The New Touhou Character Alternate Interpretation Compendium!

Well what would she be without being in her bucket?

Just dragging it along after her like a security blanket?

Using it as an improvised flail.

From my impression of the articles on her species, it's supposed to be a weapon, used to catch prey and bring them closer so they can be devoured.

Flail danmaku.

It's mostly harmless, until you get low on health.

Then it's unstoppable.

...wait were we talking about medieval weaponry or Magikarps?

Kisume cares not for proper use and maintenance.

edited 22nd Jun '11 1:16:35 PM by Horselesshorseman

When tsurube-otoshi aren't doing the drop-bear routine, they use buckets to fish people

Kisume catching people is an interesting thought, eating for food or company.

I guess that's food for thought.

There's no humans underground so I'd have to go with company if ever.

She really strikes me as the Kogasa type in terms of strategy.

Also: She and Yamame share Stage 3 of DS with Kogasa. Food for thought.

Would a bashful youkai scoop someone up in her bucket for company? That seems kind of forward.

Maybe she's just socially awkward?

And I was only choosing from two options. I never pick the third option. That one's always a trap!

Her and Yamame would make a pretty good duo in snaring unwary travelers, I guess.

I always though Kisume and Yamame shared a stage with Kogasa because of their names (Kisume, Kogasa, Kurodani).

No Kirisame?

Aight.

edited 22nd Jun '11 2:23:09 PM by Bocaj

1. It's kirisame.

2. She's in the extra stage of that game... which is how I can consider Sanae a third main character because she appears on the extra stage of double spoiler, alongside Reimu and Marisa.

How rude of her to snub the K stage just so she can hang out with the main characters. That goes for Kochiya too. What a jerk.

but they are 2 THIRDS of the main characters! (the last third being Reimu)

(insert joke about Sakuya, Youmu, Mima, Yuuka, Alice or whoever else you consider a main character not appearing in the EX stage)

On Topic: Bucket.

edited 22nd Jun '11 2:29:32 PM by Otherarrow

There are lots of K's in DS.

But none of them reach the coolness levels to be a part of Team... K?

No, doesn't sound right.

Team Spider? Umbrella Co.? The LOLBUCKETS?

Come on, I need names! This is Kisume's only real chance of being in a multi-game Cast Herd.

edited 22nd Jun '11 2:30:22 PM by Horselesshorseman

That's no excuse for messing up the K stage. When you think about how long Kisume struggled to get that theme stage going. All the calls she made, the late nights she spent. And then Kirisame and Kochiya just blow her off.

Poor, poor Kisume.

edited 22nd Jun '11 2:30:37 PM by Bocaj

Out of all those, Sakuya and Youmu are the only ones to have even come close. (both appearing in 2 non-phantasmagoria main series games (Youmu's second being alongside all 3 of DS's extra stage. Also, generally it's only characters who haven't appeared in St B (apart from Aya for obvious reasons, and Suika because she's the only one who fits on the same stage as Yuugi) that appear in DS. The only 4 characters that had official names in the game they first appeared in that appeared in a windows game (discounting the 3 fairies and all TD newcomers, because DS came before fairy wars and TD) are Yuuka (and no idea why, to be honest) and the Prismrivers (this is understandable - their gimmick would not translate to Aya's games well.)

edited 22nd Jun '11 2:34:39 PM by TARDISES

I figured as much. My comment was intended to be tongue in cheek. Although I am a little surprised that the Sakuya fanboys I've heard about haven't complained about her not being with the other "main" characters.

On topic: Bucket.

Off-topic: Bins

Slightly on topic: Walrus

I'm down with Umbrella Korporation.

uhhhh....they could be a league of supervillains? Apart from the already mentioned Professor Kurodani, you also have the buckety ferociousness of Dr. Bucket, the mad bucket scientist with her giant bucket robots poised to attack California or something (BUCKETS!!!), and the vengeful wrath of the Forgotten Parasol, ready to take her unexpected vengeance on a world that callously brushed her aside for 100 years, by drowning Europe with her surprising and torrential rainfall.

CAN ANYONE STOP THESE FIENDISH WOMEN IN THEIR TIRELESS PURSUIT OF POWER, REVENGE AND BUCKETS?

edited 22nd Jun '11 3:47:18 PM by asterism

Well, there is the shrine maiden who just takes them out in about 5 minutes, and the witch who does the same thing, and then there's the other shrine maiden...