Shinsetsu (a Touhou LW original) refers to deep snow. This is an apt temperament for Narumi, who is a jizou statue like those in the Kasa Jizou folk tale. Narumi is endowed with Earth Phase, since she is a stone statue, and Sun Essence, because she prays for the salvation of all sentient beings. 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 alluring and arrogant Sun Essence resists the diverse and uncooperative Star Essence, but it is weak to the cooperative and indecisive Moon Essence.

This is the ability of the jizou statue Narumi Yatadera, who is also a magician. She is not an incarnation of the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (known as Jizou Bosatsu in Japanese), but a stone jizou statue given life by the magical energy in the Forest of Magic. Unlike Shiki Eiki, Yamaxanadu, Narumi is still just a statue of Ksitigarbha. She didn't gain any divine powers by accumulating faith. However, since coming to life, she has longed to liberate all sentient beings, just like the true Ksitigarbha. Perhaps this is an example of how form elicits substance, similar to how popular Buddhist practices such as reciting the name of the Buddha and going on pilgrimages are meant to bring one closer to the Buddha and enlightenment. Narumi can use this ability to control golems and instantly neutralize fairies since fairies are manifestations of pure lifeforce. It is believed that her power to manipulate life stems from the nature of her own existence. But what is life? This is one of those questions that humanity hasn't been able to solve, but if you were, to say, classify living beings using the purely biological sense of the word "life," youkai like Narumi would not meet the criteria. However, scientific definitions don't hold any sway in a world of magic and youkai. Rather, they are openly challenged. In Gensokyo, if something could be considered a living being, then it is. This basically boils down to the general rule that if it moves, it's alive. The words "animal" and "animation" originated from the word "anima", the soul that moves the body. Narumi is a jizou statue that gained the ability to move autonomously thanks to the magic permeating the Forest of Magic. This is remarkably similar to Byakuren Hijiri's Sorcerer's Sutra Scroll, which activates of its own accord to recite spells for its owner. Byakuren made this item out of magical materials while she was sealed in Makai. It could be said that both Narumi and the Sorcerer's Sutra Scroll are living magical beings that subsist on magical energy. Additionally, things such as robot pets and devices with speech recognition could also be considered living beings when viewed from the standpoint of a magician.