Kosuzu Motoori

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Bibliophile with a Deciphering Eye

Kosuzu Motoori's usual outfit. It features a checkered kimono and a frilled apron.

The White Book of Gossip

Kosuzu's Fantasy Rebirth outfit. It was fashioned at Kourindou based on information in the journal.

Student Librarian of Gossip

A uniform tailored for Kosuzu. It seems to be one of the prototypes made by Rinnosuke.

Bibliophile with a Deciphering Eye
Voice Lines

Voice Sets

Face of Suzunaan
VA: Kasuga Nozomi
Reader of Demon Books
VA: Watanabe Haruka
Girl Led by Curiosity
VA: Miyashita Saki

Character Information

Temperament: Naga-ame

Naga-ame (a Touhou LW original) refers to rainfall that lasts for a long time. When it rains for days on end, it is the perfect time to read books, which makes this temperament a good fit for the face of the Suzunaan book rental shop. Kosuzu is endowed with Wood Phase, as she works in a bookstore, and Star Essence, with her highly curious personality. The strong and kind Wood Phase resists Water Phase, because water nourishes wood, but it is weak to Metal Phase, because metal carves wood. The diverse and uncooperative Star Essence resists the cooperative and indecisive Moon Essence, but it is weak to the charming and arrogant Sun Essence.

Ability/Backstory: Capable of reading any language

Kosuzu Motoori is capable of reading any language, even languages used by youkai, as long as the text is made up of symbols that can be perceived as letters or characters. Consequently she can read any and all demon books. There seems to be no limit to the type or amount of languages that she can read. She has been seen reading a demon book written in the ancient tengu language and Suzunaan deals with handwritten copies of magic books from the outside. However, even if the symbols on a text are in fact letters, Kosuzu can only read it if she herself recognises that these symbols are a form of letters or characters. Her ability appears to still be evolving as she has gained the capability to sense the aura of books. This may or may not be related to Kosuzu's ability, but in the outside world there is a peculiar theory that recorded information could be transformed into energy. If this is true, it may mean that every book is imbued with some sort of magic...

Attacks

Chopstick Tsukumogami

Kosuzu Motoori's Spread Shot (a Touhou LW original). She uses her Privately Published Night Parade Scroll to turn chopsticks into tsukumogami and attack with them. Kosuzu doesn't know much about tsukumogami, which are tools that move on their own, but she thinks they look cute.

Bullets
  • Tapered Chopsticks
  • Non-Tapered Chopsticks
  • Green Bamboo Chopsticks
  • Kuromoji Chopsticks
  • Round Disposable Chopsticks
  • Square Disposable Chopsticks
Evil Dragon Print

Kosuzu Motoori's Focus Shot (a Touhou LW original). An attack that summons the shadow of an evil young dragon. Although it's small, a dragon is still a dragon and should not be underestimated. It seems that a fair amount of magic is contained within this print.

Bullets
  • Sealed Aura
  • Gratitude
  • Sealed Aura
  • Print Ink
  • Sealed Aura
  • Dragon's Gratitude
Flying Book: The 6th Vision of Zechariah

Kosuzu Motoori's Spell Card (a Touhou LW original). She attacks by riding on a mysterious flying demon book. Kosuzu is able to fly because she takes this book wherever she goes.

Bullets
  • Flying Megillah
  • Unusual Vision
  • Flying Megillah
  • Vision of Fantasy
  • Flying Megillah
  • Vision of Fantasy
Original Text: Hotsuma Tsutae

Kosuzu Motoori's Spell Card (a Touhou LW original). She unleashes this attack by borrowing the power stored in a mysterious history book. Opinion is divided on whether this document, written with mysterious characters that are said to have been used in ancient Japan, can actually be called a history book or not. Nevertheless, it is most definitely a document that borders the line between fantasy and reality.

Bullets
  • Sky Volume
  • Read Aloud
  • Earth Volume
  • Read Aloud
  • People Volume
  • Read Aloud
Privately Published Night Parade Scroll - Final Chapter Annex

Kosuzu Motoori's Last Word (a Touhou LW original). This attack summons the shadow of an extremely large tsukumogami. Kosuzu barely remembers anything of the time when she was possessed by this particular tsukumogami. Mamizou was apparently the one who returned this scroll to her, though it is unclear whether this is the original or an exquisitely crafted forgery...

Bullets
  • Vague Memories of the Parade
  • Scroll Replica
  • Replica of the Final Chapter
  • Replica of the Final Chapter
  • Replica of the Annex
  • Replica of the Annex

Skills

Skill: Customer Attraction

This is the basic skill required by anyone and everyone who works in retail. Some customers visit the shop just to meet Kosuzu.

Skill: Ancient Tengu Book

This book was apparently written by tengu in the ancient past in their own language. What could they have written in there?

Skill: Read Demon Books

Kosuzu herself will read aloud to you any demon book that you want.

Passive: Collector of Demon Books
Passive: Insatiable Curiosity
Passive: Face of Suzunaan