Personality: Keine Kamishirasawa is someone who lives to give to others. All that she does, and all that we see of her personality, is for the benefits of the humans in Gensokyo and for the history of Gensokyo. She's a guardian to the humans who supports them with the abundance of knowledge at her disposal to help make their lives easier than they could be. A little on the dull side more than not, she's the kind of person who when in her comfort zone can sound much like a textbook, not being one to exaggerate or to liven up a story for the heck of it. She's someone who believes that history should be told to be learnt from, not to be attractive - which probably shows Keine as someone who may seem like a stick in the mud by her straightforward way of explaining things.
She's someone who has a seriousness to her that isn't overly strict, but still present enough that gives her a sort of stiffness about her (through her speech, that is). She likes to give the facts about things when she can provide them, shown in her appearance in the story Cage in Lunatic Rage (CiLR) and in the newspaper article on her where she helps to explain the reason humans do what they do to the (youkai) interviewer. Actually, when it comes to her explanations, Keine can get a liiiiitttle bit wordy - okay, so a lot wordy. When Keine explains, she's fully ready to give all the information she knows, even treading into a somewhat related area yet still going off from the main point at hand. A friend of hers is so used to this that she explains (to herself/to the viewer) that at the times Keine does this, it's best to just cut her off if you don't want to hear about whatever she may be saying, which she does herself at the time that it comes up.
'I don't actually want to attract [them], I want to teach humans.' This can really sum up a lot about Keine. It's because of humans that she opens up the school in a village after hearing about an organisation becoming too cocky in trying to one-up youkai, wanting to help to teach them the reason why things are the way they are and why they should stay that way. In Gensokyo there's a balance, and while this balance means harm for humans (Humans exterminate youkai, youkai hunt humans), it's a necessary evil that she wants them to remember and to continue to embrace. Unfortunately, not many people were very interested in the school other than, as Keine says, people who were looking to make their own history. It seems though that her school has gone on to help teach children if the comments by children in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense is any indication.
But if it doesn't go so well, that's okay - in the end, Keine is always loyal to humans. We see Keine's loyalty through the material available for her, especially in the game that she first makes her appearance. In it she tries to protect them from the dangers that come (and might've come) that she sensed would've found their way to the village with the disturbance of the moon (which had been replaced by a false one). All that, all so she could protect the humans within it. Later on in the game, after the moon has been restored, she again puts herself between the heroines and a single human, Mokou, in an attempt to stop any harm from coming her way (even though she's unsuccessful). Keine might not be like those who go out of their way to exterminate youkai or to try and solve incidents, but if it involves the Human Village and its safety, you can bet she'll be ready to get into gear.
Because when the going gets tough, Keine's attitude shows for it too. Any threat to the peace brings out her harder side, the side unwilling back down. 'It's you. The bastards planning to attack the village at midnight', 'Look around, you devils', 'Dammit, all of your history will be mine! Including your deaths, too!' The woman who will speak calm and straightforward is replaced with someone with a more unrestricted mouth to those who she sees as a threat. She doesn't worry about sounding reasonable or if her words are insulting to the other as shown with her bout with the Scarlet Devil lot, and she gives little show of patience.
Though when she gets like this, there may be potential for Keine to make mistakes. See, the heroines who come along weren't actually aiming to attack the Human Village at all, but to look for the source of trouble with the moon. Still, despite their (attempts at) explanations, Keine refuses to believe them and attacks them because of their suspicious behaviour. We can't exactly put all the blame on Keine for this, though. Reading for the different dialogues, we see that while at times they did try to explain themselves, the various heroines also presented themselves rudely and said things that didn't help their case, such as comparing her to a beast from hell and so on.
Despite all this and despite how serious she may seem, Keine is still a gentle person nonetheless. Her ideal form of punishment (for late homework) may be a headbutt when it comes to those who haven't brought their homework, it's just an oddity that's part of her that makes her no less caring. Keine is still someone who is seen as a guardian to the villagers and is trusted by them and is, as said repeatedly, willing to do everything in her power for them.
Keine Kamishirasawa. Were-hakutaku, schoolteacher and guardian of humans. Keine is a woman with a deep understanding of history that makes her incredibly smart, a drive to help protect others and do for what she can and a stubbornness that shows a weakness to a figure that seems to have so much maturity about her. Where hakutaku have a place in history helping virtuous leaders, Keine has her place in Gensokyo as the knowledgeable schoolteacher and wisest therianthrope.
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She's someone who has a seriousness to her that isn't overly strict, but still present enough that gives her a sort of stiffness about her (through her speech, that is). She likes to give the facts about things when she can provide them, shown in her appearance in the story Cage in Lunatic Rage (CiLR) and in the newspaper article on her where she helps to explain the reason humans do what they do to the (youkai) interviewer. Actually, when it comes to her explanations, Keine can get a liiiiitttle bit wordy - okay, so a lot wordy. When Keine explains, she's fully ready to give all the information she knows, even treading into a somewhat related area yet still going off from the main point at hand. A friend of hers is so used to this that she explains (to herself/to the viewer) that at the times Keine does this, it's best to just cut her off if you don't want to hear about whatever she may be saying, which she does herself at the time that it comes up.
'I don't actually want to attract [them], I want to teach humans.' This can really sum up a lot about Keine. It's because of humans that she opens up the school in a village after hearing about an organisation becoming too cocky in trying to one-up youkai, wanting to help to teach them the reason why things are the way they are and why they should stay that way. In Gensokyo there's a balance, and while this balance means harm for humans (Humans exterminate youkai, youkai hunt humans), it's a necessary evil that she wants them to remember and to continue to embrace. Unfortunately, not many people were very interested in the school other than, as Keine says, people who were looking to make their own history. It seems though that her school has gone on to help teach children if the comments by children in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense is any indication.
But if it doesn't go so well, that's okay - in the end, Keine is always loyal to humans. We see Keine's loyalty through the material available for her, especially in the game that she first makes her appearance. In it she tries to protect them from the dangers that come (and might've come) that she sensed would've found their way to the village with the disturbance of the moon (which had been replaced by a false one). All that, all so she could protect the humans within it. Later on in the game, after the moon has been restored, she again puts herself between the heroines and a single human, Mokou, in an attempt to stop any harm from coming her way (even though she's unsuccessful). Keine might not be like those who go out of their way to exterminate youkai or to try and solve incidents, but if it involves the Human Village and its safety, you can bet she'll be ready to get into gear.
Because when the going gets tough, Keine's attitude shows for it too. Any threat to the peace brings out her harder side, the side unwilling back down. 'It's you. The bastards planning to attack the village at midnight', 'Look around, you devils', 'Dammit, all of your history will be mine! Including your deaths, too!' The woman who will speak calm and straightforward is replaced with someone with a more unrestricted mouth to those who she sees as a threat. She doesn't worry about sounding reasonable or if her words are insulting to the other as shown with her bout with the Scarlet Devil lot, and she gives little show of patience.
Though when she gets like this, there may be potential for Keine to make mistakes. See, the heroines who come along weren't actually aiming to attack the Human Village at all, but to look for the source of trouble with the moon. Still, despite their (attempts at) explanations, Keine refuses to believe them and attacks them because of their suspicious behaviour. We can't exactly put all the blame on Keine for this, though. Reading for the different dialogues, we see that while at times they did try to explain themselves, the various heroines also presented themselves rudely and said things that didn't help their case, such as comparing her to a beast from hell and so on.
Despite all this and despite how serious she may seem, Keine is still a gentle person nonetheless. Her ideal form of punishment (for late homework) may be a headbutt when it comes to those who haven't brought their homework, it's just an oddity that's part of her that makes her no less caring. Keine is still someone who is seen as a guardian to the villagers and is trusted by them and is, as said repeatedly, willing to do everything in her power for them.
Keine Kamishirasawa. Were-hakutaku, schoolteacher and guardian of humans. Keine is a woman with a deep understanding of history that makes her incredibly smart, a drive to help protect others and do for what she can and a stubbornness that shows a weakness to a figure that seems to have so much maturity about her. Where hakutaku have a place in history helping virtuous leaders, Keine has her place in Gensokyo as the knowledgeable schoolteacher and wisest therianthrope.