Kitsune-ame (a Touhou LW original) refers to rain that falls while the Sun is shining. This is an apt temperament for Ran, the shikigami who was ordered by her master, Yukari Yakumo, to investigate the phantoms. In addition to her original temperament (Moon Essence), she is also imbued with temperaments that allow her to venture underground (Earth Phase and Fire Phase). The encompassing and regenerative Earth Phase resists Fire Phase, because fire produces earth, but it is weak to Wood Phase, because wood parts earth. The formless and passionate Fire Phase resists Wood Phase, because wood feeds fire, but it is weak to Water Phase, because water dampens fire. The combination of Earth Phase and Fire Phase cancels out any resistance or weakness to Wood Phase. The cooperative and indecisive Moon Essence resists the alluring and arrogant Sun Essence, but it is weak to the diverse and uncooperative Star Essence.

The ability of Ran Yakumo from the world of greedy beasts (a Touhou LW original). This ability doesn't seem any different from the Ran of our world's ability. In this world, there are only a handful of sages. They dwell in distant lands alongside spirit deities. A divine mountain beyond the sea, far above the clouds, Mount Hourai, Shangri-La, Agartha, El Dorado, Nirai Kanai, Elysium, Avalon, Tir na nog, Tokoyo no Kuni, the Dragon Palace, Xanadu, Tamoanchan, Arcadia, Zipangu... All of which are so-called paradises. The sages worship ideals that everyone, even young children, recognizes as important―like love and hope. The sages are the roots of knowledge, the branches on the great tree of wisdom that hide away to preserve these ideals. Those who pursue knowledge in the outside world, like scientists, philosophers, and scholars, collect droplets of knowledge and fallen twigs of wisdom, indulging in the fantasy that they, too, are sages. Now then, do beasts possess intelligence? Following the orders of her master, Yukari Yakumo, Ran launched an investigation into the incident. Before long, she found herself in the land of beasts, where she once lived, and came face to face with an old acquaintance―rumors about whose activities she had been hearing for a long time. In that moment, Ran recalled her former life and realized that the Animal Realm was a place utterly unlike those in which the sages reside. It was a land ruled not by intellect, but by instinct; a land where they do not drink the blessed rains that fall from the heavens, but rather lap up the blood of conflict that springs from the earth. Ran left the Animal Realm precisely because she was unable to stand that side of it. And even now, she offers no reason to believe her opinion has changed. But her reunion with Yuuma Toutetsu sparked a quiet shift within her. Suddenly, she was tempted to withhold information from her master and to arrange secret meetings. That could be seen as a regression into her former, beast-like self, but, ironically, it could also be seen as a step toward truly independent thinking. However, Ran was still a long way from realizing who REALLY pulls the strings in the Animal Realm.