Touhou

Some sisterly sharing/theft isn't so bad. And its only fair, Satori lent Koishi some of her pets.

The hermits don't die, they Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence.

Most hermits are probably more like Kasen. They're on probation from Hell, surviving by doing good deeds and receiving constant check-ups from shinigami. By contrast, Seiga's a fugitive from Hell.

edited 26th Apr '12 7:57:23 AM by Clarste

That's a very strict check up...

So any hermit more then 1000 years old is probably a wicked hermit, then?

Or just really bad at it.

Seiga is so wicked. Wicked enough for broadway in fact.

Complete with a charming duet where Kasen gives her a makeover and makes her popular.

"I'm thinking less blue and more pink."
"We have just now become bitter enemies."

Double posting like a jerk because that thing I mentioned back in the heady days of before 4-13. I asked around to try to get a non-shitty resolutioned copy of that fanart from the back of the Excel Saga volume and someone provided. Plus, its in color. So, yeah.

In all its glory.◊

The character match-ups actually kind of fit.

I can approve of this mash-up.

Although I don't know who's who...Reimu looks like Hyatt...but other than that I dunno...

Excel is Marisa and I, Egala, am Sakuya.

Thanks! Guess it's my fault for only watching the anime and not reading the manga...

Murasa Minamitsu

Ability: To drown people
Threat Level: Very High
Human Friendship Level: Low
Primary Place of Activity: Myourenji, Misty Lake, Lake Yasaka, Genbu Marsh, Sanzu River, etc.

A spirit who died in a shipwreck long ago. Unable to move on to the next world due to lingering attachments, she's a ship yuurei who joins human after human on their voyages by ship.

When she's on a ship, she calls out for someone to lend her a ladle. Once she's given one, she sinks the boat by flooding it with water. However, there's an old story that you can escape this fate by giving her a ladle without a bottom. To overcome this weakness, nowadays she just brings her own ladle.

This is a fearsome youkai with an ability specializing in killing humans. The sort of pure youkai with no goals other than killing. This merciless ability is all because they cannot move on from this world. Because they can create companions in this way.

However, despite being a ship yuurei, she can still sympathize with humans because of her connection to the Myouren temple. She was changed by listening to the variety of human stories. Nowadays she picks her drowning victims carefully.

She has a bright personality and is a good conversationalist. While she's flooding a ship she likes to chat with the owner. She's gotten a lot of good practice with her rhetorical skills like this.

Yuurei and Youkai

When you hear the name ship yuurei, you naturally think she's a yuurei. In truth, she's the spiritual body of a human who died in an unfortunate accident. A so-called thought-bound spirit.

A thought-bound spirit is unable to cross the Sanzu River due to their lingering attachments to this world. A subtype of earthbound spirit, they're bound not by a location but by an action. She can drown people in any location.(footnote 1) This is an ability not normally possessed by yuurei.

Even though it's classified as a yuurei, thought-bound spirits should be treated as youkai. Since the appearance of its spiritual body resembles the living body rather than being formless and indistinct, its nature is much closer to a youkai.

Countermeasures

Because of her ability that has a high probability of taking human lives, she is an especially dangerous existence. Beware boarding ships when there's poor visibility.

Even if you're not on a ship, there have been cases of meeting her and drowning while fishing by the riverside, wading in a creek, or bathing in hot springs, so caution is always necessary.

Lately, there have even been reports of meeting her and drowning while cleansing oneself at a shrine.

Obviously you should avoid approaching water in isolated areas, but if your daily life involves water there's nothing you can do other than use ordinary care.

Footnote 1: Or rather, she can't do anything else.

edited 26th Apr '12 10:17:34 AM by Clarste

I think her, Elgala, is a pretty good fit for Sakuya. Noted for having elegant tastes, supposedly a master of the sharp and pointy, and also kind of a derp.

I heartily recommend the manga.

Ninja wall out of nowhere!

Progress?

edited 26th Apr '12 10:03:19 AM by Bocaj

edited 26th Apr '12 10:03:19 AM by asterism

Murasa was the only other character who had her full article scanned.

I'm not surprised that the villagers don't trust Byakuren, though, considering she's buds with a serial killer.

edited 26th Apr '12 10:04:58 AM by asterism

Apparently they trust Byakuren because of Shou. I haven't fully translated that though; I just skimmed it.

edited 26th Apr '12 10:08:55 AM by Clarste

Didya get that from Byakuren's entry or Shou's? Either way, they'd both be interesting.

And maybe Shou's article would clear up what happened to the Pagoda.

I wonder what her criteria are.

This is... honestly kind of a bummer, but it makes sense.

Provided that this isn't just hearsay, Byakuren really needs to have a talk with the girl.

Or rather, where is she finding so many boats to sink?

And I wonder if she's been sighted in all those locations or whether Akyuu just put down any body of water.

I definitely call shenanigans on this.

She is surely the Tojiko of the Buddhist faction.

edited 26th Apr '12 10:12:17 AM by Clarste

@Bocaj: given that her ability is called "To drown people", I don't think it's tied to boat only sinking anymore...