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Akyuu is a tall woman!

>>12214918
Isn't she supposed to be 14 or something?

>>12214911
That's the joke, yes.

Fuck the proportions why is the top of her head sliced off?

That's an edit.

>>12214930
She used to. Perhaps she grew up.

>>12214941
Because photoshop.

>>12214918
for you

>>12214930
Time flies anon.

where can I get WaHH translated chapters after chapter 22?

>>12214930
FOURTEEN FEET TALL?!

>>12214930
Akyuu was born in 1994, or 109 years after the Border.

>>12217636
Akyu is 20 years old. ;_;

>>12217661
Akyuu will die in 5 years' time.

>>12217671
Is her age going to be that short?

OP is a fraud

>>12217636
That is not entirely correct. She was a toddler already able to walk in 1994, meaning she was born a few years earlier.

>>12219602
Akyuu is due to die any day now. But is ZUN willing to do this storyline?

Also, grimderp fics apart, why are humans so freaked out by "dying" in a place like Gensokyo? If say, Marisa dies, the safe bet is that she'll be back like tomorrow, unchanged other by having a ghost tail instead legs. If Reimu dies she goes from snarky shrine maiden to snarky celestial and so on.

The youkai are the ones at actual risk because if you're already a monster or an undead, you don't get to become a double ghost when you die. You just go poof.

>>12219645
>The youkai are the ones at actual risk because if you're already a monster or an undead, you don't get to become a double ghost when you die

Actually they do, it was explained in SoPM I believe, when a youkai dies they become vengeful spirits.

And youkai are not very likely to die since they regenerate their bodies after a while if attacked by physical attacks.

I remember reading that even if a youkai is torn apart they will be back fairly soon

>>12219645
When people die in Gensokyou, they cross over the Sanzu river, and go to meet Eiki Shiki for her judgement.

Only special cases become ghosts, I believe.

>>12219658
Youkai are weak to spiritual attacks, tho. But that's some interesting information about vengeful spirits.

>>12219666
>implying the protagonist humans aren't all "special cases".

>>12219672
Well, just saying the fear of death is still a thing in a place like Gensokyou.

Komachi said if any dead person can beat her then she wouldn't be able to ferry that person across, therefore he/she becomes immortal.

Shiki is too busy to go collect souls by herself.

>>12219672
Sorry, I just reread SoPM a bit to confirm this but I was wrong.

>"Even if I die I'll just be reborn, and if I can't be reborn I'll be fine as a phantom." That's their line of reasoning. Rather than that, what they're scared of is their existence being denied completely.

As it turns out youkai are actually deadly afraid of vengeful spirits because they are able to deny a youkais existence as explained in here

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Symposium_of_Post-mysticism/Part_4

INCOMING FANON CRAP
>>12219645
I dunno about Marisa, but I doubt Reimu is looking forward to becoming a Youkai her successor will exterminate.
>>12219658
Yeah, but if Youkai become Vengeful Spirits (Onryo, right?) when they die, that's a bad thing for them, because Youkai and Onryo are natural enemies, so now they can't be friends with their friends anymore.
>>12219674
Komachi also said that people view attaining immortality as unnatural, and something only a morally bankrupt person would attempt.
As for Akyuu :
1. Isn't she supposed to last at least until she's 30? So that's about 10 more years, right? How come Akyuu aged normally but the rest of the cast didn't?
2. Doesn't Akyuu utterly despise Youkai, and see them as a threat to the Human Village? Like, in FS19, she explodes at Kosuzu and launches in this insane rant about how Youkai are pure evil and must be kept out of the Village at all costs and Kosuzu is a fool for sympathising with them after Kosuzu is all "That kitsune only drew graffiti, and we're talking about executing it for that? Aren't we overreacting?"

>>12219674
I get the feeling that beating Komachi is easy feat.

>>12219691
is not easy feat*

>>12219674
I wonder what were to happen if I'd challenge Komachi not to a battle but to some kind of game to "beat death"

>>12219691
Well, Tenshi beats her before.

She never seems to bother the 3 Hourai people either.

Never mind that her ferrying isn't even perfect, sometimes the soul dries up before it gets to Shiki or it gets lost and becomes phantoms.

>>12219696
>Never mind that her ferrying isn't even perfect, sometimes the soul dries up before it gets to Shiki or it gets lost and becomes phantoms.

That's because the sanzu rivers width is different for every person

Komachi also delcared in WaHH that the whole Shinigamis hunting down hermits thing is just a big hoax.

On the other hand we have seen that a Yama attempted to murder Seiga

>>12219689
I dunno, Mokou, Guya and Eirin don't seem like bad persons to me.

Well, Mokou killed people to get the Hourai elixir, but still...

>>12219703
>On the other hand we have seen that a Yama attempted to murder Seiga
Do elaborate on this, I haven't heard of this before.

>>12219708
Some Yama tried to drown Seiga with a giant water pillar in the middle of Gensokyo because she is a hermit and therefore cheating the circle of life and death, she escaped with her wallhack abilities

>>12219710
Huh, is this Eiki Shiki's doing?

>>12219711
Being a hell chief is the same as being a Yama, right?

>>12219711
Doubtful, Shiki just beats you into submission until you confess all your sins.

>>12219718
Yes, she is Yama of Xanadu. Thus her name.

>>12219723
>>12219711
Well, it wasn't Shiki Eiki though, it was Suiki

>>12219718
I dunno, that sounds like one of the subordinates (the ox/horse lieutenants of the yama) than the yama.

Still, Seiga is one of those hermits who cheat death rather than attaining immortality through meditation or magical food like Tenshi's family or the Hourai people so it makes sense hell sent agents against her.

>>12219725
I don't know who this Suiki is, Gensokyo is Eiki Shiki's domain though.

Need to read the manga I guess.

Dumping Chapter 19 partial scan here.

Hakurei Reimu, friend of all children.

Remove Youkai
REMOVE YOUKAI

>>12219734
It's really better to make a new thread for this.

>>12219745
Motoori Kosuzu, youkai sympathizer. That's kinda unexpected.

And that's all. Here's some ZUN articles nobody cares

>>12219727
Are all Taoists also targeted by kishin?

Though, I remember Seiga is targeted because she especially did horrible thing that made here labeled as "wicked", unlike the other Taoists.

So that isn't the case, isn't it?

>>12219734
It would appear the children don't think the graffiti are anything to be afraid of, which Reimu chalks up to their "youthful innocence, so unwary of the danger around them". Akyuu, however, is sick with worry : obviously, the kitsune is posing as one of the schoolchildren, yet they can't warn anybody of the danger, for fear the panic could cause an innocent child's blood to be spilled as they try to sort out the kitsune's identity. Kosuzu notes that the Kitsune only graffitied what appears to be notes from the day's classes, and maybe it's immune to Reimu's ofuda because those only work on evil youkai, and it's not actually evil? Akyuu goes all "WHAT!? YOU DARE SIDE WITH THE YOUKAI!?" and Kosuzu says that her research seems to indicate the more human a youkai appears, the more human it acts. Akyuu then yells at Kosuzu that the RULE OF GENSOKYO is that Human and Youkai are mortal enemies, and BALANCE depends on their neverending battle. Later, Kosuzu offers "SPECIAL LEGENDARY OUTSIDE-WORLD OFUDA THAT ALWAYS WORK" to a skeptical Reimu, while thinking that in fact, those aren't ofuda at all, but secret Kitsune code on post-it notes. The "ofuda" work, and Akyuu is overjoyed to note the graffiti seem to be permanently gone (after only 3 days), noting that Reimu was given all the credit due to "riding off in the sunset" (ie stomping off angrily, butthurt that Kosuzu solved the incident and that she couldn't catch the Kitsune and expose its true form). Akyuu goes all "How could I ever have doubted you, MY BEST FRIEND" right on cue for the transformed Kitsune to come in and take a few notebooks from Kosuzu. Kosuzu then explains the secret code was her telling the Kitsune she would give it notebooks for free, as it was only drawing on the walls due to being too poor to afford any other writing materials to take note with during Keine's classes

>>12219678
>Even if I die I'll just be reborn

It just goes to show they're literally figments of human imagination. Even if their body dies, how can they disappear if the concept of them still exists in people's minds?

>>12219791
You forgot to mention how Kosuzu only lends the notebooks, and when the fox brings them back filled with its writing, she gets a new youma book. Because why not profit from your good deeds?

>>12219791

>the more human a youkai appears, the more human it acts

Is it just me, or is Gensokyo basically Japanese Discworld?

>>12219860
Yeah, pretty much.

>>12219741
where the h doujins at.

>>12219791
great, another one-shot chapter where nothing happens.

>>12219891
At least now we know that Akyuu is anti-youkai supporter.

>>12219899
we always knew that, dude.

>>12219899
Doesn't Akyuu collaborate with Yukari, the supposed "Queen of Youkai?"

>>12219914
She collaborates with many youkai by making them seem more scary than they really are in her books, by their request.

So maybe this is another plot to strenghten human fear in youkai

>>12219914
I don't recall.

And no Yukari's just the equivalent of a village elder to youkai. The only ''royalty'' would be Dragon himself.

>>12219925
Never trust anyone in Gensokyo or their supposed motives
Except Reimu, because she never trusts anyone either and relies on her "Miko's Intuition"

>>12219914
Have you heard of the people who didn't collaborate with Yukari? No? Precisely.

>>12219936
her intuition was more correct than Yukari herself, as stage 5 of IN shows.

>>12219939
>Have you heard of the people who didn't collaborate with Yukari?
lunarians.
subterraneans.

>>12219762
How I have missed you.

>>12219946
And by people I mean humans. Regular, non-superpowered.

>>12219956
>Regular, non-superpowered.
at this point you're making her look weak.

>>12219914
See pic

>>12219956
These guys?
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Secret_History_Association

Of course, we don't know if any of them are still alive.

>>12219791
REMOVE YOUKAI REMOVE YOUKAI

>>12219914
Yukari is the Youkai SAGE, not queen, or empress.

Also, there's a huge difference between accepting that youkai have a place in the world (including dealing professionally with them) and being friends with them.

The worst thing is probably being friends with them to the extent that you forget that you're human and they're youkai. Nothing good can come from this. Akyuu has enough memories to know that this never ends well and is trying to warn Kosuzu before it's too late.

Remember: Ichirin became a youkai simply by association. And that's the "good end" to people who become friends with youkai. The more common bad end is that you end up killed.

>>12219968
i hate the faces that this artist draws

>>12220072
Aki Eda can't draw anything right so it's no surprise.

>>12220007
Yukari's effectively a ruler in that she handles a lot of matters that concern Gensokyo as a whole, and can make people do what she wants. She just can't actually order them around. Maybe "One-Woman Illuminati" would be a better description.

>>12219777
There are 3 kinds of immortal taoists, only the "wicked" one is likely to be targeted because they cheat rather than attaining immortality through legit means like reaching enlightment.

>>12220412
By Taoists I mean Miko and co.

Weren't they also went through the same process as Seiga to became hermit?

>>12219736
>>12219766
Keine needs more love in canon works.

>>12220589
Seiga did the same process. I would imagine it is on account of her beloved pet.

>>12219760
>>12219762
Was that Kitsune a boy or a girl?

>>12219736
>>12219766
Keine still runs a school and students seem to like her. Confirmed.

>>12220592
Keine needs more love period.

>>12220589
>>12220618
Nope.

Seiga is a wicked hermit, instead of reaching enlightenment, she cheats death by substituting her death by another object, thereby tricking the system to think that she's dead and she herself can live off as long as she will.

True taoists achieve immortality by long, long meditation or when they are summoned to Heaven like Tenshi.

>>12223130
>Seiga is a wicked hermit, instead of reaching enlightenment, she cheats death by substituting her death by another object, thereby tricking the system to think that she's dead and she herself can live off as long as she will.
This is kinda hard to understand, it's very abstract concept so I'm gonna elaborate further

In chinese mythology, everyone have a mortality table, and your death is actually predestined, Seiga actually achieves her immortality by switching her place with an object (could be an idol, doll, even bamboo piece) to make the table thinks it's Seiga, so Seiga can escape from the circle of mortality.

That or she uses life prolong medicine, but due to magical ability I think the former way is more probable.

>>12223130
>>12223142
No, they all did the object-switch trick - that's what a shikaisen is. The guys upstairs might grumble a little at being tricked, but they're okay with it as long as you use your extended lifespan to do greater amounts of good (some shikaisen even work for them directly).

Seiga's called a wicked hermit because she uses her extended lifespan to do greater amounts of EVIL.

>>12223201
Extended lifespan plus superhuman powers from being a hermit, that is.

>>12223201
I didn't know this, I thought ONLY Seiga cheats.

Sound like only Tenshi is the only known legit immortal taoist around, even if she doesn't practice taoist, provided Iku isn't a fish youkai.

>>12223130
>True taoists achieve immortality by long, long meditation or when they are summoned to Heaven like Tenshi.
Worth noting is that there are two ways to become a celestial: convince a Heavenly authority figure to turn you into one (like Tenshi), or be a hermit and max out your hermit skills until you unlock a "class change" (what Miko is aiming for). The average hermit is already stronger than the average celestial due to greater experience, so the promoted ones are monsters.

>>12223226
>provided Iku isn't a fish youkai.
I meant provided Iku IS a fish youkai and not a sennin/celestial like Tenshin.

>>12223235
>a sennin/celestial like Tenshin.
Sennin = hermit
Tennin = celestial
Tenshin = wut

>>12223240
typo Tenshi duh.

But yeah, your right.

>>12223244
I meant "You're right".

So are Alice/Patchy hermits? Or are they magicians? Or worse, human turned into youkai?

>>12223254
...do you even Touhou?

They're magicians, a type of youkai identical to humans except for having a magic-based metabolism. Patchy was born as one, and Alice turned herself into one.

>>12223270
So a magician is a kind of youkai? I'm not familiar with this concept.

Then again, this is western witchcraft so I have no idea, I'm more familiar with eastern mysticism.

Read the book yo

>>12223272
>being this much of a weeb

>>12223301
I'm actually asian growing up chinese wuxia/fantasy shows so these are common knowledge

>>12223305
Uggh...

>>12223306
I mean, it's technically chinese myth and not japanese, so it's not weeb, technically, right? ;_;

>>12223321
I'm not even sure which one is worse...

>>12223321
Japanese myth is just fanfiction of ancient Chinese myth.

>>12223305
>hidden text
ha ha ha ha ha ha

>>12223344
>>12223345
To be fair, I do have some decent knowledge regarding greek and norse mythology so it's not that bad, right?

>>12223358
AND well as arthurian folklore and medieval folklore regarding vampire/werewolf and the likes, I am not that well-versed in witchcraft because it's too varied

>>12223361
Vampires were originally a sort of demonic possession. It still exists in rural areas. Vampires can possess food. There are special rituals to dispose of vampiric food.

>>12223366
All I know is that Dracula got one part right, to kill a vampire, find its corpse and cut off the head and stab the heart.

>>12223366
A colleague in archeology worked on a site on one of the cyclades where they were digging up a real "vampire." He basically said that the original mythology was that they just basically played tricks on a village.

>>12223392
Is this in Eastern Europe?
Better be eastern Europe.

>>12223398
The Cyclades dude, god damn.

>>12223421
Oh sorry, never heard of that before.

>>12223130
I was keep asking whether Miko and Futo are also wicked hermit since I though they used the SAME METHOD as Seiga thought them with cheating death and shit which I already know, but you answered with the same goddamn answer twice (you said that phrase 3 times) and missed the point.

This >>12223201 answered my question better.

>>12223587
Oh, I thought Miko and Futo didn't use the same shikaisen method, so sorry for the confusion.

>>12223392
Also, if they died without getting a spouse, they'd chase around the prettiest girl/most handsome guy in town like a stalker zombie.

Over here they used to hold "marriage ceremonies" for the recently dead so that they wouldn't come back. We also leave a knife on their bellies since metal also prevents them from rising.

>>12223045
Those are male clothes, I think.