This. Cannot. Continue.
I think "Missing Power" was one of the first Touhou I ended up listening to over and over. Now it may fit the Suika Ibuki we all know and love less than "Broken Moon," but I think it still reflects an aspect of her character, namely the less happy parts. There's pain in that music: frustration, loneliness, sorrow, all the baggage that came from leaving the oni's old life on the surface behind, all compounded by the fact that the heroines are trying to stop Suika's plans to set things "right." It's not the leitmotif of an outright villain, but the theme of someone who feels forced to oppose you.
Morrigan/WAVE
, of course, did a nice orchestral/choral/strings take on it, while the Sail to the Isle mix is a great and faithful cover. Tainokobone's mix is short but sweet and very Japanese, packaged here with one by SOUND HOLIC that is also pretty solid. Metal fans may enjoy Godspeed's "Rage", which pretty accurately sums up the vibe you get from listening to it. I recently discovered a remix from the Twilight Album that I think is pretty nifty - the part in the middle stands out from other mixes.
"Broken Moon" is happy Suika, something you can easily imagine accompanying shots of her swaggering down a street, huge grin on her face, more boozed-up than Oktoberfest. It's the theme of someone with a force of personality several times her (default) body size, cheerful, confident and bold. Kitsune Workshop did an excellent remix.
B Villain
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The thing with Tenshi is she's only in heaven because of her parents receiving enlightenment while she didn't
MERMAID
Also, Broken Moon (SWR Mix).
Best thing ever and I will gladly listen to it for hours on end.
"Seriously, don't eat the mermaid. And not just because it's half cannibalism." ~Otherarrow
Hey, remember me? I posted once for Reisen/Tewi and never came back. But you're on Suika now, and I feel obligated to as she's my favorite character.
I'm not entirely sure why, but it definitely has something to do with her songs which were talked about before. I 100% agree with the person that said Missing Power is the best song ZUN's ever made. It just has so many different parts, but they seem to flow into each other perfectly. I personally like Broken Moon a lot, but I would have preferred some kind of Ondo or party-ish version of Missing Power instead. (If anyone has a remix like this, please share) Partially because Broken Moon isn't a ZUN song, and was made by U2. It fits Suika better, but it's just kind of weird to me. Her being really fun to play as probably has something to do with it, too.
I prefer it when Suika is the "insightful cynic" mentioned in the quick write-up. The oddness inherent in the little girl acting like that makes her seem more, I guess detailed would be a good word. Plus, she's friends with Yukari. She has to be pretty awesome to tolerate her as long as she has.
I'm kind of upset I missed the Yuugi discussion, but I can probably think of something to say while we're still on Suika.
edited 29th Jun '11 9:57:15 PM by Swasfews
"Yuuka."
"Her too."
I guess her free-spiritedness and defiance of the tengu in spite of not caring about their settling on the mountain does make sense with that in mind...
In spite of that, though...
edited 30th Jun '11 12:35:29 AM by Fawriel
B Villain
That is entirely unexpected my heart is broken and I will now go into a catatonic state under my bed.
B Villain
On the plus side, 
The Beatles(or maybe just John Lennon) and maybe Joe Satriani are Touhou fans.
edited 30th Jun '11 2:00:42 AM by raigakuren
That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.
Funny but not helpful
So, here's something I haven't done in a while. Random doujins that feature the character in question.
Colorful Cube's Ogre and the Ice Fairy. It was printed in Bohemian Archive so it has a delightful state of dubious semi-canonocity.
Golden Pe Done's Crazy Furious God. Suika nips back to the underground to get her gourd. Yuugi isn't entirely enthused. Marisa and Alice plot shoehorned in for some reason.
Fusuma Teahouse's Flower-viewing Sake in a Dream's Interval. Suika meets Youki before IAMP.
Haniwa's Store Miko Miko Suika series. Because Suika looks nice in a Hakurei miko uniform.
Maruchira's Why did she leave the miniature garden? Onis out! A story of Yukari and Suika's friendship and of the oni leaving Gensokyo.
Sayakata Tea Mansion's Yuyuko. Obviously, its a Yuyuko story but it guest stars Suika and Yuugi as her guides for a gourmet's tour of the underground. Also, I think its parodying something.
Sayakata Tea Mansion's Suika in Yakumo Family. Yukari decides she wants Suika to be her shikigami. I'm sure there are multiple things wrong with that.
Sayakata Tea Mansion's Eastern News Kingdom. Its a Akyuu and Aya doujin but one of the news stories focuses on Suika. I'm okay with grasping for straws.
Icy Rain's The Night the Beast Cries. Keine and Suika fight in a battle of the two horns. Also, there's an actual reason.
Suika slapping Aya.
◊ There's absolutely no reason to link this.
Please to enjoy.
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The Fool
There's some things I could criticize, like the fact that you used a wiki word, and that there were a couple typos... and I don't think you explained how Kisumi got healed? Though I guess that's implied in the alliance between the two peoples... I can also see why you turned off her accent for that one line, but I really would've liked it if she'd kept that! It would've been very charming. Don't be afraid of ugliness!
But yeah, the fact that I'm throwing criticism your way should really serve as more of a compliment than anything. That was already pretty much a small piece of fanfiction, so here be my literary criticism.
It's always nice to hear from you, Faw.
As for that issue with Kisumi; She didn't ever get better. When she and Yamami lead the rest down to the Underground, she was still in the earlier stages of her disease, around that of a light cold. As for her accent-drop: It was more about clarity out-of-universe, though I rationalized it in-verse as her speaking slowly and precisely.
Oh, hi ever'body! So, we're talkin' drunkards now? I'll get back t'ya ina bit!
edited 30th Jun '11 9:24:37 AM by Pulse
I sure said that!
Wait, what?
T)(-E WITC)( OF LIF-E
That Yuyuko gourmet doujin parodies Toriko.
GLUB!
B Villain
The Beatles Rock Band was released on 9/9/9 and one of Satch's signature pedals is called Ice 9.
So...yeah
That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.
Ah, I thought it might have been something to do with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Lucy is clearly a Touhou boss
Ice-9 is obviously a Cats Cradle Shout-Out
This. Cannot. Continue.
A Danbooru search of Ibuki_Suika + solo gives 40 pages of results, as opposed to 235 for just Ibuki_Suika, so... (NSFW ads warning as usual)
- "I am so wasted right now guys"
- Just because she blew it up once people like to picture her with it
- Stole Yuugi's bowl
- Very exuberant
- Smashing stuff
- Fancy outfit
- Nice dress
- Classy
- Chains
- Happy
- Fiery
- It's a reference to her second theme
- Shattered the sun for a change
- Oni on a bridge
- Oni on the roof
- And Reimu wonders why no-one visits
- Two-fisted boozing
- Sake-powered rocket
- Old-school angry face
- Orange
- Getting an Alice vibe for some reason
- Strong lines
- Not a good portrait, but I like the style
- Artist picked an awesome handle
- Splash
- Either flying, falling, or wading
- Fireworks
- Calm
- Giantess
- Needs a microphone
- Chinese dress
- It's a pun/parody
- Just noticed what she's throwing
- Interesting
- Age-up
- And another
- Why would she need a sword?
- Try to ignore the hand
- Yellow eyes
- Vs. Aya
- Oni = Ogres
- Oni = Demon
- Oni = Angry
- Oni = Otherworldly
- Oni = Fey
- The equivalent of oni thumb-wrestling
- That'd be pretty terrifying to see on the horizon
- Ditto
- I knew I wasn't the only person who'd thought of this
- "Mine."
- Life is good
A boss that fires diamonds.
Certainly a common enough bullet type already
It's time... to STOP!
But Nazrin shoots gold, you know why. Now then:
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
"Hey there "neighbor", I don't see you around often. Which is kind of rude, since I went through so much to let you live here."
"Ugh! Hi, you can have your land back if you want it. I was wrong, it's boooooring up here."
"How so?"
"You guys never do anything, I though celestials were supposed to be carefree people, but you just stand around and fish"
"Well, we are mostly hermits, they don't do much."
"And every time I throw a party, hardly anyone gathers."
"Not many humans know how to get to Heaven."
"I don't see how you live up here!"
"Well, I suppose I have you to thank for that. Every time you throw a party a bunch of really strong individuals gather, and I get to beat them up. Plus, the neighbors get annoyed, so that's always a plus."
"You know, I threw those parties to annoy you."
"Yeah, the shrine maiden sold you out. After I defeated her, of course. She wasn't nearly as strong as you made her out to be. I thought you said she was almost as good as you."
"What are you implying?"
"I'm just saying, that if she's almost as good as you, and she was only half my power, then by that logic you must only be three fourths of mine."
"Is that a challenge? You should know by now that even an ascended human can't rival the forgathering of oni!"
"Hmph! Oni have double the weaknesses of humans, so the Sword of Hisou shall make two times quicker work of you than that shrine maiden!"
"Is that so~?"
"That is so!"
Just a little dialogue between Suika and her neighbor. Since I sort of did my didactic write-up on Suika twice already in my Yuugi write-up and in my Suika overview. I felt no shame in doing another one of these. I think I'm getting good at them any way.
I put a lot more work into this one compared to my Kisume write-up. I actually did (pause for dramatic effect) research! The general idea behind it is that Tenshi caused her incident out of boredom, and it's impossible to be bored around someone like Suika, now isn't it? Using the information in Tenshi scenario in SWR I determined how a conversation between them after the events in that game might sound. Of course, it was just build up to some cheesy pre-fight banter. This is Touhou, we do that here.
edited 30th Jun '11 2:11:02 PM by Horselesshorseman
I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
Nazrin shoots gold, but Komachi shoots MONEY. Epic money.
Heart of Stone
It's time... to STOP!
Nazrin also shoots money, you know why.
I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.
Funny but not helpful
No wonder Hell has budget problems. According to PMISS, one of Hell's main sources of revenue is the fee that the ferry(wo)men charge. Every time Komachi or any other shinigami get into a fight, they're literally throwing money away. And then remember that there's shinigami with the express job description of going out to fight celestials. Hell needs some accountants and a slap of common sense, stat. *
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Sadly, there has yet to be a Touhou character with the temperament for complex maths or the power of super accountancy. Except Ran* .
edited 30th Jun '11 3:10:44 PM by asterism
Heart of Stone
Funny but not helpful
According to Ran, Yukari is even smarter and mathier than her. And Eirin is probably mathier than the two of them. Or at least equivalently mathy. She is the brain of the moon.*
edited 30th Jun '11 3:06:27 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Well, the only Celestial we know personally is Tenshi, and she seems to welcome it as a relief from boredom.