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八雲 (やくも)   (ゆかり)
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Yukari Yakumo
Yukari Yakumo
Yukari Yakumo in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Border of Phantasm
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Species

Youkai

Abilities

Manipulation of boundaries

Age

At least 1,200 years old, older than the history of Gensokyo itself

Occupation

Unknown; she sleeps most of the time

Location

Somewhere along the boundaries of Gensokyo

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works
Music CDs

Yukari Yakumo (八雲 紫 Yakumo Yukari) is a youkai who has the ability to manipulate boundaries. She first appeared in the phantasm stage of Perfect Cherry Blossom with Ran Yakumo serving her as shikigami. She is called the "gap youkai" (すきま妖怪 sukima youkai)[1], although "gap youkai" is not the name of a species, as she is more of a one-of-a-kind type of youkai.[2]

General Information

Name

Her full name is Yukari Yakumo (八雲 紫) The characters for Yakumo (八雲) literally mean "eight clouds" (but can also mean "countless clouds"), and Yukari () means "purple" or "violet" (In ordinary Japanese perspective these two colors are not discriminated).

Chapter 26 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia reveals that Yukari gave herself that name, and Perfect Memento in Strict Sense implies that Yukari didn't have that name 1,200 years ago.

Yukari's name related to Colors

All of the Yakumo family are named after colors. The light frequencies (energies) of the colors are proportional to their powers: Chen (orange) << Ran Yakumo (indigo) < Yukari (violet). The energy of violet light is the highest in the visible spectrum, and violet light is the boundary between visible and invisible light. Red light (the symbolic color of Remilia Scarlet or Reimu Hakurei) is another boundary, but they are stronger than Chen. Fittingly, when Reimu and Yukari team up in Imperishable Night, they are called the "Boundary Team". In addition to maintaining the Hakurei Border, their colors form the two boundaries between visible and invisible light. In addition, the word "yukari" is uncommonly used to mean "border" or "edge", albeit with a different character.

Occasionally, double rainbows form after rainfall—there's the rainbow one usually sees (red on the top, and violet at the bottom), and another, larger, fainter one above it. The colors on the second rainbow are reversed—red on the bottom, and violet at the top. In other words, the outside edges of the rainbow are violet—or, put another way, violet forms the boundary between the sky and the rainbow. Thus, Yukari's given name strongly signifies the idea of boundaries.

In Japan (and many other countries) "purple" or "violet" had been thought as a noble color, and used occasionally as a color for high ranks. In fact, ZUN mentioned in some of his interviews[citation needed] that he was aware of this fact and uses the color on certain character designs to show levels of power and nobility, thus in this sense using both "violet" as her name and in dress shows that Yukari was designed to be powerful and high ranking.

Yukari's name related to Koizumi Yakumo (Lafcadio Hearn)

There is an assumption that her name Yakumo is taken from the writer Lafcadio Hearn, who naturalized as a Japanese citizen and renamed to Koizumi Yakumo. When fans asked about the implied connection between Yukari and Maribel Hearn in a high school open lecture program, ZUN brought up Lafcadio Hearn but did not elaborate. See the fanon section and Maribel Hearn's page for details.

Yukari's name related to an Ancient poem

Yakumo also comes from the first ancient poem written in what would become the Japanese "Tanka" form:

"Yakumo tatsu / Izumo yagegaki / Tsuma-gomini / Yaegaki tsukuro / Sono yaegaki wo"
Definitely in keeping with the character's origin/age in the storyline. The translation into English is:
"Eightfold rising clouds/ Build an eightfold fence / An eightfold Izumo fence / Wherein to keep my bride-- / Oh! splendid eightfold fence"
This poem was attributed to the god Susanoo. Interpretations vary as to the meaning of the poem.

Yukari's name is thoroughly analyzed in chapter 26 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia by Rinnosuke Morichika. However, Rinnosuke implies at the end that there may be even more meanings hidden in it.

An illustration of Yukari in The Grimoire of Marisa.

Appearance

Her first appearance was in Perfect Cherry Blossom, where she is depicted with purple eyes and long blonde hair. She carries a pink lace parasol and a paper fan, and rides on a red boundary that leads to an unknown destination. She wears a deep purple dress, a pale pink mob cap with a thin red ribbon, and smaller ribbons tied liberally on her accessories and the tips of her hair.

In her appearances in Immaterial and Missing Power and Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, her eyes have become dark golden. She wears a purple Chinese-style tabard with various Trigrams over a pale pink Western-style dress (similar to Ran's outfit), wears her hair coiled up into her mob cap, and usually carries a pink parasol. She wears the same outfit in Imperishable Night, but her hair is left loose. In the Japanese community this outfit is known as the "Taoist dress" (道士服).

Hexagram

The outfit Yukari wears in Immaterial and Missing Power, Imperishable Night, and Scarlet Weather Rhapsody has two groups of solid/broken lines called trigrams on the front. A solid line represents Yang and a broken line is Yin. The top trigram () is "dui" or "tui" (open) and is associated with west and water. The bottom trigram () is "kūn" (field) and is associated with southwest and earth, as well as Yoni (divine passage). The two trigrams together in that order form the hexagram for "clustering," "gathering together," and "finished", which sounds more fitting for Suika Ibuki.

The hexagram "Ts'ui" formed by the combination of "tui" and "kun" results in a meaning of gathering together to persevere towards a destination. This hexagram signifies also great wisdom which is necessary for leadership when directing an assembly together to create overall prosperity for everyone. Yukari herself can be seen as an overseer of Gensokyo. Her ability to create borders would definitely give her the ability to bring everyone together while maintaining the harmony of the "created" world. Maybe this design was a critique on her abilities?

Personality

Yukari is known for being a very youkai-like youkai who sleeps all day and lives for the enjoyment of life. Though she rarely leaves her house, she's well-connected and is acquainted with most of the most powerful youkai as well as anyone having anything to do with the Hakurei Border or the outside world. She's possibly one of the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo and has a tendency to toy with her opponents rather than use her full power from the start. If anyone is suited for the role of "mastermind", it's Yukari, and she often has a great deal of insight and understanding about whatever happens in Gensokyo, and possesses considerable intellectual prowess, as well. Though she seems flaky and unreliable most of the time, when the safety or security of Gensokyo is at stake, she won't hesitate to get involved, even if it means using others to do the work for her. For example, in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she treats Tenshi Hinanawi with much hostility after finding out the plot of the Heavens. She could easily be either a villain or a heroine, depending on her whims.

According to Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, she seems to rarely attack humans. She excels at mathematics and is experienced due to her long life.

Yukari deals with problems by manipulating others to act to resolve things for her. She seems to rarely act directly except in particularly egregious situations. In all cases, she rarely lets anyone know what her true aims or goals are, and sometimes these goals are extremely abstract. Yukari has a well-deserved reputation of being fickle, whimsical, and lying often, and thus many characters in Gensokyo dislike her. For whatever reason, Yukari takes it all in stride and does not seriously deny any of those comments. She seems to actively try to keep her more obviously-altruistic actions a secret, such as her donations to the Hakurei Shrine in Strange and Bright Nature Deity. She possibly cultivates this image to ensure that people continue to fear her as a youkai, as this is what her true goal for a particularly complex gambit is revealed to be at the end of Cage in Lunatic Runagate.

Knowledge of technology

In Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia, when Rinnosuke Morichika had an iPod in his shop, only Yukari knew how to actually use it, and further knew that it was considered a trendy item in the outer world. She similarly knew about the Nintendo Game Boy and DS.

Because of her understanding of technology from the outside world, there are rumors that she lives in the outside world from time to time. It is confirmed that she at least visits there. Reimu mentions in Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 24 that Yukari told her that she gets to enjoy twice the amount of cherry blossom viewings a year because she also goes to watch the blossoms in the outside world, which occurs at a different time from Gensokyo's. In addition, Yukari at the end of Chapter 25 of Strange and Bright Nature Deity is shown viewing the Hakurei Shrine from the outside world (some panels focus specifically on pointing out there are cars driving by).

Marisa Kirisame once stated that Yukari uses a small box to talk to her shikigami when they are far away from her, which led Rinnosuke to believe that she owns a cell phone. She has given characters cell-phone-like devices in Subterranean Animism. Yukari mentions in Oriental Sacred Place chapter 10 that radio towers fall into Gensokyo every once in a while. Presumably her cell phones use those in order to work.

Story

Perfect Cherry Blossom

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Immaterial and Missing Power
Imperishable Night
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Subterranean Animism
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
Main article: Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red/Yukari

After hearing a fox's cry, Aya Shameimaru went to investigate. She found Yukari beating Ran Yakumo over the head with an umbrella, which Yukari claimed was only for disciplining her. Because Aya is a crow tengu, she feels animal rights are important and was upset by Yukari's "animal abuse".

During the interview Yukari insisted that it was not animal abuse because Ran is a shikigami, which Yukari considered to make her no longer count as being an animal. Yukari explained that as long as a shikigami follows its master's will then it will be as strong as its master. Ran had apparently disobeyed Yukari by doing something she hadn't been ordered to do. Because of that Ran wasn't as strong as she could be and ended up putting herself in danger while relying only on her own strength. This discipline was meant to remind Ran just who her master is so that Ran won't needlessly be in danger by fighting at less than full strength. Aya didn't think that excused it at all.

Yukari also called the Bunbunmaru Newspaper a shoddy paper and offered to make Aya her shikigami too, which Aya refused.

Backstory

According to Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, an apparent article on Yukari Yakumo appears in the first edition of the Gensokyo Chronicle from 1,200 years ago. However, this article did not refer to her name as Yukari Yakumo[3]. It is believed she chose this name for herself, the name "Yukari" signifying that she was a youkai of boundaries, and the name "Yakumo" from a poem about creating a great fenced mansion where one can live a peaceful life in seclusion, and a strong fortress to keep the gods trapped inside.[4]. This land would be Gensokyo.

Over a thousand years ago, Yukari met and became friends with a human girl named Yuyuko Saigyouji. Over time, Yuyuko was driven to suicide out of despair over her ability to control death. After Yuyuko died, her body was used to seal the Saigyou Ayakashi, a youkai tree which drained the lives of too many humans, by an unknown individual who hoped Yuyuko would never have to suffer and experience pain again. The seal was created as the boundary between life and death[5]. Yukari continued to be friends with Yuyuko's ghost, although Yuyuko gradually forgot who she had been and why she had died[6].

Also over a thousand years ago, the youkai now named Yukari Yakumo [7] organized an army of youkai and led them in an invasion of the Moon, of which Yuyuko was also present for[8][9]. Publicly, Yukari states the invasion was to take the Lunarians' source of power, an infinite energy source which let them play all day[10]. However, the youkai were subsequently routed by the Lunarians, who possessed superior technology and magic, and forced to retreat to Earth. While Yukari claims she organized the invasion out of desire for that power, her true purpose may be that she did it to teach the youkai a lesson about starting wars of conquest; namely, that it was a bad idea, as since that time, no youkai have attempted to expand their territory beyond Gensokyo[11].

Since then, Yukari has had numerous roles in managing Gensokyo and the youkai. She authored a system of constellations for the youkai[12]. She enacted the Youkai Expansion Project 500 years ago by creating a border between illusion and reality around Gensokyo. She was one of several youkai who suggested the creation of the Hakurei Border 120 years ago and presumably was one of several that contributed to its creation.[13][14] She made a deal with certain youkai to allow them to have their own realm underground in Former Hell if they pacified the evil spirits there[15]. For a while, Yukari took it upon herself to make regular check-ups on various aspects of Gensokyo such as the Human Village or the barrier, but eventually took on Ran Yakumo as a shikigami and left such tasks to her.[16] And as author of a work called "Vampire Pact", it seems implied she had some involvement in the vampire incident which led to the creation of the spell card rules[17].

One day, Yuyuko requested that Yukari use her power to repair the border between the Netherworld and Gensokyo. Yukari sleepily set off to do so. She had known Yuyuko's plan to make the Saigyou Ayakashi bloom could never succeed, but was too busy sleeping to say or do anything about it, or to put the border back to normal after everything was finished, which put her on a collision course with the heroines.

Yukari's Sigil in The Grimoire of Marisa.

Relationships

Reimu Hakurei

Yukari has always had a close tie to the Hakurei Shrine maidens, as one meaning of her name is she controls the Shrine Maidens of Gensokyo. Reimu first met Yukari when she asked her to repair the border between the Netherworld and Gensokyo in Perfect Cherry Blossom. However, Yukari indicated she is already familiar with Reimu to an unspecified extent.

As a friend, she often visits Reimu at the Hakurei Shrine. Yukari steals food from Reimu in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, stays at Reimu's shrine for at least a month into the winter in Curiosities of Lotus Asia, and is among several characters when Reimu complains about youkai visitors to her shrine in Wild and Horned Hermit. She sometimes visits to discuss philosophical matters like in Seasonal Dream Vision, or Strange and Bright Nature Deity where she gave Reimu out-of-season taro roots from the outside world, asking her to think about their meaning.

As an employer, she's given Reimu several missions [18]. An offhand comment in the first stage of Imperishable Night shows she compensated Reimu for it.

As a mentor, she is often teaching Reimu not just about Gensokyo (she does that a lot, too, shown several times in Oriental Sacred Place) but also how to do her job as Hakurei Maiden. She shows up when Reimu purposefully damages the barrier in Curiosities of Lotus Asia to tell her not to do that, reminds Reimu of her youkai-crushing duties in Imperishable Night's extra, and makes Reimu train hard to prepare for Silent Sinner in Blue (Curiosities of Lotus Asia states the latter is rare for her). The latter included Yukari attacking Reimu at unannounced times.

She seems to be secretly looking after Reimu in other ways, as she sneaks yen donations into the Hakurei Shrine's donation offering box when Reimu isn't looking in chapter 23 of Strange and Bright Nature Deity. Like most characters, Reimu finds Yukari extremely annoying. Yukari doesn't mind, clearly joking "How rude!" or "What a greeting!" to such things.

Ran Yakumo

Ran is Yukari's main shikigami. Yukari gave Ran her current name. An interview in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red with Aya Shameimaru implies Ran came to be Yukari's shikigami because of all the power it promised, and is quite satisfied with the result despite losing her freedom. Ran was not born before the Genso-Lunar War, so she must have become Yukari's shikigami sometime after that.

Yukari keeps the relationship on a user-to-shikigami level. This relationship is analogous to a user and its computer in the outside world, and Yukari insists heavily that Ran is not a fox, but is a tool to be used. Yukari's own thoughts and perspective in Chapter Five of Cage in Lunatic Runagate refers to Ran with computer terms, such as programming or debugging. Ran is still more advanced than a computer, so Yukari attempts philosophical discussion with Ran from time to time, but typically gets boring responses involving numbers and calculations. Yukari loves Ran very much, but in terms of how one would love a tool they own.

Ran often "forgets" she is a shikigami, taking matters into her own hands without Yukari's orders. This can't be helped because Yukari sleeps a lot. Yukari will physically discipline Ran when this happens (by whacking her with an umbrella). Using a tool and keeping it in good shape (via discipline) shows love for your shikigami (according to Yukari).

Ran accepts and seems satisfied with this, and also seems to care for her master, attempting to encourage Yukari after the second Genso-Lunar War failed. But she won't disagree that her master is annoying and is often driven to much frustration by Yukari's double-speak and secrecy.

Chen

Ran also has a shikigami named Chen. As Ran's shikigami, Chen follows the will of both Ran Yakumo and Yukari Yakumo. It's implied she's quite a handful, and unlike Ran, Yukari views Chen as both Ran's shikigami and their pet, saying in Subterranean Animism, "I wonder where our cat went off to? It's such a pain when she just suddenly disappears like that. I wish you'd take care to program your own familiar properly. Without any bugs".

Unlike Ran Yakumo, Chen is never called "Chen Yakumo", even when "Chen" and "Ran Yakumo" show up in the same sentence in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense.

Zenki and Goki

Two crows that Yukari and Ran use as shikigami. They might be temporary names for all shikigami crows, as one gets killed by Watatsuki no Toyohime, yet three more spy for Yukari later in Chapter 20 of Silent Sinner in Blue.

Yuyuko Saigyouji

Yukari and Yuyuko were friends even while Yuyuko was alive more than a thousand years ago, and continued to be Yuyuko's friend after she became a ghost.

Yuyuko seems to be the only one who truly understands Yukari. Yukari knows this as well, often just assuming that Yuyuko knows what she's talking about or what's going on (this is clear whenever the two interact, including victory quotes). The two don't think exactly alike, however, which results in Yuyuko acting in ways that surprises Yukari. Yukari will do something just because Yuyuko asked and vice versa.

Of note is that this friendship between Yuyuko and Yukari does not extend to Yukari's shikigami Ran, and Yuyuko does not mind others beating Ran up.

Youmu Konpaku

Youmu is Yuyuko's servant. Yukari helps Youmu with lessons and advice every once in a while, like in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.

Saigyou Ayakashi

Yukari believed the tree ate too many human lives. She was always aware that Yuyuko's body was sealing it. It's possible Yukari is the one who sealed it using Yuyuko's body, herself.

Suika Ibuki

Yukari was Suika's friend before the oni went underground. It is unknown how or when they became friends. Yukari looks out for Suika in Immaterial and Missing Power and Suika does favors for Yukari, such as rebuilding the Hakurei Shrine in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody or helping to investigate the underground. The two play danmaku battles with each other, though it's been a while since the last one before Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. In Oriental Sacred Place Chapter 12, Yukari is with Suika at the Hakurei Shrine New Year's Festival.

Suika does get annoyed with Yukari's "dirty tricks", but doesn't go beyond snapping that they're dirty. Suika may know some of Yukari's secrets, as she's referred to Yukari's existence as fraudulent in Immaterial and Missing Power, and stated to Yukari that it was rare to see her "on this side of the world" in broad daylight.

Yuugi Hoshiguma

One of the oni (presumably Suika is another) that Yukari made a deal with. In exchange for keeping the evil spirits of former hell in control, Yukari would give them their own place in the Underworld and keep the overworld youkai from intruding. Unlike Suika, Yukari does not seem to have any personal attachments to Yuugi. As an aside, from Yukari's Immaterial and Missing Power ending, Yukari believes that if the oni ever do come back to Gensokyo, it must be gradual instead of all oni coming back at once.

Rinnosuke Morichika

Yukari and Rinnosuke mostly have a business arrangement. In exchange for fuel for his kerosene fan heater, Yukari takes merchandise she likes and occasionally provides information on items. While he is grateful, Rinnosuke also doesn't like dealing with her all that much and makes note of how ominous she seems. Although he can't remember it, Yukari once prevented Rinnosuke from being spirited away to the outside world.

Marisa Kirisame

Marisa first met Yukari in the Phantasm stage of Perfect Cherry Blossom, where she went after Yukari to get her to repair the boundary between Gensokyo and the Netherworld. All it resulted in, however, was Yukari playing a prank on Marisa by keeping Marisa up way past bedtime. Since then, Yukari drops by Marisa's house randomly, as pointed out by an annoyed Marisa in Seasonal Dream Vision and implied in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, where Marisa complains that Yukari never uses the door. In the case of Seasonal Dream Vision, it was because Yukari was curious as to Marisa's thoughts on the matter regarding the flower incident, so presumably many of Yukari's other visits to Marisa are for her own amusement, as well.

Other Minor or Unknown Meetings or Associations
Remilia Scarlet

Yukari uses Remilia as part of her scheme to extract the residence tax and get revenge on the Lunarians in Silent Sinner in Blue. Patchouli reveals Remilia knew she was manipulated but didn't care, because she was bored. Remilia herself has an unexplained rivalry of sorts with Yukari, wanting to get to the Moon in her own way before Yukari could to surprise her. This rivalry might be due to the power struggle mentioned in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense's Vampire article, possibly starting with the vampire incident. The rivalry is mostly friendly (and only Remilia seems to care), as Remilia has no objections to Yukari staying for the party at the end of Silent Sinner in Blue or assisting her with investigating in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.

Dialogues in Immaterial and Missing Power seems to imply they've already known each other before that game. It is possible they met at the vampire incident, and that Yukari was the one that signed "the contract" with Remilia.

Patchouli Knowledge

Patchouli first meets Yukari in her scenario in Immaterial and Missing Power. In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Yukari places her in charge of watching the underground in her victory quote to her. Patchouli later informs and urges her to act about the evil spirits coming out of the underground in Subterranean Animism's prologue. Yukari finally agrees to act because she "can't let them all just do whatever they want again". It is unknown (even to Patchouli) which incident Yukari is referring to (there are many possible ones). Patchouli continues to collaborate with Yukari regarding the underground, as she informs Yukari of the Palanquin Ship in a Touhou Hisoutensoku victory quote.

Eirin Yagokoro

Along with Reimu, Yukari confronted Eirin and Kaguya Houraisan to restore the full moon in Imperishable Night, making Yukari one of the few characters who knows they're from the moon. After the incident was resolved and the moon restored, the girls all had a round of moon viewing sake with each other.

Unknown to each other, Eirin and Yukari's own history actually goes back farther than that. As mentioned by Watatsuki no Toyohime at the end of chapter 17 of Silent Sinner in Blue, one thousand years ago Eirin set up a trap to catch someone who'd try to invade the moon. Yukari was well aware of the trap, apparently having already triggered it before (assuming her "make-believe" story in Cage in Lunatic Runagate actually happened). She seems to bear a grudge against the Lunarian sage (Eirin) that set it, referring to her as "the much-despised Lunarian sage".

However, Yukari hasn't realized who Eirin is. Neither of them make special note of each other in Imperishable Night and are amicable with each other in the ending. Near the end of Silent Sinner in Blue, Yukari remarks to Ran Yakumo that she's unsure if "the Brain of the Moon" had actually settled on earth. Yukari suspects Eirin is a spy for the Moon.

The final chapter of Cage in Lunatic Runagate reveals that Yukari orchestrated the events primarily to teach Eirin to fear the unknown, likely because those who live as humans in Gensokyo are supposed to fear the youkai (as stated in Yukari's lecture to Ran earlier about the aliens).

Eiki Shiki

When Yukari senses Eiki Shiki approaching in Seasonal Dream Vision, she and Yuyuko leave immediately, as even together, they were no match for the yama (note that the context in the Japanese can possibly be read as "pointless to argue with"). Perfect Memento in Strict Sense notes that most long-lived youkai were assisted by Eiki at least once and avoid her due to her lectures.

Alice Margatroid

For whatever reason, Alice is willing to confront Yukari in Immaterial and Missing Power despite otherwise avoiding strong youkai such as Remilia Scarlet and Yuyuko Saigyouji. Yukari also set up Alice's dolls off-page to allow for long-range communications in Subterranean Animism. Her dialogue towards Yukari in Immaterial and Missing Power shows that they knew each other before then. Like most characters, Alice is still suspicious of Yukari by default. Alice is aware of various youkai roles and agreements that Yukari is constantly preaching. Yukari also harshly scolds Alice in Alice's 2nd bad ending in Immaterial and Missing Power, much to everyone else's entertainment.

Keine Kamishirasawa

They met and fought at the Human Village in Imperishable Night. Keine's ability to hide history has no effect on Yukari, who didn't even know she was using her ability in the first place. It is unexplained why, but history and reality are mentioned regarding Yukari so often that there are many possible reasons. Yukari also disliked Keine for being a human-faced beast.

Fujiwara no Mokou

Yukari and Reimu fought Mokou in Imperishable Night's Extra stage.

Three Fairies of Light

Yukari met the fairies in a continuation of chapter 0 in Eastern and Little Nature Deity chapter 5, asking if she could join in on their pranks. They ran away from her. Later, in Strange and Bright Nature Deity, Yukari needed to repair a tree that was part of the Hakurei Border. She did so by moving the three fairies into it, but only after testing that they were too weak to cause serious trouble. They failed the test with flying colors, so Yukari let them move in. Sunny's ability to reflect some of Yukari's danmaku did impress her a bit.

Additional Information

Trivia

  • A silhouette of Yukari occupies the front of Perfect Cherry Blossom's jewel case.
  • For some reason, Yukari's appearance in spell card 222 in Imperishable Night is different from other characters. Instead of using the new image in Imperishable Night, a modified image from Perfect Cherry Blossom is used (she has blue ribbons instead). What is more strange is that the background used in the spellcard, which is also from Perfect Cherry Blossom, uses Yukari's original cut-in image with red ribbons. Yukari's sprite in Shoot the Bullet also sports blue ribbons.
    Spell Card 222
  • Although not explicitly stated, Yukari is commonly considered one of the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo, although a few other youkai like Suika Ibuki and Yuugi Hoshiguma have been considered to be around her level. However, she might still lose spellcard battles to humans or youkai. Yukari does refer to Eiki Shiki and Watatsuki no Toyohime as being stronger than she is, and tries to avoid direct confrontations with them.
    • Regardless of her power, Yukari appears to be the most well-informed being in Gensokyo of any kind, and usually achieves her goals through manipulating events rather than direct combat.
  • She is the only Phantasm boss in the series. Her status as "8th boss", however, is matched by Komachi Onozuka and exceeded by Eiki Shiki (Phantasmagoria of Flower View having 9 stages); Reimu can also become a stage 8 or 9 boss in Phantasmagoria of Flower View (if playing as Komachi or Eiki respectively) or a stage 8 boss in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (if playing as Tenshi).
  • There is a train service in Japan called やくも ("Yakumo").
  • In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, one of Yukari's spell card spawns a train to mow her opponent down. The graphic of the train is based on an actual existing train 長野電鉄木島線3500系 (Nagano Electric Railway Kijima line 3500 series), a train used to run in Nagano: ZUN's homeland.[19]
    Yukari's different color palettes from Touhou Hisoutensoku. The 2nd one corresponds to her second color palette in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, while the 3rd one corresponds to her Immaterial and Missing Power palette.
  • The Gensokyo Record in Perfect Cherry Blossom's prologue says that the original Gensokyo boundary (presumably the first "boundary between inside and outside" mentioned in Yukari's Perfect Memento in Strict Sense article) was created by priests, but ZUN said in his e-mails that the Gensokyo Record is not reliable, and that only the long lived youkai knows the true history of Gensokyo. The Akyuu firmly believes Yukari was involved and Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 26's prologue states that Yukari being its actual creator is an ongoing rumor.
  • Ran tells Remilia Scarlet in Silent Sinner in Blue chapter 3 that Yukari invaded the moon to procure its secret of power to improve the youkai quality of life. This is probably the official reason Yukari gave all youkai for the war, as otherwise, Remilia could confirm Ran Yakumo was lying just by asking around. However, privately, in Cage in Lunatic Runagate Chapter 5, Yukari reveals to Ran that she knew it was impossible for the beings of Earth to ever win a direct confrontation against the Lunarians. It is never stated when Yukari made this realization, so it is possible she knew this even before the first Genso-Lunar War. In addition, The last chapter of Cage in Lunatic Runagate has the line, "While it was Yukari who led the invasion that had convincingly failed more than one thousand years ago,". The word "convincingly" could imply it was staged. If this was the case, then presumably the outcome where youkai decided to stop expanding beyond Gensokyo was Yukari's true intent.
  • It is not stated who sealed the Saigyou Ayakashi. It was someone who held Yuyuko Saigyouji very dear, judging by the record ("My wish... is that she will never again reincarnate, and never again suffer pain..."). Yuyuko's profile describes the hypothetical breaking of the seal as "breaching the boundary". The boundary sealing the Saigyou Ayakashi is apparently the boundary between life and death, as this is what the BGM that plays during the Saigyou Ayakashi's reflowering represents. Boundary of Life and Death is one of Yukari's spell cards. This possibly implies it was Yukari who sealed the Saigyou Ayakashi. Yukari's profile reveals she knew all along that Yuyuko's body was sealing it, and gives a clear motive, as the tree was killing too many humans. As another possible indication, The Grimoire of Marisa brings up the butterfly dream regarding Yuyuko's spell card during the Saigyou Ayakashi's reflowering, which is a theme associated with Yukari.
  • Regarding the vampire incident in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, it is not stated who were the powerful youkai that defeated the vampire, who signed the contract with the vampire, or who was the one who wrote the original draft of the Spell Card rules that came afterwards (as it was also written on youkai contract paper, Hieda no Akyuu feels it wasn't the Shrine Maiden). However, the colophon at the end reveals that Yukari wrote a work called "Vampire Pact". This possibly implies her involvement in at least one of these things (if not all three).
  • Yukari edited Perfect Memento in Strict Sense and was one of its major sources, according to Memorizable Gensokyo, yet did not confirm her involvement in the above events. One common thread regarding them seems to be that they primarily benefited humans, not youkai (besides possibly the vampire contract, but it went so overboard towards protecting humans that youkai complained to the shrine maiden).

Fanon

  • Popular fan-nicknames for Yukari include "Sukima" ("gap"), "Yukarin" (a contraction of "Yukari-chan"), and "Babaa" (ババァ, roughly, "old hag," also BBA for short). The last one has been in use because she is known as one of the oldest youkai in Gensokyo. It must be warned that neither "Babaa" nor "BBA" are positive nicknames at all, and many Yukari fans probably hate it.
  • Yukari is associated with Maribel Hearn by fans due to the related nature of their abilities, the "ability to manipulate boundaries" and the "ability to see boundaries", although their exact relationship is never directly stated. When asked what their relationship was, ZUN said a cryptic remark about Lafcadio Hearn, a writer from the past who changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo. This confirms there is a relationship and it's analogous to Lafcadio Hearn (and if directly analogous, Maribel and Yukari may actually be the same person or related).[20] See Maribel Hearn's page for details.
  • In some fanworks, Yukari insists on being 17 years old. Usage in fanworks is possibly a parody of Kikuko Inoue, who claims that she is 17 years old despite being way over that age. Musou Kakyou: A Summer Day's Dream casts Kikuko Inoue as the narrator (probably Yukari), in a nod to this in-joke.
  • There are several running gags involving her in fan works. One plays on the fact that she sleeps a lot and leaves most of her work to her shikigami Ran. Another plays on her relatively old age compared to most of the characters in Gensokyo, with other characters calling her "old hag".
  • Yukari is also often depicted with Kanako Yasaka and Eirin Yagokoro. This is due to their family names containing the character (Ya) which, when misread, can mean old hag.
  • Yukari is sometimes seen riding on top of a train in fan-made videos, likely due to her most powerful spellcard in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and Touhou Hisoutensoku, in which she summons a train to run over her opponent.
  • Yukari has been compared to (and depicted cosplaying as) Sheryl Nome of Macross Frontier fame, something which became hilarious in hindsight when Sheryl's voice actress, Aya Endo, voiced Yukari in Koumajou Densetsu II: Stranger's Requiem.
  • Due to te fact she sleeps alot, fans tend to depict her as lazy, which is somewhat true (she did perform her tasks for awhile before she got a shikigami) and some fans depict her as nocturnal or crepuscular because she is mostly active during dusk or the night (from sunset to a little after sunup).
  • Yukari's fighting game sprites depict her hair as being tied up underneath of her hat, and also depict her as wearing red Mary Jane shoes with no pantyhose or with white pantyhose, whereas her Imperishable Night portrait depicts her hair being down, depicts her to be wearing black Mary Jane shoes, and depicts her to be wearing ankle-high white socks with a trim lacing. Some fans say that these two different alterations to Yukari's outfit and hair are actually different outfits entirely, thus when Yukari's hair is tied up under her hat and she is in her non-Perfect Cherry Blossom clothing, she has to have red shoes and pantyhose or no pantyhose. On the other hand, when Yukari's hair is down, she has to have black Mary Jane shoes and socks.
  • Some fanart depicts Yukari to be wearing a combination of her Perfect Cherry Blossom dress and her Curiosities of Lotus Asia dress.
  • In fanart, Yukari's fan is sometimes drawn to have Yuyuko Saigyouji's "fan" on her own.
  • Due to the fact she sleeps and was sleeping at the time she encountered Reimu (canonically), some fans interperate her outfit in PCB as a nightgown and she's protrayed in one, also she's often drawn without shoes only socks or stockings.

Spell Cards

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 47
結界「夢と現の呪」 Barrier "Curse of Dreams and Reality" PCB
GoM
St. Ph
結界「動と静の均衡」 Barrier "Balance of Motion and Stillness" PCB St. Ph
結界「光と闇の網目」 Barrier "Mesh of Light and Darkness" PCB
GoM
St. Ph
罔両「ストレートとカーブの夢郷」 Evil Spirits "Dreamland of Straight and Curve" PCB St. Ph
罔両「八雲紫の神隠し」 Evil Spirits "Yukari Yakumo's Spiriting Away" PCB St. Ph
罔両「禅寺に棲む妖蝶」 Evil Spirits "Bewitching Butterfly Living in the Zen Temple" PCB St. Ph
魍魎「二重黒死蝶」 Sinister Spirits "Double Black Death Butterfly" PCB
GoM
St. Ph
式神「八雲藍」 Shikigami "Ran Yakumo" PCB
IaMP
SWR
GoM
St. Ph
Use
Use
「人間と妖怪の境界」 "Boundary of Humans and Youkai" PCB St. Ph
結界「生と死の境界」 Barrier "Boundary of Life and Death" PCB St. Ph
紫奥義「弾幕結界」 Yukari's Arcanum "Danmaku Barrier" PCB
GoM
St. Ph
境符「四重結界」 Border Sign "Quadruple Barrier" IaMP
IN
SWR
Use
Use
結界「魅力的な四重結界」 Barrier "Charming Quadruple Barrier" IaMP
SWR
Use
Use
式神「八雲藍+」 Shikigami "Ran Yakumo +" IaMP Use
境符「二次元と三次元の境界」 Border Sign "Boundary of 2D and 3D" IaMP
SWR
Use
Use
結界「客観結界」 Barrier "Objective Barrier" IaMP
SWR
Use
Use
符の壱「四重結界」 Sign I "Quadruple Barrier" IaMP Story
符の弐「八雲卍傘」 Sign II "Manji-Parasol of Yakumo" IaMP Story
符の参「八雲藍」 Sign III "Ran Yakumo" IaMP Story
外力「無限の超高速飛行体」 Outer Force "Infinite Superspeed Flying Object" IaMP Story
幻想「第一種永久機関」 Fantasy "Perpetual Motion Machine of the First Kind" IaMP
GoM
Story
境界「永夜四重結界」 Boundary "Quadruple Barrier of the Imperishable Night" IN Use
「深弾幕結界 -夢幻泡影-」 "Profound Danmaku Barrier -Phantasm, Foam and Shadow-" IN LW
境符「色と空の境界」 Border Sign "Boundary of Form and Emptiness" StB St. Ex
境符「波と粒の境界」 Border Sign "Boundary of Wave and Particle" StB
GoM
St. Ex
式神「橙」 Shikigami "Chen" SWR Use
幻巣「飛光虫ネスト」 Fantasy Nest "Flying Noctilucae's Nest" SWR
SWR
Use
Story
空餌「中毒性のあるエサ」 Aerial Bait "Addictive Bait" SWR Use
廃線 「ぶらり廃駅下車の旅」 Abandoned Line "Aimless Journey to the Abandoned Station" SWR Use
光弾「ドップラーエフェクト」 Photon "Doppler Effect" SWR Story
捌器「全てを二つに別ける物」 Splitter "Thing That Splits All Into Two" SWR Story
空餌「狂躁高速飛行物体」 Aerial Bait "Hyperactive High Speed Flying Object" SWR Story
「八雲の巣」 "Yakumo's Nest" SWR Story
魔眼「ラプラスの魔」 Magic Eye "Laplace's Demon" Soku Use
「不可能弾幕結界」 "Impossible Danmaku Barrier" ISC St. 10
「運鈍根の捕物帖」 "Casebook of Luck, Resilience and Perseverance" ISC St. 10
「無人廃線車両爆弾」 "Unmanned Abandoned Railroad Car Bomb" AoCF Use
式神「八雲藍&橙」 Shikigami "Ran Yakumo & Chen" AoCF Use
境界「溢れ出る漂流物」 Boundary "Overflowing Flotsam" AoCF Use
*その綺麗な足をくれ!* *Lend Me Those Beautiful Legs!* AoCF Use-LW
憑坐 (マスター) の憂鬱」 "Spirit Medium's (Master's) Melancholy" AoCF Story
「完全憑依と夢想封印」 "Perfect Possession and Dream Seal" Co-owner with Reimu AoCF Story
憑坐 (マスター) 神霊 (スレイブ) の境界」 "Boundary of Spirit Medium (Master) and Divine Spirit (Slave) " Co-owner with Reimu AoCF Story
「秘神結界」 "Secret God Barrier" Co-owner with Okina VD Nightmare Saturday - 1
「弾幕結界を撃ち抜け!」 "Shoot the Danmaku Barrier!" Co-owner with Marisa VD Nightmare Saturday - 4
「許可無く弾幕は撮影禁止です」 "Unauthorized Danmaku Photography is Strictly Prohibited" Co-owner with Reimu VD
GoU
Nightmare Saturday - 6
紙符「結界中のESPカード手裏剣」 Paper Sign "Barrier-Enclosed Zener Card Shuriken" Co-owner with Sumireko VD Nightmare Diary - 3

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Official Profiles

Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt

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Yukari Yakumo PCB  ○神隠しの主犯

  八雲 紫(やくも・ゆかり)

  春になると目が覚めるすきま妖怪。
  主に、あらゆる境界を操る程度の能力を持つ。

  幽々子とは旧知の仲であるが、別に幽霊ではない。幻想郷の中でも、もっとも辺境にひっそりと棲む妖怪である。ここから、博麗大結界を見つつ暮らしている。

  たまに幻想郷に人間が紛れ込むのも、紫が境界に揺らぎをつくったりするからである。人間は神隠しと呼ぶ現象も、結局神の仕業ではなく、この妖怪少女の仕業だと知ってしまったら、何の神秘性も失われる事だろう。

  紫は普段は余り動くことは無く、代わりに式神の藍を操り生活をしている。でも殆どが睡眠時間の為、寝ている間は藍はほったらかしで、何をしているか良く知らない。

  その式神の藍が何者かにやられた事を聞き、ちょっと驚いたが二度寝をした。

  ニ度寝から目を覚ましたとき、ようやく、あたり一面がすっかり春になっていたことに気が付いた。実は10日程も前から春になっていたのだが、そのことを寝る度に忘れ、起きるたびに驚いていたのだ。

  藍の修復が完了するまで、おちおち寝てもいられないなぁ、と思いつつ三度寝をする。

  そんなときに、今回の騒動で薄くなった幽明の境を修復して欲しいと幽々子から依頼を受ける。自分で弱くしておいて修復もへったくれも無いな、と思いつつ眠い目を擦り出発する。

  久しぶりに冥界に訪れた紫は、妙な賑わいぶりに不思議に思う。西行寺家はもっと静かじゃなかったか?と思ったが、幽々子の趣味が変ったんだろうと勝手に納得した。

  途中で庭師の妖夢に会い、詳しく事情を聞いた。妖夢の話し振りではどうやら酷い目に遭ったらしいが、紫にはどう聞いても自業自得にしか聴こえなかった。


  皆、あの妖怪桜に狂わされていただけの様に見える。あの桜は人の精気を吸いすぎている。常々危険だと思っていた。思ってはいたが、自分の力ではどうしようも無い事も分っていた。
  紫は幽々子が生きていた頃から知っている。実は、幽々子が妖怪桜に封印されているのではなく、幽々子の亡骸が妖怪桜を封印している、という事も。

Mastermind behind the spiriting away

Yukari Yakumo

The youkai of boundaries, who awakens at spring.
Mainly, she possess the ability to manipulate all sorts of boundaries.

She and Yuyuko have known each other for a long time, but Yukari is not a ghost. She lives in the remotest place in Gensokyo. Her lifestyle involves a lot of staring at the Hakurei Border.

When humans from the outer world wander into Gensokyo, it's all thanks to fluctuations in the boundary caused by Yukari. There is an enchanting element about the phenomenon which people like to call "Spirited Away"; if it is ever discovered that spiriting away is not the work of gods, but the meddling of a youkai girl, the term will lose all of its mystique.

Yukari usually doesn't act on her own, preferring instead to have Ran handle the details of daily life. But, since she is almost always asleep, she has no idea what Ran does while she sleeps.

When she heard that Ran had been defeated by someone, she became mildly surprised before going back to sleep.

After waking up from her nap, she finally noticed that spring had graced her place of residence. The truth is that spring had been around for the past 10 days, but she forgot it whenever she went to bed and woke up just as surprised the next time.

She couldn't sleep carelessly until Ran fully recovered, but she opted to sleep on the problem.

The next time she woke up, she received a request from Yuyuko asking her to restore the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead. It was a ridiculous request since Yuyuko was the one who weakened it to begin with, so Yukari rubbed the sleep from her eyes and set out for repairs.

It had been quite a while since Yukari's last visit to the Netherworld, and she was curious to see that it was bustling with excitement. She thought the Saigyouji family were more quiet, laid-back folks, but she shrugged and decided Yuyuko had just had a change in taste.

She met the gardener, Youmu, along the way and heard about the situation. Youmu admitted that they seemed to be in quite a mess, but it sounded like well-earned punishment to Yukari.


Everyone always seemed to be bent out of shape about that youkai cherry tree, and nothing else. Surely, it had drained the spirit from too many human lives. Yukari knew it was dangerous. However, she realized there was nothing she could do about it.

Yukari had known Yuyuko since before her death. She also knew that it was not Yuyuko who was sealed by the Saigyou Ayakashi...

... but that it was Yuyuko's body that was sealing the Saigyou Ayakashi.

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Immaterial and Missing Power - 上海アリス通信.txt

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Yukari Yakumo IaMP  ○幻想の境界

  八雲 紫(やくもゆかり)

  種族:妖怪
  住処:不明
  能力:境界を操る程度の能力

   幻想郷の妖怪。文字通り妖しくて怪しい。幻想郷の境にある屋敷にすむと言うが、その場所は知られていない。何故か外の世界にも詳しい。
  非常に胡散臭い。

   性格は理解不能だが、決して良い物ではないという所はは誰もが認める所である。出来る限りなら会いたくないと思われている。普段は霊夢位しかまともに相手をしてくれない。

   体術も、人間の基準とは異なる動きをする。速くもなく重くもない。
  強いのか弱いのかすら計り知れない。遊ばれている様に見える紫の行動は、例え勝ったとしてもなんか腹立たしい。

   しかしながら、彼女ほど幻想郷と真摯に接し、幻想郷を愛している者もいない。

*Border of Phantasm

Yukari Yakumo

Species: Youkai
Location: Unknown
Ability: Manipulate boundaries

A youkai living in Gensokyo. As these letters (妖怪) tell, she is dubious and suspicious. It's said that she lives in a mansion located at the edge of Gensokyo, but nobody knows where it really is. For some reason she knows a lot about the outside world too.
That makes her very suspicious.

Her personality is hardly understandable, but everyone agrees that it's not something pleasant. Many people don't want to meet her, if possible. Usually, only Reimu bothers to deal with her.

Her fighting style is completely different from a human's measure. It's neither fast nor heavy-hitting. It is uncertain whether she is really tough or not. Her attitude makes you think as if you're being teased by her, which is really irritating even if you manage to defeat her.

However, no one can match her in sincerely caring about Gensokyo, and loving it with all her heart.

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Imperishable Night - Manual

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Yukari Yakumo IN  ○境界の妖怪 八雲 紫(やくもゆかり)

  幻想郷の境に住む妖怪。
  境界を操る程度の能力を持つ。どの位長く生きているのか不明だが幻想郷の歴史よりは長いはず。
  誰から見ても心が読めない性格は、長く生きる者特有の嫌味を感じない。
  割と近寄りがたいが、その理由は威圧感と言うより、胡散臭さにある。
  一人の式神を遣い、雑用を任せっきり。本人は気楽なものである。
  式神はある意味人質を取られてる様なもんだからたまんない。
  境界(結界)を操る事がどれだけ危険で強大な力なのかは計り知れない。
  紫の様なちょっと変わった妖怪か、力の重圧に耐えられる者で無いとその力は扱えないのだ。

  武器は式神。道具扱い。

    備考
    今回は霊夢と組む。
    高速移動は単独使用時のみの性能である。
    式神に任せっきりの人生。式神は一度ロックすれば、ショットを止めるか敵が死ぬまで
    ロックしっぱなしになる。ただし、最初のロックはある程度正面の敵しかロックしない。
    まったりこそ人生、という人向け。

Youkai of Boundaries, Yukari Yakumo

A youkai living at the edge of Gensokyo.
She possess the ability manipulate boundaries. It is uncertain how long she has been alive, but her existence at least predates the history of Gensokyo itself.
Her personality is hard to understand; unlike other long-lived entities, she displays none of the bitterness commonly associated with old age. She is difficult to approach, but that's due more to her deviousness than any uneasy feeling that people may have around her.
She owns one shikigami, and lets her shikigami do all her daily chores for her. Yukari herself always leads an easy life. From that shikigami's perspective, it's like her master is holding her hostage, so it's quite maddening.
The danger and potency of the power to manipulate boundaries is beyond imagination. It's something that can only be controlled by those who are able to withstand its stress, or some weirdo youkai like Yukari.

A shikigami is a potent weapon. Yukari treats hers like an item.

Notes
She teams up with Reimu this time.
Normal speed only applies when she's used as a solo character.
As in daily life, she leaves all the work to her shikigami. Once locked on to a target, her shikigami pursues and attacks it until either Yukari stops shooting or the target falls.
Be aware that you must move in front of an enemy to acquire a target lock.
Recommended for players who believe that a laid-back life is best.

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Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt

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Yukari Yakumo IN  ○境目に潜む妖怪

  八雲 紫(やくも ゆかり)
  Yukari Yakumo

  種族:妖怪
  能力:境界を操る程度の能力

  幻想郷の境の何処かにすむ妖怪。
  境自体は普通の人には見えない為、何処に住んでいるのか不明。
  最低でも同じ境上にある神社ではない。

  幻想郷に住む妖怪の中では、かなり昔から存在し力も強大である。今では幻想郷そのもののことを良く知っている者は、妖怪の中でも数少ない。彼女は胡散臭く見られるが、それは人間っぽさが少なく、行動が理解出来ない所為でもある。その能力は、困ったら簡単に幻想郷を潰す事もできる危険な妖怪でもある。

Youkai that lurks in the boundary


Yukari Yakumo

Species: Youkai
Ability: Manipulating boundaries

She lives somewhere on the boundary between Gensokyo and the outer world. Since most people can't see the border, no one is certain exactly where she lives. They know only that she does not live near the Hakurei Shrine, which is also located on the boundary.

She is one of the oldest beings in Gensokyo and has the power to prove it. Gensokyo's origins have been long forgotten by humans and even most youkai, but it seems that she still remembers some part of it. She is often described as devious; that's mainly because she doesn't think like a human, so others find her actions quite difficult to comprehend. She easily has enough power to annihilate all of Gensokyo if she so desires, so it's probably a good thing that she is somewhat weird...

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Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - chara.html

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Yukari Yakumo SWR   ○幻想の境界

  八雲 紫(やくも ゆかり)

  種族 : 妖怪
  住家 : 幻想郷と外との境界にあるといわれる家
  能力 : 境界を操る程度の能力
  性格 : 冷静にして人に避けられやすい

Border of Fantasy

Yukari Yakumo

Race: youkai
Residence: said to be a house outside the borders of Gensokyo
Ability: Manipulating boundaries
Personality: very collected, and easily off-putting

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Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt

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 ○境界の妖怪

  八雲 紫(やくも ゆかり)
  Yakumo Yukari

  種族:妖怪
  能力:境界を操る程度の能力

  普段は何処にいるのかよく判らない神出鬼没の妖怪。
  今回は会話できる陰陽玉を作った。

  地底は地上の妖怪達とは違う社会を築いているので、余り干渉したがらない。突然の怨霊の出現に戸惑う。
  何か大きな異変だったら嫌だなと、影響力の小さい霊夢に調査を依頼した。

The youkai of boundaries


Yukari Yakumo

Species: youkai
Ability: Manipulating boundaries

A youkai who comes and goes where she pleases; no-one ever seems to know where she is.
This time, she's made yin-yang orbs that let you talk to her.

Since the underground youkai have built up a society separate from that of the youkai above ground, she doesn't seem to want to interfere. The sudden appearance of the evil spirits puzzled her. She didn't want it to turn into some major event, so she sent Reimu, who had relatively little influence on things, to investigate.

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Yukari Yakumo MAGNet interview ・ちょっとボスらしく戦闘

 モードに。(式神使役モード)
・藍が中華風なのは紫が
 中華風だからです。
・髪は長髪だが、戦闘モード
 ではキャップの中に詰めてあります。
・ちょっと複雑すぎるかもしれないですが
・側面(うで無)
・チャイナ部分
・チャイナ取り除き
・家の中では帽子はかけない

· In battle mode, kind of like a boss. (Shikigami Deployment Mode)

· Ran is in Chinese style because Yukari is in Chinese style.
· Her hair is long, but in battle mode she has it tucked in her cap.
· Maybe this is a little too complex.
· Side view (without her arms).
· The Chinese part.
· Without the Chiense part.
· She doesn't wear the cap when inside houses.

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References

  1. As indicated by Ran and Chen's titles
  2. Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red - Yukari
  3. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Yukari Yakumo "There is an article in the Youkai Encyclopedia from Aichi's Gensokyo Chronicle from long ago that seems to describe her."
  4. Curiosities of Lotus Asia/Chapter_26
  5. Perfect Cherry Blossom/Translation/Afterword Song #14, which plays during the Ayakashi's reflowering, states it is a boundary between life and death. See Trivia for further clarification
  6. Perfect Cherry Blossom: Yuyuko and Yukari's profiles. Applies to the entire paragraph
  7. Cage in Lunatic Runagate/Last_Chapter "Yukari... Yakumo, am I right?" Toyohime joined in the conversation. It seemed she understood something upon hearing that name.
  8. Cage in Lunatic Runagate Chapter 7. "When Ran said "as you know," she was referring to when Lady Yuyuko witnessed this event herself."
  9. Cage in Lunatic Runagate Last Chapter. "Yuyuko had simply one reason for her theft. It was to obtain revenge on the crushing defeat the Watatsukis levied on them so long ago without involving the rest of the Lunarians."
  10. Silent Sinner in Blue chapter 3. Ran's conversation with Remilia
  11. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Yukari Yakumo The Genso Lunar War section. See Trivia for evidence regarding Yukari knowing the youkai would lose.
  12. Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 22 "This doesn’t mean that Yukari Yakumo is the youkai that made this armillary sphere. Most likely, she's the one who came with the names of the constellations written on the armillary sphere. In other words, I think she’s the one that made the constellations."
  13. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Yukari Yakumo Anecdotes about this youkai
  14. Perfect Cherry Blossom Reimu B Ending. Yuyuko comments that she doesn't think even Yukari could have made the Hakurei barrier by herself.
  15. Subterranean Animism/Translation/Reimu_and_Yukari's_Scenario "I promised not to let any youkai from above down here. And then you all built a great city underground. But, in return I believe you promised to make sure the evil spirits underground would remain pacified."
  16. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Ran Yakumo "This fox is merely making sure no untoward changes occur in Gensokyo, that the border experiences no degradation and performing other such checks. These duties were originally performed by Yukari Yakumo, but it seems that Yukari grew tired of them and Ran now performs them in her stead."
  17. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Colophon
  18. Subterranean Animism, Imperishable Night and Silent Sinner in Blue
  19. ぶらり廃駅下車の旅 - ニコニコ大百科 the Nicopedia page of her spell card "Abandoned Line 'Aimless Journey to the Abandoned Station'" (Japanese).
  20. ZUN (19 Februari, 2005). "Doujin Barrier: The Work Called Touhou and the Fantasy of Game Creation" (in Japanese). Nagoya's Toukai High School: coolier. Retrieved 21 September, 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate=, |date= (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)