Suika ibuki

[ edit ] Main Profile
Suika is the only oni currently living above ground in Gensokyo, with the remainder of the oni race living underground. Just as the folktales say, she has two horns on her head that symbolize her oni heritage, and enough physical strength to throw large boulders single-handedly. Her personality is jolly and quite childish as you would expect from her appearance. She also likes to drink and loves to party with all her heart.

During the events of Immaterial and Missing Power, the people of Gensokyo were manipulated into having feasts repeatedly, one right after another, by Suika's ability to "gather" anything. She intended to draw all the other oni out of hiding with continuous, non-stop celebration. In most characters' scenarios, Suika was defeated and the number of feasts began to decrease. In Suika's scenario, she managed to defeat all of her major foes in a feast, but her plan failed anyway due to Reimu's ability and her own short-comings as an oni.

In Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, she notices that temperaments are being gathered from everyone into the sky, so she decides to climb up the Youkai Mountain to follow them. Once she reaches the heavens, she locates the perpetrator. Instead of trying to put an end to whatever plot was going on, Suika demands a living space in the heavens. She later gathers everyone to the heavens to attack Tenshi Hinanai, although whether it was to punish the celestial or just to pass the time is unclear.

[ edit ] Fun Facts

 * The gourd she always carries is a magical treasure of the oni, and can produce an infinite amount of sake.
 * "Suika" (if written as "西瓜" or "水瓜") can mean watermelon, a fruit the Japanese commonly enjoy in summer. Here, though, "萃香" (also pronounced "Suika") means something like "gathering fragrance". Her last name "伊吹" (Romanized: "Ibuki", Meaning: "Chinese Juniper") can sound like "the wind is blowing".
 * "Ibuki" is also the name of a mountain. They say it was a place where oni lived.
 * Suika is shown to have little clones of herself in fanworks and in official works. She rips out some of her hairs and creates either flying or running mobs of mini-Suikas as an attack in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and Immaterial and Missing Power.
 * Probably due to the fact that she hangs around the Hakurei Shrine and is friends with Yukari Yakumo, fan works pairing her with Reimu and Yukari are common, particularly from Miko Miko Suika.
 * She's popularly known for being flat-chested. It's the entire subject of the meme "つるぺったん" (Romanized: "Tsurupettan", Meaning: "Flat and Smooth") (Lyrics available here ). In many parts of fandom, she is considered the flattest chested of all the characters. There is also much debate on if she could use her ability to gather to give herself breasts.
 * A silhouette of Suika occupies the front of Immaterial and Missing Power 's jewel case.
 * Aya Shameimaru, who has probably seen or heard of nearly every youkai by now, once referred to Suika as "simply the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo ". That doesn't mean there aren't others that could be nearly equal to her power, but she is still thought of as the strongest/most powerful youkai in Aya's opinion. Of course, this may be because she is a tengu , who were once subordinate to the oni.
 * Despite her popular image of a carefree and laid-back drunkard she can be very observant and harshly critical of others. In Immaterial and Missing Power she cuts down most everyone she encounters with her dialogue, for instance calling Alice Margatroid a coward and telling Youmu Konpaku how people make fun of her. She also in her interview with Aya, calls her out on her two-faced attitude in regards to Oni and everyone else.
 * In Immaterial and Missing Power Suika's final spellcard, "百万鬼夜行" (Romanized: "Hyakuman Ki Yakou", Meaning: "A Million Oni Parade the Night", cf. the 1776 Japanese work: "画図百鬼夜行", meaning: "The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons"), is capable of completely erasing the HUD, leaving the player unable to know directly how much life/super meter either has.
 * An alternate palette of her in Touhou Hisoutensoku makes her completely gold.
 * Suika is the only character to appear as a boss in both Shoot the Bullet and Double Spoiler.

[ edit ] Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

 * Main article: Article and Interview: Suika 


 * Aya realizes that the Moon has exploded late one midwinter night and goes to interview the person responsible, Suika Ibuki. Suika is drunk, but she manages to tell Aya that she did it as a threat to all those who were partying, reminding them of onis by shattering the sky, a proof of their awesome strength by splitting the sky apart so easily to blow up the Moon.
 * During the follow interview, Suika challenges Aya to a drinking match even as she asks her for sake. Aya seems to accept and invites Suika to drink with her at a nearby food cart, with hilarious results as Suika talks about silencing the poor owner . Aya then mentions her surprise at Suika and the onis being back. Suika responds that she is the only one, and she's come back only for a while. She also tells Aya how sad she is that the tengu have lost most of their influence. Suika finishes by accusing the tengu of not showing their strength and Aya ends the discussion by inviting Suika to drink about gathering news for her.

[ edit ] Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

 * Main article: Perfect Memento: Suika Ibuki 


 * Suika lives around the Mountain of Youkai.
 * She appeared one day unexpectedly and settled down in Gensokyo.
 * She claims that she can tear down the Mountain of Youkai with her bare hands (and given her oni heritage, she may not be exaggerating).
 * Thanks to her never-ending gourd of sake, she has never been seen sober.
 * Akyu claims that Suika is unstoppable and that it's best not to get in her way.

[ edit ] The Grimoire of Marisa

 * Main article:  The Grimoire of Marisa: Suika Ibuki's Spell Cards 


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