Double Dealing Character

As presented in the game's narrative (Touhou Kishinjō ~ Double Dealing Character), the incident arises when the Miracle Mallet is used, causing tsukumogami (animated tools) to appear or be empowered and prompting youkai unrest. In the plot, the amanojaku Seija Kijin deceives the kobito Shinmyoumaru Sukuna into using the Miracle Mallet to foment social upheaval; the resulting disturbance across Gensokyo is the episode labeled "Double Dealing Character." (Sources: game plot summaries and character descriptions.)

There is no single visual form for "Double Dealing Character"—it is the title of a game and the name of an ensemble incident. The episode features many character-forms: tsukumogami such as Benben Tsukumo (base form: biwa), Yatsuhashi Tsukumo (base form: koto) and Raiko Horikawa (taiko); Sekibanki (a rokurokubi able to make her head fly); Kagerou Imaizumi (a werewolf who becomes a wolf at full moon); Wakasagihime (a mermaid); Shinmyoumaru Sukuna (a kobito, descendant of the Inch-High Samurai); and Seija Kijin (an amanojaku). The game's protagonists (Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya) and their weapons also feature as active visual/gameplay elements. (Sources: character entries and plot summary.)

Abilities described in the sources are those of the characters and the incident: Seija Kijin possesses a "power of reversal" and plots to reverse social order; Sekibanki can make her head fly (rokurokubi trait); Kagerou Imaizumi transforms into a wolf during the full moon; certain tsukumogami (Benben, Yatsuhashi, Raiko) are animated or empowered by the Miracle Mallet and act to resist resolution of the incident; the weapons of the protagonists are described in the plot as "acting oddly," a gameplay/plot detail tied to the disturbance. Resolution within the narrative is achieved by the protagonists confronting and defeating or persuading affected beings. (Sources: plot and character descriptions.)