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>I vaguely remember some official character height info but I was under the assumption he only roughly categorized characters as 'tall', 'fairly tall' or similar
That's exactly how it was.
>Nevertheless using that info in the context of the games by assuming the portraits/sprites are 1:1 with it is likely quite unreliable, I agree.
This approach might be worth a second look if ZUN hadn't explicitly commented on sprite height comparisons.
>it's another when you start overanalyzing these famous self-reported abilities.
I try to avoid that altogehter. It's one thing to make logical conclusions based on the available canon evidence and extremely general properties regarding power levels such as the transitive property (if Ran is stronger than or equal to Chen, and Yukari is stronger than or equal to Ran, then Yukari must be stronger than or equal to Chen), and a completely different matter to speculate based on fanon. In canon speculation, we don't need to be too concerned with what exactly is a power level, as we can just take ZUN's word on the scare information on the relative power levels as truths, and start from there. In fanon speculation, we run into the problem of having to define the nature of power levels when no relative information between power levels of two characters exists.
>The lack of information and mysterious vibe are what make her popular anyway.
This is what makes Touhou appealing to me in general. In the end, there is so little certain information on the fine details of Gensokyo, that dissecting the entire setting in a systematic way is impossible, and it's honestly more fun that way.