Essence ofTouhou

You gain a free age and appearance change to whatever you want. You may also be any race found in the Touhou Project setting (vampire, lunarian, fairy, youkai, kami, and so on), giving you the inherent abilities of said race.

You gain access to the Spell Card system, created by one Reimu Hakurei. This allows you to have non-lethal duels with others and makes you become skilled at danmaku. You have several different attacks patterns and may design Spell Cards based on other abilities or equipment you have.

To aid you with the above, you also gain the ability to fly and become highly skilled at dodging and 3D maneuvering.

You become very able to hold your drink, even by the standards of oni.

You have access to Touhou’s magic system and have a high level of talent with magic.

You have a special ability/trait. This may be one that exists in Touhou, such as being an Esper or having Boundary Manipulation, or an original one, so long as it fits the same lines. This starts at a basic level.

You can travel between parallel worlds.

You are really really good at befriending others, and find that befriending alternate versions of people you are friends with is easier than normal.

Optionally, you may drink the Hourai elixir and obtain the immortality it grants. You no longer age or need to eat, are immune to illness, and become fundamentally deathless. Your whole body could be vaporized and you would be back in just moments. Even attacks and powers that target the soul would find it difficult to actually harm you. However, this offers no protection against being sealed, so be careful about that.

Optionally, you have obtained the ability to summon and control Shikigami of people you have befriended and bonded with and have willingly lend you their power. These Shikigami are weaker than their real versions and don’t do much outside of combat, but otherwise have the same powers. Maintaining these Shikigami costs spiritual and/or magical power.

Optionally, you may be one or more of the following Touhou Player Avatars, gaining their memories, experiences, skills, abilities, relationships/bonds, and so on. How this works if you become multiple Player Avatars is up to you. If you do this and insert yourself into their works, you get self-inserted into them by default (because they are you). This automatically includes some options.

Lossy (Touhou Lost Word): Shikigami Summon.

You may gain any Touhou characters of your choice as companions. By default you will quickly grow a bond with them. You may choose what relationships you will develop with each of these companions (being lovers, friends, etc.). If relevant (self-insert into their world, world merge, etc.), you are guaranteed to meet these companions in-universe, meeting them in positive circumstances (this resurrects companions dead by that point, which may draw attention). If you became one or more Player Avatars, you automatically gain some companions:

Lossy: Lossy’s Friends (Scarlet Marisa, L1 Reimu, God-Summoning Reimu, etc.).

Optionally, you may Self-Insert into Touhou or a variant (like a fanfic or crossover). You may choose when, where, and what world. The specifics are up you; maybe you get dropped in (default), maybe you insert yourself into or replace a certain character, maybe you get reincarnated, maybe you get merged with a local counterpart of yourself, etc.

Instead of self-inserting into Touhou, you may have Gensokyo become connected to or merged with your world or a world you have Self-Inserted into.