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| 9 | [[center:[[WMG:''Franchise/TouhouProject'' [[Characters/TouhouProject characters index]]\ |
| 10 | [-'''Main characters:''' [[Characters/TouhouMainCharacters Main Characters]]\ |
| 11 | '''PC-98 Era:''' '''PC-98 Games''' (''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'', ''Lotus Land Story'', ''Mystic Square'')\ |
| 12 | '''Windows Era -- Main Games:''' ''Characters/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'' | ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom'' | ''Characters/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' | ''Characters/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' | ''Characters/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' | ''Characters/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' | ''Characters/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' | ''Characters/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'' | ''Characters/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'' | ''Characters/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom'' | ''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' | ''Characters/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature'' | ''Characters/TouhouKouryuudouUnconnectedMarketeers'' | ''Characters/TouhouJuuouenUnfinishedDreamOfAllLivingGhost''\ |
| 13 | '''Windows Era -- Other:''' [[Characters/TouhouSideGames Side Games]] | [[Characters/TouhouOtherOfficialWorks Other Official Works]]-]]]]] |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | Between 1996 and 1998, the first five games in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series were made for the NEC Platform/PC98 computer by a doujin circle known as Amusement Makers, of which ZUN was a part. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | So far Reimu, Marisa, Alice, and Yuuka are the only characters to have appeared in the Windows series, albeit with significant changes from their original incarnations. After a history of [[FlipFlopOfGod inconsistent statements]] on the topic, [[WordOfGod ZUN has confirmed in]] [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/ZUN%27s_AWA_Q%26A_Panel an interview]] that the PC-98 games are canon except when contradicted by later games. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | This page is for ''Touhou'' characters who debuted in ''[[VideoGame/TouhouReiidenHighlyResponsiveToPrayers Highly Responsive to Prayers]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TouhouFuumarokuTheStoryOfEasternWonderland Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TouhouYumejikuuPhantasmagoriaOfDimDream Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory Lotus Land Story]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKaikidanMysticSquare Mystic Square]]''. |
| 20 | ---- |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | !Debuted in ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'' |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder:Reimu Hakurei]] |
| 26 | See our Characters/TouhouMainCharacters page. |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Shingyoku]] |
| 30 | [[quoteright:252:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/264f93a90e00f95d3fb73a4de193e1ee.png]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | ::''Gatekeeper'' |
| 33 | ::'''Shingyoku'''[[note]]シンギョク[[/note]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | The gatekeeper to Hakurei Shrine, and the first boss in the entire series. Very little is known about Shingyoku, as it has neither dialogue nor an official profile. |
| 36 | ---- |
| 37 | * CollisionDamage: The only enemy in this game who can do so, as they'll try to charge into Reimu in their orb form. Other bosses stay up in the air away from her. |
| 38 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: The female form is an EvilRedhead with {{red eyes|takewarning}}. |
| 39 | * DeathFromAbove: When in ball form, Shingyoku tries to squash Reimu. |
| 40 | * DegradedBoss: Sort of. ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', ''Subterranean Animism'', and ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' have enemies that appear to be based on Shingyoku's main form. |
| 41 | * EvilRedhead: The female form is red-haired and evil. |
| 42 | * GenderBender: One form appears female, another looks male. The concept of yin and yang represents duality, after all. |
| 43 | * HornedHumanoid: The female form has four horns. |
| 44 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYAF2SZWTk "The Positive and Negative"]] |
| 45 | * MeaningfulName: Shingyoku can be written in kanji as 神玉, which translates to "divine orb". |
| 46 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: Not exactly, but the Female's red hakama and the Male's blue one stand out. |
| 47 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Is a villain and both their male and female forms have red eyes. |
| 48 | * WarmUpBoss: This is the first boss in ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'' (and, by extension, the entire franchise). This is probably why it has one of the lowest health pools and has some of, if not the, most simplistic attacks in the game. |
| 49 | * WouldHitAGirl: One of its attacks in its ball form involves it trying to crush Reimu, which characterizes it as a villain. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:[=YuugenMagan=]]] |
| 53 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1_yuugenmagan.png]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | ::''Evil Eyes'' |
| 56 | ::'''[=YuugenMagan=]'''[[note]]幽玄魔眼[[/note]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | A generic boss Reimu encounters in the Makai, [=YuugenMagan=] is a set of five independently moving eyes that are connected by electricity. |
| 59 | ---- |
| 60 | * AmbiguousGender: Their gender is never even hinted at. |
| 61 | * CombinationAttack: All five eyes join their beams to produce a star shape. |
| 62 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Its health rivals the {{Final Boss}}es, who have the highest health pools in the game[[note]]aside from Sariel's final phase[[/note]]. |
| 63 | * ExtraEyes: Made of nothing ''but'' eyes. |
| 64 | * EyeBeams: It can shoot beams from its eyes. One of its attack is the eyes shooting beams at each other, forming a pentagram. This pentagram then shoots bullets at you. |
| 65 | * FacelessEye: It takes the form of five disjointed eyes connected by electricity. |
| 66 | * InstantRunes: Not as ornate as usual, but for one attack all five eyes fire beams that combine into a five-tipped star (pentagram). |
| 67 | * IntangibleMan: The connecting point of electricity vaguely looks like a person but cannot be hit by the Orb. |
| 68 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcvTjFo2T8I "Angel's Legend"]], a theme she also shares with Mima in the first game. |
| 69 | * ObviouslyEvil: Although there's no real information about the bosses in this game, we ''are'' talking about a cluster of disembodied eyes with the [[BossSubtitles title]] "Evil Eyes" and the kanji for "evil" is displayed in the background during the battle... |
| 70 | * PurpleIsPowerful: A dangerous opponent that's partially colored purple. |
| 71 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Has red eyes and is a dangerous boss for Reimu with the title of "Evil Eyes". |
| 72 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Despite only being the second boss in the first game[[note]]if you're in the Makai route; you don't fight it in the Jigoku route[[/note]], [=YuugenMagan=] is clearly a step up in difficulty compared to Shingyoku. Despite having more hitboxes, it's less predictable and its attacks often cover more of the screen. Also, surprisingly, it has [[DamageSpongeBoss some of the highest health]] in the [[VideoGame game]]. |
| 73 | * WolfpackBoss: A group of five eyes that attack Reimu. |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder:Elis]] |
| 77 | [=Elis=] |
| 78 | [[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1_elis.png]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ::''Innocent Devil'' |
| 81 | ::'''Elis'''[[note]]エリス[[/note]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Elis is the second boss Reimu faces in the Makai. She is a blonde girl that has devil wings, can turn into a bat, and carries a wand. Little else is known about her. |
| 84 | ---- |
| 85 | * {{Animorphism}}: She can turn into both a small and a large bat. |
| 86 | * FacialMarkings: Has a star on the left cheek. |
| 87 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: Has bat wings and is a villain. |
| 88 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Wzk7wH0Sw "Magic Mirror,"]] a lower-pitched version of which is used for Kikuri. |
| 89 | * MagicWand: Holds a wand with a star cutout on it. |
| 90 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: {{Implied|Trope}}. She's referred to as a devil, and vampires are a type of devil in the ''Touhou'' universe, while she turns into a bat throughout her fight. However, she's not officially confirmed to be a vampire, and her bat transformations work differently from those of the Scarlet sisters (Kurumi, the only other vampire, is never seen transforming); while Elis can transform into two kinds of bats and can still take damage while transformed, the Scarlet sisters only have one transformation, which they use specifically when their ContractualBossImmunity activates. |
| 91 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Her design incorporates some purple and she's a powerful boss, at least in Hard mode. |
| 92 | * TeleportSpam: Erratically teleports around the screen, especially early into her fight. |
| 93 | * WingedHumanoid: She looks like a human girl who has vampiric wings. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Sariel]] |
| 97 | [[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1_sariel_6.png]] |
| 98 | [[caption-width-right:259: First form]] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | ::''Angel of Death'' |
| 101 | ::'''Sariel'''[[note]]サリエル[[/note]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | Sariel is an angel of death and the FinalBoss of the Makai route. |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * AmbiguousGender: {{Downplayed}}. All other versions of Sariel are male, and the sprite could be intended to be of either gender. Sariel's ending artwork, however, is much more distinctly feminine. |
| 106 | * ClippedWingAngel: Her second phase, which has much less health than her first phase. |
| 107 | * FallenAngel: Because she resides in a world of demons, and because the Sariel she is based on is recorded in some writings as a fallen angel, she is widely regarded as being one herself. |
| 108 | * FinalBoss: If you picked the Makai route in ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', then Sariel is the last boss you face. |
| 109 | * TheGrimReaper: Of the Azrael variety. |
| 110 | * HeavenlyBlue: She's an angel that wears mostly blue. |
| 111 | * InstantRunes: Has a circle of magic around her. |
| 112 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiN9rqnxw20 "Now die, for the debt you have accumulated"]] / [[UsefulNotes/WhyMaoChangedHisName "Now, Until the Moment You Die"]] and "Let's Die All Together", later renamed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vtd_uyO1uY Civilization of Magic.]] |
| 113 | * MagicWand: Has a weird looking one. |
| 114 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: Her first form is a seraph-like due of her six wings and has a weird shard on her chest which is her weakspot. Her second form is a silhouette of her first form with six more wings extending from the figure. |
| 115 | * PaletteSwap: She turns gold during one of her attack phases. |
| 116 | * SequentialBoss: She has two forms you have to take on. |
| 117 | * SinisterSilhouettes: Her second form, which is a silhouette of her first form, but with much larger wings. It looks similar to the cover art of the Windows games. |
| 118 | * TakingYouWithMe: The original title of her second leitmotif, ''Death Will Take You With Me'', indicates that this is what she was trying to do when Reimu defeated her. |
| 119 | * WingedHumanoid: Six angel wings. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Mima]] |
| 123 | [[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1_mima_4.png]] |
| 124 | [[caption-width-right:244:As seen in ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'']] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | ::''Vengeful Ghost'' |
| 127 | ::'''Mima'''[[note]]魅魔[[/note]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | ->''"You will die".'' |
| 130 | |
| 131 | A vengeful spirit whom Reimu originally ran into during her trip into [[{{Hell}} Jigoku]]. She later reappeared in Gensokyo, trying to get revenge on not just Reimu, but all people. After being shot down a second time, she gives up being evil and spends her time hanging around the Hakurei Shrine and making fun of Reimu. |
| 132 | ---- |
| 133 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life early into her boss fight in the second game. |
| 134 | * AGodIAmNot: Contemplates about becoming a Shinto god in her ''Mystic Square'' good ending, but decides to take it easy and goes to bother Reimu instead. |
| 135 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being present in four out of the five PC-98 games, a fan favorite, and having a significant connection to one of the characters who became the face of the franchise, she has yet to even be ''mentioned'' in the Windows series. |
| 136 | ** In ''Curiousities of Lotus Asia'', Reimu makes an offhand comment that her shrine was once taken over by an evil spirit, which is what Mima (an evil spirit) once did. |
| 137 | ** Before ''Ten Desires'', one of the PC-98 music re-release [=CDs=] has her on cover. |
| 138 | ** In ''Urban Legend in Limbo'', one of Reimu's alternate colors appears to be a Mima palette. |
| 139 | * CollidingCriminalConspiracies: Her excuse for going to Makai in ''Mystic Square'' is that tourist devils are "trespassing on her turf". |
| 140 | * ConsummateLiar: Subversion. While she ''is'' quite capable of sticking to the trope, she more often than not just tells [[BlatantLies flat out lies]] for fun. |
| 141 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In most of her in-game appearances, Mima has green eyes and green hair.[[note]]While her hair is green in all her appearances, her eyes are black in the first game. However, her alternative design in the third game portrays her as yellow-eyed.[[/note]] |
| 142 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: The original one in ''Touhou'', although your mileage may vary on how "friendly" she and Reimu become. They're not trying to kill each other on sight anymore, at least. |
| 143 | * EscapedFromHell: In her debut, she's fought at a hokora in Hell, with the implication that [[SealedEvilInACan she was sealed in said hokora]] and broke out. In subsequent games, she's at large throughout Gensokyo and neighboring worlds rather than back inside her seal in Hell. |
| 144 | * FinalBoss: The Stage 5 boss of "Story of Eastern Wonderland". |
| 145 | * FogFeet: She is generally seen with a ghost tail peeking under her dress. |
| 146 | * GhostAmnesia: She doesn't even remember how she became... whatever she is. |
| 147 | * AGlassOfChianti: In ''Mystic Square'''s Extra ending she has wine [[spoiler:served by Meido Alice]]. |
| 148 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: Cool and confident, she has incredibly strong magical powers. |
| 149 | * {{Leitmotif}}: She's racked up a few of them: |
| 150 | ** Her first theme was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcvTjFo2T8I "Angel's Legend,"]] which she shared with [=YuugenMagan=] in the first game. |
| 151 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glGtklFzZ2k "Complete Darkness,"]] which played during the final showdown of ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''. |
| 152 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8p2HGRZfII "Reincarnation,"]] her theme from ''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream'', which is arguably one of the fandom's favorite songs. ZUN gave the song [[https://youtu.be/93_bnOj63xs an official remix]] in ''[[Music/TouhouZUNsMusicCollection Dolls in Pseudo Paradise]]'', which is (at least for now) the closest we'll get to a PC version. |
| 153 | * {{Lunacy}}: In her ''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream'' ending, she wished that the Full Moon will always be in the sky so that she will be at full power at all times. Yumemi grants it a little too literally, by placing a moon in geosynchronous orbit. |
| 154 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: She denies being "dead" and refers to herself as simply being a soul. Given that Shinto is an animism in which anything, from living beings to objects, places and even words or concepts can harbour a soul, this makes more sense than you'd think, but Mima is still pretty different even by Shinto standards. |
| 155 | * PowerGivesYouWings: Grows four additional wings in her final attack phase in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''. |
| 156 | * PrisonEscapeArtist: She has escaped sealing at least twice, once before fighting Reimu in the first game, and again after losing to her in the second game (likely three times, if we assume Reimu sealed her back in the hokora after the fight in the first game). The fact Mima keeps hanging around the shrine and pestering Reimu in the third and fifth games suggests that either she keeps getting sealed and escaping, or Reimu stopped bothering because she figured there's no way to restrain her for very long. |
| 157 | * PromotedToPlayable: She serves as one of the bosses in the first [[VideoGame game]][[labelnote:namely]]in the Jigoku route as she's not encountered in the Makai one[[/labelnote]] and, in the second game, she's the FinalBoss. During the rest of her appearances in the Platform/PC98 era, however, she's one of the PlayerCharacters. |
| 158 | * PurpleIsPowerful: She's a powerhouse and her design in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' incorporates some purple. |
| 159 | %%zce* RazorWind: One of her attacks in ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream''. |
| 160 | * RecurringBoss: Originally a lower level boss in ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', she returned as the final boss of ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''. |
| 161 | %%zce* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Explicitly stated to be her ultimate goal in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''. |
| 162 | * SayItWithHearts: A good deal of her dialogue in ''Mystic Square''. |
| 163 | * SealedEvilInACan: |
| 164 | ** Was this very, very briefly in the ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' ending. |
| 165 | ** Played more straight in her backstory, where she is described to be sealed in the Hakurei Shrine's hokora. Though she breaks out pretty easily and very often. |
| 166 | * StringyHairedGhostGirl: She decides to dress like a stereotypical ghost girl for fun in her good ending in ''Mystic Square''. |
| 167 | * SwordBeam: In ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', she uses a knife to shoot lasers. |
| 168 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:In the second game, Mima loses some of her composure before the final part of her fight begins. Also, she doesn't seem to take it well when Reimu defeats her]]. |
| 169 | * WakeUpCallBoss: She serves as this in her debut. While she's only the second boss in the [[VideoGame game]] (if you're in the Jigoku route[[note]][[PlayerCharacter Reimu]] doesn't encounter her in the Makai route[[/note]]) her attacks are quite nastier than Shingyoku's and she has (slightly) more health than it. |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Kikuri]] |
| 173 | [[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1_kikuri_0.png]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | ::''Hellish Moon'' |
| 176 | ::'''Kikuri'''[[note]]菊理[[/note]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | The second boss Reimu meets in Jigoku, Kikuri is a bronze disk. Okay, there's an image of a girl on the disk, but it's still pretty strange. |
| 179 | ---- |
| 180 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: The only part of her that can be damaged is her forehead. |
| 181 | * BattleAura: Has a sun-like fire aura around her. |
| 182 | * EyeBeams: She attacks with beams from her eyes at one point. |
| 183 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGwLf4vyJU4 "Magic Mirror,"]] a higher-pitched version of which is used for Elis. |
| 184 | * {{Lunacy}}: She's called the "Hellish Moon", and sure enough, one of her attacks involves rising tides. |
| 185 | * MakingASplash: One of her attacks is raising a tidal wave. In Hell. Don't question it. |
| 186 | * PowerFloats: Beyond the disk itself, the engraving shows a ball of energy hovering. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Konngara]] |
| 190 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1_konggara_31.png]] |
| 191 | ::''Astral Knight'' |
| 192 | ::'''Konngara'''[[note]]矜羯羅[[/note]] |
| 193 | Konngara is the FinalBoss of the Jigoku route. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * AmbiguousGender: Their gender is never stated and their sprite appears rather androgynous. Unlike Sariel, Konngara is only seen from over their shoulder in the ending. |
| 196 | * ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Carries a sake plate while fighting Reimu, from which they fire more bullets. |
| 197 | * FinalBoss: Is the last foe [[PlayerCharacter Reimu]] faces in the Jigoku route. |
| 198 | * HornedHumanoid: Has a single horn protruding through their forehead, possibly indicating the character to be an Oni. |
| 199 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g91HjLQ4Q4 "Swordsman of a Distant Star"]] |
| 200 | * MoodSwinger: Similar to the dual-personality Yakshas they're possibly based on, Konngara frequently switches moods during their boss fight. Konngara's facial expressions actually telegraph which attack will come next. |
| 201 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Based off of the minor deity [[https://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kongaradouji.htm Konngara-douji]], but it's unknown how much Konngara actually represents the figure. |
| 202 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: A dangerous enemy with red eyes. |
| 203 | * SwordBeam: With bullets and lasers. |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | !Debuted in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' |
| 207 | [[folder:Genjii]] |
| 208 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/genjii.png]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | ::''Turtle'' |
| 211 | ::'''Genjii''' |
| 212 | |
| 213 | ->''"M'lady, please don't speak in that odd tone again".'' |
| 214 | |
| 215 | An old turtle who serves as Reimu's transportation (since she hadn't yet learned how to fly under her own power), and on occasion attempts (unsuccessfully) to be her mentor, or at least give her advice. [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Disappeared without a trace]] after ''Mystic Square'', though WordOfGod has stated that he's "probably living in the lake at the back of the shrine". |
| 216 | ---- |
| 217 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Genji was one of the characters that didn't make it when the series was brought to Windows. |
| 218 | * {{Flight}}: He can fly through unknown methods, and its how Reimu gets around before she figures out how to fly under her own power. |
| 219 | * OlderAndWiser: He's Reimu older advisor, although Reimu rarely ever heeds his advice. |
| 220 | * OlderSidekick: He's much older than Reimu but serves as her number two. |
| 221 | * SapientSteed: He's a sapient turtle that Reimu rides around. |
| 222 | * TheOneGuy: The one male character in the PC-98 games. |
| 223 | * TheQuietOne: He becomes this from his second appearance onwards, where he has no dialogue whatsoever. |
| 224 | * WiseOldTurtle: A giant, wise old turtle that serves as Reimu's advisor, as well a means of flying, in the early games. However, from the sixth game onwards, since Reimu is capable of flying on her own, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Genjii is nowhere to be seen]]. ZUN {{Hand Wave}}d it as him retiring and living quietly in the pond behind the shrine. |
| 225 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: If Reimu defeats Yachie in ''Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost'''s VS mode, she comments that a flying tortoise brings back a distant memory, implying that Reimu has not seen Genji for a very long time, suggesting he has either left the Hakurei Shrine completely or even potentially passed away. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Bakebake]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | ->'''Rika:''' I am not a "suspicious character"!! [[NotHelpingYourCase After all, I was the one who created all these ghosts!]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | A recurring enemy in the PC-98 era, particularly in the early stages. They were also artificially created by Rika. |
| 233 | ---- |
| 234 | * AmbiguousSituation: Rika claims to have created them, but how true this is and how it factors into their nature is unclear. They appear in the next three games while Rika is never seen, mentioned or alluded to again, and it's unclear how an engineer would be able to create what seem to be ghostly creatures. |
| 235 | * ArtifactMook: In their debut game, Rika claims to have created them. However, they continue to appear throughout the next three games despite Rika never being seen or referenced again, and their connection to her is never touched back on either. |
| 236 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In ''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream'', like all other stage enemy variants, their color indicates how many times you must hit them to defeat them: |
| 237 | ** Red - [[OneHitPointWonder 1 hit]] |
| 238 | ** Green - 2 hits |
| 239 | ** Blue - 3 hits |
| 240 | ** Purple - 4 hits |
| 241 | * TheGoomba: They're mainly encountered in the early stages of most PC-98 games and they're the simplest enemies. They also [[OneHitPointWonder go down in one hit]] (regardless of the PlayerCharacter) and only pose a threat while in groups. Like many examples, they have simplistic designs, as they're just ghost-like creatures with their [[ManiacTongue tongues out]]. |
| 242 | * ManiacTongue: Have their tongues out constantly, and are enemies. |
| 243 | * OneHitPointWonder: Part of why they're TheGoomba? It takes one hit to put them down. The only exception is ''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream'', where, like all other stage enemy variants, they're ColorCodedForYourConvenience to indicate how many times you must hit them, which can be from 1 to 4 times. |
| 244 | * TookALevelInBadass: In ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' and ''Lotus Land Story'', they return at the beginning of the Extra Stage, where, while [[OneHitPointWonder still going down in one hit]], they're much more aggressive and have a real shot at hitting you. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Rika]] |
| 248 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th02rika.png]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | ::''Engineer'' |
| 251 | ::'''Rika''' |
| 252 | |
| 253 | ->''"Just die. And if you won't die, just go away!!"'' |
| 254 | |
| 255 | Some sort of scientific genius. Before ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' she creates a bunch of monsters and ghosts and decides to hang out at the Hakurei Shrine while Reimu was gone. Naturally, she gets her ass kicked. She later challenges Reimu on more ''[[BrutalBonusLevel even grounds]]'' riding the ''Evil Eye Sigma''. First boss in a ''Touhou'' shooting game, and first extra stage boss. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * BadassNormal: Unlike every other humanoid boss in the game, she doesn't fight by herself, but instead with the machines she has created, implying that aside from her genius engineering, she is powerless. |
| 258 | * BrainyBrunette: She's a brunette and a competent WrenchWench who created the Bakebake. |
| 259 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Does this big time in the extra stage, with her and Reimu discussing this would have been Stage 2 had Reimu chased Rika during the main story, and that this fight will be harder than anything else since it's the Extra stage... |
| 260 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsKdEV8BHn8 "She's in a Temper!"]] |
| 261 | * MagicFromTechnology: In her stage 1 dialogue, she claims to have ''created'' evil spirits and monsters somehow. |
| 262 | * MeaningfulName: "Rika" means "science", with different kanji. |
| 263 | * MundaneUtility: Inverted. Despite possessing knowledge of the combustion engine, she uses it to build tanks as opposed to say, a car. |
| 264 | * MillionMookMarch: She has an army of monsters and tanks at her disposal. Or rather, ''had'' one before Reimu trashed everything. |
| 265 | * NoNameGiven: Is only called ??? in the Stage 1 scenario, and never introduces herself. You only learn her name in the Extra Stage, when Reimu asks her. |
| 266 | * NotHelpingYourCase: When Genjii calls her suspicious, she takes offense and retorts that she created the bakebake, prompting Reimu to do a FaceFault. |
| 267 | -->'''Reimu:''' [[LampshadeHanging ...How is that not suspicious!?]] |
| 268 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: She's first introduced as the Stage 1 Boss, but is ranked along with Yukari as one of the hardest extra stage bosses. |
| 269 | * RecurringBoss: She's first seen as the stage 1 boss, then comes back for the extra stage with a new tank. |
| 270 | * TheRival: Set up to be Reimu's rival during the second game, but [[PutOnABus nothing much really came out of it.]] |
| 271 | * SentryGun: Uses autonomous guns as tools in her stages. The manual refers to them as cannons. |
| 272 | * SchizoTech: She drives tanks around in notably science-free Gensokyo. |
| 273 | * {{Superboss}}: Manages to be both the first boss and the {{Superboss}} by fighting in a new tank in the extra stage. |
| 274 | * TankGoodness: Despite both tanks being destroyed by Reimu in short order, you have to give her credit given that she built them both by herself. |
| 275 | * TookALevelInBadass: She's such a pushover in Stage 1 that when they meet again, Reimu calls her a small fry. Of course, during said Extra Stage, she turns out to have become the toughest opponent in the game. |
| 276 | * UnlimitedWardrobe: Despite being a relatively obscure character, Rika is noted for having several different outfits, most of them containing a bowtie somewhere. |
| 277 | * WrenchWench: She's a technological genius capable of building entire tanks by herself. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Unnamed Humanoid]] |
| 281 | A humanoid who's the midboss of stage 2 in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''. |
| 282 | ---- |
| 283 | * AbnormalAmmo: She shoots ''kanji''. Specifically, the kanji 呪, meaning curse. |
| 284 | * {{Curse}}: Implied. Her bullets are in the shape of the kanji 呪 which means 'curse'. |
| 285 | * EvilRedhead: She's a redhead who attacks Reimu and Genji. |
| 286 | * NoNameGiven: She's unnamed. |
| 287 | * RedIsViolent: Her hair, part of her dress, and her bow are all colored red. She also attacks Genji and Reimu. |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder:Meira]] |
| 291 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th02meira.png]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | ::''Samurai'' |
| 294 | ::'''Meira''' |
| 295 | |
| 296 | ->''"I'm a woman, damn it!! What is wrong with you?!"'' |
| 297 | |
| 298 | Attacks Reimu in an attempt to get the Hakurei powers for herself. Fails, and is never heard from again. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Has to declare herself as a woman to Reimu, who either isn't listening or [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer doesn't care.]] |
| 301 | * HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: Her last attack is to sheath her sword and release several spheres that bounce around the screen. Hmmm, so that's why she wants the power of Hakurei... |
| 302 | %%* KatanasAreJustBetter |
| 303 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8N3XswjEuI "Power of Darkness"]] |
| 304 | * MistakenForGay: Reimu thinks she's flirting with her when she expresses her desire to take Hakurei's powers. Reimu either thought she was a [[{{Bifauxnen}} man]] or was fine with it. |
| 305 | * NotListeningToMeAreYou: Says this after Reimu's romantic daydreaming. |
| 306 | %%* {{Samurai}} |
| 307 | * SwordBeam: She can fire spread shot bullets using her sword. |
| 308 | * SwordLines: She can carve a diamond shape in the air with these, which then starts shooting bullets. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Unnamed Red Dots]] |
| 312 | Midbosses in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', namely stage 3. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * DualBoss: A downplayed case as they're midbosses. However, both of them are fought together. |
| 315 | * NoNameGiven: Both of them are unnamed. |
| 316 | * RedIsViolent: They're partially colored red, and they try to defeat Reimu and Genji. |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Unnamed Spheres]] |
| 320 | Five nameless spheres fought as the Stage 3 boss of ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * NoNameGiven: They're all nameless. |
| 323 | * RedIsViolent: They all attack Genji and Reimu plus they're partially colored red. |
| 324 | * ShowsDamage: Type I. When Reimu damages the final sphere enough, it changes from grey to several colors. |
| 325 | * WolfpackBoss: There are five of them. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], however, in that the first four are destroyed during the first phase of the fight, leaving the fifth to do most of the work on its own. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Unnamed Angelic Midboss]] |
| 329 | In ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', she's the stage 4 midboss, although she's fought twice in the same stage. |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life when defeated the second time. |
| 332 | * LightIsNotGood: She has an angel-like appearance due to her [[WingedHumanoid angelic wings]] and holy attire. However, she also attacks Reimu and Genji. |
| 333 | * NoNameGiven: We're never given her name. |
| 334 | * RecurringBoss: Downplayed as she's a midboss. However, she's fought twice in stage 4 in the second game. |
| 335 | * WingedHumanoid: She looks like a human woman, albeit one with angelic wings. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Evil Eye Sigma]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | ::'''Evil Eye Sigma''' |
| 341 | |
| 342 | ->'''Reimu:''' Hold on, how on earth can you call this a tank?! |
| 343 | ->'''Rika:''' Well, I mean, I'm a tank engineer! |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[InsistentTerminology A flying tank]] built by Rika. Noted for being the first Extra-Stage Boss and being rather difficult to destroy. |
| 346 | ---- |
| 347 | * AlliterativeName: Its name definitely seems to be a play on this with "Sigma" looking a lot like an "E". |
| 348 | * FakeDifficulty: While usually regarded as one of the harder Extra Stage bosses, Touhou 2 dosen't have Focus. This means any attempt at Evil Eye Sigma is effectively a No-Focus run. In terms of actual patterns; Evil Eye Sigma is easily the simplest Extra Stage boss. |
| 349 | * ContractualBossImmunity: Averted. Unlike every other Extra Stage boss, Evil Eye Sigma dosen't become invulnerable while bombing. |
| 350 | * FacelessEye: It's a tank in the shape of a giant, disembodied eye. |
| 351 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: It has two bat wings. |
| 352 | * HolyHalo: Has an angelic looking halo floating on top of it. |
| 353 | * InsistentTerminology: It has little in common with actual tanks, but Rika refers to it as one because she's a tank engineer. |
| 354 | * KingMook: It's effectively a boss version of the winged evil eye enemies that appear throughout the game. |
| 355 | * MadeOfIron: A bit too literally. This tank takes way more firepower to bring down than the ones Reimu encountered in the main story. |
| 356 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfFd1xLMbEA "The Tank Girl's Dream"]] |
| 357 | * SelfDestructMechanism: Self-destructs upon defeat. Reimu can get hit by the resulting explosion. |
| 358 | * {{Superboss}}: Is operated by Rika as the Extra Boss. |
| 359 | * StuffBlowingUp: During the last two phases of the fight, it causes explosions all over the screen. |
| 360 | * TakingYouWithMe: When defeated, it self-destructs. If you don't get away from the explosion, you'll lose a life. |
| 361 | * TankGoodness: It's a big flying tank, and Reimu's toughest opponent in the game. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Marisa Kirisame]] |
| 365 | See our Characters/TouhouMainCharacters page. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | !Debuted in ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'' |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Ellen]] |
| 371 | [[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th03ellen.png]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | ::''Hardworking witch who dreams of love'' |
| 374 | ::'''Ellen''' |
| 375 | |
| 376 | ->''"You reek of magic~. You're using famous spells too."'' |
| 377 | |
| 378 | A witch that's eternally young in both body and mind. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * AllWitchesHaveCats: She's accompanied by the cat Sokrates. He even appears on her player sprite. |
| 381 | * BlessedWithSuck: She does not grow old, but forgets things constantly. This memory loss causes her to remain somewhat childish. |
| 382 | %%* CheerfulChild |
| 383 | * CaptainErsatz: Is blatantly a copy of the protagonist of ''Hatarakimono'', a manga by one of ZUN's favorite artists. |
| 384 | %%* GenkiGirl |
| 385 | %%* {{Kawaiiko}} |
| 386 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxpZFNYSrGI "Tabula Rasa ~ The Empty Girl"]] |
| 387 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She states that she is unable to grow old. |
| 388 | * WeakButSkilled: In ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'', she has horrible stats, but her EX attack plus her charge ones are quite difficult to deal with. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:Kotohime]] |
| 392 | [[quoteright:172:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th03kotohime.png]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | ::''A princess dreaming of beauty in danmaku'' |
| 395 | ::'''Kotohime''' |
| 396 | |
| 397 | ->''"Ah, your danmaku is beautiful. Simply amazing."'' |
| 398 | |
| 399 | A princess, who is also a cop. Yeah, she weirds out pretty much everyone she meets, and not just because of her occupational choices. |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She's a princess who thinks she's a cop and likes to randomly collect things that only seem to interest her. The title of her theme suggests that she's insane. |
| 402 | * TheCollectorOfTheStrange: Her profile says that "as a proprietor of feelings most people don't have, she's something of a collector of things normal people don't find interesting". |
| 403 | * CowboyCop: ''Loose cannon princess cop who blows things up and doesn't play by the rules.'' |
| 404 | * DirtyCop: PlayedForLaughs in her ending, where she has Reimu thrown in jail for no particular reason, [[ItAmusedMe just for the hell]] of locking ''someone'' up. |
| 405 | * FairCop: Claims to be a policewoman who is "undercover" as an ordinary person. Given that her idea of an "ordinary person" is a ''princess''... |
| 406 | ** She visits Reimu in her police uniform in the epilogue if she wins. |
| 407 | * FlyingOnACloud: She rides atop a big cloud when summoned as a boss. |
| 408 | * GeniusDitz: Despite telling Yumemi to her face that science is heresy, Kotohime recognizes the electrical equipment in the ship, and her victory quote to Chiyuri is to start reciting the Periodic Table. |
| 409 | * ItAmusedMe: Suggested as her most likely motivation for exploring the "ruins" with all the other player characters. This is supported when she defeats Yumemi and [[HilarityEnsues can't think of anything to wish for]]. And when she finally makes her wish, she puts Reimu in jail just for the hell of it. |
| 410 | * KingIncognito: {{Inverted|Trope}}. She is seemingly a princess, but after defeating Yumemi, she claims to be an undercover cop (nevermind the fact that a princess is hardly inconspicuous). |
| 411 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZyjaO9p0wQ "Maniacal Princess"]] |
| 412 | * MadBomber: Not AxCrazy, but she is both mad and likes blowing stuff up. |
| 413 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: She's a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} bomber princess cop. |
| 414 | * SayItWithHearts: Shows up in the late-game encounters with Chiyuri and Yumemi. |
| 415 | -->'''Chiyuri:''' ... You'd better do what I say if you know what's good for you! |
| 416 | -->'''Kotohime:''' Okay, I will. ♥ |
| 417 | * ShelteredAristocrat: According to her profile, she isn't allowed to leave home very often because of her strange personality. In addition, the characters who do recognize her tell her she should go home, suggesting that she doesn't have permission to be out this time, either. |
| 418 | * StuffBlowingUp: Most of her attacks are explosives. |
| 419 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Most of the other characters react with intrigue or confusion in their MirrorMatch victory quotes. Kotohime's only comment, however, is a matter-of-factly "Oh dear, it's me". |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Kana Anaberal]] |
| 423 | [[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th03kana.png]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | ::''Maiden poltergeist who's lost her dreams'' |
| 426 | ::'''Kana Anaberal''' |
| 427 | |
| 428 | ->''"Looks like there's nothing but weird people around here."'' |
| 429 | |
| 430 | A poltergeist produced by an unstable girl. She normally haunts a western mansion, but the owner has gotten used to her, so she's bored. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * AnimalMotifs: "Soul Bird" just about sums it up. Kotohime's victory quote [[LampshadeHanging asks if she's a birdkeeper]]. |
| 433 | * JustIgnoreIt: The owner of the mansion she was haunting stopped paying attention to her, so she plans to search for a new home. |
| 434 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm4PvG7RGwU "Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream"]] |
| 435 | * MakeSomeNoise: Her charged shot is named "Energy Noise", implying it to be a sound based attack. Makes sense when you consider her species, as [[ShownTheirWork the word "poltergeist" literally means "noisy spirit", and in folklore, inexplicable loud noises are often attributed to them]]. |
| 436 | * {{Meido}}: She wears a maid's uniform. |
| 437 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: She's a poltergeist who was created by the mind of a mentally unstable girl. |
| 438 | * {{Poltergeist}}: She's the first poltergeist in the series. Her sound based ChargedAttack is also in line with folklore, as "poltergeist" means "noisy spirit" and inexplicable noises are attributed to them. |
| 439 | [[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | [[folder:Rikako Asakura]] |
| 442 | [[quoteright:192:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th03rikako.png]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | ::''Scientist that looks for dreams'' |
| 445 | ::'''Rikako Asakura''' |
| 446 | |
| 447 | ->''"Why do you hold such an interest in magic when you already possess such a magnificent power?"'' |
| 448 | |
| 449 | A rare inhabitant of Gensokyo that values science above magic. Despite this, she's actually a very powerful magician. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * TheHeretic: Reimu calls her heretical because she's one of the few people in Gensokyo who values science over magic. |
| 452 | * JetPack: Doesn't use flying magic to go around due to her dislike for it, and instead uses a jetpack. |
| 453 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: As a scientist in a world where that's an uncommon profession, she stands out wearing a labcoat. |
| 454 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XGQF34-9A "Visionary Game ~ Dream War."]] It's (supposedly) the longest theme in Touhou history. |
| 455 | * MeaningfulName: "Rika" means "science", by changing the second kanji. |
| 456 | * PurpleIsPowerful: She's one powerful magician and she's got [[ArtisticLicenseBiology purple hair]] plus [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow eyes of the same color]]. |
| 457 | * SchizoTech: Flies around in a jetpack in a setting where most of the technology is pre-industrial. |
| 458 | * WillfullyWeak: She's quite strong magically, but she dislikes magic too much to use it often. |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder:Chiyuri Kitashirakawa]] |
| 462 | [[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th03chiyuri.png]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | ::''Resident of fantasy that runs through time'' |
| 465 | ::'''Chiyuri Kitashirakawa''' |
| 466 | |
| 467 | ->''"No way out of this, huh...Let's fight!!"'' |
| 468 | |
| 469 | Chiyuri is Yumemi's assistant and mostly spends time collating her research data. She also put out the fliers advertising the contest to reach the center of the "ruins" that recently appeared in Gensokyo. She doesn't always have a clear idea of what her boss intends, which results in her getting whacked over the head when she treats the contest winner rudely (read: threatens them with a gun). Yumemi then orders her to fight the heroines in order to collect more data. Oh, and her major is in "comparative physics". Whatever that means. |
| 470 | ---- |
| 471 | * AlternateSelf: She has a Gensokyo counterpart who can use magic. |
| 472 | %%* BattleButler |
| 473 | * ButtMonkey: Scolded, [[CranialEruption whacked in the head]], and thrown a chair at by Yumemi in multiple storylines... [[spoiler:She does get the luxury of [[KarmicInjury hitting Yumemi's head with a chair]], but it's more out of necessity rather than revenge. Specifically, she [[GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman hits Yumemi to dissuade her from destroying the world after losing]]]]. |
| 474 | * CardCarryingVillain: She tries to hold the winning character hostage because she thought it would be dramatic. |
| 475 | %%* GirlishPigtails |
| 476 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman: PlayedForLaughs. In [[spoiler:most endings, she snaps Yumemi out of a VillainousBreakdown via giving her a CranialEruption with a chair]]. |
| 477 | * HardHead: Yumemi hits her on the head a lot. [[spoiler:She returns the favor to stop her from nuking everyone. With a chair]]. |
| 478 | * ImprobableAge: To us, anyway. Chiyuri is a 15-year-old who graduated from college at 11 and graduate school at 13; however, this is the norm for her dimension. |
| 479 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB_MKgqXdg "Sailor of Time"]]. |
| 480 | * MagicFromTechnology: Fights with fhe artificial magic that Yumemi developed. |
| 481 | * MirrorMatch: She fights herself in a comedic sequence. |
| 482 | * NumberTwo: She's Yumemi's assistant, helping with her research. |
| 483 | * TeenGenius: She's in her teens and a supergenius. This is apparently normal in her dimension. |
| 484 | * TheManBehindTheMan: It's revealed in Ellen's scenario that Chiyuri was the one who wrote the pamphlets inviting people to the Ruins; and promising a 'present to give happiness'. Yumemi's reaction to Ellen bringing this up strongly implies Yumemi was not even aware Chiyuri did this or made such a promise; making Chiyuri the actual instigator of the game's events. |
| 485 | * TimeMaster: ...Maybe. She's got a definite time theme going on with her theme, attack names, and bomb, but none of this manifests during gameplay and it's never mentioned in the story. |
| 486 | * VerbalTic: Ends most of her sentences with "ze," a tic that would end up being heavily associated with Marisa in the Windows games. Apparently a ShoutOut. |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Yumemi Okazaki]] |
| 490 | [[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th03yumemi.png]] |
| 491 | |
| 492 | ::''Fantasy legend'' |
| 493 | ::'''Yumemi Okazaki''' |
| 494 | |
| 495 | ->''"I want to take you home and make you my guinea pig, and learn all the secrets of your power and make it mine!!"'' |
| 496 | |
| 497 | Yumemi is a professor of "comparative physics" at a university in another dimension where all natural forces have been explained by a Grand Unified Theory. When she dares to suggest that the theory doesn't explain magic, she is laughed out of the university and sets off on a journey to prove that it exists. Her ship lands in Gensokyo to capture someone to use in her experiments. Asskicking ensues and she leaves empty-handed. In spite of her disappointing failure, she still [[RobotMaid rewards]] the heroines [[UsefulNotes/MnogoNukesIntercontinentalMissiles generously]]. |
| 498 | ---- |
| 499 | * BadassCape: Wears one during fights as her "battle wear". Her text on the selection screen states she's obsessed with them. |
| 500 | * BadassNormal: Probably the most standout example of this trope across the entire series, if not in video games entirely considering the scope of the beings she contends with. She is not only merely an 18 year old human girl, but a naturally ''powerless'' one at that: no magic or special qualities whatsoever. To circumvent this, she manages to ''scientifically'' synthesize imitation magic significant enough to be the final boss of what is commonly considered the most difficult game in the series to 1cc. |
| 501 | * BigBad: The main villain of ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream''. Though she turns out to be really quite amicable. |
| 502 | * TheCaptain: Captain of a probability space hypervessel. |
| 503 | * CrossAttack: She fights with cross-shaped explosions. Ellen asks if [[LampshadeHanging she's a Christian]]. |
| 504 | * EarthShatteringKaboom: Threatens to blow up the Earth with a "four-dimensional positron bomb" after her defeat. [[spoiler:She claims she's [[IWasJustJoking only kidding]], but that doesn't stop Chiyuri from whacking her over the head with a folding chair.]] |
| 505 | * EvilRedhead: She's the primary baddie in ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'' and her hair is red. |
| 506 | * FinalBoss: As she's the stage 6 Boss of ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'', she's the [[VideoGame game's]] last obstacle. |
| 507 | * ForScience: Attempts to kidnap the player character as proof of her findings. |
| 508 | * ImprobableAge: Is a college professor despite being only 18. |
| 509 | * ISayWhatISay: Twice during her story after she meets her clone; Chiyuri asks who the real Yumemi is, and they reply "Both of us!!" in unison; later, when she prepares to fight herself, they both say "In other words... Everything will be fine once I get rid of you". |
| 510 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTLqnME57vo "Strawberry Crisis!"]] |
| 511 | * MagicFromTechnology: Yumemi has nearly perfected replicating magic and divine power by pure science by the time the player meets her. |
| 512 | * MakeAWish: Due to the ad Chiyuri put up, Yumemi agrees to grant the {{player character}}'s wish to the best of her abilities if she defeats her. She gets slightly frustrated when Kotohime can't think of one. |
| 513 | * MirrorMatch: Fights a copy of herself that Chiyuri accidentally created. |
| 514 | * NightmareFetishist: In her player mode, she ''gushes'' over [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything that just tried to kill her]]. |
| 515 | -->'''Yumemi:''' Oh, a real {{miko}} / [[CuteWitch magician]] / [[MageSpecies witch]] / [[OurGhostsAreDifferent evil spirit]]? How wonderful! |
| 516 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes are colored red. She's also the FinalBoss and the main baddie in ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream''. |
| 517 | * SlipknotPonytail: Her braid comes loose when you defeat her. |
| 518 | * SureLetsGoWithThat: Implied in Ellen's scenario; where when Ellen mentions pamphlets saying she'd get something for going to the Ruins. Chiyuri says she wrote them, and Yumemi's reaction is 'A pamphlet? Let me see'. She then sees the wish promise and decides to go along with it anyway, on a condition.[That Ellen helps Yumemi with her research]. This also indicates the whole wish-granting scheme was Chiyuri's idea and Yumemi was not even aware of that part. |
| 519 | * TeenGenius: An 18-year old supergenius capable of imitating magic with science. |
| 520 | * TheyCalledMeMad: She became a laughingstock of her world when she presented her theory on magic. |
| 521 | * TransformationSequence: Subverted, she [[MundaneMadeAwesome just puts on a cape]]. |
| 522 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:She's left frustrated after any of the PlayerCharacters (sans Chiyuri) defeat her, though she calms down and [[GracefulLoser accepts her defeat]] after a GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman moment]]. |
| 523 | * YoungerThanSheLooks: While she looks like she's in her twenties, she's actually eighteen. |
| 524 | [[/folder]] |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[folder:Ruukoto]] |
| 527 | |
| 528 | ::'''Ruukoto''' |
| 529 | |
| 530 | When ([[MultipleEndings and if]]) Reimu beat Yumemi, she asked for an assistant who could handle all of the day-to-day chores around the shrine. What she got was a [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie nuclear-powered robot maid]] who isn't necessarily good at her job. After this, Ruukoto was [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome never seen again]]. |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * CaptainErsatz: She's the [[YouWannaGetSued "safe"]] alternative to ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'''s Multi. |
| 533 | * {{Meido}}: First maid of ''Touhou''. |
| 534 | %%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot |
| 535 | * RobotMaid: She is a robot Yumemi built for Reimu to take care of chores around the shrine. |
| 536 | [[/folder]] |
| 537 | |
| 538 | !Debuted in ''Lotus Land Story'' |
| 539 | |
| 540 | [[folder:Unnamed Giant Flower]] |
| 541 | The Stage 1 midboss of ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 542 | ---- |
| 543 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn its name. |
| 544 | * PlantMooks: A giant flower attacking the player character. |
| 545 | * ZeroEffortBoss: Mostly shoots away from you. If you stand directly in front of this midboss, you barely need to move to dodge the bullets. |
| 546 | [[/folder]] |
| 547 | |
| 548 | [[folder:Orange]] |
| 549 | [[quoteright:122:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th04orange.png]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | ::''Supernatural Creature'' |
| 552 | ::'''Orange''' |
| 553 | |
| 554 | ->''"I'll bang, shoot, and pop your head off!"'' |
| 555 | |
| 556 | A mountain youkai that gets attacked by the {{player character}} for no particularly good reason. |
| 557 | ---- |
| 558 | * BattleAura: Her aura indicates her hitbox. |
| 559 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: She warns you not to expect her to be easy just because she's the stage 1 boss. |
| 560 | %%* ChineseGirl |
| 561 | * ClippedWingAngel: Orange [[TurnsRed turns blue]] once her health meter depletes far enough... but you probably finished her off before you noticed the change. |
| 562 | * ColourfulThemeNaming: According to the game's coding, she's called Orange, which is clearly referencing the color of the same name. |
| 563 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABiZU-VYCKo "Decoration Battle"]] |
| 564 | * NoNameGiven: Her name is never actually seen in-game. In the cutscenes, she's just "???" The only times her name is shown are in the game's internal code, its omake, and ''Mystic Square'''s Extra Stage staff roll. |
| 565 | * RedheadInGreen: An [[ColourfulThemeNaming orange]]head with green and yellow clothes, which later would share visual similarities with Hong Meiling due to this. |
| 566 | %%* {{Shorttank}} |
| 567 | * WarmUpBoss: Her status as the first boss in ''Lotus Land Story'' is apparently why her bullets give you plenty of breathing room and are slow-moving. It's even possible to defeat her '''before she fully performs one of her attacks''' without bombing. |
| 568 | [[/folder]] |
| 569 | |
| 570 | [[folder:Kurumi]] |
| 571 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th04kurumi.png]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | ::''Vampire Girl'' |
| 574 | ::'''Kurumi''' |
| 575 | |
| 576 | ->''"Anyway, I'll show no mercy to anyone who tries to pass through, whether they're a shrine maiden or not!!"'' |
| 577 | |
| 578 | A vampiress that attempts to stop the player from reaching the island in the lake filled with blood. |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: Unlike the other vampires in the series, she is never seen using a bat transformation in combat, or at all, even though going off the other examples, it would likely be handy in a fight. |
| 581 | * GameBreakingBug: If you have low rank on Easy Mode; Kurumi on one of her patterns will attempt to shoot a negative amount of bullets. This crashes the game. Doubles as unintentional EasyModeMockery as this can only occur on Easy Mode, and even then if you are doing particularly badly. |
| 582 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqp-WqVHyA "Scarlet Symphony ~ Scarlet Phoneme"]] |
| 583 | * MakeSomeNoise: Her powers are implied to be sound-based, due to her theme name ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme Phoneme]]), the danmaku reflecting off the borders and her being a vampiress, and thus the bat-like analogies with the echolocation. |
| 584 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: The first confirmed vampire in the series, if Elis isn't one. |
| 585 | * RecurringBoss: She's both the mid-boss and end boss of stage 2. Kurumi is the only PC-98 character to do this. |
| 586 | * ThemeAndVariationsSoundtrack Her Leitmotif is a fourteen-second motif repeated in several keys. |
| 587 | * WingedHumanoid: She looks human, apart from her large bat wings. They count toward her hitbox. |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | [[folder:Dark Mirror-like Being]] |
| 591 | A winged mirror appearing as the third midboss of ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life when defeated. |
| 594 | * AnimateInanimateObject: A mirror with a will of its own. |
| 595 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn its name. |
| 596 | [[/folder]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | [[folder:Elly]] |
| 599 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th04elly.png]] |
| 600 | |
| 601 | ::''The Porter of a Mansion'' |
| 602 | ::'''Elly''' |
| 603 | |
| 604 | ->''"I'm the guardian here, Elly".'' |
| 605 | |
| 606 | The gatekeeper to Yuuka's mansion. She's completely useless at her job, letting both Reimu and Marisa by. Not that Yuuka even ''needs'' a gatekeeper, considering her own power and how isolated her mansion is... |
| 607 | ---- |
| 608 | * BadLiar: PlayedForLaughs. If you're playing as Marisa, Elly tries and fails to lie to her that she defeated Reimu. The fact she greatly sweats while claiming this probably didn't help. |
| 609 | * BattleButler: An unusual instance in which the warrior servant of the Stage 6 boss is ''not'' the second-to-last enemy in the game. Elly is only the stage 3 boss. |
| 610 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: In the demo version, Elly explains to Reimu and Marisa that the game ends here. [[LampshadeHanging Both heroines complain about this]]. |
| 611 | * CombatPragmatist: She'll hit you with anything she can, including ripping up floor tiles to throw at you. |
| 612 | * GateGuardian: She guards the gate to Yuuka's mansion, though she is utterly awful at her job. Although this may have something to do with a vampiress inhabiting the only route to her gate. |
| 613 | * TheGrimReaper: Her design is based on the Ankou version of a Grim Reaper; which is a French inspiration. |
| 614 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kXx6f7qaa8 "Bad Apple!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MrCXNJDfGw "Spirit Battle ~ Perdition Crisis"]]. Due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNZ_Rnr7Jc a famous fan vid]], the former is much better-known than Elly herself. |
| 615 | * MindOverMatter: Her ability to hurl floor tiles and throw her scythe like a boomerang could be explained by some form of telekinesis. |
| 616 | * NighInvulnerability: Before she starts to [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throw her scythe]]. Notable as it's the only time a Stage 3 boss has a survival phase in any Touhou game, the only survival phase in PC-98, and the first survival phase in any Touhou game [Unless you really want to count Evil Eye Sigma self-destructing as a "phase"]. |
| 617 | * PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: When she throws her scythe, it spins repeatedly as it flies towards you, then returns to her. |
| 618 | * SinisterScythe: Wields a scythe in her boss fight and is opposed to Reimu and Marisa. |
| 619 | * SpinToDeflectStuff: When she throws her scythe, it spins in the air and blocks your shots. The only shot that can bypass it is Marisa-A with her piercing laser. |
| 620 | %%* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysworks: |
| 621 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Elly claims this is the case when forced to admit she lost to Reimu/Marisa, her excuse being that she hadn't fought in a long time. However, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome since this is the only time we ever see her]], it's impossible to know whether an Elly at the top of her game could have defeated Reimu or Marisa. |
| 622 | [[/folder]] |
| 623 | |
| 624 | [[folder:Unnamed midboss fairy]] |
| 625 | The Stage 4 midboss of ''Lotus Land Story''. She returns in ''Mystic Square'' as the Stage 3 midboss. |
| 626 | ---- |
| 627 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life when defeated in her second encounter in ''Lotus Land Story'', as well as in her encounter in ''Mystic Square''. |
| 628 | * DegradedBoss: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. She's still a midboss when she reappears in ''Mystic Square'', but she appears in Stage 3 rather than Stage 4. |
| 629 | * KingMook: As a fairy who appears as a stage midboss, she's this to the fairies that appear as regular enemies elsewhere in the game. |
| 630 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn her name. |
| 631 | * RecurringBoss: She's encountered twice in her debut game. Averted in ''Mystic Square'', where she's only encountered once. |
| 632 | [[/folder]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | [[folder:Yuuka]] |
| 635 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuka_kazami_2.png]] |
| 636 | [[caption-width-right:128:PC-98 era]] |
| 637 | [[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th09yuukakazami_8.png]] |
| 638 | [[caption-width-right:256:Windows era]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | ::[--[PC-98]--] |
| 641 | ::''Oriental Demon'' |
| 642 | ::'''Yuuka''' |
| 643 | |
| 644 | ::[--[Windows]--] |
| 645 | ::''Flower Master Of The Four Seasons'' |
| 646 | ::'''[[ContinuityReboot Yuuka Kazami]]''' |
| 647 | |
| 648 | ->''"It doesn't matter if you're a god, power is everything!"'' |
| 649 | |
| 650 | An old and extremely powerful flower youkai first found living in the dream world, Mugenkan, and currently inhabiting the Garden of the Sun. She is sleeping at the time and only defends herself because Reimu and Marisa broke in and woke her up. Naturally, she loves her flowers and is actually more like a force of nature than a typical youkai. |
| 651 | ---- |
| 652 | * AffablyEvil: She speaks gracefully and politely even as she's threatening to reduce you to atoms. Akyuu puts it best in her article in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'': |
| 653 | --> The stronger the youkai, the more polite they normally are. |
| 654 | --> But you must not cross her. |
| 655 | * AxCrazy: Her PC-98 version is heavily implied to be ''incredibly'' sadistic and entertained by violence, even proudly proclaiming that ''genocide'' is just a game to her. |
| 656 | * BerserkButton: Those caught disturbing her flowers have a nasty habit of getting vaporized on the spot. |
| 657 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Is generally peaceful and polite. If she is disturbed in any way, she is consistently recognized as one of the most dangerous beings in Gensoukyou. The problem is figuring out what disturbs her. Abusing flowers: [[DisproportionateRetribution death.]] Running a flower shop, where they are cut up, arranged with other cut flowers, and left to die: perfectly okay. If you are weak and don't disturb her, she'll ignore you as not worth her time; antagonize her, and [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath she kills you.]] If you are strong and disturb her, she happily challenges you to a [[GloveSlap formal but non-lethal duel.]] When accused of being behind an incident, she makes no claims to be innocent, even though she is, and in fact [[BloodKnight actively goads]] the accuser into a fight. If PC-98 depictions are still considered canon, she once invaded the underworld, told the Satan equivalent she did it because she was bored, and says that genocide is just a game, whether it's on humans or demons. Debate still rages whether she [[OmnicidalManiac actually believes that]] or [[TheGadfly only said it to piss Shinki off.]] If asked, her answer would probably be [[MathematiciansAnswer "yes."]] |
| 658 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Mainly in her bad ending in ''Mystic Square'' where she talks to the player, asking them to try again another time in a kind fashion. |
| 659 | * DemotedToExtra: After her return in Windows. She debuted in ''Lotus Land Story'' as the final boss who had to be fought two stages in a row, and then was PromotedToPlayable in ''Mystic Square''. At this point in time, she was so prominent a character she even made it into ''[[VideoGame/{{Seihou}} Kioh Gyoku]]'' as a GuestFighter. After the leap to Windows, she wasn't seen again until ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', where she was part of the roster and a late game boss, still presenting her as an important character as a result. However, she has only made background cameos in print works and in the fighting games ever since, not even getting to appear in any of the scene games. |
| 660 | * DoppelgangerAttack: A few of her attacks as ''Lotus Land Story'''s final boss. |
| 661 | * TheDreaded: Far and away one of the most feared youkai in Gensokyo. Case in point, eyewitnesses' accounts on Yuuka's article in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' revolve around her doing ordinary activities (such as chatting with flower shop owners, visiting the shrine, or smiling at villager in a flower garden)... Only to intimidate everyone with her mere presence. |
| 662 | * FinalBoss: The Stage 6 boss of ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 663 | * TheGadfly: Loves rubbing people the wrong way. Goes hand in hand with ItAmusedMe. How much is up to the reader. |
| 664 | * GreenThumb: Being a flower youkai, her power is the manipulation of flowers. Unlike other ''Touhou'' characters who [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower have vague or seemingly useless powers that can potentially be dangerous]], her flower manipulation [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway really isn't suited for battle at all]]. This doesn't hinder her, though, since she already has a lot of raw physical and magical power. |
| 665 | * GuestFighter: Shows up in ''[[VideoGame/{{Seihou}} Kioh Gyoku]]'' as a playable character. |
| 666 | * ItAmusedMe: When she's a protagonist, her main motivations for picking fights were "it amused me". |
| 667 | * JustHereForGodzilla: InUniverse. The other characters assume because she's a flower-manipulating youkai that she's responsible for the events of ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. In reality she's just there to enjoy the mass flower blooming before the incident is resolved. |
| 668 | * LadyOfWar: According to ''[[UniverseCompendium Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'', she incorporates flower petals in her attacks and her fights are said to be beautiful to watch. |
| 669 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Like Mima, she's racked up a few: |
| 670 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llO4PINy2e8 "Sleeping Terror"]], the theme when you first fight her. |
| 671 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gaWY5THh4 "Faint Dream ~ Inanimate Dream"]], her final boss theme in ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 672 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdk_otmhrHU "Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms ~ Flower of Japan"]], her theme in her cameo appearance in ''[[{{VideoGame/Seihou}} Kioh Gyoku.]]'' |
| 673 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akLkR5tjcU "Gensokyo Past and Present ~ Flower Land"]], her theme from ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. |
| 674 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Provided the opponent isn't someone who [[BerserkButton crossed her]], Yuuka enjoys a good, fair fight with rules discussed beforehand to prevent unnecessary deaths. |
| 675 | * MightyGlacier: Relatively speaking, with the slowest move speeds in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' (so slow that some characters can outspeed her even while they're in [[TheSlowWalk Focus Mode]] and she isn't) but with very high [[ChargedAttack charge speeds]] matched only by [[TheHero Reimu]], [[StrongerWithAge Aya and Tewi]], as well as a reputation for being very old and powerful. Since in most Touhou games the protagonist is a OneHitPointWonder who relies on dodging to survive (and she's never appeared in the fighting games), in her playable appearances she's technically more of a GlassCannon. |
| 676 | * {{Moe}}: {{Invoked}} in her bizarre character profile in ''Kioh Gyoku'', with ZUN repeatedly referring to her as "[[Memes/TouhouProject youkai moe~]]" and the term became almost endemic. Possibly a pun - moe literally means ''budding''. That and various offical things casting her in a cute light. |
| 677 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In-universe, Akyuu's profile on her states [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Perfect_Memento_in_Strict_Sense/Yuuka_Kazami you should never interact with under any circumstance]]. |
| 678 | ** Akyuu also lists her "Human Friendliness Level" as "worst". This put her below youkai that still hunt humans like Rumia, the human-hating Medicine, and the insane human-blood drinking vampire Flandre. She is the ''only'' character to get the Worst rating. |
| 679 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She acts like she was just teasing... ''with jokes about genocide and murder''. |
| 680 | * NotMeThisTime: She's the prime suspect behind the flowers blooming in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', as she has caused an incident before and is a youkai of flowers, but it turns out to be a (mostly) natural phenomenon. |
| 681 | * ParasolOfPain: She always carries a parasol (though it is actually a flower that never withers). |
| 682 | * PerfectRunFinalBoss: Just like with Kaguya, if you used a continue before the final stage, you never saw it. If you lost all your lives during it, it would end immediately. Unlike Kaguya, it also doubles as EasyModeMockery. |
| 683 | %%zce* PowerGivesYouWings: In her cameo appearance in ''Kioh Gyoku''. |
| 684 | * PromotedToPlayable: Although she's the stage [[RecurringBoss 5]] and [[FinalBoss 6]] boss of ''Lotus Land Story'', she's one of the PlayerCharacters in ''Mystic Square'' and ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. |
| 685 | * PsychoPink: Both of her outfits in her debut incorporate pink, in which she's [[AxCrazy mentally unwell]] plus antagonistic to the PlayerCharacter. Averted in ''Mystic Square'', in which she no longer sports pink. Further averted when she reappears in the Windows era, as she has a [[SameCharacterButDifferent different and more affable personality]]. |
| 686 | * RecurringBoss: In ''Lotus Land Story'', she first appears as the stage 5 boss, then comes back for the final stage. |
| 687 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her redesign in the Windows era depicts her as red-eyed and she's one of the strongest characters in Gensokyo. Averted in the PC-98 era, in which she has green eyes. |
| 688 | * RightManInTheWrongPlace: Her route in ''[=PoFV=]'' is only because random people kept running into her and accusing her of starting the whole Incident. Her response is a SureLetsGoWithThat. |
| 689 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: Yuuka in the PC-98 canon was a demonic HumanoidAbomination heavily implied to be, if nothing else, a complete and utter monster, happily talking about her interest in brutally killing anyone she meets without a second thought. Come her reintroduction in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' and she's not only changed species to a flower Youkai, but has taken much more benign personality ([[BerserkButton provided one doesn't damage her flowers]]). She's even stated to frequent the Human Village's florist, and is largely amicable to humanity. |
| 690 | * SayItWithHearts: Much of her dialogue in the PC-98 games. |
| 691 | -->'''Yuuka:''' In a few hours, you'll become a mist of atoms. ♥ |
| 692 | * StrongerWithAge: One of the most powerful beings in Gensokyo, purely as a result of being around for so long. |
| 693 | * TimeAbyss: Let's put it this way: Eiki Shiki declared that her "sin" is that she's lived for too long. When she said this about a ''human'', said human had lived for over a ''millennium''. Now, consider how much longer youkai ''already'' live than humans. |
| 694 | * TookALevelInKindness: Pre-Windows Yuuka is an actively malevolent youkai who stirs up trouble and throws around homicidal threats. Post-Windows Yuuka is a largely dormant (if a bit [[TheGadfly trollish]]) youkai who's polite towards villagers and seldom does any harm beyond spooking off those who invade her garden. |
| 695 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: In a world where even the [[LethalHarmlessPowers weakest powers get some kind of powerful application]], Yuuka's ability to manipulate flowers is as simple as making them bloom and turning them to face the sun. Great for gardening, not so much for fighting. However, in the end that doesn't really matter since she's so physically and magically powerful due to her great age. |
| 696 | * WorldsBestWarrior: Yuuka is a very long-lived and wisened youkai, and [[StrongerWithAge therefore]] has quite possibly the strongest raw physical and magical power out of everyone in Gensokyo, to the point that her foes need their spoils from the SuperpowerLottery just to ''match'' her. |
| 697 | [[/folder]] |
| 698 | |
| 699 | [[folder:Mysterious orb]] |
| 700 | A ball of light, acting as the Extra Stage midboss of ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 701 | ---- |
| 702 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life while leaving. |
| 703 | * AmbiguousSituation: While Yuuka had a BallOfLightTransformation in the main story, it's not clear whether this orb is her, or someone else with the same ability, or if it really is just an orb. |
| 704 | * CollisionDamage: Unlike other midbosses, the orb has [[AvertedTrope no collision]]. |
| 705 | * HoldTheLine: The orb is invulnerable. Instead, you must survive all of its danmaku until it leaves on its own. |
| 706 | * NighInvulnerability: You can't hit the orb, and must HoldTheLine until it leaves. |
| 707 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn its name. |
| 708 | [[/folder]] |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[folder:Mugetsu]] |
| 711 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th04mugetu.png]] |
| 712 | |
| 713 | ::''Maid'' |
| 714 | ::'''Mugetsu''' |
| 715 | |
| 716 | ->''"I'm Mugetsu. And this is my world."'' |
| 717 | |
| 718 | The goddess of the dream world the {{player character}} stumbles into during the Extra stage, apparently. |
| 719 | ---- |
| 720 | * CardCarryingVillain: Boasts that she thinks nothing of human lives. |
| 721 | * ContractualBossImmunity: She and her sister are the first Extra Bosses in the series to have a bomb shield. |
| 722 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Mugetsu is not in any way connected to the main plot. She just attacks for the lulz. |
| 723 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fluu5GOfy68 "Illusion of a Maid ~ Icemilk Magic"]] |
| 724 | * {{Meido}}: She seems to like wearing the uniform. |
| 725 | * MoreDakka: Though not as brutal as her sister's, her timeout danmaku are hard. You can see them [[https://youtu.be/EC2K9hbP3e8?t=1m20s here]]. |
| 726 | * PhysicalGoddess: It's not really clear whether she actually created it or not, but she claims that the dream world that the ''Lotus Land Story'''s bonus stage takes place in is "her world". |
| 727 | * {{Superboss}}: One of the two extra stage bosses of ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 728 | * TeleportSpam: Moves around erratically via this, making her very difficult to hit. |
| 729 | [[/folder]] |
| 730 | |
| 731 | [[folder:Gengetsu]] |
| 732 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th04gengetu.png]] |
| 733 | |
| 734 | ::''Demon'' |
| 735 | ::'''Gengetsu''' |
| 736 | |
| 737 | ->''"Don't underestimate me. The two of us put together are actually a full-fledged adult!"'' |
| 738 | |
| 739 | Mugetsu's older sister and a demoness. Seriously, that's about all we know about her. |
| 740 | ---- |
| 741 | * BigSisterInstinct: She fights the player character to avenge her defeated younger sister. |
| 742 | * ContractualBossImmunity: She and her sister are the first Extra Stage bosses to have Bomb immunity. |
| 743 | * DivinelyAppearingDemons: She is stated to be a demon, but she looks like an angel instead. |
| 744 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Gengetsu is not in any way connected to the main plot. She just fights because you're beating up Mugetsu and has no idea why Reimu and Marisa are even there. |
| 745 | * IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: Exaggerated to the point of essentially being a TimeLimitBoss. It is common for Touhou extra stage bosses to have a final attack which becomes progressively more deadly as time goes on, but in Gengetsu's case, timing out her maxed out spread is not merely very hard - under normal conditions, it is virtually impossible. |
| 746 | ** Gengetsu is also unique in the sense that while most Extra and Final bosses have a final attack that has a punishing timeout phase if you try and cheese the fact the attack becomes more intense as the boss' HP drops; Gengetsu does this on almost every single phase. |
| 747 | * IntangibleMan: While moving around. She also dosen't have a physical hitbox, so you can't die by crashing into her. Probably a good thing given her TeleportSpam. |
| 748 | * KamehameHadoken: Can also break out a spark, though it's not quite as big as Yuuka's. |
| 749 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGqzG2Ydro "Cute Devil ~ Innocence"]] |
| 750 | * MoreDakka: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0FkEZXVqjk This]] is what happens if you try to time out Gengetsu's final attack. Fans don't call it "Gengetsu Rape Time" for nothing. |
| 751 | * StrongerSibling: Breaking the ''Touhou'' tradition, she's the older sister but still the stronger one. |
| 752 | * {{Superboss}}: The other extra stage boss of ''Lotus Land Story''. |
| 753 | * UnbuiltTrope: Mugetsu and Gengetsu were the first of many pairs of sisters that would appear throughout the series. However, in future pairs such as [[VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil Remilia and Flandre]], [[VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith Shizuha and Minoriko]] or [[VideoGame/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism Satori and Koishi]], the younger sister is usually the stronger one, whereas here it's the other way around, so they look like an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of the trend in hindsight. |
| 754 | * WingedHumanoid: She looks human and she's got angel wings, despite being a demoness. |
| 755 | [[/folder]] |
| 756 | |
| 757 | !Debuted in ''Mystic Square'' |
| 758 | |
| 759 | [[folder:Unnamed midboss demon (Stage 1)]] |
| 760 | A demon with a wheel around her appearing as the Stage 1 midboss of ''Mystic Square''. |
| 761 | ---- |
| 762 | * KingMook: Acts as this to the other demons that appear as regular enemies throughout the stage. |
| 763 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn her name. |
| 764 | * ShockAndAwe: The wheel surrounding her seems to be made of lightning. |
| 765 | * SpectacularSpinning: Her wheel spins continuously at a high speed. |
| 766 | [[/folder]] |
| 767 | |
| 768 | [[folder:Sara]] |
| 769 | [[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05sara.png]] |
| 770 | |
| 771 | ::''Gate Keeper'' |
| 772 | ::'''Sara''' |
| 773 | |
| 774 | ->''"Well, you'll be my first prey in a while."'' |
| 775 | |
| 776 | Another one of those useless gatekeepers, Sara guards the doorway to Makai. Seems to consider humans food. |
| 777 | ---- |
| 778 | * GateGuardian: She protects the gate to Makai. |
| 779 | * ImAHumanitarian: Refers to Reimu as "prey". |
| 780 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTjyoODonBE "Magic Formation ~ Magic Square"]] |
| 781 | * SpectacularSpinning: During some of her attacks, she spins at a very high speed. |
| 782 | * ThemeNaming: Both hers and Luize's names are {{shout out}}s to characters created by the same artist who created Ellen. |
| 783 | [[/folder]] |
| 784 | |
| 785 | [[folder:Bright Mirror-like Being]] |
| 786 | A winged mirror appearing as the Stage 2 midboss of ''Mystic Square''. Unlike its counterpart from ''Lotus Land Story'', this one has a brighter color scheme. |
| 787 | ---- |
| 788 | * AnimateInanimateObject: A mirror with a will of its own. |
| 789 | * FictionalConstellations: The mirror's surface has a constellation in the shape of a cross drawn on it. It's not the Southern Cross, however, as it has 5 stars instead of 4. |
| 790 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn its name. |
| 791 | [[/folder]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder:Luize]] |
| 794 | [[quoteright:105:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05luize.png]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | ::''Demon Boundary Person'' |
| 797 | ::'''Luize''' |
| 798 | |
| 799 | ->''"Well, Makai is a nice place, so relax and do some sightseeing while you're here ☆."'' |
| 800 | |
| 801 | A tourist from Makai. Had the bad luck of running into the heroine before she could make it to Gensokyo. |
| 802 | ---- |
| 803 | * BattleAura: Has a ghostly one in stage 4. |
| 804 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Most of the time anyway. |
| 805 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1i4HRrgwvY "Spiritual Heaven"]]. |
| 806 | * PaletteSwap: When she reappears as Stage 4 midboss, her hair and details on her outfit become blue, and her eyes become red. |
| 807 | * RecurringBoss: Stage 2 boss and stage 4 mid-boss, although her mid-boss appearance has different coloring. |
| 808 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes turn red in her second appearance as the Stage 4 midboss. |
| 809 | [[/folder]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | [[folder:Alice]] |
| 812 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05alice2.png]] |
| 813 | [[caption-width-right:128:PC-98 era]] |
| 814 | [[quoteright:127:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th07alice.png]] |
| 815 | [[caption-width-right:127:Windows era]] |
| 816 | ::[--[PC-98]--] |
| 817 | ::''Witch of Death'' |
| 818 | ::'''Alice''' |
| 819 | |
| 820 | ::[--[Windows]--] |
| 821 | ::''Seven-Colored Puppeteer'' |
| 822 | ::'''[[ContinuityReboot Alice Margatroid]]''' |
| 823 | |
| 824 | ->''"Silly shrine maiden, your two-colored powers are a mere twenty-eight-point-five-seven-one-four percent as powerful as mine!"'' |
| 825 | |
| 826 | Another magician that lives in the Forest of Magic, and neighbor to Marisa. Her power is magic, with her signature ability being the [[MarionetteMaster manipulation of her dolls]]. She's mostly aloof and self-confident, but is still willing (if reluctant) to work together with Marisa and isn't above showing kindness to others. |
| 827 | ---- |
| 828 | * ActionBomb: She sends dolls stuffed with gunpowder to blow up in people's faces. |
| 829 | * AliceAllusion: Aside from the obvious references, her name becomes a StealthPun when you remember that she now lives in Gensokyo (since "Gensokyo" literally means "fantasy land"...or "Wonderland", if you will). |
| 830 | * AttackDrone: Her dolls do most of the attacking. |
| 831 | * AttackReflector: She has this in ''Mystic Square''; during her Stage 3 boss fight, she uses a mirror that fires pellets when shot by the player character. |
| 832 | * BadassBookworm: Like all Magicians she researches to improve the strength of her magic. |
| 833 | * BeneathTheMask: The official profiles (as well as Suika) call her out on her assuming a cool, confident front to hide her timid and cowardly true persona. |
| 834 | * BlackMagicianGirl: Somewhat, as she eskews more traditional magic in favour of puppetry. |
| 835 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Along with Marisa in ''Subterranean Animism''. This continues into the Extra stage, where after defeating the mid-boss, Alice says to Marisa: "Look, it's the extra dungeon for after you beat the game. Good luck!" |
| 836 | * CreatingLife: Her greatest ambition is to create a doll that can act independently instead of being puppeteered by her magic. |
| 837 | * CreepyDoll: Her dolls are usually depicted as more cute in official material, but some of her spellcards certainly suggest this trope with names like "''Eerily Luminous'' Shanghai Dolls" and "''Hanged'' Hourai Dolls". Not to forget that most of them are armed, shoot, or explode. |
| 838 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has yellow eyes to match her blonde hair in PC-98 canon. |
| 839 | %%zce* CuteWitch: In PC-98 canon. |
| 840 | * DeadpanSnarker: Her dialogue with Marisa in ''Imperishable Night'' and to a lesser extent ''Subterranean Animism'' consists essentially of the two witches throwing snarky comments at each other and occasionally at their opponent. She's much more polite and subdued when speaking alone to the other characters, so we can just blame the black-white's bad influence. |
| 841 | * DemotedToExtra: Hit '''hard''' by this. Alice was the Extra Boss in her debut game, as well as one of the most prominent characters in the series during the original Windows trilogy, appearing not just as the Stage 3 boss of ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', but also Marisa's partner in ''Imperishable Night'', a member of the playable roster in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', and a recurring character in print works, putting her roughly on the same level as the likes of Remilia, Yuyuko, and Yukari. After the SoftReboot in ''Mountain of Faith'', however, her prominence dwindled rapidly, and after appearing as one of Marisa's shot options in ''Subterranean Animism'' and as Cirno's final boss in ''Hisoutensoku'', she was eventually relegated to a rarely appearing and mentioned background character with no significant role. As of 2023, she has yet to have had a speaking part since ''2009.'' |
| 842 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Originally, she had a more childish appearance and her dress had a different design. She also now sports a red headband, while in her debut she wore a blue ribbon instead. Her dolls had a much simpler design as well. |
| 843 | * EatingOptional: According to Akyuu, Alice hasn't needed to eat or sleep since she became a youkai magician, but she does so anyway. |
| 844 | * ElementalPowers: When using her grimoire, she gains control over fire, ice, and possibly other elements as well. |
| 845 | * EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Her moniker is the "Seven-Colored Puppeteer", and she fires multicolored danmaku. |
| 846 | * {{Expy}}: According to ZUN, her PC-98 incarnation was heavily inspired by [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Alice]]. |
| 847 | * FinalBoss: She's the last opponent in Cirno's story in ''Hisoutensoku''. |
| 848 | * FlunkyBoss: She summons her dolls as part of many of her attacks. She does [[AvertedTrope avert]] it in her Extra Boss fight, where she relies entirely on her grimoire. |
| 849 | * ForScience: Attacks Reimu, Marisa, and Sakuya in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' because she needed test subjects for their dolls, and they just so happened to be there. This also extends to her appearance as the final boss of Cirno's campaign in ''Hisoutensoku'', where she uses the hapless fairy as a test subject for her new [[MakeMyMonsterGrow Titania and Goliath dolls]]. |
| 850 | * HyperspaceArsenal: While fighting she seems to use an infinite amount of dolls. |
| 851 | * KamehameHadoken: Seems to have some form of strong beam attack, although it is inconsistently named. In the fighting games at least, it's fired out of a doll much like Marisa uses her mini-Hakkero to fire her Sparks. |
| 852 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Where to begin?: |
| 853 | ** From Stage 3 of Mystic Square, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZJbdvHKSI "Romantic Children"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0bJ0rrgaU "Plastic Mind"]] |
| 854 | ** From the Extra Stage, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwOGMEAbQo "Alice in Wonderland"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMlFCwOjIMQ "The Grimoire of Alice"]]. |
| 855 | ** From Perfect Cherry Blossom, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deMn8DAKOMw "The Doll Maker of Bucuresti"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K38Z8qAkqo "Doll Judgment ~ the Girl Who Played with People's Shapes"]] |
| 856 | * KaleidoscopeEyes: Perhaps fittingly for someone with the title "Seven-Colored Puppeteer", in Windows canon she goes from having blue eyes in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' to green in ''Immaterial Missing Power'', orange in ''Imperishable Night'', and then green again in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' and ''Hisotensoku''. |
| 857 | * MageSpecies: Alice eventually became a youkai magician as a result of her research into magic. |
| 858 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Level Titania & Goliath Doll, her last 2 cards in Cirno's FinalBoss fight in ''[[GaidenGame Hisoutensoku]]'' have her dolls turn gigantic. The latter is a [[HoldTheLine Survival Card]]. |
| 859 | * MarionetteMaster: Her puppets have no degree of automation, so even though she uses them to clean her house, it doesn't really make it much easier since she has to micromanage every single one of them. It makes her habit of holding one-sided conversations with them a little odder, too. |
| 860 | * MundaneUtility: Alice uses her doll army to do the chores. |
| 861 | * RecurringBoss: In ''Mystic Square'', she is the stage 3 boss and the Extra stage boss, then in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', she appears multiple times in stage 3. |
| 862 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: In ''Mystic Square'', Alice is a resident of Makai, supposedly a demon created by Shinki like everyone else there. However, when she was reintroduced for the Windows series, her background was changed so that she is a [[MageSpecies youkai magician]] living in the Forest of Magic (and, at least [[UnreliableNarrator according to Akyuu]], she was born human and became a magician through training). She also looks much older, despite there only being one game between appearances and [[NotAllowedToGrowUp no one else aging as distinctly]], and has gained a surname and [[MarionetteMaster a focus on dolls]].[[note]]Although [[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Mystic_Square/Translation/Other ZUN's notes]] say she was using dolls back in Mystic Square's third stage.[[/note]] |
| 863 | * ShoutOut: |
| 864 | ** Her last name is a reference to Miss Murgatroyd in Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''. |
| 865 | ** There's also the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' thing, of course. Her extra stage in ''Mystic Square'' even comes with card soldiers and a BGM outright named "Alice in Wonderland". |
| 866 | ** She has ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' dolls as alternate palettes in ''Hisoutensoku''. |
| 867 | * SpellBook: Since her appearance as {{superboss}} in ''Mystic Square'', she's always seen carrying a sealed book, but hasn't opened it since then. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65XsORNMvbA This is what happened when she did.]] In ''Mystic Square'' it's titled "The Grimoire of Alice" while the Windows book has no visible label, but it's strongly implied that she still owns a book by that name.[[note]]Marisa firmly denies in the foreword of ''The Grimoire of Marisa'' that it's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "a copy of Alice's grimoire in any way"]].[[/note]] |
| 868 | * {{Superboss}}: In ''Mystic Square''. She's also the only {{superboss}} in all of ''Touhou'' that gives the player an ending and credit sequence after beating her, although it is actually a list of all the PC-98 characters. |
| 869 | * ThemeNaming: |
| 870 | ** LocationThemeNaming: Many of Alice's spell cards are named for places. Most famous are her "Eerily Luminous Shanghai Dolls" and "Hanged Hourai Dolls", to the point where fanworks almost universally portray her with [[AscendedExtra individual dolls named Shanghai and Hourai]], although in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' she seems to have quite a large collection from all over the world, such as "Chalk White Russian Dolls" and "Benevolent French Dolls". |
| 871 | ** ColourfulThemeNaming: Using a color theme similar to the one used in Ran, Chen, and Yukari's names, Alice's [[BossSubtitles title]] is the "Seven-Colored Puppeteer". Since Reimu is only a red and white shrine maiden, Alice asserts that Reimu is only 28.5714% (or 2/7ths) as strong as her in the dialogue before her boss fight.[[note]]Ignoring the fact that white contains every color of the spectrum.[[/note]] |
| 872 | * TrueSight: Has the ability to perceive Keine's true form, Mokou's immortality, and the invisible light of the full Moon just by a glance. |
| 873 | * UnknownRival: Reimu doesn't recall her name both times they fight after her initial appearance, first in the extra stage of ''Mystic Square''. She fails to recognize her completely in their reunion in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom.'' Naturally, Alice was annoyed. She didn't really seem to care much after that, and they're shown to be on at least decent terms later on. |
| 874 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Alice and Marisa spend most of their time onscreen together snarking at each other, but she's implied to be genuinely a close friend of hers. |
| 875 | * WillfullyWeak: She never fights at her full strength, because she's afraid of what it might mean if she lost while going all out. This idea is often connected to the fact that she carries a grimoire that she's never been seen opening since her Platform/PC98 appearance. |
| 876 | [[/folder]] |
| 877 | |
| 878 | [[folder:Yuki]] |
| 879 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05yuki01.png]] |
| 880 | |
| 881 | ::''Black Witch'' |
| 882 | ::'''Yuki''' |
| 883 | |
| 884 | ->''"I'll lead you to a place where you can rest forever ♥."'' |
| 885 | |
| 886 | Tries to stop the player character once she gets into Makai, alongside Mai. |
| 887 | ---- |
| 888 | * BattleAura: Gains red aura when Mai is defeated. |
| 889 | * CollisionDamage: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. She's the only boss in this game to have no collision hitbox. |
| 890 | * DualBoss: Alongside Mai. The two are also [[MiniBoss Midbosses]] in ''Samidare''. |
| 891 | * IronicName: Yuki means "snow", but she uses fire magic. It's her teammate that uses ice magic. |
| 892 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPP99ERu5Ms "Crimson Maiden ~ Crimson Dead!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqsxhOZlH0 "Forbidden Magic,"]] which she shares with Mai. |
| 893 | * PlayingWithFire: She specializes in fire-based magic. |
| 894 | * RedOniBlueOni: With Mai. Yuki's the Red Oni, being the more aggressive of the two. |
| 895 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: If you defeat Mai first, Yuki becomes enraged and cuts loose on you. |
| 896 | * TurnsRed: If Mai is defeated before her. |
| 897 | [[/folder]] |
| 898 | |
| 899 | [[folder:Mai]] |
| 900 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05mai01.png]] |
| 901 | |
| 902 | ::''White Witch'' |
| 903 | ::'''Mai''' |
| 904 | |
| 905 | ->''"Now that she's not dragging me down, I can finally get serious."'' |
| 906 | |
| 907 | Fights the heroine alongside Yuki. Quiet. Usually. |
| 908 | ---- |
| 909 | * AnIcePerson: She specializes in ice-based magic. |
| 910 | * DualBoss: Alongside Yuki. The two are also [[MiniBoss Midbosses]] in ''Samidare''. |
| 911 | * FalseFriend: Despite acting as Yuki's friend, she calls Yuki "dead weight" when she loses and says Yuki was dragging her down. Ironically, she's considered to be the easier of the two. Her leitmotif is even called ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Treacherous Maiden]] ~ Judas Kiss.'' |
| 912 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: Angelic wings. And when Yuki is defeated they turn into white demon wings. |
| 913 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9--OkYd3fn0 "Treacherous Maiden ~ Judas Kiss"]] along with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqsxhOZlH0 "Forbidden Magic,"]] which she shares with Yuki. |
| 914 | * OneSteveLimit: Somewhat broken, with ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'' introducing Mai Teireida. However, that Mai is spelled 舞, while this one is spelled マイ. Funnily enough, both are part of a DualBoss (Mai from this game with Yuki, and Teireida with Satono). |
| 915 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mima's apparent power prompts Mai to actually speak in Yuki's presense, which surprised the latter. |
| 916 | * RedOniBlueOni: With Yuki. Mai's the Blue Oni. |
| 917 | * ShoutOut: To ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', in which the ninth circle of Hell represents the sin of treason and is frozen over in ice. |
| 918 | * TheQuietOne: She's normally pretty quiet, unless you beat Yuki first. If you do, she suddenly starts using sentences without ellipses. |
| 919 | * TurnsRed: If Yuki is defeated before her. |
| 920 | * WingedHumanoid: Has either angel wings or white demonic wings depending on whether or not Yuki's been defeated first, though she otherwise looks human. |
| 921 | [[/folder]] |
| 922 | |
| 923 | [[folder:Unnamed midboss demon (Stage 5)]] |
| 924 | A demon in a polka-dot dress appearing as the Stage 5 midboss of ''Mystic Square''. |
| 925 | ---- |
| 926 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life when defeated. |
| 927 | * KingMook: Acts as this to the other demons that appear as regular enemies throughout the stage. |
| 928 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn her name. |
| 929 | [[/folder]] |
| 930 | |
| 931 | [[folder:Yumeko]] |
| 932 | [[quoteright:106:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05yumeko.png]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 | ::''Maid'' |
| 935 | ::'''Yumeko''' |
| 936 | |
| 937 | ->''"How can you let such a person just leave like this!"'' |
| 938 | |
| 939 | A blade-throwing maid and one of Shinki's strongest servants. Tries to protect Shinki from the heroines. Fails. |
| 940 | ---- |
| 941 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has blond hair and yellow eyes. |
| 942 | * FlechetteStorm: Technically, they're swords, but she uses them like knives. |
| 943 | * IntangibleMan: Woman in her case, but she can temporarily phase out while moving. |
| 944 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHEBWZR7U4Y "Doll of Misery"]] |
| 945 | * MagnumOpus: Shinki outright says "Out of everything I've created, Yumeko was of the highest caliber..." in every scenario except Marisa's, although when pressed by Mima on it she claims Yumeko is "a normal inhabitant of Makai" and "not a golem". |
| 946 | * NinjaMaid: The original one from the series, Shinki's warrior maid and one of her strongest servants. |
| 947 | * SpaceMaster: Implied to be capable of manipulating space, with her being intangible when moving, the background being distorted during her fight, and her swords having fancier materializing animations compared to other projectiles in the game. |
| 948 | * StormOfBlades: Her bullets are lots and lots swords. |
| 949 | [[/folder]] |
| 950 | |
| 951 | [[folder:Shinki]] |
| 952 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th05shinki.png]] |
| 953 | |
| 954 | ::''Goddess of Devil's World'' |
| 955 | ::'''Shinki''' |
| 956 | |
| 957 | ->''"Defeat me? How foolish!! A shrine maiden is nothing more than a dog of the gods."'' |
| 958 | |
| 959 | The creator of Makai. Since she allowed a travel agency in Makai to organize tours into Gensokyo, the heroines decide to beat her up. |
| 960 | ---- |
| 961 | * AffablyEvil: The whole reason that Reimu, Marisa, and Mima went to fight her is that she was allowing demons from Makai to cross over to Gensokyo as ''tourists''. This started causing problems there. |
| 962 | * CreatingLife: Explicitly stated to have created Yumeko and all other Makai residents. Whether or not this includes Alice is up to speculation and individual interpretation. |
| 963 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Has white hair, dresses in blood-red robes with black and white hems, has dark wings covered in ominous symbols, is the creator of the Realm of Demons and all of its demonic denizens, yet she completely averts the WhiteHairBlackHeart, RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver and [[GoodWingsEvilWings Evil Wings]] tropes and flips the idea that demons are evil on its head for good measure. |
| 964 | * DeathInAllDirections: Literally in the later portions of her winged form attack, including BeamSpam and even MoreDakka than usual. |
| 965 | * FinalBoss: Being the stage 6 boss of ''Mystic Square'', she's the last boss in said [[VideoGame game]]. |
| 966 | * EnergyWeapon: Has a particularily awe-inspiring penultimate attack that covers most of the screen in sweeping lasers and bullet patterns. She actually ends up destroying Makai with this attack. The attack pattern was later reused by Byakuren as her "Devil's Recitation" Spell Card... Well, of course it would be a recitation: Shinki declared it first. |
| 967 | * GodEmpress: She is the divine creator of Makai and all of its denizens plus is their official ruler. |
| 968 | * TheHighQueen: You'd think the creator and ruler of the Demon Realm would fit [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the other trope]] but, no, Shinki's genuinely pretty nice, and the invasion of Earth was not so much an "invasion" as it was an unannounced tourism venture. |
| 969 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFqakHJ7-jI "Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being"]]. The fangame ''Magus in Mystic Geometries'' adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4qBxwwu-X8 "AN ORDEAL FROM GOD"]] (composed by ZUN). |
| 970 | %%zce* MarkedChange: Localised to her wings. |
| 971 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: At the end of her final attack phase, in the background you can see a bunch of buildings ''going up in flames.'' |
| 972 | * PhysicalGoddess: And is not one of the lesser goddesses, either, being borderline omnipotent, capable of creating her own world, filling said world with lifeforms and destroying it when she goes all-out. |
| 973 | * PowerGivesYouWings: Grows six white seraphic wings for battle. Which then change color to a more demonic purple. |
| 974 | ** Oddly, she loses them again during the final attack, perhaps because she is exhausting the last of her power. |
| 975 | * {{Satan}}: For the ''Touhou'' universe, as she's the Goddess of Makai, has white seraph wings that may turn a demonic purple, and lives in "Pandaemonium." Of course this being ''Touhou'' means: |
| 976 | * SatanIsGood: She is a friendly person despite being ruler of Makai, but can get ''very'' annoyed if one attacks her. |
| 977 | * WingedHumanoid: Has six purple wings with [[TronLines red markings]]. |
| 978 | [[/folder]] |
| 979 | |
| 980 | [[folder:Unnamed card midboss]] |
| 981 | A playing card (specifically a Jack) wearing a crown, acting as the Extra Stage midboss of ''Mystic Square''. |
| 982 | ---- |
| 983 | * OneUp: Drops an extra life when defeated. |
| 984 | * AnimateInanimateObject: A playing card with a will of its own. |
| 985 | * KingMook: Acts as this to the card soldiers that appear as regular enemies throughout the stage. A bit literal due to wearing a crown as well. |
| 986 | * NoNameGiven: We never learn their name. |
| 987 | [[/folder]] |
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