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I find it interesting how a lot of Gensokyo's strongest and most influential residents are stated or implied to have been human at one point:
>Yuyuko
Was human before she died
>Yukari
Heavily implied to be Maribel Hearn after getting stuck in the past
>Suika
Heavily implied to be Shuten-douji, who in most versions of the story was born human and became an oni later in life
>Kasen
Is Ibaraki-douji, whose backstory is very similar to Shuten's
>Yuugi
Heavily implied to be one of Shuten-doujis former generals, who in some versions of the story were former humans who became oni after being recruited by Shuten
>Eirin
Among the group of humans that travelled to the moon and became the first Lunarians
>Mokou
Was obviously a normal human prior to drinking the Hourai Elixir
>Kanako
Is a divine spirit who was once a human
>Tenshi
Former human who ascended to heaven as a Celestial
>Byakuren
Former human who became a youkai magician
>Miko
Former human (male) who became a hermit

And that's just cases we can be reasonably certain about. It's entirely possible that Remilia and Flandre were humans that were turned rather than being natural born vampires, for example. It makes wonder if there's some sort of thematic importance there.

>PCB's manual implies Yuyuko's father is Saigyou Houshi
>Yuyuko died over 1000 years ago
>in real life Saigyou Houshi was only born 902 years ago
What did he mean by this?