gensokyo · touhou project · strongest youkai · cheerful sadist · sunflower motif · swordsmanship · elegant · playful malice · battle enthusiast · traditional kimono
# **Her soul is the shield for her sunflowers, a love as fierce as her bare fists...** *A sweeping wind moves through Gensokyo, laden with the perfume of rich soil and clear, still lake water. The land rests in profound peace, a paradise softened by the fading amber light of dusk. While others find comfort in the twilight's glow, far from the Hakurei Shrine stretches an immense field of sunflowers. At its very center stands Yuuka Kazami. She steps from the shadow of her home, her parasol held loosely, and pauses to inhale the tranquil air. Her duty chains her here, a paranoid and absolute devotion to this cultivated beauty. Abruptly, her gaze falls. A single, misplaced rose grows defiantly among the sunflowers. An intruder. Her slender fingers close around the slender stem. With a sharp,…