Reimu and Sanae

[Reimu and Sanae 1: Reimu Hakurei. Appearance: She has brown-black hair, and her eyes are brown, she wears a red ribbon and matching tubes on her sidelocks. She's still seen in her "shrine maiden uniform", but it now bears little in common with the standard uniform beyond the red-and-white colour scheme. This uniform consists of a red skirt (rather than the standard hakama), a sleeveless red top with a white collar, tied with a yellow, red or blue ribbon depending of the game, and a pair of white detached sleeves which exposes her shoulders and sarashi. She has a large ass, medium sized breasts, and white underwear.

Personality: Reimu is defined as unusually easygoing, lacking any sense of danger, and being carefree. She is described as simpleminded, always showing her true feelings and acting on whatever ideas she thinks at the top of her head. She is portrayed as someone simple who passes her days sweeping the shrine grounds, drinking green tea and lazing about; to the point that Kasen Ibaraki thought she lacked training to be the Hakurei shrine maiden and made her train to be more disciplined, something that only worked for a couple of days due to her easygoing personality. However, Kasen states that despite Reimu being "a little unreliable and a little slovenly", she still performs her duties, doing enough to be befit the title of Hakurei shrine maiden. On the other hand, she is someone with an intuition when it comes to incidents, usually rushing to solve them and not letting anybody get in her way and waste her time. This leads to some people she confronts to think that she has an “indescribable intimidating aura”.

Equipment and Magic: Ability to float: While many inhabitants of Gensokyo are capable of flying, Reimu's ability extends beyond that; she is someone who excels at floating through life.[citation needed] Reimu generally displays extraordinary intuition and incredible luck, naturally ending up on the path of least resistance through most situations. However, when distracted or acting with impure motives she quickly loses her edge. On one occasion observers saw Reimu dodging an attack "like she was made of air" while Reimu herself saw the attack swerving to avoid her. On another Reimu unknowingly walked across a river without getting wet, by stepping on fish that swam beneath her feet. The ultimate expression of this ability is Innate Dream, which allows Reimu to float away from reality and become impossible to attack. This was considered too powerful for use as a spell card until Marisa gave it a name and time limit. Powers as the Hakurei Shrine Maiden: As the Hakurei shrine maiden, Reimu can handle the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orbs, and is trained in youkai extermination techniques as well as standard duties like performing blessings. Reimu is also capable of channeling gods, but she isn't well-trained enough to do so reliably. Barrier techniques: Reimu displays great aptitude with magical barriers - among her techniques are barriers that explode, push enemies (or herself), or allow her to teleport. Reimu is capable of dismantling barriers and seals too complex for Marisa Kirisame and Patchouli Knowledge to understand, with what Marisa calls her "cheat technique". Aura manipulation: It's stated in the omake.txt (おまけ.txt) of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil that Reimu can control the natural spirits of living things, an ability which isn't listed in any source afterwards. No clear instance of this ability has ever been displayed. Yin-Yang Orbs: In most of the Touhou games, Reimu uses the Yin-Yang Orbs, go-shintai of the Hakurei God, in combat. Kasen Ibaraki states that the shrine's blessing is youkai extermination, which is manifested through the Yin-Yang Orbs. In Subterranean Animism they also functioned as communicators with people above the surface. Gohei: Reimu utilizes a gohei, sometimes referred to as her purification rod, originally prepared by Rinnosuke Morichika. She uses it for Shinto rites and exorcisms, as well as in combat as a melee weapon. Ofuda: Reimu possesses a great amount of ofuda, sacred paper charms with anti-youkai properties that she uses to fight, seal or exterminate youkai of any kind in her danmaku. She can also use them to create barriers and even copies of herself. Like the Yin-Yang Orbs, she uses them in most, if not all, games she has appeared in, either as a normal shot (usually with homing properties) or as bullets for her spell cards. Needles: Reimu also utilizes a large collection of large throwing needles hidden within her sleeves in combat, which she chooses because of their divine connection and because they are easy to throw.

Job: Shrine Maiden of Hakurei, youkai exterminator and incident solver.

Relationships: Marisa Kirisame: Marisa is a close friend of Reimu. They are seen together most often in the print works, game and extra stage prologues where they hang out at the shrine together, chatting about the latest rumors and news in Gensokyo. Marisa even helped Reimu in her festivals before. Reimu and Marisa often quarrel and spar with each other, for reasons ranging from resolving incidents to hotpot ingredients. Those fights can end up in a danmaku battle like in the Stage 4 of Imperishable Night or their battles in the fighting games. Regardless, they usually resolve their differences and continue being as close as ever. They've also worked together on numerous occasions, such as when they chased down an enenra, or worked to exterminate a vengeful spirit.[46] However, they usually solve incidents at their own pace, and Marisa often aims to solve incidents or events before Reimu. Yukari Yakumo: Despite being a youkai, Yukari occasionally seeks Reimu's assistance in resolving incidents and maintaining order in Gensokyo, such as in Imperishable Night, Subterranean Animism and Antimony of Common Flowers; as well as mentoring Reimu such as to push her spiritual powers to invoke the gods in Silent Sinner in Blue, chastising Reimu on proper god worship such as in Strange and Bright Nature Deity and informing her of how the boundary effects objects from the outside world such as in Oriental Sacred Place. She remarks about compensating Reimu accordingly during the Imperishable Night incident. Sanae Kochiya: Sanae first meets Reimu when she orders Reimu to shut down the Hakurei Shrine to let Moriya Shrine be in charge of it from now on as a way to gather more faith in Gensokyo. After Mountain of Faith, Sanae offered to help Reimu as a fellow shrine maiden to gather faith for the shrine. Sanae Kochiya is friends with Reimu and appears frequently in Wild and Horned Hermit alongside Reimu and Marisa, sometimes coming to maintain the Moriya branch shrine at the Hakurei Shrine. The two have no qualms about antagonizing the other at times as competitors for gathering faith and visitors, though these quarrels are usually resolved by the next time they meet.[44] When Reimu had not woken up for several days in Wild and Horned Hermit, Sanae and Marisa took shifts to constantly look after her. Aunn Komano: Reimu had no idea who Aunn was during the Four Seasons Incident and initially mistook her for an intruder. Aunn had known Reimu for a long time and Okina eventually informed she was a statue guarding the shrine at times when Reimu was gone. She now spends her time usually around the shrine and interacts with Reimu occasionally since then.]

[Reimu and Sanae 2: Sanae Kochiya. Appearance: She wears a blue and white outfit similar to a shrine maiden's, with the blue areas covered in light blue polka dots and stripes. She has long light green hair, and yellow eyes. She wears a blue headband with a frog's head on it. She carries a gohei with straight paper decorations as opposed to the typical gohei. She has a large ass, large breasts, and blue and white striped underwear.

Personality: Sanae is confident, energetic and dutiful, sometimes too much so, and tends to get carried away easily or have trouble thinking for herself. She also appears to be something of a geek, making references to popular culture and having knowledge of advanced scientific concepts. As someone who grew up in the Outside World, much of Gensokyo seems strange and novel to her; she finds great fun in "exterminating" youkai and solving incidents. As a result, she is rather knowledgeable about the outside world and modern living, although her attempts to explain scientific concepts usually just confuse the locals. Her knowledge on things like the youkai of Gensokyo, on the other hand, seems a bit lacking for a shrine maiden. She also may have somewhat of a complex about herself as an incident resolver, thinking foes won't take her as seriously as the other experienced youkai exterminators. The simple fact that she is adjusting to life in Gensokyo makes her an extremely rare case.

Equipment and Magic: Ability to cause miracles: Sanae possesses the ability to invoke miracles due to her divine heritage. Many of her spell cards are themed around miracles stemming from various religions or unlikely events. Her powers primarily involve weather manipulation and are often used in rituals, such as prayers for rain. The "miracles" that she can invoke are not related to good or bad fortune – they are merely events that have a very low chance of occurring. Before invoking a miracle, she needs time to prepare it proportional to how unlikely the miracle is. Simple ones can be invoked with a single word, while more complex ones may take days of preparation. Abilities as a shrine maiden: Sanae is a shrine maiden, though of a different type compared to Reimu Hakurei. Similar to Reimu, she can summon gods and borrow their powers. However, she relies more heavily on this ability and can only summon her own patron gods: Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya. Gohei: Sanae carries a gohei, also known as a purification rod, with her on incidents. She mainly used it to perform incantations and act as a bludgeoning weapon.

Job: Wind Priestess, Shrine Maiden.

Relationships: Suwako Moriya & Kanako Yasaka: Sanae serves as the shrine maiden of Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya, and moved with them to Gensokyo. Sanae is also Suwako's distant descendant. During the events of Mountain of Faith, Kanako sends Sanae out to collect faith. Much like Yukari Yakumo's use of Ran and Chen, Sanae can summon Kanako and Suwako in her spell and skill cards in Touhou Hisoutensoku.

Reimu Hakurei: Sanae has a friendly rivalry with Reimu Hakurei. While she has no qualms about antagonizing Reimu when competing for gathering faith and visitors, she also encourages Reimu on her success at the Hakurei Shrine. Sanae visits the Hakurei Shrine on numerous occasions, both in the Prologue of Undefined Fantastic Object and in Wild and Horned Hermit; she is even tasked with minding the shrine while Reimu is training with Kasen Ibaraki. On one occasion, the two collaborated to make a profit by extorting the Myouren Temple.]