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>>22253981
>>/jp/thread/S20287443
Right on the beggining on this thread, seems that the images are saved as well

>>20293050
Next, analysis of her designs. Mamizou's first appearance in TD. Her appearance is that of a typical tanuki. Her main palette is green and brown, typical for a tanuki. Her skirt has a pattern of waves and a boat on it. This is in reference to her sailing from Sado to Gensokyo and also a reference to how Danzaburou-danuki originally came to Sado (by boat). Danzaburou's connection with boats is deeper than that, he was also Sado's ferryman and in one story he tricked a kitsune who wanted to go to Sado by having it transform into a vest (to supposedly disguise him from potential humans). At the half way point to Sado, Danzaburou quickly slipped the vest off into the ocean and rowed away. Other things of note are her also carries a sake bottle, paper book, leaf, giant tail, and glasses. Her sake bottle (徳利 tokkuri) is typical of a tanuki to carry, it symbolizes gratitude and virtue and comes from and old tale in which a tanuki comes to a brewery to take sake on a rainy night. There exists a character, 霾 (bai lit. "misty") which is composed of the radicals 雨 (rain) and 貍 (tanuki). The Japanese text 新著聞集畧記 (Shinchomonshu Ryakki) tells of a mujina/tanuki killed by a dog. The last thing the creature wrote before it died was a seal containing the character 霾. According to the author of text, tanuki and mujina live in holes although it rains because they can bypass it using their magical power but even they cannot escape a surprise attack of a ferocious dog (tanuki/mujina and kitsune enemies of dogs). Usually, a tanuki's sake bottle has the character 八 (hachi lit. "eight") on it to symbolize trust and the procurement of sake (the hachi emblem was a very trustworthy seal in Edo Japan, when the character was first put on the tanuki's sake bottle) but Mamizou's bottle has the character for "alcoholic beverage" on it (酒). Probably because ZUN himself is a drunkard. Mamizou's notebook is actually promissory note (通長tsucho) that tanuki carry because they never pay their debts (they're always transforming leaves into money instead of actually paying). In modern times it symbolizes trustworthiness instead (it was construed so that the notes means that the tanuki would pay instead of its avoidance of paying). The leaf on Mamizou's head is a common feature of tanuki, it is said that a tanuki puts leaves on its head before transforming. Her giant raccoon-like striped tail is a common feature in modern tanuki. Tanuki never had giant raccoon tails in traditional Japanese folklore but thanks to Super Mario Bros. 3, the raccoon and tanuki are often conflated in popular culture. ZUN says that the larger and more magnificent a beast youkai's tail is, the more important and high-status they are. Mamizou has a huge tail, fitting for the great Danzaburou-danuki. The glasses are a reflection of Mamizou's old-fashioned ways and might ZUN's way of referencing himself. Mamizous human form has ger gain longer hair and a kimono, with a button that has a silhouette of a human on it and a checkered scarf that could be Mamizou's way of mimicking Kosuzu. In HM/ULiL nothing changes except for her hat, which is now a giant green leaf with a yellow bow and bells. This hat is supposed to resemble a straw hat (笠 kasa). Tanuki often wear this due to the rain or in order to mimick a Buddhist monk, as explained in previous posts. The bells and bow are another nod to Kosuzu. Mamizou also gains a pipe (煙管 kiseru), probably just another way to show her seemingly old age/maturity. Her ULiL/AoCF portrait also has a pose in which her tail looks likes giant testicles. It's almost certain that this was intentional. Of course in ULiL she gets a black suit as a reference to MIB but that'll be covered when going over spell cards.
>>20293292
Coincidence!
>>20293550
It's fine, just let it happen. There's always those shitposters who are very vocal about being anti-lore and anti-analysis. Don't interact with the ignorant.