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Shizuha Aki

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(あき)   (しず) ()
aki ɕizɯha (♫)
Shizuha Aki
Sizuha Aki

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Shizuha Aki
Shizuha Aki in Mountain of Faith
Symbol of Loneliness and Demise
More Character Titles
Species

Goddess of autumn leaves

Abilities

Controlling the turning of leaves

Location

Near the Youkai Mountain, Forest of Magic[1]

Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Shizuha Aki (秋 静葉 Aki Shizuha) is the goddess of autumn leaves and thus has the power to control the turning of the leaves. She is Minoriko Aki's older sister and together they have the ability to control autumn.

General Information

Shizuha first appeared in Mountain of Faith being a stage 1 midboss. She then later appear as a target in Double Spoiler and in Hopeless Masquerade as a background character.

Personality

She believes that the autumn colors of the turning leaves are the best thing about autumn, and is filled with a sense of superiority when she shows the beauty of the leaves to her sister. She becomes sorrowful and pessimistic as winter approaches.

Abilities

Controlling the turning of leaves

Surprisingly, she doesn't use supernatural powers to turn the leaves red. Instead she "paints" them by hand, which is why the colors of the leaves are inconsistent.[1] Fallen leaves are another part of her work. Instead of dropping leaves moderately, she simply kicks on the trees and scatters them roughly.[1][2]

Occupation

She is the goddess of autumn leaves, and with her sister, who is the goddess of harvest, they control autumn. Together they're not the best at fighting, but when someone is disrupting autumn they punish that person.

It is difficult for her to gather faith, which makes it a bit challenging to distinguish her from a normal youkai. However, goddesses of autumn leaves appear to be pretty rare, so she doesn't have the problem of competition that her sister Minoriko faces.

Character Design

Shizuha, as illustrated in Symposium of Post-mysticism

Name

Her name is Shizuha Aki (秋 静葉). The character for Aki () means "Autumn", and Shizuha (静葉) means "quiet" () and "leaves" ().

Design

Shizuha has yellow-orange eyes and short blond hair with red autumn leaves in her Mountain of Faith official art. She wears a long red-orange dress with darker red at her middle and arms and more orange towards the bottom and ends with leaf-shaped cut-outs around. There is a white collar at the top of the dress. Under the white collar there is something what resembles a nametag, with three buttons next to it. She has white socks and black shoes.

Appearances

Games

Mountain of Faith
Shizuha's sprite in MoF

Shizuha was under the impression that the heroine in Mountain of Faith was coming to disrupt autumn, which prompted her to attack. But she was easily defeated, however, being a mere first-stage midboss.

Spin-offs

Double Spoiler
Shizuha in HM

In Double Spoiler, Shizuha appeared as a stage 1 target, where she uses a few spell cards and had Aya Shameimaru and Hatate Himekaidou take photos of her and her danmaku.

Hopeless Masquerade

Shizuha made a background cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade on the Genbu Ravine and Youkai Tanuki Forest stage. She is seen with her sister Minoriko Aki cheering.

Literature

Lotus Eaters

Shizuha and Minoriko's appearance on a chapter cover signals the start of autumn and the harvest season in Gensokyo.

Relationships

Minoriko Aki

Minoriko is her younger sister. Together they control Gensokyo's fall season. Shizuha often brags about how beautiful she makes the leaves look, but is also jealous about Minoriko's popularity with humans as a harvest goddess.

Gallery

Illustrations

Others

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 3
葉符「狂いの落葉」 Leaf Sign "Falling Leaves of Madness" MoF
GoM
St. 1: H/L
秋符「フォーリンブラスト」 Autumn Sign "Falling Blast" DS St. 1
枯道「ロストウィンドロウ」 Wilted Path "Lost Windrow" DS
GoU
St. 1

Additional Information

  • It makes very much sense for Shizuha to be the older sister who is the goddess of turning leaves as the leaves change in autumn before the harvest.

Fandom

Official Profiles

Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt
Shizuha Aki in Mountain of Faith ○1面中ボス 寂しさと終焉の象徴

  秋 静葉(あき しずは)
  Aki Sizuha

  種族:紅葉の神
  能力:紅葉を司る程度の能力

  1面ボスの穣子の姉である。普段は姉妹で幻想郷の秋を司っている。
  彼女らは余り戦闘は得意ではないが、人間が秋を邪魔しに来たので、
  警告もかねて少々懲らしめてやろうと思った。

  秋の中でも紅葉が一番だと思っており、妹に対し美しい紅葉を見せて
  は、優越感に浸っている。
  冬が来ると暗くなる。

Symbol of Loneliness and Demise


Shizuha Aki

Species: Goddess of autumn leaves
Abilities: Governing autumn leaves

The older sister of the stage 1 boss, Minoriko. Normally they control autumn together as sisters. They're not terribly good at fighting, but they thought they'd come to warn and punish the humans who came to disrupt the autumn.

She believes that the autumn colors of the turning leaves are the best thing about autumn, and is filled with a sense of superiority when she can show her younger sister their beauty. When winter comes, she becomes sorrowful.

Official Sources

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