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--- ○東方紺珠伝 (Touhou Kanjuden: Eastern Ultramarine Orb Tale)　～ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.

Character Settings, Afterword and Extra Story

Team Shanghai Alice Leader ZUN 2015/08/14 ---

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 * Careful: Contains post-ending spoilers after this point**

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The Lunar Capital was frozen in order to defend it against Junko's attack. The moon's people were evacuated to the Dream World. However, the people of the moon would never have thought that their reality would be switched with a dream.

And thanks to Eirin's ingenious plan, the humans were able to save the Lunar Capital from peril. Once the Lunar Capital was saved, the people of the moon should return to the real capital, and their invasion of Gensokyo should also have stopped.

But the invasion of Gensokyo did not stop. What is the meaning of this? Were we being deceived by the people of the moon?

The rabbits of the moon began to feel that something was somehow wrong. "Isn't the Lunar Capital we're in right now a fake?" "Didn't the real capital already get destroyed?" Such rumors began to spread.

At this rate, the truth would be discovered and send the capital into chaos. Thinking this, Sagume decided to descend to earth and ask the humans to help investigate.

"If you let me say, I came here directly, thinking that what's happening to the people of the moon is starting to go in reverse. Apparently, a strong force that keeps the moon's people in the dream world is moving. This must be the trump card of that despicable Junko. But as a denizen of the moon, I can't act, so I'd like to ask you to help investigate."

For the humans, the invasion of Gensokyo cannot be let to happen. Thus, they once again flew into the dream world.

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◇Player Characters

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human Ability: Flying in the air

The all-too-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

The lunar emissaries have at last arrived for real. Their goals are unknown, but as she's fighting entirely away from home, it's obvious that this will be the first truly difficult battle for her in a long while.

This time, she's forced to fight a battle with no room for error.

An Ordinary Magician

Marisa Kirisame

Species: Human Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

In a rather odd turn of events, she obtained a power stone from the Lunar Capital. Just as she started to realize that somehow, this power stone had been manifesting the urban legends, the lunar emissaries finally appeared.

Mountain-Dwelling Living God of Miracles

Sanae Kochiya

Species: Human Ability: Causing miracles

The Shrine Maiden living in the shrine on the mountain.

She realized that there was some kind of incident occurring on the Youkai Mountain. However, perhaps because the youkai hadn't noticed anything yet, nobody reacted to what was going on. Feeling a sense of unease, she went to consult with Reimu.

Moon Rabbit on Earth

Reisen Udongein Inaba

Species: Moon Rabbit Ability: Manipulating wavelengths

A moon rabbit living in Eientei.

She felt some disquiet in regards to her orders this time. Why would Eirin request help from humans, in addition to just her? Perhaps there was something going on that only humans could see.

The Ultramarine Orb Medicine held the power to experience the future. This medicine was a secret elixir known to everyone living in the Lunar Capital.

◇Enemy Characters

Stage 1 Boss: The Pale Blue Eagle Ravi

Seiran

Species: Moon rabbit Ability: Capable of firing bullets from a different dimension

An underling treated with about as much respect as a cannonball. Amongst the members of the "Eagle Ravi" Earth Recon Unit, she has the most dangerous job: infiltration operations. She isn't paid much relative to the danger.

All the moon rabbits have to ability to communicate via telepathy, but she never holds a decent conversation. It seems she was attacked as she was making mochi for her comrades while on break.

She's been doing a lot of investigation, but still hasn't received an OK from the People of the Moon. She's getting terribly sick of all this.

Stage 2 Boss: The Orange Eagle Ravi

Ringo

Species: Moon rabbit Ability: Capable of becoming stronger by eating dango

Amongst the members of the "Eagle Ravi" Earth Recon Unit, she bears the most leisurely job: information management. She has a high-ranking post relative to the leisure.

Perhaps because she's been gathering information, she's taken an interest in moving to the Earth. Her duty is only to investigate. She's permitted to fight, but it's said there's no need for her to actually win.

Being an information manager, she actually knew that the Lunar Capital they thought they were currently residing in was actually in the Dream World. However, she didn't know why such a situation had occurred. Perhaps if she found that out, she'd swiftly be dealt with.

She sent the humans who came her way into the passage that connected to the Dream World's Lunar Capital. In so doing, she indirectly investigated the matter.

Stage 3 Boss: Ruler of Dreams

Doremy Sweet

Species: Baku Ability: Capable of eating and creating dreams

A youkai who's often dreaming. She lives in the world of dreams.

The dreams of all living creatures are, in fact, connected at the deepest levels. This is why in dreams, you can visit places you've never seen, meet people you've never seen, and find glitches you've never seen either.

She can erase, create and switch out those very dreams.

If one uses the dream world skillfully, they can go anywhere and become anything at all. She watches over the place to ensure that those who realize this don't disturb the order of things.

Under Sagume's orders, she recreated the Lunar Capital within a dream. Those heading to the Lunar Capital would be sent to the Capital in the dream; thus, the real Capital was hidden.

However, it seems that this plan was bothersome to her, and she didn't feel like playing along. Also, it had been over half a year already, but there was still no sign of progress.

It was then that a visitor to the Dream World arrived. Astonishingly, it was a human in their physical body.

The People of the Moon hate humans' impurity. On the surface, she couldn't guide any such humans to the Lunar Capital. Her true intent was to get a little bit of payback.

She sent the human off to the true Lunar Capital, just as they desired.

Stage 4 Boss - The Goddess who Invites Unfortunate Slips of the Tongue

Sagume Kishin

Species: Lunarian Ability: Capable of inverting a situation by speaking about it

A resident of the Moon. She normally occupies a very important post amongst the Moon's people, and doesn't often show herself publicly. She can tentatively be classified as a divine spirit, but her nature is neither that of a god, nor oni, nor departed soul.

She doesn't usually talk much, but this is a result of her ability. When she speaks about any particular situation, (particularly to those who are thought to be involved,) that situation will begin to proceed in its opposite way. This power is similar to that of amanojaku, but she is a divine spirit ranked far above amanojaku. Amanojaku only speak contrarily, but in her case, with her words the world acts contrarily.

Should she try to accomplish something, it will end in failure, and if something bad is occurring, she has the ability to find a solution. It's not as if the situation will always improve for her personally. She's truly a divine spirit whose 'words can lead to disaster', as the saying goes.

To avoid the encroachment of impurity from Junko's attack, the sages of the Moon froze the Lunar Capital. At the same time, they evacuated the People of the Moon into the Dream World. The Capital within the Dream World was just like the ordinary Lunar Capital that its residents imagined. The People of the Moon residing there never doubted that it was the real thing.

However, they certainly couldn't stay cooped up in the Dream World forever. The longer a dream becomes, the more it can erode one's mind.

Thus, the sages proposed the "Lunar Capital Transfer Plan" as insurance.

The "Lunar Capital Transfer Plan" was to purify Gensokyo and build a new capital there. To 'purify' is to eliminate life and death. That is to say, they were going to annihilate all the living things on its surface. However, it wouldn't be easy. Their opponents were the youkai living in Gensokyo.

She thought that the spread of a particular urban legend in Gensokyo would make a good shortcut. Using her power, she created a secret Power Stone. That Power Stone had the power to change the world with people's words. Just by being near it, rumors (ie. urban legends) that shouldn't exist would materialize. A terrifying curio indeed.

When the urban legends began to materialize, she simply had to wait for someone to spread one particularly famous urban legend. That was the plan.

That famous urban legend was the "Apollo Project Coverup Theory." An unfounded rumor that "NASA is hiding the truth of what they saw on the Moon." That is to say: if a rumor spread that NASA was hiding information about the lunar civilization they saw, that very civilization, the Lunar Capital, would materialize in Gensokyo.

...however, this plan was no more than insurance. She wasn't totally serious about it, and none of the Moon's people wanted to move the capital to begin with. Returning to the Moon would be ideal. All the same, though, as much as they needed to fight back against Junko, they had no way of resisting her attack.

It was then that one of Gensokyo's humans arrived. She never imagined that Doremy would send a human to the Lunar Capital, but decided to test the human's power anyway. She found that they were strong indeed.

I'll place my bet on this human, she thought. If I speak the truth to them, the situation will reverse itself with them at the center. My Capital Migration Strategy will fail, but since Junko's attack will also fail, we'll break even. It doesn't matter what this human will do afterward, as long as the Lunar Capital is saved...

Stage 5 Boss - Fairy of Hell

Clownpiece

Species: Fairy Ability: Capable of driving people mad

A fairy from Hell. One of Hecatia's subordinates.

Fairies can be found just about anywhere; Hell is no different. However, the Lunarians eliminate fairies, as they reject life and death. There are almost no fairies around the Lunar Capital.

Under Hecatia's orders, she filled the Sea of Tranquility with fairies she brought with her from Hell. Thanks to her and her friends, the Sea of Tranquility was transformed into a fairy playland.

Then, thanks to Junko's ability, they were awakened. They can be said to be a mass of totally pristine life energy.

"If you play around here, the Lunarians will be unable to act. As long as nobody goes and sullies themselves with impurity, they'll be completely trapped."

...that's what she was told. So, she played to her heart's content.

The lunar surface was a desolate world, but compared to Hell, it was still beautiful and fun. The fairies played and frolicked. Just by doing that, the Lunarians were bound in place.

Though the Lunar Capital showed no signs of action for a long time, a human flew over from there at last.

"If anyone comes from the Lunar Capital, go wild. Do anything you like." As she remembered being told that, she was as ecstatic as could be.

Stage 6 Boss - (Nameless being)

Junko

Species: Divine spirit Ability: Capable of purifying anything

A being who holds a deep resentment for the Lunarians. She herself is a spirit who has been purified by that resentment. By now, she has no need even for information on what exactly she is.

She had a deep grudge against Jouga, one of the Lunarians. Details are included in one of the game's endings, so things will be kept brief here, but it seems that she calmed her rage against the sages by repeatedly attacking the Lunar Capital. Her first grudge came about when her husband killed her child, but said grudge has already been purified to the point where her anger stands on its own.

Her existence is unknown to all but a select few of the Lunarians. It was hardly necessary for them to live in fear of her, after all. It's unknown if Jouga has full knowledge of who she is, but she's likely aware of her to some extent.

Jouga doesn't appear in the game itself, but she's a goddess of the Moon imprisoned in the Lunar Capital. She rules over the moon rabbits and is extremely powerful, but she doesn't show herself publicly. She is also a criminal who drank the Hourai Elixir.

Junko's plan to attack the Lunar Capital was as follows.

"I'll fill the Near Side of the Moon with fairies whose life force I purified, turning the Moon itself into a planet with life on it. Thus, the Lunar Capital's residents will have no choice but to flee. Then I'll seize that opportunity, and shoot Jouga down as she's escaping."

The Lunar Capital was first founded by people who migrated to the Moon to escape the Earth's impurity (life force). Junko was going to cause the same thing to happen on the Moon.

The plan went well. The Sea of Tranquility began to fill with life. It seemed that the fairies from Hell thought the Moon to be a paradise. That's how awful the environment in Hell must've been.

The Lunarians couldn't raise a finger against her 'Planet with Life' plan.

However, Junko knew. The Lunarians would hardly wait around near all that impurity, and would flee into the Dream World. Anticipating this, she sent one of her friends over there as well.

Just as she planned, but perhaps not quite as she expected, the Lunarians showed no sign of action for over half a year. Junko was again at a loss as to how to attack the Lunar Capital. Both sides were locked in a stalemate. As her anger gradually began to settle, she thought she might have to reconsider her course of action.

It was then that a human, of all things, appeared before her. Not just any human, but one whose impurity had been wiped clean away. Likely due to the effects of some drug.

They did not abhor life, but no life could be felt from them. She never imagined that they'd come up with such a plan to send such a human in, but she felt at ease.

The lunar sages had done something she never expected. She could at least enjoy that fact. And thus, her current revenge drama came to a close.

EX Boss:　Goddess of Hell

Hecatia Lapislazuli

Species: God Ability: Capable of having three bodies

A mysterious god who governs the Hells of the moon, the Earth, and Otherworlds. She has a separate body in each of the three worlds, and can act independently with each of them.

Also, since the Moon, Earth, and Otherworlds each have their own Hell, and her core soul resides in Hell, she's a rather troublesome god who can't easily be retaliated against if viewed as an enemy. The Dream World falls under 'Otherworlds', by the way.

She too is a god who hates Jouga. Because, you see, Jouga's husband was the person who shot down the suns (ie. Apollo). In the first place, Hell would be unable to exist without the sun. Without strong light, the darkness of Hell would weaken too.

...that said, though, her hatred of Jouga is mostly due to Junko's influence anyway. Junko's current plan required someone who could freely control fairies, as well as someone who could freely move to and from the Dream World. Those conditions fit her perfectly.

She and Junko hit it off immediately. It was to her merit that she greatly enjoyed fighting to begin with.

She also allowed Junko to freely use her subordinate, Clownpiece.

And so, the moon's people escaped into the Dream World. She filled the surroundings of the Dream World's fake Lunar Capital with life. Thus, the People of the Moon were completely suppressed.

All that was left was to shoot down Jouga...

but, all of a sudden she received a notice of defeat from Junko. It seemed that the People of the Moon came up with a strategy that ran circles around hers.

Namely: a purified human who had become free from death. The strategy to send a "Human of the Ultramarine Orb" to the moon.