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Name:NazrinSpecies:Mouse youkai
Abilities razz ower to find lost objects and treasure.
Age:At least 1000 years
Occupation biggrin owser, said to be a leader of mice
Location:Temple of Myouren
Description:Gray hair, red eyes. Wears a brownish-black one-piece with pink sleeves and a gray capelet. She also wears a necklace with a crystal pendant. Carries dowsing rods with the letters for the cardinal directions on the ends. She also carries a mouse in a basket by her tail. When she appears as the Stage 5 midboss, she is carrying the jeweled pagoda of Bishamonten, which belongs to Shou Toramaru.
Relationships:* Shou Toramaru (Watcher)* Minamitsu Murasa (Captain)* Ichirin Kumoi (Ally)* Bishamonten (God)
Appearances: * Undefined Fantastic Object (Stage 1 Midboss, Stage 1 Boss, Stage 5 Midboss)* Double Spoiler (Scene 7-2, 7-4, 7-6 Boss)
Nazrin is a skilled dowser and the leader of a great number of mice. She was asked by Shou to look after the flying treasures. Getting a treasure reading, she descends from the flying ship, encounters the heroine, and is either provoked or forced to fight her. Later on, she encounters the heroine again in order to get the treasure. In fact, she is Shou's underling in trying to revive Hijiri. Although she fails in defeating the heroine, she is actually testing the pagoda before giving it to her master.
Fun facts: * The bent rods she holds, which have the cardinal compass directions molded at their ends, work as a metal detector.
* As she is a Mouse Youkai, fans believe she will be chased after by Chen and/or Orin.
* Like Reisen and Tewi, she is a leader of her species.
* The gem that she has on her chest is a pendulum used for dowsing (like Lyserg's in Shaman King).
* Nazrin is an Azerbaijani name meaning "wild rose"; however, ZUN may also have intended it to be a pun on ιΌ (nezumi), meaning "mouse". Some fans, knowingly or not, misspell her name as Nezrin or Nezumin.
* Some fans compare the prisms of her last spell card with Ramiel from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
* According to the game transcript (namely Reimu-A and Marisa-B), Nazrin is the only stage 1 boss in a Windows game to escape rather than actually be defeated by the heroine.
* Also, she is the only stage 1 boss that actually has something to do with the plot as opposed to "a pointless encounter with a pointless person", as Marisa had put it.
* Also, in her second appearance in Sanae-B's scenario, she stated she got the pagoda from a second-rate store, which many fans believe to be Kourindou.
* She is also the only Touhou Windows series level 1 boss who attacks the heroines out of necessity rather than aggression (like Rumia or Letty) or irritation (like Yamame or Minoriko).
* She was featured on the cover of Undefined Fantastic Object demo CD.
* Some fans call her the Chen of Touhou 12, due to her coming back as a stronger midboss to another, more powerful animal youkai.
* Her Hard-Lunatic mid-boss spell card looks almost exactly like Sara's last spell. (Also with Rumia, coincidence?)
* It is possible that she was based on the silver mouse (or mongoose) that Bishamonten holds in his left hand, who guards his treasure pagoda.
* As "mouse" is the equivalent of "mole" in Japanese slang, it may be more than a coincidence that she is monitoring Shou's actions.
* As she's the only member of Murasa's crew who doesn't have any specific reason for being devoted to Byakuren, fanon often portrays her as disliking, or even despising, her. The most common reason is the thought that Shou likes Byakuren more than her, which leads to a jealous Nazrin considering her a nemesis of some sort.
* Is shout-outed in World of Warcraft doing a quest named "A Tiny, Clever Commander" where you have to kill a Kobold named " 'Commander' Nazrim"
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-barges in- !!!
[ Oh. o.o
That's cute. C:
Sorry about that, you just really looked like what Gaia can do for Reisen
http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Reisen ]
[ C':
It's Reisen.
Of the Moon. ]
its a pleasure to meet you.