Suika Ibuki

Main Profile

Suika Ibuki	Name:	伊吹　萃香（いぶき　すいか） Suika Ibuki
	Species:	Oni
	Abilities:	Manipulation of density
	Age:	Unknown
	Occupation:	Unknown
	Location:	Somewhere in Gensokyo (Commonly seen around Youkai Mountain), Heaven, Hakurei Shrine, used to live in Ancient City
	Description:	Brown eyes, knee-length orange hair done up in a ponytail. Has two long straight horns on her head, decorated with ribbons. Wears a tattered pink blouse and a long purple skirt. Wears 3 chain accessories. (Touhou 7.5 and 10.5, alternate outfit) Dress is mostly green and yellow-green instead of purple and pink, and her hair is a lighter shade of blond.
	Relationships:	Yukari Yakumo (Friend) Tenshi Hinanai (Neighbor in Heaven) Yuugi Hoshiguma (Fellow "Deva of the Mountain")
	Appearances:	Immaterial and Missing Power (Playable Character, Final Boss) Shoot the Bullet (Extra Stage 7 and 8 Boss) Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (Playable Character, Possible Opponent) Subterranean Animism (Playable Partner)
	Titles:	See Character Titles

Suika is the only oni currently living above ground in Gensokyo, with the remainder of the oni race living underground. Just as the folktales say, she has two horns on her head that symbolize her oni heritage, and enough physical strength to throw large boulders single-handedly. Her personality is jolly and quite childish as you would expect from her appearance. She also likes to drink and loves to party with all her heart.

During the events of Immaterial and Missing Power, the people of Gensokyo were manipulated into having feasts repeatedly, one right after another, by Suika's ability. She intended to draw all the other oni out of hiding with continuous, non-stop celebration. In most characters' scenarios, Suika was defeated and the number of feasts began to decrease. In Suika's scenario, she managed to defeat all of her major foes in a feast, but her plan failed anyway due to Reimu's ability and her own incompleteness as an oni.

Fun Facts

• The gourd she always carries is a treasure of the oni, and can produce an infinite amount of sake.

• If we consider the lowest-numbered "good" ending to be the "Official Story" of each title, Suika is one of the only two characters who's managed to defeat Reimu in the Windows series. The other one is Tenshi Hinanai.

• "Suika" (as 西瓜, with different characters) can mean watermelon, a fruit the Japanese commonly enjoy in summer. Here, though, it means something like "gathering fragrance." Her surname literally means "the wind is blowing".

• "Ibuki" is also the name of a mountain. They say it was a place where an oni lived.

• Suika is shown to have little clones of herself in fanworks and in official works. She uses mini-Suika's as an attack in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and Immaterial and Missing Power.

• Probably due to the fact that she hangs around the Hakurei Shrine and being friends with Yukari Yakumo, fanworks of her being paired with Reimu and Yukari are common, particularly from Miko Miko Suika

• She's popularly known for having no chest. "つるぺったん", or "Tsurupettan", sings about Suika's flat chest. Song Lyrics available here: Tsurupettan

• A silhouette of Suika occupies the front of Immaterial and Missing Power's jewel case.

• Aya Shameimaru, who has probably seen or heard of nearly every youkai by now, once refered to Suika as "simply the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo." That doesn't mean there aren't others that could be nearly equal to her power, but she is still thought of as the strongest/most powerful youkai in Aya's opinion. Of course, this may be because she is a tengu, which were once servants of onis.

• In Immaterial and Missing Power Suika's final spellcard "百万鬼夜行" is capable of completely erasing the HUD, leaving the player unable to know directly how much life/super both have.

Official Profiles

Immaterial and Missing Power - 上海アリス通信.txt

○萃まる夢、幻、そして百鬼夜行 　　伊吹　萃香（いぶきすいか） 　　種族：鬼 　　住処：鬼の住むと言われる国（現在は幻想郷のどこかにいる） 　　能力：密と疎を操る程度の能力 　　　幻想郷にはいないとされる鬼。彼女はその鬼だと言う。 　　　鬼は一般的に陽気で酒好き、勿論宴も大好き、人間との真剣勝負が大 　　好きで、勝負事なら格闘だろうが呑み比べだろうが何でもする。気に入 　　った人間を見つけると人間が用意したルールで戦おうとする。そして、 　　勝負に勝つとその人間を攫って行くのである。 　　　鬼は楽しいと思ってやっていた事だが、人間はそれを楽しむすべを知 　　らなかった。どれも人間が敵うレベルでは無かったからである。本当は 　　人間も鬼に勝つぐらい強くなれば、互いに楽しむことも出来たのだが、 　　それもしなくなった。そればかりか人間は、卑怯な策で鬼を一網打尽し 　　ようとした。 　　　鬼が人を攫うのは、人間の恐怖心の象徴であり、それが鬼の存在理由 　　でもある。人間にとってもその恐怖心は必要だったのだが……それを、 　　人間は全て自分達の都合で一方的に壊してしまったのだ。 　　　鬼は、繰り返される卑怯な鬼の乱獲により、そんな人間達を永遠に見 　　捨て人間の手の届かない場所に移り住んだ、と伝えられていた。もう、 　　鬼の姿を見ることは無かった。 　　　彼女はその鬼だと言う。 　　　確かに陽気で酒好き、三日置きに宴会を行わせる位宴会好きである。 　　今回何故この様な事をしたかという話は、ゲーム中で語っているのでこ 　　こでは語らない。でも本当は、鬼と人間の信頼関係を取り戻したかった 　　のである。では何故それが失敗したかというと……？　それもゲーム中 　　で最後に語っている通りである。 　　　性格は上で言っている通り陽気で酒好き。無邪気で非常に単純。大勢 　　と一緒にいると場が明るくなるが、二人っきりで長くいると段々とうざ 　　くなる。というか非常に子供っぽい。 　　　能力は、密と疎を操る事が出来る。如何なる物も、集めたり散らした 　　り出来る。人の想いを集めれば、宴会のようなものを開かせることも出 　　来るし、自分を散らせば霧のような状態になることも出来る。妖霧は非 　　常に薄い彼女なのだ。新しく力を生むのではなく、その場に在るものを 　　集めたり散らしたりするだけだが、集めることで別の物に変化させるこ 　　とも出来る。それは特殊な創造の能力に近い。さすがは失われた鬼の力、 　　と言われるだけの事はある。 　　　身体能力も非常に優れており、力、スピード、妖力、全てにおいて人 　　間を遙かに上回る。唯一の弱点は、萃香のリーチのなさだが、彼女は様 　　々な手段でそれを補う。人間との決闘が大好きなだけあって、酒に酔っ 　　ていてもめっぽう強い。と言うか酔うほど強い。と言うか酔ってない時 　　が余りない。

Forgathering dream, illusion, and pandemonium Suika Ibuki Species: Oni Location: Some hidden country occupied by oni (currently she's living somewhere in Gensokyo) Ability: Manipulation of density There are supposedly no oni in Gensokyo, but this girl insists that she is an oni. Oni are generally jolly and love to drink, feast, and compete with humans in any kind of contest, from simple melee to drinking games. When they find a human that they like, they tempt that human into challenging them in any way the human desires. Should the human lose, they are abducted. The oni find these games to be great fun, but humans don't appreciate the nature of that fun. Put simply, humans cannot compare to an oni's level of ability. Humans could enjoy themselves as much as the oni if they tried to reach the power level of their opponents, but they don't. Worse still, humans attempt to destroy the oni with underhanded tactics. Abduction by oni used to be a symbol of human fear, which was the oni's reason for being. In a way, that fear was necessary to the human race... Yet, the humans selfishly put an end to it. The oni, growing weary of being duped and killed repeatedly, abandoned humans for all time and moved to a place beyond human reach, or so the legend says. In any case, the oni have not been seen since. This girl insists that she is an oni. She is certainly jolly and loves drinking, and likes feasts so much that she has them every 3 days. The reason for that is given in-game, so I won't mention it here. But to tell the truth, she wants to restore the relationship between humans and oni. Now why did that fail...? That's also mentioned in-game, toward the end. ·· As mentioned above, Suika is jolly and drink loving. Innocent and simple-minded. She raises an upbeat atmosphere in a crowd, but when you're alone with her, you'll gradually become irritated by her childishness. Her ability allows her to control density. She can gather and scatter whatever she desires. By gathering people's sentiments, they will have parties; by scattering herself, she can become as mist. The strange mist that brought about the events of Immaterial and Missing Power was none other than herself, in very thin form. Her ability does not produce some unseen power; she can gather and scatter only that which already exists, but the process occassionally transforms one thing into something completely different. It's kind of close to creation in that way. The long lost power of the oni is truly exceptional. Her physical ability is outstanding as well; her strength, speed, and mystic power all far exceed that of a human's. Her sole weakness is her small stature, but she compensates for that in many ways. Since she loves competition against humans, she is quite tough even when she is drunk. That is to say, the more drunk she is, the tougher she becomes. Or rather, there's hardly a time when she isn't drunk.

Suika Ibuki rough

萃まる夢幻、そして百鬼夜行 　伊吹 萃香 他のキャラとポーズが違う…。 ボスっぽく大げさにしてみました。賑やかさを押し出しつつ。 鬼っぽくないですが、自分的に鎖は鬼の象徴（笑） ○は、無、つまり拡散を意味し、△は調和、つまり萃そのもの。 □は、不変、それは自分を示す。 ZUN 04.1.10

Foregathering fantasies, and pandemonium Suika Ibuki Her pose is different from all the other characters' ... I tried to make her grandiose, like a boss should be. I really brought out her liveliness. She may not look very oni-like, but for me, chains are the mark of an oni (g) The circle is for nothingness, which signifies diffusion; the triangle is for harmony, or collection. The square is for permanence, and stands for the self.

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - chara.html

Suika Ibuki	○ 　　伊吹　萃香（いぶき　すいか） 　　伊吹萃香 　　種族 ： 鬼 　　住家 ： 不明（神出鬼没） 　　能力 ： 密と疎を操る程度の能力 　　性格 ： 豪傑だが単純
Suika Ibuki Race: Oni Primary residence: Unknown (comes and goes as she pleases) Ability: Power to control density Personality: Impulsive, but simple.

Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt

○小さな百鬼夜行 　　伊吹　萃香（いぶき　すいか） 　　Ibuki Suika 　　種族：鬼 　　能力：密度を操る程度の能力 　　地底に住んでいた鬼の一人。 　　最近は地上に出てきているのだが、普段は何処に住んでいるのか不明。 　　地底で何か起こってるみたいという噂を聞いて、紫の作戦に乗ってみた。 　　自分で調べに行けばいいじゃんと思わなくも無かったが、面白くて面倒 　　で無くて、お酒飲みながら出来る紫の方法が気に入った。

The little pandemonium Suika Ibuki Species: oni Ability: power to manipulate density One of the oni who lived underground. She spends her days above ground now, but it's not known where she lives. She heard rumors that something was going on underground, so she tried going along with Yukari's scheme. She did think about going to see what was happening herself, but this way looked fun and was convenient, so she was pretty impressed with Yukari's technique, which let her tag along while having a drink.

Book Synopsis

Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

Main article: Article and Interview: Suika

• Aya realized that late at night the moon had exploded in MidWinter and went to interview the person responsible, Ibuki Suika. Suika was drunk but she managed to tell Aya that she did it as a threat to all those who were partying, reminding them of onis by shattering the sky, a proof of their awesome strength by splitting the sky apart so easily to blow up the moon.

• During the follow interview, Suika challenged Aya to a drinking match even as she asked her for sake. Aya seems to accept and introduces Suika to drink with her at a nearby foodcart, with hilarious results as Suika talked about silencing the poor owner. Aya then comments on her being surprised at Suika and the onis being back before Suika saying that she is the only one and she came back only for a while, telling Aya how sad she was that the tengu had lose most of their influence. Suika finishes by accusing the tengu of not showing their strength and ends with Aya inviting Suika to drink about gathering news for her.

Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

Main article: Perfect Memento: Suika Ibuki

- Suika lives around the Mountain of Youkai.

- She appeared one day unexpectedly and settled down in Gensokyo.

- She claims that she can tear down the Mountain of Youkai with her bare hands (and given her oni heritage, she may not be exaggerating).

- Thanks to her never-ending gourd of sake, she has never been seen sober.

- Akyu claims that Suika is unstoppable and that it's best not to get in her way.