New Touhou Character Alert

[Fujiwara no Mokou !!WMmFy7x/tgp No.]

This is Kasen Ibara. Her species is Hermit (just like you!). She was just introduced in the new official Touhou manga, Wild and Horned Hermit, whose publication began yesterday. Her right arm is wrapped in ribbons, almost as if it's covered in bandages.

Anyone declared her waifu yet?

http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Kasen_Ibara

[Anonymous No.]

Yes.

[Anonymous No.]

hand off mai waifu, mokou

[Anonymous No.]

In fact, there's already quite a bit of fanart out for her.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776699
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[Anonymous No.]

This image came out on day one, and was the first Kasen Ibara picture on danbooru, for example. Well, not this one specifically, a lower-resolution version of this image.

[Anonymous No.]

Yukari rip-off.

[Anonymous No.]

Personally, I can't wait for the manga to be scanned and translated...

[Anonymous No.]

...hopefully it won't take too long.

[Anonymous No.]

This one relates to Kasen searching for the Arm of the Kappa, in the manga, that's all I know about it.

[Kasen Ibara !!sqNRm/mwyYW No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776738
Chains?Is she an oni too?

[Kasen Ibara !!sqNRm/mwyYW No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Ibara you say?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776756
I think it's just a reference to the oni, since she has Horn in her title.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776768
You forgot the "Kasen" bit

[Anonymous No.]

in before doujinshis titled "Wild and Horny Hermit"

[Kasen Ibara !!sqNRm/mwyYW No.]

[Anonymous No.]

She looks okay. Wish she wasn't an actual hermit but instead a recluse

[Anonymous No.]

So... what's her personality like?

[Kilga M. Aya~n !2BklmILFiE No.]

>>5776756

Current speculation is that she's a third Deva, actually.

[Suika !WODiPzWX8U No.]

>>5776846
she's a horny neet

[Anonymous No.]

This just confirms that Zun's been ODing on moe anime lately.

[Anonymous No.]

....there's an official Touhou manga?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776756
Why are the oni covered in chains anyway?

[Anonymous No.]

She is going to be a boss or a main character?

[Anonymous No.]

Hermit? Uh oh.

歳は百歳～数千歳というほど長寿だが、不老不死ではない。


Their age and longevity may be in the hundreds or even thousands of years, but they do not have eternal youth or eternal life.

修行を怠るとすぐに体は朽ち果て、灰となって消える。


If they become carelessly negligent in the pursuit of Shuugyou, their bodies will immediately decay to ashes and simply vanish.

妖怪に対して毒である天人と異なり、仙人は妖怪の大好物である。


Unlike celestials, which are poisonous to youkai, hermits are the number one favorite food for youkai.

I suspect vore/guro doujins.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776879
derp

>>5776868
Being in manga doesn't get you in a game.

[Anonymous No.]

She got her own manga?
What a slut.

[Anonymous No.]

Goddamn it sounds like it sucks being a hermit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776887
>Three fairies

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776887
Seems that's going to change, since ZUN seemingly wants to make the Touhou storyline more cohesive now and connecting it with the manga.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776921
> ZUN seemingly wants to make the Touhou storyline more cohesive

Why start now?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776936
Maybe he finally figured just how many fans the series has, with Comiket being flooded by Touhou circles.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776949
Just now?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776936
Who knows, but since MOF,SA,UFO, Hisoutensoku, and possible even SWR are interconnected, he as been doing it for a while. Hell, since IN and many of the other written canon material seemed to have led up to SSiB, it can be argued that ZUN was doing it all along.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776907
>Implying that you wouldn't know

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776989
I think I'd rather be a hermit than a 仙人.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776936
>First half is nothing but slice of life filler
>Story all crammed into last half
It's just like one of his native animes

[Anonymous No.]

The official manga fucking sucks

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777029
SSiB is bad.
Three Fairies is good.
Inaba is...well, you like it or you don't.
That's all I've read ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

She's so shitty I thought she was an OC at first.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777029
Secondary.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777041
All the manga characters are OC ZUN approved of. So is Suika.

[(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ BOOF ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) !AWEsomEEEE!!ejJ3Bfnrypk No.]

>double buns
ugh.

I'll let the fanon decide the waifu status

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777056
Double buns > ahegao

[Anonymous No.]

/r/ specific download link to the manga where Cirno makes an appearance

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777042
I know it sucks because I read them, you know?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777059
It's true.
But then, most things > ahego.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777059
I assume you mean ahoge.
Otherwise your statement makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777059
That doesn't even make sense.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777056
>>double buns
Aka Ox Horns. She's a horned hermit. Would you rather she be a tailed hermet?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777059
ahegao != ahoge

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777077
Good god, I have no words.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777077
>>5777089
>>5777090
It regards fetish characteristics. Unfortunate, how summer /jp/ cannot think beyond straight lines.

[(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ BOOF ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) !AWEsomEEEE!!ejJ3Bfnrypk No.]

>>5777084
Actually, yes.

[General Malcolm Granger !CdKcpR5YfY No.]

>>5777084
>Aka Ox Horns

but...we already have keine

[Anonymous No.]

Cyborg arm.

Hurm, who else has cyborg arms? Fighters with cyborg arms...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777606
Jax?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777606
RAGNA!

[General Malcolm Granger !CdKcpR5YfY No.]

>>5777606
Guts?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777749
Oh yeah.

Uhh, who else? Need to get a good character to meme-ify on Kasen.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777606

[Anonymous No.]

Cable from Marvel vs Capcom?

[Anonymous No.]

How do I ask ZUN in Japanese if that right arm will be replaced with a cybernetic one?

[Anonymous No.]

>Translators' Note: "Hermit" is a terribly inadequate English equivalent for "仙人" (Sennin), the definition explained in this article above is far more accurate and is more or less what any Chinese or Japanese person will think of when they see the term "仙人". A more accurate though cumbersome definition of "仙人" would be "Cloistered Mystical Taoist Pious Mountain Wizards".

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777892
At least something badass not gay.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777824
If you want to meme her, use like miroku with his wind thing, or that guy from Princess Mononoke with the cursed arm.

Matter of fact, D

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777824
If you want to meme her, use like miroku with his wind thing, or that guy from Princess Mononoke with the cursed arm.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777896
Princess Mononoke guy is not gay.

[General Malcolm Granger !CdKcpR5YfY No.]

>>5777824
>>5777878
maybe wont be robotic, maybe will be a god arm, and she will damaku your ass into the milky way?

[Some Guy No.]

>>5777884
>Cloistered Mystical Taoist Pious Mountain Wizards
That is an awesome description. Suddenly this new chick has my interests.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777884
> A more accurate though cumbersome definition of "仙人" would be "Cloistered Mystical Taoist Pious Mountain Wizards".

That's almost as good as Mexican Jewish Space Lizard

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777914
Reminds me of the guy who stole vash's arm. Maybe her new arm turns into an angel cannon

[General Malcolm Granger !CdKcpR5YfY No.]

>>5777939
not the character i was thinking

[Anonymous No.]

She has double buns,pink hair,ribbons and bandages. I declare her mai waifu.

I wonder what her power is.

[Anonymous No.]

ZUN should start making money off Touhou somehow.

[eek !SYLPH2qXy2 No.]

>>5776936
well, if he was getting tired of making games and still wanted to make money...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777957
Manipulation of manipulation.
Also YOU ARE NOW AWARE THAT KASEN IS ORO

[hugh No.]

Those jellyfish hair ties are hiding her horns? Why is she embarrassed because of them?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778001
>Manipulation of manipulation
>Oro

Mai waifu is canonically the strongest?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778019
Their either just buns, called horns in china, or like Elfenlied horns that look like cat ears.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778021
Well she's an immortal one armed hermit with incredible powers and Yukari's outfit and a possible connection to Oni. Also she has TWO ZUN caps on her head. That's gotta be worth some power levels.

Just imagine if she ever got her hands on a parasol.

[Vector !NEy29ODpvs No.]

>>5778047
She'd cause a power rollover and end up like Kogasa.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778047
>Her family name, 茨 (Ibara), refers to a thorny wild rose, hence the rose brooch and thorn motif on her dress. The characters 華仙 (Kasen) roughly mean "flowery mystic". In her other name, 茨木 (Ibaraki) could mean "rose bush", while 華扇 (Kasen) is written with the characters for "flower fan".

You can draw a Yuka association too.

[Anonymous No.]

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[Anonymous No.]

http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Perfect_Memento%3A_Hermits

[Anonymous No.]

Being a hermit makes her so easy to work on in games and manga. The dialogues and plot I mean, just with what we have written on perfect memento you can already preview what kind of dialogue she will have with youkai and reimu.

[Anonymous No.]

>no sages in thread

butthurt janitor sure is butthurt today

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778147
I noticed a joking post I made in another thread was deleted because the janitor is a newfag.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5777963

All these manga (and now a game that ties in with one) is to ease us into when he sells the rights to DEEN.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778147
why would a janitor delete sages? That only means the janitor that is on right now don't even frequent this board.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778156
oh god no, not DEEN.

[Maple !storyRpJp6 No.]

Delicious double-buns hermit chan. i like how ZUN's adding a touhou with a new hairstyle.
also, bump.

[Anonymous No.]

>Fujiwara no Mokou

It's shit.

[Fujiwara no Mokou !!WMmFy7x/tgp No.]

>>5778130
Definition of Hermits: "they are separated from the drudgeries of needing to work, and now reside in Gensokyo."

/jp/'s dream in a nutshell!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5778334
It's not really a new hairstyle. She just has both remi and flan's hats at the same time.

[Anonymous No.]

She has 1 arm, okuu has 3 legs. They should pair up.

[CINERIA !DoLLFaGERs No.]

Waifu material.

I'd her horns

[Anonymous No.]

It took a damn gaijin fanartist to step forward with the cybernetic arm idea instead of those fujoshi-esque fanarts of Kasen.

[Anonymous of Croatia !na1byG1GU. No.]

Nothing special, call me when the make an improved Yuka, okay?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5779481
Auto Fail-- i mean, Auto Mail much?

[Anonymous No.]

>Yukari rip-off.

Tewkari. She keeps her ears wrapped up because she'd be too powerful otherwise.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776699
it's time to start touhou

[Anonymous No.]

Oh, for the n-th time. Ibaraki Kasen is the name. Ibarakasen is the title or description ("rose poet" or something), every character gets it from ZUN.

But go ahead, trust Touhou Wiki, guys.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5779916
I can't even trust ZUN's blog anymore, who's talking about the Touhou wiki?

[Anonymous No.]

Aren't hermits supposed to look old?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780492
We are talking about ZUNiverse here.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780492
Somewhere between casting off your worldly needs and reaching the half millennium mark you become a little girl.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780510

ZUNiverse isn't actually much different that real japanese folklore. 90% of youkai in legends really are attractive young girls. Ancient Japan was almost matriarchal and it was believed that women hold far more spiritual power. Then came Buddism and young boy's loving samurai.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780531

Awesome. I'm becoming a hermit right away.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780629
I know, but what I meant was things such as Keine for example.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780492
"Hermits" as defined by ZUN are basically Daoist Immortals, right down to the whole "youkai becoming more powerful by eating them" and "fighting off incarnations of Death as they get older" thing.

In a lot of legends, Daoist Immortals look like children.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780662
If a human ate her, would they become more powerful?

If so it can be added to huffing Remilia dust and eating out of Mokou as ways to become an immortal touhou.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780801
it says nothing about a human eating a hermit but I don't think it would be good. Hermits seems to be more like humans than youkai.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780801
No, as far as I know, it only works for monsters. Basically, if you eat a particularly holy Immortal, you become much more powerful. In addition, if you're female and you have sex with him, it has the same effect (don't know if this works in reverse with a female Immortal and a male monster, because pretty much all of them are dudes).

Also, Mokou is in a completely different class than your average Daoist Immortal, who has surpassed a normal creature's lifespan and has a body that doesn't need good or sleep, but who can still die permanently to weapons/attacks from higher-level spiritual beings, depending on power.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780838
>In addition, if you're female and you have sex with him, it has the same effect (don't know if this works in reverse with a female Immortal and a male monster, because pretty much all of them are dudes).

What? So then if Kourin sticks it in, there's a chance he could level up?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780862
I mean Rinnosuke

[Anonymous No.]

How did ZUN come up with this design? Did he watch too much Bakatest and Hideoyoshi?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5781469
That's just you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5780838

What if a futa youkai fuck her?

[S BENZ No.]

Well her time as the 'newest' is no up. Welcome #132, your boat is ready!

[Anonymous No.]

>仙人
Taikoubou is the best sennin

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782070
Fuck year!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5779916
The wiki? Read the fucking image in the first post, man. Which says:

片腕有角の仙人
茨華仙 (茨木華扇)

But sure, act like you know what you're talking about. I mean, it's not like she introduces herself saying 私は茨華仙　ただの行者です, because that sure would make it unambiguous. Oh, wait.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782125
Also, the name of the series uses 茨歌仙, not 茨華仙. But you don't have to take my word for it, check Febri's webpage.

[Anonymous No.]

So far we have:
-Immortal youkai magicians (Alice, Patchouli)
-Being that probably is not immortal, but just doesn't care(Yukari)
-Immortal Jesus (Byakuren)
-Immortal God Hand (Kasen)

...See, Mokou? Life doesn't sucks anymore.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5779916
The wiki? Er, check out the image in the first post:

片腕有角の仙人
茨華仙 (茨木華扇)

But yeah, that's probably a mistake. I mean, it's not like she introduces herself saying 私は茨華仙　ただの行者です, because that sure would make it unambiguous. Oh, wait.

Besides, 東方茨歌仙 is the name of the series (which you can check on Febri's webpage), not her character title, which is above.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782133
>>5782125
>>5779916
Actually her titles and names makes more sense if you know Chinese, since she's probably using the same naming style as Chinese Immortals, i.e. Anyhow making a name and adding a 仙 at the end.

I don't get why people are so particular about the name though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782181
Can you explain all that titles and stuff into English please?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782070
>>5782109
Holy fuck, I never expected to see someone who knows Houshin Engi in /jp/. Brofist to you all!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782602
There's someone here who doesn't know of it?

[Anonymous No.]

Touhou official manga?
So who's the Mary Sue now? When will she defeat almost and say "Oh, it wasn't my intention, how about we live together peacefully?" after and crushed by almighty armpits queen Hakurei Reimu?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782792
the fuck were you writing, Flan?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782792
People don't always get crushed by Reimu, see Yorihime

[Anonymous No.]

So any Yu Yu Hakusho or 90's references to this manga?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782570
Nah I don't have any idea how that works and it's too early to tell. Though being Chinese educated would lead you to assume 茨華仙 as her title (Taoist priests and whatnot always give themselves a title after reaching enlightenment) and 茨木華扇 as her real name.

You could disregard the above since it's all speculations and assumptions, but here's a lead you could read up on.

>茨木童子（いばらきどうじ）
>An Oni that exist during Heian period.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8C%A8%E6%9C%A8%E7%AB%A5%E5%AD%90

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782842
>Yorihime

Who?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782977
read SSiB

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782987
>SSiB
What?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5782915
Also here's some extra reading material.

>伊吹山の酒呑童子
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%85%92%E5%91%91%E7%AB%A5%E5%AD%90

It should look familiar, since that's Suika's name.

Also if you look at the names of 4 heavenly kings in Japanese Mythology:
>星熊童子・茨木童子・金童子・熊童子
You'll see good old Yuugi and Kasen but not Suika.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783006

It's right there, next to the Tsukihime anime.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783006
Silent Sinner in Blue, it's an official Touhou manga

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783020
Huh? I don't recall any official manga with such name. Are you trolling?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783044
No, but you are.

[Anonymous No.]

When ZUN started catering to the secondaries, the end of Touhou being fun started. All of you in this thread are responsible for the downfall of Touhou. Take responsibility and commit seppuku, if you are a true weaboo.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783114

That's why few last games are the best in the series?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783355
>Implying something or other

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783044
http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Silent_Sinner_in_Blue

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783114
>Popularity does not let me have fun

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783114
when did that happen

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783361

Subterranean Animism, UFO, Hisoutensoku and Double Spoiler.

All of them are very good, even if I don't really like UFO cast.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783376
Why are you linking empty page?

[Anonymous No.]

>Suika's name is similar in appearance to that of Shuten Douji
>Ibaraki Douji is said to have various relationships with Shuten Douji, and is alternately his son, or actually a woman and his lover.
Kasen confirmed for Suika's lover.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783503
see
>>5776742

[Anonymous No.]

I just remembered another dude with a awesome right arm.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5784938

Reminded me of these threads.

[Anonymous No.]

I bet she's actually an oni, and she was betrayed and crippled by humans long ago.

Those buns likely hide the remains of her horns, that were cut off or ripped off.

[Anonymous No.]

>Bold, Timid Human
>Kirisame Marisa
>Timid
Oh boy...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783114
>When ZUN started catering to the secondaries, the end of Touhou being fun started.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5783355
They are not. That's just a matter of opinions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5784982
Well now we have a Jack Rakan stand-in, from a point of view.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5776756
Yes