Aya Shameimaru

### Location

Youkai Trail, Human Village, Hakurei Shrine, Scarlet Devil Mansion, Bamboo Forest of the Lost, Forest of Magic, Youkai Mountain, Former Hell, Palace of the Earth Spirits, Myouren Temple, Divine Spirit Mausoleum, Shining Needle Castle, Garden of the Sun

## Preferences

### Likes

Meat, Homecooking, Good w/ Alcohol, Japanese, Signature, Photogenic, Trend - Popular

### Beverage

High Alcohol, Chillable, Shochu, Stimulating

Aya Shameimaru is an NPC and Rare Customer found in the Garden of the Sun. This location and NPC are from DLC 4.

## Descriptions

### Bond Lv1

Crow tengu who flies all over Gensokyo collecting material to turn into news. Also the author of the well known Bunbunmaru Newspaper. Well known not because the newspaper is particularly great, but because there's too many copies flying around.

### Bond Lv3

She's strong enough on her own, and with a weapon as powerful as news on her side, it's no wonder Gensokyo doesn't treat Miss Aya very well. But, I find her resolve to never give up no matter how hard it gets tends to rub off on others too. If only her articles had a bit more substance to them.

### Bond Lv5

Newspapers really are something to admire! Miss Aya's articles are the records of Gensokyo's past. She may have gotten a bit lost on the way... but there are still memories worth remembering! I hope Miss Aya can find a style of news that suits her.

## Tag Requests

* Meat: *"A tengu always eats meat first and foremost."*
* Homecooking: *"People flock to this place" for the taste of home.~"*
* Good with Alcohol: *"Having nothing to go with alcohol can feel lacking sometimes.~"*
* Japanese: *"Did you know that tengu are some of the most fearsome youkai in Japanese folklore?"*
* Signature: *"Signature dishes are simply tried-and-true advertisements"*
* Photogenic: *"I wonder if anything here's worthy of my camera~"*

## Spell Card

### "Crossroads of Trends Taking Gensokyo by Storm" (Reward)

Word of the shop spreads through the news. The izakaya will become a famous shop tomorrow. Returns to normal in 3 days.

**Famous Shop:** increase guest budget by 10% and guest traffic by 5%, "signature [sic]" will become a trending tag.

If the izakaya is already a famous shop, or word had already spread that night, this spell card turns into...

### "Peerless Chef of the Izakaya" (Reward Alt.)

All dishes with the "signature [sic]" tag on today's menu will become famous *(Trend - Popular)* dishes.

When cooking a famous dish, finish it instantly if cook time is less than 5 seconds;

Guests who like the tag have an additional have an additional 30% chance to make follow-up orders when consuming a famous dish, regain budget equivalent to the drink in their order, and have a 100% chance to increase their follow-up order limit by 1. Lasts 30 seconds.

### "Forbidden Technique of the Pen" (Punishment)

Kick off a tornado which attacks the izakaya. Toss-serving is disabled for the next 30 seconds.

Also criticize the izakaya on the Bunbunmaru Newspaper, causing the famous shop bonus to disappear tomorrow.

## Bond Rewards

* Lv2: Plum Tea Rice recipe
* Lv3: Urchin Steamed Egg recipe
* Lv4: Scrumptious Storm recipe
* Lv5: Crossing Wind

## Strategies

Lion's Head covers Signature, Meat and Good w/ Alcohol, Ceiling-Longing Pie covers Signature, Good w/ Alcohol and Photogenic, Okonomiyaki covers Signature, Japanese and Photogenic, Pork Stir Fry covers Meat, Homecooking and Good w/ Alcohol. Pick whatever satisfies a tag requested, and you won't need to add more ingredients.

Oni Killer covers High Alcohol, Shochu and Chillable - for a cheaper option, Tengu Tango has just High Alcohol and Chillable. For Stimulating, try Affogato or Iceberg Kedama Lemonade, which both have Chillable. For Shochu, you may also use Fruity Sour or Divine Wheat, which both also have Chillable.

Aya is **extremely high priority.** Scrumptious Storm is the second most expensive recipe at the time of writing (and is far cheaper than the winner, Oedo Boat Feast), while her Lv5 reward is the uncontested best kitchenware in the game. While a steamer, and thus limited in recipe choice, it cooks unaltered recipes extremely quickly, and is a direct improvement to the suspicious cookware set if cooking altered recipes. If, however, the recipe has Trend - Popular on it, *both* effects apply, making it an extremely efffective tool for the handful of valuable steamer recipes there are. Aya's case is further helped by her presence in every area, ensuring that the player will meet her often, bringing her bond up easily and keeping restaurant fame up almost constantly.