History Manga / TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery

* HumansAreBastards: One big reason as to why the village humans are kept weak and oppressed by the fear of youkai is due to the belief that, should they gain power, their first act would most likely be to try and force the youkai out of Gensokyou, which needless to say, goes against Gensokyou's purpose of existence as a paradise and safe haven for them.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Notably {{averted}}. ''Forbidden Scrollery'' features some of the highest numbers of nonhumanoid, non-friendly {{youkai}} in the franchise.

* TheShadowKnows: Have you ever suspected that the youkai of Touhou aren't actually [[CuteMonsterGirl cute little girls]] wearing [[PimpedOutDress cute frilly dresses]]? 'Cuz [[{{Kappa}} Nitori]] employs this trope in chapter 15 and, well... let's just say her shadow is ''not'' cute. Let's say that it's looks like something ''out of a nightmare''. And let's say that it makes her statement accompanying this trope, "[[ShameIfSomethingHappened We won't mess with humans, so don't mess with us]]," quite threatening.

* PretendPrejudice: Reimu, Marisa and Akyuu understand that in Gensokyo most {{youkai}} are harmless, and youkai attacks and exterminations are nonlethal - as spiritual beings born from fear, youkai simply need to be in conflict with humans in some way in order to maintain their identities. \\
[[SubvertedTrope However]], the average human villager does ''not'' understand this concept, nor do some of the youkai sealed in Kosuzu's Demon Books.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mamizou's ability to disguise herself as a human ends up being used in ''Hopeless Masquerade'' for the fake-out Stage 5 as one of her main gimmicks. Likewise for her high compatibility with [[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]] that was mentioned in Chapters 4 and 5, which was incorporated in several of her attacks, as well as her ending [[spoiler:where she uses her knowledge to teach Kokoro the best way she could control her powers without losing her identity as a youkai.]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 25. [[spoiler:The fortune-telling book that Kosuzu found and used to tell fortunes in chapter 24 turns out to be part of an elaborate plan a village human made to become a youkai. When Reimu meets the human-turned-youkai, he promises he'll be peaceful so there's no need to exterminate him. Reimu responds not by starting a spell card duel...but by straight up ''killing'' him by ''splitting his head in two with her gohei'', saying that a village human purposefully turning into a youkai is "the most grievous sin of all".]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 25. [[spoiler:The fortune-telling book that Kosuzu found and used to tell fortunes in chapter 24 turns out to be part of an elaborate plan a village human made to become a youkai. When Reimu meets the human-turned-youkai, he promises he'll be peaceful so there's no need to exterminate him...but Reimu straight up ''kills'' him by ''splitting his head in two with her gohei'', saying that a village human purposefully turning into a youkai is "the most grievous sin of all".]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 26. [[spoiler:The fortune-telling book that Kosuzu found and used to tell fortunes turns out to be part of an elaborate plan a village human made to become a youkai. When Reimu meets the human-turned-youkai, he promises he'll be peaceful so there's no need to exterminate him...but Reimu straight up ''kills'' him by ''splitting his head in two with her gohei'', saying that a village human turning into a youkai is "the most grievous sin of all".]]

Kosuzu Motoori is the young daughter of the owner of [[ThePlace Suzunaan]], the Human Village's book rental shop. A massive bibliophile who has recently developed [[{{Omniglot}} the magical ability to read any language]], Kosuzu has begun secretly delving into the shop's stock of [[TomeOfEldritchLore Youma Books]] - books which were written by {{youkai}}... or ''[[SealedEvilInACan are]]'' [[SealedEvilInACan youkai]]. While this [[EvilIsNotAToy often has negative consequences]], Kosuzu [[AddictiveMagic finds the experience too thrilling to stop]], particularly since she's confident that Reimu can defeat anything that gets out.

Kosuzu Motoori is the young daughter of the owner of [[ThePlace Suzunaan]], the Human Village's book rental shop. A massive bibliophile who has recently developed [[{{Omniglot}} the ability to read any language]], Kosuzu has begun secretly delving into the shop's stock of [[TomeOfEldritchLore Youma Books]] - books which were written by {{youkai}}... or ''[[SealedEvilInACan are]]'' [[SealedEvilInACan youkai]]. While this [[EvilIsNotAToy often has negative consequences]], Kosuzu [[AddictiveMagic finds the experience too thrilling to stop]], particularly since she's confident that Reimu can defeat anything that gets out.

* {{Chupacabra}}: Remilia's missing pet turns out to be this, though she seems to have mistaken it for a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupaia_%28genus%29 tupai]].

* {{Chupacabra}}: Remilia's missing pet turns out to be this, though she refers to it as a "tupai".

* {{Chupacabra}}: Remilia's missing pet turns out to be this.

Kosuzu Motoori is the young daughter of [[ThePlace Suzunaan]], the Human Village's book rental shop. A massive bibliophile who has recently developed [[{{Omniglot}} the ability to read any language]], Kosuzu has begun secretly delving into the shop's stock of [[TomeOfEldritchLore Youma Books]] - books which were written by {{youkai}}... or ''[[SealedEvilInACan are]]'' [[SealedEvilInACan youkai]]. While this [[EvilIsNotAToy often has negative consequences]], Kosuzu [[AddictiveMagic finds the experience too thrilling to stop]], particularly since she's confident that Reimu can defeat anything that gets out.

[[SubvertedTrope However]], the average human villager does ''not'' understand this concept, nor do some of the youkai sealed in Kosuzu's Demon Books.

Kosuzu Motoori is the young daughter of Suzunaan, the Human Village's book rental shop. A massive bibliophile who has recently developed [[{{Omniglot}} the ability to read any language]], Kosuzu has begun secretly delving into the shop's stock of [[TomeOfEldritchLore Youma Books]] - books which were written by {{youkai}}... or ''[[SealedEvilInACan are]]'' [[SealedEvilInACan youkai]]. While this [[EvilIsNotAToy often has negative consequences]], Kosuzu [[AddictiveMagic finds the experience too thrilling to stop]], particularly since she's confident that Reimu can defeat anything that gets out.

* {{Interquel}}: Chapters 10 and 11 are set at some point during Kokoro's ending in ''Hopeless Masquerade'', [[RetCon Retconning]] "Shinkirou" as being the ''second'' play that she performed (and at least partially written by Mamizou).