< Encyclopedia: Tengu | Back to Title of Contents | Encyclopedia: Oni > Traditional Reporter of Fantasy Aya Shameimaru Ability: Manipulation of Wind Threat level: High Human friendship level: Normal Main place of activity: Mountain of Youkai Aya Shameimaru is a crow tengu who is considered to be quite fast, even among other tengu. She flies around Gensokyo with her camera in one hand, and when she finds an interesting event, she leaves with a few photographs. Though she is a crow tengu, she looks basically the same as any human. She is never seen without her fan, her camera or her bunkacho. Her fan is a tool that allows her to summon the wind. One sweep of the fan can blow over a house, two sweeps can blow over a large tree and three sweeps can cause a traveler's cloak to fly away. Her camera is another powerful tengu weapon which can capture a moment in time and display it as a picture (*1). The photographs she takes are later used for her newspaper articles. Her bunkacho is a tengu notebook where she writes down material she thinks could make interesting articles. It is filled with innumerable photographs and handwritten notes (*2). Her ability to manipulate the wind is a very straightforward ability that allows her to create and suddenly stop winds, as well as create tornadoes. 1: It also has an amazing shutter speed. 2: It's said her handwriting is unexpectedly cute even though she's a tengu. Bunbunmaru Newspaper The newspaper that she writes articles based on the information she gathers is the Bunbunmaru Newspaper (*3). She normally writes about the unusual events caused by females in Gensokyo. Currently, even humans and non-tengu youkai can subscribe to it. However, it has no set publication period, and she may have five issues in a month during a busy period. As the volume of articles in one newspaper is small, it's not very useful for gathering information. This is rather the sort of newspaper that is more suited for a human or youkai that wishes to whittle away a lazy afternoon perusing its pages while sipping a cup of tea (*4). 3: There are many in tengu society who create newspapers on their own. As a result, the newspapers tend to be biased. 4: It is popular in cafes. Eyewitness Reports "I have so many of her papers piled up, I don't know what to do with them. Really. Even though I'm not a subscriber." (Reimu Hakurei) She delivers a mountain of extras. To tell the truth, I also have a lot of extras piling up. "It's such a bother how the crows gather around when we throw out our garbage." (Sakuya Izayoi) Those aren't tengu, but normal crows. Countermeasures The pen is mightier than the sword. If they're written up in her newspaper, even the mightiest youkai are no match for her. Every inhabitant of Gensokyo dislikes her presence, with that fearsome weapon, the "newspaper", along with her natural strength. She will come politely asking interviews of humans and youkai alike if she sees them worth writing an article about, but will forcefully drive away any who interfere. She is generally the sort of youkai one does not wish to oppose, but if one somehow manages to cross her, her strength is practically unrivaled. You likely won't have anything to lose by cooperating with her news-gathering. < Encyclopedia: Tengu | Back to Title of Contents | Encyclopedia: Oni >