Main Profile[]
名前: |
八坂 神奈子(やさか かなこ) | |
種族: |
Goddess of wind and rain | |
能力: |
The ability to create sky | |
年齢: |
Unknown, the Great Suwa War in which Kanako was victorious was approximately 2300 years ago | |
職業: |
Moriya Shrine's Goddess | |
住んでいるところ: |
Wind God's Lake at Moriya Shrine | |
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テーマ曲: |
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Fun Facts[]
- In humorous fanart, Kanako is often depicted as a robot, or an RX-77-2 Guncannon from Mobile Suit Gundam due to the Faith Pillars that attach to her back during the final encounter in Mountain of Faith.
- At some extent, Kanako is also called by another nickname: Misae Nohara. Little is known why the Japanese Touhou fans came up with that idea. Perhaps it's due to the fact that Misae and Kanako sharing a similar hair shape, or due to many fanworks depicting Kanako as a somewhat eccentric soccer mom towards Sanae. Another hypothesis about this nickname is related with one of Mountain of Faith endings: spoiler, in Marisa B's ending, Kanako drills Marisa's head with her fists (a Misae Nohara's guri-guri) because she built a small shrine in the Forest of Magic, which is rarely visited by people.
- Kanako might be named after Princess Yasakatome, one of the gods of the Suwa Grand Shrine, which, on the other hand, Suwako Moriya is named after.
- The shrine pictured in the background image of Kanako's spellcards is 下社秋宮 (Shimosha Akimiya, lit. the Autumn Court of the Lower Shrine), one of the four shrines that make up the Suwa Grand Shrine.
- Kanako is also depicted with Yukari Yakumo and Eirin Yagokoro. This is due to their family names containing the character テンプレート:Lang (pronounced "Ya") which, when misread, can mean old hag.
- Kanako is the only Windows-series character whose stage has no midboss whatsoever.
- Oddly, Kanako will change colors in rainbow order. This only happens on her sprite in the time between when her theme begins and when she starts to battle. It also happens to another character in the PC98 ages.
Official Profiles[]
Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt[]
○6面ボス 山坂と湖の権化
最近、妖怪の山に神社ごと引っ越してきた神様である。
彼女は、信仰心を取り戻す方法を模索していた。
――そして、彼女の企みは成功したように見えた。
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Stage 6 Boss The Avatar of Mountains and Lakes Species: God The goddess who, together with her shrine, recently moved to the Youkai Mountain. Because of her name 'Yasaka' (countless hills), she's been said to be a mountain deity, but she's actually a deity of wind and rain. The sequence of events that led to her being worshiped as a mountain deity are extremely complicated and the only ones who know the truth are Kanako and Suwako. Kanako's trademark 'shimenawa' (lit. enclosing rope) represents the figure of an entwined snake. The snake, which continually sheds its scales, symbolizes resurrection, rebirth and eternity. However, humans came to know mortality and started disbelieving in eternity. Yes, humans had begun to believe in science and information. Kanako searched for a way to regain faith. Although it would mean that she would lose all the faith she still had left currently and thus lose her power temporarily, this way held more potential. She chose a future with potential rather over the crumbling glories of the past. --And so, her plans seemed to be successful. Although she had her doubts now and again at the excessive smoothness, once she saw how Gensokyo worked, she believed she understood why things went so well. In Gensokyo there was a shrine called the Hakurei Shrine. For the youkai, the shrine seemed to have become a suitable playground. Along with becoming an object of worship, Kanako was also accepted as a playmate of the youkai. Actually, to play together was what gods wished for. Festivals were venues for humans and gods to play together. By forgetting about everyday life and coming together to play, gods and humans gained the feeling of solidarity within a community. Even if the humans were exchanged for youkai, it was the same. This was exactly the kind of faith Kanako was wishing for.
She didn't know that among the youkai of Gensokyo, there existed a number of powers. Nevertheless, she collected the faith of the mountain youkai, and attained great divine virtue. She did not realize that this meant that the power of the mountain youkai, in other words the tengu and the kappa, were becoming too great. With that, there was the fear that the power balance of tranquil Gensokyo would collapse. Kanako thought that to keep Gensokyo's balance, she must now acquire the faith of the youkai and humans beneath the mountain. To achieve that, she must utilize the Hakurei Shrine else things won't proceed smoothly. Much remained before she would be able to regain the same amount of faith she'd had in the outside world. |
Book Synopsis[]
The Grimoire of Marisa[]
- Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Kanako Yasaka's Spell Cards
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