Touhou Character Discussions - 4 Anonymous 2025/10/16 (Thu) 23:51
No. 18683
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Since the last thread (>>18276) has reached bump limit, let's continue the customary character discussions in a new thread. Just like before, every week, everyone will vote for a new Touhou character to discuss. If you have anything at all to say, or just enjoy thinking and talking about Touhou, by all means, share your thoughts. If you want to comment on a character that has been discussed previously, you can use >>17770 The Irregular Character Discussions Thread.
You can comment with your interpretation of the character's personality and outlook, your opinion on what they stand for, story ideas you have for them — anything goes. This is a writing-focused board, but no specific angle or approach is mandatory. You don't have to write a lot either — a small message is just as good, just make sure it's something fellow participants can latch onto or expand upon. As well as just sharing your thoughts, please don't forget to engage with other posters. It's fun to read what others have to say, and starting a conversation helps you shape and enrich your own view.
Apart from the obvious, here are some things you might want to consider:
The boss fight, if there is one — there can be a lot of personality to things like spellcard names and bullet patterns.
The music theme — to help you set the mood, at least!
The character design — visuals are the first thing you see and what you remember them by, after all.
The mythological/cultural inspiration — it can fill in a lot of blanks in an interesting way.
Changes over time — whether in the source material or the fandom.
That's just to get you thinking.
But either way, don't be afraid to speak up. Happy discussing!
New character? Anonymous 2025/10/16 (Thu) 23:57
No. 18684
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For the new thread's first vote, let's have:
[x] Kurodani Yamame
[x] Kicchou Yachie
[x] Iizunamaru Megumu
While we were talking about Reimu and the lost qilin, Marisa decided to run off on an adventure without warning, but she should come back to us eventually...
By the way, it has to be asked: which voting format do you prefer, based on the previous thread - cycling through groups of three in voted order or gradually replacing characters as they are voted for?
Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 00:18
No. 18685
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[x] Iizunamaru Megumu
[x] cycling through groups of three in voted order
Nooo Marisa come back...
I might need a Megumu discussion for reasons.
Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 00:22
No. 18686
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[x] Iizunamaru Megumu
Yamame has been experiencing a fandom renaissance lately, and I haven't researched any of these 2hus, but I'll have to choose the 10gu.
Here's a picture of her relative(?) for reference.
Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 00:24
No. 18687
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[x] Kurodani Yamame
ze spaider
Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 05:33
No. 18691
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[x] Iizunamaru Megumu
I kinda like the fanon building up around Megumu.
Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 06:45
No. 18692
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[x] Iizunamaru Megumu
I prefer the gradual replacement.
Character 48 - Iizunamaru Megumu Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 22:54
No. 18694
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Starting anew with Iizunamaru Megumu.
Quite a robust, reference-heavy character. There is a lot to look into with her, but also a lot to expand upon. In many ways, she's great for modern-era fanworks, don't you think? By the way, her name is (a very weird nanori reading of the kanji for) "Dragon". What does that have to do with anything? I wonder...
Anonymous 2025/10/17 (Fri) 23:54
No. 18695
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>>18694
I feel like Megumu is a relatively popular modern era windows character. I think this is in part due to how well she contrasts with Aya. Megumu is lazy with her articles, single-mindedly attempts to concentrate wealth and power to the tengu, proud and boisterous, is second only to the Tenma, and despite her underhandedness works within the bounds of what's considered acceptable in Gensokyo. While Aya is a lower ranked, proud but more reserved journalist who despite consonantly chaffing against the social order and politics of Genskyo, earnestly tries her best to succeed by her society's standards despite her own politics being rather old fashioned and conservative by the standards of Gensokyo.
Despite all of that, she can be surprising gentle and kind to those she considers friends. She even seems to be entirely fooled by Tsukasa's act and seems to think the fox is a loyal, trustworthy, and straightforward steward. So despite her underhandedness, there's an earnest cute side to her, and considering her fortune slip I think that carries into her views of romance as well.
Due to how much she contrasts to Aya, I like to imagine she's actually the younger of the two, which would make her a young energetic relative given the position of Great Tengu due to nepotism. In this case she'd probably be niece or something like that to her mythological inspiration Izuna Gongen. In addition to that point, I'd probably cast her as someone more liberal, or perhaps just falling in line with the progressive liberal sensibilities of the current political climate in Gensokyo.
I'd love to see a total combat maniac like her in a fighting game.
