“Newcomer Bait” (新参ホイホイ, Shinzan Hoihoi)¹⁾ was the derogatory nickname for Reisen Udongein Inaba from Touhou Project, which had insinuated that her 'template-like' design was meant to attract newcomers. The term has mostly fell out of use by the early 2010s.

There was a notorious Touhou Project boom in the late 2000s as animations for the doujin music scene, like Marisa Stole The Precious Thing or Overdrive, became really popular. As a result, some people joked that Reisen is only popular since her iconic rabbit ears and blazer stood out, which is furthered by the fact that the Overdrive animation is completely nonsensical, even with full context of the jokes in it.

Some would later argue that the term can be reapplied to characters like Alice Margatroid, Aya Shameimaru, Sanae Kochiya, or Rin Kaenbyou, but these obviously didn't stick around. Of course, it became clear that Touhou Project was immensely popular, so the term kinda died out as it'd be awkward to keep instigating fights over it when the community kept getting newer and younger.

• There have been attempts to spread the term onto characters from other franchises, like Kongou or Shimakaze from Kantai Collection, but these generally didn't take off.

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• Newcomer Bait on Pixiv Encyclopedia
• Newcomer Bait on Niconico Encyclopedia