Reimu Hakurei
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Reimu Hakurei is a key character from the Touhou franchise, being the main protagonist of all but a handful of spin-off titles.
In Reality[edit | edit source]
Reimu is the shrine maiden (or miko) of the Hakurei shrine. As such, her main tasks lie in maintaining the shrine itself and exterminating rogue youkai, although "exterminating" in this context usually means roughing them up and then becoming fast friends with them afterwards. She additionally has to keep an eye on the eponymous Hakurei barrier, which seperates Gensokyo from the modern-day outside world.
Although she can be lazy when it comes to work and comically greedy when it comes to donations, Reimu is very diligent about her duties and hence has a "shoot first, ask questions later" policy. She will generally punish more or less anyone she comes across while investigating an incident, regardless of whether they're related to the plot - or not.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Season 2[edit | edit source]
The shrine maiden's first appearance was during 8chanmania LVIII. She managed to defeat the Rhythm Heaven Wrestler and his commentator sidekick, but tapped out against swordsman-for-hire Louie.
She later reappeared in 8chanmania LXIII and fought on the side of GLaDOS, with the latter apparently having offered the chronically cash-strapped shrine maiden a hefty cash reward. The latter, alas, proved difficult to collect when Reimu got her bloomer'd butt kicked by Chen.
Season 3[edit | edit source]
Reimu fought in 8chanmania LXXV. Already used to bullying gods, she defeated Yacatect, but allowed her to tag along as a means to bring more profit to her shrine after the match. The miko would move on to punch a baby, beat up a cute elephant, and exterminated CDI Zelda after the latter had questioned her personal hygiene. It indeed looked as if Gensokyo's guardian was going to win her belt, but even though Reimu has plenty of experience when it comes to lynching the lolis, Badmella still manged to stop her rampage.
Until 8chanmania LXXVI at least, where Reimu and Yacatect joined arms for maximum profit. Their religion of greed outshone the Christianity of Mr. Cobra and John Ward, yet Lamaj and Erioioire ruled their attempt to collect church tax was highly illegal.
