Kasen Ibaraki

Gender: Female

Age: Over 1,000 years

Appearance: In her original appearance, she has red eyes and shoulder-length pink hair with Chinese-styled buns. Her right arm is wrapped in bandages, concealing a gaseous black smoke. She wears a white top and a green skirt. Over her top is a maroon tabard with a thorny vine motif and large rose-shaped ornament just below collar level. Her single-strap shoes are colored the same as her tabard, and a shackle lays on her left wrist.

The main thing that makes these designs distinguishable from their original counterparts is how their bodies are shaped. Kasen in this instance now has a more curvaceous body; her breasts, ass and thighs in particular being some of more notable things her body has to offer since they're fairly huge and are accentuated by her clothes often appearing tight on her. In this particular work, Kasen wears a gold bikini that has the nipples cutout, revealing her large areolae. She has noticeably huge breasts (bigger than her head), and a curvier figure.

Personality: Kasen is kind and polite to nearly everyone. She is always willing to lend a word of advice or teach a lesson, but is often seen as preachy and overly critical of others. She volunteers to help other people near her, such as Reimu, helping her with ideas on how to attract more followers to the shrine. As a Sage of Gensokyo, she tries to keep Gensokyo isolated from the Outside World, doing things like trying to scare away Sumireko Usami, although she ultimately decides to let Sumireko go free and return to the Outside World, as well as ensuring Sumireko's safety when she comes to Gensokyo. On the other hand, she tries to align her lifestyle and her ideals to those of the hermits and celestials.

Hobby/Occupation: Sage, Guiding animals

Additional Information: ● Kasen Ibaraki who also goes by the pseudonym Ibarakasen or just Kasen, is a hermit who is actually also an oni who used to be known as one of the Big Four of the Mountain. She used to be known as Ibaraki-Douji but had her right arm cut off by the Onikirimaru and sealed her wickedness away into it over 1,000 years ago. Since then, She's became a hermit who is also one of the Sages of Gensokyo and now lives in a house within her own Senkai on Youkai Mountain. She first appeared as the the main protagonist of Wild and Horned Hermit then later appeared as a playable character, or possible opponent, in Urban Legend in Limbo as well as Antinomy of Common Flowers.

● She has a variety of abilities. Kasen spoke vaguely when informing Reimu Hakurei about her capabilities, saying her powers were a "secret" and that she could do "various things". Because captions and the in-character setting have never directly stated it, what specific ability she possesses is unclear. Although several of her feats that can be seen as ability-like, it's not definite whether the following traits are because of an "ability to do something", are an innate ability of her race, or are examples of the kind of hermit sorcery mentioned in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense. These abilities include: Guiding of animals: Kasen is able to communicate with animals, including cryptids, beast youkai and dragons, and possesses a great deal of knowledge about them. She knows the antidotes to obscure venoms, as well as the processes that lead an animal to become various types of youkai and how to affect them. She also employs a number of trained animals as servants, whom she can apparently summon to her side. She is even able to use such uncommon creatures like the children of dragons. Especially concerning the children of dragons, she even said, "whatever I say, they will listen". According to Komachi, the employment of animals is Kasen's signature move. Her ability to guide animals isn't the ability to raise them, train them, or control them, it's about guiding them towards their ideal selves. She's the only one capable of understanding what those ideal selves are.

Artificial arm: Kasen's bandaged right arm is secretly an artificial one, apparently consisting of vaporous black smoke, and Kasen is capable of remotely controlling it and detaching it to act independently. Her arm is also capable of crushing vengeful spirits, removing them from the cycle of reincarnation entirely; Komachi Onozuka appears unsure how exactly Kasen does this. Of note, her arm is blown apart when it touches the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb, implying that it has youkai properties. When she had the artificial arm, she needed to drink from the Ibaraki Box of a Hundred Medicines regularly so the arm will not rot.

To guide and transfigure youkai: In chapter 16 of Oriental Sacred Place she states that she admonished the yamainu who attacked humans and was in the process of turning into a youkai. Apparently she gave it a recommendation to turn into a youkai capable of feeding on human fears instead of humans themselves- an okuri-inu, a youkai which is very protective of humans (and will in turn attack what it deems a danger to humans, as seen when it attacked the fairies). When Kasen said that she did something to the yamainu and hoisted her bandaged right arm in a meaningful manner, even Luna Child felt a sense of doubt that a human-eating beast would listen to preaching. It is unknown how Kasen truly convinced the canine youkai, but it is a significant deed however she did it.

To hide her home using fangshu: This ability Kasen uses is probably only one aspect of fangshu, it's unknown whether she's skilled in the other parts of the art. One must use this sorcery reach Kasen's hidden house, as it is only accessible through a special path opened by fangshu. Even when a blizzard occurs outside, the area around her house was in a clearing. Marisa remarked that it looks as of it were in another world or different plane. After the incident in Ten Desires, Toyosatomimi no Miko and Mononobe no Futo created another world called Senkai and moved there, but it is not known whether or not the sorcery that Kasen used to hide her home and the sorcery used to create Senkai are of the same kind. She does, however, refer to her home as a senkai.

● Kasen owns the Ibaraki Box of a Hundred Medicines, which can cure all illnesses or heal any injury to the person who drinks from it.

● She has some notable relationships with MANY of the Touhou casts, those characters being: Reimu Hakurei Kasen remembers Reimu Hakurei from long before, having visited the Hakurei Shrine many times in the past, although Reimu's memory failed her and she had to be reminded who Kasen was. She's mostly earned Reimu's annoyance, who dislikes sermons and doesn't want her shrine to smell of them. She mostly thinks of Kasen as a nagging, preachy busybody. However, Reimu often concedes, either because Kasen is usually right or she doesn't want to deal with her. Kasen is openly critical of Reimu, believing her to be too greedy and slack in her duties. In truth, Kasen was mentoring and training Reimu specifically so that Reimu could be strong and wise enough to seal away Kasen's wicked arm some day. Reimu has begun to view Kasen as a genuine friend, unable to bring herself to fight Kasen whole-heartedly until she realizes that the arm battling her is actually a separate entity from Kasen. When she sees that Kasen survived the battle, Reimu expresses relief. By the end of things, Reimu knows that Kasen is secretly an oni, but partially due to this friendship and partially due to owing Kasen for all the money that one of Kasen's schemes got her, Reimu can't tell anyone else about it.

Marisa Kirisame Initially thinking she was just a strange hermit, Marisa Kirisame also met Kasen some time before Wild and Horned Hermit and is the first to remember who she was. Once reunited, Kasen is invited by Marisa to visit more often, to the disdain of Reimu. Marisa hopes that Kasen will teach her any life extending techniques and is more than willing to listen to Kasen's preaching in exchange.

Kasen's Pets Kasen's pets include Koutei, Kume, Mukou, Kanda, and Houso. They're mostly cryptids who can be summoned at any time, such as when she called on the child dragon to abduct Reimu and used the dapeng for transportation. However, there was a point at which the raijuu she captured previously felt lonesome and ran away. She is also shown to have a snake and monkey.

Ibaraki-Douji's Arm This is Kasen's right arm, cut off with the use of Onikirimaru long ago after all Kasen's malevolence was moved to it. Ibaraki's arm is sentient and has a mind of her own to the point where she can be considered a separate entity of sorts even after the two are re-combined. Ibaraki's Arm forcefully took control of Kasen's entire body before Reimu managed to cut off and seal her again. Kasen currently keeps the arm physically near by in mummified-arm form as a trophy of sorts as well as a reminder, comparing it to being able to see your own death close by.

Komachi Onozuka Initially Komachi Onozuka and Kasen are slightly antagonistic toward each other. Ordered to keep Kasen under surveillance, Komachi is distrusting of her, even to the point of threatening her with her scythe – although the death god doesn't appear to be serious about it. Komachi now regularly visits Kasen and has friendly chats with her, and even though Komachi is still tasked to deal with Kasen, she reveals to Kasen some secrets related to the shinigami and the cycle of death.

Yukari Yakumo It is unknown how long Yukari and Kasen have known each other, but both are youkai sages. After Kasen came down from the mountain in the present day, Yukari assumed Kasen was always "on her side" and that Kasen's actions were intended to help Yukari's ideals. Kasen finally got fed up by the time of Wild and Horned Hermit Chapter 35 and angrily informed Yukari that she wasn't on her side, but on the side of celestials. This caused Yukari a brief visible moment of distress before she regained her composure, but she also stated she would wait as long as it takes for Kasen to come to her side. Kasen's dream self in Antinomy of Common Flowers calls Yukari a coward who gets others to do her work for her because she's too scared to do it herself.

Okina Matara Kasen has known Okina since a while back as a fellow sage, and commented how it was a misfortune getting to know her. She also claims to know how Okina works and acts around others, but any actual interaction has not been shown.

● There are also minor relationships she has with some of the Touhou casts, those characters being: Sanae Kochiya Sanae Kochiya lives on the Youkai Mountain near to Kasen and are considered neighbors. They meet fairly often and are on friendly enough terms. Kasen is a bit critical of Sanae as well, albeit to a much lesser extent than Reimu. Sanae describes her as living in a large mansion, corrected by Kasen as being a training dojo. Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya Despite being friendly enough with Sanae, she is highly suspicious of Kanako and Suwako's schemes to attain faith and their inability to handle the Underground Geyser Center's dangers.

Suika Ibuki and Yuugi Hoshiguma When Suika Ibuki appeared at the Hakurei Shrine, Kasen quickly fled the scene in order to avoid her. She appears familiar with Suika, but her relationship with her is unknown, and she appears hesitant about letting Suika know about her current status. However, after learning that Kasen borrowed some sake from Yuugi, Suika realised that Kasen was planning something and decided to leave her alone. She also knows Kasen's true form.

Sumireko Usami Kasen appears to meet with Sumireko in Rinnosuke Morichika's shop several times over the course of Wild and Horned Hermit, including claiming that she's the secret supply chain Kasen utilizes to get goods from outside the barrier.

Seiga Kaku The first time Kasen hears about Seiga is from Komachi, who says that "a troublesome and wicked hermit has come from underground", which surprises her a lot, especially when the shinigamis tells her that a chief kishin, Suiki, was in charge of killing her. Later, Seiga appears in the Hakurei Shrine, Kasen questions her a lot after the wicked hermit gave her a business card and said that she was attacked when she was "scrounging stuff at the Kappas' hideout". However, in her mansion she says she can't be sure about Seiga being a wicked hermit and she asks herself why extending the lifetime is a deep sin.

Mamizou Futatsuiwa At first Mamizou tries to get proofs about Kasen being an oni with the intention of having some sort of influence over the Hakurei Shrine, and tries to scare her away with a drinking contest, but she is tricked by the oni. However, Kasen invites the tanuki to hold a real drinking contest some day.

Toyosatomimi no Miko With the break of the religious war, Kasen goes to the Divine Spirit Mausoleum, to talk about hermits and clarify the path Kasen is taking. Miko welcomes her with high respect, calling her "honored mountain hermit" and "master", and she also says that the oni is on another level when she says she can understand animals.

● Kasen is mentioned in Ten Desires' ending no.4, where it's explaining that Marisa heard from Kasen that the ultimate goal of Taoism is to achieve immortality.

● Kasen is one of the few print work-débuted characters to become a major character in a game. Some others are Aya Shameimaru and the Three Fairies of Light.

● In her idle stance, Kasen does perform Du Li Bu, one of the stances in Shaolin Kung Fu.

● Because she is a hermit, Kasen is not required to eat that much, suggesting that she could be potentially very thin. Fans picked that up, drawing her very skinny to the extent that you can see her ribs under her skin. It is a pun on "Rib-kasen" (肋華仙 Abarakasen). Though in contrast, most arts give her a moderate frame and figure, sometimes more so.

● For some reason, Kasen is sometimes portrayed holding the "dangerous gases" sign from Wild and Horned Hermit chapter 2.

● Many fans expected Kasen to appear in Ten Desires along with the other Taoist characters, and she was one of the possibilities that ZUN considered. Due to this, there exists a fanmade Phantasm Stage featuring her as the boss (with Minamitsu Murasa being the midboss).

● Since the introduction of Seiga Kaku in Ten Desires, fans have frequently depicted Kasen and her together, very often on unfriendly terms as she is a proper Hermit while Seiga is a wicked one. Some fans imagine that the enmity is especially fierce as Yoshika Miyako (Seiga's servant) might be the poet that Kasen befriended and Seiga poisoned.

● Other fan works give Kasen a similar relationship with the other oni (namely Suika and Yuugi).

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