A Fairy (妖精, yōsei) is a small, simple ,humanoid creature of magic that represents some aspect of nature. Many of them are also simple-minded.
Fairies may have abilities relating to the four seasons, weather, emotions, longevity, decay, fertility, or other aspects of nature. The power exercised by a single fairy is usually harmless and small scale, so they're more suited to playing around, rather than causing major happenings. Fortunately, most fairies are easily amused.
Their height is uniformly small, where they can fit in the palm of a hand, up to the size of a child below ten years of age; there is hardly any fairy outside of this scope.In reality, girls of 9 years of age have the average height of around 130cm (≈4,265 feet), so a fairies size goes from being in palm of a hand to around 130cm. As for whether there would be an exception to being bigger than this, it is a mystery since there is much conflicting information regarding their size. Since they a characteristic of become stronger or weaker depending on their surroundings, they might possibly also change their size due to their surroundings as well, although that's just speculation.
- Examples: Cirno, Lily White, Clownpiece, Three Mischievous Fairies (Sunny Milk, Star Sapphire and Luna Child), Daiyousei, most moving targets in the Danmaku Shooters.
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