Momiji Inubashiri - Touhou

Momiji Inubashiri (犬走 椛 Inubashiri Momiji) is a white wolf tengu whose duty is to patrol the Youkai Mountain. She first appeared as the Stage 4 midboss in Mountain of Faith.

Personality Momiji has a very cooperative personality who executes her duties faithfully. In her free time, she plays dai shōgi with the kappa. [1]

Ability Seeing a thousand ri ahead Momiji has a telegnosis ability that allows her to see a thousand ri ahead (approximately 3,927 kilometres, or 2,440 miles). She also has a superior sense of smell, that combined with her ability makes her able to detect any intruder in an instant.

Abilities as tengu Hieda no Akyuu describes tengu as one of the strongest species, both in physical and sorcerous abilities. [2] While nothing about Momiji herself has especially come to light, she is likely to possess some of those traits, such as their (almost) unmatched speed.

Occupation She works as one of the Youkai Mountain tengu's patrols. Her job is to attempt to stop intruders on the mountain with simple attacks and report any that were undeterred to Tenma.

Based on her small sprite in Mountain of Faith, Double Spoiler and Impossible Spell Card, and her illustration in Strange Creators of Outer World, it can be seen that she wears a white, long-sleeved shirt, and a large black skirt with red flame-like designs reaching up from the bottom of the skirt, and that it has a white layer below her skirt. She has short light silver hair and wears a red tokin. She holds a large scimitar-like sword and a white, round shield with a red maple leaf print on it.

Mountain of Faith

Momiji's sprite in MoF Momiji is the stage 4 midboss of Mountain of Faith. When the heroine finally reached Youkai Mountain during Mountain of Faith, Momiji attempted to stop her at the waterfall. Although Momiji was unsuccessful, it seems she did fulfill her duty of reporting the intruder's presence back to the other tengu with record speed, as a reinforcement tengu named Aya Shameimaru had arrived by the end of the same stage to investigate what was going on.

Double Spoiler Main article: Double Spoiler: Level 4 Spell Cards Momiji is one of the many who has her danmaku photographed by Aya Shameimaru and Hatate Himekaidou, appearing on stage 4.

Impossible Spell Card Main article: Impossible Spell Card: 6th Day Spell Cards Momiji attacks Seija Kijin on the Youkai Mountain on day 6, using a spell card that is considered impossible to dodge. It's unknown if Momiji actually went out searching for Seija like many others, or if she was just doing her job of keeping Seija away from the Youkai Mountain.

Momiji as she appears in Symposium of Post-mysticism. Symposium of Post-mysticism Main article: Symposium of Post-mysticism: Momiji's Article Back in 1963, Momiji had discovered new Shogi pieces from the outside world in Muenzuka. Having believed that the tengu were the only ones creating unique rules for the game, she became a bit frustrated that the same thing was happening in the outside world. She wanted to see how Shogi had developed in the outside world, then speculated that the game had become simplified, because the pieces she found couldn't be promoted.

Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia Main articles: Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia Article and Interview: Momiji Inubashiri and Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia Article and Interview: Three Tengu Momiji has her own article in Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia about the new ropeway at Youkai Mountain. In addition, she was roped into a risqué article complaining about Tengu society.

The Grimoire of Usami Main article: The Grimoire of Usami: Section 2-5 In The Grimoire of Usami, Momiji shows off her spell card, Fang Sign "Chewing Satisfaction".

Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine Main article: Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine: Momiji Inubashiri Reimu Hakurei writes a fortune slip about Momiji as a way of cleaning up in the aftermath of an incident.

Relationships Aya Shameimaru and Hatate Himekaidou When she meets Aya they often get into fights with each other. According to Aya, Momiji looks down on her and the other crow tengu. Hatate, however, implies that this is only a personal feud between Momiji and Aya. [3]

Tenma She is very loyal to the chief of the tengu, Lord Tenma.

Kappa She's an avid player of Dai Shōgi, which she plays with the kappa when she is bored. [1]

She appears in several print works depicted with detached sleeves and wolf ears. However, she is also depicted without wolf ears by Aya Azuma in Wild and Horned Hermit, and her articles in Symposium of Post-mysticism and Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia. In her fortune slip from Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine, she has floppy dog ears instead.

Stage 4 Midboss The Petty Patrol Tengu Momiji Inubashiri

Species: White Wolf Tengu Ability: Seeing a thousand ri ahead

A tengu that patrols the Youkai Mountain. Thanks to her superior senses of sight and smell, she can detect any intruder in an instant. When she discovers intruders she attempts to intimidate them with simple attacks, and once they cannot handle the intruders, they reports to the Great Tengu.

Her forces are usually lying in wait behind the waterfall. She has a very cooperative personality and executes her duties faithfully. This is unusual for youkai, but not uncommon in tengu society.

However, she usually has a lot of free time, as the Youkai Mountain doesn't receive many intruders. While awaiting orders, she enjoys playing a rather time-consuming game called Dai shogi with the nearby kappa.

It's hard for the especially long-lived youkai to find good ways to pass the time.