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| Name = Aya Shameimaru <br> | |||
<small>ɕʲa̠me̞ːma̠ɾ̠ɯᵝ a̠ja̠ [[Media:Pronunciation_AyaShameimaru.ogg|(♫)]]</small> | |||
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| name = Aya Syameimaru | |||
| Portrait = [[Datei:Th125Aya.png|x325px|Aya Shameimaru]] | |||
| | Aya Shameimaru in [[Double Spoiler]] | ||
| caption = {{H:title|Traditional Reporter of Fantasy|伝統の幻想ブン屋}} | |||
| Spezies = [[ | | Spezies = [[Krähentengu]] (Crow Tengu) | ||
| Fähigkeiten = Manipulation des Windes | | Fähigkeiten = Manipulation des Windes | ||
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| Heimat = [[Youkaiberg]] | | Heimat = [[Youkaiberg]] | ||
| Musik = *{{H:title|{{lang|ja|風神少女}} Wind God Girl}} ([[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]) | |||
*{{H:title|{{lang|ja|妖怪の山 ~}} Mysterious Mountain The Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain}} ([[Mountain of Faith]]) | |||
| Spiele = | | Spiele = | ||
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* [[Double Spoiler]] (Hauptcharakter, Spoiler Boss) | * [[Double Spoiler]] (Hauptcharakter, Spoiler Boss) | ||
* [[Fairy Wars]] (Route C1 Ending) | * [[Fairy Wars]] (Route C1 Ending) | ||
* [[Hopeless Masquerade]] ( | * [[Hopeless Masquerade]] (Hintergrundcharakter) | ||
* [[Impossible Spell Card]] (6. Tag Boss) | * [[Impossible Spell Card]] (6. Tag Boss) | ||
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* [[Symposium of Post-mysticism]] | * [[Symposium of Post-mysticism]] | ||
| Sonstiges = *[[Miscellaneous illustrations by ZUN#Circle Cut|Circle Cut]] (C69) | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Aya Shameimaru'''|射命丸 文|Shameimaru Aya}} is [[Gensokyo]]'s resident reporter, known for writing "slightly" exaggerated news articles about anything that happens in [[Gensokyo]]. She's very strong and is probably stronger than she shows since she sometimes "accidentally wins" battles while only meaning to cover a news story. | |||
==Allgemeines== | |||
===Fähigkeit=== | |||
;Manipulation des Windes | |||
With this ability, Aya can cause wind of incredible strength, including tornadoes, whenever she pleases. Somehow, this also allows Aya to "listen" to the wind to collect rumors, aiding her in the journalism business. Many of her [[spell card]]s in the fighting games show this ability a lot. Her powers are among the top class in [[Gensokyo]], and not many can challenge her with a real chance of winning. However, she doesn't like fighting much, nor does she show off her power a lot. This seems to be a common characteristic among Tengu. | |||
;Geschwindigkeit | |||
While Tengu as a whole are known for their incredible speed that few can match, Aya is an exception even among them and is often regarded as ''"the fastest"'' in Gensokyo. This is clearly demonstrated in [[Mountain of Faith/Spell Cards/Stage 4#Spell Card 51|one of her spell cards]]. | |||
===Tätigkeit=== | |||
Aya runs the [[Bunbunmaru Newspaper]], which is viewed by most [[human]]s and [[youkai]] in [[Gensokyo]] as a mildly popular gossip or tabloid paper. She has a shameless reporting style, tends to exaggerate events, and expresses her own personal opinions in her articles. As a result, many don't want to see themselves in her newspaper, and she is on less than good terms with some of the other characters. Still, she does have ethics, and is more interested in pursuing the truth (sometimes to a fault) than ruining other peoples' reputation for the sake of it. | |||
Her depiction in [[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]] and [[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]] suggest that her newspaper isn't well received, and she is willing to jokingly trick Reimu into believing in a fictional type of ghost to boost its popularity. | |||
==Konzept== | |||
===Herkunft=== | |||
[[ZUN]] once commented that the gaming concept of ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]'' was around since the same time he created ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''. Since such a game required a camera-using character, Aya was created specifically to fit that purpose. | |||
===Name=== | |||
[[File:BAiJRAya.jpg|thumb|190px|Aya's appearance in ''[[BAiJR]]'']] | |||
Her full name is {{nihongo|''Aya Shameimaru''|射命丸 文}}. The characters for {{nihongo||射命丸|Shameimaru}} literally means, in sequence, "to shoot (an arrow)" (or "to shine into/onto"), "command", "decree", "order" or "life" (or "hit/target" in the word ''meichuu'' {{nihongo||命中|meichuu}}), and "circle" (common name ending, usually seen in names of crafts and swords or similar weapons, and is also a very common suffix for the names of ships). {{nihongo||文|Aya}} means "text", "sentence" or "literature", and it's also the first character of "Bunkachou". The name {{nihongo||射命丸|Shameimaru}} is derived from [[Wikipedia:Sha-Mail|Sha-Mail]] (Shamēru → Shameimaru), which is text messages with photos, very appropriate for a fast-traveling journalist who takes pictures. | |||
Aya owns the {{nihongo|''Bunkachou''|文花帖}}, a [[tengu]] notebook gathering innumerable photographs and handwritten notes. {{nihongo||文|Bun|also pronounced as ''aya''}} means "sentence, text", {{nihongo||花|ka}} means "flower", "blossom" (or "pretty", "cute thing" in a figurative sense) and {{nihongo||帖|chou}} means "notebook": therefore ''Bunkachou'' literally means "notebook of flowering sentences": her record of interesting observations for [[Bunbunmaru Newspaper]] articles and pictures of beautiful ''[[danmaku]]'' or cute girls living in Gensokyo. | |||
===Aussehen=== | |||
Aya has red eyes and semi-long black hair. She wears a white blouse, black short skirt, and a [[Wikipedia:Tokin|tokin]]. From ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'' to ''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'' she can be seen holding a hauchiwa fan. In ''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]'', ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', and ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', Aya is shown holding a notebook and being accompanied by a crow. She was depicted with black wings for the first and only time in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red. | |||
In ''[[Double Spoiler]]'', Aya now carries a camera and wears an orange armband reading {{nihongo||「取材中」|Shuzaichuu|lit. "collecting material/the scoop"}}. She is also notably depicted with pointed ears, compared to the normal-looking ears that were visible in her ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' portrait. | |||
==Ayas Auftritte== | |||
===Spiele=== | |||
;''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' | |||
[[File:Th09AyaBackSprite.png|frame|left|Aya's back sprite in ''PoFV'']] | |||
[[File:Th09AyaSprite.png|frame|Aya's sprite in ''PoFV'']] | |||
:{{Main|Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Story#Aya's Story|l1=Phantasmagoria of Flower View Story}} | |||
During the events of ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'', she sets out to cover what promises to be an interesting news story, apparently having had completely forgotten that the exact same event had occurred 60 years ago. Even though she was alive and around during the previous flower incident, perhaps her memory is clouded by the thousands of facts and rumors she hears every day. | |||
;''Mountain of Faith'' | |||
[[File:Th10AyaSprite.png|frame|Aya's sprite in ''MoF'']] | |||
:{{Main|Mountain of Faith/Translation/Reimu's Scenario#Stage 4|l1=Reimu's Arc|Mountain of Faith/Translation/Marisa's Scenario#Stage 4|l2=Marisa's Arc}} | |||
When Aya was sent by the other [[Tengu]] to see who the intruder on [[Youkai Mountain]] was during ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' she was surprised to see it was the heroine. Although Aya doesn't want to fight the heroine, she prioritizes her bosses' orders. She decides to "go easy" on the heroine and leads her to the new shrine, believing that the heroine could get rid of a large nuisance to the [[Tengu]]. | |||
;''Subterranean Animism'' | |||
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===Spin-Offs=== | |||
;''Shoot the Bullet'' | |||
[[File:Th095AyaBackSprite.png|frame|left|Aya's back sprite in ''StB'']] | |||
:{{Main|Shoot the Bullet#Story|l1=Shoot the Bullet Story}} | |||
Aya is the main protagonist and the only playable character in ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]''. She sets out to take photographs of various Touhou [[boss]]es for reasons only she knows. Aya has three different speeds, and has a unite screen that can be used to take photos of [[danmaku]], as well as cancelling bullets within the shot. She doesn't shoot bullets as she's no intention in defeating her opponents and that she doesn't want her own bullets in the photos. | |||
;''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' | |||
:{{Main|Scarlet Weather Rhapsody/Story#Aya's Story|l1=Scarlet Weather Rhapsody Story}} | |||
During the events of ''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'', Aya goes around doing her job, and after an encounter with [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]] and [[Marisa Kirisame|Marisa]] she decides to infiltrate the [[Scarlet Devil Mansion]] to report on the [[Remilia Scarlet|Scarlet Devil]] and write an article about her. Remilia mentions something about the weather incident, and Aya goes back to the Youkai Mountain. There she meets an infuriated Reimu complaining about an earthquake destroying her shrine. In spite of the situation, Aya defeats her as an intruder. | |||
;''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' | |||
:{{Main|Touhou Hisoutensoku/Translation/Aya's Script|l1=Touhou Hisoutensoku Story}} | |||
If connecting ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' with ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'', then Aya can become a selectable character to play with, although she appears in no scenarios. | |||
;''Double Spoiler'' | |||
:{{Main|Double Spoiler#Story|l1=Double Spoiler Story}} | |||
Aya once again appears in ''[[Double Spoiler]]'' as a sequel to ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]'', been the main protagonist and one of the two playable characters. She competes with [[Hatate Himekaidou]] for the best newspaper, who is the other playable character. She even appears as a Spoiler stage boss if the player is using Hatate. | |||
;''Fairy Wars'' | |||
Aya appearsed as a cameo on the Route C1 ending of ''[[Fairy Wars]]''. After [[Cirno]] defeated the [[Three Mischievous Fairies]], she wanted to keep her status as the strongest by defeating a [[youkai]]. She finds Aya who can't be bothered to fight because she hasn't got time, but she suggested that she ought to fight a [[human]] first. It turns out to be [[Marisa Kirisame]], to which this story extends onto the Extra stage. | |||
;''Hopeless Masquerade'' | |||
[[File:Th135Aya.png|frame|Aya in ''HM'']] | |||
Aya made a background cameo appearance in ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' on the [[Myouren Temple]] and [[Genbu Ravine]] stage. She is seen standing on top of the temple in the former and on pipe in the latter, taking photographs. She also produces [[Bunbunmaru Newspaper]]s that are shown after each fight. | |||
;''Impossible Spell Card'' | |||
In ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]'', Aya (been one of the [[tengu]] mentioned by [[Mamizou Futatsuiwa]]) takes notice of minorities trying to capture the mischief-making [[amanojaku]] [[Seija Kijin]], who also appears to be one of the many [[youkai]] that tries to capture her on day 6. She uses [[spell card]]s that are considered impossible to dodge. She apparently writes up an article about this, which makes stronger [[human]]s and [[youkai]] try to capture Seija. | |||
==Beziehungen/Kontakte== | |||
Aya has presumably met most of the Windows-era characters at least once for [[Bunbunmaru Newspaper|Bunbunmaru News]] material. | |||
;[[Momiji Inubashiri]] | |||
Fellow tengu of Youkai Mountain. | |||
Whenever she meets her they get in a fight, so they don't get along very well. | |||
;[[Tenma]] | |||
Chief tengu of Youkai Mountain. | |||
;[[Hatate Himekaidou]] | |||
Fellow tengu and rival of Youkai Mountain. | |||
;[[Reimu Hakurei]] | |||
Ally and potential source of interesting new articles. | |||
==Gallerie== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:BAiJRAyaSketch.jpg||Aya rough sketch by [[ZUN]] alongside ''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]'' | |||
File:EotWAya.jpg|Aya in ''[[Extra of the Wind]]'' | |||
File:Th09FullAya.png|Aya artwork from ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'' | |||
File:Th09AyaAlt.png|Alternate outfit from ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' | |||
File:Touhou9 5.jpg|Cover of ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]'', featuring Aya's silhouette | |||
File:GoMSigil-Aya.jpg|Aya's Sigil in ''[[the Grimoire of Marisa]]'' | |||
File:GoMIllus-Aya.jpg|Aya illustration in ''[[the Grimoire of Marisa]]'' | |||
File:SSIBAya2.jpg|Aya in ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'' | |||
File:IMIEAya.png|Aya in ''[[Inaba of the Moon & Inaba of the Earth]]'' | |||
File:OSPChapter9Art.jpg|Aya as seen in ''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]'' | |||
File:Th123AyaSigil.png|Aya's sigil from ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Skills== | |||
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==Trivia== | |||
*Aya is the first character in the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' to originally appear in an artbook, then later in a game. | |||
*A silhouette of Aya occupies the front of the jewel case for ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]''. | |||
*In ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'', Aya is the first stage 4 boss in a [[Windows]] game not to have some sort of gimmick/variation based on the playable character (i.e. [[Patchouli Knowledge]]'s different spell cards in ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'', [[Reimu Hakurei]] or [[Marisa Kirisame]] in ''[[Imperishable Night]]'', etc.). | |||
*In ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'', she has a palette that resembles Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier. | |||
*She is the only character introduced in ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'' to return in a later main game, which is [[Mountain of Faith]]. | |||
*Aya has appeared, even as far as mention or reference, in every game in the second generation of the [[Windows]] era up until ''[[Ten Desires]]'', from ''Mountain of Faith'' to ''[[Fairy Wars]]''. | |||
==Fandom== | |||
{{main|Fandom/Phantasmagoria of Flower View#Aya Shameimaru|l1=Fandom: Aya Shameimaru}} | |||
==Offizielle Profile== | ==Offizielle Profile== | ||
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| image = [[Image:BAiJRaya00.png|Aya Shameimaru]] | | image = [[Image:BAiJRaya00.png|Aya Shameimaru]] | ||
| titel = [[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]] - 本書について | |||
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・本書オリジナル、幻想郷一の情報通・射命丸 文(しゃめいまる あや)が登場!! | ・本書オリジナル、幻想郷一の情報通・射命丸 文(しゃめいまる あや)が登場!! | ||
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| image = [[Image:Th09aya portrait.jpg|Aya Shameimaru]] | | image = [[Image:Th09aya portrait.jpg|Aya Shameimaru]] | ||
| titel = [[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]] - キャラ設定.txt | |||
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○伝統の幻想ブン屋 | ○伝統の幻想ブン屋 | ||
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Als die aktuelle Katastrophe startete waren die Tengu überglücklich. Es gab viel Material zu sammeln auf deren Grundlage sie ihre Zeitungen schreiben konnten. | Als die aktuelle Katastrophe startete waren die Tengu überglücklich. Es gab viel Material zu sammeln auf deren Grundlage sie ihre Zeitungen schreiben konnten. | ||
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| image = [[Image:AyaMof.png| | | image = [[Image:AyaMof.png|175px|Aya Shameimaru MOF]] | ||
| titel = [[Mountain of Faith]] - キャラ設定.txt | |||
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○4面ボス 里に最も近い天狗<br/> | ○4面ボス 里に最も近い天狗<br/> | ||
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Obwohl, es war wohl eher eine Vereinbarung miteinander zu feiern als eine Sache des Glaubens. | Obwohl, es war wohl eher eine Vereinbarung miteinander zu feiern als eine Sache des Glaubens. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Profile Quote | | {{Profile Quote | | ||
| image = [[Image:AyaSWR.png|Aya Shameimaru]] | | image = [[Image:AyaSWR.png|175px|Aya Shameimaru]] | ||
| titel = [[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]] - おまけ.txt | |||
| text = ○伝統の幻想ブン屋<br/> | | text = ○伝統の幻想ブン屋<br/> | ||
射命丸 文(しゃめいまるあや) | 射命丸 文(しゃめいまるあや) | ||
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| translation = | | translation = The Traditional Reporter of Fantasy<br /> | ||
Aya Shameimaru <!-- \射命丸/ --> | |||
Race: tengu (crow)<br /> | |||
Place of residence: the Youkai Mountain<br /> | |||
Ability: Manipulating wind | |||
Or, perhaps it would be better to say her movement ''is'' the wind.<br /> | |||
She rides the wind, listens to the wind, and can cause wind whenever she pleases. | |||
She's also good at collecting the wind's rumors. | |||
Personality: very intelligent, and courteous towards others. Non-combative. | |||
Her mental faculties are extremely sharp, and turns thoughts about in her head much more quickly than humans.<br /> | |||
It's very difficult to tell what she's thinking. On top of that, she changes her mannerisms to match whoever she's with, so nobody feels entirely comfortable around her. | |||
She doesn't particularly like to fight, but she tends to pick fights a lot. However, not many can really challenge her, so few take her up on it, and she has to just let them be. | |||
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| titel = [[Subterranean Animism]] - キャラ設定.txt | |||
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○伝統の幻想ブン屋<br/> | ○伝統の幻想ブン屋<br/> | ||
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She figured she could greatly increase her circulation if she wrote a story about it, so she used Reimu to investigate.<br /> | She figured she could greatly increase her circulation if she wrote a story about it, so she used Reimu to investigate.<br /> | ||
As a tengu, she wanted to avoid actually going underground. | As a tengu, she wanted to avoid actually going underground. | ||
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==Offizielle Ressourcen== | |||
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*2005/08/11 '''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]''' - 本書について | |||
*2005/08/14 '''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]''' - キャラ設定.txt (official profile) | |||
*2005/12/30 '''[[Shoot the Bullet]]''' - Playable Character | |||
*2006/12/27 '''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''' - [[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense/Aya Shameimaru|Traditional Reporter of Fantasy: Aya Shameimaru]] | |||
*2007/08/17 '''[[Mountain of Faith]]''' - Stage 4 dialogue; キャラ設定.txt (official profile) | |||
*2007/10/22 '''[[Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth]]''' - Chapter 5 | |||
*2008/05/25 '''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]''' - おまけ.txt (official profile) | |||
*2008/05/26 ~ 2008/06/26 '''[[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]]''' - Chapters 19-20 | |||
*2008/08/16 '''[[Subterranean Animism]]''' - Reimu/Aya's Scenario; Reimu/Aya Extra Stage dialogue; キャラ設定.txt | |||
*2008/12/22 '''[[Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth]]''' - Chapter 19 | |||
*2009/03/09 ~ 2009/04/09 '''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''' - Chapters 20-21 | |||
*2009/04/22 '''[[Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth]]''' - Chapter 23 | |||
*2009/05/26 '''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''' - Chapter 1 (cameo) | |||
*2009/07/28 '''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''' - [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Aya Shameimaru's Spell Cards|Aya Shameimaru's Spell Cards]] | |||
*2010/03/14 '''[[Double Spoiler]]''' - Playable Character; Hatate's Spoiler Stage Spell Card comments | |||
*2010/06/26 '''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''' - Chapter 9 | |||
*2010/09/25 '''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]''' - Chapter 2 | |||
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| Alter | Über 1000 Jahre |
| Spezies | Krähentengu (Crow Tengu) |
| Fähigkeiten | Manipulation des Windes |
| Tätigkeit | Zeitungsjournalist, Reporter |
| Heimat | Youkaiberg |
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Aya Shameimaru (射命丸 文 Shameimaru Aya) is Gensokyo's resident reporter, known for writing "slightly" exaggerated news articles about anything that happens in Gensokyo. She's very strong and is probably stronger than she shows since she sometimes "accidentally wins" battles while only meaning to cover a news story.
Allgemeines
Fähigkeit
- Manipulation des Windes
With this ability, Aya can cause wind of incredible strength, including tornadoes, whenever she pleases. Somehow, this also allows Aya to "listen" to the wind to collect rumors, aiding her in the journalism business. Many of her spell cards in the fighting games show this ability a lot. Her powers are among the top class in Gensokyo, and not many can challenge her with a real chance of winning. However, she doesn't like fighting much, nor does she show off her power a lot. This seems to be a common characteristic among Tengu.
- Geschwindigkeit
While Tengu as a whole are known for their incredible speed that few can match, Aya is an exception even among them and is often regarded as "the fastest" in Gensokyo. This is clearly demonstrated in one of her spell cards.
Tätigkeit
Aya runs the Bunbunmaru Newspaper, which is viewed by most humans and youkai in Gensokyo as a mildly popular gossip or tabloid paper. She has a shameless reporting style, tends to exaggerate events, and expresses her own personal opinions in her articles. As a result, many don't want to see themselves in her newspaper, and she is on less than good terms with some of the other characters. Still, she does have ethics, and is more interested in pursuing the truth (sometimes to a fault) than ruining other peoples' reputation for the sake of it.
Her depiction in Strange and Bright Nature Deity and Curiosities of Lotus Asia suggest that her newspaper isn't well received, and she is willing to jokingly trick Reimu into believing in a fictional type of ghost to boost its popularity.
Konzept
Herkunft
ZUN once commented that the gaming concept of Shoot the Bullet was around since the same time he created Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. Since such a game required a camera-using character, Aya was created specifically to fit that purpose.
Name

Her full name is Aya Shameimaru (射命丸 文). The characters for Shameimaru (射命丸) literally means, in sequence, "to shoot (an arrow)" (or "to shine into/onto"), "command", "decree", "order" or "life" (or "hit/target" in the word meichuu meichuu (命中)), and "circle" (common name ending, usually seen in names of crafts and swords or similar weapons, and is also a very common suffix for the names of ships). Aya (文) means "text", "sentence" or "literature", and it's also the first character of "Bunkachou". The name Shameimaru (射命丸) is derived from Sha-Mail (Shamēru → Shameimaru), which is text messages with photos, very appropriate for a fast-traveling journalist who takes pictures.
Aya owns the Bunkachou (文花帖), a tengu notebook gathering innumerable photographs and handwritten notes. Bun (文, also pronounced as aya) means "sentence, text", ka (花) means "flower", "blossom" (or "pretty", "cute thing" in a figurative sense) and chou (帖) means "notebook": therefore Bunkachou literally means "notebook of flowering sentences": her record of interesting observations for Bunbunmaru Newspaper articles and pictures of beautiful danmaku or cute girls living in Gensokyo.
Aussehen
Aya has red eyes and semi-long black hair. She wears a white blouse, black short skirt, and a tokin. From Phantasmagoria of Flower View to Scarlet Weather Rhapsody she can be seen holding a hauchiwa fan. In Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, and Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Aya is shown holding a notebook and being accompanied by a crow. She was depicted with black wings for the first and only time in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red.
In Double Spoiler, Aya now carries a camera and wears an orange armband reading Shuzaichuu (「取材中」, lit. "collecting material/the scoop"). She is also notably depicted with pointed ears, compared to the normal-looking ears that were visible in her Mountain of Faith portrait.
Ayas Auftritte
Spiele
- Phantasmagoria of Flower View


- Hauptartikel: Phantasmagoria of Flower View Story
During the events of Phantasmagoria of Flower View, she sets out to cover what promises to be an interesting news story, apparently having had completely forgotten that the exact same event had occurred 60 years ago. Even though she was alive and around during the previous flower incident, perhaps her memory is clouded by the thousands of facts and rumors she hears every day.
- Mountain of Faith

- Hauptartikel: Reimu's Arc und Marisa's Arc
When Aya was sent by the other Tengu to see who the intruder on Youkai Mountain was during Mountain of Faith she was surprised to see it was the heroine. Although Aya doesn't want to fight the heroine, she prioritizes her bosses' orders. She decides to "go easy" on the heroine and leads her to the new shrine, believing that the heroine could get rid of a large nuisance to the Tengu.
- Subterranean Animism
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Spin-Offs
- Shoot the Bullet

- Hauptartikel: Shoot the Bullet Story
Aya is the main protagonist and the only playable character in Shoot the Bullet. She sets out to take photographs of various Touhou bosses for reasons only she knows. Aya has three different speeds, and has a unite screen that can be used to take photos of danmaku, as well as cancelling bullets within the shot. She doesn't shoot bullets as she's no intention in defeating her opponents and that she doesn't want her own bullets in the photos.
- Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
- Hauptartikel: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody Story
During the events of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Aya goes around doing her job, and after an encounter with Reimu and Marisa she decides to infiltrate the Scarlet Devil Mansion to report on the Scarlet Devil and write an article about her. Remilia mentions something about the weather incident, and Aya goes back to the Youkai Mountain. There she meets an infuriated Reimu complaining about an earthquake destroying her shrine. In spite of the situation, Aya defeats her as an intruder.
- Touhou Hisoutensoku
- Hauptartikel: Touhou Hisoutensoku Story
If connecting Scarlet Weather Rhapsody with Touhou Hisoutensoku, then Aya can become a selectable character to play with, although she appears in no scenarios.
- Double Spoiler
- Hauptartikel: Double Spoiler Story
Aya once again appears in Double Spoiler as a sequel to Shoot the Bullet, been the main protagonist and one of the two playable characters. She competes with Hatate Himekaidou for the best newspaper, who is the other playable character. She even appears as a Spoiler stage boss if the player is using Hatate.
- Fairy Wars
Aya appearsed as a cameo on the Route C1 ending of Fairy Wars. After Cirno defeated the Three Mischievous Fairies, she wanted to keep her status as the strongest by defeating a youkai. She finds Aya who can't be bothered to fight because she hasn't got time, but she suggested that she ought to fight a human first. It turns out to be Marisa Kirisame, to which this story extends onto the Extra stage.
- Hopeless Masquerade

Aya made a background cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade on the Myouren Temple and Genbu Ravine stage. She is seen standing on top of the temple in the former and on pipe in the latter, taking photographs. She also produces Bunbunmaru Newspapers that are shown after each fight.
- Impossible Spell Card
In Impossible Spell Card, Aya (been one of the tengu mentioned by Mamizou Futatsuiwa) takes notice of minorities trying to capture the mischief-making amanojaku Seija Kijin, who also appears to be one of the many youkai that tries to capture her on day 6. She uses spell cards that are considered impossible to dodge. She apparently writes up an article about this, which makes stronger humans and youkai try to capture Seija.
Beziehungen/Kontakte
Aya has presumably met most of the Windows-era characters at least once for Bunbunmaru News material.
Fellow tengu of Youkai Mountain. Whenever she meets her they get in a fight, so they don't get along very well.
Chief tengu of Youkai Mountain.
Fellow tengu and rival of Youkai Mountain.
Ally and potential source of interesting new articles.
Gallerie
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Aya rough sketch by ZUN alongside Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
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Aya in Extra of the Wind
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Aya artwork from Phantasmagoria of Flower View
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Alternate outfit from Phantasmagoria of Flower View
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Cover of Shoot the Bullet, featuring Aya's silhouette
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Aya's Sigil in the Grimoire of Marisa
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Aya illustration in the Grimoire of Marisa
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Aya in Silent Sinner in Blue
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Aya as seen in Oriental Sacred Place
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Aya's sigil from Touhou Hisoutensoku
Skills
| Name | Übersetzung | Anmerkung | Spiele | Stage |
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Spell Cards
| Name | Übersetzung | Anmerkung | Spiele | Stage |
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Trivia
- Aya is the first character in the Touhou Project to originally appear in an artbook, then later in a game.
- A silhouette of Aya occupies the front of the jewel case for Shoot the Bullet.
- In Mountain of Faith, Aya is the first stage 4 boss in a Windows game not to have some sort of gimmick/variation based on the playable character (i.e. Patchouli Knowledge's different spell cards in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisame in Imperishable Night, etc.).
- In Touhou Hisoutensoku, she has a palette that resembles Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier.
- She is the only character introduced in Phantasmagoria of Flower View to return in a later main game, which is Mountain of Faith.
- Aya has appeared, even as far as mention or reference, in every game in the second generation of the Windows era up until Ten Desires, from Mountain of Faith to Fairy Wars.
Fandom
Offizielle Profile
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red - 本書について
| Aya Shameimaru | ・本書オリジナル、幻想郷一の情報通・射命丸 文(しゃめいまる あや)が登場!!
大人気キャラクター32人を、文の視点から徹底解剖! もちろん文章は原作者ZUN氏による書き下ろし! |
Original zu diesem Buch: Die Nr.1 Informations Spezialistin Gensokyo's, Aya Shameimaru hier!
Mit ihrem originellen Einblick nimmt Aya die 32 äußerst beliebten Charaktere auseinander und untersucht sie. Natürlich ist der Text ausschliesslich vom ursprünglichen Schöpfer ZUN geschrieben. |
Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt
Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - おまけ.txt
Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt
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○伝統の幻想ブン屋 種族:天狗 山に住んでいる天狗で新聞記者。 山の神様と河童が何か不穏な行動を取っていたので潜入取材していたら、 これを取材して記事にすれば部数増大のチャンスと踏んで、霊夢を利用 |
The Traditional Reporter of Fantasy
Species: tengu A tengu reporter who lives on the mountain. She heard that the kappa and the gods of the mountain were up to something, so she went off to report on it, it turned out that the mystery was connected to the underground world. She figured she could greatly increase her circulation if she wrote a story about it, so she used Reimu to investigate. |
Offizielle Ressourcen
- 2005/08/11 Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red - 本書について
- 2005/08/14 Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt (official profile)
- 2005/12/30 Shoot the Bullet - Playable Character
- 2006/12/27 Perfect Memento in Strict Sense - Traditional Reporter of Fantasy: Aya Shameimaru
- 2007/08/17 Mountain of Faith - Stage 4 dialogue; キャラ設定.txt (official profile)
- 2007/10/22 Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth - Chapter 5
- 2008/05/25 Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - おまけ.txt (official profile)
- 2008/05/26 ~ 2008/06/26 Strange and Bright Nature Deity - Chapters 19-20
- 2008/08/16 Subterranean Animism - Reimu/Aya's Scenario; Reimu/Aya Extra Stage dialogue; キャラ設定.txt
- 2008/12/22 Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth - Chapter 19
- 2009/03/09 ~ 2009/04/09 Silent Sinner in Blue - Chapters 20-21
- 2009/04/22 Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth - Chapter 23
- 2009/05/26 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 1 (cameo)
- 2009/07/28 The Grimoire of Marisa - Aya Shameimaru's Spell Cards
- 2010/03/14 Double Spoiler - Playable Character; Hatate's Spoiler Stage Spell Card comments
- 2010/06/26 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 9
- 2010/09/25 Wild and Horned Hermit - Chapter 2
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