Sakuya Izayoi

Sakuya Izayoi, also known as Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Perfect and Elegant Servant and Maid of the Evening Storm, is a character from the Touhou Project series.
== Charactah Account ==
Sakuya is the only human living in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, yet she is also the head maid. Hieda no Akyuu theorises that she had been a vampire hunter before she began working in the mansion, after being defeated by Remilia Scarlet, she was given her current name and began working for the mansion, but such is yet to be confirmed.
Though she looks about sixteen like the other girls, Sakuya has the ability to slow, stop and possibly reverse time. She seems to have been serving Remilia for a long time and may be far older then she looks. Socially, she interacts mainly with the others in the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
Her talents are cooking, knife throwing and time manipulation. The latter two abilities characterize her appearances in-game, and led to frequent parodies in reference to Dio Brando of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, who also controls time and throws knives. This reference goes so far as Sakuya using some of his poses in a game. She is often associated with dogs by other characters because she is serving as a demon's "faithful guard dog" even though she is a full blood human.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hifuu Club Activity Record: The Sealed Esoteric History
* Touhou Unofficial Doujin Anime: A Summer Day's Dream
* Touhou Unofficial Doujin Anime: A Summer Day's Dream Episode 2.5
=== Manga ===
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Silent Sinner in Blue
* Touhou Chireikiden: Foul Detective Satori
* Touhou Ibara Kasen: Wild and Horned Hermit
* Touhou Kourindou: Curiosities of Lotus Asia
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Eastern and Little Nature Deity
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Strange and Bright Nature Deity
* Touhou Suzunaan: Forbidden Scrollery
=== Video Games ===
* Danmaku Amanojaku: Impossible Spell Card
* Touhou Bunkachou: Shoot the Bullet
* Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night
* Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
* Touhou Hisoutensoku: Chase the Enigma of the Gargantuan Guignol
* Touhou Kaeitzuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View
* Touhou Kishinjou: Double Dealing Character
* Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
* Touhou Kouryuudou: Unconnected Marketeers
* Touhou Shinkirou: Hopeless Masquerade
* Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial and Missing Power
* Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom
== Trivia ==
* The characters for Izayoi literally mean "Sixteenth night" (the night just after that of the full moon), and Sakuya "Flowering night."
* Sakuya Izayoi is apparently not her real name (along with Ran), according to Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, but is only a name given to her by Remilia. Her real name is unknown.
* She is the fifth maid character to appear in the series. The other maid characters are Ruukoto, Mugetsu, Yumeko, and Alice. She also bears a strong resemblance to Yumeko, since both are blade-throwing maids who serve demon-like masters. On a related note, Mugetsu is not truly a maid since she was just cosplaying. Although not many know it, Alice became Mima's maid in Mystic Square.
* According to Sakuya, if she happens to run out of knives, she can freeze time and pick up the ones she threw previously.
* According to ZUN, "Manipulation of Time" is synonymous to "Manipulation of Space." She takes advantage of this fact in several ways, from enlarging the space inside Scarlet Devil Mansion, to probably storing an immense amount of knives around. Maybe it's general relativity?
* Sakuya can also use her powers to accelerate time, such as making bamboo flowers bloom instantly, even though this would normally take 60 years to grow.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sakuya Izayoi at Touhou Wiki
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