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* [[Louise]] (average resident)
* [[Louise]] (average resident)
* [[Elis]] (in the Ruins of Vina)
* [[Elis]] (in the Ruins of Vina)
* [[YuugenMagan]] (an evil-eye monster)
* [[YuugenMagan]] (an evil-eye monster, possibly near Makai's gate)
* [[Alice Margatroid]] (formerly a resident in the PC-98 era, now living in the [[Forest of Magic]])
* [[Alice Margatroid]] (formerly a resident in the PC-98 era, now living in the [[Forest of Magic]])
* [[Byakuren Hijiri]] (formerly sealed in Hokkai, now a resident of the Human World)
* [[Byakuren Hijiri]] (formerly sealed in Hokkai, now a resident of the Human World)

Revision as of 18:16, 25 March 2011

Makai (魔界), the Demon World, exists in essentially an alternate dimension to Gensokyo. Not to be confused with Jigoku as referenced in Highly Responsive to Prayers, Phantasmagoria of Flower View and Subterranean Animism.

Geography and People

The entrance to Makai is located in a cave in the mountains near the Hakurei Shrine. Makai itself is a land with a harsh and unearthly nature that makes it difficult to survive in, but youkai and some humans live and/or train their powers here regardless. It is filled with a toxic miasma which is physically harmful, but strengthens magical spells and seals, and can also make learning magic easier for a human.

Much of Makai's terrain is a deep red color, but there are also extensive fields of crystalline forests and frozen fields. This is especially true around Pandemonium, Shinki's fortress, which seems to be constructed from a similar crystalline material.

Hokkai

Not much is actually known about Hokkai. The heroine travels there in Stage 6 of Undefined Fantastic Object. The entire region appears to have been sealed, along with the monk Byakuren Hijiri. Murasa Minamitsu describes it as tucked away in "a corner of Makai".

Wonderland

During the Extra Stage of Mystic Square, the heroine enters into a kind of wonderland, presumably created by Alice Margatroid. It is implied that it exists within Makai.

Residents of Makai

Story

Most of the events of Highly Responsive to Prayers occurred in Makai when Reimu Hakurei discovered a portal that had opened in her shrine. Almost the entirety of Mystic Square happened in Makai, as well, and in the last two stages of Undefined Fantastic Object, the heroine travels to Hokkai via the Palanquin Ship captained by Minamitsu Murasa.