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Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.

Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (lets-fucking-go).

After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.

When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.

What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.

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  • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve always wanted to make a game with a secondary, burried hidden, horror plot under the surface. like you can totally play the game normally and it’s a full normal game. but, there’s some weird moments that take you aback to go huh… what was that about? with the ability for players to really dig deeper into the guts of the whole thing.

    one time I started to write a visual novel gay dating sim with this idea. I got quite a ways into the first chapter of it. the plot there was typical queer trash (some of you would love it, I am sure), but with these summoning rituals a player can find and decode that line up with background set dressing of abductions to summon some sort of being. there’s something to the concept, I’ve bounced around a few more ideas. a Pokemon like thing with a self aware 4th wall breaking character behind the evil team who wants to ruin the world game so they can not exist by the world being ended. whole crisis of the self about if his actions are even his even wanting to not exist. I just felt that was a bit weak.