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There's a few machine/robot characters that don't fit into anything here. Evil Eye Sigma, Flower Tank, and Ruukoto could probably use something, but they're close enough to "dolls" (because they're artificial) that maybe the doll entry here could be renamed or maybe just include other artificial characters on that page.

There's a lot of "demon" characters too (at least 5 of them), but none of them have a bestiary entry. Of course, not much seems to be known about what makes them what/who they are though.

Lastly, there's enough "witch" characters (I count 3) that I think they can be included on the magician page, but I don't feel like doing that. Even if it's never been clear what ZUN considers a witch as opposed to a magician, or if he thinks they're the same thing. It should be okay to have a few notes about them on the magician page. -Redpanda

There is no distinction between witch and magician in Japanese (or in English for that matter). I'd say they should all be changed to magician for consistency. Pilpsie
Well, there's mazyo, and then there's mahôtukai... In Japanese it is explicitly so, but I'd say that witches would tend to be female in English, too. However, we all know how it is with Gensôkyô and males. Apart from that, the difference between the two is context-sensitive, and I would agree that there is none as far as Tôhô is concerned. --爆龍 00:12, 17 August 2007 (PDT)

About Chen and Ran.... They are not really "demigoddesses" yet... I'm not sure if there is a fitting translation for Shikigami at all. Maybe familiar?

Yeah, familiar would be the best western equivalent for shikigami



Hmm, I'm starting to think maybe it would be a good idea to give each term their own small page, in order to make it extremely easy to cross-reference from scripts or profiles.

Any thoughts?

--Leviathean 17:42, 28 Apr 2005 (PDT)


Creatures#Vampire (?) - J5983 01:40, 29 Apr 2005 (PDT)

"Earth person" is to "human" as "Moon person" is to "Lunarian"? Lunarian was used by FF4, I think... I like calling them Lunatics, personally, reminds me of Moetan's "My lunatic friends! Glad to see you again!" catchphrase. Alas, Reisen is the only official lunatic.

--Deciare 22:42, 14 May 2005 (PDT)


Well, Earth-people aren't necessarily "humans", but also youkai and, well, anything originally from earth, I suppose. Earthlings. Terrans.

But anyway, there were many suggestions on the IRC channel about this some time ago. Moonies. Lunans. Moonlings. Moon-race. Type-moons (well, not really this one). Lunarese? Lunites? Moonmen? Lunatics?

I wish more people were here to discuss this. Lunarians is sounding pretty good so far...

Also, is Moetan using "lunatic" or "maniac" for "otaku"? And aren't Eirin and Kaguya officially from the moon as well?

--Leviathean 05:25, 15 May 2005 (PDT)


I'd use Moon-race or... ...

I'd use Moon-race.

Everything else just sounds silly or racist. XD

--Regris


I don't think non-humans are what people typically have in mind when they say "people". "Moon people" may refer to human-equivalent type creatures, which may also explain why Reisen is a moon rabbit but not a moon person.

It's possible that moon people aren't the dominant race living on the moon, but "people" is a close approximation of what they would be called if they were living on Earth.

So, yeah, I believe that moon people are roughly analogous to humans.

--Deciare 10:19, 15 May 2005 (PDT)

Satori

Eh we should that Mind-Reading Youkai too.

P.S Add Orin-chan as Nekomata.

-Dandan550 07:32, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Religions/Faiths rule

So that section... I think there should be a rule there to prevent a massive dump of information of non-Touhou related information. The wikipedia in "See also" will take care of anything significant to that religion. The only time you would reference something to the religion would be like when Suwako mentions death being impure which corresponds to Shinto belief (But under "[Religion] in Touhou"). Non-Touhou would be it's relation to it's status in Japan, general idea of what entity they worship, what type of religion it is, and non-specific similarities or differences to the other religions found in Touhou. Why im saying this, is becuase these types of pages can get troublesome once people start editing it with personal belief rather than information based on facts or given material.--Hikaruxz 19:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

I concur. Defiently need to keep to what is said within Touhou. Tony64 (Talk/Con.) 21:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

The wrong word for a couple of sections

I thought I should bring this up. According to Wiktionary, bestiary means 'A medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.' The two categories, 'Titles' & 'Religions/Faiths' on the template navbox, have no relation whatsoever to animals. How should this be fixed? Tony64 (Talk/Con.) 14:29, 15 March 2013 (UTC)