1 Fawriel4th Dec 2010 12:46:45 PM from the bottom of my heart
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The Touhou invasion is complete.
The old 'Compendium
was a big success, with discussions about almost all Touhou characters imaginable, lacking only completely nameless characters and Kasen, who was only just introduced in a manga and is still shrouded in mystery. It has amassed 212 pages and over 5250 posts. Perceptions were shaped, much was learned. The original post is updated and now contains links to all the characters' profiles and discussions.
Now it's time to take things to the next level!
The mission:
The TCAI-Compendium was good, but there's always room for improvement. The aim is to make this thread a fun place for creative discussion and the discussion of creativity, as well as to create an easy starting point for any newcomers to the series to learn all they want to about the characters they are curious about. The modus operandi:
The appeal of Touhou lies in its nature as a series with great potential surrounded by one of the largest and most productive fandoms in the world. While canon exists, it is not nearly as rigid as in other works. The richness in potential invites fans to create their own visions of the world of Gensoukyou and its inhabitants – and this freedom is something our new thread will embrace. What this means is: Anyone reading this thread may formulate an essay, big or small, describing their view of a character. The form is entirely free. All it needs is a little summary/title of some sort that should be no longer than three lines at most. Think of it this way: If you were in charge of a big Touhou production, how would you do things, what would your vision be like? Nobody will complain and no canon will interfere with your image. Gensokyo is your oyster. Every character's profile will contain a regularly updated section for these Alternate Character Interpretations (ACIs), which will be displayed by their summary/title. In addition to that, this post will have its own section compiling the contributions of all who contributed. This way, creativity is not only encouraged, but readers can easily read up on a certain user's complete collection of ideas if their curiosity was piqued. In order to enhance informativeness, profiles will remain largely the same, but will also contain possibly interesting information about spell cards and songs. They'll strive to be concise and fun to read, but will also contain links to Touhou Wiki
for anyone who wants to learn more.
Character's title in the game they are a boss in, if applicable
Character Name with link to the character's Touhou Wiki page
Appearance(/Voice): this space will be filled with fanart that users find depict the character very well
Theme:
This Is A Character's Theme Song* Stage: "Stage Name"
"Stage blurb"
bgm: This Is The Song Playing In The Stage* Spellcard Motif: a short description of the recurring motif in spell cards, with a wiki link to them
Notable spellcards:
This Is A Signature Spell Card, The Rest Are Notable For Other Reasons, Probably For A Cool Name Write-up:
A little essay on all the basic things you might want to know about a character that is hopefully easy and entertaining to read. Relations:
A cleverly written summary of a user's ACI, which is no longer than three lines and totally grabs the attention of anyone who reads it. If they want to find out more, they can click the link.
– by This Troper
Tengu Tier
Eirin Yagokoro, Kanako Yasaka, Momiji Inubashiri, Nazrin, Nitori Kawashiro, Yuuka Kazami Less Popular:
Kappa Tier
Mima, Cpt. Minamitsu Murasa, Nue Houjuu, Shou Toramaru, Rinnosuke Fairy Tier
Hatate Himekaido, Ichirin Kumoi, Lily White/Black, Shinki, Tokiko, Yumemi Okazaki, all remaining PC-98 characters Stage Select
Eientei, Human Village, Makai, Netherworld, Youkai Mountain
Bhava-Agra
Gensokyo
Lunar Capital
The Underground
Scarlet Devil Mansion
People:
Hieda no Akyuu
Alice Margatroid
Aya Shameimaru
Byakuren Hijiri
Chen
Cirno
Daiyousei
Iku Nagae
Hina Kagiyama
Kaguya Houraisan
Kasen Ibara
Kisume
Kogasa Tatara
Koishi Komeiji
Komachi Onozuka
Kyouko Kasodani
Letty Whiterock
Lunasa, Lyrica and Merlin Prismriver
Maribel and Renko
Marisa Kirisame
Marisa's hat
Medicine Melancholy
Hong Meiling
Mystia Lorelei
Parsee Mizuhashi
Philosopher's Stone
Ran Yakumo
Reimu Hakurei
Remilia Scarlet
Reisen Udongein Inaba
Rin Kaenbyou
Satori Komeiji
Suika Ibuki
Suwako Moriya
Tenshi Hinanawi
Tewi Inaba
Utsuho Reiuji
Toyohime and Yorihime Watatsuki
Wriggle Nightbug
Yamame Kurodani
Yukari Yakumo
Yuugi Hoshiguma
Utsuho
asterism
Akyuu
, Lunasa
, Lyrica
,
Meiling
, Merlin
,
Kyouko
, Maribel and Renko
, Meiling
, Parsee
, Prismriver Sisters
,
Scarlet Devil Mansion
, Suwako
, Utsuho
, Wriggle
Bocaj:
Akyuu
, Alice
, Cirno
, Gensokyo
, Kisume
, Komachi
, Marisa
, Medicine
, Meiling
, Mystia 1
, Mystia 2
, Prismriver Sisters
, Reimu
, Reisen
, Reisen II
, Remilia
, Suika
, Tewi
, Wriggle
, Yamame
Chagen 46
Chen
Clarste:
Aya
, Chen
, Gensokyo
, Koishi
, Komachi
, Watatsuki Sisters
, Philosopher's Stone
, Prismriver Sisters
, Reimu
, Remilia
, Satori
, Tenshi
, The Underground
, Utsuho
, Wriggle
, Yukari
Cynicmuffin
Parsee
, Reimu
, Suwako
Durazno:
Alice
, Chen
, Gensokyo
, Kyouko
, Marisa
, Mystia
, Rin
, Tengu Village
, Yamame
Dragonexx
Cirno
, Suwako
Enlong
Kasen
Exuno
Reimu
Fawriel:
Akyuu
, Alice
, Gensokyo
, Kisume
, Koishi
, Letty
, Parsee
, Ran
, Reimu
, Satori 1
, Satori 2
, Suika
, The Underground
, Utsuho and Rin
, Yamame
, Yukari
, Yuugi
Flame Haze 17
Maribel and Renko
hassanico:
Meiling
Higanbana:
Gensokyo
, Reimu
Horselesshorseman
Alice
, Gensokyo
, Iku
, Kisume
, Kogasa
, Komachi
, Kyouko
, Medicine
, Meiling
, Mystia
, Parsee
, Prismriver Sisters
, Rin
, Satori
, Scarlet Devil Mansion
, Suika
, Tenshi
, Utsuho
, Yuugi
Hylarn
Gensokyo
, Kasen
, Koishi
, Komachi
, Marisa
, Yukari
JacktheSnowman
Suwako
KH fujoshigirl 98
Alice
, Medicine
, Meiling
Kyler Thatch
Chen, Ran and Yukari
, Gensokyo
, Hina
, Meiling
, Utsuho
, Yamame
Metaflare
Akyuu
, Alice
, Aya
, Byakuren
, Iku
, Kisume
, Meiling
, Mystia
, Prismriver Sisters
, Suika
, Tenshi
, Yuugi
[MODE]
Chen
, Marisa
, Yukari
Otherarrow
Akyuu 1
,
Akyuu 2
, Aya
, Byakuren
, Cirno
, Scarlet Devil Mansion
, Iku
, Maribel & Renko
, Maribel and Renko again
, Meiling
, Mystia
, Prismriver Sisters
, Remilia
, Suwako
, Tenshi
, Watasuki Sisters
, Wriggle
, Yuugi
Pulse
Akyuu
, Alice
, Aya
, Bhava-Agra
, Byakuren
, Cirno
, Daiyousei
, Hina
, Iku
, Kisume
, Kyouko
, Meiling
, Mystia
, Parsee
, Prismriver Sisters
, Prismriver Sisters again
, Reimu
, Remilia 1
,
Remilia 2
, Rin
, Satori
, Scarlet Devil Mansion
, Suwako
, Tenshi
, Wriggle 1
, Wriggle 2
, Yuugi
raigakuren
Cirno
, Iku
, Prismriver Sisters
, Remilia
, Suika
Raz Fox
Aya
, Chen
, Gensokyo
, Hina
, Kasen
, Koishi
, Komachi
, Lunar Capital
, Reimu
, Reisen
, Rin
, Tewi
, Yukari
Ruki Motomiya
Reimu
stardf29
Alice
, Utsuho
sorcerymon
Medicine
Stark Maximum:
Reimu
SuperDimensionMan:
Marisa's hat
Swasfews
Tewi and Reisen
Tacitus
Alice
, Cirno
, Maribel and Renko 1
, Maribel and Renko 2
, Marisa
, Meiling
, Suwako
, Tenshi
, The Underground
, Yuugi
TARDISES
Parsee
The Chubby Destroyer
Chen
, Lunar Capital
, Reimu
, Tenshi
, Utsuho
, Yamame
WORLD Tree
Gensokyo
, Komachi
, Reimu
, Yukari
Xion Ga Taosenai
Gensokyo
, Reimu
yarrunmace:
Alice
, Aya
, Byakuren
, Chen
, Daiyousei
, Gensokyo
, Hina
, Kisume
, Kogasa 1
, Kogasa 2
, Kogasa and Letty
, Koishi
, Letty
, Letty again
, Lunar Capital
, Marisa
, Marisa (abridged)
, Medicine
, Meiling
, Mystia
, Parsee
, Prismriver Sisters
, Reimu
, Reimu 2
, Reisen
, Reisen and Tewi
, Rin
, Satori
, Scarlet Devil Mansion
, Suika
, Tenshi
, Tewi
, Utsuho
, Wriggle
, Yamame
, Yukari
, Yuugi 1
,
Yuugi 2
zealotglob
Alice
, Yuuka
(recommended reading order)
Nobody.
This small world of ours
Green Eyes
Hitori no Onigashima
Welcome to the Underground
Sealed Eyes
A pair of strong hands
Heroes of a New Era
Girls Going Solo by asterism
(proper reading order)
Lunasa
Merlin
Lyrica
Girls work hard now and are preparing. Please watch warmly until it is ready.

The TCAI-Compendium was good, but there's always room for improvement. The aim is to make this thread a fun place for creative discussion and the discussion of creativity, as well as to create an easy starting point for any newcomers to the series to learn all they want to about the characters they are curious about. The modus operandi:
The appeal of Touhou lies in its nature as a series with great potential surrounded by one of the largest and most productive fandoms in the world. While canon exists, it is not nearly as rigid as in other works. The richness in potential invites fans to create their own visions of the world of Gensoukyou and its inhabitants – and this freedom is something our new thread will embrace. What this means is: Anyone reading this thread may formulate an essay, big or small, describing their view of a character. The form is entirely free. All it needs is a little summary/title of some sort that should be no longer than three lines at most. Think of it this way: If you were in charge of a big Touhou production, how would you do things, what would your vision be like? Nobody will complain and no canon will interfere with your image. Gensokyo is your oyster. Every character's profile will contain a regularly updated section for these Alternate Character Interpretations (ACIs), which will be displayed by their summary/title. In addition to that, this post will have its own section compiling the contributions of all who contributed. This way, creativity is not only encouraged, but readers can easily read up on a certain user's complete collection of ideas if their curiosity was piqued. In order to enhance informativeness, profiles will remain largely the same, but will also contain possibly interesting information about spell cards and songs. They'll strive to be concise and fun to read, but will also contain links to Touhou Wiki

The Rules:
Discussion:- We're moving through the characters one step at a time. The beginning of a new discussion and end of the old one is marked by a new profile being posted.
- No one will shoot you for sharing your thoughts on a character who had already been discussed. Going off-topic for a bit is okay. The order is only there to ensure that the thread has some direction. But if you have more general thoughts to share, consider posting in the general thread instead.
- The next topic of discussion will be voted on at the end of the current one.
- Discussions should alternate between popular and less popular subjects. For this purpose, all characters, as well as many locations, are divded into a "tier list". Popular subjects make up the upper two tiers, less popular subjects and locales, the lower two. This is more of a guideline that is meant to ensure that everyone gets the coverage they deserve and the thread doesn't peter out in the end because only unpopular subjects are left to discuss.
- "Canon" is something that can be discussed freely. Please take care to differentiate between discussing what is canon, and discussing what is a good alternative interpretation.
- Be civil. Don't take arguments against your ideas to be affronts to your person. Don't act like people's ideas make them deserving of affronts. This is not a rule so much as just common sense.
- A freeform essay in which you may display your ideas of a certain character. If you see a character differently from canon, share it. If you have a strong idea of what a certain character is like, canon-like or not, share it. If you've created your own fanwork, or if you're playing with ideas for one, or if you just like to imagine what you'd do it like, share it. Even if you just have a crazy, off-the-wall idea for a different take on a character that you think is really cool, share it.
- The essay itself is freeform, but please give it a title or summary as well. A summary shouldn't be any longer than two lines. Less should be sufficient unless you're particularly ambitious.
- The essay will then be linked: 1) under your name at the bottom of this post, and 2) by its descriptive title in the character's profile.
- Alternate Character Interpretations should follow the flow of discussion. Posting ones for characters already discussed is fine. If you really want to write about one who hasn't been discussed yet, it's time to do some campaigning for votes.
Profile Format:
Character's title in the game they are a boss in, if applicable
Character Name with link to the character's Touhou Wiki page

This Is A Character's Theme Song* Stage: "Stage Name"
"Stage blurb"
bgm: This Is The Song Playing In The Stage* Spellcard Motif: a short description of the recurring motif in spell cards, with a wiki link to them
Notable spellcards:
This Is A Signature Spell Card, The Rest Are Notable For Other Reasons, Probably For A Cool Name Write-up:
A little essay on all the basic things you might want to know about a character that is hopefully easy and entertaining to read. Relations:
- Characters somehow related to this one are listed here.
- You can bet that any of these will have been used as a reason for shipping, too.
A cleverly written summary of a user's ACI, which is no longer than three lines and totally grabs the attention of anyone who reads it. If they want to find out more, they can click the link.
– by This Troper
Tier List:
Very Popular:Tengu Tier
Eirin Yagokoro, Kanako Yasaka, Momiji Inubashiri, Nazrin, Nitori Kawashiro, Yuuka Kazami Less Popular:
Kappa Tier
Mima, Cpt. Minamitsu Murasa, Nue Houjuu, Shou Toramaru, Rinnosuke Fairy Tier
Hatate Himekaido, Ichirin Kumoi, Lily White/Black, Shinki, Tokiko, Yumemi Okazaki, all remaining PC-98 characters Stage Select
Eientei, Human Village, Makai, Netherworld, Youkai Mountain
Profiles:
Places:Bhava-Agra





Hieda no Akyuu










































User Contributions:
Ace of ScarabsUtsuho

Akyuu














Akyuu




















Chen

Aya
















Parsee



Alice









Cirno


Kasen

Reimu

Akyuu

















Maribel and Renko

Meiling

Gensokyo


Alice



















Gensokyo






Suwako

Alice



Chen, Ran and Yukari






Akyuu












Chen



Akyuu 1


















Akyuu



























Cirno





Aya













Reimu

Alice


Medicine

Reimu

Marisa's hat

Tewi and Reisen

Alice










Parsee

Chen






Gensokyo




Gensokyo


Alice






































Alice


Write-up compilations:
Eyes Unseeing by Fawriel(recommended reading order)
Nobody.

This small world of ours

Green Eyes

Hitori no Onigashima

Welcome to the Underground

Sealed Eyes

A pair of strong hands

Heroes of a New Era

(proper reading order)
Lunasa

Merlin

Lyrica

Girls work hard now and are preparing. Please watch warmly until it is ready.
edited 9th Mar '12 10:41:45 AM by Fawriel
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2 Fawriel4th Dec 2010 12:47:08 PM from the bottom of my heart
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Gensokyo


Dark and mysterious:
Dark and light



Warm and sweet:
Path and warmth



Vast and beautiful:
Earth and sky



Title themes: A Sacred Lot















Also possibly qualify: World of Empty Dreams




A round character does not exist in a vaccuum. Like any human being, they are shaped by their surroundings. Even beyond that, the same character can be shown in an entirely different light depending on the flavor of the setting itself. So, let's have a look at the setting of Touhou: Gensokyo. What is this place? Well, time for a quick history lesson. In the old times, the world was filled with youkai, gods and other such beings. These creatures have a very special connection to humans: Youkai cannot live without the fear of the people, while gods cannot live without their faith. As technological advances lightened up the darkness of the world, the fear faded away, and with it the need for faith. The creatures of fantasy and illusion were in danger of vanishing from the world forever. Thus, in 1884, a barrier was created around Gensokyo, a vast landlocked valley in Japan that was teeming with youkai. Only the descendents of a few brave warriors who would keep their menace in check make up the human population in this land. Since the erection of the barrier, the dynamic between the two parties has changed. Youkai are the natural enemies of man, but they need man to continue living. Out of sheer necessity, harmony was born: Humans and youkai live in constant conflict, but the conflict is almost entirely a facade to retain the natural order. Danmaku duels are non-fatal, human abductions are a game, and on rare occasions, monsters shop in the human village and humans are invited into the halls of devils for a cup of tea. To try to establish a truly canon view of Gensokyo is almost futile, as the most reliable source of information is the perfectly subjective view of Hieda no Akyuu that she has written down in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense. Most fans will accept the summary given above, but like any other aspect of the series, the setting is malleable. Even in canon, the feeling given by the setting is hard to pinpoint. A comment ZUN made for Story of Eastern Wonderland's first stage theme summarizes it rather well:
"This game ... even though the story is a joke, the music is so serious, and the enemies are so hard. I like that kind of mismatch."
In newer games, the plots have actually become fairly dark, but the presentation remains light-hearted and doesn't take itself seriously. It's quite clear that ZUN primarily considers Gensokyo to be the setting of a series of videogames, and it's clearly written to facilitate this. Perhaps the most obvious proof of this is the nature of fairies in Gensokyo: They are defined as being mischievous nature spirits who like to get in the way of people, die painlessly and quickly resurrect with no ill effects, and like to gather around particularly powerful creatures. In other words, the perfect mooks. Between this presentation that is both serious and silly and the identity of Gensokyo as a place of beauty filled with monsters... is it a silly place? A beautiful one? A fearsome one? Is life adventurous, terrible, whimsical? The answer is: Yes. All of it. Relevant links:
- Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
(including descriptions of particular areas)
- Monologue
(Hieda no Akyuu musing about Gensokyo)
- Spell card rules
Gensokyo, the land where you could ship an astronaut with a bunny girl and have it make some amount of sense.

-by Bocaj Gensokyo is not a paradise because of youkai tea parties or magical fun, but because it allows humans to be humans and youkai to be youkai.

-by Clarste Bringing the Strange Closer

-by Durazno A land of otherworldly beauty and perfect strangeness. A land alive and evolving. Gensokyo, a land of dreams – good and bad.

-by Fawriel Only a dream

-by Higanbana Integrating the opposed

-by Hylarn Gensokyo: like real life, only different

-by Kyler Thatch Gensokyo ~ Fairy Tale World

-by Raz Fox Eastern Wonderland

-by WORLD Tree Where do you go when you've got no place to go?

-by Xion Ga Taosenai Views of Gensokyo

-by yarrunmace
edited 8th May '11 1:25:38 PM by Fawriel
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3 Enlong4th Dec 2010 01:55:43 PM from The Underground Facility
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I remember someone on Youtube saying that Broken Moon should really be Gensokyo's theme, not Suika's. Actually, his exact words were "screw you, Suika. This is Gensokyo's theme song. You can keep Missing Power as your theme song you greedy drunkard", and it makes a bit of sense, considering stuff like the fact that just about every pre-battle theme in SWR is a remix of it, but I digress.
It's kind of odd, Gensokyo is said to be a paradise, and yet it's full of man-eating monsters. Except it's said that that doesn't happen much, but then again, that suggests that it ''does' happen sometimes. Then again, the main human settlement has a defender giving it the best kind of protection. Plus, you know, even with the danger, some people would think it a paradise just for all the fantastic and supernatural things that happens there. Maybe that's why it's called a paradise?
And then there's the fact that in really recent years, even the danger of danmaku has been reduced to a really awesome nonlethal martial art. Emphasis on art.
edited 4th Dec '10 1:56:48 PM by Enlong
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4 Fawriel4th Dec 2010 02:16:05 PM from the bottom of my heart
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I also recall reading somewhere (the PCB prologue?) that it's not dangerous because all the humans are capable enough to defend themselves against the youkai on their own. I'd guess that that only includes the low-level youkai, though. Possibly not even the first stage ones.
Also, guess I might as well add Broken Moon. One more stone ain't gonna topple that wall of links.

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5 Enlong4th Dec 2010 02:23:31 PM from The Underground Facility
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Man, now I want to see Rinnosuke, or that Gin lookalike from that one artwork defending themselves against youkai.
Oh, and I don't think I've mentioned my hilarious mental image of Sakuya accosting random humans and making them bleed enough to fill a measuring cup for the mistresses' meals yet today. I imagine that a lot of scary-but-ultimately-nonlethal attacks happen daily.
edited 4th Dec '10 2:24:10 PM by Enlong
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Why is this in the anime subforum?
Discover the rest as the game progresses.
7 Fawriel4th Dec 2010 02:40:05 PM from the bottom of my heart
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Because the old thread was.
... And the old thread was because discussing the characters really has little to do with the games themselves.
Oh, and I don't think I've mentioned my hilarious mental image of Sakuya accosting random humans and making them bleed enough to fill a measuring cup for the mistresses' meals yet today. I imagine that a lot of scary-but-ultimately-nonlethal attacks happen daily.
Sakuya: "Hi." *blade*
Villager: "Oh not again."
Now I'm picturing Eirin and the Scarlet household having trade relations.
Eirin: "Ah, I had another operation again today. A huge mess. Didn't make it."
Sakuya: "My mistress will be delighted."

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The bit about humans being stronger than the average youkai was in PMiSS. PCB's intro was mostly pretty dark, actually. Luckily PMiSS retconned most of it away.
9 Enlong4th Dec 2010 02:46:50 PM from The Underground Facility
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All business!
Trade relations are interesting to consider, actually. I doubt you would get much by offering the Scarlets blood, however; even without Enlong's awesome image, Sakuya's probably pretty good at collecting that stuff for free, and she only has to get enough for their light appetites.
That is, unless Xion is right an the Scarlet Devil Mansion is actually a vast hidden city full of youkai.

Going by Perfect Memento
, most of the Scarlet's food is kidnapped from the outside world.

12 Enlong4th Dec 2010 03:23:40 PM from The Underground Facility
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Bah. Well, Remilia's a light eater, and Flandre only has the stuff in drinks and pastries, so maybe some of them survive.
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13 Fawriel4th Dec 2010 03:44:58 PM from the bottom of my heart
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...
Now I'm imagining a potential business niche in giving suicidal people a pleasant exit by being eaten by a vampire loli or lovingly choked by a maid.
Sakuya could probably even kill someone perfectly painlessly by stopping time.
Of course, if suicidal people from the outside world were brought to Gensokyo, they could actually start a new life there, so that would be pretty cruel if you think about it.
Hmm, jokes aside, I'm not a fan of the whole eating people stuff, either. Not even abducting people who won't be missed. Well, maybe people who are dying/dead anyway. But it's not like youkai need to eat humans, they're just... a delicacy. *
I could imagine that some of the more primitive (or inexperienced) youkai running around would want to get their hands on some human meat, but those would also be the easiest to take care of.
... Actually, what's the "official" stance on non-humanoid youkai?
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14 Enlong4th Dec 2010 04:24:37 PM from The Underground Facility
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The Saigyou Ayakashi is a completely non-anthropomorphic plant (from my understanding, "youkai" and "ayakashi" are roughly similar, though I think youkai are stronger), and it's explicitly referred to as "[a] youkai cherry blossom".
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I think vampires do need blood. They have a number of other unusual weaknesses, after all.
16 Enlong4th Dec 2010 04:48:47 PM from The Underground Facility
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"You're one of those, right?
Can't stand sunlight or odorous vegetables,
or silver things.
You know, the masters of the night with tons of weaknesses for some reason..."
edited 4th Dec '10 4:49:01 PM by Enlong
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Funny, but not helpful
There was a CYOA on touhou project that had Remilia mention that there were no shortage of volunteers from the village willing to have their blood sucked.

That'd work for Remi, the celebrity, but Flan isn't so popular.

Funny, but not helpful
Clearly Remilia asks for a little extra as a nosh for later. The lovestruck/anemic youth agrees and Remilia gives the spare blood to Sakuya to bake into Flandre's various foods.

"Justice!"
Except maybe with Reimu and Marisa, this isn't going to come up again for a long time, but it's apropos to some of the title themes, so I might as well mention it now: ZUN's comments on the music from the first four games are all from the Music Room in Mystic Square, which is why he talks about them in the past tense.
(And the versions of the music from Highly Responsive to Prayers that are in that Music Room are all arrangements, but that isn't important right now.)

One Winged Egret


I do suppose Gensokyo's species living in segregated communities makes the most sense, given current relations. A youkai getting funny looks every time it interacts with humans doesn't exactly spell a friendly atmosphere.

One Winged Egret
Of course, who knows how Byakuren's influence will change all this?

Funny, but not helpful
Ran getting funny looks might have more to do with the fact that she's Yukari's shikigami. Yukari is probably viewed with no end of suspicion depending on how much forbidden templating she does.

One Winged Egret
I'm pretty sure the general populace has no idea who Yukari is. As far as I can tell, no one knows anything about what happens in the games except the people who participate in them. They certainly don't know that Reimu is going off and saving the day every time.
Edit: The suspicion of Ran was quoted as something like "She's a fox... but she's buying things! Wut." So it's clearly not based on recognition of her nature.
edited 4th Dec '10 7:36:06 PM by Clarste