Higasa (a Touhou LW original) refers to the halo that forms around the sun. It is a fitting temperament for Akyuu, the chronicler of Gensokyo. Akyuu is endowed with Wood Phase, tied to her role as Gensokyo's chronicler, and Moon Essence, tied to her nature as a Child of Miare who reincarnates through the ages. 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 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 Hieda no Akyuu from a world of flawless memory (a Touhou LW original). This ability seems basically the same as the Hieda no Akyuu of our world's ability. She should have been finalizing the Gensokyo Chronicle, but something seems to have gone wrong. The 9.7th Prolonged Incident. The compilation of the Gensokyo Chronicle seems to be never-ending. Even among prolonged incidents, this one is peculiar. But there's no smoke without fire. The potential impact of an incomplete Gensokyo Chronicle is unknown. However, if Akyuu is right and it can act as the bridge between humans and youkai, then leaving it incomplete is simply not an option. Akyuu is the reincarnation of Hieda no Are, a person who lived over a millennium ago, and is considered legendary to people today. Her every reincarnation is known as the Maiden of Miare, and Akyuu is the ninth reincarnation. The maidens are also referred to as the Children of Miare, which is not gender specific. However, the newspapers describe Akyuu as the ninth Maiden of Miare, implying that all previous Children of Miare were also female. The Maidens of Miare have compiled the Gensokyo Chronicle for generations, with the Hieda family carrying on the task of preserving and recording its history. This also means that Gensokyo must have existed during the era of the first Maiden of Miare. Across reincarnations, the Maiden retains a sense of being Hieda no Are, but remembers little beyond what concerns the Chronicle. Only the Maiden of Miare can truly say whether that qualifies her as the same individual. Akyuu's Gumonji ability is essentially a form of complete, flawless memory. While her origin as Hieda no Are appears simple on the surface, it is far more complicated, and it's believed that she is called the Chronicler of Gensokyo and the Memory of Gensokyo for reasons that go beyond her duty or her ability. Gensokyo has undergone continual change over the centuries, and the Gensokyo Chronicle has adapted its focus and style to match those changes. This also means that Hieda no Are (currently Akyuu) has changed through each reincarnation. Unlike youkai, who live for a long time, Akyuu has experienced these eras as a human. In that sense, she has grown alongside Gensokyo as it changes, making her almost a living reflection of Gensokyo as she records it in real time. With that in mind, Yukari Yakumo's habit of striding into the Hieda household in the Human Village to influence the Chronicle's contents doesn't seem all that strange. And yet, the Gensokyo Chronicle remains unfinished. The constant revision requests have brought the work to a standstill. These requests come not only from Yukari Yakumo, but from youkai of every sort, and even humans, mostly asking for corrections to their own entries. Some youkai go as far as nitpicking entries that aren't even theirs. Since Yukari's revisions were accepted, everyone else thinks they should get to tweak things too. Akyuu normally expects some revisions before publication, but this was beyond reasonable. Did Yukari's revision request spark an all-out editorial war?