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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 (
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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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Yeah, knowing more would be nice :/
I ended up chosing Morgan, and hopefully i can be like besties with Nat? I could easily have gone with her tho. It also gave me the option for a Nat-Ava love triangle, which just sounds… Really akward ig.
Yeah, it should delay that as much as possible i feel. Like just keep tracking the nature of the characters attraction/flirt score for me and then once it crosses a certain threshold they make a move? Thats probably harder to write but would be better narratively.
I ended up besties with Nat I think, ton of friend points, albeit the game hasn’t let me near her lately lol. Only starting book two so hopes?
Ava-Nat sounds to me like, can you kiss them both? It would be awesome to do a throuple. I think genderisopsec said you couldn’t but that would be a neat dynamic
I mean the author already writes four scenarios to progress through, one for each vampire, Idk. Could just let the player poke around for a bit… I approve of the approach you describe, the game def needs improvement in this department. Glad to hear it’s not just me
The game said “love triangle” which had me feeling like it would just keep the romance option open for both of them and then lock you in later on. Which would be great except that i dont actually like Ava thus far.
Yeah I think it does just that, which sucks. I don’t like Ava either because she seems deeply unemotional, but if I could have a throuple with Nat and Ava doing good-dyke-bad-dyke, that’d be awesome. Alas I have better ideas than the game