Well, than Sariel is free for my imaginations to spoi- ... Er, I mean, beautify!
...Come to think about it, there are stuff that says angels have both in one sex...
Anyhow, on to explaining Tenshi!
Something else I'm wondering: how powerful are Celestials, particulary Tenshi?
...Amazingnes
WOW! Somebody was doing their homework seriously!
Yup you're right about most parts, and Tenshi as a celestial is supposed to be very powerful.
Tenshi's power, inducted from what happened in SWR (Scarlet Weather Rhapsody):In SWR after everybody took turns in beating her up, she was forced to rebuild Reimu's shrine.
But rebuilding Reimu's shrine was for her own good because during that she tried to stick her Kea stone in there, and in future plans the shrine was supposed to become her cottage.
Well, reason why this didn't become reality was because Yukari found out. Apparently the surrounding environments to Hakurei shrine is a very important aspect to
the Hakurei dai Kekkai / Hakurei Seal (博霊大結界), and Tenshi sticking her Kea-stone in the area made a great disturbance in the Seal.
By all means Gensoukyou could've been destroyed due to Tenshi's actions, so Yukari punished her by beating her up quite brutally...
..but yet, many others who tried to do the same got beat up by Tenshi.
From this, we can see that, when Tenshi's a bit serious she's stronger than most others but weaker than Yukari.
(∴ Theoretically ...
Other members from SWR≦Tenshi<Yukari)
About the Celestial's body:What do all the celestials up there eat? Well, apparently they don't have much of a variation when it comes to food, and their main diet comes from the heavenly peaches.
(Maybe the peaches Tenshi has on her hat?)
Those peaches -like everything else in mythology that's from heaven- are very special and makes the eater's body very strong. In SWR,
it was stated that Sakuya's knives can't penetrate Tenshi's skin and this is due to Tenshi eating so many of those peaches.
Although there is nothing stated about the relevance between the peaches and the aging, it is a well known fact that in both China and Japan
peaches are supposed to be fruits that depict Long life with no aging. -In fact many of the Xians' (仙) who are almost immortal are said to have favored eating peaches-
The peach is also a symbol of purity and is said to ward off evil, and in Japan there is also a legend that states that Izanagi(伊弉諾神) was able to
ward of the woman from Yomi(黄泉醜女) by throwing a peach at her. -The peach got a godly name after that.-
In taoism, the things like spiritual pureness, and the substances that you consume are supposed to affect your spiritual and physical health greatly, up to the point that one would almost achieve immortality.
... You can guess where I'm getting to with this, no?
Other things about Tenshi:Tenshi is from the family of Hinanai, but she is not seen as a proper celestial from other "proper" celestials. This is because celestials get to their positions through;
either intensive training or they are raised up to the position by the gods because they have done a significant deed.(like Taoist gods)
Tenshi's family is the latter type, and as a result Tenshi became a celestial.
(Sort of like how a child may change when their parent's social position increases significantly.)
Also, it is thought that the very reason Tenshi's family got raised up to the celestials is since they can use the Kea-stone, which normal humans, or celestials cannot even touch.
...So basically, Tenshi's "special" power is more of her family's special power, but it enables her to use the Kea-stone.
Well I think I covered that topic O-k, tell me if I left any questions unanswered.
