Sagume Kishin

Species

She is a goddess, but she has a part of her that is a Heavenly God (天津神 Amatsukami) represented by the sole wing on her back and a part that is a Earthly God (土着神 Kunitsukami)[4]. Other than being a Lunarian, Sagume can also "tentatively" be classified as a divine spirit, but it is said that her true nature isn't that of a god, an oni, or a departed soul. She could be considered a type of amanojaku, but she is actually far above them [5], and could also be considered separate from them[6].

Occupation

Not much is known about her occupation exactly, though she's goddess from the Lunar Capital and served a major role in the incidents of ULiL and LoLK, safe to assume that she's extremely important for the moon.

Personality

Because of her powers to reverse fate when speaking, Sagume has to carefully choose what words she uses to speak. This has resulted in her being taciturn and reserved, even picking up a habit of covering her lips with one hand. Strangely for a Lunarian, Sagume has displayed actions that go against their ideologies. Despite being enemies with Gensokyo, Sagume had aided the realm on two separate occasions. The first time was in Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom where she forgoes her plan to relocate the Lunar Capital and places her faith in the protagonists, even going as far as granting one of them the Lunar Capital Occult Ball in the process [1] (though it's a possibility that it could've been pragmatic on her part) and the second time was in Grimoire of Usami where she put a stop to the spreading chaos that plagued the fireworks festival with her words. Sagume's also on friendly terms with Eirin Yagokoro despite her status as a traitor and would frequently visit her. [2] However, Hecatia Lapislazuli surmised that Sagume would've attempted to control Gensokyo through Aya Shameimaru's dishonest articles about isolationism if she were to publish it [3], though it's uncertain if Sagume would've wanted to do it.

Ability

Reversing a situation with her words When she speaks about a particular situation or event, that situation will eventually proceed to reverse itself, through whatever means possible. If she speaks about an attempt to achieve a goal, it will fail in some way. If she speaks about something bad occurring, it will be resolved in some way. Due to this, she tends to not speak too much and always chooses her words carefully. Note that it is the situation or the event she talks about that will be reversed in some manner; it is not that the opposite of what she says must occur. In Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, Sagume had thought of a backup plan to move the Lunar Capital to Gensokyo in case Junko's actions eventually forced the Lunarians to leave their temporary refuge in the Dream World. However, when the player shows up to take care of Junko, Sagume realizes her opportunity to help save the Lunar Capital. By talking to the protagonist about their plan to invade Gensokyo, her ability ensures that the plan will not come to fruition. By doing so, Sagume bets on the likelihood that the reason they will not end up relocating to Gensokyo is because the protagonist will in fact save the Lunar Capital. By talking to the player directly, she forced the situation to reverse around them.

Design

Sagume has short, light grey hair with a braid on the back, red eyes, and a single wing on her back. She wears a purple dress, the bottom of which is cut into an arrow pattern, with a red microphone bowtie, a tan jacket, and brown shoes.

Physique (horny)

She has thick thighs, big boobs and a juicy ass. Very hot female overall.

LoLK

Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Sagume encounters the protagonists in the already deserted Lunar Capital, after revealing the nature of their visit she proceeds to test their strength to see if they're capable of confronting the person attacking the Moon and, by consequence, stop the invasion to Gensokyo.

Spin-off's

Antinomy of Common Flowers Byakuren Hijiri mentions Sagume as the culprit behind the Urban Legend Incident upon defeating Reisen Udongein Inaba in versus mode.

Origin

Sagume may be based in part on Ame-no-Sagume (天探女), who is thought to be the basis of amanojaku folklore.

Eirin Yagokoro

Due to Eirin being a sage of the Moon before fleeing to the Earth, Sagume seemed be aware of her taking action during Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom events and calls her Lady Yagokoro (八意様 Yagokoro-sama). Later, Sagume is seen speaking with Eirin in an article of Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia by Aya, although the subject of the conversation is unknown.

Udonge

When Reisen meets Sagume during Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom events, she recognizes her as one of the Goddesses and address her as proper. Sagume recognizes Reisen as "the rabbit that fell to Earth" from Eirin's place.

Possessions

Occult Balls Using her powers, Sagume created a secret occult ball. It had the power to change the world by using people's words, and merely being near it would cause false rumors, such as urban legends, to materialize. Although it was just insurance, the plan was to use it to materialize the Lunar Capital in Gensokyo by spreading rumors about NASA hiding the truth about what they saw on the Moon. This also caused numerous lesser urban legends to materialize, starting the events of Urban Legend in Limbo. It is currently in possession of Marisa Kirisame [1].

Additional Info

Additional Information In most of her spell card and non-spell card attacks, she makes a lot of use of the flying yin-yangs, a mysterious stage enemy that re-occurs in the Touhou Project, as well as being primarily the only enemy of her stage. Even though she has a "defeated" sprite in the game's code, it is never used. ZUN made the image as part of his workflow, but didn't use it as the dialogue after battle is many times longer than the pre-battle dialogue, and didn't like Sagume being in a defeated state the whole time.[7] In Marisa's Pointdevice/Legacy No Miss ending, Sagume had informed Marisa about the Occult Balls and seemingly gifted her the Lunar Capital ball. Yukari then told Marisa to "cherish her relationship with that one." However, the extent of their relationship is currently unknown.

Omake

Stage 4 Boss - Goddess who Invites Unfortunate Slips of the Tongue Sagume Kishin Species: Lunarian Ability: Capable of inverting a situation by speaking about it A resident of the Moon. She normally occupies a very important post amongst the Moon's people, and doesn't often show herself publicly. She can tentatively be classified as a divine spirit, but her nature is neither that of a god, nor oni, nor departed soul. She doesn't usually talk much, but this is a result of her ability. When she speaks about any particular situation, (particularly to those who are thought to be involved,) that situation will begin to proceed in its opposite way. This power is similar to that of amanojaku, but she is a divine spirit ranked far above amanojaku. Amanojaku only speak contrarily, but in her case, with her words the world acts contrarily. Should she try to accomplish something, it will end in failure, and if something bad is occurring, she has the ability to find a solution. It's not as if the situation will always improve for her personally. She's truly a divine spirit whose 'words can lead to disaster', as the saying goes. To avoid the encroachment of impurity from Junko's attack, the sages of the Moon froze the Lunar Capital. At the same time, they evacuated the People of the Moon into the Dream World. The Capital within the Dream World was just like the ordinary Lunar Capital that its residents imagined. The People of the Moon residing there never doubted that it was the real thing. However, they certainly couldn't stay cooped up in the Dream World forever. The longer a dream becomes, the more it can erode one's mind. Thus, the sages proposed the "Lunar Capital Transfer Plan" as insurance. The "Lunar Capital Transfer Plan" was to purify Gensokyo and build a new capital there. To 'purify' is to eliminate life and death. That is to say, they were going to annihilate all the living things on its surface. However, it wouldn't be easy. Their opponents were the youkai living in Gensokyo.

Omake2

She thought that the spread of a particular urban legend in Gensokyo would make a good shortcut. Using her power, she created a secret Power Stone. That Power Stone had the power to change the world with people's words. Just by being near it, rumors (ie. urban legends) that shouldn't exist would materialize. A terrifying curio indeed. When the urban legends began to materialize, she simply had to wait for someone to spread one particularly famous urban legend. That was the plan. That famous urban legend was the "Apollo Project Coverup Theory." An unfounded rumor that "NASA is hiding the truth of what they saw on the Moon." That is to say: if a rumor spread that NASA was hiding information about the lunar civilization they saw, that very civilization, the Lunar Capital, would materialize in Gensokyo. ...however, this plan was no more than insurance. She wasn't totally serious about it, and none of the Moon's people wanted to move the capital to begin with. Returning to the Moon would be ideal. All the same, though, as much as they needed to fight back against Junko, they had no way of resisting her attack. It was then that one of Gensokyo's humans arrived. She never imagined that Doremy would send a human to the Lunar Capital, but decided to test the human's power anyway. She found that they were strong indeed. I'll place my bet on this human, she thought. If I speak the truth to them, the situation will reverse itself with them at the center. My Capital Migration Strategy will fail, but since Junko's attack will also fail, we'll break even. It doesn't matter what this human will do afterward, as long as the Lunar Capital is saved...