/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekibanki knew she was caught red handed and could feel her face grow hot as she tried to organize her thoughts beyond "ah-"s and "uh-"s". Her limbs grew cold in contrast and if she had less integrity than her position as 'top youkai of the village' demanded she'd consider popping her head off and fleeing while her body held her rage back. Sadly for her, she was indeed a youkai of good integrity and it had nothing to do with the fact that her... pawn was trapped and needed her help.

Sekibanki spoke up slowly avoiding direct eye contact with the angered wolf in front of her. "Ah well you see... It's just... Well it was a strategic decision you know..." Kagerou cleared her throat, her piercing gaze was unwavering much unlike Sekibanki's thin voice. "It was just, I thought that it'd help if I... told stories about you and help your legend grow in infamy... or something"

Kagerou seemed to absorb the words she said with impassive bitterness and Sekibanki continued like a scolded child, "So I figured if the village started thinking that umm... you and Wakasagihime-san were way more powerful then you'd be able to become important youkai and we wouldn't need to lay low and stuff..." Kagerou nodded her head and in a voice that sounded as friendly as thief right before he pulled out his knife to rob you she said, "I see, so Sekibanki-san only had our best interests in heart is it? I suppose that makes it alright after all, no harm done..."

Sekibanki gave her a quizzical look as she she couldn't help the hope raising in her chest, maybe she understood? She'd have to offer to fix up her house of course but maybe it'll be water under the bridge? She locked eyes with Kagerou and regretted it instantly.

Kagerou's face could only be described as, 'a pillow hiding a spike' as some of the rage started leaking through. Her voice was like ice sliding down your back she spoke softly at first, "Sekibanki-san, i'm sure you of all people know that messing with a youkai's reputation isn't a good thing right?" The red Rokurokubi could only stammer out a 'Yes' as Kagerou continued, her voice picking up in speed with each sentence, "You see Sekibanki-san, spreading rumors, even good ones, aren't good for youkai as it could change our nature itself and turn us into something else you know?"

Sekibanki couldn't say anything as Kagerou explained the concept she knew well like she was speaking to a child, "Did you think to actually consult with either Wakasagihime or me about this before you ahead and started telling a hunter such dangerous things?" Sekibanki whispered out a ,"no I didn't..." but that didn't stop the wolf, "I know you didn't, instead you paint a target on both mine and Wakasagihime's back not to mention all the other youkai that associate in our network! What if the red and white found out about this?! You know she's already weary of you and if she finds out you spurred on a hunter into believing these kinds of lies and disrupting the peace she won't just stop at taking out her anger on you!"


The hunter was confused, and more and more questions kept piling up the more and more Kagerou ranted at the cowed girl. Above the questions though was a discomfort at the injustice before his eyes, after all even if Sekibanki did spread rumors she didn't deserve to be talked to like this! She was a pure human girl that was mislead by these mean youkai that wouldn't even try understanding her admiration for them, as misguided as it was!

Despite the cage that restrained him and the hangover that made his head throb he couldn't sit by and say nothing, the power of the youkai in front of him be damned! In a loud voice that he instantly regretted making he shouted, "Do not talk to Sekibanki-sensei like that!"

His loud voice interrupted the continuous rant Kagerou was intent on showering Sekibanki with, it seemed to genuinely surprise the the trio of girls standing only a few feet from his cage who all turned their gaze to him. Kagerou squinted her eyes at the interruption while Sekibanki and Kogasa looked at him wide eyed and waved their arms in front of their chests, which be it form the headache or his foul mood he cleverly deduced was a sign that he should keep going.

With his anger greater than his hangover he opened his mouth again, "Sekibanki-sensei didn't do anything wrong in telling me all sorts of valuable things about evil youkai like you! She's super smart and the time she spends talking with me is a blessing so good that not even the gods could grant one better, and I refuse to let you put all her hard work to shame like that!"

The near frozen teacher of his could barely turn her head to see Kagerou's face just in time for a twitch to take place. Still the hunter didn't care, he'd tell off this destructive ultra-powered youkai even if he had too protect Sekibanki with his own life!

I probably wouldn't be as pissed if Kancolle as a game were actually somewhat interesting to play. Instead, it's some shitty RPG that relies almost entirely on luck due to the fact that you have ZERO control over the characters actions during battle.

The whole reason why I got into Touhou in the first place is because the original games were fun as fuck to play and the music was awesome to listen to. If Kancolle had some compelling gameplay or at least had some good music, it wouldn't be as anywhere near as painful to watch Touhou artists get into the Kancolle scene.

Instead, Kancolle is boring and uninteresting as hell on both the gameplay and music aspects. The fact that many artists are forcing themselves to produce works for it suggests that they don't have much genuine respect for its source material. Instead, they're trying to take advantage of its perceived popularity, which had been aggressively promoted by DMM/Kadokawa Games through social media channels.

The Touhou artists' insistence on switching to producing Kancolle works despite the game's lack of merit makes it pretty obvious that they never had any respect for Touhou's source material either, as well as the fact that they've been exploiting its popularity all these years.

Not to mention these guys are indirectly supporting the companies' shitty anti-consumer decision to restrict new users through a lottery instead of taking actual steps to increase server capacity. That's why it's so painful to watch Touhou artists make the switch.