Koishi Komeiji

This article is about Koishi Komeiji, the individual. For information regarding the collectible Koishis that are the focus of the games, see Koishis.
Koishi Komeiji is the primary character and subject matter of Find the Koishis and Find the Koishis II.
== Canon Facts ==
Koishi made her debut in the 11th Touhou game, Subterranean Animism, as the Extra Stage boss. She is the younger sister of the 'main antagonist' of the game, Satori Komeiji.
She is portrayed as ditzy and free-spirited, though she's also commonly showcased as dumb and child-like. She has since appeared primarily in side-games, such as Hopeless Masquerade, Antinomy of Common Flowers and Violet Detector, albeit receiving playable status in several of them such as AOCF and Urban Legend in Limbo.
Her primary ability is "manipulating the unconscious mind", brought on by sacrificing her ability to read minds via sealing her satori eye shut. Described as essentially allowing her to slip past the vision of anyone and becoming instantly forgotten upon leaving said field of vision,According to the Touhou Wiki, this ability is nulled if someone is already aware of Koishi's status as Satori's sister this grants Koishi a theoretically malevolent advantage which she has thankfully failed to acknowledge, and in fact appears more unaware or unintentionally malicious.
She is a convert to Buddhism and resides at the Myouren Temple.Symposium of Post-Mysticism
== FTK Facts ==
For reasons unknown, Koishi managed to multiply rapidly. Marecrisium has made conflicting statements on the actual method she took, with everything from a cloning machine, an agricultural disaster, a new ability she unlocked, & large-scale mitosis being presented as possible arguments. There is, at the moment, nothing in FTK's lore currently pointing to any likely answers. 
Regardless, the games give the after-effects of Koishi's mass splitting an apocalyptic toneFor instance, the description of FTK2:
"OH LORD.. the KOISHIS have taken over!!! Be hired by a certain Gap-Manipulating Woman and take up the steps of a certain shrine maiden and kleptomaniac witch because the former is Conveniently Nowhere to be Found!!", with characters forced to evacuate to safer grounds and the ensuing overpopulation causing a myriad of catastrophes; however, it occasionally switches up to imply it's more of an annoyance sometimes, as some characters describe Koishi 'infestations' like that of rats or cockroaches.
It is unclear what causes Koishis to become physiologically different from each other, but it is hinted that Koishi clones take info from the scenery and adapt accordingly. It is implied that despite Koishi's ability hinting otherwise, the Koishi 'clones' you collect in the game failed to take Koishi's ability of becoming undetectable.
The very first Koishi appeared in Find the Koishis 1, on a pedestal in the Seminar Caves. Due to the spawning system being hotwired, Koishi had a fair chance of not spawning at all; a Koisherminal was placed to mock this fact.
The formerly canonical koisherminal.carrd.co website designated Koishi and her clones with the taxonomic designation Cerrisitum koishi, much to the dismay of the Koisherminal mainframe."Koishi! I said don't spell my name like that!"
== Trivia ==
* Koishi Komeiji being the subject of a badge-hunt game was done "at random". Kraz also doesn't consider Koishi to be one of his favorites.
* The very first Koishi drawing was a lot more pale and destylized than the current design used.
* According to Kraz, all Koishi clones, regardless of subject's gender, are female unless stated otherwise.
== References ==
Category:Characters