I'm surprised that I haven't answered this.
There's just something about how elegant she is, that makes her such an alluring character. Extremely graceful, and beautiful at that too. There's also the whole background story. Quite tragic indeed. When I first played the game, I was surprised to find such a tragedy within such a lighthearted series...
Aside from that, her boss battle has to be one of the most "LOL EPIC BOSSBATTLES" of the Touhou series (Personally, I find that the other epic battles that are way up there would definitely have to be VS Yuuka, VS Sanae (for Reimu at least) and VS Utsuho). There's also the issue of her theme. First version is extremely melancholy and fits her overall character. Beautiful yet sad. The second version picks it up a bit, and kind of signifies the realization of the truth. Both are quite powerful, and fit extremely well.
Her theme also easily takes the cake for having some of the best arranges out there, especially on the vocal spectrum. |