Touhou Doujin: Grimoire of Dawitsu

Follower of Byakuren, Shou Toramaru

Shou Toramaru is a Buddhist Youkai Tiger, and similarly to Ichirin, is a massive fan of the most famous Youkai to become a Buddhist, Byakuren Hijiri. She has been a disciple to the Buddhist peace-god Bishamonten for quite a while, ever since Byakuren had proven to the God that Youkai can be peaceful, wonderful people too. Byakuren has done so much for us, I don't know why humans have such a problem with her... but, anyway, just like Minamitsu Murasa, Shou Toramaru was part of a group of Youkai who wanted to free Byakuren from the clutches of Makai as Byakuren had done her a massive favour... if it wasn't for her, Shou would never have received the Pagoda she holds so dearly.

Personality

Shou is a devoted disciple of Japanese Buddhism, and thus believes in peace. But anyone familiar with the Japanese Buddhist's Pseudo-Gods will know that Bishamonten is a God of destruction- he brings destruction to those who cause it. In other words, he... or she regulates the destructive side of Karma, making sure anyone causing ruination will ultimately come to ruin. So Shou's personality is very much a justice-loving one, but also a 'two wrongs make a right' sort of person. So don't cross her.

Her Pagoda can do just that- bring about the swift demise of those causing demise. It works more effectively on more destructive people, so, if she comes across, say, a regular mass-murderer of fairies, her Pagoda will be unbelievable powerful. But if she comes across a true pacifist, like Yutaka, the Pagoda will be powerless, but also, Shou would not have the urge to attack anyway.

She has the ability to attract treasures, and takes this ability for granted so much so that she's actually careless with her possessions. She regularly loses precious items (See Nazrin's article) and simply leaves it for the treasure retrieval unit of mice that her servant, Nazrin commands. So in that sense, she's lazy. However, her devotion to Buddhism, as twisted a devotion it is, is second to none, and she was utterly obsessed with rescuing the one who made it all possible for her... she's an honest, loyal person, just like Minamitsu post ship-sinking. In fact, the whole crew of the Palanquin don't seem like bad guys at all... well, except Nue Houjuu... why were they even bosses? Ulp... er, you didn't read anything fourth-wall breaking...

Notes on Mimicry

Shou Toramaru, quite simply put, is unmimickable. All of her power comes from her Pagoda... she never uses any of her own power, as that'd violate her Buddhist ethic. She merely carries out the punishment Bishamonten deems sufficient. Still, she can choose whether or not to punish a particular individual, but ultimately it's all down to her Buddhist God.

Thus I cannot give you any advice on how to mimic except for what I said about Nazrin... try to steal her Pagoda, and maybe you'll gain ability to create the unpredictable, suddenly-bending laser-type Danmaku the Pagoda is famous for creating, but perhaps the, you know, all-knowing, Karma-reading God may get onto you anyway and make the Pagoda powerless... that said, Nazrin seemed to use it just fine... maybe Bishamonten trusts Nazrin more than others...

Typist's notes: For an animal Youkai, Shou Toramaru is an extremely civilised, highly peaceful woman... sort of like Ran. The Boss invited Shou over, and she unleashed a fairly easy-to-dodge barrage at the Boss... but didn't attack me at all. I guess pacifism has perks after all...

In fact, she merely had tea with me. It was nice. She says she's thinking of settling down and having children with a lion youkai, but I warned her that Lion-tiger offspring form 'Ligers', which due to the sex-linked nature of the Growth Hormone control gene in Big Cats, can sometimes end up unable to stop growing, making for an uncontrollable, perpetually hungry youkai that usually dies young... so I recommended her to not to go down that road... to stick to her own species for children.

I recommend the same for you, Boss, if you're reading. Human-youkai hybrids are uncomfortable in every sense, it's not fair to bring a being into the world that's doomed to unhappiness...