Touhou 15.5: Antinomy of Common Flowers - Nitori/Kokoro Story

𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯!

Nitori is a slow but heavy hitting character, however her attacks are quite disjointed and unpredictable. She's one of those characters that you need to know the ins and outs of thoroughly to properly play as her or else you'll have many instances of attacks not behaving how you'd expect. Be them heavy attacks with blind spots or projectiles that don't instantly fire, rather set up a target to hit after a moment.

Kokoro similarly is a tricky fighter, however her idiosyncrasies are much more controlled. Melee wise your biggest threat is the fact that Kokoro moves around so much with her attacks and combos it's very easy to completely miss when going from one attack to the next. However the biggest thing that sets her apart from other fighters is her emotion mechanics. Three of her specials (and finishers of combos) will give her one of three different emotions and change the color of her dress accordingly. All of Kokoro's projectiles behave differently depending on what emotion is currently active.

Characters

Business-Minded and Miserly Kappa: Nitori Kawashiro
Expressionless and Emotional Menreiki: Hata no Kokoro

Spell Cards

1:04 - "Collect Experiment Samples"
1:26 - Non-spell
1:45 - Wind Spirit Sign "Iwafune Kawarake Seal"

4:04 - "Science is a Slow and Steady Effort"
4:45 - Non-spell
5:12 - Fist Star Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Slave Spark"

7:00 - "Arrogance and Arrogance"
8:10 - Non-spell
8:30 - Mallet Transform Sign "Wild Riches Danmaku Transformation"

10:39 - "The Shadow of Perfect Possession"
12:11 - Non-spell
12:36 - ESP "Psychokinesis Endless"

15:15 - "Revelation is Unexpected"
17:40 - Non-spell
18:08 - Rising Mallet Sign "Carry Our Dreams and Grow Bigger!"
19:02 - Plummeting Mallet Sign "Dreams Fall Through the Atmosphere and Grow Bigger!"
20:14 - "Sky of Scarlet Perception of All Inchlings"

Translation's courtesy of the Touhou wiki