Utsuho Reiuji/RicePigeon's second version

''Nuclear power is pure ultimate power. Utsuho may be slow and stupid, but when your entire gameplan revolves around blasting the enemy away with devastating blows, both close and long range, they'll think twice about messing with you. If that wasn't scary enough, imagine Utsuho charging attacks to become even more powerful, and even blowing through your attacks without flinching.''

Gameplay


Utsuho 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 self, Utsuho has very slow movement speed, but has an arsenal that consists of many hard hitting attacks. Utsuho's combo potential is limited as Utsuho cannot chain normals into  normals. Each of Utsuho's special attacks and some hyper attacks can be charged by holding the button, which causes the move to gain additional properties, such as higher damage, more hits, increased hitbox size, or even armor on some moves. A fully charged Rocket Dive, for instance, can easily rival the damage of most level 1 Hyper attacks, while simultaneously allowing Utsuho to blaze past through the opponent's multi-hitting attacks completely uninterrupted. The most notable of these Special moves is Utsuho's Control Rod, which allows Utsuho to charge up the control rod while still being able to move around and attack, akin to Megaman and Zero's Mega Buster and Zero Buster attacks from the Marvel vs. Capcom games. For moves that have different charge levels, Utsuho will glow a different color to indicate the charge level; yellow or no glow for level 1, orange for level 2, and red for level 3. Most specials with a level 3 charge will occur automatically once Utsuho reaches that level 3 charge.

Of Utsuho's Hypers, Explosion Sign "Mega Flare" is unique in that charging the hyper will cause it to automatically cancel into another level Hyper, providing that Utsuho has the extra power to do so. With an additional 1000 power and a minimum of 50% charge, this Hyper will cancel into Explosion Sign "Giga Flare" once either is released, or if Utsuho has less than 2000 power remaining after using Mega Flare. Giga Flare, in addition to dealing more hits and more damage, has a much larger hitbox, covering the entire portion of the screen in front of Utsuho, as well as instantaneous startup after the super pause. If Mega Flare is charged to 100% and Utsuho has an additional 2000 power remaining, this Hyper will instead cancel into Nuclear Explosion "Tera Flare", which is an unblockable, true fullscreen attack that also hits OTG, however, the long charge time needed to successfully execute the Hyper may not make it practical in most situations, and should usually only be done to if the opponent is knocked down and a good distance away from Utsuho. Unlike Utsuho's other Level 3 Hypers, Tera Flare always accessible regardless of which Level 3 Hyper is chosen at the beginning of the match.

At the beginning of the match, Utsuho must select from one of two additional Level 3 Hypers, as both cannot be used during the same match. Crow Sign "Yatagarasu Dive" is an air-usable diving attack. The air version has use as an air combo ender, but the ground version is the generally more useful version due to its startup invincibility and higher damage output. Nuclear Heat "Uncontrollable Dive" is essentially a powered up version of Rocket Dive that sends Utsuho zigzagging across the stage, forcing the opponent to constantly change block direction. While it lacks the armor capabilities of a fully charged Rocket Dive, it does have projectile invincibility throughout the active frames of the attack, as well as a much faster startup.

General
"Nobody can withstand the ultimate energy!"

"Compared to the Sun, you are but a puny existence. But I won't show any sympathy."

"This still isn't enough to stop this surging feeling! The nuclear reactions within me force me to rage even more!"

"Upon contamination within the nuclear reactor core, reactor operations are to be halted and the foreign substance eradicated immediately!"

"Wait, what were we doing again?"

"I've raised the firepower so much that she got vaporized without a trace? I've overdone it a bit. Well, whatever."

Character-specific
"Hey, it's a shrine maiden. I can't tell you shrine maidens apart from one another."

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"I've already obtained the ultimate power. Every time I use it, the geyser gushes forth."

- vs. Reimu Hakurei

"You couldn't even roast a bird with that firepower."

- vs. Marisa Kirisame

"My ultimate nuclear energy melts up everything completely!"

- vs. Marisa Kirisame

"You're always trying to close in on me. Are you trying to burn yourself to death?"

- vs. Lie Meiling

"You call your killing intent the ultimate power? Nothing beats nuclear energy!"

- vs. Lie Meiling

"I wonder what's become of the new Hell? I really want to take a peek."

- vs. Komachi Onozuka

"Do the fires of the new Hell burn as hot as the sun?"

- vs. Komachi Onozuka

"Ah yes, the energetic hydrogens are magnificently fusing today as well!"

- vs. Kanako Yasaka

"I was going to use this power to burn down the surface world. That's what you wanted right?"

- vs. Kanako Yasaka

"If god is trying to make me a slave, then why do I have this power?"

- vs. Lightning Farron

"I ate a god once. Thats how I got this power. Maybe you should eat the one who enslaved you too."

- vs. Lightning Farron

Trivia

 * While Nuclear Explosion "Tera Flare" is not a spellcard that Utsuho uses in any of the official Touhou games, it continues the theme set by her Explosion Sign "Mega Flare" and Explosion Sign "Giga Flare" spellcards, with Mega-, Giga-, and Tera- all being prefixes for 1 million, 1 billion, and 1 trillion, respectively.
 * All three attacks are also references to the attacks of the same name used by the various forms of Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series. This is further emphasized by Nuclear Explosion "Tera Flare"'s animation bearing an almost identical execution to its Final Fantasy 7 counterpart.
 * Interestingly, Utsuho contains victory quotes against Lightning Farron from Final Fantasy XIII, a character which currently has no M.U.G.E.N conversion.
 * In any case, both victory quotes against Lightning refer to both the plot of Final Fantasy XIII, as well as Utsuho's own manipulation by Kanako.