The usual outfit of Yuyuko from the world of heavy spring snows. She seems completely obsessed with the Saigyou Ayakashi...
Overly Ghostly Girl in the Netherworld Tower
Voice Lines
Gacha Pickup
I'm Yuyuko Saigyouji. Right now, all I want is a little extra spring. Whether it comes from you... or from this other world... I don't mind.
Introduction
Is that you, Yukari? You're awake. How come no matter how much spring I gather, the Saigyou Ayakashi won't fully bloom? At this rate, I won't be able to revive Fujimi's daughter. There goes my plan to have a delightful chat with her... Oh my, you're not Yukari. How did I make that mistake? Sorry. I'm Yuyuko Saigyouji. Do you remember me? I once asked you to share some spring with me. But we still need more. Gensokyo has already run out of spring. Just one more handful... just a little more... Could you bring me some from somewhere? From Hell, from the Moon, or even from the outside world?
Purple Heart
The fact that I mistook you for Yukari is still bothering me a little.
Blue Heart
I wonder if Youki knew something. Hey, Youki... tell me what you know.
Green Heart
At first, I only wanted to revive Fujimi's daughter because I was curious.
Orange Heart
People tend to obsess over keeping up appearances. But isn't that rather meaningless? Fujimi's daughter is nothing more than a lifeless body, while I am a spirit without a body. Somehow, I think the two of us would get along quite nicely.
Pink Heart
I don't remember anything from when I was alive, but I think Fujimi's daughter and I could live happily in a world larger than the Netherworld. Yukari, the Yama, even those from Hell and the Animal Realm would surely approve. Maybe it'd be better if the boundary between the living and the dead faded away. That would make for a much happier world for spirits.
Summer
I was sure the Saigyou Ayakashi would have bloomed by now.
Login
...It must be cold, waiting all alone under that cherry tree. Don't worry, I'll gather the spring soon and set you free.
Enhancement
No, not yet. We still need more. Here, take my spring as well.
Return
Such beautiful bullets of blooming flowers. Soon, the Saigyou Ayakashi will bloom as well.
Home 1
The Netherworld isn't part of Gensokyo, but somehow it feels nostalgic. I don't remember, but I wonder if I lived here when I was alive.
Home 2
Be it humans or youkai, my power can only bring death. Yet here I am, trying to revive someone. Isn't that a wonderful thing?
Home 3
The Netherworld is only for spirits, and yet the remains of Fujimi's daughter lie here... such a strange mystery. But it will soon be solved. The spring I've borrowed can always be returned later.
Reaction 1
...Though I wonder if spirits can survive in the outside world.
Reaction 2
Oh dear, you're dozing off. Come, you can sleep on my lap.
Reaction 3
Somehow, your sleeping face reminds me of Yukari... No, I'm probably imagining things.
Task
A task? Youmu? Youmuuuu? Maybe you should help.
Task Complete
You're done with your task? Come, let's have tea with Youmu.
Mail
I wonder where these letters come from. How mysterious.
Errand Finished
Oh my... I wonder if Youmu brought some spring back with her.
Start of Battle
Welcome to the capital of death and cherry blossoms. Tonight will be a perfect night for flower viewing.
Mid-Wave
Oh? Are you Youmu's successor?
Victory
My life might have ended knowing nothing of my misery were this a world without the custom of priestly retreat.
Defeat
Please offer cherry blossoms to the Buddha, should you wish to mourn for me in the other world.
Spellcard 1 Chant 1
"When the Saigyou Ayakashi blooms, Fujimi's
daughter will cross the life and death boundary."
Spellcard 1 Chant 2
We still need much more spring
to revive Fujimi's daughter.
Spellcard 1 Casted
Dead Village: Death of One's Home -Suicide-
Spellcard 2 Chant 1
"To let her soul rest in Hakugyokurou, the
tree was sealed and made into a barrier."
Spellcard 2 Chant 2
For some reason, I think that little poem Youmu
wrote suits Fujimi's daughter perfectly.
Spellcard 2 Casted
Resurrection Butterfly -80% Reflowering-
Last Word Chant 1
"It is my hope that she will never again
reincarnate, and thus never again suffer pain..."
Last Word Chant 2
Distant flowers. Your image becomes illusion.
The wind is fierce. The awaited never come...
Last Word Casted
Saigyouji Parinirvana - Peach Blossom Spring
Boost 1
Let me die in spring―
Boost 2
Beneath the blossoms―
Boost 3
At Kisaragi's full moon.
Graze 1
Spring's gentle breeze...
Graze 2
A dream of petals scattering in the wind...
Graze 3
Even when I wake, my heart continues to flutter.
Command A
Just a little more.
Command B
If only the Saigyou Ayakashi would bloom―
Command C
All the mysteries would be solved.
Command D
You mean you'd like to die under a cherry tree?
Skill A
How about we go see the cherry blossoms?
Skill B
It's quite festive and fun.
Shot A
Oh dear... do you not like spring?
Shot B
As long as it was spring... anything would do.
Damage
Ow.
Heavy Damage
Whoa...
Guard
Oh my.
Graze Activated
What a shame.
Change to Rear
It's not your time yet.
Change to Front
Are you going back to get a change of clothes?
Buff/Heal
I appreciate it.
Knocked Out
It's beautiful how the dead gather in one place.
Voice Sets
Obsessed With Cherry Blossoms
VA: Ayasaka Hana
Not Nearly Enough Spring
VA: Orihara Kurumi
Bordering Life and Death
VA: Tojo Hisako
Character Information
Temperament: Koyuki
Koyuki (a Touhou LW original) refers to light snowfall. This is an apt temperament for Yuyuko, the ghost princess who wants to gather much more spring than she should.
Yuyuko's exceptionally strong will has altered her temperament. Her original temperament (Water Phase and Wood Phase) has combined with the temperament of life restoration (Earth Phase).
The combination of Water Phase and Wood Phase cancels out any resistance or weakness to Metal Phase.
Ability/Backstory: Capable of manipulating death (Prolonged)
The ability of Yuyuko Saigyouji from the world of heavy spring snows (a Touhou LW original). There is no noticeable difference between her ability and the abilities of Yuyukos from other worlds. No matter how much spring she gathers, she is destined to never meet the daughter of Fujimi.
The 7th Prolonged Incident
It started as the Spring Snow Incident, one of the many incidents that disrupted temperament. Yuyuko was the mastermind who trapped Gensokyo in an extra-long winter (even though it was Youmu who did most of the work). The scariest thing about this incident is that no matter how much spring Yuyuko gathered, her wish would never come true. Making the Saigyou Ayakashi fully bloom to free the daughter of Fujimi would cause Yuyuko to disappear completely. This means that if nobody stopped her, she would continue gathering spring until she could gather no more. But where is the limit? Would Yuyuko disappear before she managed to take every trace of spring from all the other Otherworlds? Or would the entire universe end before she even got close?
Fujimi's daughter, who can only be freed when the Saigyou Ayakashi fully blooms, is, in fact, Yuyuko's corpse sealed beneath the tree. If the seal breaks, Yuyuko will cease being a ghost, revive as a human, and her body will age a thousand years. In other words, the moment she revives, she will turn to dust. The Saigyou Ayakashi cannot, under any circumstances, be allowed to bloom. Youki Konpaku and Yukari Yakumo knew this, so they must have taken precautions. Perhaps they tried to tell Youmu, but considering her inexperience, she probably misunderstood and didn't realize that she could prevent Yuyuko from disappearing by pruning the Saigyou Ayakashi. Youmu is completely unaware of the positive influence she has over Yuyuko's fate.
If the Saigyou Ayakashi awakens, Yuyuko will disappear, but what about everyone else? Yuyuko's disappearance spells a game over, so it's hard to imagine what might happen after that. The Saigyou Ayakashi regaining its petals is essentially the same as it regaining its youth. In the past, the Saigyou Ayakashi was a greater youkai that enthralled people with its beauty, causing them to sacrifice their lives to feed its roots. So, surely this will happen again, only this time it could be much, much worse.
Attacks
Ghostly Stupor
The Spread Shot of Yuyuko Saigyouji from the world of heavy spring snows (a Touhou LW original). She loses herself to the spring temperament in this attack.
Nobody really understood why Yuyuko caused the Spring Snow Incident. Even Youmu, her bodyguard-slash-gardener-slash-teacher, seemed to think it was just another one of her whims. Yuyuko is driven by feelings hidden so deeply inside her that they are a mystery perhaps even to herself. All that's known for certain is that she really wanted to meet Fujimi's daughter. But why?
Bullets
Ghostly Stupor
Big Ghostly Stupor
Great Ghostly Stupor
Astonishing Ghostly Stupor
Shocking Ghostly Stupor
Ultimate Ghostly Stupor
Spirit Butterfly Invitation
The Focus Shot of Yuyuko Saigyouji from the world of heavy spring snows (a Touhou LW original). She absorbs her opponents' spring temperament and tempts them to die.
Yuyuko has existed as a ghost for a thousand years, so it is almost impossible for an ordinary human to understand what goes through her mind. Perhaps she wanted a friend. But she already has Yukari. Maybe she wanted a family. But she already has Youmu. Then again, ghosts are former humans, and just like humans, their actions aren't always driven by wants or needs. The converse is also true. Sometimes they don't act even when they need to. Perhaps it really did all start as a simple whim.
Bullets
Spirit Butterfly Invitation
Big Spirit Butterfly Invitation
Great Spirit Butterfly Invitation
Compelling Spirit Butterfly Invitation
Irresistible Spirit Butterfly Invitation
Ultimate Spirit Butterfly Invitation
Dead Village: Death of One's Home -Suicide-
A Spell Card of Yuyuko Saigyouji from the world of heavy spring snows. She loses herself to the spring temperament in this attack.
Yuyuko no longer has her memories from when she was human, from when she was alive. Some believe she was the daughter of Saigyou, but then why is her last name Saigyouji? Perhaps she was the daughter of a different poet. The biggest problem with her being the daughter of Saigyou is that the dates don't line up with the secondary true data. Saigyou died 800 years ago, but Yuyuko is supposed to have been dead for a thousand years. Only Yukari, who knew Yuyuko from before she died, knows the truth.
All that's really known about Yuyuko's father is that he was an incredibly gifted poet who happened across Gensokyo in his travels. From this, it can be inferred that he was quite an adventurous individual. Maybe he only called himself a poet to hide the fact that he was actually a professional youkai exterminator. That might help explain how the Saigyou Ayakashi, which was presumably growing somewhere in Gensokyo, ended up in Hakugyokurou's garden in the Netherworld after his death.
Bullets
Death of One's Home
Death of One's Home II
Death of One's Home III
Death of One's Home IV
Death of One's Home V
Death of One's Home VI
Resurrection Butterfly -80% Reflowering-
A Spell Card of Yuyuko Saigyouji from the world of heavy spring snows. She absorbs her opponent's spring temperament and tempts them to die.
Perhaps it is Yuyuko's memories from when she was still alive that drive her to meet Fujimi's daughter. Yuyuko has the ability to tempt others to their death, which bears a stark resemblance to how the Saigyou Ayakashi's beauty once tempted countless people to lie down and die beneath its branches. Conversely, the record she found in Hakugyokurou's library that mentioned Fujimi's daughter tempted Yuyuko to live.
Bullets
Resurrection Butterfly
Resurrection Butterfly II
Resurrection Butterfly III
Resurrection Butterfly IV
Resurrection Butterfly V
Resurrection Butterfly VI
Saigyouji Parinirvana - Peach Blossom Spring
The Last Word of Yuyuko Saigyouji from the world of heavy spring snows (a Touhou LW original). She seeks the last sprinkling of spring in this attack.
Yuyuko and the daughter of Fujimi are like Achilles and the tortoise. Given enough time, it feels like Yuyuko should be able to meet her, but she never will. Time, divided into infinitely smaller chunks, creates a singularity that wouldn't otherwise exist. Yuyuko is obsessed with gathering spring in order to meet Fujimi's daughter, but this obsession also brings her great joy that could potentially last forever.
Her never-ending conceptual journey toward the Omega Point is not bound by constraints of time or space, meaning her hair can grow longer, and she can grow taller. The spring she has collected has become so dense that its gravitational pull has trapped Yuyuko in a dream, a delusion of distorted spacetime. The only way to free her is to fight against gravity itself.
Bullets
Peach Blossom Spring
Great Peach Blossom Spring
Peaceful Peach Blossom Spring
Idyllic Peach Blossom Spring
Perfect Peach Blossom Spring
Ultimate Peach Blossom Spring
Skills
Skill: Big Blossom Dance
The swarming fairies are of no concern. They are powerless to stop her from gathering spring.
Skill: Ceremonial Viewing
Curiosity. That is how it began. Once she learned it could bloom, she couldn't help but want to see it.
Skill: Frenzied Flower Song
To free Fujimi's daughter, the Saigyou Ayakashi must bloom. One cannot happen without the other, yet both are impossible.