Yachie Kicchou's usual outfit. It features a blue top and a green skirt.
Teenage Tortoise
Yachie's outfit as a thief with devious schemes. If you let her glasses distract you, you won't notice the bazooka.
Oni-Shaped Teal White Tortoise
Yachie's Fantasy Rebirth outfit. It was fashioned at Kourindou based on information in the journal.
World's Most Beautiful Shell
Yachie's Social Club outfit. Head strategist of the round table. Hidden behind her fan, she decides her next target.
Matriarch of the Kiketsu Family
Voice Lines
Gacha Pickup
You are... a human? How interesting that you were able to summon me, Yachie Kicchou, the head of the Kiketsu Family.
Introduction
Good grief, I didn't know it was possible to summon me this way. I am Yachie Kicchou, the head of the Kiketsu Family. Besides myself, there are other leaders in the Animal Realm, but I am probably the only one who can fully understand this situation... especially regarding the great incident. Even though you're an ordinary human, you have made a wise choice in this regard. Now, first of all, I need some information. May I ask you some questions?
Purple Heart
It is foolish to give up just because you are inferior to your opponent in strength.
Blue Heart
If humans have potential, it is you who will prove it.
Green Heart
I understand what you are trying to say. Resolving the great incident requires cooperation between those who do not normally work together. But if we do that, new problems will arise.
Orange Heart
The Animal Realm is a world where the strong rule over the weak, full of deceit, outwitting, and backstabbing. I believe that the animals and humans in the outside world are also the same, even if their means may differ. And isn't Gensokyo similar when you come right down to it?
Pink Heart
I see. Your explanation was poor, but we seem to be on the same page. We should gather power to resolve the great incident while uncovering the identity of the mastermind. It's risky, but it's also our best option.
Summer
It's too hot! The weather in the Animal Realm is messed up, but summer on the surface is also hot! I think I will refrain from going outside.
Login
Now, let's try to come up with some plans again today, shall we? I don't have much free time either, but this is undoubtedly better than getting roped into one of Kurokoma's workouts.
Enhancement
The world of wisdom is endless. I have become wiser than before.
Return
Let's debrief the battle of bullets we just had. First, let's start with how Kurokoma ignored the plan.
Home 1
A doctor looked at me in the bamboo forest and mentioned something about jidiao oil. And in the forest, a magician asked for my scales so she could make a shield. Such weird people.
Home 2
When I was relaxing by the river at the foot of the mountain, I got surrounded by kappa. They said my horns are cool, and my shell looks old-fashioned and all, but... I'm not a kappa!
Home 3
The highly intellectual Kiketsu Family is the strongest group in the Animal Realm. The blood-thirsty Keiga Family, who only know how to solve things with violence, and the Gouyoku Alliance, bound by rules, are no match for us.
Reaction 1
Would you like to play a little? Do you want to sit on my lap?
Reaction 2
You look somewhat like an otter.
Reaction 3
Here, who's the goood girl...? Ah?!
Task
Oh, a task? I'll sit down next to you, OK? To solve this you have to...
Task Complete
Full marks for your task! Hard work does not betray you. ...It's the same as muscles?!
Mail
There's some mail. You can't form any plans without good communication. Let's have a look.
Errand Finished
Our agent has returned. Let's go show them our gratitude. It will improve their morale.
Start of Battle
Now soldiers! Ambush our hated foe!
Mid-Wave
My plan is going so smoothly. You should be ashamed of yourselves!
Victory
Everything went according to my plan. Know that it is impossible to defeat me by force alone.
Defeat
Something is wrong. Was my plan leaked? I must take preventative measures...!
Spellcard 1 Chant 1
Now, let me divine
your future.
Spellcard 1 Chant 2
No, don't be scared. That won't
help you in the slightest.
Spellcard 1 Casted
Tortoise Sign: Tortoiseshell Hell
Spellcard 2 Chant 1
Oh, did you actually
think you'd win that way?
Spellcard 2 Chant 2
How foolish. I'll have
to teach you a lesson.
Spellcard 2 Casted
Dragon Sign: Dragon Crest Bullets
Last Word Chant 1
Attacks from the rear? Devious schemes?
Deception? Sneak attacks?
Last Word Chant 2
No, they are all...
compliments.
Last Word Casted
Ambush in the Dark
Boost 1
Haaa!
Boost 2
Hyaaaa!
Boost 3
This move is a strong one.
Graze 1
Ha!
Graze 2
Here!
Graze 3
This is a solid plan.
Command A
That is a great idea.
Command B
Brilliant idea.
Command C
I think that is a good idea.
Command D
I shall remove your will to fight back.
Skill A
I shall play with you.
Skill B
I have set a trap.
Shot A
How about this?
Shot B
Try to dodge this.
Damage
Ugh!
Heavy Damage
I messed up!
Guard
It's useless.
Graze Activated
All according to plan.
Change to Rear
Maintain the pressure, please.
Change to Front
What's the situation?
Buff/Heal
Thank you for the support.
Knocked Out
If I fall, who will do the planning...?
Voice Sets
Animal Spirit's Ingenious Scheme
VA: Nagatsuma Juri
Otter Spirit Ringleader
VA: Yamazaki Haruka
Medicinal Dragon Turtle
VA: Ichinose Kana
Character Information
Temperament: Kisen
Kisen (a Touhou LW original) refers to a storm caused by a tropical or extratropical cyclone, especially in the Indian Ocean. This is an apt temperament for Yachie, who uses ingenuity to live in the dog-eat-dog world of the Animal Realm. Dwellers of the Animal Realm seem to lack the three Essences because this chaotic realm is far from Heaven. Yachie is endowed with Wood Phase, with her physical flexibility, and Water Phase, with her flexible thinking.
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 flexible and patient Water Phase resists Metal Phase, because metal collects water, but it is weak to Earth Phase, because earth directs water.
The combination of Wood Phase and Water Phase cancels out any resistance or weakness to Metal Phase.
Ability/Backstory: Capable of making people lose the will to fight back
It is unknown if Yachie Kicchou's ability comes from her being the head of the Kiketsu Family or from her being a jidiao, a mysterious and mythical beast. It is believed that Yachie used her ability to send Reimu and her friends to the Animal Realm during the incident when the animal spirits invaded. Using this ability seems to motivate people to do as Yachie wishes, even if she is caught lying. As one can imagine, it is a very powerful ability and does not seem to be easy to counteract. However, if her ability was perfect, she would not be in conflict with the Keiga Family, the Gouyoku Alliance, or the Primate Spirit Garden. If she could have used her ability to put everyone under her control, she probably would have done so already. Perhaps the ability is less effective against people like Saki, who always act before thinking. Maybe Keiki also prepared inanimate and loyal haniwa soldiers like Mayumi as a countermeasure.
Attacks
Tail Strike
Yachie Kicchou's Spread Shot (a Touhou LW original). In this attack, she creates a shockwave by whipping her tail. Her tail appears to be a dragon tail. It is nearly impossible to assault her from behind.
Bullets
Dragon Tail Strike
Bronze Tail Strike
Silver Tail Strike
Black Iron Tail Strike
Steel Tail Strike
Diamond Tail Strike
Spinning Slice
Yachie Kicchou's Focus Shot (a Touhou LW original). In this attack, she shoots bullets and follows up with a ram with her shell. There's nothing you can do if she hides inside her shell while rushing toward you...! What an unfair... yet clever way to attack!
Bullets
Spit Shot
Breeze Shot
Shell Tackle
Splash Shot
Drop Shot
Shell Attack
Tortoise Sign: Tortoiseshell Hell
Yachie Kicchou's Spell Card. She shoots lasers in a tortoiseshell pattern in this attack. This Spell Card has become even more powerful with the help of the otter spirits. The tortoiseshell pattern looks like a hard-to-escape net that entangles the enemy. There was an ancient fortune-telling method in Japan called kiboku that used tortoiseshell. The shell was heated, and the fortune was gleaned by analyzing where the shell split. Jidiao, or dragon turtles, might have an affinity with fortune telling because the first character of their name means "good luck."
Bullets
Tortoise Pattern
You Can Do It, Otter Spirit
Turtle Pattern
Don't Lose, Otter Spirit
Shell Pattern
Here We Go, Otter Spirit
Dragon Sign: Dragon Crest Bullets
Yachie Kicchou's Spell Card. In this attack, she shoots bullets in patterns that look like dragon crests. The accompanying otter spirits also join in, making this attack more powerful. The spinning, expanding, and contracting circles of the scale bullets look like the figure of a dragon chasing its own tail. Out of the many family crests with dragon motifs, one type depicts a dragon curled around the center, called a "dragon circle." Come to think of it, the design of a dragon serpent eating its own tail has an occult meaning.
Bullets
Dragon Ring
Earnest Otter Spirit
Lindworm Ring
Brave Otter Spirit
Serpent Ring
Ouroboros Ring
Ambush in the Dark
Yachie Kicchou's Last Word (a Touhou LW original). Relentless bullets assault the foe. Four elite otter spirits come together and carry out a highly coordinated plan. This kind of assault and trickery seems to be a common practice of the Kiketsu Family. The mysterious capsule shot at the end of the attack is a hazardous prototype substance of an unknown source. Perhaps they hid it in the sewers beneath the Animal Realm Metropolis.
Bullets
Planned Ambush
Blue Scarf Otter Spirit
Red Scarf Otter Spirit
Orange Scarf Otter Spirit
Green Scarf Otter Spirit
Dangerous-Looking Luminescent Matter
Skills
Skill: Clever Scheme
The usual strategy of the Kiketsu Family. But if they attack head-on... well, you could say that's also a plan.
Skill: Dragon Tortoiseshell
Yachie's magnificent tortoiseshell. The tortoiseshell is a part of her body.
Skill: Dragon Twin
It is said that dragons lay two eggs, and a jidiao hatches from one of them. Does that mean Yachie has a twin sister? It is a mystery...