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*'''Heretic''': other than the idea that "money is dirty" related to the "destitute" meme, in the original her personality is comparatively severe (in youkai extermination, she has no mercy), so she is sometimes called "Yakuza miko."<br />Furthermore, upon facing off with Toyohime in ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'', she used the words "if one doesn't shoot down and slay without one remaining, if there is impurity on the moon, danmaku shall be scattered" etc., said to be a little severe and without mercy, so she occasionally does not spare using unfair measures.
*'''Heretic''': other than the idea that "money is dirty" related to the "destitute" meme, in the original her personality is comparatively severe (in youkai extermination, she has no mercy), so she is sometimes called "Yakuza miko."<br />Furthermore, upon facing off with Toyohime in ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'', she used the words "if one doesn't shoot down and slay without one remaining, if there is impurity on the moon, danmaku shall be scattered" etc., said to be a little severe and without mercy, so she occasionally does not spare using unfair measures.
*'''Taoreimu, Dareimu, etc.''': a defeated Reimu is sometimes called "Taoreimu" (from {{lang|ja|倒れる}}), a hit Reimu is sometimes called "Dareimu" (from {{lang|ja|打}}), and an angry Reimu is sometimes called "Buchigireimu (from {{lang|ja|ぶち切れる}}), thus giving her shiritori-like names.
*'''Taoreimu, Dareimu, etc.''': a defeated Reimu is sometimes called "Taoreimu" (from {{lang|ja|倒れる}}), a hit Reimu is sometimes called "Dareimu" (from {{lang|ja|打}}), and an angry Reimu is sometimes called "Buchigireimu (from {{lang|ja|ぶち切れる}}), thus giving her shiritori-like names.
*The drastic change in the color of Reimu's skin tone over the course of the [[Windows]] games (most noticeable in ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'', in which her skin appears yellowish and almost jaundiced) raised eyebrows and led to a number of jokes and dubious theories, the most common of which is that she is actually an undead zombie.
*'''Concerning the god enshrined at the shrine''': Rinnosuke knows who the god enshrined at the shrine is. However, since Reimu is completely uninterested in whatever god is enshrined, he did not say at all. Because of this, it has been fanon to interpret this to mean that the enshrined god is [[Mima]] or [[Gensokyo]] itself etc.
*'''Concerning the god enshrined at the shrine''': Rinnosuke knows who the god enshrined at the shrine is. However, since Reimu is completely uninterested in whatever god is enshrined, he did not say at all. Because of this, it has been fanon to interpret this to mean that the enshrined god is [[Mima]] or [[Gensokyo]] itself etc.
*Although Reimu is able to fly independently, she is still shown in a number of fanworks to still be sitting on [[Genjii]], presumably either to be a show off or to have "extra power". The most notable fanwork to feature this is ''[[Touhou Soccer Moushuuden]]''.
*'''Oni Miko''': When she shows her true strength, she becomes "Oni Miko" ({{lang|ja|鬼巫女}}).
*When she shows her true strength, she becomes "Oni Miko" ({{lang|ja|鬼巫女}}).
*'''Zombie Reimu''': The drastic change in the color of Reimu's skin tone over the course of the [[Windows]] games (most noticeable in ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'', in which her skin appears yellowish and almost jaundiced) raised eyebrows and led to a number of jokes and dubious theories, the most common of which is that she is actually an undead zombie.
*In the trend of JoJo associations, it appears Reimu is paired with Josuke Higashikata, the reason here being that Josuke's name has the characters for Touhou in it ({{lang|ja|東方仗助}} for Josuke, {{lang|ja|東方}} for Touhou). Although personality wise, he could be closer to Marisa.
*'''Flight on Genji''': Although Reimu is able to fly independently, she is still shown in a number of fanworks to still be sitting on [[Genjii]], presumably either to be a show off or to have "extra power". The most notable fanwork to feature this is ''[[Touhou Soccer Moushuuden]]''.
*'''JoJo association''': In the trend of JoJo associations, it appears Reimu is paired with Josuke Higashikata, the reason here being that Josuke's name has the characters for Touhou in it ({{lang|ja|東方仗助}} for Josuke, {{lang|ja|東方}} for Touhou). Although personality wise, he could be closer to Marisa.


==Spell Cards==
==Spell Cards==

Revision as of 23:51, 29 January 2012

博麗 (はくれい)  霊夢 (れいむ)
haku͍ɽee ɺeemɯ (♫)
Reimu Hakurei
Reimu Hakurei
Reimu Hakurei in Ten Desires
楽園の巫女
More Character Titles
Species

Human

Abilities

Ability to the extent of flying in the air, Ability to the extent of manipulating auras, Ability as the Miko of Hakurei

Age

Presumably mid-teens[1]

Occupation

Shrine Maiden

Location

Hakurei Shrine

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works
Music CDs
Miscellaneous Works
Other

Reimu Hakurei (博麗 霊夢 Hakurei Reimu) is the main character of most Touhou Project games. As the miko of Hakurei, she manages the border of Gensokyo and exterminates youkai.

General Information

In Touhou Project, excluding Shoot the Bullet, Double Spoiler, and Fairy Wars, she appeared in all games as a playable character. Furthermore, there are also games where she appeared as both a playable character and as a boss (Lotus Land Story, Imperishable Night, Immaterial and Missing Power, and Scarlet Weather Rhapsody). Since she was in the omake.txt she also came forth in Shoot the Bullet and although she was not a playable character in Double Spoiler, she appeared as an EX level photographic subject.

Since she was the lone main character in the very first game, Highly Responsive to Prayers, when Marisa Kirisame was not there, she boasts of being the character to appeared the most number of times. (Provided, as opposed to how Marisa appeared in Fairy Wars as an EX boss, she only appeared in the ending, and since it wasn't much of an appearance, so if one takes that into account, then she would be equal in the number of times she showed up.)

Marisa is always the one in charge of the icon, and Reimu is always the one in charge of title screen.

She is the miko of the shrine called the Hakurei Shrine that is located on the border between Gensokyo and the outside world. She is moderately tall. In chapter 7 of Strange and Bright Nature Deity, she was shown using chopsticks with her left hand, and it was written that she was left-handed[2]. She held a pen with her right hand in Subterranean Animism. Therefore, she is actually ambidextrous, or possibly she might just be used to writing words with her right hand.

She is the one who established the Spell Card rules widely used in Gensokyo.[3] The role of the miko of Hakurei is to manage the big border called the Great Hakurei Border and protect it, and no matter what, the miko must not allow any youkai to encroach upon it and remove it. Because of this, youkai are not able to attack the miko of Hakurei, and therefore the meaning of her existence has faded, and so by these rules, this has been resolved, so that it would be no problem for youkai to fight with the miko of Hakurei.[3]

The state of the position of the miko of Hakurei and its previous generations have not been officially specified much, but the following statements are things that seem to be related to this. In Silent Sinner in Blue, when Reimu was not coming back to the shrine for some time, Aya said, "how many times has it been that we needed to search for a new miko?" In Shanghai Alice Correspondence, Rinnosuke Morichika said "now that you mention it, although other humans have been called the predecessors of the miko of Hakurei, you cannot call Reimu much of a 'miko' since she flat-out doesn't do her work. You reap what you sow. However, as for the predecessors, you cannot call them anything but 'miko.' I even forgot their names."

Although she is one of the successive generations of miko, and although she lacks a sense of danger and lacks training, her true strength is quite considerable. Although she herself definitely does not use these powers to boast about them, somehow or the other she uses them.[4][5]

Usually, when she goes and resolves incidents, it is because she can on longer bear the effects of it on herself, but there were also cases where those around her like Yukari Yakumo told her to, which she reluctantly went along (Imperishable Night and Subterranean Animism).

She also made a guest appearance in the first Seihou Project, Shuusou Gyoku. Although this was ZUN's doing, contribution in terms of characters and music from Touhou Project was thus implemented. Although in PC-98 her name was shown as 博麗靈夢, from Shuusou Gyoku onwards it was changed to 博麗霊夢.

Although in the games she leaves the impression of a carefree personality, she has the characteristic of having "slow movement." Similarly, her characteristics would be appropriate represented by the facts that "the time after the bomb (which eats everything) deals damage is long, and it easily gets hazy as to when she gets hit by a bullet" "when she appeared as an enemy, she uses a mess of regular danmaku," and "since her bullets are homing, it is not necessary to have accurate aim."

Concept

Name

Reimu's full name is Reimu Hakurei (博麗 霊夢). The characters for Reimu's last name Hakurei (博麗) literally mean something along the lines of "esteemed companion". The first word Haku () means "wide" or "exposition" while Rei () means "lovely", "graceful", and "beautiful". Her first name Reimu (霊夢) means "revelatory dream" or "a vision"; the first word, Rei () means "spirit" or "soul" while Yume () is read Mu and means "dream".

The surname Hakurei (博麗) is also another name for sake. This may be because the maker of the Touhou series, ZUN, is quite the connoisseur of "spirits", so much so that fans often speculate over whether ZUN might be or have been an alcoholic.

Appearance

From Highly Responsive to Prayers to Mystic Square, Reimu is depicted as having purple eyes and long purple hair. She wears red and white clothes resembling a traditional shrine maiden outfit, as well as a large red ribbon tied to her hair. From Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream to Mystic Square, Reimu is depicted holding a gohei.

From Embodiment of Scarlet Devil onward, Reimu's hair color changes from purple to black/dark brown. Her hair is short in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Imperishable Night and at least shoulder-length in the other games, and her eye color changes from purple to dark red/brownish gray (except for the fighting games Immaterial and Missing Power and Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, where they are blue). Her outfit tends to consist of a red and white dress remotely similar to a shrine maiden outfit with detached sleeves leaving her shoulders uncovered; a large, red bow tied to her hair; a neckerchief (which is red in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Perfect Cherry Blossom, white in Imperishable Night, blue in Subterranean Animism and Phantasmagoria of Flower View, and yellow in all the other games); and a gohei.

In Ten Desires, Reimu is portrayed as having brown eyes and brown hair at above-shoulder length, with two longer sections bordering her face. She wears red and white clothes remotely similar to a shrine maiden outfit with detached sleeves leaving her shoulders uncovered. Also, the bottom of her skirt has frills and is shorter than in previous appearances. She wears a yellow neckerchief as well as a large red and white frilly ribbon attached to her hair, the latter having a flower shaped insignia on its sides. She carries a gohei with many paper seals attached to it in streamers with her as well.

On Ten Desires' main menu, Reimu is shown with longer hair, a longer skirt, and a longer gohei.

Personality

Her personality is simple but is not double-sided. Her human emotions are tempestuous, and she possess a wondrous atmosphere about her that seems to attract others regardless of whether they are human or youkai. Above everything, she hates spending great effort in striving for or dealing with things. It is because she does not believe that hard work pays off.

Although she has no interest in equality, since her job is to exterminate youkai, she more or less takes on a stern pose against youkai. Furthermore, even if it is not a youkai, she does not go easy on those who cause incidents. For example, even if it was a human, she would not go easy on them. Although it is especially easy for youkai with strong power to like her, she herself is not particularly interested in either humans or youkai. Regarding anyone, she does not see them as a comrade. As there are a great number of humans and youkai around her, even though there are instances where she works together with someone else, she usually does things by herself alone. It is not known if she is a cold human being, but all of the aforementioned has been officially stated. However, it does fit with the general "cool" image in Japanese society of the "mysterious shrine maiden."

However, outside of the games, if one turns one's eyes to look at her daily scenery, she repeatedly has parties in the endings, and furthermore in Sangetsusei and Curiosities of Lotus Asia it can be seen that she has become quite close to Marisa Kirisame and Rinnosuke Morichika etc., showing that there are various things that can cast doubt on the official characterization.

Additionally, there were some things that showed that she indeed had become close to others. For example, in Subterranean Animism, according to Satori Komeiji who read her mind, it seems that she has put trust in Yukari Yakumo. As another example, in Chapter 7 of Strange and Bright Nature Deity, she made tempura from the sprout of an angelica tree and had an evening meal with Marisa.

In Silent Sinner in Blue, she helped the fainted moon rabbit within her compound that she even acted like a physician, borrowing her futon without sleeping herself, thus showing a soft side of her. However, she did make the veil her own at her convenience.

It can be said that she resembles Alice Margatroid in not showing her true power since there would be nothing afterwards if she lost. Furthermore, as in chapter 6 of Strange and Bright Nature Deity, since she participates in the Usoae Shinji (鷽替神事) (a festival where birds gather to peck at all the lies that one has uttered until now), one might therefore think that Reimu and Alice do not tell lies often in order not to be pecked at by the bullfinches.

In Curiosities of Lotus Asia, she made a surprise attack on a youkai who was simply enjoying her book, when the counterattack tore her shirt, she put on Rinnosuke's clothing at her convenience, stole the youkai's book and sold it to Rinnosuke, receiving someone else's due. Thus, compared to Marisa, the one usually considered to be one to do things at her convenience, she is considered by Rinnosuke to have more of this negative personality trait. Nonetheless, she did show a positive side of herself when later on, she helped by warding off ghosts free of charge, worried and inquired when she heard that Rinnosuke was merely eking out a living, and had a misgiving about Marisa Kirisame taking stuff from the store without permission that she reported it.

As for how she calls other people by her first name, like calling Rinnosuke "Rinnosuke-san," it is not because of close friendship, (since their relation would have been more like calling him "Morichika-san" or "Kourindou-san"), but due to her personality that for sure she calls him by attaching "-san" to his first name. (The only times when Reimu uses "-san" are for Rinnosuke and Meira, and in Meira's case, she mistook her for a male.)

She also displayed unusual behavior when she left her personal-use teacup at Kourindou - it does not seem like even Rinnosuke knows why she did this.

Since she is usually at the edge of Gensokyo, it is a daily routine for her to look at the sky of Gensokyo, drinking tea, lacking any sense of danger. Carefree, optimistic, and a bit odd at times, she is well liked by human and youkai alike despite her supposed coldness.

Abilities

Ability to the extent of flying in the air

This is as literally stated. Almost all the characters who have appeared in the games have the ability to fly in the air, so the fact that she has this ability would be a matter. In the PC-98 era, she was unable fly by herself and used Genjii to ride on instead to fly, but it seems that from the very start of the windows era, Reimu was shown to be able to fly independently. However, since the Genjii thing is only a PC-98 thing, it can be ignored.[6][7]

Fantasy Heaven

Her secret technique is Fantasy Heaven (夢想天生 Musou Tensei), which is extreme in many ways. With it, she is able to float in midair while invulnerable, and if this is not just play (in which case there would be a time limit to this), nobody would be able to win against her. From the explanation of this spell card, one would thus know that attacks against Reimu would then not hit at all, and is thus of a resistance type. It is probably because of this move that when ZUN was asked, "who is the strongest in Gensokyo," he answered, "isn't it Reimu?" (said before Mountain of Faith was released).[8] He said in the same talkshow that it had something to do with DNA (デオキシリボ核酸).[9] In The Grimoire of Marisa, it was stated that when Reimu uses "Fantasy Heaven", she goes into a half-transparent state with eyes closed, automatically shooting danmaku. Originally, it was not a spell, but Marisa playfully added a name to it. Otherwise, there is no chance of winning. ZUN himself has hinted that it is a parody of Kenshiro's Musou Tensei (無想転生), which means "blank mind reincarnation," and if Reimu ever meets another with the same ability, then the meaning of danmaku would then be lost and it would be then become a graceful fist-fight.

Ability as the Miko of Hakurei

This is from Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, although there are no details about this other than what is written above, but one would think that it comprises things like paper charms ("ofuda"), zabuton, and other border-related things. In Curiosities of Lotus Asia, when she was able to see the spirit that dwelled in the bone from the time when it was still living, she answered, "I am a miko". and things like that, stating powers which would seem to be powers as a miko. Also, in Silent Sinner in Blue, she was able use a technique to summon one of the Yaoyorozu gods and embody it in her own body (although there is a possibility that this may yet be another ability).

In Curiosities of Lotus Asia, concerning the summoning of other gods, Marisa Kirisame took charms from an unprepared Reimu that sealed many things that Reimu sealed previously, and various things resulted like illness spreading. At that time, Reimu, using a piece of a jar more than a thousand years old that she borrowed from Rinnosuke Morichika, borrowed power from the good fellow man's god, and possessing that power visited the village house by house.

Reimu almost never, from this characteristic, puts much effort into difficult strenuous training. However, from having a good natural sense of things due to her nature, which is more than enough, even without training in martial arts or sorcery, her strength is to the extent that one might not think she is human.[4] Although she is essentially able to use various strange abilities, she does not use them to boast about them.[5]

Ability to the extent of manipulating auras

The details of this ability are unknown, but this was stated in the omake.txt of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.

Processions

Donation Box

Reimu has a donation box outside the Hakurei Shrine for visiters to put money in for the Miko. In Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, it has been said that pretty much nobody goes to the shrine, which has been interpreted to mean that she gets pretty much no donations. "So I don't carry money with me. Although there won't be any even if I go back to my residence" was said to Rinnosuke Morichika in Curiosities of Lotus Asia indicating that she actually might not have any money. Since she goes to the Human Village to buy stuff, though, it does not seem that she always has none.

In reality, although donations to the shrine is a sign of faith to the god there, other than expanding and developing costs for the shrine in order to increase faith, it also contains the meaning of the living expenses of the miko who is essential, and so it has a direct connection to why a miko would worry. (Furthermore, Reimu herself does not know what god is enshrined at the Hakurei Shrine).

In Immaterial and Missing Power, she has occasionally quoted to Sakuya Izayoi saying "By the way, the offertory box is over there", "Ahh, never mind the amount. A one-yen bill would be enough", "By the way, the offertory box is over there" and "the wonderful offertory box is over there". This perhaps indicates that she likes the offertory box, as it is a frank request. She also said "I wonder if holding services for dolls on the side is profitable?" to Alice Margatroid.

It has been stated that in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense that in the past, no one could look forward to putting in donations to the Hakurei Shrine, so for generations the miko of Hakurei has made a living by resolving incidents. In Imperishable Night, since she resolved the incident upon Yukari Yakumo's request, compensation has been agreed upon. In Subterranean Animism, she said "we've got a cart for fires at the shrine". There is a possibility that this is due to the loss of household tools due to the destruction of the shrine in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.

In actuality, due to the grace of the high civilization of youkai, she seems to live more prosperously than the regular humans of the Human Village. To put it together, it could be interpreted that although not much money itself is left, she has abundant food and household belongings.

PC-98 Reimu

As the miko of a small shrine the "Hakurei Shrine" in an eastern country, she has spiritual power by nature, but since she does not have enough training, she brandishes the weapon, the Yin-Yang Orb, without manipulating it. It possesses the "power of Hakurei," the Ying-Yang Orb's true power, which can drawn from it.

Her personality is optimistic and easy-going, and she enjoys the various strange things that occur around her. In times of abnormality, she completely does not do things like worry, and one would think that it would be because of her spiritual power.

Emotionally she is somewhat simple, and so is teased by Marisa Kirisame.

Attacking with ofuda, she releases spiritual energy as a "spirit attack," and fighting with a technique called "spiritual rapid fire," she exterminates youkai with the power of the Ying-Yang Orb.

Since in Marisa's ending in Lotus Land Story, as Marisa also exterminated Youkai, she said to Marisa, "it would not be any good to interfere with my work" thus sensing "isn't it dangerous?" but immediately afterwards one hears "who was the chief person this time?" and said "this time I also fought~." In the end, the PC-98 Reimu also likes youkai extermination.

Story

Highly Responsive to Prayers

A lone shrine sits far east; the Hakurei Shrine. The seal placed by many powerful has worn away and the shrine gets destroyed. Now Reimu, seeking revenge and armed with the Ying-Yang Orbs goes to the gate to face the non-human creatures inside. The gate either leads to Makai or Hell.

Story of Eastern Wonderland

Reimu is training intensely in the harsh extremities of a mountain (or taking it easy, your pick), but when she comes back to her home, she learns her shrine infested by youkai, ghosts and other non-human creatures. With her faithful turtle Genjii and her trusty Ying-Yang Orbs, she sets out to find the one who caused the trouble.

Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream

Things have been peaceful lately so Reimu has time to kill. She discovers some old ruins with a promise of something good for whoever enters. However, six others also want the prize so they decided to fight for access.

Lotus Land Story

Reimu mulls over on how quiet things have been and then spirits begin charging into her shrine. She starts to exterminate a few then realizes this must've been the work of something bigger, so she decides to go straight to the source of this.

Mystic Square

A large outpour of demons are appearing throughout the land and it's Reimu's duty to exterminate them. But this leaves no time for herself, so she heads towards the source, Makai. This also leaves three other characters to investigate.

Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil

A scarlet mist covers the sky of Gensokyo. As it is her duty, Reimu who is annoyed by the mist, sets out to stop the incident.

Perfect Cherry Blossom

Even though it is May, spring shows no signs of coming, leaving the inhabitants of Gensokyo in a cold winter weather that only got worse. Reimu, noticing cherry petals blowing from the Netherworld, decides to set out and stop the perpetrator from holding spring hostage.

Immaterial and Missing Power

As Reimu makes preparations for an upcoming feast, both humans and youkai are drawn to a feast and are unable to stop partying. Reimu is suspicious of a strange mist that covers Gensokyo and goes to investigate.

Imperishable Night

Yukari is not able to sleep and discovers the moon has been replaced by a fake moon. She manages to drag Reimu into investigating with her.

Phantasmagoria of Flower View

Reimu, who is usually easy-going, is disturbed by the amount of flowers blooming and not to be the one who shrugs off her duties, goes on to search for answers.

Mountain of Faith

Reimu's shrine has become a hotspot for youkai, so she doesn't get many human visitors to do patronage. That and a foreboding threat from a mysterious visitor, who says that the Hakurei shrine has to shut down and to be taken over by another god. Reimu, always the optimist, decided to go to Youkai Mountain to face the goddess who is making these threats.

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

Eccentric weather incidents were occurring in Gensokyo's summer. The Hakurei Shrine has been decimated by a mighty earthquake and pestered by a parching drought, so Reimu seeks to beat the person responsible.

Subterranean Animism

A geyser appears behind Hakurei Shrine and at first Reimu is happy so it can blow away the winter away and become a hot spring. However, evil spirits emerge from the earth and loiter about Gensokyo. Reimu is sent to investigate with either Yukari Yakumo, Suika Ibuki, or Aya Shameimaru, who is supporting Reimu.


Touhou Hisoutensoku

A humanoid giant is trampling about Gensokyo. Three residents have a few theories on what that could be...

Reimu falls through a pitfall and spots Sanae Kochiya. She suspects her of doing mischief and attacks her.

Taisui Xingjun has sent out minions to attack Hong Meiling, and one of them is a fake Reimu.

Undefined Fantastic Object

Reimu sees the flying ship and thinking it's filled with treasure, decides to pursue it.

Reimu wants the treasure ship and nothing will stand in her way!

Ten Desires

A congregation of divine spirits began begin to threaten the flowering viewing, so it's up to Reimu, Marisa Kirisame, Sanae Kochiya and Youmu Konpaku to figure out what drove them to spread.

Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

Shortly after the events of Perfect Cherry Blossom, Aya Shameimaru attends a flower viewing at the Hakurei Shrine, where she meets Reimu (who is in a foul mood because no one wants to help her clean up after the flower viewing is over). Aya plies her with sake and questions her about the incident, commenting in the article that "Reimu just seems to be a laid-back drunkard". In the follow-up interview, Reimu claims Aya's paper is full of lies and insists her account of the incident is true, though Aya still doesn't recognize Reimu's deeds.

Relationships

Reimu knows a lot of people since she goes out and resolves incidents. She has interacted with almost every other character that has ever made a physical appearance, with the exception of the Unnamed Giant Catfish, Renko Usami, and Maribel Hearn. The first meeting involved a battle with the exception of Watatsuki no Toyohime, Rinnosuke Morichika (presumably), Reisen II, Hieda no Akyuu, and Kasen Ibaraki. She is often visited afterwards by most of the youkai and humans she meets, most of which are friendly to her. Reimu is stated to treat everyone the same, and most of her views on others can be described as slightly apathetic to annoyed.

Marisa Kirisame

Reimu's best friend is likely Marisa Kirisame, who spends a lot of her time at the shrine. They are there together the majority of the time in various print works, prologues, and extra stage prologues, hanging out together and discussing or attending the latest events in Gensokyo. Reimu has known Marisa since Story of Eastern Wonderland, where Mima had Marisa fight Reimu. Their friendship may have started soon after that, as in all of the bad endings, Marisa decides she needs to train more, and drags Reimu along to train with her, much to Reimu's chagrin.

Kasen Ibaraki

Kasen has become a regular at the shrine lately and acts as a mentor and sometimes guardian towards Reimu, whom she fears is too concerned with worldly desires.

Sanae Kochiya

Despite being the priestess of a rival shrine, Sanae is on friendly terms with Reimu and appears frequently in Wild and Horned Hermit alongside Reimu and Marisa. She came on a bit strongly when she and Reimu first met, but she really thought she was helping the Hakurei Shrine out by attempting to get it to switch gods to Kanako Yasaka. After Mountain of Faith, Sanae's offered to help Reimu as a fellow miko to gather faith for the shrine, and appears to have been friends with Reimu since then.

Genjii

Reimu used a turtle as a flying aid until the end of Mystic Square; that turtle was Genjii.

Ruukoto

She also obtains a robotic maid named Ruukoto as a servant at the end of Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream though no reference has been made to it since.

Mima

Mima is an evil spirit who haunts the surroundings of the Hakurei Shrine, after many confrontations and being resealed by Reimu, she decides to spend her days making fun of the shrine maiden.

Rinnosuke Morichika

Reimu is familiar with Rinnosuke Morichika, a shopkeeper who owns Kourindou, who she sometimes visits to hang out or for wares (and sometimes shoplifts).

Suika Ibuki

Suika Ibuki, who often freeloads her shrine after the events of Immaterial and Missing Power is also is her ally during Subterranean Animism.

Yukari Yakumo

Despite her antagonistic personality, Yukari mentors Reimu by pushing her into increasing her spiritual power such as learning how to invoke the gods in Silent Sinner in Blue. She also occasionally seeks Reimu's assistance in resolving incidents in Imperishable Night and Subterranean Animism.

Aya Shameimaru

Aya Shameimaru, the tengu reporter was also her ally during the events of Subterranean Animism.

Three Fairies of Light

Reimu is often the target of their pranks, and Reimu tends to exterminate them on sight whenever she catches them (unless Marisa is escorting them). As of Oriental Sacred Place, the three fairies have moved into a tree near the Hakurei Shrine and become Reimu's neighbors, increasing the amount of pranks even more. Reimu does not know which tree they're living in (it's a tree making up part of the Hakurei Border that was struck by lightning) and wants to know so she can evict them. She's learned new things about fairies from interacting with them, like how fairies live in actual homes (previously Reimu assumed fairies wandered everywhere like locusts) and read newspapers.

Byakuren Hijiri

Reimu views Byakuren and her temple as a rival of sorts to Reimu and the Hakurei Shrine (In Ten Desires, Toyosatomimi no Miko points out that she's friendly towards her, although Reimu says they're religious rivals, she does not seem to deny it). In one of her Undefined Fantastic Object endings, Reimu is depressed at how quickly Byakuren's temple is picking up followers compared to her own shrine. By Strange and Bright Nature Deity, Reimu is mad at the temple for stealing away her shrine's followers (ignoring that her shrine never had (m)any followers in the first place). Byakuren seems unaware of this.

Unnamed Kuda-gitsune

Using her ability, she and Reimu Hakurei gathered worshipers. Reimu was however being manipulated by the fox and Kasen stated that there may have been another practitioner to the fox. Whether this is true or not is unknown, but becuase it has been feeding on Reimu's will power and wealth, Reimu can be seen as the practitioner to the kuda-gitsune according to Kasen's knowledge.

Additional Information

GoMSigil-Reimu.jpg
GoMIllus-Reimu.jpg

Trivia

  • She appeared on the cover of all the PC-98 games, from the first game to the fifth.
  • Reimu seems to be scared before and after the boss battle with the Five Magic Stones, thus making this the only ever time that Reimu was scared and/or afraid of a boss before and after the battle.
  • In Lotus Land Story, when you clear Easy Mode with Reimu and just before the Name Registry screen shows up, you get a Congratulation screen with a drawing of her wearing an outfit that very closely resembles her outfit from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (save for non-detached sleeves).
  • Most of her theme from Lotus Land Story sounds similar to Elis and Kikuri's theme from Highly Responsive to Prayers, "Magic Mirror".
  • She makes an official appearance as "Flying Maiden" in Graffiti Kingdom, as ZUN was involved in the production of it.
  • It is originally stated that she lives alone at the shrine, but other rarely seen characters (Mima and Shingyoku) are known to stay there or near there as well.
  • In Imperishable Night, Reimu is the only one whose partner doesn't mention the danger of the full moon.
  • Reimu's Last Word 「夢想天生」 "Fantasy Heaven" (Pronounced: Musou Tensei) is a homonym of 「無想転生」 "Unconscious Transmigration of Souls" (Also pronounced: Musou Tensei), Kenshiro's ultimate technique in Hokuto no Ken. In Touhou Hisoutensoku, if you activate Fantasy Heaven successfully in a 3rd round, a remix of "Mystical Oriental Love Consultation" will play with the sounds of the Fatal KO theme from the Hokuto no Ken fighting game, fitting because activation of the said Spell Card means the opponent is certainly already dead! Because of this it is now known as the Hakurei Hyakuretsu Ken to some fans.
  • In Touhou Hisoutensoku, one of her alternative palettes looks similar to VIVIT, the heroine of the Seihou Project. Also, one of her palettes seems to be another maid homage, Ruukoto, or possibly Sanae Kochiya's colours. The palette also seems to resemble Mima from Highly Responsive to Prayers. Her white/light gray palette seems to resemble Toki from Hokuto no Ken.
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  • When playing Yukari's story mode in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Reimu breaks down in tears in the ending after Yukari defeats Tenshi and reduces the Hakurei Shrine to rubble for the second time, with Sakuya and Youmu looking on helplessly (although Suika offers to help rebuild it). This marks the first and only time where she is seen crying in a storyline scenario.
  • Reimu's Yin-Yang Orb exhibits some strange powers, aside from helping her attack her enemies. The greatest powers of the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb are:
    1. Even if you eat sweets, you won't get fat
    2. One of your favorite aromas can be given off
    3. The yin-yang orb can be disguised as a cat
  • The shrine maiden at the end of Dolls in Pseudo Paradise is probably Reimu. She has Reimu's title, "Shrine Maiden of Paradise" (and her personality), and according to Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red's Music Column, the shrine maiden in the song that accompanies the ending section is Reimu (so basically, this shrine maiden has Reimu's song and title). However, only the shrine maiden at the end is referred to as the shrine maiden of paradise. Thus it is possible that the shrine maiden seen in the first half of the story is a different person altogether.
  • A "13th Shrine Maiden" signs off the Gensokyo Record in Perfect Cherry Blossom's prologue. ZUN has stated in an e-mail that the Gensokyo Record is unreliable (for one thing, the writing style of each section shows it was written by a different person each time), thus "there is a high possibility that Reimu is not the 13th Hakurei shrine maiden." (technically, this also means there is no proof that the person who wrote that section of the record is a shrine maiden at all).
  • It is shown in Oriental Sacred Place that the shrine sometimes gets various donations (including wine) from unknown sources (implied to be from the Outside World, as the Hakurei Shrine lies on the border) and Yukari is shown in Oriental Sacred Place to sneak yen donations into the offering box when Reimu isn't looking.
  • Although Reimu has successfully resolved the incidents in each major Touhou game, it's possible that her win rate throughout the actual events of the games was not 100%. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense states that Reimu likes to request rematches until she finally wins (something which is allowed under the spell card rules). In essence, Reimu apparently has had to use a few continues every once in a while, but she still manages to get a good ending.

Fandom

  • Destitute: she is called 貧乏巫女 (Binbou miko, lit. "destitute miko"). In Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, it has been said that pretty much nobody goes to the shrine. Thus, it has been a common interpretation that she gets 0 donations.
  • Nothing special about her appearance except armpits, which must be appealed to: Since her clothes exposes her armpits, she is commonly called "waki miko." (腋巫女, meaning "armpit miko") Upon hiding her armpits, anyone would notice at once, and before her back or chest or foot, her armpits are always the first thing appealed to. Although her clothing comes from Rinnosuke Morichika, it is unknown who designs them.
  • Heretic: other than the idea that "money is dirty" related to the "destitute" meme, in the original her personality is comparatively severe (in youkai extermination, she has no mercy), so she is sometimes called "Yakuza miko."
    Furthermore, upon facing off with Toyohime in Silent Sinner in Blue, she used the words "if one doesn't shoot down and slay without one remaining, if there is impurity on the moon, danmaku shall be scattered" etc., said to be a little severe and without mercy, so she occasionally does not spare using unfair measures.
  • Taoreimu, Dareimu, etc.: a defeated Reimu is sometimes called "Taoreimu" (from 倒れる), a hit Reimu is sometimes called "Dareimu" (from ), and an angry Reimu is sometimes called "Buchigireimu (from ぶち切れる), thus giving her shiritori-like names.
  • Concerning the god enshrined at the shrine: Rinnosuke knows who the god enshrined at the shrine is. However, since Reimu is completely uninterested in whatever god is enshrined, he did not say at all. Because of this, it has been fanon to interpret this to mean that the enshrined god is Mima or Gensokyo itself etc.
  • Oni Miko: When she shows her true strength, she becomes "Oni Miko" (鬼巫女).
  • Zombie Reimu: The drastic change in the color of Reimu's skin tone over the course of the Windows games (most noticeable in Mountain of Faith, in which her skin appears yellowish and almost jaundiced) raised eyebrows and led to a number of jokes and dubious theories, the most common of which is that she is actually an undead zombie.
  • Flight on Genji: Although Reimu is able to fly independently, she is still shown in a number of fanworks to still be sitting on Genjii, presumably either to be a show off or to have "extra power". The most notable fanwork to feature this is Touhou Soccer Moushuuden.
  • JoJo association: In the trend of JoJo associations, it appears Reimu is paired with Josuke Higashikata, the reason here being that Josuke's name has the characters for Touhou in it (東方仗助 for Josuke, 東方 for Touhou). Although personality wise, he could be closer to Marisa.

Spell Cards

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 81+1
霊符「夢想封印」 Spirit Sign "Dream Seal" Alternatively translated as: Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal"
Related: Divine Spirit
"Dream Seal"
EoSD
PoFV
UFO
TD
HM
DDC
ULiL
LoLK
AoCF
WBaWC
Use
Use
Use
Use
Use
Use
Use
Use
Use
Use
夢符「封魔陣」 Dream Sign "Evil-Sealing Circle" Related: Divine Arts
"Omnidirectional Demon-Binding Circle"
Divine Arts
"Omnidirectional Dragon-Slaying Circle"
EoSD
PCB
IN
IaMP
Soku
GoM
Use
Use
St. 4A: E/N
Use
Use
霊符「夢想封印 散」 Spirit Sign "Dream Seal -Spread-" Related: Scattered Spirit
"Dream Seal -Worn-"
PCB
IN
Use
St. 4A: E/N
霊符「夢想封印 集」 Spirit Sign
"Dream Seal -Concentrate-"
Related: Migrating
Spirit "Dream Seal -Marred-"
PCB
IN
Use
St. 4A: E/N
夢符「二重結界」 Dream Sign "Duplex Barrier" Related: Dream Land
"Great Duplex Barrier"
PCB
IN
GoM
Use
St. 4A: E/N
霊符「夢想妙珠」 Spirit Sign "Dream Orb" Related: Divine Spirit
"Dream Seal"
IaMP
IN
SWR
Use
Use
Use
神霊「夢想封印」 Divine Spirit "Dream Seal" IaMP
SWR
GoM
Use
Use
神技「八方鬼縛陣」 Divine Arts
"Omnidirectional Oni-Binding Circle"
IaMP
IN
SWR
GoM
Use
St. 4A: H/L
Use
宝符「陰陽宝玉」 Treasure Sign "Yin-Yang Treasured Orb" Related: Holy Relic
"Yin-Yang Kishin Orb"
IaMP
SWR
Use
Use
宝具「陰陽鬼神玉」 Holy Relic "Yin-Yang Kishin Orb" IaMP
SWR
GoM
Use
Use
符の壱「夢想妙珠連」 Sign I "Dream Orb String" IaMP Story
符の弐「陰陽散華」 Sign II "Yin-Yang Scattering" IaMP Story
符の参「魔浄閃結」 Sign III "Exorcising Border" IaMP Story
力符「陰陽玉将」 Power Sign "Yin-Yang King Piece" IaMP Story
夢戦「幻想之月」 Dream Battle "Illusionary Moon" IaMP Story
無題「空を飛ぶ不思議な巫女」 Untitled "Flying Mysterious Shrine Maiden" IaMP
GoM
Story
神霊「夢想封印 瞬」 Divine Spirit "Dream Seal -Blink-" IN
IN
Soku
GoM
Use
St. 4A: N/H/L
Story
夢境「二重大結界」 Dream Land "Great Duplex Barrier" IN
SWR
St. 4A: H/L
Story
散霊「夢想封印 寂」 Scattered Spirit "Dream Seal -Worn-" IN St. 4A: H/L
神技「八方龍殺陣」 Divine Arts
"Omnidirectional Dragon-Slaying Circle"
IN
HM
ULiL
AoCF
St. 4A: L
Use
Use
Use
回霊「夢想封印 侘」 Migrating Spirit "Dream Seal -Marred-" IN St. 4A: H/L
境界「二重弾幕結界」 Boundary "Duplex Danmaku Barrier" Related: Great Barrier
"Hakurei Danmaku Barrier"
IN
GoM
St. 4A: E/N
大結界「博麗弾幕結界」 Great Barrier "Hakurei Danmaku Barrier" IN St. 4A: H/L
「夢想天生」 "Innate Dream" IN
SWR
GoM
HM
LW
Use

Use-LW
霊符「陰陽印」 Spirit Sign "Yin-Yang Sign" PoFV Use
夢符「幻想一重」 Dream Sign "Fine Line Fantasy" Not from a game, but
contributed by ZUN to the
doujin card collection
"Touhou Last Word Collection" in 2004.
Touhou Last Word Collection
霊符「博麗幻影」 Spirit Sign "Hakurei Illusion" PoFV Use
珠符「明珠暗投」 Jewel Sign "Orbs of Light, Cast into Shade" SWR Use
神技「天覇風神脚」 Divine Arts "Sky-Conquering Wind God Kick" Throwback to Highly Responsive to Prayers SWR Use
祈願「厄除け祈願」 Prayer "Disaster-Dispelling Prayer" SWR Story
宝符「踊る陰陽玉」 Treasure Sign "Dancing Yin-Yang Orbs" SWR Story
光霊「神霊宝珠」 Light Spirit "Divine Spirit Orbs" SWR Story
「境界の内側に潜む霊と不思議な巫女」 "Lurking Boundary Spirits
and the Mysterious Shrine Maiden"
SWR Story
夢符「退魔符乱舞」 Dream Sign "Wild Exorcism Dance" Dream Sign inferred from Persuasion
Needle/Evil-Sealing Circle
UFO Use
結界「拡散結界」 Barrier "Expanding Barrier" Soku Use
御守「妖怪足止め守り」 Amulet "Youkai Repelling Charm" Soku Story
霊符「夢想封印 円」 Spirit Sign "Dream Seal -Circle-" Soku Story
「最も凶悪なびっくり巫女玉」 "Most Evil Surprise Miko Orbs" Soku Story
お札「新聞拡張団調伏」 Talisman "Exorcism of the Newspaper
Subscription Solicitors"
Only Spell Card
with a character's portrait.
DS St. Ex
結界「パパラッチ撃退結界」 Barrier "Paparazzi-Repelling Barrier" DS St. Ex
夢符「夢想亜空穴」 Dream Sign "Dream Dimensional Rift" DS St. Ex
宝具「陰陽飛鳥井」 Treasure "Yin-Yang Asuka'i" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
御札「神社繁盛祈願札」 Charm "Shrine Prosperity Prayer Talismans" HM Story
御札「夢幻の高速祈願札」 Charm "Fantastic High-Speed
Prayer Talismans"
HM Story
御札「対妖怪方位除」 Charm "Anti-Youkai Houi-Yoke Prayer" HM Story
「信仰心増大祈願の儀」 "Faith-Augmentation Prayer Ceremony" Co-owner with Miko HM Story
「二大宗教九字護身法」 "Main Two Religions'
Nine-Syllable Self-Defense"
Co-owner with Byakuren HM Story
「面霊気大調伏」 "Great Menreiki Expulsion" Co-owner with Miko
and Byakuren
HM Story
「最後のトリニティリリージョン」 "Trinity Religion Finale" Co-owner with Miko
and Byakuren
HM Story
妖器「無慈悲なお祓い棒」 Bewitched Weapon
"Merciless Purification Rod"
DDC Use
神籤「反則結界」
「反則結界」
Mikuji "Rule Violation Barrier"
"Rule Violation Barrier"
ISC
GR
GoU
St. 8
"St. Ex"
「パスウェイジョンニードル」 "Persuasion Needle" ISC St. 8
「天国にいちばん近いお賽銭」 "The Donation Closest to Heaven" GR "St. Ex"
「だんまく長者」 "Danmaku Millionaire" GR "St. Ex"
*あんな隙間に巫女がいるなんて!* *To Think There'd be
a Shrine Maiden in That Gap!*
ULiL
AoCF
Use-LW
Use-LW
結界「至る所の青山」 Barrier "The Home Where One Lays to Rest" Related: Yukari Yakumo's Home
is Where One Lays One's Head (SWR)
ULiL Story
針符「月卿を封じる針」 Needle Sign "Needles to Seal the Lunar Nobles" ULiL Story (Extra)
結界「乱暴な世界の裂け目」 Barrier "Seams of the Tumultuous World" ULiL Story (Extra)
結界「幻想バウンダリークラック」 Barrier "Fantasy Boundary Crack" ULiL Story (Extra)
霊鷹符「鷹による夢想封印ハンティング」 Spirit Hawk Sign "Dream
Seal Hunting Done by a Hawk"
Co-owner with Kasen AoCF Story
風霊符「磐舟かわらけ封印」 Wind Spirit Sign "Iwafune Kawarake Seal" Co-owner with Futo AoCF Story
星霊符「スプリンクルスター封印」 Star Spirit Sign "Sprinkle Star Seal" Co-owner with Marisa AoCF Story
針星符「月卿を封じる針スパーク」 Needle Spark Sign "Needle Spark to Seal the Lunar Nobles" Co-owner with Marisa AoCF Story
「この何度目かの命、夢想封印されるまで」 "Until This Life, Repeated
Countless Times, Gets Dream-Sealed Away"
Co-owner with Mokou AoCF Story
雷霊符「務光の雷弾夢想封印」 Thunder Spirit Sign "Mukou's
Thunder Shot Dream Seal"
Co-owner with Kasen AoCF Story
龍蹴符「ドラゴンズ飛鳥井キック」 Dragon Kick Sign "Dragon's Asuka'i Kick" Co-owner with Kasen AoCF Story
霊符「夢想封印 夢限」 Spirit Sign "Dream Seal -Dreamfinite-" Used by Reimu's
Dream World self
AoCF Story
「完全憑依と夢想封印」 "Perfect Possession and Dream Seal" Co-owner with Yukari AoCF Story
憑坐 (マスター) 神霊 (スレイブ) の境界」 "Boundary of Spirit Medium (Master) and Divine Spirit (Slave) " Co-owner with Yukari AoCF Story
「最強最良の異変解決巫女」 "The Most Powerful and Fortuitous
Shrine Maiden of Incident Resolution"
AoCF Use-Story Final
霊符「夢想桜花封印」 Spirit Sign "Dream Cherry Blossom Seal" Related: Spirit Sign
"Dream Seal"
HSiFS Use
「盗撮者調伏マスタースパーク」 "Sneak-Photographer's Exorcism Master Spark" Co-owner with Marisa VD Nightmare Saturday
- 2
「背後からの盗撮者調伏」 "Sneak-Photographer's Exorcism From the Back" Co-owner with Okina VD Nightmare Saturday
- 3
「許可無く弾幕は撮影禁止です」 "Unauthorized Danmaku Photography
is Strictly Prohibited"
Co-owner with Yukari VD
GoU
Nightmare Saturday
- 6
霊符「理由無き無差別調伏」 Spirit Sign "Indiscriminate
Exorcism Without Reason"
SFW Story
霊符「理由無き陰陽玉乱舞」 Spirit Sign "Wild Yin-Yang
Dance Without Reason"
SFW Story
霊符「至極不条理な無差別調伏」 Spirit Sign "Extraordinarily Absurd
Indiscriminate Exorcism"
SFW Story
石油「汚染された陰陽玉乱舞」 Petroleum "Polluted Wild Yin-Yang Dance" SFW Story
血呪「無差別呪殺調伏」 Blood Curse "Indiscriminate
Curse-Killing Exorcism"
SFW Story
血呪「血まみれた陰陽玉乱舞」 Blood Curse "Bloodstained Wild Yin-Yang Dance" SFW Story
「旧血の池地獄に暴力の蓋」 "A Lid of Violence Atop the
Former Hell of Blood Pools"
SFW Story
「満員御礼 弾貨大入り袋」 "Full House Amulets: Bullet Money Bonus Packets" 100BM 4th Market

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Official Profiles

Highly Responsive to Prayers - 靈異伝.TXT

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Reimu Hakurei   ★ 主人公 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢

     博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。武器は最強の
    陰陽玉だが、思うように操れずよく振り回される。
    それでも霊力があるので、かなりの腕前。
    お札による攻撃と、霊力の放出による‘霊撃’、体術。など今回の敵
    に対して無効だったので、ちょっと困りもん。
     現在、この神社は彼女一人でもっている。
Heroine, Reimu Hakurei

Shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, She has some spirit-power by nature, but lacks training. Her weapon is the mighty Yin-Yang orb, but her control is somewhat unstable.
But anyway, with her spirit-power, she got quite some skills.
Her usual attacks -namely amulet-attacks, spirit-power discharging (霊撃 -Spirit strike-), melee skills- are useless to current enemies. She's in some trouble.
Currently, she is the only person in the shrine.

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Story of Eastern Wonderland - 封魔録.txt

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Reimu Hakurei   ★ 主人公 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢

     博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。

     性格は楽天家で、今回の様な非常時でも全然心配などしておらず、自分の霊力で何とかなると思っている。

     今回は、(なぜか)亀に乗ってたたかう。

Heroine
Reimu Hakurei

A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who possesses natural-born spiritual power but lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-yang Orb.
She is such an optimist that she doesn't worry at all even in this emergency, and believes she can solve all incidents with her power.

This time, she (somehow) fights riding on the turtle.

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Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream - 夢時空.TXT

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Reimu HakureiAlternate outfit   ★ 夢と伝統を保守する巫女 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢

    博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。

    性格は楽天家である。靈夢の周りでは変なことが色々起こるが、本人はそれを楽しんでいる。
    例によって、(なぜか)亀に乗ってたたかう。

    今回もいかがわしいと思いつつ、ついわくわくしてしまう。

Shrine Maiden who Protects Dream and Tradition
Reimu Hakurei

A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who has the natural-born spiritual power and lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-yang Orb.
She's an optimist. She faces some strange incidents, but still she enjoys them.
As usual, she (somehow) fights riding on the turtle.

This time, she feels somewhat suspicious, yet she's excited about the incident.

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Lotus Land Story - 幻想郷.TXT

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Reimu Hakurei   ★ 夢と伝統を保守する巫女 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢

    博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。
    性格は楽天家である。靈夢の周りでは変なことが色々起こるが、本人はそれを楽しんでいる。
    ちょっと感情的で単純なので、よく魔理沙におちょくられている。

Shrine Maiden who Protects Dream and Tradition
Reimu Hakurei

The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who possesses natural-born spiritual power but lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking them with amulets, firing her spiritual power in a Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of the Yin-yang Orb.
She's an optimist. She faces some strange incidents, but still she enjoys them.
Due to her slightly emotional and simple character, she's always made fun of by Marisa.

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Mystic Square - 怪綺談.TXT

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Reimu Hakurei       博麗 靈夢(はくれいれいむ)  ・・ 巫女さん

    博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。

    性格は楽天家である。靈夢の周りでは変なことが色々起こるが、本人はそれを楽しんでいる。
    ちょっと感情的で単純なので、よく魔理沙におちょくられている。

Shrine Maiden
Reimu Hakurei

A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who possesses natural-born spiritual power but lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking them with amulets, firing her spiritual power in a Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of the Yin-yang Orb.
She's an optimist. She faces some strange incidents, but still she enjoys them.
Because of her slightly emotional and simple character, she's often made fun of by Marisa.

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Shuusou Gyoku - 創曲幻想.txt

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Reimu Hakurei  ・永遠の巫女  博麗 霊夢(ハクレイ レイム)


  博麗神社の巫女さん。才能はあるが修行不足。もともと修行は好きでない。強力な霊力でいままで幾多の魔法使い、悪霊、妖怪、そして神と闘ってきたらしい(理由、なんとなく)
いつも何か変な事に巻き込まれてしまうが、その半分は陰で魔理沙が引き起こしているらしい。霊夢は気づかないふりをしている。そんな魔理沙をしょうがない奴と考えている。

Eternal Shrine Maiden
Reimu Hakurei

The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine. Talented, but lacks training. Basically, she doesn't like to train. They say she has fought plenty of magicians, evil spirits, youkai and even gods with her strong spiritual power (for no particular reason).
She's always involved in some strange affairs, though she seems to be dragged into most of them due to Marisa. Reimu pretends not to notice this. She sees Marisa as essentially a hopeless case.

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Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Manual

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Reimu Hakurei  ○永遠の巫女 博麗 霊夢(ハクレイレイム)

  博麗神社の巫女さんで主人公。のんびりしてるようで、実にのんびりしてる。
  人がほとんどこなくなった神社に住んでいて、本人は世間離れしすぎている。
  本人は降りかかる火の粉を払っているだけなのだが、結果としてそれは、幻想郷の住人が人里に行かないように、また人間が幻想郷に迷い込まないように、という役目になっているらしい。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。あとは、空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

Eternal Shrine Maiden

Reimu Hakurei
Shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, and protagonist of the Touhou series. She appears quite carefree on the outside, and indeed deep down, she really is carefree. She lives in her shrine and is rarely visited by anyone, which causes her to be out of touch with current social norms. Even though she only extinguished certain sparks of conflict because they seemed to befall her without warning, her actions have generally resulted in preventing the residents of Gensokyo from visiting human settlements, and keeping outsiders away from wandering into Gensokyo.

Charms and the yin-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to the extent of flying in the air.

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Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - おまけ.txt

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Reimu Hakurei  ○永遠の巫女
  博麗 霊夢(はくれい・れいむ)

  能力:空を飛ぶ程度の能力、霊気を操る程度の能力


  主人公です。

  時間的な流れでは前作から大して経ってなく、年齢も変化ありません。

  意味も無く巫女さんです。というか東方は巫女さんSTGなんで巫女さ
  んです。本末転倒気味。
  今回の衣装は巫女さんらしいゴテゴテ感もなく、非常にシンプルな上に
  巫女さんっぽくないです。本当に巫女さんなんでしょうか?

  まさに「そこの紅白」って感じです。
Eternal Shrine Maiden

Reimu Hakurei

Abilities: Able to the degree of flying in the air, Ability to the extent of manipulating auras

The protagonist.

Chronologically, this title is not too far from the previous title, thus her age stays the same as before.

Unintentionally, she is a shrine maiden. Or rather, she is a shrine maiden only because the Touhou series has become the "Shrine Maiden Shooting Game" series. It feels like the cart has been placed before the horse to me.

This time, her outfit is not overly intricate like typical shrine maiden clothing, but has become quite simple and only remotely resembles that of a shrine maiden. Is she really a shrine maiden?

She's more like "You, red-white!" in my opinion.

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Perfect Cherry Blossom - Manual

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Reimu Hakurei PCB  ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  博麗神社の巫女さんで主人公。頭が普通そうだが、実は春満開。
  神社は常に妖怪が跋扈していて、霊夢も妖怪達に馴染まれている。
  割と巫女としての機能を持ち合わせていない。
  修行嫌いでもちろん修行不足のため、そこそこの腕前である。
  全ての物事に対し、一生懸命取り組むことを嫌う。
  努力が報われることなど信じていないからである。
  その為、博麗神社のおみくじには末吉はない。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。あとは、空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

   当たり判定が小さく、低速移動も非常
   に精度が良い。
   霊符の「博麗アミュレット」は使い勝手
   が良い。弾避けに専念するための武器。
   一方、夢符の「エクスターミネイション」
   は最高クラスの破壊力を持つ。
   ボスを瞬殺出来るが、ボムの無敵時間
   は全キャラ中最短。攻撃範囲も威力も
   無い。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei

Hakurei Shrine's shrine maiden, and the protagonist. Her mind might appear normal, but in fact it is full of spring thoughts.
The shrine is always haunted by youkai, and they are very friendly to Reimu as well.
She is hardly performing the role of a shrine maiden at this point.
She hates training, and because of this, lacks ability. So her skill is quite so-so.
She hates to do her very best at anything that falls upon her.
That is because she does not believe that effort will be rewarded.
Because of that, the Hakurei Shrine's paper fortune doesn't have "末吉(Least luck)"
[Typically, a shrine's paper fortune has 大吉 (Best luck) / 中吉 (Medium luck) / 小吉 (Little luck) / 末吉 (Least luck) / 凶 (Misfortune) / 大凶 (Worst misfortune). 末吉 is usually interpreted as "You will get exactly as your effort"]

Charms and the yin-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to the extent of flying in the air.

She has a smaller hit box, and her focused movement allows player to dodge very precisely.
Spirit Sign's "Hakurei Amulet" is quite easy to use. It allows you to focus on dodging bullets.
On the other hand, Dream Sign's "Extermination" wields destructive power of the highest class.
Bosses are killed quickly, but the invincibility duration of her bombs is the shortest of all characters. It is also lacking in both effective radius and damage.

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Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt

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Reimu Hakurei PCB  ○楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

  基本的に巫女さん。幻想郷の境にある博麗神社の巫女さん。博麗神社自体は、幻想郷と人間界の両方に位置する。
          ・・
  その境が博麗神社境内である。どちらからみても、人里離れた山奥に存在し、大きさもさほど無いし、御利益もゆかりも何も無い小さな神社なので、どのみち参拝客は殆ど来ない。
  この神社の中では、殆どの結界は無効化される。それだけ、幻想郷と人間界の境、博麗大結界の力は大きいのである。

  幻想郷で唯一、博麗の者だけが規律を持つ。その為、霊夢は一応制服のような物を着用している(他にも規律はあるはずなのだが・・・)紅白の服を着て、幻想郷の端っこから、幻想郷の空を見つめつつ、お茶でも飲むのが日課である。

  元々、霊夢は不思議な力を色々使えるが、それを活用したり自慢したりはしない。すべては在るがままに、である。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Mainly she possess the ability to the extent of flying in the air.

Basically, she is a shrine maiden. The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, which is located on the boundary of Gensokyo.
The Hakurei Shrine exists in both Gensokyo and the world of humans at the same time.
The boundary is the home territory of the Hakurei Shrine. From both sides, it is located at a very remote place from human villages, and is also kind of small, and has no known history or benefits. So it's no wonder that it rarely gets any visitors.
Inside the shrine, almost all foreign boundaries will be nullified. That alone should say that the Hakurei Boundary, the boundary between Gensokyo and the world of humans, is amazingly powerful.

Only those of the Hakurei have rules to follow in Gensokyo. Therefore, Reimu always wears clothes that is apparently some kind of uniform (she is supposed to have many other rules too, though...). Her daily routine consists of wearing red-white, staring at Gensokyo's sky from the edge of Gensokyo, and drinking tea.

By nature, Reimu can use various mysterious powers, but she does not use them to boast about them. Everything is, as is, after all.

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Immaterial and Missing Power - 上海アリス通信.txt

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Reimu Hakurei  ○楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  種族:人間
  住処:博麗神社
  能力:空を飛ぶ程度の能力

   いつもの博麗神社の巫女さん。何も考えずその場のノリで毎日を生きている。巫女さんらしい行動といえば、縁側でお茶を飲んで日和る位。

   非常に単純な思考の持ち主で、怒る時は怒り、笑う時は笑う。裏表のない性格は、人間妖怪問わず惹き付ける。その為、神社はいつも色んな者が集まるのである。

   体術にしても妖術にしても、修行は不足気味(というか殆どしない)だが、余りある天性のセンスでカバーしていて、もの凄く強い。それはもう、人とは思えない位に。ワープしていたり、ホーミングしていたりするが、本人はまっすぐ動いているつもり。ずるい巫女さん。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Location: Hakurei Shrine
Ability: Ability to the extent of flying in the air

A typical shrine maiden from Hakurei Shrine. She always lives on ideas off the top of her head, and doesn't consider something seriously. The only thing she does that actually resembles a shrine maiden's duties is enjoying tea and life on the veranda.

She is quite simple-minded, thus when she's angry she's angry, and when she smiles she smiles. Her open personality makes her well-liked by both humans and youkai. Due to that, many people stay close to the shrine.

She lacks training in both melee and spells (or rather, she rarely does them), but she covers that up with the numerous talents she's born with. So she's quite tough, enough to make you wonder if she's really a human. While she warps or uses guided shots, it's all straight from her perspective. What a mean shrine maiden.

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Imperishable Night - Manual

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Reimu Hakurei IN  ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  博麗神社の巫女さん。
  境界に住む人間。空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

  幻想郷の境にある(恐らく)由緒正しき博麗神社の巫女さん。
  感情的で騒々しく、どんな場所でも存在感があるのだが、すぐに馴染む。
  彼女の能力は空を飛ぶこと、つまり無重力。
  地球の重力も、如何なる重圧も、力による脅しも、彼女には全く意味が無い。
  身も心も、幻想の宙をふわふわと漂う不思議な巫女である。
  相手がどんなに強大だとしても、彼女の前では意味をなさない。
  相手の肩書きを平坦化する彼女は、時として人間、妖怪、種族を選ばず惹きつける事もある。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。虫にも刺されやすい。

    備考
    今回は八雲紫と組む。
    低速移動は単独使用時のみの性能である。
    威力が若干劣る事もあるが基本的に使い
    やすく、敵の場所を覚える必要も少ない。
    かなり(雑魚に対しては特に)強い。
    一言で言えば、卑怯。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei

Hakurei Shrine's Shrine Maiden.
A human that lives on the boundary. She has the ability to the extent of flying in the air.

She is the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, which is located at the edge of Gensokyo and (possibly) has ancient and honourable origins.
She is emotional and noisy, and has a presence wherever she is, but she merges into her surroundings quite easily.
Her ability is being able to fly, that is, being weightless.
The gravity of Earth, any level of stress, and threats of power all mean nothing to her.
Both her mind and body float in the sky of fantasy, a mysterious shrine maiden.
However powerful the opponent is, that means nothing in her presence.
As she evens out whatever status one has, she tends to attract anyone regardless of species, human or youkai.

Her weapons are amulets and a Yin-Yang orb. She is also preferred by mosquitoes.

Notes
She teams with Yukari this time.
Focused speed only applies when she is used as a solo character.
She lacks a bit in damage, but is quite easy to use and doesn't need much memorization.
She is quite strong, especially against smaller enemies.
In a word, dastardly.

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Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt

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Reimu Hakurei IN  ○楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Reimu Hakurei

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。幻想郷の境にある博麗神社の巫女さん。
  博麗神社自体は、幻想郷と人間界の両方に位置する。

  何者に対しても平等に見る性格は、妖怪の様な普段畏れられている者からも好かれる。逆にいうと、誰に対しても仲間として見ない。周りに沢山人間や妖怪が居たり、一緒に行動を行っても、常に自分一人である。実は冷たい人間なのかも知れない。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to the extent of flying through the sky

As usual, the shrine maiden you all know. She lives in the Hakurei Shrine located at the boundary that separates Gensokyo from the outer world. The shrine simultaneously exists in both worlds.

She treats everyone fairly and equally, which makes her well-liked by even the most terrifying youkai. On the flip side, she doesn't treat anyone especially well and doesn't think of anyone as "special". While she's often seen with a wide assortment of humans and youkai, and does get along with them, she's actually alone in her heart. She may be kind of cold-hearted...

Reimu Hakurei  ○4面ボス 楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Reimu Hakurei

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力

  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。

  普通に寝ていたが幾ら寝ても夜が明けない。幾らなんでもこれは異常すぎると思って、神社を飛び出してきた。夜中の出動は珍しくないが、十分すぎるほど睡眠を取った後の夜中の出動は珍しい。でもこの暗さはなんとなく眠く感じるものである。この騒動に決着がついたら、また一眠りしよう、と考えながら強い妖気を目指して竹林まで来たのだが、そこで見た犯人は良く見知った人間と妖怪だった。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to the extent of flying through the sky

As usual, the shrine maiden you all know.

The morning that she was expecting to see after a full night's sleep did not greet her. She thought that something very strange was going on, so she left the shrine to investigate. It's not unusual for her to go out at night, but going out at midnight just after having taken a full night's rest was most unusual. Anyway, nights always make her sleepy, so she'll be going back to bed once the issue is resolved. She followed a trail of power into a bamboo forest, and what she found were very familiar faces...

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Phantasmagoria of Flower View - Manual

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Reimu Hakurei  ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  博麗神社の巫女さん。
  境界に住む人間。空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。
  のんきなのか何も考えていないのか、そういう巫女さん。
  異変が起こるとすぐに駆けつけ解決しようとするが、彼女の周りには異変が絶えない。
  むしろ、異変を呼び込んでいるのではと疑わしい。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

The Shrine Maiden of Hakurei Shrine.
A human living at the boundary. Possesses ability to the extent of flying in the air.
She's the kind of shrine maiden that is ever-so-carefree and doesn't think about anything
Whenever a disturbance occurs, she would immediately rush to resolve it. Nevertheless, she would never manage to rid herself of all disturbances around her.
Rather, it might be the case that she attracts disturbances to herself.

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Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt

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Reimu Hakurei  ○楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Hakurei Reimu
  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


   毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。幻想郷の境にある博麗神社の巫女さん。博麗神社自体は、幻想郷と人間界の両方に位置する。

   いつも異変は勘で解決できる彼女だが、何故か花の異変は全く見当が付かなかった。
   今回の様なプレイヤーが多いゲームだと、何が主人公なのか判らなくなってしまう。でも、霊夢だけは目立たなくても主人公っぽいのは何故だろうか。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Hakurei Reimu

Race: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to the extent of flying in the air

The miko we are all familiar with. She's the miko of Hakurei Shrine, located on the boundary of Gensokyo.

She has always been able to bring incidents to closure with her intuitions, but she has not the slightest idea of the cause of this flower incident.
In multiplayer games such as this installment of the Touhou Series, it's hard to pinpoint which character is the main character. However, even though Reimu doesn't stand out at all, why does she always look like one?

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Mountain of Faith - Manual

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Reimu Hakurei MOF  ○楽園の巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

  何者に対しても平等に見る性格である。ただ、仕事は妖怪退治である為、妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、実際は人間にも妖怪にもさほど興味はない。

  ただ、今回は神様を巡っての騒動である。神様の代弁者としても、ただの妖怪退治とは勝手が違って、戸惑い気味。

  攻撃性能は、全体的に無難な挙動で安定感のある装備となっています。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise - Reimu Hakurei

The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

She treats everyone basically the same way. However, since her job is hunting youkai, she takes a fairly strict stance against youkai, but she's actually equally uninterested in humans and youkai.

This time there's a conspiracy surrounding her gods. She may be their spokesperson, but her circumstances as a youkai hunter are different, so she feels a bit lost.

Her weapons are amulets and yin-yang balls. Her piety seems light.

Her fighting style generally relies on equipment that lends a sense of stability.

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Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - chara.html

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Reimu Hakurei 博麗 霊夢
種族 : 人間
職業 : 巫女さん
住家 : 博麗神社
能力 : 空を飛ぶ程度の能力
性格 : 呑気で感情豊か。浮世離れしている。
Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei


Race: human

Occupation: shrine maiden

Place of residence: Hakurei Shrine

Ability: Ability to the extent of flying in the air.

Personality: Carefree and sentimental. Not too attached to the world of the living.

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Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt

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Reimu Hakurei SA  ○楽園の巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

  何者に対しても平等に見る性格である。ただ、仕事は妖怪退治である為、妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、実際は人間にも妖怪にもさほど興味はない。

  地底よりは高いところの方が好き。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Ability to the extent of flying in the air.

The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

She treats everyone the same. However, since her job is youkai-hunting, she acts particularly strict with youkai, but she doesn't really care much about humans or youkai.

She prefers high places compared to the underground.

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Undefined Fantastic Object - キャラ設定とエキストラストーリー.txt

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Reimu Hakurei UFO  ○楽園の巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

  何者に対しても平等に見る性格である。ただ、仕事は妖怪退治である為、妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、実際は人間にも妖怪にもさほど興味はない。

  宝船と言えば七福神。神様と言えば彼女の出番と思っているが、七福神の殆どが日本の神様ではない。本当の目的は金銀財宝。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to the extent of flying in the air

The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

She treats everyone the same. However, since her job is youkai-hunting, she acts particularly strict with youkai, but she doesn't really care much about humans or youkai.

Where there's a treasure ship, there's gotta be the seven gods of luck. She figures that where gods are involved, it's a job for her, but most of the seven gods of luck are not Japanese gods. Her true goal is all the riches.

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Wild and Horned Hermit official website

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Reimu Hakurei 博麗霊夢
自由奔放な人間

おなじみ博麗神社の巫女さん。神
社に参拝客が増えないか、今日も
思案中の様である。欲の塊という
わけではなく、基本は天衣無縫な
人柄。人間にも妖怪にも分け隔て
ない。

Hakurei Reimu

The freewheeling human

The shrine maiden of the Hakurei shrine. She appears pondering, like all the other days, of how to get more visitors of her shrine. It's not that she's a clump of greed, but she's only being natural. She doesn't differentiate between humans and Youkai.

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Ten Desires - omake.txt

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Reimu Hakurei TD  ○楽園の巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)   Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間   能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力

  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

  何者に対しても平等に見る性格である。ただ、仕事は妖怪退治である為、妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、実際は人間にも妖怪にもさほど興味はない。

  神霊にしちゃあ随分とちゃちで雑多な霊に何らかの危機感を感じ、調査に出かける。放って置いて何か起きた時に神社の所為だと思われると困る。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to the extent of flying in the air

The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

She treats everyone the same. However, since her job is youkai-hunting, she acts particularly strict with youkai, but she doesn't really care much about humans or youkai.

She goes off to investigate after being alerted by the odd divine spirits, that seemed far too shoddy and numerous than they should. It would be troublesome if she just left it alone and something happened, in which her shrine would be blamed.

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References

  1. ZUN's E-mails. Reimu is around mid-teen height.
  2. Only in the Comp Ace Vol. 13 publication
  3. 3.0 3.1 Perfect Memento in Strict Sense p. 113. Also refer to Spell Card.
  4. 4.0 4.1 上海アリス通信.txt for Immaterial and Missing Power
  5. 5.0 5.1 キャラ設定.txt for Perfect Cherry Blossom
  6. ZUN's reply to questions on Gensou Bulletin Board
  7. ZUN's E-mails - "I generally have no comment regarding the PC-98 games. Please ignore them just as one can ignore derivative works."
  8. Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou," from "Single Inquiry" - Wayback Machine, archived July 9, 2010
  9. Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou," from "Ending the Talkshow" - Wayback Machine, archived July 9, 2010