Mentioned Characters: Reimu, Marisa, Sanae

Marisa Kirisame is a competitive and eccentric magician. She seemed pretty annoyed when the two shrine maidens, Reimu and Sanae, ignored her while talking about ways to gather faith. However, in true Marisa fashion, she was determined not to show what she truly thought as she waited for an opportunity to join in on the conversation.

Reimu Hakurei is the shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine. She always says what's on her mind and is strangely liked by everyone she meets. It seems she was trying to think of a cheap method to gather faith. What scheme did she come up with this time...?

Sanae Kochiya is the wind priestess of Moriya Shrine and has a pure and sincere personality. She patiently advised Reimu about ways to gather more faith... but they struggled to come up with any good ideas.

There is a Japanese saying that "Three people together have the wisdom of Manjushri (the bodhisattva of wisdom)," meaning a good idea will surface when three people talk it over together, even if they are not the smartest or wisest individuals. This is similar to the English phrase, "Two heads (or in this case, three) are better than one." However, this saying might not apply to these three...

The conversation began to take a strange turn when Reimu declared, "The best way to gather faith is to make a symbol! Something big that'll draw the eye!" Sanae insisted on making the symbol a robot, giving Marisa an opportunity to join the conversation and talk passionately about the firepower of robot weaponry. Listening to these three should give you some idea of how genuinely delightful and bizarre Gensokyo is. It's a perfect example of how too many cooks spoil the―No, perhaps that's better left unsaid.