Touhou Characters #4 - Hinanawi Tenshi
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Tenshi is the only known Tennin (Celestial, in the english fanbase) of the touhou universe... Celestials can be divided in two categories; The ones who achieved enlightening and entered Nirvana and the ones who gained immortality and ascended to heaven.
Incidentally, Celestials aren't truly immortal, they just constantly beat the shinigami who comes for their souls, continually extending their lifespan.
Celestials are extremely rare and are generally good people- normally being Hermits (who I'll get to once I'm talking about Miko) who were "promoted" to their position.
Tenshi, however, became a tennin because of an arrangement that ascended her entire clan... As a result of living in heaven her whole life, she's an extremely spoiled girl, deeming heavenly life boring and causing the Scarlet Weather Rhapsody incident, creating localized earthquakes and almost destroying Gensokyo out of boredom.
While she has no training, she is unbeliavably strong and tough- Being one of the strongest characters in the touhouverse. This, coupled with her delinquent personality brought by a sheltered living environment, makes her an incredibly volatile character. She fights using keystones that control the earth and the sword of hisou, a blade that only celestials can wield, that holds power over the skies and people, able to change the weather of any given area.
You probably realized it, but out of the whole touhou cast, Tenshi isn't a particularly interesting character. She is, however, one of the most relevant ones in a fanwork I'll be posting soon... Which is why I decided to cover her at once.
I leave you with a remix of her stage theme, Flawless Clothing of the Celestials, by Kairo.
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