The Spread Shot of Nareko Michigami (a Touhou LW original). She confronts her opponent with an unfair riddle. Dousojin are gods of stone, though some say they started out as gods of wood. That theory holds that the very first dousojin was nothing more than a stick driven into the ground to mark the way. If that's true, they'd have a lot in common with the Mishaguji, and with the sacred wooden pillars known as Onbashira. Sanae Kochiya couldn't stop talking about it, practically huffing with excitement. Listening to her, Nareko couldn't help but wonder what Chimi had in mind when she made her.

The Focus Shot of Nareko Michigami (a Touhou LW original). She forces her riddles on her opponent. Dousojin are gods who silently watch over the people passing by. It's a quiet, uneventful job, and Nareko hates being bored. After she first met a human, it only got worse. She can't even remember how she put up with all that boredom before. But that was probably because she kept herself busy making riddles. Now, though, having riddles and no one to tell them to is more than she can tolerate. So if no one comes her way, she figures there's no harm in wandering off a little. Luckily, things have been quiet, with no real incidents to speak of.

A Spell Card of Nareko Michigami. She blocks her opponent's path with a wall of logic in this attack. Nareko Michigami's little excursion showed her that she was far from the only one with an uneventful job. The komainu at the shrine and the jizou in the forest are the same way. They don't budge from their spots unless they have a special reason to. They're stone statues, so staying put comes with the job. She took her riddles to them, and to her delight, everyone seemed to have a wonderful time. They were a huge hit. Their cries of "That's ridiculous!" and "Are you kidding me?!" are still fresh in her mind.

A Spell Card of Nareko Michigami. She builds a pyramid that stands as a symbol for everyone who loves a good bullet battle. The altar Nareko guards is a pyramid. As she keeps watch to make sure nothing inside gets out, something interesting drifts by every now and then. New riddle ideas turn up too, but early on, what fascinated her most was the story of the sphinx. The sphinx was a foreign god that seemed a lot like a youkai beast, known for giving riddles and devouring those who got them wrong. On top of that, it apparently guarded a mountain-sized tomb called a pyramid. With the riddles and the pyramid in common, Nareko instantly related to it. Only much later did she figure out that she'd been mixing up two completely different sphinx stories.

The Last Word of Nareko Michigami (a Touhou LW original). She watches over the roads, the land, and everyone who travels them. Until a certain incident took place, nothing had ever come out of the pyramid Nareko guards. For her, that made for a boring job, but perhaps nothing ever got out precisely because she was standing guard. The Sanctuary owes its pure, thriving nature to the pyramid, otherwise known as Asama Purifying Mountain. However, when it comes to protecting the land itself, Nareko might deserve some of the credit. And she isn't the only guardian of her kind. In a world she knows nothing about, there's a pyramid deep in the mountains with a sphinx of its own. Illegal dumping in the area has reportedly dropped, possibly because of the sphinx. It's probably the same principle as drawing a torii on a wall to keep vandals away. Whether it's Nareko at her pyramid or a sphinx in faraway mountains, the roads and the land have been kept safe by a dousojin.