Know your Touhou vol.1

Day 2,127, 07:40 • Published in Japan Japan • by Kyouko
GOOD MORNING!! I am starting a random series that contains random things, that doesn't really follow a schedule. (a random schedule, if you will.) It will basically contain some Touhou picture that I find funny, or not funny.

Thanks for Inaba Tewi for putting the original Japanese comic page (link) in shout! (Yep, I translated it.)

UPDATE: Continuation.

Italic: proper noun. Look it up if you want to. TouhouWiki is handy.
Footnote*: basic explanation.
Underline: fandom speculation. Might not be consensus, and I try to keep original intention.
Abbr. w/ number: e.g. "UFO(th12), EoSD(th06)", Touhou game.
Bold: main point.



Characters:

Nazrin, "The Little Dowser General". Ability: Finding sought-for items.
Mouse youkai*1 in Myouren Temple. Her master is Toramaru Shou, who lost Bishamonten's Pagoda once in UFO(th12). It was Nazrin who used her ability to find it. Loves her master.


Shou Toramaru, "Disciple of Vaiśravaṇa". Ability: Gathering treasures.
(Not in comic but related.)
eRep cosplay: Toramaru Syou(link), eRoC financing wizard.
Youkai*1 in Myouren Temple. Avatar of Bishamonten. Really clumsy and lose her Pagoda every now and then. "Pagoda is something to throw" is a popular meme in Japanese Touhou fandom.


Kyouko Kasodani, "Sutra Chanting Yamabiko". Ability: Reflection of sound.
eRep cosplay: Kyouko(link), eJP citizen, Yuuka's shikigami.
Youkai*1, or more specificaly, yamabiko*2 in Myouren Temple. Just a worshipper of the temple, sweeps the front door, and greets people loudly. Love to repeat people's words.

*1 Just think "youkai = Japanese monster", or if interested you can look it up and come up with the same conclusion.
*2 "Yamabiko = youkai that shouts back to you when you shout to mountain." Remember, science (the sound-wave-bouncing nonsense) is just excuse for you all humans to not believe in us youkais.