Tiny Ghost Mistress
Yuyuko's usual outfit at Hakugyoku Arena. It features a cute waist apron.
Yuyuko's usual outfit at Hakugyoku Arena. It features a cute waist apron.
Tenka (a Touhou LW original) refers to flowers that are said to bloom in the heavens, and it is also another word for snow. Perhaps this temperament is related to how Yuyuko loves the flowers that bloom in the land of the dead? Because of this Yuyuko's peculiar circumstances, her Phase and Essence endowments are completely different from the usual. She is resistant to the Phases and Essences of continual change, being Moon Essence (periodic change), Star Essence (irregular change), Fire Phase (the cycle of gas), and Water Phase (the cycle of liquid) as her roots are firmly entrenched deep into the land of the dead. Conversely, she is weak to Earth Phase (earthquakes) and Metal Phase (uprooting) because they cut roots.
This version of Yuyuko's ability was most likely the same as our version of Yuyuko's ability, but as her world changed, so did her ability. However, it is still not known what exactly has changed about it. It is said that the Yuyuko of our world experienced a change in her ability in the past. However, since Yuyuko herself does not have any clear memories of her past, there is no confirmation of this. In any case, there has been no indication of her misusing this dreadfully powerful ability. This Yuyuko hasn't misused her ability either... probably. Our Yuyuko uses this ability to guide phantoms and safeguard them until they reincarnate. This Yuyuko surely uses her ability in the same manner... hopefully.
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Tiny Ghost Mistress)'s Spread Shot. This attack is a special dance where she flips up and backward in the air. This is evocative of a folding screen that is placed upside down next to the bedside of the deceased. They are placed as such as part of a practice called sakasa-goto, a part of Japanese funeral rites, where everyday objects and customs are inverted to symbolize that it is not an everyday occasion. It is said that sakasa-goto is also a ritual to isolate the realm of the dead from the world of the living.
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Tiny Ghost Mistress)'s Focus Shot. She dances with a fan in each hand. Her remarkable high-speed twirling is reminiscent of a spinning top. The dance emits light that seems to take the form of fluttering butterflies.
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Tiny Ghost Mistress)'s Spell Card. She attacks with butterflies that revive the dead. According to a certain magician, this is a Spell Card that resurrects the dead with butterfly power. It is thought that these butterflies are a form of spirit energy.
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Tiny Ghost Mistress)'s Spell Card. She shoots out spirit butterflies and light from the world of the dead. It seems that Yuyuko originally prepared this Spell Card for a certain youkai. It is said that there is a place somewhere in Gensokyo where purple cherry blossoms bloom.
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Tiny Ghost Mistress)'s Last Word (a Touhou LW original). She creates clones of herself with incense, who then attack with various patterns of bullets. A prodigious poet left behind a tale of him attempting to craft a human. His attempt was a failure, and the human-like thing that he made was discarded on the mountain.
Does she prepare the feast for her guests... or for another reason?
There is a reason why the cherry blossoms are so beautiful...
Flowers are grass that has undergone the process of metamorphosis.