Kanako Yasaka/RicePigeon's second version

''The avatar and lakes and mountains returns, sporting a retooled moveset. While still having a focus on zoning, Kanako has been rebalanced quite significantly, like many SNK bosses before. Kanako also appears to have put on some weight, as evidenced by her larger hitbox, higher Life value, and much slower speed. Nevertheless, Kanako still dominates in the air mobility department.''

Gameplay


Kanako is technically a six-button character, but plays like a standard three-button character, using the extra buttons for shortcut;, when used combined with or  acts as a shortcut for the character's   and   dash commands. is used as a shortcut for +, while is used as a shortcut for, used in the Level 3 Hypers.

True to her haughty and imposing nature, Kanako sports a large hitbox and slow movement speed, compensated for by having above average Life value. While Kanako may be slow on the ground, Kanako excels at aerial movement. Unique to Kanako over RicePigeon's other Touhou characters is that Kanako is able to perform up to two air dashes instead of one. Additionally, Kanako is the only character of the bunch to sport an 8-way airdash. Kanako can further extend air time by holding after the peak of a jump to glide down to the ground, using  and  to change the direction of the glide. Many of Kanako's move are also air-usable, making for a potentially threatening foe.

At the beginning of the match, Kanako must select from one of two additional Level 3 Hypers, as both cannot be used during the same match. Divine Pillar "Meteoric Onbashira" is Kanako's projectile Level 3, which not only hits OTG, but also covers the entire screen in front of Kanako, acting as a psuedo-fullscreen attack with the right positioning. "Virtue of Wind God" is Kanako's run-past super, and essentially an upgraded form of Omiwatari Cross that provides both startup and projectile invincibility, at the cost of not being able to be performed in the air.

Generic
"What business have you with me?"

"A god must eliminate all who oppose their struggle for faith, one by one."

"In this time of crisis, I was going to ignore this and continue, but I've changed my mind."

"In that case, I'll have you stay here and stop the shrine maiden and magician who'll be arriving later."

"Lately, it's been easier to win over followers with a friendly face than with an impressive stature."

"Nothing personal, it's strictly business."

Character Specific
"Shrines don't exist for the benefit of their shrine maidens. A shrine exists to be the home of the gods."

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"Well now, if it isn't the shrine maiden from beneath the mountain. How goes the Moriya branch shrine?"

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"Heh, how interesting. Gensokyo's humans sure are peculiar."

- vs. Marisa Kirisame

"The faithless can never understand the meaning of faith."

- vs. Marisa Kirisame

"Our business here is already well-established."

- vs. Sanae Kochiya

"Eager to hunt down youkai I see. Good... good."

- vs. Sanae Kochiya

"You're pretty strong for an ordinary youkai."

- vs. Hong Meiling

"..."

- vs. Hong Meiling

"You're not seriously thinking of attacking us again after this, right?"

- vs. Lie Meiling

"The warrior who became a youkai out of sheer hatred is already a thing of mere fantasy?"

- vs. Lie Meiling

"You think you can slay god?"

- vs. Lightning Farron

"You dare raise your sword against a goddess like myself? You shall burn in my light!"

- vs. Lightning Farron

Trivia

 * Kanako's sixth generic victory quote is a reference to a line spoken by Otto Berman, an accountant for notorious American gangster Dutch Schultz. This same line is also spoken by the characters Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone in the movie The Godfather.
 * Many of Kanako's victory quotes against characters that she does encounter in Mountain of Faith are taken or derived from parts of Kanako's dialogue in the Touhou Project fangame Mystical Power Plant.
 * Both of Kanako's victory quotes against Lightning are derived from lines spoken by Bhunivelze, the final boss of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.