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>>19122774
>Also eastern philosophical concepts
I can think of at least several instances of eastern philosophy that do not promote freedom for fellow men but instead, obedience and compliance for the sake of harmony.
>Which is that it's a lot better than Youkai laws and philosophy. If you can even call it that.
Trying to compare which race's philosophy is pointless. It's better for the humans and there's no reason the Youkai has to care about that. Being 'better' in some vague, subjective metric is not a reason or even a valid point in this discussion.
>Somebody that correctly beliefs people are way happier in the outside world than they would be in Gensokyo
The happiness of the Human village in comparison to the outside world has never been relevant to Touhou on a thematic or narrative level. They live in Gensokyo and they find ways to live, that's all there is to it. Hoping for more for the Humans is just projecting your own moralfaggotry in.
>That's fine. But, well, i still think human values are superior. And i don't see any reason why you would disagree with that. Unless you're some insane social darwinist type.
Refer to a previous point.
>I don't know why Youkai not having the same values as humans is a good thing.
Why is it a good thing? Good in what way? Again, refer to previous point.
>They don't help them. They put them in a situation were they NEED help.
They're put into that situation because that's the equilibrium reached from both sides trying to survive. Youkai helping out in this situation still counts as help.
>>19122845
Then why not keep Reimu as is and simply not agree with her? Clearly, Reimu's personality only drags your personal enjoyment down rather than being some kind of objective criticism. Her personality and beliefs shape how she interacts with the characters in the story, and the way she currently is allows her to perfectly fulfill her narrative purpose. Changing her to appeal to Western audiences misses the point and would destroy the foundations of Touhou's narrative structure.

>>19071071
Why would that explanation invalidate everything? Just because RH2 onwards might be something happening in someone's head doesn't mean nothing happened. Instead the story can be interpreted through the lens of trying to figure out the circumstances of the person seeing the dream. That interpretation gives a lot of weight to Ayana in the story, so I really don't think it's meaningless.
>>19071047
It explains that and also why Takuji in RH2 onwards knew about the End Sky without resorting to supernatural explanations (granted, the idea that RH1 and End Sky 2 are meta realms so to speak is also pretty supernatural). I forgot the details though, so I'd really like to read up on that theory again.