Reimu Hakurei

"It would be great if I got some more worshipers from this."

- My post victory quote

Hey there. My name is  (博麗霊夢 Hakurei Reimu). I am the main character in Touhou the series of fantasy-themed manic shoot 'em ups created by a single member of Team Shanghai Alice, ZUN. I am the core character to Psonic X Touhou, and the character from the series to appear and the next one is Marisa Kirisame.

My Backstory
Not much is known about my history prior to the events of the games. ZUN does mention in one of his Shanghai Alice Correspondence documents that there was a previous Hakurei Shrine Maiden, and it's generally assumed that there's a line of them.

With night's darkness fast approaching, I remark, "Believe not they will be around for you always: parents and daylight". The quote was thought to imply that I knew my parents, but they're gone and i'm rather bitter about it. However, my line was modified from a haiku about the transient, changing nature of things, the original subjects being parents and more. This indicates it was not likely to be a reference to my parents, after all.

My Personality
I am straightforward, optimistic, and a bit curious. I am quick to anger if offended, but just as quick to offer help to those in need. According to Komachi, I have an innocent heart that can't truly hate anyone. While rather lazy in my free time, I am highly devoted to my duties as the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, resulting in a "shoot first and ask questions later" attitude to youkai extermination.

It's been stated that I treat everyone the same, whether they're humans, youkai or gods, giving them no particular respect or disrespect. This habit has caused me to inadvertently befriend many youkai I defeat. While I try to keep youkai away from my shrine, this is because it makes it harder to do my job rather than because I dislike them. At the end of the symposium in Symposium of Post-mysticism, when I go to break it up, Miko notes that though I say I want to eliminate all the youkai, I actually just want to attain a peace in Gensokyo that doesn't require violence, like the others present wish.

Tier 1
I have brown-black hair which varies in length and style, though I still wear a red ribbon and matching tubes on my side-locks. I'm still seen in my cute "miko uniform", but it now bears little in common with the standard uniform beyond the red-and-white color scheme. My clothing consists of a red skirt (rather than the standard hakama), a sleeveless red top with a white collar, tied with a blue ribbon, and a pair of white detached sleeves which expose my armpits, sarashi and white bowed socks with black Mary Jane shoes. Due to the color scheme, I'm occasionally called the "red-white miko".

Tier 2
My attire from Touhouvania (Koumajou Densetsu: Akeiro no Koukyoukyoku).

My Gameplay
My gameplay resembles the style of Urban Legend in Limbo and early Touhou fighting games from 2000s.

Trivia

 * Michelle Ruff, the voice actress of Reimu Hakurei, is known for her voice roles of Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach, Yuki Nagato and Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann.