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| Basic Information | |
| Real Name | (Izayoi Sakuya) |
|---|---|
| Aliases | PAD-cho, Head Maid |
| Translated Names | Sakuya Izayoi |
| Race | Human |
| Abilities | Ability to manipulate time |
| First appearance work | 《Embodiment of Scarlet Devil》 |
| Hair Color | Silver hair |
| Eye color | Indeterminate, YesSilver eyes、Blue eyes、Red eyesetc. |
| Moe points | Maid、Braids、Maid outfit、Onee-san、Absolute Territory、Airheaded、Rindere、Time Stop、Tied sideburns、Throwing Knife、Short hair、Cooking expert、Pocket Watch、Black pantyhose、Leg ring、Puff sleeves、Breast pads(Fanon),Lolicon(Fan-made)、 |
| Region of Origin | Gensokyo |
| Area of Activity | Scarlet Devil Mansion Throughout Gensokyo |
| Affiliations | Scarlet Devil Mansion |
| Relatives or Related Persons | |
| Mistress:Remilia Scarlet The Mistress's younger sister:Flandre Scarlet The Mistress's friend:Patchouli Knowledge Subordinates:Hong Meiling、Fairy Maids ？：Eirin Yagokoro Prototype?:Yumeko | |
Izayoi
First appeared in "Embodiment of Scarlet Devil", appearing as the Stage 5 Midboss, Stage 5 Boss, and Stage 6 Midboss.
Introduction
The only human in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, serving as the Head Maid.
Possesses the highest-level ability for a human: the ability to manipulate time.
Usually serves the MistressRemiliaas well as managing various chores in the mansion. However, because the workload is very heavy, she often needs to use her ability to help complete the tasks. She is absolutely loyal to the Mistress and is known for her elegant and composed manner, though her way of thinking can sometimes be a bit airheaded.
She can perform magic tricks and uses throwing knives as danmaku; her knife-throwing skills are quite formidable.
Effectively the spokesperson for the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
Basic Information
Name Card
Original Name: Sakuya Izayoi (いざよい さくや, Izayoi Sakuya, 十六夜咲夜)
Nickname: 16-ya, PAD-cho, Head Maid
Age: Appears to be a girl around 17 years old
Race: Human
Residence: Scarlet Devil Mansion
Occupation: Head Maid
Interpersonal Relationships：
Mistress:Remilia Scarlet
The Mistress's younger sister:Flandre Scarlet
The Mistress's friend:Patchouli Knowledge
Scarlet Devil Mansion Gatekeeper:Hong Meiling
？：Eirin Yagokoro
Moe Attributes：Maid、Silver hair、Airheaded、Lolicon
Abilities：
| 時間を操る程度の能力 | Ability to manipulate time | *Embodiment of Scarlet Devil*, *Imperishable Night*, *Phantasmagoria of Flower View*, *Strange Creators of Outer World* |
| 時間を止める程度の能力 | Ability to stop time | *Unconnected Marketeers* |
| 主に時間を操る程度の能力 | Primarily the ability to manipulate time | *Perfect Cherry Blossom* |
| 時を操る程度の能力 | Ability to manipulate time | *Perfect Cherry Blossom*, *Immaterial and Missing Power*, *Imperishable Night* *Phantasmagoria of Flower View*, *Scarlet Weather Rhapsody》, 《Double Dealing Character》 |
| With a massless state and ultra-high-speed movement capabilities | 《Wild and Horned Hermit》[1]Actually, it was to shift the blame to a certain | |
Appearance Information
| Work Title | Location | Title | Theme Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embodiment of Scarlet Devil | Stage 5 Boss, Stage 6 Midboss | Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial 月時計 ～ ルナ・ダイアル |
| Perfect Cherry Blossom | Playable Character | Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | |
| Immaterial and Missing Power | Playable Character, Enemy Character | The Perfect and Elegant Servant 完全で瀟洒な従者 Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood メイドと血の懐中時計 Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial 月時計 ～ ルナ・ダイアル |
| Imperishable Night | Playable Character | Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | |
| Phantasmagoria of Flower View | Playable Character, Enemy Character | The Perfect and Elegant Maid 完全で瀟洒なメイド | Flowering Night フラワリングナイト |
| Shoot the Bullet | Lv.7 BOSS | Dangerous Illusionist 危険な手品師 | |
| Scarlet Weather Rhapsody | Playable Character, Enemy Character | The Perfect and Elegant Servant 完全で瀟洒な従者 Maid of the Night Storm 小夜嵐のメイド | Flowering Night フラワリングナイト |
| Touhou Hisoutensoku | Playable Character, Enemy Character | The Perfect and Elegant Servant 完全で瀟洒な従者 | Flowering Night フラワリングナイト |
| Hopeless Masquerade | Background Audience | ||
| Double Dealing Character | Playable Character | Maid of the Scarlet Devil 紅い悪魔のメイド | |
| Impossible Spell Card | Day 7 Boss | ||
| Unconnected Marketeers | Playable Character | The Elegant Maid 瀟洒なメイド | |
| 100th Black Market | 4th Market Boss | Even if she can stop time, she pays properly 時を止めてもちゃんと買います | |
| Perfect Memento in Strict Sense | Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | ||
| Curiosities of Lotus Asia | |||
| Silent Sinner in Blue (Novel) | |||
| Silent Sinner in Blue (Manga) | Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | ||
| Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth (4-koma) | Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のメイド | ||
| Eastern and Little Nature Deity | |||
| Strange and Bright Nature Deity | |||
| Strange and Bright Nature Deity | |||
| Oriental Sacred Place | |||
| Wild and Horned Hermit | The Lightning-Fast Maid 電光石火のメイド | ||
| Forbidden Scrollery | The Vampire's Maid (Maid) 吸血鬼のメイド | ||
| Cheating Detective Satori | The Perfect and Elegant Maid 完全で瀟洒なメイド | ||
| Lotus Eaters | The Alcoholic Housewife of the Scarlet Devil Mansion 紅魔館のキッチンドリンカー |
Theme Song
| 月時計 ～ ルナ・ダイアル | Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial |
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| メイドと血の懐中時計 | Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood |
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| フラワリングナイト | Flowering Night |
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Regarding Names and Titles
(The following content is translated from the Touhou Origin Neta Wiki)[2]
 The name "Sakuya Izayoi" was given to her by Remilia Scarlet; no one knows what her true original name is.
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Appearance
- A head ofsilver'sShort hair, with sideburns on both sides, tied into smallBraids, with green ribbons tied at the ends.
- Eye color varies across different works, includingred, brown (Embodiment of Scarlet Devil), orBlue(Perfect Cherry Blossom, Double Dealing Character, etc.), andgrey(Immaterial and Missing Power, Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, etc.).
- Her height in Perfect Cherry Blossom was described by ZUN as "tall." (= height equivalent to someone in their late teens)
- Her outfit is primarily blue and whiteMaid outfit, and the length of her skirt's hem varies across different works. On her head, she wears a maidIssuing a card. In the early chapters of *Wild and Horned Hermit*, she wore a sun-shaped hairclip identical to Sunny's.
- In different works, the detailed settings vary slightly, but they all share common points: the collar, shoulder ruffles, maid headband, waist tie, and apron are white; the lower garment is blue.
- A pocket watch hangs at her waist, though it is sometimes removed.
- The item worn around her neck also varies by work: a green ribbon in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, a brown scarf in Perfect Cherry Blossom, and green string-like ribbons in Imperishable Night and Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
- Additionally, in terms of details, there is "Red Magic" embroidery on the sleeves in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she holds a mop in Perfect Cherry Blossom, and there are Roman numerals I–XII on her apron in Phantasmagoria of Flower View (perhaps representing time?).
- Her portrait in Double Dealing Character changed from her previous bare-legged image to wearing tights, and she continues to wear tights in the subsequent Unconnected Marketeers, showing a strong trend of becoming the tights representative of the main cast.
- In works produced by Tasogare Frontier (Immaterial and Missing Power, Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Hisoutensoku), her eyes turn intored。
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*Perfect Memento in Strict Sense* -
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil -
*Perfect Cherry Blossom Trial Version* -
Perfect Cherry Blossom -
Immaterial and Missing Power -
*Imperishable Night* -
*Phantasmagoria of Flower View* -
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody -
*Double Dealing Character* -
Unconnected Marketeers
(Translated from Pixiv Encyclopedia, with minor modifications)[3]
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She has silver bobbed hair with braids tied with green ribbons at the ends near both sideburns. |
Personality
Just as her alias "Perfect and Elegant" suggests, Sakuya's work as a maid is flawless, and she is basically impeccable as a servant.
However, perhaps because she is a bit of a worrywart, she complains about cleaning after expanding the space inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion herself, or she takes on all the work of the useless fairy maids by herself.
Toward her master,Remiliaabsolute loyalty.In Touhou Kishinjou, if you choose Sakuya A and use a continue, Sakuya will be turned by Shinmyoumaru (though this is due to the influence of the cursed weapon).However, she sometimes gives her master advice or acts at her own pace, which can trouble the Mistress.
She is an eccentric and airheaded character with an unconventional way of thinking, often changing the subject for no reason. In Perfect Cherry Blossom,Alicetold her to worry about herself, but for some reason, she was worried that she only had three sets of spare clothes; in Imperishable Night, she is often teased by her master (is she confident or just airheaded?).
Additionally, she has shown her eccentric personality in many ways, such as catching fairies and wanting to put them in bottles, brewing poisoned tea for her master based on her own theories, having a very unique naming sense, being so obsessed with things at Kourindou that those around her are at a loss, and having hobbies like collecting rarities and making (seemingly ordinary) original tea.
However, Sakuya also has a side with sharp intuition, being able to find the hidden Three Fairies of Light and sense theKourindou shopkeeper'sinscrutable intentions, and so on.
Her cooking skills are also widely praised; according to ZUN, her knife-throwing skill is proportional to her cooking skill, so she is very good at cooking.
Before Touhou Koumakyou, she basically had no contact with anyone outside the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and she herself tried to avoid going out. Her personality seemed to be even stricter than it is now. Even after the Scarlet Mist Incident, she had almost no contact with the outside world.
However, after the Great Barrier incident of the sixty-year cycle, perhaps because her attitude of being "a bit too cold toward humans" improved somewhat, Sakuya began visiting the Human Village to shop and talk with the villagers, and her personality has become somewhat milder.
Incidentally, during battles or when under increased stress, she becomes very competitive and aggressive, and her personality undergoes some changes. In "Scarlet Weather Rhapsody," Sakuya says things like "Right now, I'm in aggressive mode," suggesting she is aware of these personality shifts herself.
Additionally, when the shopkeeper is away, she might enter without permission or secretly swap out merchandise; her hands are surprisingly restless.And she has even stolen from Marisa's house.Marisa: Stealing from the master of thieves herself. Actually, it's quite normal for Sakuya to have kleptomania; after all, with her silver short hair, knives, agility, cat mouth, time-stopping, magician status, orphan status (suspected), and hidden large breasts (strikethrough), these moe attributes are enough to make a manga titled "Phantom Thief Sakuya."
(Translated from Pixiv Encyclopedia, with minor modifications)[3]
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True to her title of "Perfect and Elegant," her work as a maid is flawless, and she is essentially impeccable as a servant. |
Deeds
As the Head Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, she is responsible for the daily affairs of the entire mansion. Although there are a considerable number of fairy maids in the mansion, these fairy maids are barely able to take care of themselves. As a result, Sakuya, as the Head Maid, is responsible for the vast majority of the mansion's affairs, such as cleaning, cooking, shopping, taking care of the Mistress, security, and so on.
Embodiment of Scarlet DevilIn the game, she intercepts Reimu and Marisa, who have broken into the mansion to investigate the scarlet mist (on Easy difficulty, the game is set to end at Stage 5 as Sakuya cannot be passed).
Perfect Cherry BlossomIn the game, as the long winter caused stored supplies to face depletion, she reluctantly asked Remilia for leave to investigate the incident, defeatingYuyukoResolving the incident; afterwards, she learned from Yuyuko, who came to visit the shrine, that there was a true mastermind behind this incident. Later, in order to repair the barrier, she went to the Netherworld once again and, along withBlueandPurplebattle.
*Imperishable Night*In the game, she sets out to investigate the incident alongside Remilia. After breaking through Eientei and defeatingKaguya HouraisanAfter resolving the incident, she prepared for a trip to the moon with the Mistress with mixed feelings. Then, she accepted the trial of guts proposed by Kaguya and entered the Bamboo Forest again, where she encountered Kaguya's rival—Fujiwara no Mokou。
<Touhou Kourindou ~ Curiosities of Lotus Asia>In it, she was sent by Remi to Kourindou in the middle of the night to buy "lucky" items, and bought a kappa's five-colored shell from Rinnosuke to take back.
Scarlet Weather RhapsodyIn the game, she noticed the scarlet mist emanating from her body and set out to investigate, becoming highly motivated (push-push mode) during the investigation. In the Celestial Realm, she encounteredTenshi, although she defeated Tenshi, she still felt a sense of regret, so she led Reimu, whose shrine had been collapsed by the earthquake, to the Celestial Realm to let Reimu teach Tenshi a lesson.
*Silent Sinner in Blue*In this work, during the Second Lunar War initiated by Yukari Yakumo, she wasRemiliaandPatchoulisent to collect materials for building a rocket, which Patchouli then constructed, and she boarded the rocket along with Reimu,Marisa, Remilia and others to land on the Moon. After finally reaching the Moon, but was eventuallyYorihimedefeated.
*Double Dealing Character*In this work, she obtained knives that attack automatically, and just then received an order from Remilia to "deal with the youkai causing trouble at the Misty Lake," so she set out to resolve the incident.
Unconnected MarketeersIn this work, she receivedPatchouli's order to go and collect the Ability Cards circulating in Gensokyo, handed the cards to Patchouli for research, and after questioning the God of the Market,Chimata Tenkyuu, she painted the walls and ceilings of the Scarlet Devil Mansion in rainbow colors and held a market.
Detailed explanation of abilities
Ability to manipulate time [3]
The so-called manipulation of time is the ability to stop time so that only oneself can move, slow down the flow of time to achieve ultra-high-speed movement, or accelerate the flow of time to cause changes in the existence of objects.
Objects she touches will resume their normal flow of time (tentatively speculated to be a conscious use, evidenced by her using the ability to prepare the Mistress's tea and snacks). Therefore, when the ability is active, throwing knives will stop again due to the ability after leaving her hand. Thus, her tactics mostly involve forming knife arrays with throwing knives after activating her ability.
She can also manipulate space, which is closely related to time; the space inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion has been greatly expanded by her.
The Great Library located in the basement of the Scarlet Devil Mansion has also had its space expanded by Sakuya.
This can be known from the Stage 4 of *Embodiment of Scarlet Devil*'sPatchouli Knowledgedialogue.
This is a space-time relationship based on the "space-time continuum" theory proposed by Einstein, which states that time and space are fundamentally one.
She can also attack by compressing time, causing the opponent to encounter throwing knives from the immediate past and future. By utilizing this method, she can also create clones that appear to be her true self.
To what extent she can manipulate time and space is unknown, but the time stopped in the Spell Card "Sakuya's World" is approximately 5 seconds.However, according to the ending dialogue in *Perfect Cherry Blossom*, Sakuya's time stop has no consumption and lasts for a very long time, to the point where she can rest during the time stop.
However, it is very difficult to change things that have already happened into things that never happened, except in special circumstances.
In cases where items are damaged, burned, or eaten, they cannot be restored to their original state even if time is reversed.Therefore, every time the Scarlet Devil Mansion is destroyed or explodes as part of daily life, she has to repair it herself (laughs).
She can only go as far as returning moved objects to their original positions.
Her power is considered by everyone to completely surpass the realm of humans.
However, when actually used in danmaku battles, it is not very conspicuous; in attacks where a large number of throwing knives appear simultaneously, it includes practical operations such as stopping time to set up knives or performing secondary modifications to the knives' trajectories.
Her attack power is somewhat lower compared to other characters. Additionally, there is a limit to the number of knives she can throw at once, so if she runs out of knives, she retrieves them by stopping time.
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Ability to manipulate time |
In "Wild and Horned Hermit》In Chapter 35, Sakuya admits that her ability is not "stopping the flow of time for others", but rather a way of manipulating mass and speedutilizing relativityKuto approximatethe effect of stopping time.Although many readers feel strongly thatZUNis suspected of retconning, these things can still be explained.Probably[4]
Use of Spell Cards and Research
- Main article:Sakuya Izayoi/Spell Card Information
- You can alsoclick hereto view detailed information about the Spell Cards used by Sakuya Izayoi throughout the series
Setting Documents
- You canclick hereto view Sakuya Izayoi's related setting documents in the series.
Others
Sakuya's shot configurations in STG
Sakuya's player configurations in STG change with each work, and the degree of change between different works is quite large. Overall, they tend towards scoring and technical play.
First appearance as a playable character, possessingtwoconfigurations:
- Illusion Sign: Wide-Area Type
- High Speed"Jack the Ludo Bile": Wide-range knife attacks, with strong suppression power during stages.
- High Speed Bomb"Indiscriminate (Indiscriminate Damage)": Fires a large number of knives across the screen to clear it quickly.
- Low Speed"Jack the Ripper": A knife bullet attack that locks onto the nearest target within a frontal fan-shaped range.
- Low-speed Bomb"Murder Doll": Large knife bullets that automatically lock onto targets, dealing significant damage to a single target.
- Time Sign Special Type
- High Speed"Misdirection": Directional knife bullets with medium range; move left or right to adjust the firing direction of the options.
- High Speed Bomb"Perfect Sqaure"Stops time for all bullets, then clears them once.
- Low Speed"Power Direction"Fixes the direction of the knife bullets fired by the options.
ZUN, what are you showing off?Zunglishhuh?- Low-speed Bomb"Privite Sqaure"Summons a
mysteriousrectangle that sweeps across the field.
- Low-speed Bomb"Privite Sqaure"Summons a
- shooting"Jack the Ludo Bile": A knife bullet attack in a small area ahead.When playing solo, both high and low speeds are wide-range attacks, making it deal very little damage in Boss battles.
- BombIllusion Sign "Killer Doll": Fires a large number of knife bullets in the direction of the enemy.
- DeathbombIllusion Burial "Phantasm Killer": Fires even more knife bullets in the direction of the enemy than a normal Bomb.
The item falling speed for this shot type is slower.
Appears as a playable character, and depending on whether the Enchanted Weapon is used, possessestwoconfigurations:
- Using the Enchanted Weapon "Silver Blade"
- High SpeedThrowing Knife: Knife bullets with a wide attack range.
- Low SpeedBewitched Sword "Silver Blade": Daggers that slow down the enemy's flow of time upon hitting; they explode after a certain number of hits or when switching to high speed, dealing no damage before the explosion.
- Source of the shots, featuring both short-range and long-range modes.
- BombBewitched Weapon "Silver Dimension": Forms a barrier that clears bullets once; if not hit within a certain time, it returns three Spell Card fragments; if hit, it clears bullets once more.
- This Bomb deals no damage.
- Not using a Bewitched Weapon
- High SpeedThrowing Knife: Knife bullets with a wide attack range, same as the configuration using a Bewitched Weapon.
- Low SpeedSmart Robber: An attack that snatches a large number of green score items; the closer to the enemy, the more are snatched.
- This shot configuration focuses more on scoring than damage output.
- BombTime Sign "Dual Vanish": Manipulates time to erase enemy bullets from the present and future, allowing for the snatching of a large number of green score items.
- This shot configuration focuses more on scoring than damage output.
Similarly, the falling speed of items for this character is slowed down.
- In Unfocused mode, it isgreen knife bullets, the direction of the knife bullets can be controlled by moving left and right, and the spread can be controlled by moving up and down."Urine split"
- In Focused mode, it isred knife bullets, which locks the attack pattern from Unfocused mode.
- BombTime Sign "Dual Vanish": Stops time for a few seconds, deals damage once at the start, and clears bullets at the end. It only stops bullets, not the Boss's firing actions. If there are indestructible bullets like Yin-Yang Orbs or lasers, using the Bomb will cause the bullets to "wall up."
Even more awkward
This Spell Card can be enhanced by the Magic Scroll; after enhancement, it deals damage 3 times at the start. - This shot type has the highest output in the game (4P sub-unit output is 1360/s), but its single-frame damage cap is the lowest in the game (60/f), which causes Sakuya's actual output to often be lower than the theoretical value.
Discussion regarding Sakuya's prototype
Artist: Inst, pixiv ID=1634369
Speculations regarding Sakuya's prototype ①
Sakuya does not seem to have been born in Gensokyo.
Some say that Sakuya's image originates from the mysterious serial killer "Jack the Ripper”.
The evidence is that in "Perfect Cherry Blossom", ZUN gave Sakuya's Type A focused shot the name Jack the Ripper, which translates to Jack the Ripper.
In fact, in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure",Jack the Ripperwas a subordinate of Dio Brando.
Speculation regarding Sakuya's prototype ②
Sakuya's prototype isJoJo's Bizarre Adventurethe boss of Parts 1 and 3 inDio Brando(DIO). The similarities are as follows:
- Time stopHer ability is the same as DIO's.
- DIO's Stand is named "The World", which is the same as Sakuya's Spell Card name.
- DIO andJotaroone of the combos used during the duel was time stop + throwing knives.
- One of DIO's poses in "Heritage for the Future" is the same as Sakuya's pose in Touhou fighting games like "Immaterial and Missing Power".
- In JoJo Part 1 "Phantom Blood", Jack the Ripper is a subordinate of Dio.
- ZUN is a JoJo fan
- In fact, the scope of Sakuya's ability usage combines almost all characters with time-space abilities in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".
Speculations regarding Sakuya's prototype ③
Sakuya's prototype likely referenced the PC-98 games'Mystic SquareStage 5 BossYumeko. Similarities are as follows:
- Both are orthodox maids wearing maid uniforms.
- Both use throwing knives as weapons. (However, the knives Yumeko throws are actually more like swords)
- Sakuya andRemilia Scarlet's master-servant combination might be inspired by Yumeko andShinki's combination, and both are very loyal to their masters, while both masters are exceptionally powerful.
Speculations regarding Sakuya's prototype ④
Based on the connection between the Scarlet Devil Mansion and Castlevania, there are the following speculations:
- andReaperBoth are loyal servants of vampires. Does that mean Death is also a head maid?
- The theme song "Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial" easily brings to mind the Clock Tower, and in some Castlevania games, the Clock Tower boss is Death. Since ancient times, Stage 5 bosses have been loyal retainers.
Trivia
(Some content excerpted from pixiv Encyclopedia and Touhou Bar Wiki)[3]
- Common nicknames include: Head Maid, PAD-cho, 16,Loyal DogSakuya, etc.
- Regarding her age, ZUN once directly stated she is a "human around 10 to 20 years old" and "a character in her early teens."[citation needed]. According to "Perfect Memento in Strict Sense,"Hieda no Akyuuthe claim is "she herself says she is in her late teens." (Japanese Wikipedia [5]）
- Called a "cat" by Patchouli.In fact, Patchouli measured Sakuya using "cat-ness" based on the standard of "catching mice"; incidentally, Sakuya's cat-ness is 24.However, the full score is 96, so the Head Maid completely failed.The only passing point is probably that Sakuya has a "cat tongue"; should we say Sakuya is too much like a dog,or that the Head Maid has a thing with a certain black-and-white mouse?
- In previous appearances, her character portraits always showed bare legs (even in winter settings like Perfect Cherry Blossom); in Double Dealing Character and Unconnected Marketeers, she wears blackTights(It's also possible they are high-topStockings, but in any case, she's wearing them)
- The character day on pixiv is the 16th of every month, called "咲夜さんの日”.
- Eight years after Phantasmagoria of Flower View, she became a playable character in Double Dealing Character, and another eight years later, she became a playable character in Unconnected Marketeers.It was supposed to be eight years, then another eight years after that
- And it's also the first time she andSanaebecame playable characters together in a mainline game.
Fanon
Author: Mapo Tofu
PAD-cho
In the original games (Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom), her small chest size became average in Immaterial and Missing Power, but returned to its original size in Imperishable Night, leading to this fan-made setting.
Because her bust size in the Immaterial and Missing Power portrait was larger than in ZUN's drawings, and because "maid" sounds similar to "PAD", there are fan-made settings of her using pads and the nickname PAD-choNickname, and it spread through various parody doujin works.
A representative fanon setting is: Sakuya is very jealous of others having larger breasts than her, especially when seeingHong Meilingintentionally showing off breasts larger than hers, she gets angry and throws a large number of knives directly at the gatekeeper.
But in reality, she isn't the only character whose portrait in "Immaterial and Missing Power" has larger breasts than in ZUN's art (PurpleandMeilingis also one), after all, in ZUN's art onlyKomachi、Raiko、NemunoandUrumiislarge-breasted(Among the new characters in "Scarlet Weather Rhapsody" and "Hisoutensoku", only Komachi has a larger breast size in her portrait than Sakuya)... Therefore, many people believe that the portrait in "Immaterial and Missing Power" is consistent with Sakuya's true breast size, believing she has impressive large breasts (a perfect maid's figure is naturally perfect).
Incidentally, the father of Touhou Project,ZUNwhen once asked about Sakuya's breasts, replied after a moment's thought, "But looking at that doesn't really make me feel anything. Because everyone is still a child." (Note: In ZUN's official setting, except forKomachi、Yuugi、Raiko、NemunoandUrumihaving breasts, almost everyone else isflat-chested, and many arelolicharacters with such an appearance)
There are many people who find this meme unpleasant, so it is necessary to be careful when using it.
A more serious(actually even more of a roast)explanation is that "PAD is an abbreviation for Perfect And Dainty/Dignified." In fact, "Dainty" leans more towards "exquisite," and "Dignified" leans more towards "majestic," both of which are somewhat distant from "elegant."Perhaps the word "Dashing" would be better? "Dashing" means "elegant and stylish," and also carries the meaning of "throwing forcefully."PAD Chief's knife-throwing warning
Of course, ZUN did draw breasts for Sakuya's playable character in Unconnected Marketeers.
Magical Girl Sakuya
Because she used mysterious star-patterned options in Perfect Cherry Blossom, which happens to coincide with the image of a certain magical girl.
The original source of the "Magical Girl" idea is from the Spell Card "Illusion World 'The World'" used in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, where Sakuya indeed released flame-shaped danmaku for a moment. However, knives still occupied most of the screen, so it wasn't very noticeable, and Sakuya never used that type of danmaku again in subsequent main games.
Therefore, in most fanon settings, Sakuya's magical abilities are only at a level convenient for maid work, such as lighting a fireplace without matches, and are not suitable for actual combat.
Although not mentioned, it is generally believed that she learned magic after arriving at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and the person who taught her wasPatchouli Knowledge。
She is also, in the new games,Kirisame Marisathe only human besides [Marisa] who can use magic.
Frying Pan
On the disc surface of the *Double Dealing Character* trial version, the bottom of the handle of the knife Sakuya is holding perfectly aligns with the hole in the center of the disc, making it look like she is holding a frying pan.
In China, this is often parodied as "the Head Maid fighting with a frying pan."Hong TailangDéjà vu MAX.Wow, Pleasant Goat!
Sakuya in *MUGEN*
- In *MUGEN*, because her image and that ofDIO(the main antagonist of the *JoJo* series) are very similar, both using throwing knives, both possessing the ability to stop time (The World!), her teleportation poses in the fighting games *Scarlet Weather Rhapsody* and *Hisoutensoku*, and the setting of Sakuya serving a vampire. Thus, she is generally considered to be DIO's illegitimate daughter. In fact, this possibility is not just possible, but highly likely.Touhou-JoJo co-prosperity is inevitable; now some Touhou fans call DIO "Sixteen-Dad."She is also Giorno's older or younger sister, though the exact age difference is unknown.If the setting is expanded in this way, then Sakuya can also be considered a member of the Joestar family.Jotaro's seniority -1Speaking of the star birthmark...
- With *Melty Blood*'sShiki Nanayathere is a fan pairing.
- Possesses "God Top" rankalready a "tear of the times"'s God Cho palette swap (God-cho, derived from Pad-cho, also known as Service-cho, because the defeat screen shows some inappropriate images,Warning: contains eye-searing content), as well as S Sakuya (a subordinate of CC Mizuchi by Iki-haijin, with full defense reaching quasi-Out-of-bounds level)
- Because in *Perfect Cherry Blossom*, she wasBluetold "you look like a dog," she gained the dog attribute. In *MUGEN*, she is portrayed as the tiny, cute, and incredibly adorable PADOG (Inu Sakuya[6]). Remi, on the other hand, is a cat.
Wow, Pleasant Goat!
- On June 7, 2021, a video uploaded by Douyin user "@小李没有飞刀" caught the attention of many Touhou fans. The video documented the author's 45th trip to the city. In it, a Sakuya-themedHonda AccordItashaappeared. Upon seeing it, the video's author mistook the Sakuya on the car for a character fromPleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf's protagonistPleasant Goatand shouted "Wow, Pleasant Goat!" in a dialect, which was extremely hilarious. Screenshots of the video quickly spread within the community, and within a single day, memes relating Sakuya to Pleasant Goat emerged.Tissue Pleasant Goat (Confirmed)Due to the camera angle, it was often mistaken for an 11th generationHonda Civic
It even reached the car owner themselves that same afternoon.Later, the owner even officially joined in on the meme.[1]The owner is from a studio that makes itasha, with the Bilibili ID "@SDG工作室-牧师".
Then that means Dio is Wise Goat (doge)
PS: Abusing this fanon setting may cause displeasure among some Sakuya fans; please use the meme in moderation.
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Other fanon settings
- toMomiji InubashiriAre dog friends (Note: In *Perfect Cherry Blossom*Lyricacalls her "dog meat";Yuyukocalls her "the devil's lapdog"; andBlueonce said Sakuya "looks like a dog"; and Momiji is a White Wolf Tengu, who is also easily considered a canine and has loyal dog attributes).
- Due to wearing a miniskirt maid outfit, she is considered to have beautiful legs, and in fan works, she is often depicted wearingGarter BeltorTights, among which the tights setting was officially canonized in *Double Dealing Character*. In the new work *Unconnected Marketeers*, she still wears black tights, suggesting a likely trend of being the designated tights representative of the main cast. However, even though tights have become canon, the vast majority of fan works still don't include them...
- Likes to bullyHong Meiling, but in canon, Sakuya has a good relationship with Meiling, so some fanworks set them in a romantic relationship, known as the Meisaku pairing.World Misaki Theater。
- Due to the mysterious dialogue with Eirin Yagokoro in Imperishable Night, she is sometimes depicted as a Lunarian in secondary creations (one of the lunar messengers killed during Eirin's desertion, who survived and traveled through time to hunt Eirin; or someone who stole Eirin's Lunar Clock and accelerated time continuously to escape to the future, but lost her memory due to being unable to withstand the high-speed time, etc.).
- PervertLolicon, especially towardsRemi, oftenDelusionnosebleeds over Remi (her overflowing loyalty to the Mistress gushing out), especially when Remilia's charisma collapses.Thus ensuring a steady supply of Type B blood.Even secretly taking the Mistress'sPantsuitems and storing them away, sneaking into the Mistress's bedroom while she is fast asleep. Her relationship with the Mistress is called the Scarlet Devil pair (known as RemiSaku in Japan). Since ancient times, the Scarlet Devil Mansion has many...Lifespan theory
- Because of the "Sakuya's Holiday" MMD series created by Suisui being very popular in the Touhou community, there is an additional pairing of Sakuya +⑨+Dai-chan"Holiday Group" CP.
- In the Holiday series, she loves smoking SevenStar Original cigarettes and drives a Toyota Alphard MPV.Moreover, smoking while driving causes the Alphard to fly with special effects.Tonde tonde tonde~
- In the Holiday series, her mental age is more like a middle-aged man, and her phone contains many classic Japanese songs from the 70s; for example, her ringtone is Takashi Hosokawa's "Kita Sakaba".
- In "Plants vs. Zombies", there is a mechanic where pausing the game refreshes the Dancing Zombie's animation, preventing it from moving forward, as if time were stopped. Combined with the fact that the Backup Dancers look like maids, this technique was dubbed the "Maid Secret Technique" by Chinese players, referencing Sakuya's skills.
- In "Musou Kakyou: A Summer Day's Dream》's voice actress isRie Tanaka。
- Mobile game "Touhou LostWordIn 》, because Sakuya's performance in the game's story is decent but her actual gameplay strength is too underwhelming
She is completely outclassed by the other six in the "Starting Seven Rogues," Lunar War Sakuya is basically the weakest among the "Ultra Festivals," and the strength of Story Cards is inversely proportional to the amount of Sakuya in them—even Story Cards featuring Sakuya are very weak, etc., leading people to suspect the developers have a grudge against Sakuya, which for a time gave rise to a large number of "Saku-Sajokes." However, after [Vampire Hunter Sakuya Izayoi] was implemented in LW, her combat power saw a leap-like improvement, rapidly boosting Sakuya's prestige. "Saku-jokes" subsequently declined, replaced by titles like "Saku-God" and "Saku-Gate" (please do not use this meme outside of LW).
- In some fan creations, she is set as a character from "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure》's characterDio Brando'sDaughter", this is because Sakuya and Dio share many similar characteristics (see#Speculations regarding Sakuya's prototype ②). There are also sayings like "Stands are passed to men but not women, while time-stop is passed to women but not men."
Derivative Characters
Derived from the originalSakuya Izayoisecondary characters, please refer to their respective entries:
Notes
- ↑ https://bbs.nyasama.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=63269
- ↑ (Japanese) Touhou Origin Neta Wiki:Sakuya Izayoi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 pixiv Encyclopedia: (Japanese)https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AD%E5%A4%9C%E5%92%B2%E5%A4%9C
- ↑ https://touhoudog.net/touhou/939/
- ↑ Wikipedia: (Japanese)Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
- ↑ The original setting of Inusakuya comes from Angeltyp's "Inusakuya" series image.
