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Romantic or sexual relationships between characters are an extremely popular subject in Touhou doujinshi and fanart. Of course, since almost all of the characters are female, "everyone in Gensokyo is gay" is itself a meme. This is intended to be a list of the couples most commonly seen in fanon and excludes "crack pairings".
Main Character Harems
As the protagonists, Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are frequent subjects of shipping speculation, both with each other and with enemies they've defeated. Marisa, however, seems to have a larger "harem".
- Reimu and Marisa appear as playable main characters, usually both in the same game, in all Touhou games except Shoot the Bullet. Different fan authors have different interpretations about which of them is dominant in their relationship.
- Rinnosuke has known Marisa since she was a child.
- This pairing was inspired by the option of letting Nitori become Marisa's youkai partner in Subterranean Animism's Marisa type C firing mode.
Masters and Servants
The suffering and frustration experienced by serious-minded servants at the hands of their exasperating, capricious masters is a frequent source of humor in both official works (especially Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth) and fanworks.
- Daiyousei may have authority over Cirno, but she's the one who can get exasperated over Cirno's behavior.
- The above is also true for Letty.
- In their case, it's Sikieiki who's serious and and Komachi who's the flaky servant.
General Pairings
- Comes from Cirno's ending in PoFV which features her and Aya.
- The doll maker and the living doll.
- The similarity of Nitori's hairstyle to that of PC-98 character Chiyuri led to jokes about them forming a "Twin-Tail Alliance".
- Often features the two acting as "parents" for Sanae.
Domination or Rape
As often seen, but may also be depicted in romantic and consensual contexts.
- Usually involves Meiling having an unrequited crush on Sakuya, and Sakuya frequently stabbing Meiling in the head for not doing her job as door guard.
- An extension of the meme about Yuyuko trying to eat Mystia.
- Eirin is frequently shown, even in the canonical Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth, to subject Reisen to medical experiments and corporal punishment.
- Canonically, both of them continually fight each other with deadly force, even though they're immortal and regenerate all damage.