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This page is for ''Touhou'' characters who debuted in ''Touhou Kaeidzuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View''.
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[[folder:Aya Shameimaru]]
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::''Traditional Fantasy Reporter''
::'''Aya Shameimaru'''

-->''"Now then, time for a news story!"''

One of the crow tengu who live up on Youkai Mountain, Aya runs the newspaper known as the ''Bunbunmaru''. Because she gets carried away and exaggerates things when writing articles, people don't really like to be featured in her paper. While she is strong, to the point that sometimes she accidentally wins fights when she was really just trying to take pictures for her newspaper, she prefers to work on her paper far more than fighting.

She technically first appears in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]'', which came out a few days before ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', though she's put here as this is her first official appearance. This makes her the first character to be introduced in an artbook before showing up in game.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the star of the 'Bunkachou' games ''Shoot the Bullet'' and ''Double Spoiler'', as well as [[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]] and ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'', which feature articles written by Aya for her newspaper. She's also a playable character in ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She can either be very determined in getting photos, or very [[TheDitz ditzy]]. [[CloudCuckoolander She's portrayed in both canon/fanon as mostly ditzy]].
* BewareTheSillyOnes:
** With her [[JapanesePoliteness polite, humble way of speaking]] and apparently trivial motives, it's easy to forget that Aya is over a thousand years old and one of the stronger named characters in the series.
** In ''Forbidden Scrollery'' when she easily silences Kosuzu after she freaks out upon Aya revealing her true identity as a tengu, there's an unspoken but present implication that if Aya so desired she could've easily killed Kosuzu before she even had a chance to react.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She dresses as a paperboy as part of a disguise in ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery'' to try and move among the humans without drawing attention to herself.
* BlowYouAway: As a crow tengu, she has the traditional fan and the wind power to match.
* BoobsOfSteel: ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' portrays her with a noticeable chest, and she's one of the strongest youkai in Gensokyo.
* CameraFiend: In both canon and fanon, although in different ways.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Ayayayaya!"
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: She was introduced as a fairly decent reporter and average tengu in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. Later portrayals have her a gonzo journalist and something of an outcast to some degree.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: She shows in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]'' that, while [[{{Kitsune}} Ran Yakumo]] may [[GoodWithNumbers enjoy doing math]] in her spare time, not everyone in Gensokyo shares her enthusiasm for the subject.
--> '''Ran''': Here, an equation of a thousand expressions. \\
'''Aya''': Ack! \\
'''Ran''': And here is the proof. \\
'''Aya''': Ughhhhh.
* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Her walking animation in the fighting games has her taking notes on her notepad while she walks. In the middle of a spell card duel. She doesn't waste any time in preparing her articles, it seems.
* FastestThingAlive: Considered to be the fastest sustained flier in all of Gensokyo.
* FirstPersonSnapshooter: In this case, taking photos of your enemies [[NonLethalKO defeats]] them - [[GameplayAndStorySegregation or so it seems]], judging by aforementioned spinoff games.
* ILetYouWin: This is what her profile says about her fight with the player characters in ''Mountain of Faith'', as letting intruders gain access to the mountain without a fight would be suspicious.
* IntrepidReporter: Goes around taking pictures and doing interviews for her articles.
* JapanesePoliteness: One of the few characters who actually behaves like this - Aya speaks in a polite, professional manner even while she's being pushy, and prefers statements like "Ah, that would be a bit..." rather than outright saying no. According to Akyuu all old and powerful youkai tend to be polite, but most such characters are less humble and come across closer to AffablyEvil than this trope. It probably has something to do with the tengus' elaborate social structure compared to other youkai.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe7_DKzmJts "Wind God Girl,"]] as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5fNem6GvYA "Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain."]]
* LostInTranslation: The name of her newspaper, ''Bunbunmaru'', translates roughly as "Sentence Sentence Period" but is also a {{Pun}} on her own name and catchphrase ("Bun" [[AlternateCharacterReading can also be read as]] "Aya"), and is pronounced the same as the nickname of baseball player Takahiro Ikeyama (equivalent to "Old Two-Strikes").
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Uses Reimu's official position of neutrality towards political affairs in Gensokyo in order to sell newspapers at Suzunaan, since much to the shrine maiden's chagrin it prevents her from being able to interfere.]]
* MirrorMatch: Eiki uses her magic mirror to invoke this in ''Shoot the Bullet''.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Her taking photos ''during the middle of a heated battle'' results in some epic shots within {{Fanime}}.
* NiceHat: Like any typical tengu, she wears a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokin tokin]].
* NotSoDifferent: Despite the fact that she and Momiji do not get along, ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' reveals that both resent the fact that despite their loyalty and hard work for Lord Tenma and the other greater tengu, they're both stuck in their respective castes.
* {{Paparazzi}}: While certainly non-canon considering the nature of the series, in fandom [[MemeticMutation Aya is often portrayed as a pervert who takes]] [[PantyShot compromising photos]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk1_44dhr7k of the other girls]], [[MemeticMolester going to any lengths to get those pictures]].
* PointyEars: Revealed to have these in the artwork for ''Double Spoiler'' as well as in ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery''.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Hatate. Aya's the blue oni, having a much more dignified manner of speech and taking her reporting much more seriously. She is also more mature than Hatate... [[{{Fanon}} generally]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: K-S Romanization of her last name - "Syameimaru".
* SpringtimeForHitler: She's strong enough that she'll sometimes beat the person she's interviewing in the midst of combat completely by accident.
* SuperSpeed: Easily one of the faster individuals in Gensoukyou, definitely ''the'' fastest, along with Hatate, as far as average speed goes.
* {{Tengu}}: She's a crow tengu.
* UnreliableNarrator: Admits to playing fast and loose with the truth when it suits her needs. Also [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Double_Spoiler/Spell_Cards/Stage_4 her comments about Nitori]] make no sense unless we invoke this.
* WingedHumanoid: Inconsistently shown with and without crow wings in official works, but has yet to be seen with wings in any of the games. ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery'' however shows that she can hide and show them at will.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: She really isn't a very good journalist. Her articles, as seen in several collected books, ignore facts and segue on dumb or irrelevant details. Well, that, and she has admitted to inventing details out of whole cloth.

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[[folder:Medicine Melancholy]]
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::''Little Sweet Poison''
::'''Medicine Melancholy'''

-->''"You must be happy. You can die surrounded by poison."''

A doll that has come to life as a youkai, she works hard for the emancipation of all dolls. Unfortunately, most dolls are unable to live as she can. She has the power to control various kinds of poison, [[SuperHeroOrigin allegedly due to the fact she was discarded on the Nameless Hill in the middle of a field of poisonous lily-of-the-valley flowers]].

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* BadPowersBadPeople: Played absolutely straight. She controls poison and is a genocidal CreepyChild maniac who rambles about [[NietzscheWannabe how humans should all die]] and has no problem killing everyone who stumbles into her field.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Konparo, konparo." It's actually an (incorrect) abbreviation of "''convalloside''", a poisonous substance found in lily-of-the-valley.
** Another one of her favorite expressions is "Su-san". This seems to be her nickname for "suzuran" (the Japanese name for the lily-of-the-valley plant), but some fans interpret it as the name of the tiny doll that accompanies her.
* CharacterDevelopment: Is one of the few characters whose lecture from Eiki actually sticks, as she ends up making friends with Eirin and Reisen in an attempt to understand other people.
* CreepyDoll: She's a sentient doll and easily one of ''the'' creepiest characters in the entire series.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Among fan artists it often varies whether she is drawn with or without doll joints.
* FreudianExcuse: She was thrown away by her owner, which ''may'' be the reason for her hatred of humanity.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Most of her pseudo-philosophical ramblings are this. Especially in Reisen's scenario, where she claims that (human) bodies are vulnerable to poison [[TakesOneToKillOne because they are made of poison]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ax84UepxA "Poison Body ~ Forsaken Doll."]]
* LivingToys: She's a doll that gained sentience. It is likely the little doll that follows her around is the real Medicine and the big doll is an external body projection.
* MadnessMantra: Given the chance, she'll lapse into rambles about poisons and their effects.
* MasterPoisoner: Mainly relies on flower-based toxins. In-game this manifests as poison clouds that slow the opponent down, making her one of the worst characters to be against.
* NietzscheWannabe: Harbors a fierce hatred towards humans, and will happily experiment her poisons on them.
* NonindicativeName: She is... somewhat less than medicinal. Although, as she notes herself, many poisons '''can''' be medicine in small concentrations. One could also say [[{{Pun}} she gives humans a taste of their own medicine]].
* NotSoDifferent: Eiki points out during her lecture that Medicine's lack of experience regarding the world outside her flower field makes her no different than more small-minded humans.
* PoisonousPerson: Her body is permanently coated with a cocktail of poisons.
* PowerIncontinence: Can't really control her poisons, which makes her go all out even if she doesn't necessarily want to.
* ShoutOut: Her name comes from the Creator/RayBradbury short story collection ''A Medicine For Melancholy'', while her backstory is also similar to Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story ''Rappaccini's Daughter''.

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[[folder:Yuuka Kazami]]
See our Characters/TouhouPC98 page.
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[[folder:Komachi Onozuka]]
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::''Guide of the Sanzu River''
::'''Komachi Onozuka'''

-->''"I won't show mercy if you're going to interrupt my laid-back work."''

A {{shinigami}} whose job it is to [[TheFerryMan ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River]] to await judgment. However, she's an incorrigible slacker, which ends up leading to the events of ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''[[note]]though the event was simply the 60-year cycle and not Komachi's fault; however, her slacking exacerbated the situation, if only a little[[/note]] when the amount of dead souls overwhelms her and begin accumulating in the world of the living.

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* BerserkButton:
** She's easily one of the most laid-back and friendly characters in the series. But in her ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' scenario, when Tenshi killed ghosts to alter the weather and defeated her fellow shinigami to feign immortality, Komachi put aside her role as a ferryman and gave the Celestial a good old-fashioned attitude adjustment.
-->'''Komachi:''' Not underestimating a shinigami would be in your best interest. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Death comes even for the Celestials, you know?]]
** According to ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'', not paying her right away will cause her to dump you into the Sanzu. In other words, she'll let you get horribly maimed by various sea life and deny you your afterlife for ''not paying immediately''. Some fans interpret this as just a threat and not something she'll actually do, though.
* BoobsOfSteel: Canonically depicted as having large breasts, although fandom has a habit of [[GagBoobs exaggerating it]]. And she is pretty strong in general and in the fighters, her melee strikes are damaging.
* BrilliantButLazy: One {{Fanon}} [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpretation]] is that the Yamas put up with her constant slacking and irreverent attitude because when she bothers to do her job, she's hypercompetent to the point that any amount of trouble with her work ethic is worth keeping her around. ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' pretty much confirmed this.
** BunnyEarsLawyer: She's a greedy slacker with a possible drinking problem who loves having one-sided conversations with the souls she's ferrying. She's also the best damn shinigami there is.
* CatchPhrase: "Kyan!" Mostly whenever Eiki [[HardHead whacks her on the head]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A slacker that barely manages to do her job... right up until someone decided to play around a little too far or messes with the cycle of reincarnation.
* CynicalMentor: Acts this way to Kasen in ''Manga/WildAndHornedHermit''.
* DontFearTheReaper: Since taking people's souls isn't actually her job anyway.
* TheDragon: She works under Eiki, but her boss wasn't initiating the problem in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. She does contribute somewhat, because she's such a slacker.
* TheFerryMan: She has the role of Charon from Greek mythology -- a ferryman whose duty is to guide souls to Higan, where they're judged.
* GirlishPigtails: The "two side up" variant.
* HairDecorations: Red bobbles that hold her GirlishPigtails in place.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuC4d-AL1U "Higan Retour ~ Riverside View".]]
* MightyGlacier: In the fighting games. Her scythe is slow but powerful, and has a large hitbox. Likewise her projectiles move very slowly but are hard to destroy, making them useful for blocking attacks or herding enemies towards her scythe.
* MoneyToThrowAway: Literally, as she uses coin danmaku. Maybe that's why the CelestialBureaucracy is always broke.
* PetTheDog: The manga shows that while on the job Komachi is actually very polite and if anything else reassuring to souls of the recently deceased, she is shown calming down someone who had recently died telling the soul they are a good person and that they are not going to hell.
* {{Shinigami}}: Although in ''Manga/WildAndHornedHermit'' it's revealed that shinigami don't actually do the job of harvesting souls like you'd expect them to.
* ShoutOut: Komachi's victory line against Patchouli mentions [[Manga/DeathNote a book that kills the person whose name was written in it. It is also explicitly mentioned she can see lifespans.]]
* SinisterScythe: It's unique in that it somewhat resembles a ghost's tail. It's worth noting, though, that shinigami carry scythes not for use as weapons (though she uses it as such in the fighting games,) but to make it easier for recently deceased souls to understand that they are dead.
* TheSlacker: Spends most of her time napping and neglecting her shinigami duties.
* SoulPower: Some of her attacks involve controlling floating souls, and presumably this is related to her job of ferrying souls.
* SpaceMaster: Her power is "manipulation of distance", which she uses during her job to change the width of the Sanzu river according to the deceased's life, as well as in the fighting games, to trap the opponents on one spot so she can scythe and coin them to death.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: K-S Romanization of her last name -- "Onoduka".
* TranquilFury: When confronting Tenshi after having her aforementioned BerserkButton pushed, she appears to be as calm and carefree as always despite her anger.

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[[folder:Eiki Shiki]]
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::''Highest Judge of The Court Of Paradise''
::'''[[NoPronunciationGuide Eiki Shiki]], Yamaxanadu'''

-->''"It looks like I still need to lecture you much more."''

Komachi's boss and Gensoukyou's resident judge of the dead. Unlike Komachi, she takes her work seriously, and is oftentimes lecturing her subordinate, as well as everyone else. She possesses the power to see everything in black and white, which leads her to be a bit moralistic, although she always means well. For reference, her given name is Eiki and her family name is Shiki, with the latter coming first in Japanese naming order, and Yamaxanadu is a job title.

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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: As the judge of the dead, she needs to be able to answer without hesitation whether someone is good or evil, and her power lets her do so. However, the series is ambiguous about whether gods deciding what is right and wrong is necessarily a good thing for mortals, as seen by Kasen questioning her judgment of immortal hermits.
* TheBusCameBack: Her dream self appears in ''Violet Detector'' as a boss.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Yes, you have [sinned] a little too much."
** "This is the good deed you can do right now." following the advice she doles out in almost all of her victory quotes.
* CharacterFilibuster: Due to her job, she gets to preach upon the characters fault, and due to those characters' ChaoticNeutral tendency, they have tons of faults. One might suspect that she is basically ZUN's in-story speaker.
* CelestialBureaucracy: She's a judge in the "Ministry of Right and Wrong" which runs Heaven and Hell, assigned to a jurisdiction that includes Gensokyo.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Komachi states in ''Manga/OrientalSacredPlace'' she started out as a Ksitigarbha, a statue of a Buddha who pledged to remain in Hell saving sinners as long as they existed, and the gathering of belief (one of the greatest sources of power in Gensokyo) turned her into a true deity.
* CompassionateCritic: While she certainly seems to ''want'' people to be good, her preferred method of encouraging this is to point out all their flaws in great detail. This is apparently a trait of all Yama.
* DependingOnTheArtist: She's prone to either being drawn childishly (often with ACupAngst) which is supported with this picture from ''The Grimoire of Marisa'' [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:GoMIllus-Shikieiki.jpg here]] or as a rather tall/leggy adult with normal figure. It's possible her little girl form is a SleepModeSize.
* EnemyWithout: Her Cleansed Crystal Mirror reveals all the sins of the one who looks into it. In ''[[GaidenGame Shoot the Bullet]]'' she uses it on Aya, which is represented by Aya having to fight a duplicate of herself.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her hair is longer on one side than the other. She also has different ribbons on either side.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''.
* TheJudge: Of the Netherworld, no less. It's on her authority that Yuyuko is queen of Hakugyokurou.
* LawmanBaton: Her Rod of Remorse fills much this role, literally striking with the weight of its target's sins. Also overlaps somewhat with StaffOfAuthority.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kMyTYcmvJ "Eastern Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years."]]
* LittleMissBadass: Yukari, who is likely one of the strongest beings in Gensokyo, said that if Eiki were serious she [[CurbStompBattle would not stand a chance against her]] even with both Yuyuko and Reimu backing her up. Admittedly, the context could suggest that she was talking about a ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath verbal]]'' conflict.
* NiceHat: Remarkably ornate, even for a series where almost everyone has nice headgear. It's based on Enma/the Yama's iconic judge's cap.
* OlderThanSheLooks: It is extremely common to see fan art of her as a very short girl, especially compared to Komachi. Somewhat confirmed by ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'', with her portrait depicting her as short and almost prepubescent. On the other hand, art of her in-game suggests she's almost as tall as Komachi. Naturally, [[MemeticMutation fan artists ran away with this]].
* OurGodsAreDifferent: You'd think it wouldn't matter given the sheer volume of this trope in Gensokyo, but see LittleMissBadass above.
* {{Psychopomp}}: Guides souls to the afterlife.
* ShesGotLegs: Any fan interpretation that does not depict her as a kid depicts her this way.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: K-S Romanization of her name - "Sikieiki". Which is also misleading in that it's really supposed to be two separate names: her surname is Shiki and her given name is Eiki. While the Si/Shi confusion has been cleared up, the combining of her two names into "Shikieiki" is something that's stubbornly wormed its way into the English speaking fandom and still hasn't completely gone away.
* SuperStrength: The Rod of Remorse that Eiki holds takes on the weight of a person's sins. But no matter who she faces, the rod is never so heavy that Eiki cannot hold it up. She is the Highest Judge of Paradise, after all.
** Alternatively, it may be that it's only heavy to the sinner. So to Eiki, who by job description would be nearly sinless, the rod would be feather-light.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Judging by how everyone seems to try to avoid her lectures, it must feel like this trope for failing to avoid her.
* WhatTheHellHero: She calls ''everyone'' out, mainly out of concern that everyone's going to go to Hell [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]] if they don't change their ways right now.
* WillfullyWeak: Being as bound to the rules of the CelestialBureaucracy as she is, Eiki would never use the full power of her position on the living.
* ZettaiRyouiki: [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Fandom/Phantasmagoria_of_Flower_View#Eiki_Shiki.2C_Yamaxanadu Fanart portrays her as such]], when she actually wears very short and frilly socks, leaving much bare skin. [[MaleGaze Thank you, English Touhou Wiki]], [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:PMiSS_sikieiki.jpg for the information]].

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* NiceHat: Remarkably ornate, even for a series where almost everyone has nice headgear. It's based on Enma[=/=]the Yama's iconic judge's cap.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS[=/=]NoPronunciationGuide: K-S Romanization of her name - "Sikieiki". Which is also misleading in that it's really supposed to be two separate names: her surname is Shiki and her given name is Eiki. While the Si/Shi confusion has been cleared up, the combining of her two names into "Shikieiki" is something that's stubbornly wormed its way into the English speaking fandom and still hasn't completely gone away.

* HotScoop: She's certainly not bad looking, and ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' has her posing in an fanservice-y manner alongside the other named tengu with their eyes covered by black rentangles.

* JapanesePronouns: Like Cirno, Komachi uses "Atai." However, unlike with Cirno, this generally goes unmentioned by the fandom.

** According to [=PMiSS=], not paying her right away will cause her to dump you into the Sanzu. In other words, she'll let you get horribly maimed by various sea life and deny you your afterlife for ''not paying immediately''. Some fans interpret this as just a threat and not something she'll actually do, though.

* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the star of the 'Bunkachou' games ''Shoot the Bullet'' and ''Double Spoiler'', as well as [[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]] and ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'', which feature articles written by Aya for her newspaper.

* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the star of the of the 'Bunkachou' games ''Shoot the Bullet'' and ''Double Spoiler'', as well as [[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]] and ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'', which feature articles written by Aya for her newspaper.

** "This is the good deed you can do right now." Following the advice she doles out in almost all of her victory quotes.

* LittleMissBadass and/or BadassAdorable: Yukari, who is often seen as nigh-godlike due to her [[RealityWarper reality warping]] powers, said she [[CurbStompBattle would not stand a chance against Eiki]] even with both Yuyuko and Reimu backing her up, if Eiki was serious. Bearing in mind Yukari fighting probably means Ran and Chen too, you can realise just how powerful Eiki is.
** Admittedly, she may have been referring to her [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath lectures]]... the Japanese context even seems to imply this, as it can be interpreted as "pointless to argue with".

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* NotSoDifferent: Despite the fact that she and Momiji do not get along, ''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia'' reveal that both resent the fact that despite their loyalty and hard work for Lord Tenma and the other greater tengu, they're both stuck in their respective castes.

* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the star of the of the 'Bunkachou' games ''Shoot the Bullet'' and ''Double Spoiler'', as well as [[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]], which features articles written by Aya for her newspaper.

* HotScoop: She's certainly not bad looking.

* {{Tengu}}: Crow tengu.

* NiceHat: Like any typical tengu, she wears a tokin.

* NiceHat: remarkably ornate even for a series where almost everyone has nice headgear.

* OlderThanSheLooks: It is extremely common to see fan art of her as a very short girl, especially compared to Komachi. Somewhat confirmed by ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'', with her portrait depicting her as short and almost prepubescent. On the other hand, art of her ingame suggests she's almost as tall as Komachi. Naturally, [[MemeticMutation fan artists ran away with this]].

* DependingOnTheArtist: She's prone to either being drawn childishly (often with ACupAngst) which is supported with this picture from The Grimoire of Marisa [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:GoMIllus-Shikieiki.jpg here]] or as a rather tall/leggy adult with normal figure. It's possible her little girl form is a SleepModeSize.

One of the crow tengu who live up on Youkai Mountain, Aya runs the newspaper known as the Bunbunmaru. Because she gets carried away and exaggerates things when writing articles, people don't really like to be featured in her paper. While she is strong, to the point that sometimes she accidentally wins fights when she was really just trying to take pictures for her newspaper, she prefers to work on her paper far more than fighting.

She technically first appears in [[AllThereInTheManual Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]], which came out a few days before Phantasmagoria of Flower View, though she's put here as this is her first official appearance. This makes her the first character to be introduced in an artbook before showing up in game.

* CharacterDevelopment: Is one of the few characters whose lecture actually sticks, as she ends up making friends with Eirin and Reisen in an attempt to understand other people.

* ArtificialHuman[=/=]LivingToy: She's a doll that gained sentience. It is likely the little doll that follows her around is the real Medicine and the big doll is an external body projection.

* CreepyChild[=/=]CreepyDoll: Easily one of ''the'' creepiest characters in the entire series.