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Chen
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| Species | Beast, (Bakeneko possessed as Shikigami |
| Abilities | Handling Black Magic (possessed as shikigami), Surprising People (as bakeneko) |
| Location | Youkai Mountain |
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Chen (橙) is Ran's shikigami, who was guarding the village of Mayohiga during the events of Perfect Cherry Blossom. Unfortunately, she could put up little resistance due to being far away from her master.
Later, she guards the path to Ran Yakumo, and is much more powerful due to her master's proximity.
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General Information
She has two tails and is a bakeneko youkai. She is also Ran Yakumo's shikigami, but since Ran herself is a shikigami of Yukari Yakumo, she is a "shikigami of a shikigami" from Yukari's viewpoint.
Chen, as a bakeneko, acquires powers of a wrathful god while possessed, but since the one of whom she is a shikigami of, Ran, is also a shikigam, her ability is fairly low. This shikigami possession is removed when she is soaked in water, and since she also hates water as a cat, she is in any case weak to water.
She ordinarily lives in Youkai Mountain. In Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, she made the village of cats and tried to stand as the leader, but the progress has been unfavorable.
Concept
Name
Chen's name, "橙", can be literally translated as "bitter orange" in the Japanese Language, but the Chinese characters would be translated as the color orange. All of the Yakumo family are named after the names of color. Why Chen appears before Ran and Yukari comes from the fact that the orange light has physically lower energy than the indigo, Ran, and the violet, Yukari. The pronunciation of her name, "Chen", is derived from the obsolete Chinese reading of 橙. In Japanese, that character would be read as "tou" or "daidai"; in modern Chinese, "cheng".
Appearance
In her first appearance, Chen has dark brown eyes, brown hair and wears a green mob cap. She has black cat ears, with a gold earring in the left one, and two tails. Her dress is red with a white bow on the collar, with gold trimming and light pink frills at the bottom. The dress has light pink sleeves. She wears socks and has long hot pink fingernails.
Occupation
Chen serves as a shikigami to Ran Yakumo, and becomes much stronger when her master is present. However, she hates water, and splashing her will dispel the shikigami possession, making her resort to physical attacks. She is also very fond of catnip, and will lose the will to fight if some is scattered to distract her.
Chen is capable of human speech and can use impressive black arts, but only possesses the intellect of a human child. Her attacks rely on speed and deceptive movement to confuse her opponent.
Story
- Perfect Cherry Blossom
Chen first appears in the second stage guarding the village of Mayohiga, but she is promptly defeated by the heroine. They meet and battle again in the extra stage.
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- Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
Aya investigates an abandoned village inhabited entirely by cats. When she arrives, she finds Chen and cat anarchy. Chen explains that she gathered the cats there in search of a servant to call her own.
By the time Aya returns for an interview, Chen still has not managed to establish a solid leadership role for herself. Aya tells her that she lacks power and that she should reflect on the nature of the relationship between her and her master Ran. She recommends using a mouse (which Chen objects to).
Relationships
- Ran Yakumo (Master)
- Yukari Yakumo (Master's master)
Additional Information
Trivia
- She is one of the few Touhou characters in the Windows series to not have a last name that is specified. (Others being Cirno and Kisume, for example.) However, it can be assumed that her last name is Yakumo.
Fanon
- In fanworks, Ran Yakumo is sometimes shown as yelling "CHEN!" whenever Chen does something wrong. She's more popularly known as "CHEEEEEEEEEN!"
- Another popular meme regarding Chen is 「藍さまホイホイ」 or "Ran-sama hoihoi."
- Yet another meme featuring Chen is "Honk Honk Chen". A comic strip make by 'bkub', showing Chen riding a bicycle, stopping in the road because Suika Ibuki is laying there drunk, and Chen honking the bicycle horn. [2] This comic was translated to English and posted on 4chan. Soon, people began rearranging the panels to create new stories from it, editing panels, and the like.
- Rin, being the only known other cat character in the series, is often depicted in fanart fighting with Chen.
- Due to her intellect and personality, Chen is often depicted as a child and about the size of one, with Ran being taller than her.
- She's also shown to have a cutesy personality often with her being a daughter figure to Ran.
Spell Cards
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- Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt
Official Sources
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- ↑ ZUNによれば、「game_1522.lzh」で説明されている登場人物に関して「身長は大体成長期の10代前半の少女達となります」とのことである。「高」は人間でいえば「10代後半以降程度の身長」、「低」は「10代前半の人間だとしたらかなり低い部類」となる。
References
- ↑ ZUN's answer to a fan's inquiry in an e-mail. These e-mails have been published by the inquirer, and can be confirmed within "game_1522.lzh" in the 旧うpろだ観測 of the fansite "Coolier." The date of the file is 2 March 2004.
- ↑ http://www.kyon.pl/static/img/remiq.net_16153.jpg
