Youkai

Youkai are supernatural (and commonly malevolent) entities. Many characters in the Touhou franchise are youkai.

In the Gensokyo mod, youkai may be susceptible to certain weapons and effects. Currently, the following items have special interactions with Youkai enemies:

Item	Effect
Hakurei Purification Rod	Main fire mode deals 20% extra damage to youkai. Alternate fire mode is not affected.
Persuasion Needles	Deals 20% extra damage to youkai.

The following enemies are specified as youkai, and are thus affected by the effects listed above:

• All Kappa types: Kappa Explorer, Kappa Pioneer, Kappa Pathfinder, Kappa Adventurer
• Kisume
• Rumia
• Sekibanki and her heads
• Nitori Kawashiro
• Medicine Melancholy
• Alice Margatroid
• Seija Kijin
• Utsuho Reiuji