The Let's Play Archive

Touhou 1-6

by Zorak

Part 33

Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Update 5

(Marisa-B) Stage 4, Boss: Patchouli Knowledge.

Stage 4 Theme: Voile, the Magic Library

ZUN posted:

Stage 4 theme. From here, the game moves indoors, so it's
composed with indoor atmospheres in mind. Its tone shifts to
something more ominous halfway through the song, where you
would normally meet the mid-stage boss.
Other than that, there's nothing special about this theme,
but really, it's not a shooting game piece

Boss Profiles posted:


Girl of Knowledge and Shade
Patchouli Knowledge
Ability: The power over magics of fire, water, wood, earth, metal, sun, and moon
Spellcards: Fire Sign "Agni Shine", Water Sign "Princess Undine", Wood Sign "Sylphae Horn", Earth Sign "Rage Trilithon", Metal Sign "Metal Fatigue", Fire Sign "Agni Shine High Level", Wood Sign "Sylphae Horn High Level", Earth Sign "Rage Trilithon High Level", Fire Sign "Agni Radiance", Water Sign "Bury In Lake", Wood Sign "Green Storm", Earth Sign "Trilithon Shake", Metal Sign "Silver Dragon", Fire & Earth Sign "Lava Cromlech", Wood & Fire Sign "Forest Blaze", Water & Wood Sign "Water Elf", Metal & Water Sign "Mercury Poison", Earth & Metal Sign "Emerald Megalith"

The 4th stage boss. She is the friend of the mistress and is a magician who has lived for 100 years. The "one week" girl. Zorak note: in Japan, each element has a related day of the week

Her weak constitution makes her poor at physical combat, but she makes up for it with her sheer variety of magical attacks. Patchouli's ribbon is not a holy charm, but rather an accessory that boosts magic power.

Since she's a genuine magician, her magical power is terrifying. However, because of the asthma she was born with, she often cannot recite the spells. She also seems to have a vitamin A deficiency.

Maybe her windowless library room is dusty. Well, obviously it's very dusty. But since she spends all her time near books, she considers them a part of herself, and cannot stand to be separated from them. This is how she has spent about the last hundred years.

Patchouli Knowledge's Theme: Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room

Patchouli Knowledge's theme.
Again with this sick feeling...
It's a dark song, without any light or bright moments,
despite its quite fast-paced nature.
It could stand to be a little less heavy, as listening
to this piece could drag someone down

Tried uploading it to youtube, didn't work out. Will dick with it later.