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Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.
Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (
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After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.
When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.
What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.
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oh yeah budget is a concern for sure, at least i can tell you that the expensive stuff i've tried isn't worth it imo haha. i have some old bose qc25s hanging around somewhere (no bluetooth, needs AA batteries) and they're comfortable too. my partner still uses them, we just got new pads from bose directly to give them probably 10 more years of life. might be able to find like a qc35 used (i think that's when they added bluetooth?) for cheap if you wanted to go that route (although maybe you don't with your bose experience), but i guess my point was i haven't found the "holy grail" of noise-cancelling headphones yet, despite the dumb amount of money i've spent (all the ones i posted are fine, but my use case is "i go into an office sometimes and i have to be on a noisy bus 1 hour each way and then they need to be comfortable for like 4-6 hours of meetings every day" and i can only last an hour or so in most of them without lasting effects)