/jp/ - Otaku Culture

My ascetic training went okay. I wouldn't say I enjoyed standing under a waterfall or sitting with blocks on my knees, but I did feel a little more clear-minded at the end of it. Maybe that was just the pain numbing me to anything else. Lady Kasen engaged in more secretive training, the kind that supposedly allowed hermits to try and shed their worldly desires. I'm not sure Lady Kasen was all that interested in shedding all worldly desires, though. If she was, why did she keep so much food in the dojo? I could understand if some of it was for me, but this was all here before I got here. There was enough sweet food here to rot my teeth in a week.
Lady Kasen offered to teach me the basics of danmaku, but since I can't fly, I didn't see much point. I'm not sure I'm cut out for all of that bullet shooting, either. I'd seen some duels in the past, back when there had been that rebellion of sorts by a lot of youkai and I'd watched Reimu duel someone in a red cape in the sky above the canal. All of that pattern creation seemed out of reach for someone like me. Instead, she had me work on my stamina and endurance, which I supposed was useful too, especially on a mountain.
I'd only left Lady Kasen's senkai once since I'd arrived, and it had been with her in order to check whether or not I'd be able to find my way back. I got lost, but I was almost certain that I'd get it the next time. Reimu hadn't been back yet, and as serene as the senkai was, I craved some time in the real world, so it was early in the evening one day when I decided to step outside for some time and just admire the view from atop the mountain. Lady Kasen had left to the shrine earlier in the day, so at the very least, if I got lost, I could hopefully find her and therefore find my way back.
Stepping out of senkai was as easy as exiting the clearing that Reimu had brought me in from. The change was so instant that it didn't even seem real. One moment, it was the waning light of the early evening, and the next, it was the cool breeze of a cloudy day. This meant it was already darker on the mountain than I had expected, but I was still able to head out onto the slopes and find my way to a rocky cliff face from which I had an amazing view of the whole area. I sat down and gazed out into the distance. I could see the lights of the village, far beneath me. I wondered what was going on down there at the moment. The canal cutting through it looked busy, because even from where I sat, I could see people walking along it. Not all that long ago, I might have been one of them, carefree and with nothing on my mind but the next harvest in the fields.
Now I was sat on a mountainside. My skin was so tough that a youkai couldn't bite into it. I was being hunted by a possibly psychotic doctor. My friends were a thieving magician, a shrine maiden, a tsuchigumo who tried to bite me as a way of saying hello, and an ex-celestial. I had been crushed by a living jizo statue and nearly burnt alive by a divine spirit. The goddess of hell had gifted me the strangest clothing I'd ever received. Frankly, I wasn't sure how my life could get weirder.
That said, I couldn't say I overly regretted my actions. I was happier now, despite all the trauma, compared to what I was like before. I had more people to talk to. I might even have more than that, if possible. I'm not sure, but I think Yamame and Miss Tenshi might like me. I know Yamame told me not to think about her kissing me too much, but I couldn't help it. It wasn't the sort of thing you just forgot about. And Miss Tenshi, despite it being a rarity that few would ever know, had given me a Heavenly Peach. I didn't know what to think about them both. I definitely enjoyed their company, at least. I'd probably like to know them better.

Some I like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vslg0qS2BJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAvZshR-Wo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmRPoGbPKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnYOiNCWP0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_BDhvrKPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxpc4dQdBw

>>13833273

My senses are perpetually sore from suburban kansas life. I want to go to a place that doesn't suck.