CaptainVulcan said: Regarding beauty in Touhou canon... I dare say that Kaguya has some serious competition with this woman.
And both are two of the few characters in Touhou who are the entities from folk legends, not just derived characters. And both are very explicitly stated to be ungodly beautiful women. Their contrast is that Kaguya, with plain black long hair, is the 'plain but outstanding beauty' type while Seiga is the 'otherworldly beauty' type. I wonder whether ZUN deliberately made this contrasting competition.
Anyway, I hate to admit this (because I prefer Kaguya as a character) but I give one vote to Seiga in terms of beauty alone. My tastes fluctuate wildly though.
Lick_King said: And both are two of the few characters in Touhou who are the entities from folk legends, not just derived characters. And both are very explicitly stated to be ungodly beautiful women. Their contrast is that Kaguya, with plain black long hair, is the 'plain but outstanding beauty' type while Seiga is the 'otherworldly beauty' type. I wonder whether ZUN deliberately made this contrasting competition.
Anyway, I hate to admit this (because I prefer Kaguya as a character) but I give one vote to Seiga in terms of beauty alone. My tastes fluctuate wildly though.
It'll be veeeery interestin' to see if Seiga ever becomes Kaguya's rival rather than her being imposed as Kasen's rival.
The Ibaraki/Seiga rivalry is cute and all, but I would love to see future artworks of Seiga being pitted against Kaguya. Moukou would welcome the new friend.