/jp/ - Otaku Culture

One day I was walking through the forest.

It was a fine, clear autumn day. The air was brisk, but not too cold.

I stopped in a small clearing for a snack.

I’d barely started eating when out the corner of my eye, I spotted a small yukuri.

It was a Reimu, and it was looking right at me.

They’re harmless enough, so I intended to ignore it.

But the little creature spoke.

“Umm… mister human?”

I turned to face it. “What do you want?” I asked.

It backed away a little. “I… umm…”

“You’re not getting any of my food.”

It looked shocked. “No, that’s not what Reimu wants at all!”

Strange. I waited for it to speak.

The little creature took in a deep breath before speaking.

“Reimu lived in the forest with her mother, father and older sister. Everything used to be perfect until…”

“… until Reimu’s younger sister was born.”

I interjected. “I didn’t think yukuris had sibling rivalry,” I said.

“Oh no, Reimu was very excited to have another sister!”

I narrowed my eyes. “But…?”

Another sigh. “But… this new sister was very uneasy.”

“She was broken.”

“She can’t do stretch-stretch or roll-roll, she can’t play or do anything a normal yukuri can do.”

“All she does is eat, and do pee-pee and poo-poo.”

I suppressed a snort. “Doesn’t sound much different to normal yukuris. What’s the problem?”

“The problem is…” Reimu paused. “Mother has also become very uneasy.”

This sounded interesting. “How so?” I asked.

“Mother spends all her day with younger sister doing lick-lick and rub-rub, never playing with Reimu or her older sister.”

“Father left us because of mother’s uneasiness.”

“Now Reimu and her older sister do all the work, cleaning up after uneasy sister, collecting food…”

“Sounds tough,” I said, popping another morsel in my mouth.