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Location: Youkai Mountain

Occupation: Engineer

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Don't mind me, just a random Touhou-f** haha, orz. ;3;
I've somewhat recently gotten into Touhou, but I'm pretty into it lol. I play, listen to, draw, cosplay etc. Touhou and all that good stuff, k.
Feel free to PM if you wanna talk? Though I'm shy and not interesting, so idk why anyone would want to, OTL.

Hi, I draw stuff. Commission me plox. ;3; (PM me)

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Name: Nitori Kawashiro
Species: Kappa
Abilities: Power to control water
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Engineer
Location: Youkai Mountain

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Nitori Kawashiro

Nitori is a very shy Kappa who lives on Youkai Mountain. In fact, the first time she sees the heroine, she runs off with barely a word. She's good-natured enough, but has an odd way of showing it when she tries to scare the heroine away from the mountain via danmaku and spell cards. It's for the heroine's own good, though, as the mountain is a very dangerous place for humans, and Nitori just doesn't want her to get hurt. She actually likes humans; she just doesn't seem to know how to act around them. During the events of Subterranean Animism, she is one of the Kappas who hears from the God of the Mountains about the new power of nuclear fusion in the Underworld. However, they are unwilling to go there due to the Oni living underground. Learning that Reimu is going underground to investigate, she convinces Marisa to explore there as well, since she doesn't seem to have anything better to do.

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* The characters for Kawashiro mean "river castle", while Nitori is in hiragana. There is a home furnishing chain store named Nitori in Japan, but it seems she has nothing to do with it.

* Her name might have originated from Ryunosuke Akutagawa's novel Kappa the second chapter of which begins with the sentence 「そのうちにやっと気がついてみると、僕は仰向けに倒れたまま、大勢の河童にとり囲まれていました。」(Sono uchi ni yatto kigatsuite miru to, boku wa aomuke ni taoreta mama, oozei no kappa ni tori kakomarete imashita.) "When at last I came 'round, I found myself lying on my back surrounded by a large number of kappas." — from the translation by Seiichi Shiojiri.

* Nitori is also a Latin word defined as either "brilliance, brightness, glow; splendor" or "perseverance; reliability", all fitting things to associate with such a brilliant engineer.

* Nitori's "Optical Camouflage" spell cards may refer to another aspect of kappas that Akutagawa writes about: "But what is most remarkable about kappas is that, unlike human beings, they change colors according to their surroundings."

* Her backpack resembles a tortoise shell. Isn't that fitting for a kappa?

* As traditional depictions of kappa show a bald spot at the top of their heads, rumor has it that her hat is concealing that bald spot. However, ZUN discredited this rumor during a discussion on 2ch after Mountain of Faith was released.

* Some fan works depict her carrying a Pepsi Ice Cucumber in place of the reed she normally has. (In Japanese folklore, kappas love cucumbers. This is also referenced by Nitori's "Monster Cucumber" spell card.) She's also sometimes depicted wearing a school swimsuit under her dress.

* One of the earliest fan-made vocal arrangements of Nitori's theme music (にとりの唄(萌), Nitori's Song (Moe)) has lyrics that translate as "Kappappa kappappa Nitori, you get more than you pay for with Nitori." The latter part is from the slogan of the above-mentioned Nitori store chain, and several doujinshi have made it into something of an unofficial slogan for her as well. A reference to "kappappa kappappa" subsequently appeared in Subterranean Animism.

* Nitori is the only playable partner in Subterranean Animism who never appeared in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody; all the rest of the partners did.

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-I_Unknown_l- Report | 01/29/2010 8:39 pm
-I_Unknown_l-
CUCUMBER!! hallo kappa you :E
Mannosuke Report | 01/29/2010 12:14 pm
Mannosuke
Hehe.
Behold...
MANPITS!
Mokou no Fujiwara Report | 07/31/2009 10:54 pm
Mokou no Fujiwara
I was exploring a forgotten underwater kingdom looking for a dragon with a 5 color jewel on on its head... tho I couldnt find the dragon. Its either hiding or its not there anymore... Hey, you dont think you could make me a dragon radar do you?
Marisa Kirisame-ze Report | 07/31/2009 10:47 pm
Marisa Kirisame-ze
*Freaking out*

I well uh... made her thi s potion, she died, then burned, and in desperation I kinda master spark'd her...
Marisa Kirisame-ze Report | 07/31/2009 10:34 pm
Marisa Kirisame-ze
D8

I KILLED REIMU-ZE! *Cries*
Mokou no Fujiwara Report | 07/30/2009 9:30 pm
Mokou no Fujiwara
Thanks for the use of that underwater suit.. Ill get it back to you later, im not quite done with it..
Marisa Kirisame-ze Report | 07/30/2009 8:17 am
Marisa Kirisame-ze
Nitori!

You called-ze?

(I lol'd at your username xD)

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