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Oh hey, a cow! She drowns people! Day 8: Urumi Ushizaki Urumi is definitely a character that could do more. She a Rumia-adjacent character, which I describe as a character whose role is to remind people that there are a lot of deadly youkai around, and Urumi functionally does it well. The problem is everything else, where she’s a boring personality and not too interesting. The only detail I have for her is that she does a lot of fishing, which is like nothing to go on. A huge problem with a lot of newer touhou characters is that they aren’t standout, which is why characters like Keiki are special because they actually have more than just lore or just personality, and that’s going to be an issue for most new characters until they show up in books for more than a cameo. Overall though, Urumi is a character with a role and nothing else. Her design isn’t even good.

I just have one word for this character. COW

I love Kikuri. Thanks to Puppet Dance Performance for introducing me to her and other PC-98 gems. Touhou 1 probably has the most unique cast, such wonderful designs. I'd love a remake someday.

Red girl with horns=peak design Day 7: Shingyoku Shingyoku has a really unique design and stops there. I like their female form more because I’m a sucker for horns, but I generally think that they have a solid look all around. Once again, I always wish that PC98 characters got more lore, but that probably won’t happen. The bad part about most PC98 characters is that compared to other characters, they don’t even get a basic role. Hell, eika I can say more about than characters like kikuri or Shingyoku. But overall, Shingyoku is kinda just there.