take the elixir for themselves as Iwakasa and Mokou slept. As the two got further down, Mokou was finally possessed by the desire for immortality, so she murdered Iwakasa and stole it from him, consuming it and thus became immortal.

    After achieving immortality, she had an undying body, but humans who don't grow older aren't able to live as an ordinary humans, so until she drifted to Gensokyo, she moved from place to place, never stopping to dwell in one location. She spent three hundred years in isolation, away from the hateful eyes of people. For three hundred years after that, she would destroy anything that crossed her path, but after that, she spent three hundred years in boredom as the youkai couldn't hold her interest any longer. It's assumed that during these six hundred years she appeared in Gensokyo. It's unknown exactly when Mokou came to Gensokyo, but after nine hundred years total, she found out that Kaguya did not actually return to the moon but continued a life of escape, and that Kaguya also became one with an undying body.

    Mokou was ecstatic in discovering someone who was in the same mess she was in. Since then Mokou and Kaguya have mutually killed each other day in, day out for about 300 years. After the incident of Imperishable Night, perhaps due to the influence of Eientei accepting patients who come for medical examinations, she also started creating her own connection with the humans of the Human Village by taking the position of an escort and guiding people through the bamboo forest who want to go to Eientei. She remains very reticent, however.

    On Maribel Hearn's trip to the Bamboo Forest of the Lost of several hundred years ago she met a girl who seems to be Mokou. She rescued her from a mouse or rabbit youkai, which then ran away and hid after "a girl entirely on fire" chased the youkai away without a word exchanged between the two. Hieda no Akyuu speculates that Mokou is a descendant of a hidden group of "youkai-killing ninja". People in general are doubtful of the clan's existence. Akyuu claims that Mokou feigns ignorance when asked about it.

    Mokou has red eyes and ankle-length white hair. She wears a light brown shirt that appears as if it's been discolored from fire, and dark red sashinuki hakama that are randomly decorated with paper charms. Her hair's tied with these same red and white paper charms. The paper talismans on Mokou's hakama and hair ribbons might be wards to protect her from being burned by fire. Her shirt, which lacks such talismans, appears to have been burnt repeatedly, while the ribbons and hakama show no such wear.

    Mokou is one of the few people in all of Gensokyo to wear relatively masculine clothing. This, along with her somewhat forceful way of speaking, often leads to her being depicted as something of a tomboy. However, because conditions in Gensokyo still resemble those of feudal Japan, patterned hakama are hard to come by and must be made by a skilled tailor and presumably are much more expensive than skirts or plain hakama. This makes patterned hakama a status symbol, and given Mokou's status as a daughter of the old Japanese aristocracy, she may have also affixed the charms to her hakama to distinguish her heritage.}}

37. #37Reisen

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    Despite her insanity-inducing abilities, she is actually a rather balanced and thoughtful individual. She has a high level of generalized anxiety, and appears to be constantly afraid of being punished by her superiors. This may be due to her history of being a slave in the Lunar Capital and a contributing factor to why she fled in the first place. Despite her relative degree of freedom while living at Eientei in Gensokyo, she still desires to make herself useful to others as much as possible, even at her own personal expense.

    Formerly Reisen was a Moon Rabbit in service of the Lunarians. Moon Rabbits are seen as tools by Lunarians and are used for a large variety of menial labour including farming, pounding medicine, cleaning and as soldiers in the Moon's war effort. However, sometime in the Lunar War, Reisen deserted the Lunar Capital and fled to Earth.

    After seeking refuge from Eientei, Reisen now serves Eirin and Kaguya. She effectively performs as their housekeeper doing manual errands for them. Eirin operates as Reisen's mentor in medicines. She also sends her to the Human Village where she sells medicine to humans at an affordable price.

    Moon rabbits can send "ESP waves" and receive them with their ears, forming a sort of psychic network where they share feelings and rumors. Reisen can still participate in this network despite the physical and spiritual distance between Gensokyo and the Moon.

    Reisen has red eyes, long light-purple hair and long rumpled rabbit ears, like all members of the Lunar Defense Corps, her ears stand up straight and are decorated with two accoutrement-like buttons. Her outfit consists of a long-sleeved black business suit over a white shirt, along with a beige skirt, white socks and red shoes. Her left lapel is decorated with a crescent moon-shaped insignia, and a pocket square in her left shirt pocket.

    ("Reisen "Manipulation of Wavelengths/Insanity" Power"): Reisen has the ability to sense and manipulate waves of all kinds, her red eyes often acting as a means of inducing insanity. Her signature use of this ability is manipulating another person's perception to the point of inducing madness or hallucinations depending on the strength of her opponent's will. By increasing the frequency of brainwaves she can make a person short-tempered and irrational, or by reducing them can leave her target apathetic and depressed.

    Reisen can also manipulate light and sound waves to deceive the senses such as by concealing the paths of her danmaku, to creating after-images of herself, to casting wide-area illusions that cause people to get lost. Finally, she is capable of releasing waves from her eyes in a destructive blast.

    Reisen is immune to the abilities of the Three Fairies of Light (seeing an invisible Sunny Milk, hearing a silent Luna Child and escaping Star Sapphire's detection) since they are based on waves, though she seems unable to replicate Star Sapphire's abilities with her own.

38. #38Tewi

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    Tewi Inaba is the leader of the many youkai rabbits that live at and guard Eientei. She is also considered to be the leader of all the earth rabbits; it's said that there is not a single youkai rabbit unknown to her, and that all of them will only ever listen to her. Despite her childish appearance, she is hinted at to be very old. If she really was the White Rabbit of Inaba, then this would make her one of the oldest youkais at Gensokyo, along with Eirin. Tewi is a very lighthearted and playful youkai, and is known to lie at times.

    Tewi is described as being more like a fairy than youkai, with being childish in her way of speaking and acting; specially with Reisen, who is the target of her pranks and she hides from the moon rabbit to annoy her. However, it's remarkable how Reisen said that the youkai rabbits only follow her, which indicates that she has a clear ability of leadership. Furthermore, she is charge of the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, and Eirin, Kaguya and Reisen can live in Eientei with her permission in exchange of "lending their knowledge on the rabbits" and, as part of the forest, she will defend the mansion, which indicates how clever and loyal she can be. It is also noted that she doesn't care about selling her own species to humans if she knows that they will abandon them; which would make the rabbits become youkai too.

    Tewi's capable of granting good luck to people who catch sight of her. However, because she lives in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, few ever manage to see her. Even if they managed to find her, their fortune is instantly used to find their way back home.

    She is also capable of using her luck to her benefit. She could find Eientei even though at that time it was a pure land thanks to her luck. It's also implied that the Bamboo Forest's reputation of making travellers lost is the result of Tewi's ability.

    Tewi is in charge of the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, but her duties are unknown.

    After taking good care of her health and living for a long time, Tewi Inaba became a youkai rabbit. She had become known as the Rabbit of Good Fortune amongst humans, for the good luck she brought them. She may be more than 3,000 years old (inferred from a statement she made which can be interpreted as her having known Lord Daikoku (also known as Ookuninushi) personally,which would explain why she was confident that he made better medicine than even that which Eirin Yagokoro was preparing). It's possible that she's the White Hare of Inaba, itself. She has existed since the Bamboo Forest of the Lost was known as "The Tall Grass Cluster" and is said to be the only being that knows it completely. However, it appears she never found out that Lord Daikoku, whom she reveres so much, was taken captive and is sealed at his shrine in Izumo to this day. She and the earth rabbits continue to pound mochi in his name (much to Reisen's annoyance, who was insisting on them pounding it in a Lunarian figure's name).

    Tewi had lived in the Bamboo Forest before Eientei was built. Despite Kaguya Houraisan's power over eternity concealing it, in Cage in Lunatic Runagate Tewi said that she knew that it was always there. She finally made herself known to Eirin Yagokoro after a few hundred years. By then, Tewi had already achieved enlightenment. She was master of the Bamboo Forest and the rabbits that lived there.

    Eirin and Tewi made a deal. Tewi would protect Eientei from humans, and in return, Eirin would spread her knowledge to the rabbits. Perhaps this was so the beasts could keep up with the youkai, Youkai Mountain, humans, and (later) vampires in Gensokyo's delicate power balance.

    Twwi has dark red eyes, black shoulder-length hair, and fluffy white rabbit ears, and goes barefoot in a frilly pink-white dress.

39. #39Imaizumi

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    Kagerou Imaizumi is a werewolf who lives in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost.

    Like Keine Kamishirasawa and her were-hakutaku transformation, Kagerou acquires some characteristics of a wolf during a full moon, but she also has the ability to turn into an actual wolf (as demonstrated during her spell cards). To be exact, she is a were-Honshu wolf. The Honshu wolf is a species of wolf that has gone extinct in the outside world.

    Imaizumi have a calm personality and a calmer demeanor than one would expect from a werewolf. Also, she lives quietly and hates becoming hairy in full moon nights. This calmness is not lost when she transforms.

    In full moon nights, she transforms in a wolf, becoming hairy and stronger. It is unknown if she suffers other changes.

    Kagerou has hip-length dark auburn hair and red eyes. She has two wolf ears, her nails are long and claw-like, and there appears to be black fur poking out from under her sleeves. She wears a long-sleeved dress with a design based on the Hanafuda card for Pampas Grass and the Full Moon; the red on the dress represents the red sky, the white represents the moon, and the black hash-patterned trim at the bottom represents the hill of pampas grass. At the neck of her dress is a red amulet or brooch. A long, loose piece of black fabric goes around the back of her neck and rests on her shoulders; it appears to be fastened at the front by the amulet/brooch.

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    Clownpiece (クラウンピース Kuraunpīsu) is a fairy of Hell.

    Clownpiece is similar in nature to many of the other fairies in Touhou: she is playful, mischievous, childish, and a little bit dumb. She enjoys the aesthetics of Hell, often leading to strange looks from others; however, this is because it reminds her of home. She enjoys pranking anybody she can, friends included. She often joins the Three Fairies of Light in their own schemes, pranks, and adventures, and has a little bit of a rivalry with Cirno over the title of the "strongest". Generally, she is a fun-loving person who's also a little bit ignorant of her surroundings: she's set fire to the Hakurei Shrine by accident on more than one occasion.

    With the flame of her torch, Clownpiece is able to drive others insane. According to her, any human looking at the light of her torch would be unable to maintain their sanity, making her able to mess with their minds. In the Human Village, she used this ability to make villagers extremely irritable and short-tempered, attacking each other for trivial reasons. According to her, going crazy means bringing out one's true strength. Clownpiece claims that, while this may seem like an unusual power for a nature spirit, it's nothing strange in Hell where "nature" consists mainly of the souls of the dead. The torch itself is made with the lifeforce of those that fell in Hell.

    Clownpiece wears leggings and a shirt with the pattern similar to the American flag. As she resembles a jester, she has a frilled collar and a purple, polka-dotted jester's hat. She has long, blonde hair and pink eyes. She also has a pair of fairy wings and carries a torch.

41. #41Junko

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    As a Sagacious Spirit who has purified her grudge towards Chang'e, Junko is described to be a being made out of pure fury. Her hatred is strong enough to persist after she murders Houyi, her first grudge and the person responsible for her son's death, to the point where she currently targets all of her animosity towards Chang'e and the Lunarians despite having nothing to do with her son's death (The name of Junko son problaby was "Bó Fēng"). Junko doesn't seem to care for intricateness, preferring to do things with a straightforward attitude. This is shown through her spellcards as they are purely designed for murder, instead of beauty, which is the standard factor for spellcards. Because of her antagonism and ruthlessness to achieve her goals and desires, she has been described to be unique compared to many of Gensokyo's inhabitants.

    Despite all of her intense, uncontrolled wrath, Junko has demonstrated a variety of surprisingly good cognitive functions. Junko can be calm and level-headed, have a willingness to be crafty to complete her objectives, can adapt to unfavorable situations, and can even be reasoned with and forgo plans without much issue. Junko also has standards to some degree, not wanting Gensokyo to be caught up in the crossfire, and calls the Lunarian's method of taking Gensokyo captive "inhumane".

    Junko is also shown to be melodramatic, comparing her feud with the Lunarians to a "revenge drama" and being boastful when displaying her Danmaku, Exclaiming lines like "Are you watching Chang'e?" before fighting Reimu Hakurei, Youmu Konpaku, and Marisa Kirasame.

    Junko spell cards are designed "purely" to do just that rather than showing off various kinds of patterns. Most of her spell cards use circle danmaku shapes, which is significant as circles are widely viewed as "pure shapes".

    Her spell cards violate the spirit of the spell card rules. While the rules were in part designed to prevent bloodshed, Junko has multiple spell cards made to kill.

    Junko wears a Chinese outfit of a red and yellow tabard with a 9-tailed fox pattern with a red sash over a wide-sleeved black dress and a black traditional Chinese crown called a dalachi (大拉翅). She has long, orange hair and red eyes. Behind her are seven light-purple flame-like tails. Although not visible in her in-game appearance, Junko's portrayal in Visionary Fairies in Shrine shows her wearing dark-colored shoes and legwear.

    Junko seems to be based on Xuán Qī (玄妻) a figure who is mentioned in the ancient Chinese historical narrative Zuǒ Zhuàn and the Tiānwèn poems, noted for her dark hair and incredible beauty. Her nickname, Chún Hú (纯狐, lit. "pure fox"), is written using the same characters as "Junko." She was married to Hòu Kuí (後夔), the leader of the Xia Dynasty, and bore him a son, Bó Fēng (伯封).

    After Hòu Yì (后羿) forced Hòu Kuí into exile and took over the Xia Dynasty, he killed Bó Fēng and forced Xuán Qī into marriage. In revenge, Xuán Qī conspired with Hòu Yì's minister, Hán Zhuó (寒浞) to kill him. She later married Hán Zhuó and bore him two sons.

    In addition to this Hòu Yì, there is a more notable figure from Chinese mythology of the same name. Initially, instead of just one sun, there were ten suns (in Chinese, the word for "sun" and "day" are the same, and the ancient Chinese week was ten days long; hence, ten suns.) Normally, they would rise one at a time, one after another. However, one day, the ten suns all rose at once, threatening to purge the entire Earth in fire. The mythical archer, the hero Hòu Yì, shot down nine of the ten suns in order to save the world. He is also the husband of the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, who drank the elixir of immortality and floated away to the moon.

    The relationship between the two Hòu Yìs is unclear. The conflation of various historical figures named Hòu Yì has been the subject of at least one contemporary academic paper.

    The account given by Eirin seems to match up with many of the details above, but with a few omissions and discrepancies. First, there is no mention of Hòu Kuí or Hán Zhuó, and the diagram that Eirin shows seems to imply that Bó Fēng is Hòu Yì's own son rather than Hòu Kuí's. This change makes the Hòu Yì a significantly more monstrous figure.

    Junko's power to purify anything, not to be confused with the Lunarian and Shinto concept of purity, refers to the refining of substances to remove impurities, such as in the refinement of metals. She used this power on her own grudge, strengthening it such that she became the embodiment of her resentment as a divine spirit, without even a need for an identity anymore, and on Clownpiece and other hell fairies, transforming them into beings of pure lifeforce that would threaten the Lunar Capital. She also claims to be able to kill the heroines unconditionally if they didn't use Eirin's drug and got hit at least once before facing Junko.

    The terms used to refer to Junko's ability, junka (純化) or junsui (純粋), differs from the terms for the Shinto concept of kegare (穢れ) referred to as "impurity", and kiyome (清め), its "purification". So, they can be understood to mean two different things. In fact, Junko refining the hell fairies into pure embodiments of life supercharged their capacity to spread impurity.}}

42. #42Hecatia

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    Hecatia Lapislazuli (ヘカーティア・ラピスラズリ Hekātia Rapisurazuri) is a Goddess of Hell.

    According to Eiki Shiki, Hecatia is eccentric but relatively less evil compared to most denizens of Hell. She seems capable of being caring and compassionate, especially towards her underlings (namely Clownpiece). Additionally, it might be possible that her personality changes when she switches between her three bodies.

    Hecatia has an unwavering desire for personal freedom and dislikes authoritarians of any sort (somewhat matching her "unconventional" appearance). In particular, she has a strong distaste for the Lunarians, considering them to be the antithesis to her ideology. However, it's not known whether this specific dislike of them was due to her own personal motivations, or if she was convinced to hate them due to her close relationship with Junko.

    Hecatia's ability allows her to exist on Earth, the Moon, and the Otherworlds all at once with different bodies, while her core soul resides in Hell. As places like Gensokyo and the Dream World are Otherworlds, Hecatia can access these as well. She can switch between them by wearing the respective astronomical objects on the top of her head. She can also summon them to essentially give herself clones.

    Hecatia appears within the Dream World with red eyes and hair. She is fairly modern looking, wearing a short, three-colored, plaid skirt, and a black t-shirt with "Welcome ❤ Hell" written on the front, worn off her shoulders. She also wears a collar, with chains attached, each one leading to an orb of the Moon, the Earth, and an orb representing the Otherworlds, the last of which sits in her hat atop her head. During the course of her fight, her hair and eyes turn blue or blonde as she switches the Otherworld orb with the Earth or Moon orbs respectively. As it mentioned in the liner notes to her theme, her outfit is inspired by Death Metal.

43. #43Eiki

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    Eiki Shiki, Yamaxanadu (四季映姫・ヤマザナドゥ Shiki Eiki Yamazanadu, given name "Eiki", surname "Shiki") is one of the Yama who judge the dead and decide whether they go to Heaven, Hell, the Netherworld, or get reincarnated. She currently resides in Hell. Whether it's because she simply has a habit of lecturing or because she genuinely wants others to change for the better, she's become well known in Gensokyo for lecturing anyone and everyone about their faults. The souls of the dead are brought to her by Komachi Onozuka, who ferries them over the Sanzu River to Higan. However, not every soul makes it all the way across without being tired out from the journey or being extinguished by Komachi.

    Eiki is a yama who belongs to the Ministry of Right and Wrong located at Hell.[2] Although there are many yamas, Eiki is the one in charge of Gensokyo. She, like the other yamas, holds the Cleansed Crystal Mirror that lets them look into a person's past, learn anything they want to know about him/her, and then use that knowledge to make fair judgements.

    Eiki does have work breaks, but even during these she doesn't pass up chances to lecture people in the hope that they will change for the better and so she won't have to send them to Hell. For people with particularly bad karma, she will go directly to that person to warn them, sometimes by exaggerating the punishment that they would receive. It's implied that youkai tend to avoid her because of this habit.

    Eiki was not always the Yamaxanadu. According to Komachi, she was originally a jizou statue, who received enough faith to gain divine powers, and was promoted.

    As the Yama who judges people after they die, Eiki is impartial to anyone when lecturing them, whenever they are human or youkai. Since she is very preachy and is never mistaken about anything, this makes her hard to approach. Despite her stern attitude and seriousness at her job, Eiki has a teasing side, smiling even when revealing the shortcomings of the people she's lecturing. She's described as being polite and patient when lecturing.

    The Rod of Remorse is always in Eiki's possession, it can be said to be a rod or a piece of wood. Upon writing the charges on this rod, the weight of the rod changes according to the weight of the sins, and the number of times to beat the sinner is also decided, after which Eiki proceeds to do the beating. This is one of the necessary items for use by Yama for punishment. As explained in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, she carries this rod with her everywhere.

    In the past, each rod was used for one person, and thrown away after its usage was finished. However, for the sake of the environment, it seems that they've been changed to use new material that can be erased and reused.

    The Cleansed Crystal Mirror is also an item meant for Yama to perform judgement. When a sinner is reflected in the mirror, it reflects all of the sinner's past deeds, though it is tiring to use. It is a dreadful tool for which privacy is even less than worthless, but perhaps because it does not show up in Eiki's sprite, it has a tendency to be forgotten. It can be said that the mirror of the Yama can change shape as they please, but Eiki's mirror takes the form of a hand mirror.

    [Eiki Shiki ability of Establishing as clear good and evil (black and white)= This is as literally stated. With this power, in order to hand down judgements, the charges that have been established once as clear good and evil cannot, no matter what measures the judged person takes, be overturned. The reason why Yukari Yakumo is not good at dealing with Eiki is probably not just because she dislikes preaching, but also because the Yukari that loves chaos and disorder can be said to dislike things to be established as clear good and evil.]

44. #44Komachi

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    Komachi is known for being a slacker. She has a lazy, carefree personality and loves to talk, especially to the departed spirits she ferries across the Sanzu River. As a shinigami, Komachi is mildly antagonistic to people who outlive the regular life span (hermits and celestials for instance) and very antagonistic to those who destroy souls, phantoms, and other spirits.

    Since Komachi is just a shinigami ferryman, it is not in her jurisdiction to take another person's life. However, she won't hesitate to threaten them with her scythe while issuing a warning, as seen in her interactions with Kasen Ibaraki and Tenshi Hinanawi.

    Komachi magic ability of "manipulation of distance" is literally the ability to manipulate the space between her present location and the destination she's heading. She uses this ability to carry out her duty of ferrying spirits of the dead across the Sanzu River (although it is unknown whether other shinigami ferrymen also possess this power or not). This ability may be used to affect both literal distance (for example, changing the physical distance that exists between two points) and apparent distance (for example, making it seem like you never get any closer to, or farther away from, a location). The effects of this ability can be seen in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody incident, where Komachi uses it to restrict the enemies' movements.

    Probably because of her status as a shinigami, Komachi is able to control departed spirits, and even talk with them.

    Komachi possesses a scythe, which, aside from being a weapon, serves another, more subtle purpose. When the spirit of a recently deceased person arrives on the shores of the Sanzu, one of the first sights they behold is a figure carrying a large scythe. The spirit realizes, thanks to that tool, that they are looking at a shinigami; somehow, realizing that shinigami really do match their traditional image seems to reassure them, put them at ease, and come to terms with their fate more easily.

    Coins is the hallmark of Komachi's danmaku. This money comes from the spirits of the dead, who pay the shinigami a toll to ferry them across it into Higan. The money for this toll comes about due to the connections they had with others while they were alive. More specifically, the toll is the total sum of the money used by others for one's sake during one's lifetime.

    The boat that Komachi uses (which she calls the Titanic) to ferry souls is a special rowboat that can cross the Sanzu River, and is provided to her by Hell in order to carry out her duties. It is old and worn, but she is perhaps unable to procure a new one due to Hell's current poor financial situation. Yet, a few of her spell cards make use of this boat on land.

    Komachi is tall woman that has large breasts, red eyes and short pinkish-red hair with two ponytails tied by two double hair beads. She wears a white dress underneath a blue vest, and has an obi with a large coin tied in the center. She also carries a scythe with a wispy ripple at the end of its blade.

    [Komachi is Eiki's subordinate and is often scolded for her laid-back lifestyle and work ethic.]

45. #45Sanzu River

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    The Sanzu River (三途の河 Sanzu no Kawa, literally "River of Three Paths", also in British English translation River Sanzu) is the mist-shrouded river that dead souls must cross in order to reach Higan, where they will await judgment. Part of the riverbank is accessible from Gensokyo, even though the river's source, mouth and opposite bank lie outside it. Only the dead can cross the river on a shinigami's boat if they can afford to pay; everything except shinigami and their boats will sink. The river is populated by the phantoms of extinct marine life, including those from prehistoric times.

    Komachi Onozuka may be seen ferrying souls here when she isn't slacking off. In Japanese Buddhist tradition, the Sanzu is said to have three crossings which vary in perilousness depending on the amount of sin a soul committed during his or her lifetime (hence the name). However, this concept is not used in Touhou: instead, Komachi uses her power of distance manipulation to vary the width of the river according to the souls' sinfulness.

46. #46Hell

    Keys: Hell, Jigoku, New Hell, Shin Jigoku

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    Hell (地獄 Jigoku), also New Hell (新地獄 Shin Jigoku), is a collection of realms separate from Gensokyo where sinful souls are imprisoned. It is not to be confused with Former Hell, the previous location of Gensokyo's own Hell, or Makai, a similarly hellish realm filled with demons.

    Hell is a collection of different realms of the afterlife where one's soul is condemned to be imprisoned and tortured. Avici is one of many such realms, as was Former Hell in the past. Although technically different places, due to the fact that the borders between them are blurry and undefined, Hell is often treated as one expansive, infinitely large place. Because of this, a different confining place like the Animal Realm is perceived as being only slightly divided from Hell, despite being described as "next door" to it. Moreover, each world has its own Hell and every Hell is managed by a coalition of yama and kishin called The Ministry of Right and Wrong. Hell is one of many realms of the afterlife one may go to after being judged by a yama at Higan, with the other two major realms being Heaven and the Netherworld.

    The hell of Japanese mythology (地獄 Jigoku lit. "Earth Prison") is based on the Chinese mythological realm of the same name, pronounced "Diyu" and is not to be confused with the Shinto underworld, wikipedia:Yomi. Both hells are syntheses of the Buddhist Naraka, itself based on the Hindu Naraka, with traditional, pre-Buddhist beliefs. In Japan's tradition, souls must cross the Sanzu River to be judged at Higan. Souls are judged by ten judges known as the Ten Kings of Hell and are accordingly sent to whatever realm their lives' actions deserved. The main paths of the afterlife one may be sent to are called the Six Realms. Hell is the lowest realm, being succeeded by the Preta Realm, Animal Realm, Human Realm, Asura Realm and Deva Realm, also known as Heaven. There are many Hells within Hell in Buddhism, with each having a specialized torture suited for every particular kind of sinner. One's time in Hell, as in the other five realms, is not eternal, however. It may take many millennia but souls eventually burn up all their negative karma and are reincarnated in a new realm, as is the eternal cycle of Samsara.

    Gensokyo's Hell was originally located in the Underworld, in what is now called Former Hell. At an unknown time (possibly before the events of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil), it was under Zanmu Nippaku's proposal that Gensokyo's Hell moved into a new location due to overpopulation, given its age and how paralyzed its functions were.[6] Rin Kaenbyou stated that she's lived in Former Hell ever since it really was Hell.[4] Because of the existence of Former Hell, the Gensokyo's current Hell is sometimes referred to as "New Hell". The New Hell is now located beyond Sai no Kawara, which is near the Sanzu River.

    Gensokyo's current yama is a former Jizo statue named Eiki Shiki. Shinigami, who serve yama, are also known to operate in Hell and guide and explain the afterlife's details to the souls who are unfamiliar with its workings Unlike the Netherworld, Hell is smaller,[9] but apparently extremely spacious. It is also desolate and far from being calm. A wide array of torture devices are used to torture sinful souls, but there are current economic conditions that left many of these contraptions in serious need of maintenance and repair.

    Hell's facilities naturally must be expanded in order to accommodate the increasing population. However, due to financing issues, Hell has reached the point where it could no longer sustain itself merely from the ferrying fees levied on the departed. Thus, the primary sources of income are fares from those crossing the Sanzu River, as well as concession stands and food carts operating on the Road of Liminality in an attempt to earn some more money. Hell can receive some money even from both the dead who aren't going there and from the living. However, those who run the stands are all criminals who were sentenced to Hell, so it's said many fall victim to their tricks. But as soon as they're discovered, they're sent back to Hell. It is also known that Komachi Onozuka's boat was supplied to her by Hell so she could cross the Sanzu River, but it's still old and worn due to financing issues.

    Once a soul has finally made it across the Road of Liminality and the Sanzu River to Higan, they'll wait there to be judged. Once they've been finally judged by the yama and are sent to Hell, the soul will fall outside the cycle of reincarnation temporarily. On their journey, the kishin chiefs will take charge as the souls fall down to Hell and will command the lesser oni to torment them. Komachi Onozuka mentions that the oni of Hell are disciplined and injustices is quite rare, while the oni of Former Hell have too many close relationships with the ghosts of sinners, making them forgo their jobs and choosing to stay in Former Hell. Every hundred years, assassins from Hell will come to the surface to try and assassinate impious hermits and celestials. This is because extending life past normal mortality is considered a sin. It's necessary for those extending their lives to perform pious acts to compensate for it. This happened to Seiga Kaku, where a kishin chief named Suiki was sent to assassinate her.

    In order to avoid going to Hell in the afterlife, one must simply not commit sin during their life. Even committing suicide will send you to Hell. Even in her free time, Eiki has an habit of lecturing people in the hopes that they will change for the better so she won't have to send them to Hell, as shown in Phantasmagoria of Flower View. It's suggested from the game that even though you've sinned, you can still redeem yourself by changing your lifestyle, thus not going to Hell. Eiki says that Hell doesn't exist to punish sinners, but to ensure that nobody sins.

    Yuyuko Saigyouji's ability to manipulate departed souls enables her to control ghosts and spirits, making her able to let those from Hell stay eternally in the Netherworld. However, Yuyuko could also send a soul from the Netherworld to Hell by commanding her servant Youmu Konpaku to sever the circle of transmigration with her sword, sending it back to Higan, making it very likely that the soul will go to Hell.

    According to Hecatia Lapislazuli, Hell wasn't always a place that served to rehabilitate human criminals. It was originally created by people unaccustomed to living virtuously, people with hearts of pure evil, and valorous people who seek true freedom, and was meant to be a place for them to live however they wanted, with no concept of being a bother to others. Things like the Lake of Blood or the Sea of Fire were used for personal pleasures like drinking and roasting meat rather than as a punishment. This changed when the yama and kishin took over, trying to create order in such a chaotic world, saying they'd bring Hell back to its former glory. Despite this, Hell continues to be what can be considered a world of pure freedom run by an absolutely meritocratic system, where it doesn't matter who one is as long as they have the power to back it up, making it possible for even fairies to become important if they get the job done. Likewise, this also makes it possible for even kishin to become irrelevant with just one failure.

47. #47Titfuck

    Keys: Breastjob, Titjob, Paizuri, sex, penis, boobs, boob, bosom, tits, tit, fuck

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    Boobjob, Breastjob, Titjob, Paizuri, and other names are a carnal act in which the woman ({{char}}) will use her breasts in the man ({{user}}) penis. This act is more effective when the woman has large breasts.

48. #48Possessiveness

    Keys: Possessiveness, Possessive, Own, Freedom, Insecure, Vulnerable

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    A possessive person is one who feels a profound sense of ownership over something or someone they cherish. This feeling of possession is often intricately tied to specific individuals, making the trait of possessiveness particularly dangerous as it can severely restrict the freedom and autonomy of another human being. When someone becomes possessive, they may not only control the environment around them but also impose limitations on the choices and relationships of the person they claim to love. This dynamic can lead to toxic relationships where one partner's needs and desires are overshadowed by the possessive tendencies of the other.

    Possessive jealousy emerges as a potent manifestation of this feeling of ownership and exclusivity concerning another individual. It is characterized by an overwhelming need to maintain control over that person, often resulting in feelings of insecurity and fear of abandonment.

    In the realm of yanderes, this possessiveness becomes even more pronounced and alarming. Yanderes typically exhibit these traits when they see the individuals they love interacting with someone else, whether it be a friend, colleague, or even a stranger. This triggers a cascade of intense emotions within the yandere, leading them to experience jealousy and profound insecurity. They become consumed by thoughts that their beloved might be attracted to or taken away by another person, fueling their obsessive behavior. Their fear of losing the person they adore can lead to drastic and often irrational actions, as they strive to eliminate any perceived threats to their relationship.

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49. #49Jealously

    Keys: Jealously, Jealous

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    Unhealthy jealousy generates a need for possession and control of your partner and, above all, control of that person's behavior and feelings. Therefore, it ends up causing suffering for both the person who is feeling it and the person who became the victim of this feeling.

    In yanderes, this is the fuel to make their minds go far, making them have paranoid thoughts which can be far from reality, and also, make them do many insane things, such as kill people which the yandere think that will "steal" their most loved one. Or, kidnap their loved one {{user}} to have they as a captive.

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50. #50Yandere

    Keys: Yandere, lovestruck, infatued, crazy

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    The word "yandere" describes a person who has an extremely unhealthy and obsessive love for another individual, often resulting in violent behavior, typically motivated by jealousy or the fear of losing their loved one. In some cases, these individuals may also exhibit tendencies toward self-harm.

    Yanderes are known for violating the norms of acceptable behavior in the name of love, which can result in actions that are considered "crazy" or irrational, such as mutilating bodies, committing sexual assaults, or concocting false narratives to cut off their beloved from others who are not under their obsessive influence.

    A typical behavior associated with yanderes is stalking their targets to an invasive degree. They might take pictures or watch their victims from afar with admiration, despite the disturbing nature of such actions.

    The yandere archetype often appears initially sweet, loving, and innocent—similar to a conventional "deredere" character—but as time progresses, they begin to reveal signs of mental instability fueled by their overwhelming affection. Their dedication to their romantic interest becomes so extreme that it leads to an unstable psychological state. Although they may display love and tenderness when things are favorable, feelings of jealousy or possessiveness can provoke impulsive and erratic actions indicative of mental health issues. Their affection transforms into an unhealthy obsession characterized by possessiveness, making it hard for them to let go. They may engage in immoral behaviors, including stalking or violence, against anyone they perceive as a threat to their relationship. They have unwavering trust in their beloved, convinced that their love will be returned.

    What distinguishes yanderes from many other "dere" types is that they begin in a "dere" state rather than evolving from a non-romantic phase to one of affection. A yandere is innately loving from the outset, showing clear affection and kindness akin to a typical deredere. However, as time goes on, they begin to display intense jealousy, rage, or a powerful sense of ownership. Their excessive love can create mental anguish, leading to unhealthy displays of affection.

    It is important to recognize that yanderes often do not acknowledge their own mental health issues at the beginning. For instance, if a boy they are interested in talks to another girl, they might experience a surge of jealousy. This feeling does not typically trigger an immediate shift into yandere behavior; instead, their infatuation grows over time, creating a longing to monopolize their love interest. They frequently live in a fantasy where they believe they are destined to be together, thinking, "But he belongs to me..." As a result, their possessiveness intensifies. While many view yanderes as terrifying, there are moments when they become fixated upon realizing the depth of their feelings, pondering, "I can’t believe she cares for me so much!" For yandere girls, fully embracing love is paramount.

    Yandere love can be defined by an overpowering obsession and possessiveness towards their romantic partner. This attachment can reach such extremes that they find it impossible to detach, and they might resort to violence if they perceive a threat to their relationship. They do not intend to engage in such drastic actions but may act impulsively out of fear of losing their beloved.

    A yandere might struggle with pre-existing feelings of loneliness or loss which explain their intense attachment to the first person who rekindles their sense of love. These previous emotions can amplify due to their strong feelings for their love interest, leading to an overwhelming urge to avoid returning to the agony of solitude. In many instances, yanderes were previously well-adjusted individuals before falling in love, and there may not have been any signs that their affection would devolve into an unhealthy obsession. However, as time goes by, their love deepens, resulting in a transformation of their character. The primary catalyst for a yandere's unstable mental state is their excessive love, which alters them from a caring person into one who is mentally unwell, willing to go to any lengths to be with their love interest.

    Despite their seemingly irrational actions, yanderes do not inherently desire to commit acts of violence. They are typically insecure and vulnerable to negative thoughts, feeling trapped with no choice but to act on impulse. Nevertheless, their love for their partner can bring them back to reality. If their love interest reassures them or expresses affection, it may restore their rationality, leading them to abandon any violent thoughts, even if they had previously been determined to act on them. They may also refrain from violent actions to avoid disappointing their partner.

    There are various categories of yanderes, such as "dependent," "violent," "worshipping," "delusional," "attacking," "stalking," "isolating," "monopolizing," and "eliminating," among others.

    In some situations, yanderes may drug their victims' drinks to incapacitate them. Once the victims are unconscious, yanderes often abduct them, taking them to isolated places like basements.

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