The New Touhou Character Alternate Interpretation Compendium!

Just because you changed the format of the template doesn't mean it isn't still forbidden.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Shady drugs that make you, like, never sweat? That doesn't sound healthy at all!

Dogs manage it. So do pigs. Why do you hate on pigs and dogs? Do you hate Momiji? And after she's overcome the dreaded Lupus?

edited 7th Apr '11 10:14:08 PM by Bocaj

Forever liveblogging the Avengers

Does this mean Reisen has to run around with her mouth open to let off heat?

There's a joke there.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers

Clearly, Yukari is fooling around with the border of odorous and scent-less.

Magical Clothes
Eirin's Shady Cleaning Supplies
Gap Hag messing with the Border of Clean and Unclean
Free Use of the Moriya Shrine Washing Machine

you'll then have a grave in the clouds where you won't lie too cramped

The true revolution brought to Gensokyo by their new gods.

But if there's no electricity, how do they power it?

What about the part with Yuyuko nomming something?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

I thought of it but, well, Yuyuko would probably make things messier

you'll then have a grave in the clouds where you won't lie too cramped

So, Orin next?

Sounds good to me.

I kind of want to get out of the underground, but sure.

>washing machine
>revolution

dohohoho

WHO IS THIS LOSER

Well, they were invented during the Industrial Revolution.

Vote for Orin, I guess.

I'm finding Utsuho to have been surprisingly fleshed out by ZUN.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.

whoops

edited 8th Apr '11 3:17:32 PM by Fawriel

Hell's Traffic Accident Rin Kaenbyou

Appearance:

Voice: Heartful Nekoromancer, Manzai with Koishi, Judging, Manzai with Utsuho

Theme:
Corpse Voyage ~ Be of good cheer!*

Stage: Hellfires of Times Past
Remains of the Blazing Hell
bgm: Lullaby of Deserted Hell*

Spellcard Motif: Death and decay | Cursedness and evil spirits | Cattiness
Notable spellcards: SA 1, SA 2, DS
Cursed Sprite "Zombie Fairy", Youkai "Blazing Wheel", Cat Sign "Cat's Walk", Apology "The Needles of Yore and the Vengeful Spirits in Pain", "Rekindling of Dead Ashes", "Corpse Shopping District"

Write-up:
☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢

The tsukkomi is approaching!

Orin is the more sensible foil to her friend Okuu. In how far that's saying anything is anyone's guess, of course. Orin is definitely a person with some amount of common sense to her, but is also the one who cheerfully attacks the protagonists more often than any other boss in the series, in spite of them being on her side, while pushing around a wheelbarrow filled with corpses and employing an army of fairies dressed up as zombies for that special underground hell flavor. The themes associated with her are a somber lullaby and a chipper, energetic tune, which probably says something about her.

She is, of course, another pet owned by Satori, with the job to collect corpses to fuel the fires of hell with. Where she gets such a steady supply of them is anyone's guess. Whatever the case may be, she knew that Utsuho's behavior after the event with the goddesses meant trouble. In order to send for help in a stealthy way, she sent evil spirits above ground to cause people there to investigate and come to her aid. Why did it have to be such a stealthy way? Why, imagine if Miss Satori found out about Okuu's behavior! She would be so mad! ... Clever though the cat may be, a cat is what she is.

Nya~!

Relations:

• Satori Komeiji (her mistress)
• Utsuho Reiuji (her less sensible friend)

Alternate Character Interpretations:
Orin's Lecture
-by Durazno

Highschool Alternate Universe (read the description)
-by Fawriel

Schroedinger's Cat
-by Horselesshorseman

Dananananananana- CAT CART!
-by Pulse

Orin Kaenbyou ~ Hell's Traffic Accident
-by Raz Fox

Orin...uh...Orin
-by yarrunmace

edited 8th Oct '11 4:13:25 PM by Fawriel

Judging from her character, I'm guessing her theme title is a reference to this poem.

Ahhh, yes Orin, she came up quite a bit in that last discussion.

Of note: 1. She has no tails in human form 2. Her title is indeed hell's traffic accident. 3. She does not lose, she just respawns in the next stage to fight all over again. 4. She kicked off SA's plot 5. She looks up to Satori even though she is stronger, like Utsuho.

Music: Orin's theme is and has been one of my favorites. The title is quite appropriate as I find it to sound quite cheerful.

Danmaku: Many of her spell cards use circles and wheels. I guess there's also a cart motif. Her special type of bullet is zombie fairies. Though they are not real zombies, just playing dress up... I guess there is material for clothing underground.

Power: The ability to carry corpses... in other words, the power to do her job. She can control evil spirits. Go find Mima, Orin!

edited 8th Apr '11 5:58:04 PM by Horselesshorseman

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.

I have a music box that my grandmother gave to me. It's got a cute melody, and it has a picture of the Missisipi Princess (a boat) on it. When I was young, I made up some lyrics to the melody that had to do something with cheering up when you were feeling down.

Then (and by then I mean about a decade later) I listened to Orin's boss theme, and it has a riff (specifically, the 5 notes that first play right after the intro, about 12-13 seconds in) that sounds very similar to the beginning of that music box's melody. The title always reminds me of that music box too (with the word "Voyage" reminding me of the boat, and "Be of good cheer!" reminding me of my lyrics). So whenever I hear Orin's boss theme, it always make me feel nostalgic. Not sure what this means to my interpretations of her, but I thought it was a cool story.

edited 8th Apr '11 6:37:25 PM by XionGaTaosenai

I make video games! Or plan to, anyway.

The Japanese word for "wheelbarrow" is "nekoguruma" ("cat cart"). So that's why she pushes a wheelbarrow around and has cart themes. Obviously, she uses this to carry corpses. Given that she's a resident of hell, or at least was anyway, I would assume she gets the corpses in the same way Komachi gets her souls. Both are part of the natural afterlife process, it just happens to be the case that Orin deals with your body rather than your soul.

Since the Underground was separated from Hell, does she still get new corpses? She mentions that it was becoming colder down there in SA.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.

That was a surprisingly short voting period.

I don't really have much to say on the kasha, but I really like her themes (I can't hear Lullaby of Deserted Hell without thinking of Windy Day though).

edited 8th Apr '11 7:40:49 PM by Customer

Oooooooooooooh. Nice catch! Did you hear that somewhere, or are you just that damn educated?

No, I'm serious, that is pretty awesome!

Oh, but she does have twintails. Well, braids.

AND two sets of ears!

Which is, incidentally, the most awesome character title ever.

There's no such thing as being alive. There's only Orin deciding to spare you for another day.

If she ever appeared in a fighting game, her dash attack should be a cartwheel.

There is always just as much material as the Rule of Cool requires.

It was indeed a cool story, bro.

Hmm, but that hell isn't in use anymore, is it?

I guess maybe the zombie fairies she controls do gain a certain special power from her to wander through the soil and collect buried corpses...

edited 9th Apr '11 2:55:03 AM by Fawriel