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EX Rumia

EX(Extra) Rumia” (EXルーミア, Ekusutora Rūmia) is an old Touhou Project fan theory suggesting that Rumia has a sealed extra boss form, building on Rumia having an ofuda ribbon on her head that she can't remove herself and has never been explained or expanded upon.

Overview

In the Touhou Koumakan omake file, we are first told that Rumia's ribbon is an ofuda that she cannot remove, and that's all we had for an entire decade. It was finally revisited in Volume 3 of Strange Creators of Outer World, adding that nobody knows how it got there, then her Dai Touhouten1) plaque hints that it was contained 'secrets within' that have yet to be brought up in any of the official media.

Appearance

The character has no official design because it's a fan theory after all, so people are free to speculate on what happens to the ofuda ribbon (e.g. float, halo, disappears), what happens to her hair length, whether she has accessories (e.g. jet black wings, large black cross, large black sword),2) and whether it 'ages' her body or not. Once again, this is all common fan interpretations.

Notes

  • It has yet to be discovered when people began to speculate about the existence of EX Rumia, which seems to fall between 2002 and 2005, given the theory's implied familiarity by 2005.3)
  • The theory would inspire numerous copycats, since it's easy to understand that 'EX' is Extra Stage and 'PH' is Phantasm Stage,4) bringing us EX Letty, EX Cirno, EX Wriggle, and so forth.

See also

1)
The “Big Touhou Project Exhibit” (大・東方Project展, Dai Touhou Purojekuto Ken), or “Dai Touhouten”, is a large exhibit commemorating Touhou Koumakan's 20th anniversary at the Tokyo Anime Center in 2022.
2)
Some may interpret the sword as a stormbringer, but don't assume all swords are the stormbringer.
3)
"†未確認飛行物体ルーミアたん†" (February 18, 2005). Shitaraba /computer/6306/.
4)
Funnily enough, the Phantasm Stage is only used in Touhou Youyoumu and hasn't appeared since then, so it's really easy to forget what 'PH' means if you're out of the loop.
ex_rumia.txt · Last modified: 2025-02-10 07:07:56 by namelessrumia