Jo'on Yorigami:
Bottom art by Rihito
The Yorigami Sisters are some of the worst, most hated people in Gensokyo, and for good reason. They bring nothing but failure and misery to people, including themselves.
Jo'on (pronounced John) is a god of pestilence. Touhou 15.5 and 17.5 are the only two Touhou games to have official English translations, and in those her name is spelled "Jyoon", but I'm going with the fan spelling because it's closer to her name's pronunciation. Jo'on is named after the Daisy fleabane (himejon).
Jo'on influences people to waste their money on frivolous things, thinking that they're doing it of their own free will. As they waste their money, she gains it, until they're left destitute. That said, she isn't really rich. She herself wastes her money on frivolous things and almost never saves anything from her heists.
Her older sister, Shion Yorigami, is a god of poverty and misfortune. But she'll be discussed later.
They are both the main villains and final boss of Touhou 15.5: Antinomy of Common Flowers. Jo'on Yorigami hatched a scheme to gain lots of money by robbing a concert. She took advantage of the urban legend incident by creating Perfect Possession just by spreading rumors that it was possible. Then, when the audience was in a distracted, dream-like state, she and Shion would possess each and every person and take all their money.
After the Yorigami Sisters are defeated, Jo'on is forced to go to the Myouren Temple, as Byakuren believes she can be rehabilitated. Additionally, her and Shion are to defeat and round up all the berserk Dream World counterparts unleashed by their incident. While Jo'on hated it at first, seeing Dream World Byakuren show off her hidden lazy, controlling side made her wonder if there was hope for her yet.
...Unfortunately, Jo'on quickly became bored and left. However, she may have learned a little compassion from it. Now she usually only targets those who actually have money to waste.
In Curiosities of Lotus Asia, it's revealed that before the Perfect Possession incident, Jo'on used her abilities to mind control Sumireko into bringing a ton of expensive meats and alcohol from the outside world, only to possess Sumireko and party. Ironically, shortly beforehand, Sumireko was bragging about how she had "true freedom" by being countercultural while her peers were slaves to mass media. Only for her to be mind controlled and truly LOSE her freedom.
In Touhou 17.5: Sunken Fossil World, Gensokyo suffers a massive oil spill. The Yorigami Sisters try to profit off of the oil... except they have no idea why oil is actually valuable. They go around basically splashing oil at people thinking it will allow them to buy things. This is in the greater goal of becoming rich enough to change their beings into gods of wealth rather than of poverty. Kanako even mocks them as the most pathetic excuses for gods in all of Gensokyo.
They seemingly have the last laugh, however, as they manage to become suprisingly successful tour guides of the oil fields. Of course, they then abandon the tourist to their doom after having them sign a clause absolving the Sisters of any responsibility for what happens down there. The narrator does say that this will likely end in failure, though, as nothing good will ever come of the Yorigami Sisters, even to themselves. Most likely Reimu will kick their butts again.
Jo'on is loud, crass, and obnoxious. She's incredibly arrogant, being willing to talk down to people far stronger than she is.
Still, deep down there is a shred of goodness to her, a willingness to change and become a better person. She just ignores it because being a good person is boring. Being evil and selfish is more fun. She can make some good plans, but they’re all very short-term and don't usually give lasting results.
Jo'on primarily attacks with the golden flames around her. She often embues them into her punches. As for ranged attacks, she shoots words at you! Golden characters for terms like "Gold", "Wealth", and "Treasure". She also attacks by throwing gold and jewels around. She even has an attack where she empties a whole suitcase of money and then burns it all! In general all her attacks are flashy and extravagant. In Sunken Fossil World, she attacks by splashing oil around.
Oh, and sometimes she pulls a limousine out of nowhere and runs her sister over with it. Dunno how she got ANY kind of automobile into Gensokyo.
While I don't know for certain, I've heard Jo'on and Shion are based on the Post-War Economic Miracle and Lost Decade periods of Japan, which correspond to the 60s-80s and the 90s, respectively. Jo'on's spellcards "Queen of Financial Bubbles" and "Extortionist of the 80s" seem to suggest this.
Oh, and all her clothes are knockoff brands. Apparently Sumireko knows this.
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