Strange Creators of Outer World/Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo/Kogasa Tatara

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Who's Who of Humans & Youkai - Dusk Edition

Minamitsu Murasa

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	多 (た) 々 (た) 良 (ら) 小 (こ) 傘 (がさ)	Kogasa Tatara

ZUN	ZUN
「星蓮船」組の中でも、ストーリーとほぼ関係の無いキャラクターです。妖怪のイメージとして描かれることの多い唐傘お化けですが、これといった物語もないことが多いですよね。このゲームの登場の仕方もそんな感じです。	Even focusing on just the UFO group, she has very little to do with the story. Karakasa-obake are often described as one's mental impression of a youkai, but they often don't have any legends around them. That's basically Kogasa's ingame appearance.
唐傘お化けは一ツ目で一本足の妖怪ですが、そのままデザインすると幻想郷では浮いてしまって可哀想なので、オッドアイという特徴に落ち着きました。	The Karakasa-obake is a one-eyed, one-legged youkai, but if I were to design it as it, it'd just float through Gensokyo looking pitiful, so I settled on a girl with Heterochromia.

Illustrator あずまあや	Illustrator Aya Azuma
お茶目なイメージがあるので、表情含め全体的にコミカルにしがちです。そして脚を見せる構図にもしがちです。主張強めの傘とキャラの可愛さのバランスを取るのが難しいですが、描いていて楽しい所でもあります。	She's got a mischievous image, so she's pretty comical overall, down to the facial expressions. Also, she's often placed in compositions that show off her legs. It was difficult to balance the cuteness of the character and the assertiveness of a strong umbrella, but drawing this scene was incredibly fun.

Character Data 種族：付喪神 活動場所：人間の里、命蓮寺、博麗神社、守矢神社など 主な能力：人間を驚かす程度の能力 登場作品：『東方星蓮船』ほか	Character Data Species: Tsukumogami Place of Activity: Human Village, Myouren Temple, Hakurei Shrine, Moriya Shrine, etc. Main Abilities: Ability to surprise humans Appearances: "Undefined Fantastic Object," etc.
Spell Cards 大輪「ハオウフォゴットンワールド」 驚雨「ゲリラ台風」	Spell Cards Large Ring "Hello Forgotten World" Surprising Rain "Guerrilla Typhoon"
Personality 小傘は古びた傘に神霊が宿って妖怪となった付喪神だ。「星蓮船」２面で初登場した際には、珍しく空を飛ぶ通りがかりの人間を驚かせようとしたが、相手は別件で稼働中の妖怪退治の専門家だった。以降も、なにかしらの現場に特に関係なく現れてはひどい目にあうことが多い。	Personality Kogasa is a tsukumogami that became a youkai after a divine spirit came to inhabit an old umbrella. When she first appeared in the 2nd stage of Undefined Fantastic Object, she was trying to surprise a peculiar human she encountered flying through the sky, but her opponent was a youkai extermination specialist, who was focused on a different matter. Even after that, she's often met with a very bad experience whenever she appears, regardless of her relation to the current situation.
人間を驚かせることがイマイチなためになかなか驚いてもらえない。実は鍛冶が得意で霊夢が妖怪退治に使う針を修繕したこともあるが、その直した針で酷い目にあうなど全体的に不憫な立ち位置にいる。	She's not good at surprising humans since her presence isn't very surprising. However, she's a very good blacksmith, even repairing the needles that Reimu uses to exterminate youkai, but Reimu gave her a bad time with those needles, so she's in an unfortunate position nonetheless.