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Reisen made a background cameo appearance in ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' on the [[Human Village]] stage. She is seen sitting with [[Tewi Inaba]], [[Eirin Yagokoro]] and [[Kaguya Houraisan]] | Reisen made a background cameo appearance in ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' on the [[Human Village]] stage. She is seen sitting with [[Tewi Inaba]], [[Eirin Yagokoro]] and [[Kaguya Houraisan]] waking up Kaguya who falls sleep from time to time. | ||
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ɽeːseɴ ɯdoŋgeːɴ inaba (♫) Reisen Udongein Inaba | |
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Moon rabbit (not native to Gensokyo) |
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Manipulation of insanity |
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Unknown, at least approximately 40 years old |
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Reisen Udongein Inaba (鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ) is one of the legendary moon rabbits who fled from the Moon to Earth as a refugee from the "Lunar War" between the two worlds that began in 1969 A.D. after the Apollo 11 "invasion". Making her way to Gensokyo, she was surprised to meet the notorious fugitives Kaguya Houraisan and Eirin Yagokoro, and asked for asylum in Eientei. In exchange, she works for and protects Kaguya and Eirin.
General Information
Reisen first appeared as the Stage 5 boss Imperishable Night and later became playable in Phantasmagoria of Flower View and Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. She also appears in many manga comics such as Silent Sinner in Blue, Cage in Lunatic Runagate and Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth. Perhaps ironically given her insanity-inducing powers, Reisen seems to have one of the more stable and balanced personalities in Gensokyo.
Abilities
- Manipulation of Insanity
Reisen has the ability to sense and manipulate waves of all kinds, localised in her "Lunatic Red Eyes". Her signature use of this ability is manipulating brain waves through eye contact, allowing her to induce madness or hallucinations depending on the strength of her opponent's will. By increasing the frequency of brainwaves she can make a person short-tempered and irrational, or by reducing them can leave her target apathetic and depressed.
Reisen can also manipulate light and sound waves to deceive the senses indirectly, from concealing the paths of her danmaku, to creating after-images of herself, to casting wide-area illusions that cause people to get lost. Finally, she is capable of releasing waves from her eyes in a destructive blast.
Reisen is immune to the abilities of the Three Fairies of Light (seeing an invisible Sunny Milk, hearing a silent Luna Child, and escaping Star Sapphire's detection) since they are based on waves, though she seems unable to replicate Star Sapphire's abilities with her own.[1]
- Moon rabbit abilities
Moon rabbits can send "ESP waves" and receive them with their ears, forming a sort of psychic network where they share feelings and rumors. Reisen can still participate in this network despite the physical and spiritual distance between Gensokyo and the Moon. Reisen has been depicted transmitting ESP waves from her eyes[2], but it is unknown whether this is the usual method or an example of her general wave manipulation abilities (or indeed, if her wave manipulation is just an advanced form of this ability).
Character Basis
Name
Her full name is Reisen Udongein Inaba (鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ). Originally her name was written in katakana as "Rei'sen" (レイセン), but in order to blend in on Earth she changed the spelling to "Reisen" (鈴仙) and adopted the surname "Udongein" (優曇華院) from Eirin Yagokoro.[3] Note that "gein" is pronounced the same way as the English word "gain" — her name should be written as "Udonge'in" in romaji, and possibly as "Udongeïn" in French. "Inaba" (イナバ), drawn from Tewi Inaba, is a name Kaguya uses for all the rabbits in Eientei as she has trouble distinguishing between them.
In canon Eirin is the only one who calls (and is allowed to) call Reisen by the name Udonge or Udongein, though she also calls her Reisen from time to time, particularly when she is not present. Kaguya is seen to use both Inaba and Reisen.
The characters for Reisen literally mean something like "bell hermit", and Udongein "house of plantain flowers". Titles ending in 院 ("-in") were typically granted to Japanese noblewomen in their old age to indicate their special contribution to a temple or their high place in society, and carry a sense of great nobility and culture. This title is similar to posthumous names, called ingou (院号); examples include Kenreimon-In and Taikenmon-In.
There are several theories of where the name Reisen came from.
- reisen (醴泉), meaning "spring of sweet water" - some say that this was the source of the immortality elixir in the Chinese legend of Chang'e.
- reisen (霊蟾), meaning "spirit toad", but which due to a confused led by the kanji is now used to refer to moon rabbits or the Moon itself.
- reisen (冷戦), meaning "Cold War", the time at which human exploration of the Moon started. (see the notes on Reisen's spell cards).
- reisen (零戦, also called as zero-sen), meaning "Zero-Fighter", as in the Japanese Navy designation for the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane, which may be a reference to Reisen's military background (see also Imperishable Night: Music).
Incidentally, in German reisen means "travels" or "voyages" as well as "to travel". There is also a species of rabbit known as the Deutsche Riesen (German), but this origin is generally thought unlikely. More loosely, reisen is a definite singular for reise in Norwegian, which means "journey" or "trip" as in taking drugs.
Design
In Imperishable Night Reisen has red eyes, long light-purple hair and long rumpled rabbit ears - like all members of the Lunar Defense Corps[4], her ears stand up straight and are decorated with two accoutrement-like buttons. Her outfit consists of a long-sleeved black business suit over a white shirt, along with a beige skirt, white socks and red shoes. Her left suit-collar is decorated with a crescent moon-shaped insignia, and there appear to be paper or business cards poking out of her left shirt pocket.
In Phantasmagoria of Flower View Reisen's jacket is removed and she wears a purple skirt. There is a clip on her necktie in the shape of a carrot, identical to Tewi Inaba's. Her alternate outfit makes her shirt black and her tie yellow.
In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she wears a short-sleeved white shirt, a red belt and a blue skirt. Her alternate outfit gives her a dark green dress, ears and eyes, and a light green shirt and hair.
Story
Games
- Imperishable Night
During Imperishable Night Reisen hid within Eientei to avoid any lunar emissaries that might arrive on Earth and force her to return to the Moon. She was tasked with sealing the doors inside Eientei to ensure that Kaguya Houraisan could not be found by the emissaries either. She used her power of insanity to stop the heroines from invading Eientei, but was defeated. Reisen's power of insanity comes from her eyes; she uses them to refract and twist waves, disorienting and confusing her victims and deceiving them with frightening illusions.
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- Phantasmagoria of Flower View
In Phantasmagoria of Flower View, she worries about Tewi Inaba running off and seems more level headed than most other characters. Although she doesn't know what's causing the flower incident, she's decided to investigate by going wherever the flowers are blooming.
Spin-offs
- Shoot the Bullet
In Shoot the Bullet, Aya Shameimaru encountered Reisen on stage 4 and took photos of her danmaku.
- Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
During the events in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she appears in the Scarlet Devil Mansion to ask questions but is beaten by the furious Mistress. Later she inquires into the fate of the Hakurei Shrine and asks if the earthquakes are still going on. Failing to find clues, she later goes to Hakugyokurou to check its condition and to ask Yuyuko Saigyouji about the Shrine's destruction. She tells her about the "completion ceremony" of the new shrine, but when she goes there, the shrine is destroyed. She also meets Yukari Yakumo, who forbids her to investigate the shrine. Some time after the battle with Yukari, Tenshi Hinanawi suddenly appears and tells Reisen that earthquakes are just "fine".
- Touhou Hisoutensoku
- Main article: Touhou Hisoutensoku Story
If connecting SWR with Touhou Hisoutensoku, then Yuyuko can become a selectable character to play with, although she appears in no scenarios.
- Hopeless Masquerade
Reisen made a background cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade on the Human Village stage. She is seen sitting with Tewi Inaba, Eirin Yagokoro and Kaguya Houraisan waking up Kaguya who falls sleep from time to time.
Relationships
- Kaguya Houraisan (Owner, Master)
- Eirin Yagokoro (Employer, Teacher)
- Tewi Inaba (Earthborn Rabbit)
- Watatsuki no Toyohime (Former Master)
- Watatsuki no Yorihime (Former Master)
Spell Cards
Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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Total: 33[5] | ||||||
波符「赤眼催眠(マインドシェイカー)」 | Wave Sign " |
IN GoM |
St. 5: E/N — | |||
幻波「赤眼催眠(マインドブローイング)」 | Illusion Wave " |
IN | St. 5: H/L | |||
狂符「幻視調律(ビジョナリチューニング)」 | Lunatic Sign " |
IN GoM |
St. 5: E/N | |||
狂視「狂視調律(イリュージョンシーカー)」 | Lunatic Gaze " |
IN | St. 5: H/L | |||
懶符「生神停止(アイドリングウェーブ)」 | Loafing Sign " |
IN | St. 5: E/N | |||
懶惰「生神停止(マインドストッパー)」 | Indolence " |
IN | St. 5: H/L | |||
散符「真実の月(インビジブルフルムーン)」 | Spread Sign " |
IN GoM |
St. 5: E/N/H/L — | |||
月眼「月兎遠隔催眠術(テレメスメリズム)」 | Lunar Eyes " |
IN | St. 5: N/H/L | |||
「幻朧月睨(ルナティックレッドアイズ)」 | " |
IN SWR ULiL AoCF |
LW Use Use Use | |||
波符「月面波紋(ルナウェーブ)」 | Wave Sign " |
PoFV | Use | |||
散符「栄華之夢(ルナメガロポリス)」 | Scatter Sign " |
PoFV | Use | |||
散符「朧月花栞(ロケット・イン・ミスト)」 | Spread Sign " |
StB | St. 4 | |||
波符「幻の月(インビジブルハーフムーン)」 | Wave Sign " |
StB | St. 4 | |||
狂夢「風狂の夢(ドリームワールド)」 | Mad Dream " |
StB GoM |
St. 4 — | |||
惑視「離円花冠(カローラヴィジョン)」 | Charming Look " |
SWR | Use | |||
幻爆「近眼花火(マインドスターマイン)」 | Illusion Bomb " |
SWR | Use | |||
幻惑「花冠視線(クラウンヴィジョン)」 | Fascination " |
SWR | Use | |||
弱心「喪心喪意(ディモチヴェイション)」 | Weak Heart " |
SWR | Use | |||
喪心「喪心創痍(ディスカーダー)」 | Empty Heart " |
SWR | Use | |||
毒煙幕「瓦斯織物の玉」 | Poison Smokescreen "Orb of Gas-Treated Weave" | SWR | Use | |||
生薬「国士無双の薬」 | Life Elixir "Peerless Patriot's Elixir" | SWR | Use | |||
迫符「脅迫幻覚(オブセッショナー)」 | Force Sign " |
SWR | Story | |||
幻弾「幻想視差(ブラフバラージ)」 | Illusion Bullet " |
SWR GoM |
Story — | |||
幻兎「平行交差(パラレルクロス)」 | Illusion Rabbit " |
SWR | Story | |||
長視「赤月下(インフレアドムーン)」 | Farsight " |
Soku | Use | |||
短視「超短脳波(エックスウェイブ)」 | Shortsight " |
Soku | Use | |||
赤眼「望見円月(ルナティックブラスト)」 | Red Eye " |
Soku | Use | |||
「障壁波動(イビルアンジュレーション)」 | " |
LoLK | Use | |||
「月面跳弾(ルナティックダブル)」 | " |
ULiL AoCF |
Use Use | |||
「地上跳弾(ルナティックエコー)」 | " |
ULiL AoCF |
Use Use | |||
*もうお前は狂っている!* | *You've Already Gone Mad!* | ULiL AoCF |
Use-LW Use-LW | |||
狂槌符「狂視幻像(ディスオーダーアイ)も大きくなあれ」 | Mad Mallet Sign " |
Co-owner with Shinmyoumaru | AoCF | Story | ||
火狂符「人体発火秘匿弾幕(バーニングヒドゥンバレット)」 | Fire Madness Sign " |
Co-owner with Mokou | AoCF | Story |
Additional Information
- Reisen's right hand is often depicted to be making a gun shape, which leads to fan assumption that she shoots danmaku in this manner, and she indeed does in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. Some fans even depict Reisen holding an actual handgun in artwork. Those are all based on ZUN's word that her normal shots were modeled after a bullet. The revelation in Silent Sinner in Blue that all Moon Defense Corps Rabbits are drilled with rifles suggests that Reisen can also use the real thing.
- Reisen's alternate outfit in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and Touhou Hisoutensoku is a homage to the Vocaloid Miku Hatsune. Her other alternate outfits in Hisoutensoku are also homages to fellow Vocaloids Rin and Len Kagamine, Luka Megurine, Meiko, Kaito, Gakupo Kamui and Gumi.
Fandom
- Reisen experienced a surge in popularity from the IOSYS video "Stops at the Affected Area and Immediately Dissolves ~ Lunatic Udongein", better known as "Overdrive". This video and its parodies are known on Nico Nico as "The Lunatic Udongein Series".
- Reisen is generally depicted as more of a normal person than the other inhabitants of Eientei, being bullied by them or acting as a straight man for their antics.
- Serious works dealing with Reisen usually focus on her past as a deserter. This grew more common after Eiki scolded her about it in Phantasmagoria of Flower View, but less so after Silent Sinner in Blue showed the other moon rabbits as unexpectedly carefree and prone to exaggeration.
- Reisen's most common pairings (see Relationshipping) are with Tewi Inaba, Eirin Yagokoro, and Youmu Konpaku.
- Tewi's pranking of Reisen can be interpreted as affectionate.
- Eirin is depicted about caring deeply about Reisen as a student, being strict on her only so that she'll achieve her potential.
- While Reisen and Youmu have appeared together in a number of games, they rarely have any meaningful interaction. In fanworks they're mainly depicted as bonding over their shared status as overworked servants, as well as their training in weapons. Generally Youmu will be depicted as looking up to Reisen as her elder.
- Some fans call her "Zayaku" (座薬, lit. 'suppository'), because her bullets look like them. Many, many jokes have been made about this, often of a crude nature. In addition, some species of plantains carry seeds that are useful for constipation and irritable bowel syndrome, making them similar in function to rectal suppositories.
- Reisen's line "I'm just a useless little bunny, only good for my sex appeal", from the doujinshi Drunkards in Eientei by Omchicken, has become notable amongst western fans, leading to portrayals of her as attractive but useless to a joke character level.
- She is sometimes shown as a nurse in fanworks in reference to her training under Eirin.
- A sizable number of fanworks depict her as friendly towards humans, as opposed to her fairly anti-social personality in canon.
Official Profiles
○5面ボス 狂気の月の兎 鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ(れいせん・うどんげいん・イナバ) |
Stage 5 Boss, Lunatic Moon Rabbit Reisen Udongein Inaba Species: Moon Rabbit A rabbit who lived on the moon. In her eyes dwell far greater power of insanity than the rabbits of the earth. She is currently living as Kaguya's pet. Her real name is only Reisen (レイセン, in katakana), but in order to masquerade as one who comes from the earth, she adopted the ateji 鈴仙 for "Reisen." However, it was quite artificial. Udongein is a pet name that Eirin gave her. It is unknown why she calls her that. Furthermore, she affectionately calls her "Udonge." To arbitrarily give her a pet name simply to abbreviate it - aliens' ways of thought are hard to understand. "Inaba" was the pet name that Kaguya gave her. In fact, calls all rabbits "Inaba." Whenever Kaguya says Inaba, she does not distinguish her from Tewi, and it seems that she really doesn't distinguish between them in any case. Perhaps to her, all rabbits are the same. Reisen is a rabbit of the moon who fled the moon when people of earth began invading it. More information about that is available in Kaguya's profile. |
Official Sources
- 2004/08/15 Imperishable Night - Stage 5 dialogue; キャラ設定.txt
- 2005/08/11 Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red - Article and Interview: Reisen
- 2005/08/14 Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt
- 2005/12/30 Shoot the Bullet - Stage 4 Spell Card comments
- 2006/11/26 Strange and Bright Nature Deity - Chapter 3
- 2006/12/27 Perfect Memento in Strict Sense - Reisen Udongein Inaba
- 2007/06/08 ~ 2009/04/09 Silent Sinner in Blue
- 2007/06/22 ~ 2009/11/22 Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth
- 2007/06/25 Cage in Lunatic Runagate - Chapter 1
- 2007/09/25 Cage in Lunatic Runagate - Chapter 2
- 2008/03/26 ~ 2008/04/26 Strange and Bright Nature Deity - Chapter 17-18
- 2008/05/25 Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - おまけ.txt
- 2009/07/28 The Grimoire of Marisa - Reisen Udongein Inaba's Spell Cards
- 2010/12/25 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 12
References
- ↑ Strange and Bright Nature Deity Chapter 3
- ↑ Touhou Hisoutensoku spell card description: Red Eye "Viewing the Circle Moon (Lunatic Blast)"
- ↑ Cage in Lunatic Runagate - Chapter One page 10.
- ↑ Silent Sinner in Blue chapter 8
- ↑ Each of Reisen's spell cards has two names: a kanji expression and its "pronunciation" in katakana. For example, the first one listed can simply be called Wave Sign "Mind Shaker".
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