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Her full name is ''Mumei Fujitsubo'' (藤壺 無名異). "無名異" (''Mumei'') is taken from [[wikipedia:Mumyōi_ware|Mumyoui pottery]] (無名異焼き), a type of pottery traditionally from [[wikipedia:Sado,_Niigata|Sado, Niigata]]. The kanji used literally mean "nameless" and "strange/different".
Her full name is ''Mumei Fujitsubo'' (藤壺 無名異). "無名異" (''Mumei'') is taken from [[wikipedia:Mumyōi_ware|Mumyoui pottery]] (無名異焼き), a type of pottery traditionally from [[wikipedia:Sado,_Niigata|Sado, Niigata]]. The kanji used literally mean "nameless" and "strange/different".


"藤壺" (''Fujitsubo'') literally means "wisteria jar", and is taken from the name of Lady Fujitsubo (as well as the title of Chapter 1) in [[wikipedia:The_Tale_of_Genji|''The Tale of Genji'']].
"藤壺" (''Fujitsubo'') literally means "wisteria jar" and is taken from the name of Lady Fujitsubo (as well as the title of Chapter 1) in [[wikipedia:The_Tale_of_Genji|''The Tale of Genji'']].


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Revision as of 22:02, 26 October 2019

Most of the characters in Hollow Song of Birds are original and non-existent in the Touhou Project. The following four are, however, officially part of the Touhou Project and are playable characters in Hollow Song of Birds. The first midboss of stage 5 is also an official character. The rest below are the originals.


Reimu Hakurei
楽園の素敵なシャーマン
Wonderful Shaman of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei
Playable Character

 種族:人間

 能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力

 毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

 今回は自分ごと幻想郷の時間を止められてしまった為、十六夜咲夜の能力で
 解除して貰わなければ、始まる前からゲームオーバーする所だった。
 幻想郷の異変解決人を自負する霊夢にとって、これは如何程の屈辱であろうか。
 怒りは収まる所を知らず、敵弾に当たった所でショットパワーが鈍ることは無い。
 (まあ邪星章の頃からショットパワーのシステムは無いけどな!)

Species: Human
Ability: Flying in the sky

The now familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

Since her flow of time was stopped along with the rest of Gensokyo, if she hadn't been released by Sakuya Izayoi's ability, it would've been game over before things even began this time.
What greater humiliation could there be for Reimu, who prides herself on being Gensokyo's incident-solver?
With nowhere to direct her rage, she won't lose any shot power even if she gets hit by enemy bullets.
(Well, we haven't had shot power implemented since TLC in the first place. But whatevs!)


Marisa Kirisame
極めて普通のマジシャン
Extremely Ordinary Magician

Marisa Kirisame
Playable Character

 種族:人間

 能力:魔法を使う程度の能力

 幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

 彼女の時間停止の解除は、咲夜が当初予定していた所ではない。
 しかし、未知の脅威の力に対抗するように勇ましく固まっている霊夢の隣で
 半泣きで助けを求める恰好で固まっている魔理沙だ。
 貴方も無性に解除したくなってこないだろうか。じわじわと。
 助けて貰えば、あとは好奇心と行動力の塊である彼女の大活躍(?)が始まる。

Species: Human
Ability: Using magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

Sakuya didn't initially plan to unfreeze her time.
But then...! Alongside Reimu, frozen while standing in brave defiance of this unknown menace's power, there was Marisa! ...Who was frozen while teary-eyed and reaching out for help. You'd want to unfreeze the heck outta her too, wouldn't you?? Gradually.
Thus rescued, it's now her time to shine(?) as the practical embodiment of curiosity and dedication.


Sakuya Izayoi
帰って来た吸血鬼のメイド
Returning Maid of the Vampire

Sakuya Izayoi
Playable Character

 種族:人間

 能力:時を操る程度の能力

 紅魔館に住む、人間のメイド長。
 よく勘違いされるが、実際には悪魔でも不老不死でもない。

 全域を襲った大規模な時間停止。全てが一瞬にして無力化する
 過去最高にやばい異変と思われたが、幻想郷には時間を操る咲夜が居た!
 その能力特性ゆえに時間停止を回避した彼女が、異変解決のスペシャリストである
 霊夢(と魔理沙)の停止を解除。三人の実力者がまたまた揃い踏みを果たした。
 なお、同様に停止している紅魔館の主たちは、今回の黒幕とは相性不利と判断し
 まだ停止させたままにしている。

Species: Human
Ability: Manipulating time

The Scarlet Devil Mansion's human chief maid.
She's not actually a demon or immortal, though she gets mistaken for one a lot.

The whole land had been set upon by a massive time freeze! With everything instantly rendered powerless, it was sure to be the toughest incident anyone had ever seen... but Gensokyo had Sakuya, a time manipulator, on its side!
Having avoided being frozen thanks to her ability, she went out to unfreeze Gensokyo's incident resolution specialist, Reimu (and also Marisa). The three top powers had joined forces once again, at last.
Also, after deciding that they'd have a bad affinity with the latest mastermind, she left the Scarlet Devil Mansion's similarly-frozen residents where they were.


Kaguya Houraisan
永遠と刹那のプリンセス
Princess of the Eternal and Instantaneous

Kaguya Houraisan
Playable Character (unlockable)

種族:月人

能力:永遠と須臾を操る程度の能力

全ての変化を拒絶し、常人には認識不能の一瞬を自在に操る能力の前には時間停止も怖くない!
姫様も異変解決がしてみたいので、隠し自機として堂々参戦!

Species: Lunarian
Ability: Manipulating eternity and the instantaneous

In the face of the ability to reject all change and freely manipulate instants that regular people can't perceive, frozen time is no problem at all!
It looks like this princess has got a hankering for some incident resolution, so she's here to join the battle as a secret unlockable player!


Ranran Higami

緋神 (ひがみ)  乱々 (らんらん)
Ranran Higami
HSoBRanran.png
Ranran Higami in Hollow Song of Birds
The Scarlet Magic Monkey
More Character Titles
Species

Hihi

Abilities

Dyeing things scarlet

Music Themes

スカーレットランラン

Ranran Higami (緋神 乱々) is the stage 1 midboss and boss.

Concept

Ranran is based on the hihi, a type of mountain-dwelling monkey youkai said to eat human flesh and laugh with a high-pitched "hihi" sound. Clothes dyed red with a hihi's blood are said to never fade. Accounts of capturing a hihi exist in Echigo and Izu Provinces (now Niigata and part of Shizuoka Prefecture, respectively).

Real-life baboons are also called "hihi" in Japanese, albeit in katakana (ヒヒ).

Name

Her surname is composed of the kanji hi (), meaning "scarlet," and kami (), meaning "god." Her given name is composed of the kanji ran (), meaning "disorder" or "confusion," and the iteration mark "々", which indicates that the preceding kanji should be repeated.

Appearance

<add here>

Story

Relationships

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 14
猿符「笑う門には弾来たる」 Monkey Sign "Bullets Come to a Laughing Gate" HSoB St. 1: H/L
潜航「紅の風雲」 Submarine Voyage "Scarlet Stormy Situation" HSoB St. 1: E/N
潜紅「スカーレットサルマリン」 Submarine Scarlet "Scarlet Sarumarine" HSoB St. 1: H
緋神「サルヴァトーレ紅臨」 Scarlet God "Saruvatore's Deep-Red Descent" HSoB St. 1: L
獣爪「サルーインスラッシュ」 Beast Claw "Saruin Slash" HSoB St. 1: E/N
硬爪「オブシダンスラッシュ」 Hard Claw "Obsidian Slash" HSoB St. 1: H
魔爪「べリルカラースラッシュ」 Magic Claw "Beryl Colour Slash" HSoB St. 1: L
「新約・猿蟹合戦大絵卷」 "New Testament: Grand Illustration of the War of Monkey and Crab" HSoB St. 1: E/N/H/L (LW)
乱符「火猿剣ランランベルジュ」 Disorder Sign "Fire Monkey Sword: Ranranberge" HSoB St. 6: E/N/H/L (Reimu), N/H/L (Kaguya)
乱小符「スカーレットニードル」 Disorder Small Sign "Scarlet Needle" Co-owner with Chii HSoB St. 6: E (Kaguya), N/H/L (Sakuya), H/L (Reimu)
乱光符「炎神鳥ラーサルアクティ」 Disorder Light Sign "Divine Firebird: Ra-Sarakhty" [1] Co-owner with Hikariko HSoB St. 6: H/L
乱鸞符「シランランランランページ」 Disorder Luan Sign "Shiran Ranran Rampage" Co-owner with Shiran HSoB St. 6: E (Sakuya), N/H/L (Marisa), H/L (Kaguya)
「レッドマジックモンキー」 "Red Magic Monkey" HSoB Extra
「いつまでも続くみんなの弾幕」 "Everyone's Everlasting Damaku" Co-owner with Mumei HSoB Extra (LW)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Ranran Higami's Profile
○1面ボス 紅色のマジックモンキー

 緋神乱々(ひがみ らんらん)
 Higami Ranran

   種族:狒々
 能力:紅く染める程度の能力

 幻想郷に跋扈する妖怪その1。
 その正体は野生の猿が妖気に染まったものである。

   かつては赤い血を好む凶悪妖怪であったようだが、近年は偉い奴のお達しにより
 人間をみだりに取って喰ってはならないことになり、染物屋(赤色専門)に転職して
 心の飢えを紛らわしている。
 商売繁盛の為に人間へのサービスにも手を染めており(染物屋だけに)
 流行り廃りが激しい人間の服飾ニーズを掴むべく、しばしば警戒されにくい
 少女の姿に化けて人里に紛れ込んでいる。ぶっちゃけ危険度は皆無。

 異変で時が停止し、なおかつ何故か自分が正常である事で気が大きくなったが
 そんな所に歴戦の巫女はやって来るものである。

Stage 1 Boss - The Scarlet Magic Monkey

Ranran Higami

Species: Hihi
Ability: Capable of dyeing things scarlet

Youkai running rampant in Gensokyo #1.
Her true nature is a wild monkey who was dyed through with mystic auras.

She was once a vicious youkai who loved fresh, red blood. However, ever since the youkai bigwigs announced some years ago that it was forbidden to eat humans en masse, she changed jobs to sate her heart's hunger by running a dye shop (specializing in red).
In order to drum up business, she's also gone hard in the paint (haha! pun) with providing service to humans.
To better understand the high-speed world of human fashion, she occasionally disguises herself as an innocuous young girl and blends in with the Human Village. Her danger level is zero, honestly.

In the midst of the time-stopping incident, she's gotten a swelled head thanks to being one of the youkai who were mysteriously unaffected...
which is exactly the kind of thing that's shortly followed by the arrival of a veteran shrine maiden.

Chii Shirobakama

白袴 (しろばかま)  ちい
Chii Shirobakama
HSoBChii.png
Chii Shirobakama in Hollow Song of Birds
The Little Fencer who's a Match for a Thousand
More Character Titles
Species

Tsukumogami (toothpick)

Abilities

Multiplying herself

Music Themes

ちいちい墓場へご招待!

Chii Shirobakama (白袴 ちい) is the stage 2 midboss and boss.

Concept

Chii is based on the folk tale Chii-chii bakama/Chii-chii kobakama ("The Teeny Tiny Hakamas") from the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture. In it, an old woman is continually bothered at night by a pack of tiny hakama-wearing men, which are implied to be the spirits of the many toothpicks she'd carelessly discarded under the floor.

Name

Her surname is composed of the kanji shiro (), meaning "white," and hakama (). Her given name is derived from the childish phrase chii-chii (ちいちい), meaning "tiny."

Appearance

<add here>

Story

Relationships

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 15
楊枝「アサルトピック」 Toothpick "Assault Pick" HSoB St. 2: E/N
盗品「パスウェイジョンニードル」 Stolen Goods "Persuasion Needle" HSoB St. 2: H
二刀「金の針銀の針」 Dual-Wielding "Gold Needle, Silver Needle" HSoB St. 2: L
自雷「ホーミングイズマイン」 Self Mines "Homing is Mine" HSoB St. 2: E/N
自雷「ミリオンミニオンズ」 Self Mine "Million Minions" HSoB St. 2: H
自雷「無限転生チーレム無双」 Self Mine "Infinite Reincarnation's Unrivalled Chiirem" HSoB St. 2: L
「ちい様とつまようじと割り箸工場」 "Lady Chii and the Toothpick-and-Chopstick Factory" HSoB St. 2: E/N
「環境に優しすぎるレーザー割り箸」 "Overly Environmentally-Friendly Laser Chopsticks" HSoB St. 2: H/L
「奧義・ネンネコロリ剣舞」 "Arcanum: Hushabye Blade Dance" HSoB St. 2: E/N/H/L (LW)
小符「刺突渾身(デュアルミーニングチャージ)」 Small Sign "Thrust With All One's Might (Dual Meaning Charge)" HSoB St. 6: E/N/H/L (Marisa), N/H/L (Reimu)
乱小符「スカーレットニードル」 Disorder Small Sign "Scarlet Needle" Co-owner with Ranran HSoB St. 6: E (Kaguya), N/H/L (Sakuya), H/L (Reimu)
小光符「鳳凰剣舞(バーニングイズマイン)」 Small Light Sign "Fenghuang's Blade Dance (Burning is Mine)" Co-owner with Hikariko HSoB St. 6: E (Reimu), N/H/L (Kaguya), H/L (Sakuya)
小鸞符「サエズッターで見た地獄の針山」 Small Luan Sign "Hell's Needle Mountain as Seen on Chirper" Co-owner with Shiran HSoB St. 6: H/L
「七人のちいちい侍」 "The Seven Teeny-Tiny Samurai" HSoB Extra
「いつまでも続くみんなの弾幕」 "Everyone's Everlasting Damaku" Co-owner with Mumei HSoB Extra (LW)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Chii Shirobakama's Profile
○2面ボス 一騎当千のリトルフェンサー

 白袴ちい(しろばかま ちい)
 Shirobakama Chii

   種族:付喪神(爪楊枝)
 能力:増殖する程度の能力

 幻想郷に跋扈する妖怪その2。付喪神。
 付喪神とは、長年使われた古い道具に神様や精霊が宿ったもの。
 (ってwikipedia先生が言ってた)
 付喪神の格の大きさは、元になった道具によってピンキリであり
 上位の物は神様にもなり得るが、低級なちいはほぼ妖怪みたいなものだ。

 彼女は小さな爪楊枝が付喪神になったもので、従って体躯は小人レベル。
 しかし、他の爪楊枝も自分の分身として意思を持たせることが可能で
 大きさのハンデを圧倒的な数で補える。
 爪楊枝でちくちくするだけの非力な攻撃手段しか持たないが、
 分身を絡めたその手数と、本人の尊大な性格が相まって割とウザい。
 あとセールスお断りの張り紙を出しておいてもつまようじの押し売りに来るのもウザい。

 異変で時が停止し、なおかつ何故か自分が正常である事で気が大きくなったが
 そんな所に歴戦の魔法使いはやって来るものである。

Stage 2 Boss - The Little Fencer who's a Match for a Thousand

Chii Shirobakama

Species: Tsukumogami (toothpick)
Ability: Capable of multiplying

Youkai running rampant in Gensokyo #2. A tsukumogami.
A tsukumogami is an object that becomes possessed by a god or a spirit after many years of not being used.
(According to Wikipedia)
The size and type of tsukumogami varies wildly depending on the original tool; the highest-ranking ones can even become gods, while the lowest ones are basically like youkai.

Chii is the tsukumogami of a small toothpick, so she has an Inchling-like stature.
However, she can impart other toothpicks with their own will as clones of herself, making up for this handicap with overwhelming numbers.
Her only means of attack is to poke things with her toothpicks-- which is basically useless-- but the sheer number of clones plus her pompous personality makes her a huge annoyance.
Plus she'll try to sell you toothpicks even if there's a "NO SOLICITORS" sign posted, which is also annoying.

In the midst of the time-stopping incident, she's gotten a swelled head thanks to being one of the youkai who were mysteriously unaffected...
which is exactly the kind of thing that's shortly followed by the arrival of a veteran magician.

Hikariko Aosagi

青鷺 (あおさぎ) ひかり子 (ひかりこ)
Hikariko Aosagi
HSoBHikariko.png
Hikariko Aosagi in Hollow Song of Birds
The Purifier Flying Through the Swamp
More Character Titles
Species

Aosagibi

Abilities

Manipulating will-o'-wisps

Music Themes

気高き翠の灰被姫 (シンデレラ)

Hikariko Aosagi (青鷺 ひかり子) is the stage 3 midboss and boss.

Concept

Hikariko is based on the aosagibi (lit. "blue heron fire"), a youkai that takes the form of a heron made of ghostly blue flame, as well as the social networking service Twitter. Legends of the aosagibi exist in various parts of Japan, including the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture.

Her character is a pastiche of antisocial Twitter users, otaku and chuunibyou. As well as being related to her nature as a youkai of will-o'-wisps, her swamp motif may also be drawn from use of the word doronuma (泥沼 lit. "bog," "quagmire" etc.) to refer to situations, interests or communities-- particularly internet communities-- that are hard to get oneself out of.

Her connection to swamps may also be partly related to the Buddhist temple Shinju-in (真珠院 lit. "Pearl hall") in Izu Province (now part of Shizuoka Prefecture). Associated with the temple is a historical tale of Yaehime (八重姫), who threw herself into the Shinjugafuchi pond (真珠ヶ淵) following a tragic romance with Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Name

Her surname is composed of the kanji ao (), meaning "blue," and sagi (), meaning "heron." Her given name is composed of the word "hikari" (meaning "light") written in hiragana, and ko (), meaning "child."

Her name is also partly inspired by the fan character Hikaruko Hasunuma (蓮沼ひかる子), a humanoid version of one of the giant toads in the Giant Toad's Pond.[2] She and other obscure fan characters made appearances in an early video series by Milka Oyasu, the writer for HSoB.

Appearance

<add here>

Story

Relationships

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 19
鬼火「沼を飛ぶピュリファイア」 Will-o'-Wisp "Purifier Flying Through the Swamp" HSoB St. 3: H/L
瀑符「ナイアガラベンヌ」 Waterfall Sign "Niagara Bennu" HSoB St. 3: E/N
流星「スターリットベンヌ」 Shooting Stars "Starlit Bennu" HSoB St. 3: H
電脳「ツイートアピアランス」 Cyberspace "Tweet Appearance" HSoB St. 3: L
解呪「プリンセスキッス」 Disenchant "Princess Kiss" HSoB St. 3: E/N
背信「ジューダスキッス」 Betrayal "Judas Kiss" HSoB St. 3: H
配信「人間にキスしてみた」 Broadcast "I Tried Kissing a Human!" HSoB St. 3: L
轢符「ハイウェイフライヤー」 Crash Sign "Highway Flier" HSoB St. 3: E/N
騒符「ウェイウェイフライヤー」 "Hollering Sign "Wa-Hey! Flier" HSoB St. 3: H
暴符「ルナウェイフライヤー」 Rampage Sign "Runaway Flier" HSoB St. 3: L
「池沼の人工太陽」 "Swamp's Artificial Sun" HSoB St. 3: E/N
「プライモーディアルサン」 "Primordial Sun" HSoB St. 3: H/L
「真・大蝦蟇の池の主」 "The True Lord of the Giant Toad's Pond" HSoB St. 3: E/N/H/L (LW)
光符「ホロウソングオブベンヌ」 Light Sign "Hollow Song of Bennu" HSoB St. 6: E/N/H/L (Sakuya), N/H/L (Marisa)
乱光符「炎神鳥ラーサルアクティ」 Disorder Light Sign "Divine Firebird: Ra-Sarakhty" Co-owner with Ranran HSoB St. 6: H/L
小光符「鳳凰剣舞(バーニングイズマイン)」 Small Light Sign "Fenghuang's Blade Dance (Burning is Mine)" Co-owner with Chii HSoB St. 6: E (Reimu), N/H/L (Kaguya), H/L (Sakuya)
光鸞符「浄土の六鳥」 Light Luan Sign "Pure Realm's Six Birds" [3] Co-owner with Shiran HSoB St. 6: E (Marisa), N/H/L (Reimu), H/L (Sakuya)
「フライングファイアスフィア」 "Flying Fire Sphere" HSoB Extra
「いつまでも続くみんなの弾幕」 "Everyone's Everlasting Damaku" Co-owner with Mumei HSoB Extra (LW)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Hikariko Aosagi's Profile
○3面ボス 沼を飛ぶピュリファイア

 青鷺ひかり子(あおさぎ ひかりこ)
 Aosagi Hikariko

   種族:青鷺火
 能力:鬼火を操る程度の能力

 幻想郷に跋扈する妖怪その3。鬼火を操る鳥の妖怪。
 その性質上、夜になると活動的になるが、鬼火よりもどちらかと言うと
 肌身離さず持っているタブレット型端末の画面から漏れる光の方が眩しい。

 妖怪は人間を喰うとは言っても、厳密には二通りの「型」がある。
 すなわち、物理的に肉を喰らうタイプと、人間の恐怖心をエネルギーに変えるタイプ。
 彼女の場合は鬼火で人を怖がらせる後者のタイプなのだが、大蝦蟇の池に
 棲み付いた所、鬼火を嫌って氷精が近寄らなくなった為、蛙たちに大いに感謝され
 このエネルギーによって己を維持できている。
 「恐れ」も「敬い」も本質的には同じもの。妖怪や神様のような精神的な存在が
 生き残る為には、どちらの方法でも信仰心さえ稼げば良いわけなのだ。

 彼女は乱々やちい達と同じ妖怪グループに属しているが、一味を束ねる存在である
 「上人さま」により近い存在であるという。
 上人さまとは一体何者なのか…続きは製品版にて!

Stage 3 Boss - The Purifier Flying Through the Swamp

Hikariko Aosagi

Species: Aosagibi
Ability: Capable of manipulating will-o'-wisps

Youkai running rampant in Gensokyo #3. A bird youkai who can manipulate will-o'-wisps.
Because of her nature, she usually becomes active at night... but honestly, the light from the tablet screen she has practically glued to her hand is more dazzling than any of her wisps.

Although youkai are said to eat humans, strictly speaking, there are two "types" to them.
That is, there's the kind that physically eat human meat, and the kind that turns human fear into energy.
Hikariko falls under the latter category, scaring people with will-o'-wisps. But ever since she settled down in the Giant Toad's Pond, the ice fairy stopped coming near it due to her dislike of the wisps, and the gratitude that Hikariko thus receives from the toads became the energy she maintains herself with.
"Fear" and "reverence" are essentially the same thing. For a spiritual being such as a god or youkai to survive, all they have to do is earn faith through either of those methods.

She's part of the same youkai gang that Ranran and Chii are, but it seems that she's closer to the "Priest" that holds the group together. Just who is this priest...? Find out in the full version!

Shiran Tokujakubou

徳雀坊 (とくじゃくぼう) 紫鸞 (しらん)
Shiran Tokujakubou
Siran Tokujyakubou

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Shiran Tokujakubou in Hollow Song of Birds
Tweet Master of Mysterious Power
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Species

Luan

Abilities

Spreading nembutsu

Music Themes

飛翔八十億劫 ~ Sinful Rampage

Shiran Tokujakubou (徳雀坊 紫鸞), also known as "Priest Shiran" (紫鷺上人 Shiran-shounin) is the stage 4 midboss and boss.

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
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「南無不可思議如来光」 "Inconceivable Light of the Hailed Tathagata" HSoB St. 4: E/N
「帰命尽十方無碍如来光」 "Infinitely-Suffusing Light of the Revered Tathagata" HSoB St. 4: H/L
翔来「鳥の仏法僧」 Soaring Arrival "Birds' Buppousou" HSoB St. 4: E/N
梟符「真の仏法僧」 Owl Sign "True Buppousou" HSoB St. 4: H
紫鸞「姿も心も完璧に仏法僧」 Shiran "Perfectly Buppousou in Both Body and Mind" HSoB St. 4: L
無断転サエ「幻想風靡」 Chirplagiarism "Illusionary Dominance" HSoB St. 4: E/N
無断転サエ「無双風神」 Chirplagiarism "Peerless Wind God" HSoB St. 4: H
無断転早苗「モーゼの奇跡」 Plagiari-Sanae "Moses' Miracle" HSoB St. 4: L
無断転サエ「片翼の白鷺」 Chirplagiarism "One-Winged White Heron" HSoB St. 4: E/N
無断改変「両翼の白鷺にしてみた」 Unauthorized Edit "I Tried Turning it Into a Two-Winged White Heron!" HSoB St. 4: H
無断魔改造「六枚羽の魔王」 Unauthorized Maniacal Modding "Six-Winged Demon Lord" HSoB St. 4: L
禁詞「バルス」 Forbidden Incantation "Balse!" HSoB St. 4: E/N
禍符「幻想郷春のバルス祭り」 Catastrophe Sign "Gensokyo's Spring Balse! Festival" HSoB St. 4: H/L
「絶对他力絶对本願」 "Absolute Reliance on the Absolute Vow" HSoB St. 4: E/N/H/L (LW)
鸞符「六道輪廻の円環」 Luan Sign "Cycle of the Six Realms' Samsara" HSoB St. 6: E/N/H/L (Kaguya), N/H/L (Sakuya)
乱鸞符「シランランランランページ」 Disorder Luan Sign "Shiran Ranran Rampage" Co-owner with Ranran HSoB St. 6: E (Sakuya), N/H/L (Marisa), H/L (Kaguya)
小鸞符「サエズッターで見た地獄の針山」 Small Luan Sign "Hell's Needle Mountain as Seen on Chirper" Co-owner with Chii HSoB St. 6: H/L
光鸞符「浄土の六鳥」 Light Luan Sign "Pure Realm's Six Birds" [3] Co-owner with Hikariko HSoB St. 6: E (Marisa), N/H/L (Reimu), H/L (Sakuya)
「阿弥陀如来の薬」 "Amitabha's Elixir" HSoB Extra
「いつまでも続くみんなの弾幕」 "Everyone's Everlasting Damaku" Co-owner with Mumei HSoB Extra (LW)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Shiran Tokujakubou's Profile
○4面中ボス&ボス 霊威のツイートマスター

  紫鸞上人(本名:徳雀坊紫鸞/とくじゃくぼう しらん)
  Tokujyakubou Siran

      種族:鸞
  能力:念仏を広める程度の能力

  ここまでのボス達に「上人さま」と呼ばれていた、鳥の上級妖怪。
  「人」じゃないだろお前。
  遠い昔、妖怪でありながら、越後(今の新潟)の地でかの伝説の宗教家に
  弟子入りし、その教えを余す所なく受け継いだと自称している。
  曰く、念仏を一度でも唱えるだけで死後の救済は約束されるので、他者や
  後先のことは考えずに今この瞬間を楽しく生きよう、とのこと。
  どう考えても教えをまともに理解していないが、そのゆるさのお蔭でか、
  何となく将来に不安を感じるけど努力はしたくないという今時の妖怪には
  意外と支持されている。

  今回の異変の実行犯とは、ひかり子も使っていたSNS「サエズッター」
  で繋がっているサエズリ仲間である。
  (サエズリとは、サエズッターネットワーク上で発言する事だ)
  「彼女」から異変を起こす計画についてダイレクトサエズリで相談され、
  その情状を汲んだ紫鸞は、計画を助ける為の協力を買って出た。
  半分くらいは自分の地位と名声の為に。

  今までほぼ漏れなく黒幕を討伐し、危険な異変を解決している紅の巫女や
  そのバックに居るとされる恐ろしい存在は、幻想郷中の時間を停止させた
  程度で安心できる相手ではない。そこで「彼女」が時を止めて目的を果た
  している間、自分たち妖怪を停止の対象外として貰い、仮に巫女達に時間
  停止が効かなかった場合に、注意を引き付け時間を稼ぐ段取りを組んだ。
  計画は完璧なように思えた。

  まさか巫女にボコられた後、サエズッターネットワークの存在が裏目に出、
  芋づる式に黒幕のことを知られてしまうとは…ナンマイダーナンマイダー。

Stage 4 Midboss & Boss - Tweet Master of Mysterious Power

Priest Shiran (full name: Shiran Tokujakubou)

Species: Luan
Ability: Capable of spreading nembutsu

A high-level bird youkai referred to as "our Priest" (上人さま) by the bosses we've met so far.
(A bit of an ironic title, considering she's not a "human" (人) to begin with.)
Despite being a youkai, she claims to have been the pupil of a legendary religious leader in Echigo (now Niigata) long ago, and to have inherited his teachings to their very fullest. According to her, reciting the nembutsu even once will guarantee salvation in one's next life... so you should squeeze as much enjoyment as possible out of the here-and-now, without any concern for other people or future consequences. Her understanding of the original teachings is clearly warped, but her laid-back philosophy has garnered her a surprising amount of support from many modern-day youkai, who hold vague unease towards the future but don't want to put in any hard work.

The culprit who's directly responsible for the current incident is a fellow Chirpizen of hers, who she met via the SNS "Chirper" that Hikariko also uses. (Making posts on Chirper is known as "Chirping", and users of the service are known as "Chirpizens".) The culprit discussed the incident plan with Shiran over DCs (Direct Chirpages), and after coming to understand the situation, Shiran volunteered her support. Bolstering her own reputation made up about half of her motivation.

Of course, she knew that simply stopping Gensokyo's time wouldn't be enough of a precaution against the infamous red shrine maiden, who had a near-perfect track record of subduing masterminds and resolving dangerous incidents, or the terrifying beings that lent the shrine maiden their support.. Thus, while the culprit was stopping time and achieving her objective, Shiran got the culprit to protect her and her band of youkai from the spell's effect. In the event that the time freeze failed to stop the shrine maiden, they would draw her attention and buy the culprit more time. The plan seemed perfect.

She hardly anticipated that the Chirper network's presence would come back to bite her after the shrine maiden beat her up, nor that it would snowball all the way into revealing the mastermind's involvement... nanmaida, nanmaida... [4]

Mystia Lorelei

ミスティア・ローレライ
Mystia Lorelei
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Mystia Lorelei in Hollow Song of Birds
Night Bird in Broad Daylight
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Night sparrow

Abilities

Having an amazing song (self-proclaimed)

Mystia Lorelei (ミスティア・ローレライ) is the first stage 5 midboss. Keep in mind that while she is an official Touhou Project character, only information relating to her role in this fangame will be noted here.

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
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気合「真昼の夜雀」 Rousing Yell "Midday Night Sparrow" HSoB St. 5: E/N
気合「デイライトコーラス」 Rousing Yell "Daylight Chorus" HSoB St. 5: H
渾身「煌く烈日の歌姫」 Mighty Effort "Diva of the Dazzling Hot Sun" HSoB St. 5: L
「鳥蝶超伎楽」 "Bird and Butterfly's Super Gigaku" Co-owner with Nebet HSoB St. 5: E/N/H/L (Spell Practice)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Mystia Lorelei's Profile
○5面中ボスその1 白昼のナイトバード

  ミスティア・ローレライ
  Mystia Lorelei

  種族:夜雀
  能力:歌が素晴らしい程度の能力(自己申告)

  紫鸞のサエズリに釣られて参戦した、おなじみ歌う夜雀。
  妖怪ロックバンド「鳥獣伎楽」のギターの方。
  なぜお前が動いているのかと言いたくなるが、どうやら本作の最終ボスは
  鳥獣伎楽のライブ常連客であるという。
  時間操作の術により、自分を動かしてくれた「彼女」を助ける為、苦手な
  真昼の炎天下である事を忘れて駆け付けた。
  友情に燃え、砂漠の熱さに燃える、その姿はまさに焼き鳥である。

Stage 5 Midboss #1 - Night Bird in Broad Daylight

Mystia Lorelei

Species: Night sparrow
Ability: Capable of having an amazing song (self-proclaimed)

Everyone's favorite singing night sparrow, here to join the battle after being lured in by Shiran's Chirps. Plays guitar in the youkai rock band Choujuu Gigaku. You might be wondering why the heck she's even out here, but apparently it's because this game's final boss is a regular patron of Choujuu Gigaku's live concerts. The culprit was kind enough to unfreeze her via time-control magic, so she ran right on over to help-- completely forgetting about the blazing midday sun that serves as her worst enemy.
Burning with both the power of friendship and the terrible desert heat, she truly is the spitting image of a roast bird.

Nebet Tefet

ネベトテフェト
Nebet Tefet
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Nebet Tefet in Hollow Song of Birds
Transmogrifying Young Mistress
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Species

God of the underworld

Abilities

Governing funeral rites (self-proclaimed)

Nebet Tefet (ネベトテフェト) is the second stage 5 midboss.

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冥蝶「ダークテラースケールス」 Nether Butterfly "Dark Terror Scales" HSoB St. 5: E/N
冥主「ダークテラーミストレス」 Nether Ruler "Dark Terror Mistress" HSoB St. 5: H/L
「鳥蝶超伎楽」 "Bird and Butterfly's Super Gigaku" Co-owner with Mystia HSoB St. 5: E/N/H/L (Spell Practice)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Nebet Tefet's Profile
○5面中ボスその2 変容する若きミストレス

  ネベトテフェト
  Nebet Tefet

    種族:冥界神
  能力:葬祭を司る程度の能力(自称)

       遠い砂漠の国から、暴走する黒幕を懲らしめる為に来た、かわいい女神様。
  蝶っぽいから1面ボス程度の雑魚? とは思うなかれ。
  かの国では(かの国でも)(結構色んな国で)蝶はあの世と結び付く。
  煌びやかな黄色は永遠の豊かさを連想させるが、永遠の豊かさとはつまる
  ところ、死の安息の事なのかも知れない。

Stage 5 Midboss #2 - Transmogrifying Young Mistress

Nebet Tefet

Species: God of the underworld
Ability: Capable of governing funeral rites (self-proclaimed)

An adorable goddess who arrived from a distant desert land, in order to give the rampaging mastermind a thorough punishment.
Be not fooled by her butterfly-esque appearance; she is no mere Stage 1 small-fry! In that yonder land (and that other yonder land) (and quite a lot of lands, honestly), butterflies are deeply linked with the realm of the afterlife. Her dazzling yellow color may bring eternal prosperity to mind, but in the end, that 'eternal prosperity' may really be the tranquility of death.

General Set

セト大将 (たいしょう)
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General Set in Hollow Song of Birds
Furious, Four-Limbed Holy Relic
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Relic

Abilities

Acting while in pieces

Music Themes

烈日の暴君 ~ Violent General

General Set (セト大将 Seto-taishou) is the stage 5 boss.

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分離「四肢奮迅」 Separation "Four-Limbed Ferocity" HSoB St. 5: E/N
分離「口八丁手足八丁」 Separation "Well-Spoken, Well-Skilled and Well-Limbed" HSoB St. 5: H
援軍「困った時のバステトの手」 Reinforcements "Bastet's Paws in a Time of Need" HSoB St. 5: L
農園「レタスファーマーセト」 Farmland "Lettuce Farmer Set" HSoB St. 5: E/N
不惑「萵苣は始終にして惑わず」 Unwavering "From Beginning to End, Lettuce Has No Doubts" HSoB St. 5: H
鉄心「大地を巡り爆ぜる血脈」 Heart of Iron "Bloodline that Bursts Across the Earth" HSoB St. 5: L
神器「物理と魔法を司る宝杖」 Divine Tool "Treasured Sceptres Governing Magic and Physical Force" HSoB St. 5: E/N
宝杖「碑文の杖ウアス&アンク」 Treasured Sceptre "Stone Relief's Was-Sceptre & Ankh" HSoB St. 5: H
魔宝杖「真名入りウアス&アンク」 Magic Treasured Sceptre "True Name-Monogrammed Was & Ankh" HSoB St. 5: L
鵺符「弾幕アメミット」 Nue Sign "Danmaku Ammit" HSoB St. 5: E/N
鵺符「アーマード・アーマーン」 Nue Sign "Armored Aumaan" HSoB St. 5: H
異神「バアルのような俺」 Foreign God "A Baal-like Yours Truly" HSoB St. 5: L
「ゴッドオベリスククラッシャー」 "God Obelisk Crusher" HSoB St. 5: E/N
「エメラルドタブレットクラッシャー」 "Emerald Tablet Crusher" HSoB St. 5: H/L
「神の眼よ!敵を燃やし尽くせ!」
「そして俺の手よ!敵を握り潰せ!」
"Eye of God! Burn Away My Enemy!"
"And Hands of Mine! Crush My Enemy!"
HSoB St. 5: E/N/H/L (LW)
宿木「再臨!セト大将リターンズ」 Dwelling Vines "Second Coming! General Set Returns" Co-owner with Mumei HSoB Extra

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - General Set's Profile
○5面ボス 四肢奮迅のホーリーレリック

  セト大将
  General Set

    種族:聖遺物
  能力:バラバラに活動する程度の能力

  説明するのは面倒だが、元はと言えばエジプト神話の暴神・セト神だ。
  この「セト大将」なる存在は、醜い後継者争い(殆ど自業自得だが…)の末
  バラバラにされたセト神の四肢が、未だ本国に居るセト本人とは別に動き、
  わざわざ幻想郷にやって来て、挙句、妖力を宿した壺の妖怪「瀬戸大将」と
  融合して身体を得たもの。
  頭部と胴体に当たる壺妖怪は女性型な一方、意識と言動を司っているセトは
  どちらかと言うと男神である為、とんでもないミスマッチとなっている。
  (と言いつつ、エジプトの神様はわりと両性具有なのでそんなに気にしない)

    そんな彼の本国における醜態の集大成、ホルス神との後継者争いについては
  読者諸氏に個別にエジプト神話を紐解いて頂くとするが、彼は争いに負けて
  四肢をバラバラにされてもなお、ある物を盗み出し失わせることで、ホルス
  神の陣営に一矢報いんとしていた。
  ホルス神の強い味方にして、エジプト神話最強のブレーン・トト神の英知と
  魔力が詰まった「トトの書」である。

  トトの書を四肢に持ち逃げさせ幻想郷に退避させたセトは、復讐の為の手駒
  として、本作の最終ボスとなる妖怪・鳥澄珠烏に目を付けた。
  珠烏は偶然にもトト神と同じ種族。ならばトトの書に記された秘法を使える
  素質がある筈。そんな馬鹿なと言いたい所だが、邪星章では似たような経緯
  で異変が起こったものである。

  かくしてセトに唆され、珠烏は大規模な時間停止を発動させるに至った。
  本体の居る本国に夜が訪れれば、太陽神ラーは地上から姿を消す。すると、
  トト神を始めとした厄介な奴らも付き従って不在となる。
  この時に地上の時間を全て止めてしまえば、最早トト神にも外から手出しは
  不可能。計画は完璧なように思えた。

  まあそんな所に、神をも倒す歴戦の巫女・魔法使い・メイドがやって来る。
  そういうものなのである。

Stage 5 Boss - Furious, Four-Limbed Holy Relic

General Set

Species: Relic
Ability: Capable of acting while split into pieces

Explaining her whole deal is kind of a pain, but to make a long story short, she's basically Egypt's resident wrathful god, Set.
In the wake of a horrible war for succession, (which was mostly his own fault, but that aside...) Set was chopped into pieces. Though Set himself is still in his home country, he sent his disembodied limbs all the way over to Gensokyo, where he gained a new body by fusing them with a Seto-taisho (a youkai created from a Seto ware pot). "General Set" is the result.
While the pot youkai that makes up the head and torso is feminine, the consciousness and actions are controlled by Set, who's way more of a masculine god than anything else, which makes for a bizarre mismatch. (That said, though, Egyptian gods tend to be hermaphroditic anyway, so who cares.)

Set's war for succession against Horus includes a list of unseemly behaviour a mile long, so readers may feel free to research the exact details at their own discretion. At any rate, even after losing and being dismembered, he planned to strike back at Horus's side by stealing a particular item from them-- namely, the Book of Thoth. A text filled with the wisdom and magic power of its namesake, who stands as a powerful ally of Horus and the strongest intellect in all of Egyptian mythology.

Having escaped to Gensokyo (in limb form) with the Book of Thoth, Set sought out a pawn for his revenge plot: Horou Torisumi, the final boss of this game. Horou happened to be a youkai of the same species as Thoth, which meant that she had the potential to use the arcane magics recorded in Thoth's book. One might call that a bit of a stretch, but that's basically how the incident in TLC happened back in the day too.

Thus, Horou was swayed to cooperate with Set, and used a spell to freeze time on an utterly massive scale.
When night falls in Set's home country, the sun god Ra departs from our world into the underworld, and his pesky followers (including Thoth) take their leave along with him. If time stopped across the entire Earth while they were gone, then it would become impossible for even Thoth to intervene. The plan seemed perfect.

Buuuut that's exactly the kind of thing that's followed by the arrival of a veteran shrine maiden/magician/maid/etc. who can defeat even gods.
That's just how these things go.

Horou Torisumi

鳥澄 (とりすみ) 珠烏 (ほろう)
Horou Torisumi
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Horou Torisumi in Hollow Song of Birds
Jehuti of the Far East
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Species

Crested ibis

Abilities

Changing the color of her feathers (Before the incident)
Manipulating time (During the incident)
Having once manipulated time (After the incident)

Music Themes

黄金讃歌 ~ アイビストリスメギストス

Horou Torisumi (鳥澄 珠烏) is the stage 6 boss.

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橙符「砂漠色の熱風」 Orange Sign "Desert-Coloured Scorching Wind" HSoB St. 6: E/N
悠久「時を刻む古代の風」 Perpetuity "Ancient Wind that Marks Time's Passage" HSoB St. 6: H
現代「パーティキュレートマター2.5」 Present Era "Particulate Matter 2.5" HSoB St. 6: L
赤符「朱塗りの矢羽はお前を選んだ!」 Red Sign "The Vermillion-Painted Arrow Has Chosen Thee!" HSoB St. 6: E/N
光翼「ゾーン・オブ・フェザーズ」 Wings of Light "Zone of the Feathers" HSoB St. 6: H
全力「ホロウアローズストライク」 Full Power "Hollow Arrow Raid" HSoB St. 6: L
紫符「佐渡の紫水晶礫」 Violet Sign "Amethyst Gravel of Sado" HSoB St. 6: E/N
幻想「世界遺産・佐渡金銀弾」 Fantasy "World Heritage Site: Sado Gold-and-Silver Artillery" HSoB St. 6: H
解放「賢者の石礫」 Liberation "Philosopher's Stone Pebbles" HSoB St. 6: L
藍符「ミイラフェアリー」 Indigo Sign "Mummy Fairy" HSoB St. 6: E/N
超妖精「インディゴ・チルドレン」 Super Fairies "Indigo Children" HSoB St. 6: H
超妖精「レインボー・チルドレン」 Super Fairies "Rainbow Children" HSoB St. 6: L
青符「錬金水剣ラストアゾート」 Blue Sign "Alchemic Hydrosword: Last Azoth" HSoB St. 6: E/N
宝具「錬金銀剣ハイパーハルペー」 Treasured Tool "Alchemic Silver Sword: Hyper Harpe" HSoB St. 6: H
神宝剣「スガリブレードNo.63」 Divine Treasured Sword "Sugari Blade No.63" HSoB St. 6: L
緑符「仲間を呼ぶ翠玉のタブレット」 Green Sign "Ally-Summoning Jade Tablet" Includes team cards from Stage 1~4 bosses HSoB St. 6: E/N
禁忌「生命錬金-ホロウフレンズ-」 Taboo "Life Alchemy -Hollow Friends-" Includes team cards from Stage 1~4 bosses HSoB St. 6: H/L
「黄金の島に響け朱鷺の歌」 "Echo to the Island of Gold, O Song of the Scarlet Ibis" HSoB St. 6: E/N
「ソング・オブ・ニッポニア」 "Song of Nipponia" HSoB St. 6: H/L
「オーバー・ザ・レインボー」 "Over the Rainbow" Also used as a Z-Spell counterattack during her final regular card HSoB St. 6: E/N/H/L (Spell Practice)
「完全なる墨染の翼 -烏羽玉-」 "Perfect Ink-Black Wings -Raven Black-" HSoB Extra
「いつまでも続くみんなの弾幕」 "Everyone's Everlasting Damaku" Co-owner with Mumei HSoB Extra (LW)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Horou Torisumi's Profile
○6面ボス 東の果てのジェフティ

  鳥澄珠烏(とりすみ ほろう)
  Torisumi Horou

    種族:朱鷺
  能力:羽の色が変わる程度の能力(異変前)
     時間を操る程度の能力(異変中)
     時間とか操れた程度の能力(異変後)

  時間を司るエジプト神話最強のブレーン・トト神と同じ種族の鳥。
  つまりは、我が国の名を冠しながらも、今世紀初頭に国産の個体は絶滅した
  あの有名な鳥――朱鷺の妖怪である。
  紫鸞とは同じ越後出身の鳥。サエズッターで繋がっていたのは当たり前だ。

  かつて空をも覆うばかりの種族であった彼女にとって、外界から隔離された
  幻想郷の空は、どうにも狭苦しいものに思えた。
  死んだと思ったのに、自分は何故一人こんな世界にやって来たのか?
  何故、飛べども飛べどもここから出ることが出来ないのか?
  天敵らしい天敵も無く、食べる物にも困らない。更には紫鸞たちが良くして
  くれる。そんな幻想郷に不満はそれほど無かったが、彼女はいつかこの地を
  離れ、同族の仲間を探す旅に出たいと思っていた。

  そんな折、偶然出会った変な壺と手足――セト大将に、その力を与えられる。
  すなわち、トトの書の呪文と、その力を増幅する黄金の塔――禁呪塔。
  世界の全てを停止させ、幻想郷を覆う不思議な結界を働かなくする。
  その後、外の世界へ舞い戻り、仲間を探す旅に出るという計画。
  (なお成功時、時間停止の解除法を教えずにセトは雲隠れする予定だった)
  外の世界で既に我が国の朱鷺が死に絶えている事など、珠烏本人も、異変の
  手引きをしたセトも、或いは紫鸞も知る由は無かった。
  全てはそれぞれの思惑が交錯した巧妙な計画に、微妙に絶妙な偶然が重なり
  合って起こった事だったのである。

  もっとも、セトの目的の為に砂漠の国を巻き込んだ筈の時間停止は、幻想郷
  と外の世界を隔てる「博麗大結界」の内部で発動された事で、効果の範囲が
  幻想郷内に収まってしまっていた。
  気付けよと言いたい所だが、セトは元々児童向け漫画の悪役並みに単純なの
  である。詳しくは、読者諸氏に個別にエジプト神話をry  

  結局、異変後にセトは逃げ去り、珠烏は幻想郷の管理者たちに超こっぴどく
  絞られる。
  貴重なトトの書も、手元に持ったままだった為、取り上げられ燃やされた。
  今回、彼女にとって救いがあったとすれば、どうやら幻想郷には彼女以外の
  朱鷺も妖怪となって棲み付いているらしいと、後で分かった事だろう。

Stage 6 Boss - Jehuti of the Far East

Horou Torisumi

Species: Crested ibis
Ability: Capable of changing the color of her feathers (pre-incident)
   Capable of manipulating time (during incident)
   Was once capable of, like, manipulating time (post-incident)

A youkai bird of the same species as the god Thoth, who governs the flow of time and boasts the most powerful intellect in all of Egyptian mythology.
That is to say, she's one of those famous birds that bear the name of our great country Nihon, yet all but went extinct from that very country at the start of the century-- a crested ibis.
She's native to Echigo, like Shiran. It's only natural that the two of them connected over Chirper.

For Horou, a member of a proud species that once covered the Outside World's whole sky, the isolated skies of Gensokyo felt terribly cramped. She was sure that she had died-- so why did she now find herself here? Why couldn't she leave, no matter how far she flew and flew?
She had no natural enemies, and no shortage of food. She even had Shiran and her followers for company. She had no real qualms with Gensokyo's environment, but she dreamed of one day leaving this land, and journeying to find her fellow ibises once again.

It was right around then that she bumped into a strange pot and set of limbs-- General Set-- from whom she received the power to do just that. Namely, the spells in the Book of Thoth, and a giant gold tower-- the Kinjutou-- that would amplify those spells. By freezing time across the whole word, the mysterious barrier that covered Gensokyo would stop working, and she would be free to return to the outside and search for her friends. (Also, should the plan have succeeded, Set intended to disappear without telling Horou how to deactivate the spell.)
Nobody had any way of knowing that the ibises of Japan were already extinct-- not Horou herself, not the incident's instigator Set, not even Shiran. They each had different, intersecting intentions for the plan, and the whole thing only came to fruition because of a series of delicate coincidences.

Though Set intended for the time freeze to reach all the way to Egypt, it never actually made it outside of Gensokyo in the first place, since it had been cast from within the "Great Hakurei Barrier" that separates Gensokyo from the outside. One might expect Set to freakin' clue in a little faster, but he was about as smart as a bad guy from a children's book to begin with. Readers may feel free to research the exact details of Egyptian mythology at their own etc. etc. etc.

In the end, Set fled after the incident, and Horou received a super-harsh scolding from Gensokyo's administrators. Since she still had the Book of Thoth with her, they took it away and burned it.
If there was one saving grace for her this time, it was that some time later, she found out that there were other ibis youkai besides her living in Gensokyo.

Mumei Fujitsubo

藤壺 (ふじつぼ) 無名異 (むめい)
Mumei Fujitsubo
HSoBMumei.png
Mumei Fujitsubo in Hollow Song of Birds
Species

Seto-taishou

Abilities

Combining with things

Music Themes

グラスハートシュバリエ

Mumei Fujitsubo (藤壺 無名異) is the Extra Stage boss.

Concept

Like her incarnation as General Set in Stage 5, Mumei is based on the Seto-Taisho, a youkai first depicted by Toriyama Sekien in Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.

Name

Her full name is Mumei Fujitsubo (藤壺 無名異). "無名異" (Mumei) is taken from Mumyoui pottery (無名異焼き), a type of pottery traditionally from Sado, Niigata. The kanji used literally mean "nameless" and "strange/different".

"藤壺" (Fujitsubo) literally means "wisteria jar" and is taken from the name of Lady Fujitsubo (as well as the title of Chapter 1) in The Tale of Genji.

Appearance

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Story

Relationships

Spell Cards

Spell Cards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 12
桐壺「青磁の白龍(ブルーセイジホワイトドラゴン)」 Kiritsubo "White Dragon of Celadon Ware (Blue Sage White Dragon)" HSoB Extra
帚木「覆水盆に返らず」 Broom Tree "Spilled Water Returns Not to the Tray" HSoB Extra
花宴「フラワーカノンベース」 Flower Feast "Flower Cannon Vase" HSoB Extra
絵合「その辺で拾った聖者の硝子」 Picture Contest "A Saint's Stained Glass I Picked Up Over There" HSoB Extra
松風「陶製榴弾(パイナップルボマー)」 Wind in Pines "Ceramic Grenade (Pineapple Bomber)" HSoB Extra
篝火「ヤマタイックマニューバー」 Flares "Yamataic Maneuver" HSoB Extra
野分「青磁偃月刀(セラミック・ブレード)」 Autumn Typhoon "Celadon Crescent Blade (Ceramic Blade)" HSoB Extra
夕顔「黄昏偃月旋風刃(サンセット・ブラスト)」 Yuugao "Twilight Crescent Whirlwind Blade (Sunset Blast)" HSoB Extra
宿木「再臨!セト大将リターンズ」 Dwelling Vines "Second Coming! General Set Returns" Co-owner with General Set HSoB Extra
夢浮橋「陶磁器大戦 ~ 関羽vs曹操」 Floating Bridge of Dreams "Ceramic War ~ Guan Yu vs. Cao Cao" HSoB Extra
「最初で最後の無名異の弾幕」 "The First and Last of Mumei's Danmaku" HSoB Extra (LW)
「いつまでも続くみんなの弾幕」 "Everyone's Everlasting Damaku" Co-owner with Ranran, Chii, Hikariko, Shiran, Mystia, Nebet, and Horou HSoB Extra (LW)

Official Profiles

Hollow Song of Birds - Mumei Fujitsubo's Profile
 ○EX面ボス (無名のビーイング)

  藤壺無名異(ふじつぼ むめい)
  Fujitsubo Mumei

    種族:瀬戸大将
  能力:合体する程度の能力

     セト大将が身体を借りていた壺の妖怪。
  妖怪としての種族名をまさに「瀬戸大将」といい、名前の偶然の一致の為に
  身体を借りる上で適合率が高く、セトは自身の持つ魔力を、余すところなく
  行使できた。
  まさか本来の彼女が、欠けた陶磁器を自身の一部として合体・分離させて、
  身体を自由自在に変形できる、合体ロボめいた妖怪だったとは…。

  改めての話であるが、妖怪は、神様とその性質を紙一重としている。
  すなわち、他者の感情から生まれた霊的な存在であり、自身の強さだけでは
  なく、自身へ向けられる畏怖の感情が失われることでも消え去ってしまう。
  幻想郷の妖怪達の多くは、そんな事は気にせずゆるく生きている、非常に今風
  な気質であるが、どんな集団にも必ず少数の異端者が混ざるもの。
  無名異は他の妖怪とつるむ事なく、孤独に強さを求め続け、力ある者との戦い
  を望む、大変ストイックな戦闘狂である。
  「本当は死に場所を求めて彷徨っている節がある」とは、乗り移ったセトの談
  であるが、これもまた別の意味で、非常に今風な気質と言えるのかも知れない。

  そんな彼女が、セトからの提案を魅力的に感じないわけが無かった。
  …のだが、セトは結局敗れ去ったし、結果的に彼女に死の安息も与えてくれな
  かった。
  かくして、捨て鉢(瀬戸物だけに)となった無名異は、その辺の妖怪達をそそ
  のかして新たな騒ぎを起こし、無敵と噂される妖怪退治の巫女を呼び寄せる事
  にした。もちろん勝てるわけが無かったし、死ぬことも叶わなかったのは言う
  までも無い。

  霊夢も魔理沙も、生きようと、そして楽しもうとしているのだから。
  そして少女のスペルカードによる決闘は、相手を殺す為の物では無いのだから。

    楽しむ気持ちを忘れた者に勝利など無い。本当の強さなど無い。
  さあ行け霊夢! 戦え魔理沙! 哀れな妖怪に、生きる楽しさを思い出させろ!
  生きようとしている奴がどれくらい強いか思い知らせろ!

Extra Stage Boss - (Nameless Being)

Mumei Fujitsubo

Species: Seto-taishou
Ability: Capable of combining with things

The jar youkai whose body General Set borrowed.
Her species as a youkai is quite literally called "Seto-taishou" ("Seto ware general"). This coincidental similarity in names made her a prime candidate for Set's borrowed body, allowing Set to use his own magic with the greatest of ease.
Surprisingly enough, the original Mumei was also a combining-robot-esque youkai, who could modify her body at will by adding and detaching pieces of broken pottery...

Though this may be reiterating things you've already heard, youkai and gods are two sides of the same coin.
They're both spiritual beings born from other people's emotions, and they risk fading away not just from losing their own strength, but but from losing the fear and awe directed towards them.
Many of Gensokyo's youkai live in an extremely modern way without worrying about that at all, but every group has its outcasts. Mumei is a super-stoic warrior type who hardly spent any time with other youkai, desiring only strength and fighting powerful opponents by herself.
According to Set, who spent time possessing her, "she may actually be wandering in search of a place to die". You could call that an extremely modern way of life as well, in a somewhat different sense.

As such, she did feel some attraction to Set's proposal.
...But Set was defeated too in the end, and was ultimately unable to grant her the peace of death.
Thus, Mumei became desperate (or dish-perate, if you will). She goaded the local youkai into causing another commotion, which would attract the attention of the supposedly invincible youkai-exterminating shrine maiden. There was no way she'd win, of course, but it also goes without saying that her wish for death wasn't granted.

After all, Reimu and Marisa are dead-set on living, and having the best time they can while doing it.
Killing their opponent is the last thing that their Spell Card duels are meant for.

There's no victory in sight for those who've forgotten how to enjoy life. None of the "true strength" that Mumei sought.
Go, Reimu! Fight on, Marisa! Help this poor youkai remember how enjoyable life can be!
Teach her how strong those who are living their best lives really are!

Hollow Song of Birds - ???'s Profile
 ○おまけ EXボス戦で初登場した謎の影

  カラツちゃん(仮)

    種族:瀬戸大将(?)
  能力:不明

     瀬戸大将は瀬戸物の陶器が妖怪化したものだが、同様に唐津物の陶器だって
  妖怪化したって良いじゃない。そんな存在があのカラツちゃん。
  かつては無名異の友だとかライバルだとか、そういう関係であったらしいが
  真珠島の時点では、既に妖怪としては消滅してしまっている。
  EXボス戦で登場した影は、なんか一時的に奇跡でも起こったのかな的な。
  カラツちゃんと無名異の過去については、後日小説などの形でおまけとして
  公開する予定なのでお楽しみに。ンフフ。

Bonus - Mystery shadow who first appears in the EX boss fight

"Karatsu-chan" (provisional name)

Species: Seto-taishou(?)
Ability: Unknown

If a Seto-taishou is a youkai born from Seto pottery, who says Karatsu pottery can't become a youkai too? That's what Karatsu-chan was.
She used to be Mumei's... friend? Rival? Friendly rival? Something like that. But by the time of Hollow Song of Birds, she had already faded away as a youkai.
The part where her shadow shows up in the EX boss fight is one of those "temporary miracle" sorta things. I plan to write about Karatsu-chan and Mumei's past in a little postscript story soon, so you can look forward to that too. Eh heh heh.

  1. Pun on "saru" (monkey) and Ra-Horakhty.
  2. Originally a character from an adults-only doujinshi, but given a name and profile by an anonymous imageboard poster in 2008.
  3. 3.0 3.1 A reference to the six species of birds living in the Pure Land, as described in the Bussetsu amida-kyo (仏説阿弥陀経) sutra.
  4. "Nanmaida" is a humorous mispronunciation of "namu-amida", short for "namu-amida-butsu".