Kanako Yasaka

“	Shrines don't exist for the benefit of their shrine maidens. A shrine exists to be the home of the gods.	„
	~ Kanako Yasaka

Summary

Kanako Yasaka (八坂　神奈子) is the current goddess of the Moriya Shrine, following her victory over Suwako during the Great Suwa War, thousands of years in the past. Due to her dependence on faith, which was scarce in the Outside World, she moved her shrine to Gensokyo so she could collect it more easily.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 2-C | Low 2-C

Key: Physical World | Nameless Form

Name: Kanako Yasaka

Origin: Touhou Project

Gender: Female

Age: Predates reality itself

Classification: Goddess of Sky (formerly human)

Powers and Abilities:

• Physical World
• Nameless Form

• Powers and Abilities
• Resistances

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Danmaku, Spirit Manipulation, Power Modification (Spell card users are capable of changing the traits of any attack or ability by naming it, being able to turn ordinarily lethal attacks into nonlethal ones, or severely restricting the potency of an ability by 'gameifying' it), Magic, Extrasensory Perception (Magic users are sensitive to changes in temperament), Acrobatics, Acausality (Type 4; Exists within the Hakurei Barrier, which created a world with a different flow of time and different physical laws. Should be comparable to those who can act normally inside Eientei, which exists outside of time and causality), Weather Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Life & Light Manipulation (Can create snakes made of light), Dimensional Travel (Went to the outside world to buy sake), Aura, Space-Time Manipulation (Was capable of building the entire Myouren Temple within one night. All spell card users are shown to possess magic circles, which have the properties of slowing anything within their radius down to a near stop. Via the ability to name their spell cards, spell card users are able to distinguish things within space and time), Water and Organic Absorption, Self-Healing (Can absorb water to heal herself, and can do the same with oil), Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Phantoms and Evil Spirits with her regular attacks), Incorporeality, Shapeshifting (While most gods take a human shape, the form they take is mostly meaningless) Abstract Existence (Type 1; The true form of a God exists as an idea, and a god can spread and manifest itself in any number of physical bodies, each with equal power), Immortality (Type 1, 4, 8, & 9; relies on her myths, and will be capable of rebirth if she has enough faith. If killed, a god can simply create a new avatar), Limited Creation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; She can modify her own concept/name. When gods obtain a name, they gain total manipulation over the concept to which they are linked. The process of creating a spell card requires giving it a 'name' to define its form and power, not unlike how the gods gave 'names' to everything at the beginning of reality to give them form from nothingness, albeit on a much smaller scale), Holy & Curse Manipulation (Gods can give both blessings or curses), Resurrection, Probability Manipulation and Fate Manipulation (Unconsciously controls the memory layer of the world, which affects probability and fate)

Resistance to Soul Manipulation & Possession (Divine Spirits aren't affected by Vengeful Spirits), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; Is able to fight even when lacking a concept, see Junko), Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (Unaffected by being near phantoms, which can passively change the emotions or slowly destroy the minds of anybody they come near), Poison Manipulation (Can survive in Former Hell, where the air is more toxic than that of a geyser emitting poisonous air), Transmutation, Purification (Can survive unscathed in Hell, which slowly crystalizes and purifies one's soul), Space-Time Manipulation, Durability Negation, Power Nullification (Unaffected by the magic circles possessed by characters like Flandre, which passively slow things down to a crawl. Via scaling to ability cards, these magic circles should also possess the ability to destroy anything in their radius like Flandre's ability to destroy anything, including energy-based projectile attacks), Death Manipulation (Can survive being near Yuyuko, whose mere touch can cause death and who passively causes all living things near her to die), and Soul Absorption (Survived Tenshi absorbing the souls of all living things across Gensokyo and various Otherworlds such as the Netherworld)

All previous ability to an unfathomable degree, except: Immortality (Type 8 & 9). Invisibility, Abstract Existence (Type 1; Is the embodiment of something conceptless), Nonduality (Type 2; Gods in this state exist without names, and were capable of existing in a state of indistinct chaos prior to the existence of names, with names creating all boundaries in existence. Boundaries are effectively the lines between any two things, including those of a conceptual nature such as life and death, master and slave, space and time, truth and falsehood, or existence and nonexistence. Without boundaries, everything would simply exist as a singular massive object. Existing in a nameless state renders one without any particular distinctions, not being a part of any one thing, but simply being), Nonexistent Physiology (Nature 2, Aspect 2 & 5; Gods are described as nothingness itself, and gods that revert to their nameless state due to lacking faith are said to have been erased from existence. Due to existing independently of boundaries, gods are not bound to the concepts of form & emptiness, existence & nonexistence [zero], or even nonexistence & void [imaginary number], instead existing in an unknown fourth state devoid of information and incomprehensible to anything in existence), Reality Warping, Void Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Fate Manipulation & Probability Manipulation (Gods created the three layers that compose the world, of which the first is capable of manipulating the physical world and it's laws, the second being capable of manipulating abstract concepts such as sorcery, the spirit, mind and emotions, and the third being capable of manipulating history, causality, and the memory of the world), Creation & Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; All gods can give "names" to things, giving them a concept of their own, and a defined border. Through this, they were capable of shaping reality from the primordial chaos it was before anything was named and create things from a state in which nothing existed at all), Avatar Creation (When giving a name to themselves, they create an avatar to interact with the physical world)

Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Marisa Kirisame considers her powerful, and Sanae sees herself as inferior to Kanako. Easily broke through one of Marisa's barriers. As a goddess and prominent figure within Gensokyo's religious balance of power, she should comparable to Reimu and Miko) | Universe level+ (Participated in the creation of reality)

Speed: Infinite (Comparable to Reimu and others on her level) for her physical body, Omnipresent for her true form (Gods exist as ideas all over existence, and can manifest themselves everywhere)

Lifting Strength: Class 25

Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level | Universe level+

Durability: Low Multiverse level | Universe level+

Stamina: High

Range: At least Tens of Meters with Danmaku (Her firing range should be comparable to Sakuya's, who can throw knives at least 36 meters), Multiversal for her true form (Gods can access any Otherworlds)

Standard Equipment: Onbashira

Intelligence: High. A very capable and experienced military and religious leader. Kanako is ambitious, curious, and cunning.

Weaknesses: Kanako is dependent on faith.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Creation of Sky: Kanako's ability to create sky directly refers to the concept of Qian (乾) from Taoist philosophy. Qian is associated with creation, leadership, overtness, reliability, and action. It is also linked to normal sky-related concepts; that is, the weather. Through this power, Kanako can manipulate the wind, the rain, and the weather. This makes her a goddess of agriculture, as she often gives good weather to encourage worship and faith, though she can also create and manipulate storms. It is said to be a power unimaginable to humans, however, so its applications are probably much more varied. With this power, she helped build the Myouren Temple within a single night.

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