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==General Information==
==General Information==
Letty first appeared as the first stage boss of ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''. In ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'', it was written that she was a type of [[yuki-onna]]. Accoring to [[ZUN]], if she was to show her full power compared to her strength shown in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', it'll cause an incident.<ref name="ZUN's AWA">[[ZUN's AWA Q&A Panel]]</ref>
Letty first appeared as the first stage boss of ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''. In ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'', it was written that she was a type of [[yuki-onna]]. According to [[ZUN]], if she was to show her full power compared to her strength shown in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', it would cause an incident.<ref name="ZUN's AWA">[[ZUN's AWA Q&A Panel]]</ref>


===Ability===
===Ability===

Revision as of 03:05, 26 April 2014

レティ・ホワイトロック
(♫)
Letty Whiterock
Letty Whiterock
Letty Whiterock in Perfect Cherry Blossom
Species

Yuki-onna

Abilities

Manipulation of cold

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Letty Whiterock (レティ・ホワイトロック Retī howaitorokku) is a seasonal youkai who's only seen during winter. She seems fittingly cold towards most of the humans she meets, and is feared by humans as she is known to freeze them.

General Information

Letty first appeared as the first stage boss of Perfect Cherry Blossom. In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, it was written that she was a type of yuki-onna. According to ZUN, if she was to show her full power compared to her strength shown in Perfect Cherry Blossom, it would cause an incident.[1]

Ability

Manipulating of cold

She possesses an ability to manipulate chilliness. It's not an ability to create blizzards or make snow fall, but rather an ability to strengthen the "winter" that exists in the natural world. 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 Forbidden Scrollery, she is shown spreading snow over Gensokyo.

By lowering the temperature, humans become less capable of activity, and lose their fighting spirit. Furthermore, since it's not a physical attack, it's impossible to completely avoid it, and it's not possible to take up any countermeasure except doing something to the extent of wearing thick clothing.

Character Basis

Illustration of Letty in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense.

Name

Her full name is Letty Whiterock (レティ・ホワイトロック). Letty's name and personality are based on the character Letitia "Letty" Blacklock from Agatha Christie's book "A Murder is Announced".

Design

In Perfect Cherry Blossom, 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. She was described by ZUN as being "fairly tall."[2]

Story

Perfect Cherry Blossom

Letty is challenged by the player as the probable cause of the extremely long winter. Though she is defeated easily, she was not at fault, and the player moves on.

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.

Marisa is lost and encounters Letty. Marisa suggests that winter should be the season where you sleep beneath the cherry trees, and Letty says she also wants to sleep for a long time due to the long winter. But Marisa does not want her to sleep so they can fight. They battle, with Marisa ending the winner.

Sakuya is searching for the mastermind behind the events happening but encounters Letty, who states she is the mastermind. Sakuya defeats her and continues to search for the real mastermind.

Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

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.

Relationships

Minor Relationships

Cirno

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.

Spell Cards

Spellcards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 6
寒符「リンガリングコールド」 Cold Sign "Lingering Cold" PCB St. 1: E/N/H/L
冬符「フラワーウィザラウェイ」 Winter Sign "Flower Wither Away" PCB
GoM
St. 1: E/N
白符「アンデュレイションレイ」 White Sign "Undulation Ray" PCB St. 1: H
怪符「テーブルターニング」 Mystic Sign "Table-Turning" PCB St. 1: L
寒符「コールドスナップ」 Cold Sign "Cold Snap" StB
GoM
St. 2
冬符「ノーザンウイナー」 Winter Sign "Northern Winner" StB St. 2

Additional Information

Letty's sigil in The Grimoire of Marisa.
  • 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.

Fandom

  • 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 is sometimes 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 "white rock" (白岩さん Shiroiwa-san).

Official Profiles

Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt
Letty Whiterock PCB  ○冬の忘れ物

  レティ・ホワイトロック

  1面のボス。冬になると何処からとも無く湧く妖怪。
  主に寒気を操る程度の能力を持つ

  レティは冬である限り幸せである。霊夢達がこの幸せの時を破ろうと
  していたため、ちょっかいを出した。

  ただ、毎年春というレティ達と花粉症持ちには憂鬱な季節が訪れる為、
  それは当たり前として受け止め、本気で攻撃してきたわけではない。

  春が訪れると、また何処かへ消えていってしまう。

What Winter Left Behind

Letty Whiterock

Stage 1 boss. A youkai of the winter season who can be found in places without heat. She possess the ability to manipulate cold.

Letty is happiest during winter. She gets in the way of Reimu and her companions because they threaten to put an end to her time of greatest happiness.

However, Letty and her fellow winter spirits as well as sufferers of hay fever know well that spring, a season of depression, comes every year. She accepts that fact and never attacks players seriously.

When spring comes, she will disappear to unknown whereabouts.

Official Sources

References

  1. ZUN's AWA Q&A Panel
  2. 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。 (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.)