Day 3: Tokiko

[Juuni]

Bird who shows up like one or two times and never again
Day 3: Tokiko
Tokiko is a less existing character than Reisen II, but at she’s a neat enough concept. I feel she should show up more with rinnosuke to give her some character, and I feel she could do some neat stuff with that. Unfortunately, she’s unnamed and only gets fanon stuff, most of which aren’t notable and not too major to note. Kind of a shame, with her having potential to at least be a satisfying bit part character.
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[TheM3ds]

I honestly keep forgetting about her name, let alone her existence, which is a shame since she could have a more important role in the print works but alas that'll never happen.

What a shame.

 

[Eulogous]

I like the idea of Tokiko, a Youkai interested in reading human books. That could be used in a neat way, like you could've had something done with her and Kosuzu at Suzunaan with the whole "Are Youkai that bad?" question Kosuzu poses to Akyuu in FS. Heck, you could even have her be interested in getting into the Great Library to do some reading, have some interactions there with Patchouli. Why does she read? Is it a hobby? The questions a character like this brings up is really cool, but...

She exists to get beaten up and robbed by Reimu in canon.

I dunno, when you introduce a character and have their sole existence being to get assaulted and robbed, have them rightfully get upset and demand their stuff back, only to get beaten up again by Marisa and it all being treated as a funi, you make me kinda despise the main characters and feel bad for Tokiko.