Man... after seeing this, I hope neropaso won't want to throw all his Tenshi pictures into the bonfire.
Unpopular opinion, but I honestly can't stand Neropaso's interpretation of Tenshi. She seems way too melancholic, passive, submissive, and out of character. I like Tenshi best when she's dominant, energetic, smug, and in-your-face. Neropaso's interpretation just feels like a self-indulgent remake that gets rid of everything that makes her Tenshi.
looking again, her size has to be a mistake. She was only a bit smaller than Yukari in soku, but now she’s smaller than Cirno...
I really hope that's a mistake. I don't want to see Tenshi ret-conned into another member of Team ⑨, because her character is more interesting than that. For God's sakes, she's one of the only characters to take down Reimu!
Cirno is also the strongest and coolest. Not to mention her sporty new tan.
Edit: looking again, her size has to be a mistake. She was only a bit smaller than Yukari in soku, but now she’s smaller than Cirno...
colBoh said:
I really hope that's a mistake. I don't want to see Tenshi ret-conned into another member of Team ⑨, because her character is more interesting than that. For God's sakes, she's one of the only characters to take down Reimu!
I think AoCF actually gives her the true height. In Tenshi's scenario, Mamizou outright makes fun of how short Tenshi is, and that she teamed with Shinmyoumaru.
The current translation goes as "What, so this is the celestial? She’s so short! Is this Team Shortie?".
It isn't even a retcon since her SWR profile says she went to Heaven as a young girl, and she really acts as a brat. In the end, she isn't that different from Remilia.
I think AoCF actually gives her the true height. In Tenshi's scenario, Mamizou outright makes fun of how short Tenshi is, and that she teamed with Shinmyoumaru.
The current translation goes as "What, so this is the celestial? She’s so short! Is this Team Shortie?".
It isn't even a retcon since her SWR profile says she went to Heaven as a young girl, and she really acts as a brat. In the end, she isn't that different from Remilia.
All my fantasies and dreams... destroyed...
That also means the death of many artists' headcanons.
I think AoCF actually gives her the true height. In Tenshi's scenario, Mamizou outright makes fun of how short Tenshi is, and that she teamed with Shinmyoumaru.
The current translation goes as "What, so this is the celestial? She’s so short! Is this Team Shortie?".
Team "Stone Bowl".
Funny coincidense - both of them aren't flying themselves but standing on something (keystone and bowl).
That also means the death of many artists' headcanons.
Yeah, just like the revelation that Marisa is 4'3" ruined everything for Marisa fans. /s
She is literally no different from any of the other girls. She might be child-sized, but so are all the human protagonists except Sakuya. It doesn't mean anything other than she is short. We already know the heaven peaches she eats can shape her body to her convenience, so she could change her form at any time. If the knowledge that she is short ruined your headcanons, you weren't paying attention.
If the knowledge that she is short ruined your headcanons, you weren't paying attention.
"but I like it better when I make up my own shit about that character that appeals to all my preferences for my own convenience and if this is discredited by the author, then the whole world suuuuucks!"
Yeah, just like the revelation that Marisa is 4'3" ruined everything for Marisa fans. /s
She is literally no different from any of the other girls. She might be child-sized, but so are all the human protagonists except Sakuya. It doesn't mean anything other than she is short. We already know the heaven peaches she eats can shape her body to her convenience, so she could change her form at any time. If the knowledge that she is short ruined your headcanons, you weren't paying attention.
I've been paying attention since her Scarlet Weather Rhapsody introduction.
It's actually not even a headcanon. The Tenshi I've always been familiar with was average-sized as originally portrayed on SWR. It was like that both on her Alphes artwork and her sprites. She was no different than most other girls in the older fighting games, except for the ones on the tall side (Komachi, Sakuya, etc) or the ones on the short side (Remilia, Cirno, etc). This new child Shinmyoumaru like-size is something completely new to me and it's a little hard to re-adapt, you know.
If you have never played SWR before or have forgotten about Tenshi's original size, take a look at this picture I prepared myself: https://i.imgur.com/FanKTsd.png
But whatever. ZUN is known for being inconsistent with his works, so I'd not be surprised if he change other things in the future. I shouldn't have even been surprised with this new Tenshi revelation in first place, now that I think of it more.
The sprites in game (be it SWR or AoCF) is stylized to look good. Using them as proof of anything is an exercise in futility.* Should I point out that when standing, Meiling (tall) is shorter than Patchouli (fairly short)?
*I need to point out that AoCF (and HM/ULiL) might be a bit closer to canonical height, but again, it's still stylized.
But whatever. ZUN is known for being inconsistent with his works [...]
Naw, if there's anything ZUN's strict about, it's the characters' height. I remember some talk about Aki Eda (I think?) being reprimanded for getting some of the girls' height wrong, and that's before ZUN getting more strict about what should and should not be in other official works.