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Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.
Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (
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After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.
When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.
What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.
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Reddit imo isn't a terrible place to find niche communities. Enbie subs and agender specific subs at least used to have a fair bit of activity I think. Not sure how much of those subs are now just bots regurgitating old comments and posts though so posting their might be a waste of time, but if you just want to read of others experiences, there's probably some interesting things buried in there with enough digging. Idk about gender fluid or multi gender or other enby subtype subreddits. I would warn that a lot of the agender community take a "I'm not trans because trans_gender_ implies 'gender' so it's too much gender for me" (despite some of those same people using "a_gender_", although some use an alternative adjacent label) that often comes off as thinly veiled tranaphobia. I have a hard time holding it against them because I did the same for like two weeks, but that was mostly because I didn't think I was cool enough to count as trans rather than like generalized transphobia.
Of course there are lots of enbies here to talk with, you can always just start conversations about what you want to see other people's perspectives on.
I don't think you need to present fem to be a binary trans woman just like cis women dont need to present in a feminine manner to be women. Tomboys are still women. Especially if your avoidance of it is mostly out of the house due to fears. I'd consider how you express yourself alone or with extremely trusted comrades is more representative anyways.