Eternity Larva's usual outfit. This fabulous dress represents the larva, pupa, and imago stages of a butterfly.
Worm Moon Swallowtail
An outfit perfect for exercise made for Eternity Larva. "It feels good to run on the ground instead of flying for a change!"
The Butterfly Fairy who Approaches God
Voice Lines
Gacha Pickup
I'm Eternity Larva, the swallowtail butterfly fairy! All right, let's get this fairy meeting started!
Introduction
Hello! I'm Eternity Larva, the swallowtail butterfly fairy. I sense a strange lifeforce in you. Cirno and the others haven't noticed it, but I have. You want your memories back, huh? I'm not sure why, but I want to help. That huge incident going on right now is causing lots of trouble. Let's hold a fairy meeting! With you and the other fairies, we can resolve it!
Purple Heart
My ability will cheer you up! With scales? No, not that one!
Blue Heart
Promise me you'll do your best to bring about the time of the fairies too!
Green Heart
Sometimes we hold our fairy meetings in the Garden of the Sun. Oh, but keep that secret. We all gather around the round tree trunk table!
Orange Heart
When the time of the fairies comes, the meeting members will be like the Knights of the Round Table... Uh-huh, Luna told me that story and said it's from a country far in the West. I'm ready to create a new world!
Pink Heart
So long as you have lifeforce, there's nothing you can't do! Wealth, fame, power, longevity, space, the answer to all your questions... Anything you want can be yours! That's right, you can even resolve the big incident! You can even return home!
Summer
Are you enjoying summer? Seeing you with a tan reminds me of Cirno back then. I never imagined things would end up the way they did though!
Login
With the heat of midsummer inside me... I'll bring about the time of the fairies! It'll surely happen someday if I keep trying my best! ...Probably!
Enhancement
The midsummer inside me has been set free! The time of the fairies is almost here!
Return
That battle of bullets was hilarious. Cirno dove head-first into that bullet!
Home 1
Sunny, Luna, and Star are like sisters, aren't they? *sigh* If only Wriggle, Yamame, and Miss Momoyo were fairies...
Home 2
Ah, Clownpiece looks bored! Her torch's flame might be the lifeforce of the spirits in Hell. It's so cool!
Home 3
Somehow, Cirno ended up as the de-facto leader of the fairies. I'm basically just as strong, but there's something special about her.
Reaction 1
My wings sure are pretty, don't you think?
Reaction 2
Hm? Antenna? ...What are you talking about?
Reaction 3
You want to join the fairy meeting? Sure, no problem!
Task
So tasks are like homework?! I see... You're really working hard!
Task Complete
Tasks are boring... Huh? You had fun doing them? Maybe I'll give them a go then.
Mail
You've got mail! I wonder what it says... Read it already!
Errand Finished
*gasp* I sense someone's back! Let's go greet them!
Start of Battle
Where's everyone going? I wanna go too!
Mid-Wave
Life exists no matter where you go.
Victory
All right, we won! Let's keep at it!
Defeat
I surrender. I need to get stronger. I need midsummer's strength!
Spellcard 1 Chant 1
What? Do you want
to touch my wings?
Spellcard 1 Chant 2
No, you can't!
Lots of scales will stick to you!
Spellcard 1 Casted
Butterfly Sign: Minute Scales
Spellcard 2 Chant 1
The dream is me,
and I am the dream!
Spellcard 2 Chant 2
The dream is you,
and you are the dream!
Spellcard 2 Casted
Butterfly Sign: Butterfly Dream
Last Word Chant 1
Very delicious
golden fruit!
Last Word Chant 2
But looking at this
reminds me of something...
Last Word Casted
Eternal Fruit Fragrance
Boost 1
Take this!
Boost 2
Hya!
Boost 3
Let's see who's stronger!
Graze 1
Ya!
Graze 2
Haa!
Graze 3
Yippee!
Command A
I'm on it!
Command B
OK, got it!
Command C
Here I go!
Command D
The time of the fairies is here!
Skill A
Uh-huh, uh-huh!
Skill B
You're kidding, right?!
Shot A
I've had enough!
Shot B
Stay away!
Damage
Aghh!
Heavy Damage
Owww!
Guard
It's no big deal.
Graze Activated
Float like a butterfly!
Change to Rear
Go get 'em!
Change to Front
Leave it to me!
Buff/Heal
So much power!
Knocked Out
I lost... You did pretty good though.
Voice Sets
Swallowtail Butterfly Fairy
VA: Kubo Yurika
Eternal Larva
VA: Waki Azumi
Extraordinary Lifeforce
VA: Sasahara Yu
Character Information
Temperament: Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect refers to the way small changes can have huge implications. This is an apt temperament for Eternity Larva who, despite being merely a fairy, seems to possess something more. She is endowed with Fire Phase, symbolizing summer, and Sun Essence, due to her love of warmer climates.
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 alluring and arrogant Sun Essence resists the diverse and uncooperative Star Essence, but it is weak to the cooperative and indecisive Moon Essence.
Ability/Backstory: Capable of scattering scales
Eternity Larva's ability as a swallowtail butterfly fairy. It truly is an ability fit for a butterfly. However, it seems she also has the powerful ability to manipulate lifeforce.
Fairies and lifeforce are fundamentally linked, and it's possible to say that fairies are creatures made of lifeforce. Seeing as they aren't particularly powerful, nor are they especially knowledgeable, they've never been seen as dangerous. That is why it's almost impossible to believe that the miraculous display that Eternity Larva and Clownpiece showed at Hakurei Shrine was accomplished by just two fairies. It's reasonable to assume that this was only possible because Eternity Larva's power is so compatible with Clownpiece's Lunatic Torch, which also draws its power from lifeforce.
Even among fairies, Eternity Larva is mysterious. The secret god Okina Matara, who herself is quite the mystery, suspects Eternity Larva may be one of her rivals, the God of Eternal Night. Whether or not she's right is impossible to say, but it certainly makes one question the link between fairies and gods.
The God of Eternal Night is also known as the god of Tokoyo no Kuni, described as a silkworm-like insect that lives in a citrus tree. It seems plausible that they could be a swallowtail butterfly larva... It may not be possible to dismiss Eternity Larva's claims that she'll "become the god of the new world" as rambling induced by midsummer heat and the power of the back door.
Attacks
Osmeterium
Eternity Larva's Spread Shot (a Touhou LW original). She attacks by releasing a foul-smelling odor from the horn-like appendage on her head. It in fact isn't a horn, but an organ that secretes unpleasant odors. This organ possessed by swallowtail butterfly larvae makes them unique among butterflies. It is thought that the larvae use it to intimidate and distract predators, and that the secretion contains a mixture of over fifty chemicals.
Bullets
Smell Bullet
Intimidation Bullet
Volatile Secretion Bullet
Monoterpene Bullet
Sesquiterpene Bullet
Short-Chain Oil Acid Bullet
Eyespots
Eternity Larva's Focus Shot (a Touhou LW original). She attacks by intimidating her foe with the eye-like patterns on her wings. The exact pattern varies, but the red marks on a swallowtail butterfly's wings are an example of eyespots. Their larvae are also unique in that they develop this pattern once they reach five years old. The eyespots effectively intimidate predators (especially birds) and serve as a decoy for their heads.
Bullets
Eye Pattern Bullet
Ocular Pattern Bullet
Mimicry Pattern Bullet
Intimidation Pattern Bullet
Decoy Pattern Bullet
Bull's-Eye Pattern Bullet
Butterfly Sign: Minute Scales
Eternity Larva's Spell Card. She attacks by attaching fine scales to her foe. Butterfly wings are covered in these tiny scales, which are what form their unique patterns. As well as their ability to distract and intimidate predators, the scales are thought to have a number of different functions, such as regulating body temperature by absorbing or releasing heat. They're mainly made of cuticle, which can also be found in animal and human hair.
Bullets
Scale Bullet
Vivid Scale Bullet
Structural Colored Scale Bullet
Heat-Absorbing Scale Bullet
Hiding Scale Bullet
Intimidation Scale Bullet
Butterfly Sign: Butterfly Dream
Eternity Larva's Spell Card. This mesmerizing attack renders her foes unable to distinguish between dreams and reality. Butterflies have long been thought to possess mystical qualities, with Zhuang Zhou's "Dreams of Being a Butterfly" being a famous tale based on that subject. Butterflies are spiritual creatures, a symbol of rebirth, and the subject of many songs and stories. Humans have admired the butterfly's beauty throughout history and they're said to be the most collected insect.
Bullets
Symbol of Dream Bullet
Symbol of Revival Bullet
Symbol of Soul Bullet
Symbol of Death Bullet
Symbol of Beauty Bullet
Symbol of Fairy Bullet
Eternal Fruit Fragrance
Eternity Larva's Last Word. Strong-smelling citrus juice bursts forth in this attack. Citrus trees like the mandarin tree are evergreen, making them symbols of eternal youth and longevity. As a result, the fruit they bear is said to be a spiritual elixir that extends the lives of those who consume it, and is referred to as the "fruit of ever-fragrant trees." According to the ancient chronicles of Japanese mythology, the ever-fragrant trees are found beyond the sea in the promised land of Tokoyo no Kuni. Since Tokoyo no Kuni is known as the land of the dead, the fruit of ever-fragrant trees may have some connection to the Yomotsuhegui, the food of the dead.
Bullets
Evergreen Bullet
Tachibana Fruit Bullet
Tachibana Juice Bullet
Eternal Evergreen Bullet
Aromatic Evergreen Bullet
Tachibana Bullet
Skills
Skill: True Metamorphosis
Insects change their form throughout their lives, which drastically changes the way they function to survive.
Skill: Rapid Growth
Even among insects, the butterfly's growth is rapid. Their existence is similar to that of flowers.
Skill: Life Regeneration
All living organisms undergo some process of regeneration. Fairies understand this at an instinctual level through first-hand experience.