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Helix ⑨:
It is Cirno
Rows, columns and diagonals add up to 12. Furthermore we know that cirno cannot count and that 9 is the only number not present. This topic was posted in Cirno's forum and fairy wars was part of the 12th touhou generation (12.8).
1 8 3 -> 1 playable character, 8 characters (cirno, marisa, 3 fairies, 3 midbosses), 3 main routes
6 4 2 -> ....
5 0 7 -> 5 difficulties (easy, normal, hard, lunatic, extra), 7 routes (A1,2,B1,2,C1,2,Extra)
I'm too lazy (read: stupid) to think of more hidden secrets -> more proof dat this is an idiot's doing.
Whatthe:
Okay, I've got a theory. First, the old stuff I'm building on:
--- Quote from: Creator of Doll.S on February 08, 2011, 10:23:39 AM ---The answer is 12. No matter which direction, everything adds up to 12.
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--- Quote from: Sectimonious on February 10, 2011, 08:06:36 PM ---I'll go further with Doll's theory: each line, when added up, equals twelve. The digital root of twelve is three. There are a number of eight lines, including diagonals, so [other stuff I'm not using in my theory]
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The three numbers we've got here are 12, 3 and 8. TH12.3 and TH12.8 had one game between them, TH12.5 Double Spoiler. Replacing the numbers in the square with Double Spoiler's bosses by stage produces this:
1 (Minoriko & Shizuha) 8 (Rin & Utsuho) 3 (Yamame & Kogasa & Kisume)
6 (Yuugi & Suika) 4 (Nitori & Momiji) 2 (Parsee & Hina)
5 (Ichirin & Murasa) 0 7 (Shou & Nazrin)
This arrangement is almost balanced, but not quite. There's no Stage 0, and Stage 3 has one more boss than the others. But if Unzan is counted separately from Ichirin, then Stage 5 also has one boss too many, conveniently leaving us with two out-of-place bosses to move to "Stage 0."
Out of the three Stage 3 bosses, Kogasa is clearly the one out of place. The odd boss out of Stage 5 could be any of the three, but it doesn't even matter?a combination of Kogasa (umbrella) and either Ichirin (hood), Unzan (cloud) or Murasa (water) would, more or less, indicate rain. And who in Touhou is most associated with rain?
--- Quote from: Touhou Wiki - Marisa Kirisame ---The characters for Kirisame literally mean "drizzle" or "misty rain".
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--- Quote from: Touhou Wiki - Marisa Kirisame ---Speaking of rain, "drizzle" is Marisa's associated weather in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.
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Marisa Kirisame!
And there are other things possibly pointing to her:
* Marisa's sigil from The Grimoire of Marisa includes a series of squares (within one another).
* The only PC-98 game in which Marisa doesn't have a wand is Mystic Square.
* So far, the only Windows game in which Marisa has a wand is Touhou 12.
* So far, Marisa has been playable twelve times (not counting Hisoutensoku because she wasn't playable in that game's Story Mode).
* A magic square is a mathematical construct, and Marisa, well:
--- Quote from: Touhou Wiki - Marisa Kirisame ---Marisa may be somewhat of a math genius; in Mountain of Faith she utters the line "I could recite all the digits in pi before I got there." However, considering that pi has a literally infinite number of digits which never end or repeat in any pattern (really, it's endless), it's likely just an expression to say "at this rate I'll never get there." She also knew the number of times she had eaten bread off the top of her head when she originally confronted Remilia in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
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* Marisa is a magician, and a magic square is a MAGIC square.
Now, I am aware that Pesco said in the old thread that the answer is simpler than Sect's Merlin theory (which was less complicated than this Marisa theory). And since I know that, there are two possibilities:
* I don't actually believe in the theory I'm proposing, and thus am lying. Marisa lies all the time!
* I'm insane. Marisa once claimed to be insane (in Imperishable Night Final B)!
:dwialpha:
FinnKaenbyou:
Treat the numbers as games, and replace them with the initials of said games.
Then we get
HIPELSMMP
(Mountain of Faith was used for 0, because it's 10.)
HIP = Part of the human body. Big hips imply big breasts.
ELS = Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - Covering everything that is NOT an unusual phenomena
MMP = Perhaps a shortened form of 'mmph', more drunken onomatopoeia.
Reading down:
HEM = To sew something together - say, a skirt.
ILM = Institute of Leadership and Management - suggesting, for example, a high ranking member of the race
PSP = The Playstation Portable - A handheld with a strap you can place around your wrist so that it won't even drop.
Reading the diagonals:
HLP = Hard Light Productions - Get hit hard, and you'll see the light of stars dancing around your eyes.
PLM = Mount Palomar in California - used to detect earthquakes, which can be theoretically produced by a character stepping on the ground with great physical strength.
So we're looking for a character who has big breasts, is related to unusual phenonmena, gets horribly drunk, wears a skirt, ranks highly in their race, doesn't even drop, punches things, and has immense physical strength.
Sounds like Yuugi, don't you think?
Spoiler: And yes, I did pretty much make this up as I went along. :V
Dormio Ergo Sum:
Alternative theory:
Clearly all this MATHEMATICS could only be solved by the likes of Yukari Yakumo.
FinnKaenbyou:
Working off Dormio's idea. Not sure if this came up in the old thread, cba'd reading through it.
It's a magic square, which first of all means it's mathematical. The main character associated with mathematics (based on an interview in BAiJR) is Ran. Conveniently, she's also versed in black magic.
Those are the only two answers I'm wiling to give for this because it's so freaking open I could write theses on the subject.