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Revision as of 00:31, 9 July 2015

霧の湖 (きりのみずうみ)
Misty Lake
Th123MistyLake.jpg
The shore of the Misty Lake in Touhou Hisoutensoku
Location

Next to the Youkai Mountain

Residents
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

The Misty Lake (霧の湖 Kiri no Mizuumi) is a large lake located at the foot of the Youkai Mountain. Many fairies and youkai alike appear to gather here, especially during the summertime, given the abundant water. The lake and its environs appear to be the home of Cirno, Daiyousei and Wakasagihime.

General Information

Commonly, when someone says "The lake" ( mizuumi), it usually refers to the Mysty Lake. The water in the lake comes from a river originating from the Youkai Mountain. Near by the lake is the Scarlet Devil Mansion, which is built on a ridge next to the lake itself, rather than on an island. At and around noon each day, a strange mist envelops the entire lake, making it difficult to see anything (hence the origin of the name). The origin of this mist is unknown, but it appears that because of the bad visibility, the lake isn't as big as one would think – Hieda no Akyuu states that it would take about an hour to walk the full length around the river, making its circumference about 3.1 miles (5 km).

Extremely large monster fish ("monster" possibly meaning youkai, as one is referred to as youkai fish in chapter 12 of Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth) live in the lake as well, and can occasionally be caught on nights of the new moon. This has led to the lake being popular amongst anglers who aim to catch such a fish. These fish range from 2 to 5 fathoms (in essence up to 9 meters), with the largest on recording as 10 fathoms (this is believed to be an exaggeration). Since then, Eirin Yagokoro's medicines in chapter 12 of Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth resulted in the largest monster fish ever recorded, big enough to attempt to swallow Cirno (about the size of a small child).

A Master of the Lake also lives there. However, his house is so deep down that only fish or amphibians may dive down there.[1]

The Lake's appearances

Games

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

The lake first appeared on stage 2 of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil while the heroine was looking for the Scarlet Devil Mansion. The midboss and boss of the stage is Daiyousei and Cirno respectively.

Phantasmagoria of Flower View

The lake appeared as a stage location in Phantasmagoria of Flower View, in which it's the home location for Cirno. The stage generally appears on stage 1 or 2 in all scenarios of the game.

Double Dealing Character

The lake once again appeared on the first stage of Double Dealing Character, where the heroine once again encounters Cirno and meets Wakasagihime.

Spin-offs

The lakes appears on level 2 of Shoot the Bullet, where Aya Shameimaru encounters Cirno and Letty Whiterock in order to take photos of their danmaku. It later made its appearance in Touhou Hisoutensoku as a stage location, where Sanae Kochiya and Cirno both fight it first out at the edge of the lake as they look for their targets. The lake also appears in Fairy Wars on one side of it, where its stage number can be random and having the boss at the end of the stage is different. In the latest spin-off, the lake appears on the first day of Impossible Spell Card, where Seija Kijin fights both Cirno and Wakasagihime as they try to capture her with their "impossible" spell cards.

Literature

In Strange and Bright Nature Deity Cirno tried to freeze the whole lake, but while she was away the Three Fairies of Light destructed her home, which leads to the events of Fairy Wars.

Official Sources

References

  1. Silent Sinner in Blue Chapter 16. "The master of the lake's house?" "No, only fish folk or mermaids could dive down that far," as said in the chapter is a mistranslation. Where "fish folk" and "mermaid" is used for 魚類 and 兩生類, these words simply mean fish or amphibian.