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Iku Nagae

Name:

永江 衣玖(ながえ いく)

Iku Nagae

Species:

Youkai (oarfish)

Abilities:

Able to read the atmosphere

Age:

Unknown

Occupation:

Envoy of the Dragon Palace

Location:

Clouds over Gensokyo

Description:

  • Red eyes and short purple blue hair. Wears a white and red shirt, a long black skirt, and a hat with a red bow and two long ribbons extending out. Has a white and red shawl entwined along her arms and blouse.
  • (Touhou 10.5, alternate outfit) She has light green eyes with gray hair, and her dress is mostly dark red.

Relationships:

  • Unknown

Appearances:

Titles:

See Character Titles

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Fun Facts

  • Iku's spellcard declaration pose and some alternate special move poses closely resemble John Travolta's dancing pose from the disco movie "Saturday Night Fever".
  • "Iku" can also be spelled as an intransitive Japanese verb (行く) that literally means "going", but its phonetic version (いく or イク) is better known as a phrase uttered by women at... key moments in h-anime. Raunchy jokes commenced almost immediately.
  • Iku's dress resembles that of a Spanish Flamenco dancer, and her movements and poses look a bit like dancing. However, her profile states that it's a special dress, granting the owner the ability to fly.
  • Iku's profile states that she spends much of her time relaxing in the clouds, not doing much of anything other than relaxing.
  • Iku is able to understand the words of dragons, which enables to her to act as a messenger between dragons and humans (perhaps her main occupation?).
  • Her profile suggests that she is a Youkai of oarfishes. In japanese, oarfishes are called "Ryu-gu-no-tsukai" (リュウグウノツカイ or 竜宮の使い in Kanji), which literally means "a messenger from Dragon's Palace". In this case, dragon is considered as the god of water.
  • Her shawls (and, probably, long ribbons on her hat) are apparently modeled after the shape of oarfishes, especially their thin and elongated bodies and red fins.

Official Profiles

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - おまけ.txt

Iku Nagae

 ○美しき緋の衣
  永江 衣玖(ながえ いく)


  種族:妖怪(竜宮の使い)


   龍の世界と人間の世界の間に棲む妖怪。
   偶に、形跡や死体を人間に見つけられることがあるが、滅多に生きたままの姿を現す事はない。
   龍の言葉を理解し、重大な内容だけ人間や妖怪に伝えると言われる。


   非常に長い羽衣の縁は自ら緋色に光り、えも言われぬ美しさを持っている。
   この羽衣を人間が纏うと、空を飛べると言われている。


  住家:雲の中


   人生の大半を雲の中で泳いで暮らしている。
   特に何をするでもなく、ただ優雅に泳ぎ、龍神の様子を見守っている。
   その為、人間に害を与える事も殆ど無い。


  能力:空気を読む程度の能力


   その場の特性をすぐに把握し、すぐに馴染む事ができる。
   余程の事がない限り場を乱す行動は取らない。


   柔よく剛を制す。
   時には自分の存在を消し、全ての攻撃を受け流す。


  性格:どんな場でも主役になる事はない。面倒くさがり


   常にのんびりとしていて、相手の行動に興味がない。
   自分の主張を押し通す事は少なく、他人の行動を見守ることが多い。

Beautiful Scarlet Cloth
Iku Nagae

Species: Youkai (Oarfish)

A youkai that lives in somewhere between world of dragon and world of human.

Sometimes human finds a trace or dead bodies of her kind, but very rarely they do show their living form to humans. It is said that they can understand dragon's words, and only the important words are relayed to human and youkai.

Edge of their very long clothes glows in scarlet color, which is unearthy beauty at sight. Rumor says that if a human wears this clothing, the person can fly in the sky.


Location: Inside clouds

She spends most of her time swiming through clouds. Particularly doing nothing, she observes the dragon god as she swims elegantly through clouds. Thus she causes almost no harm to human.


Ability: Able to read the atmosphere

She can read the mood of a place, and fit into there right away. She does not try to break the mood unless there's very strong reason.
Flexibility is stronger than stiffness. When necessary, she completely vanishes herself and parries any attacks.


Personality: Never tries to be a lead role. Lazy.

She's always laid-back and has no interest in other person's behavior. She almost never insists from her own, and usually just watches over what other's have to do.

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