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Letty Whiterock
| レティ・ホワイトロック Letty Whiterock | |
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 Letty Whiterock in Perfect Cherry Blossom | |
| Species | Yuki-onna |
| Abilities | Manipulation of cold |
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Letty Whiterock (レティ・ホワイトロック Reti howaitorokku) is a seasonal youkai who's only seen during winter. At the end of autumn she will come back. She seems fittingly cold towards most of the humans she meets, and is feared by human as she is known to freeze them.
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General Information
In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, it was written that she was a type of yuki-onna.
Her height is "fairly tall."[1][* 1]
She possesses an ability to manipulate chilliness. According to Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, since this is equivalent to an ability that manipulates the winter within nature, she possesses tremendous power according to the environment, but she is pretty much powerless outside of winter. In Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Letty herself said that outside of winter, she hides away in a place where not a ray of sunlight can reach.
In Perfect Cherry Blossom, in order for Reimu and the others to destroy the blessings of winter, she was challenged to fight. However, spring is a depressing season for her, but since she accepts that it is only natural that the seasons should change, it does not mean that she fought whole-heartedly. In Boheman Archive in Japanese Red, she called Cirno "a minor anomaly in nature," and stated that "I wouldn't want to be confused [with her]," while calling herself "a great youkai that exists naturally."
Concept
Name
Letty's name and personality are based on the character Letitia "Letty" Blacklock from Agatha Christie's book "A Murder is Announced".
Appearance
Letty has lavender eyes and curly lavender hair. She wears a blue and white dress, with a white apron in front of it. At the top of her skirt that is a golden lapel resembling the alchemical symbol for silver. Also wears a white cap and a nearly transparent cape.
Story
- Perfect Cherry Blossom
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- Main article: Reimu Arc
In Reimu's scenario, Reimu is complaining about the cold. Letty says she will help her have an "eternal deep sleep". But Reimu still complains about the cold and eventually defeat Letty.
- Main article: Marisa Arc
Marisa is lost and encounters Letty. Marisa suggests that winter should be the season where you sleep beneath the cherry trees, and Letty say she also want to sleep for a long time due to the long winter. But Marisa don't want her to sleep and they fight, with Marisa winning.
- Main article: Sakuya Arc
Sakuya is searching for the mastermind behind the events happening but encounters Letty, who states she is the mastermind. Sakuya defeats her and goes search further for the real mastermind.
- Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
- Main article: Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red: Letty Whiterock
Aya finds Letty Whiterock who just had been, for no apparent reason, beaten up by a human and left buried in the snow. They talk about the long winter, and Aya suspects her as the culprit. Letty attempts to explain the fine details of her abilities and the hardships of her life, but fails to earn Aya's sympathy in the end.
Relationship
- Minor or Unknown Meetings or Associations
Nothing is known about her relationship status with Cirno. She appears to dislike being grouped up with her as she explains her superiority when interviewed by Aya Shameimaru in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red. She is also seen talking to Cirno during Silent Sinner in Blue, although nothing is known about their conversation.
Additional Information
Trivia
- The brooch on her dress resembles the alchemical symbol for silver, coinciding with her theme, "Crystallized Silver".
- In her interview with Aya, Letty states that she hibernates during summer.
Fanon
- She is said to have a larger hit box than other bosses, probably to make it easier for newbies. However, this fact led to a fan theory that she is fat (太ましい, "futomashii," a recently made-up word derived from 太い "futoi"). An alternate fan theory is that this indicates her having large breasts.
- She melts at the end of winter in some fan comics.
- In some fan comics, she sometimes is seen in a freezer or refrigerator, typically to hibernate between winters.
- She is often portrayed as Cirno's friend and mentor.
- Due to the shape of the brooch on her dress, she is also sometimes seen wielding a trident in fanart.
- There is confusion over whether she is a snow spirit or the Spirit of Winter, which leads to some conflicting cases when she disappears at the end of winter or just doesn't feel like appearing.
- Some fanfics depict her calling herself 黒幕 (Literally: "Black Curtain", Romanized: Kuromaku, Meaning: "puppeteer", "manipulator", "wire puller", "political fixer", "mastermind") from Sakuya's Scenario of Perfect Cherry Blossom.
- She is sometimes referred to as 白岩さん ("Shiroiwa-san"), which means "white rock."
Spell Cards
Show spell cardsOfficial Profiles
- Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt
Official Sources
Show sourcesNotes
- ↑ 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.
