Reimu Hakurei

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Full Name	Reimu Hakurei
Alias(es)	Shrine Maiden Who Protects Dreams and Tradition Shrine Maiden Shaman Eternal Shrine Maiden Miss Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei Shrine Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Hakurei Shrine Maiden Shrine Maiden of Paradise Shrine Maiden Shrine Maiden of Fair Weather Mysterious Flying Shrine Maiden Freewheeling Human Shrine Maiden of Five Desires Wonderful Shaman of Paradise The Advocate of the Myriad Gods The Actual Shrine Maiden of Hakurei Shrine Arcane! Shrine Maiden of Barriers Chase Down the Mysteries! The Shrine Maiden who Ends the Incident Freewheeling and Haphazard Shrine Maiden Carefree Shrine Maiden in the Spring Sun Shrine Maiden of the Light Evening Shower Shrine Maiden Detective of Paradise Guardian of the Sacred Sake Heroine Sunny Shrine Maiden Speaker for the Eight Million Gods Red-white Shrine Maiden The all-too-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine
Origin	Touhou Project Series Highly Responsive to Prayers
Occupation	Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei Shrine Youkai exterminator Balancer between humans and Youkai Incident Resolver Author of the Spell Card system
Powers / Skills	Powers of Purification Fantasy Seal High Intuition High Intelligence Superhuman Strength Superhuman Durability Superhuman Endurance Superhuman Stamina Superhuman Reflexes Superhuman Agility Infinite Speed Transmutation Water and Oil Absorption Healing Astral Projection Sealing Soul Manipulation Expert Martial Artist Master Acrobat To see and control auras (Control the natural spirits of living things) Floating through life (Fantasy Nature): Unity and harmony with her surroundings Superhuman Instincts Incredible Luck Ending up on the path of least resistance through most situations Dodging attacks like she was made of air (Seeing the attack swerving to avoid her) Walking across rivers without getting wet, through stepping on fish swimming under her feet Float away from reality and become impossible to attack As the Shrine Maiden of Hakurei: Handling Hakurei Yin-Yang orbs Youkai extermination techniques Performing blessings Invoke the power of the Gods into her body Barrier Techniques: Barriers that explode Barriers that push enemies Barriers that push herself Barriers that act as portals for other attacks Dismantling barriers Dismantling seals Possessions: Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb Purification Rod (Gohei) Ofuda (Sacred paper charms with anti-youkai properties that she uses to fight, seal or exterminate youkai of any kind in her danmaku and to make barriers and clones of herself with) Large collection of throwing needles Ruukoto (Robot maid) Spell Cards: Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal" Dream Sign "Evil-Sealing Circle" Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal -Spread-" Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal -Concentrate-" Dream Sign "Duplex Barrier" Spirit Sign "Fantasy Orb" Divine Spirit "Fantasy Seal" Divine Arts "Omnidirectional Oni-Binding Circle" Treasure Sign "Yin-Yang Treasured Orb" Holy Relic "Yin-Yang Kishin Orb" First Card "Fantasy Orb String" Second Card "Yin-Yang Scattering" Third Card "Exorcising Border" Power Sign "Yin-Yang King Piece" Dream Battle "Illusionary Moon" Untitled "Flying Mysterious Shrine Maiden" Divine Spirit "Fantasy Seal -Blink-" Dream Land "Great Duplex Barrier" Scattered Spirit "Fantasy Seal -Worn-" Divine Arts "Omnidirectional Dragon-Slaying Circle" Migrating Spirit "Fantasy Seal -Marred-" Boundary "Duplex Danmaku Barrier" Great Barrier "Hakurei Danmaku Barrier" Spirit Sign "Yin-Yang Sign" Dream Sign "Fine Line Fantasy" Spirit Sign "Hakurei Illusion" Jewel Sign "Orbs of Light, Cast into Shade" Divine Arts "Sky-Conquering Wind God Kick" Charm "Shrine Prosperity Prayer Talismans" Charm "Fantastic High-Speed Prayer Talismans" Charm "Anti-Youkai Houi-Yoke Prayer" "Faith-Augmentation Prayer Ceremony" "Main Two Religions' Nine-Syllable Self-Defense" "Great Menreiki Expulsion" "Trinity Religion Finale" Bewitched Weapon "Merciless Purification Rod" Mikuji "Rule Violation Barrier" "Rule Violation Barrier" "Persuasion Needle" "The Donation Closest to Heaven" "Danmaku Millionaire" "Until This Life, Repeated Countless Times, Gets Fantasy-Sealed Away" Thunder Spirit Sign "Mukou's Thunder Shot Fantasy Seal" Dragon Kick Sign "Dragon's Asuka'i Kick" Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal -Dreamfinite-" "Perfect Possession and Fantasy Seal" "The Most Powerful and Fortuitous Shrine Maiden of Incident Resolution" Spirit Sign "Fantasy Cherry Blossom Seal" "Sneak-Photographer's Exorcism Master Spark" "Sneak-Photographer's Exorcism From the Back" "Unauthorized Danmaku Photography is Strictly Prohibited" "Boundary of Spirit Medium (Master) and Divine Spirit (Slave)" To Think There'd be a Shrine Maiden in That Gap! Barrier "The Home Where One Lays to Rest" Needle Sign "Needles to Seal the Lunar Nobles" Barrier "Seams of the Tumultuous World" Barrier "Fantasy Boundary Crack" Spirit Hawk Sign "Fantasy Seal Hunting Done by a Hawk" Wind Spirit Sign "Iwafune Kawarake Seal" Needle Spark Sign "Needle Spark to Seal the Lunar Nobles" Skills: "Homing Amulet" "Persuasion Needle" "Hakurei Amulet" "Extermination" Ascension Kick Cautionary Border Fantasy Rift "Mind Amulet" "Yin-Yang Orb" "Sealing Needle" "Youkai Buster" Sliding Ascension Kick Spread Amulet Permanent Border Instant Dimensional Rift "Purple Needles of Painful Reproach" "The Underside of Uncommon Sense" "Kishin's Will-o'-Wisp Art" "Foregathering Spiritual Flowers" "Wind Deep in the Mountains" "Darkness of the Crow" Rain Dance Quick-Witted Consecration Talismans Mid-Air Ascension Kick Dimensional Point Rift Yin-Yang Shot Frontal Defense Talisman Floating Wall Jump Greedy Ohnusa Gap in the Great Hakurei Barrier Breezy Cherry Blossom Vitality on Vacation
Hobby	Killing time Drinking with her friends Going to flower-viewing sessions Drinking tea Participating in feasts
Goals	Overall goals: Protect Gensokyo from every threat Investigate strange occurrences throughout Gensokyo Manage the Hakurei Border of Gensokyo Exterminating troublesome Youkai Attain a peace in Gensokyo that doesn't require violence Get worshippers at her shrine to get a high salary Prevent youkai from attacking humans Prevent humans from becoming youkai Games: For revenge or curiosity, travel to the Hakurei Shrine to defeat the Youkai creatures who emerged out of the shrine when the powerful seal was broken away (Highly Responsive to Prayers; succeeded) Along with Genjii, using the Yin-Yang Orbs, set out to find the Youkai who infested the Hakurei Shrine and resolve the incident while finding out the truth of the Yin-Yang Orbs (Story of Eastern Wonderland; succeeded) Battle against Mima, Marisa, Ellen, Kotohime, Kana and Rikako for a prize (Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream; alternatively interrupted by Chiyuri and Yumemi) Figure out why there are Youkai flooding into Gensokyo and solve the issue by confronting Yuuka Kazami (Lotus Land Story; succeeded) Exterminate the large outpoor of demons appearing out of Makai and confront Shinki about the incident (Mystic Square; unknowingly failed) Figure out why there is red mist covering the sky of Gensokyo and resolve the incident; later, deal with Flandre Scarlet (Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil; succeeded) Set out and stop the perpetrator from holding spring hostage; deal with Yukari Yakumo as Yuyuko had ordered her to (Perfect Cherry Blossom; succeeded) While making preparations for an upcoming feast, figure why there is a mist covering Gensokyo by beating up people she suspects could be the perpetrator (Immaterial and Missing Power; failed) As ordered to by Yukari, investigate why the full moon is not seen and has been replaced with a fake moon; reach Eientei and confront Eirin/Kaguya; replace the moon with the true moon; later, go on a trial of guts as ordered to by Kaguya (Imperishable Night; succeeded) Find out why there is an unnatural amount of flowers blooming by fighting enemies; afterwards have a flower-viewing session where Eiki explains the incident and how it will be resolved (Phantasmagoria of Flower View; succeeded) Find out who is threatening the Hakurei Shrine to shut down and serve another god; afterwards, make every character come to the shrine to watch autumn leaves and chat and drink with her; meet Suwako to see if the rumour she heard from Marisa was true (Mountain of Faith; succeeded) Figure out why the Hakurei Shrine was suddenly destroyed by an earthquake and solve the incident (Scarlet Weather Rhapsody; succeeded) Figure out why there are evil spirits emerging from the earth and loitering in around Gensokyo and resolve the incident *(Subterranean Animism) Chase after the Palanquin Ship to discover why such a treasure chip is floating above the skies of Gensokyo; after being foiled by Minamitsu, beat up Byakuren for trying to be revived (Undefined Fantastic Object; succeeded) Fight with Sanae in the Underground Geyser Center and win (Unthinkable Natural Law; failed) Discover why there are a large number of divine spirits appearing and blocking her during her flower-viewing session; after viewing the circumstances of the incident and resolving the incident, defeat Mamizou Futatsuiwa (Ten Desires; succeeded) Battle against Hata no Kokoro and return Hope to the human village (Hopeless Masquerade) Discover why youkai who were formerly docile suddenly became hostile; prevent Seija and her allies from performing social upheaval (Double Dealing Character; succeeded) Stop Seija Kijin after she read a newspaper about the tengu wanting to capture her (Impossible Spell Card) Fight against Seija so she cannot rob the Hakurei Shrine before the Miracle Mallet's power expires (Gold Rush; succeeded) Investigate the Perfect Posession Incident by herself after everyone has already started practicing Perfect Posession; afterwards, take down Jo'on and Shion as ordered by Yukari (Antinomy of Common Flowers; succeeded) Books: Keep Reisen at her shrine to help heal her injuries; give her futon for her to sleep; go to Eientei to tell their residents that she was at her shrine (Silent Sinner in Blue; succeeded) Have someone help her clean up after a flower-viewing event at the Hakurei Shrine; convince Aya that the article she wrote about her had incorrect information (Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red; failed) Make a profit (Wild and Horned Hermit; failed) Solve the incidents Kosuzu Motoori has accidentally caused Youkai to be released from; maintain the image of a protector for the Human Village while maintaining the masquerade set in place by the Youkai (Forbidden Scrollery)
Family	Unknown
Friends / Allies	Marisa Kirisame Rinnosuke Morichika Yukari Yakumo Suika Ibuki Aya Shameimaru Ruukoto Kosuzu Motoori Three Mischievous Fairies Genjii Kasen Ibaraki Sanae Kochiya Remilia Scarlet Kaguya Houraisan Sakuya Izayoi Tenshi Hinanawi Flandre Scarlet Youmu Konpaku Patchouli Knowledge
Enemies	Mima Byakuren Hijiri (formerly) Marisa Kirisame (formerly) Yukari Yakumo (formerly) Wriggle Nightbug (formerly) Mystia Lorelei (formerly) Keine Kamishirasawa (formerly) Tewi Inaba (formerly) Reisen Udongein Inaba (formerly) Fujiwara no Mokou (formerly) Rumia Seija Kijin Eirin Yagokoro (formerly) Kaguya Houraisan (formerly) Remilia Scarlet (formerly) Flandre Scarlet (formerly) Kanako Yasaka (formerly) Sanae Kochiya (formerly) Youmu Konpaku (formerly) Yuyuko Saigyouji (formerly) Suwako Moriya (formerly)
Type of Hero	Lazy Priestess Protector of Paradise

“	Lose yourselves in the gap of my boundary!	„
	~ Reimu Hakurei, Imperishable Night

“	Reimu: Unfortunately for you, I don't particularly mind needless killing. And of course, I'm not a Youkai shrine maiden either. I'm a human shrine maiden. And I exterminate Youkai on sight. Jinyou: Ri-Ridiculous! Aren't you on peaceful terms with a number of Youkai?! So why...?! Reimu: You should have done more research. In Gensokyo, a human villager becoming a Youkai is the greatest sin there is. And my job is to make sure they don't.	„
	~ Reimu Hakurei, to a fortune-teller who became a Youkai, before killing him

“	That shrine maiden didn't have any ill intent to start with. There was never any need for discipline. These are the sort of things about Reimu that were intolerable to you? That level of worldly desire is only natural for humans. To be captivated by desires like that isn't ill intent, it's just simple-minded innocence. That's just how simple-minded that shrine maiden is. The memory of her training will stay strong for a while, and she'll try unnaturally hard, but around now, she's probably run out of steam and gone even more sluggish than usual. After she sleeps for a bit, she'll go back to being honest with ourself and our usual Reimu will return.	„
	~ Onozuka Komachi, explaining to Kasen Ibaraki on why Reimu had suddenly been acting on her own desires

“	Thieves, assassins and soldiers would all say the same thing. Just because it's their job, it won't pardon their sins. To cleanse your sins even a little, you must accomplish good deeds.	„
	~ Eiki Shiki's words to Reimu Hakurei, when Reimu attempts to excuse her behaviour

Reimu Hakurei is the main protagonist of the Touhou Project series, having appeared in almost every game and book in the series whether as a protagonist, enemy, playable or minor character unless specified.

As the sole maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, she is commonly called upon by other characters, or herself, to investigate strange occurrences called incidents throughout Gensokyo.

During her journeys, she fights hundreds of characters using her spiritual powers, mainly youkai, some examples including magicians, evil spirits and gods; afterwards, most become her acquaintances.

She has never received an official voice actor.

Appearance

Reimu is described as being 'fairly tall', having fair skin and dark hair of long-to-short length. She typically wears a red-and-white adapted and non-traditional shrine maiden outfit, white sarashi, white bowed socks and black Mary Jane shoes, while wearing different outfits at times.

Otherwise, her design varies throughout many of the games:

• (Touhou 1 to 5) Purple eyes, long purple hair, wears large red ribbon in hair. Clothes are red and white, and strongly resembles a traditional shrine maiden outfit.
• (Touhou 3, alternative outfit) Same as above, but clothes are mainly green instead of red.
• (Touhou 6 and 7) Dark red eyes, black hair, wears large red ribbon in hair, often carries a rod (gohei) with many paper seals attached in streamers. Wears a red and white dress remotely similar to a shrine maiden's outfit with detached sleeves leaving her shoulders uncovered, and a red neckerchief.
• (Touhou 7.5, 10, 10.5, and 12.3) Same as above, but her neckerchief is yellow.
• (Touhou 7.5 and 10.5, alternative outfit) Same as above, but the dress is black instead of red.
• (Touhou 8) Same as 7.5, 10, 10.5, and 12.3, but her hair is dark brown.
• (Touhou 9) Same as 8, but her neckerchief is navy blue. Over the course of these games, her hair apparently grew from shoulder-length to the middle of her back before it became short again in Touhou 11.
• (Touhou 9, alternative outfit) Same as above, but dress is mainly blue instead of red.
• (Touhou 11) Same as 9, but her neckerchief is dark blue with a yellow ribbon tied to it. Shoulder-length hair.
• (Touhou 12, 12.5) Same as 11, but the neckerchief is entirely yellow again, and Reimu's hair has grown past her shoulders.
• (Touhou 13) Same as 12, but her hair has become shorter (possibly the shortest it has ever been). Her gohei is also much longer judging from the title screen.
• (Touhou 13.5) Same as above, except neckerchief is blue again and her hair is brown and longer.
• (Touhou 14) Same as in 13, but her hair is now slightly longer and her neckerchief is once again yellow. She also no longer has a ribbon threaded through the hem of her dress (it has been replaced with a lacy pattern of a similar colour), or ribbons threaded through the bottom of her arm-socks.

Occupation

Shrine Maiden

Reimu's occupation is a shrine maiden, who are altar girls that live in and work at Shinto shrines. Shrine maidens are generally virgins and take various rites of purity and chastity, and undergo various forms of physical and mental training. They also practice sealing and purification rituals, which are highly form-based and symbolic, and are used to bless, purify, or exorcise vengeful spirits. Her daily life as a shrine maiden includes wearing red-and-white clothing, staring at the sky and enjoying tea and life on the veranda of the shrine.

Reimu lives in, works at, and maintains the Hakurei Shrine, located by the boundary of Gensokyo, the Great Hakurei Barrier, distanced in mountains away from the Human Village. In these mountainous areas, the whole of Gensokyo can reportedly be seen from a single view by the shrine. Due to its place in maintaining the Great Hakurei Barrier, Hakurei Shrine exists in both the world of Gensokyo as well as the Outside World.

In particular, Reimu's duty is to protect Gensokyo, while there are other things included in her job. Although Reimu only extinguished certain sparks of conflict in her journeys because they seemed to befall her without warning, her actions have generally resulted in preventing the youkai residents of Gensokyo from visiting human settlements, and keeping human outsiders away from wandering into Gensokyo.

Creator of the Spell Card System

The Spell Card system is a system set by a boundary of rules made in order to uphold the laws and values of Gensokyo's humans and youkai. Simply put, it refrains youkai from killing humans, without causing needless bloodshed and is a fair way of winning a duel.

It is assumed that Reimu is the creator of this system, on many occasions having been mentioned as such in canonical works. During the events of Embodiment Of Scarlet Devil, Reimu had been at least one of the creator of this system.

Incident Resolver

Reimu is one of the main incident resolvers in Gensokyo. In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, an incident is defined as "a phenomenon that affects all of Gensokyo and is of unknown cause". These set the central obstacles that a character has to face in the games, typically enemy characters usually in the form of stage bosses, midbosses, final bosses, extra bosses.

Abilities

Reimu has mostly natural abilities that come from birth and most of these are spiritual abilities, but there are other unrelated skills she has. Her trademark ability is Fantasy Nature.

Ability to Float

While many inhabitants of Gensokyo are capable of flying, Reimu's ability extends beyond that; she is someone who excels at floating through life, displaying a level of oneness with her surroundings that has been compared to a hermit. While she "goes with the flow" Reimu displays superhuman instincts and incredible luck, naturally ending up on the path of least resistance through most situations; conversely, when distracted or acting with impure motives she quickly loses her edge.

Spiritual Abilities

In earlier games, Reimu's spiritual abilities were highly limited. As time went by, however, she developed her abilities, becoming able to use the Yin-Yang Orb, special amulets, and her own spiritual power in order to fight more effectively. Sometime between Mystic Square and Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, this culminated in her developing the ability to fly under her own power.

• In Touhou Reiiden: Highly Responsive to Prayers, she was in fact unable to harm enemies directly at all.
• Her spiritual power was limited in the PC-98 era games.
• Before being able to fly, she relied on Genjii, her turtle familiar, to fly, and in fact did not fly at all in Touhou Reiiden: Highly Responsive to Prayers.

Ability To See and Control Auras

It has been stated in Reimu's Omake text official profile of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she could see and control auras, which was to control the natural spirits of living things. However, there has not been any other official statements regarding this ability itself except a few examples, such as in chapter 16 of Forbidden Scrollery, where it explained that she was able to tell if a youkai has been active in an area from the lingers of their aura. She has also used her ofuda to detect if a youkai had any evil. It may mean that she needs a specific item to be able to be capable of this ability, but it's unknown as it is rarely shown.

Physical Abilities

While her physical abilities are below average compared to her spiritual abilities, Reimu is remarkably athletic for her sedentary lifestyle.

Plot

Undefined Fantastic Object

In Undefined Fantastic Object, she seems very intent on getting the treasure ship's riches, probably due to the events following the Hakurei Shrine's repair and re-opening in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. Where there's a treasure ship, there has to be the seven gods of luck. She figures that where any gods are involved, it's a job for her, but most of the seven gods of luck aren't Japanese gods. Her true goal is the treasure.

Ten Desires

In Ten Desires, a lot of divine spirits start to congregate and due the fact that is an "Incident", Reimu has to go and figure out what drove them to spread.

Hopeless Masquerade

In Hopeless Masquerade, the normally calm humans and the always-energetic youkai are both in a state of excitement. Their blood is boiling for one reason. From here on, the shrine maiden and her rivals will be battling it out. The goal is to emerge victorious in the battle, and acquire unwavering popularity.

Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

In Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, the lunar emissaries have at last arrived for real. Their goals are unknown, but as Reimu is fighting entirely away from home, it's obvious that this will be the first truly difficult battle for her in a long while. This time, she's forced to fight a battle with no room for error.

Antimony of Common Flowers

In Antimony of Common Flowers, Reimu heads out with Kasen Ibaraki to investigate the Perfect Possession incident, but quickly realizes that the incident can't be dealt with via usual means.

Hidden Star in Four Seasons

In Hidden Star in Four Seasons, there were cherry blossoms blooming at the Hakurei Shrine, but it didn't bother Reimu as there was plenty of strange weather before, so she doesn't think of the incident as an issue. That conceit leads her to severely misjudge the true nature of the incident.

Wily Beast and Weakest Creature

In Wily Beast and Weakest Creature, beast spirits had begun to invade from Hell en masse. A beast spirit that was cooperative with humans told Reimu that it'd lend its power to her, so she decided to go to Hell. She wasn't completely convinced by what the spirit had told her, but she would be more powerful than if she went to Hell by herself, and she could always just defeat the beast spirit itself if things came to that, so she decided that it didn't pose any disadvantage to her.

Personality

“	Aah! The cat turned into a cat!	„
	~ Hakurei Reimu, remarking on Kaenbyou Rin

Reimu is an open and extremely carefree individual who is disconnected with social norms due to having little visitors at her shrine; she simply lives her life on ideas off the top of her head, never taking things seriously and being unattached to the world of living. Highly curious, she is often interested in things, although can be quickly disinterested once she learns about them, leading to her being straightforward. She exhibits entirely separate values and views from others, tending to draw abnormal conclusions to things, oftentimes ignoring what others feel and unintentionally hurting them. By nature, Reimu can use various mysterious powers, but she doesn't use most of them or boast about them, although she is still extremely confident.

She takes her job as the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine very seriously, although she dislikes or hates training as she believes that effort will not be rewarded. Generally, her way of exterminating youkai is fighting first and then asking questions later. Even if a youkai were to be harmless and not trying to hurt anyone, she would still attack them using brute force to teach them a lesson, albeit without killing them. She is not afraid to murder when it is necessary, only depending on if the victim committed a sin great enough to deserve said punishment. It is noted that in contrast to other previous generations of shrine maidens, she lacks a sense of danger and goes through meager training, yet is exceptionally powerful.

She displays a neutral personality; she treats anyone and everyone in an uninterested manner with no particular respect or disrespect, whether or not they are an average human or a god and regardless of social status. This tends to attract visitors to her shrine, whether youkai or human, as well as those who are strong both in power and personality towards her.

As her abilities have changed, so has her personality. In the first few games, she is considered as very optimistic and easily excited, not worrying about any incidents even if they were strange or an emergency, but still enjoyed them. She was confident, believing she could solve every incident she came across with her power, rarely being suspicious about incidents. Described as having a ‘slightly emotional’ and ‘simple’ character, she was often the target of jokes and being dragged into adventures that she didn’t wish to participate in by Marisa, while Reimu pretended to ignore her, thinking she was a hopeless case.

As noted by Komachi Onozuka and Toyosatomimi no Miko, she is a person who is very easy to read. In the case of Komachi, she knew that Reimu is too simple-minded to have any ill intent and that she would quickly return to normal, while Miko easily deduced that even though she stated that she wanted to exterminate all youkai, she truly wanted to achieve a peace without violence in Gensokyo. Reimu also portrays her emotions exactly as they are: when she's happy, she's happy, when she's angry, she's angry.

Relationships

Reimu, being the main heroine in the Touhou Project series, makes many different relationships during her appearances in the games and books. Her shrine is often visited by most of the characters in the series.

• Marisa Kirisame (Friend and fellow incident resolver)
• Rinnosuke Morichika (Friend)
• Yukari Yakumo (Ally)
• Suika Ibuki (Houseguest/Moocher)
• Genjii (Pet turtle)
• Ruukoto (Former maid)
• Mima (Taunter)
• Aya Shameimaru (Fellow incident resolver)
• Byakuren Hijiri (Religious rival)
• Flandre Scarlet (Known)
• Sanae Kochiya (Fellow incident resolver)
• Reisen Udongein Inaba (Fellow incident resolver)

Trivia

• Reimu seems to be scared before and after the boss battle with the Five Magic Stones, making this the only ever time that Reimu was scared and/or afraid of a boss before and after the battle.
• Reimu is known for exterminating youkai indiscriminately, regardless of how much of a threat they represent to her or others. The most notable example of this was Tokiko, who was ambushed by Reimu while she was, in Reimu's own words, "reading and minding her own business".
• Most of her theme from Lotus Land Story sounds similar to Elis and Kikuri's theme from Highly Responsive to Prayers, "Magic Mirror".
• It is originally stated that she lives alone at the shrine, but other rarely seen characters (Mima and SinGyoku) are known to stay there or near there as well. Even then, she claims that most youkai visitors are nuisances, and she'd prefer to be left alone. Marisa Kirisame seems to be one of the few who she wouldn't drive away.
• In Imperishable Night, Reimu is the only one whose partner doesn't mention the danger of the full moon.
• Reimu's ultimate technique Fantasy Nature (夢想天生 musou tensei, "innate fantasy gained at birth") is homophonous with the ultimate technique of the Hokuto Shinken school in Fist of the North Star, Musou Tensei (無想転生 musou tensei, "nil-thought rebirth"), and has much the same effect.
• In Touhou Hisoutensoku, if you activate Fantasy Nature successfully in a 3rd round, a remix of "Eastern Mystical Love Consultation" will play which resembles Ai wo Torimodose, the opening theme of the Fist of the North Star anime (an instrumental version of which usually plays whenever Kenshiro is about to win a fight).
• In Touhou Hisoutensoku, one of her alternative palettes looks similar to VIVIT, the heroine of the Seihou Project. Also, one of her palettes seems to be another maid homage, Ruukoto, or possibly Sanae Kochiya's colours. The palette also seems to resemble Mima from Highly Responsive to Prayers. Her white/light gray palette seems to resemble Toki from Hokuto no Ken.
• When playing Yukari's story mode in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Reimu breaks down in tears in the ending after Yukari defeats Tenshi and reduces the Hakurei Shrine to rubble for the second time, with Sakuya and Youmu looking on helplessly (although Suika offers to help rebuild it). This marks the first and only time where she is seen crying in a storyline scenario.
• The shrine maiden at the end of Dolls in Pseudo Paradise is probably Reimu. She has Reimu's title, "Shrine Maiden of Paradise" (and her personality), and according to Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red's Music Column, the shrine maiden in the song that accompanies the ending section is Reimu (so basically, this shrine maiden has Reimu's song and title). However, only the shrine maiden at the end is referred to as the shrine maiden of paradise. Thus it is possible that the shrine maiden seen in the first half of the story is a different person altogether.
• A "13th Shrine Maiden" signs off the Gensokyo Record in Perfect Cherry Blossom's prologue. ZUN has stated in an e-mail that the Gensokyo Record is unreliable (for one thing, the writing style of each section shows it was written by a different person each time), thus "there is a high possibility that Reimu is not the 13th Hakurei shrine maiden." (technically, this also means there is no proof that the person who wrote that section of the record is a shrine maiden at all).
• It is shown in Oriental Sacred Place that the shrine sometimes gets various donations (including wine) from unknown sources (implied to be from the outside world, as the Hakurei Shrine lies on the border) and Yukari is shown in Oriental Sacred Place to sneak yen donations into the offering box when Reimu isn't looking.
• Although Reimu has successfully resolved the incidents in each major Touhou game, it's possible that her win rate throughout the actual events of the games was not 100%. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense states that Reimu likes to request rematches until she finally wins. In essence, Reimu apparently has had to use a few continues every once in a while, but she still manages to get a good ending.
• Ironically, although she is a Shintoist shrine maiden, she has been compared to a Taoist hermit, her practices resembling wu wei and she has also used various weapons relating to yin and yang.
• Interestingly, in each story in most of the games and books, events are never from Reimu's perspective, but instead being from others.
• Reimu balances out Yukari's "girly-girl", while she balances out Marisa's "tomboy" theme.
• Reimu's ability of never getting fat after eating sweets is jokingly theorized by fans as the reason for her small in-game hitboxes.
• Reimu has been featured in Seihou Project, Magic Pengel, Graffiti Kingdom, Lord Of Vermilion and Nendoroid Generation.

External links

Wiki

• Reimu Hakurei on the Touhou Wiki
• Touhou Wikipedia
• Reimu Hakurei on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki

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• Reimu Hakurei Fanart
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PC-98 Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Mima | Yuuka Kazami | Alice Margatroid | Genjii | Ruukoto | Kana Anaberal | Chiyuri Kitashirakawa Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Rumia | Cirno | Hong Meiling | Patchouli Knowledge | Sakuya Izayoi | Remilia Scarlet | Flandre Scarlet | Koakuma Perfect Cherry Blossom Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Youmu Konpaku | Yuyuko Saigyouji | Ran Yakumo | Yukari Yakumo | Hourai | Shanghai | Prismriver Sisters Immaterial and Missing Power Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Suika Ibuki Imperishable Night Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Mystia Lorelei | Keine Kamishirasawa | Eirin Yagokoro | Kaguya Houraisan | Fujiwara no Mokou Tewi Inaba | Phantasmagoria of Flower View Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Medicine Melancholy | Yuuka Kazami | Aya Shameimaru | Komachi Onozuka Mountain of Faith Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Sanae Kochiya | Momiji Inubashiri | Kanako Yasaka | Nitori Kawashiro | Suwako Moriya Subterranean Animism Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Satori Komeiji | Koishi Komeiji | Utsuho Reiuji | Sanae Kochiya | Yuugi Hoshiguma Undefined Fantastic Object: Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Minamitsu Murasa | Byakuren Hijiri | Ichirin Kumoi | Nue Houjuu Ten Desires Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Yuyuko Saigyouji | Mononobe no Futo | Toyosatomimi no Miko | Nue Houjuu | Mamizou Futatsuiwa Hopeless Masquerade Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Hata no Kokoro | Tenshi Hinanawi | Hatate Himekaidou | Iku Nagae | Unzan Double Dealing Character Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Cirno | Seija Kijin | Shinmyoumaru Sukuna Urban Legend in Limbo Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Kasen Ibaraki Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Sagume Kishin | Hecatia Lapislazuli | Clownpiece Antinomy of Common Flowers Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Ichirin Kumoi | Unzan | Byakuren Hijiri | Mononobe no Futo Hidden Star in Four Seasons Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Aya Shameimaru | Cirno Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Reimu Hakurei | Marisa Kirisame | Mayumi Joutouguu | Keiki Haniyasushin Other Goliath Doll | Three Mischievous Fairies