Shizuha Aki's Spread Shot (a Touhou LW original). This attack causes leaves to fall and then explode. In Japanese culture, the act of cleaning up fallen leaves by gathering them together and burning them is considered elegant. However, it is not done very often nowadays.

Shizuha Aki's Focus Shot (a Touhou LW original). Falling leaves on the wind are blown forcibly into the targets. In the past, the autumn foliage in the mountains was apparently not as easily accessible as the cherry blossoms in spring. This is probably because autumn is the season when the weather starts to get cold, which makes hiking in the mountains far more dangerous.

Shizuha Aki's Spell Card. A forest of falling leaves dance on the wind. The large variety in autumn leaf colors is apparently due to the inconsistency of the paint that Shizuha uses. However, the god of the mountain shrine claims that it's because of the difference in the types of leaves and the chlorophyll in them.

Shizuha Aki's Spell Card. This attack blasts out gusts of wind full of fallen leaves. Another name for autumn is fall, which is said to have come from the falling of leaves. The word autumn comes from a Latin term that refers to the passing of the year.

Shizuha Aki's Last Word (a Touhou LW original). This attack involves charging forward toward the targets while riding a turbulent wave of fallen leaves in a banana-shaped boat. Some cultures have myths based on the banana which explain the origin of mortality. These myths involve comparing the perishability of the banana with the everlasting nature of something else. Some myths substitute these items with an older sister and a younger sister.