Halftime

Minamitsu Murasa is a ship phantom and the captain of the sky-sailing wooden vessel, the Palanquin Ship. At the first Anti-Misfortune Grand Prix, she united Myouren Temple's misfits and performed admirably as a captain.

Parsee Mizuhashi is a hashihime who watches over those who traverse the "bridge" between the surface world and the Underworld. At the first Anti-Misfortune Grand Prix, she (sort-of) commanded the strongest oni from Former Hell and made the other competitors suffer.

Kogasa Tatara is a karakasa-obake (a type of tsukumogami) who lives to make people jump. At the first Anti-Misfortune Grand Prix, she gathered her tsukumogami kin and led them in a performance they could all be proud of.

Anti-Misfortune Grand Prix
The Anti-Misfortune Grand Prix is an event where the competitors fight for victory while warding off misfortune. This time marked the fifth event in the Grand Prix's history, slowly cementing it as a calendar event for all those in Gensokyo. Each year the competition grows fiercer, and more people participate; the atmosphere in the venue intensifies, and more special features are added. As a result, this year, victory and the status that accompanied it were more coveted than ever.

This scene shows such a fantasy that may, in fact, come to pass in the not-too-distant future.

With the first half over, three competitors took a breather in the locker room. Each of them was expected to place highly, not in small part thanks to the nail-biting final they were a part of at the first Anti-Misfortune Grand Prix. Even though the three were familiar with each other, none spoke a word. On today of all days, words weren't needed to convey their conviction. Now was the time for concentration and for the sharpening of one's blade. The familiar tension in the air brought back memories of previous years as the three sat quietly and waited for the second half to begin.