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1658627 No.1658627 [Reply] [Original]

So if Patchy and Marisa love books so much, Marisa even willing to steal them, how come neither seem to have any interest in Alice's Grimoire?

>> No.1658630

I'm an explosives expert.
I love working with C4 and SEMTEX.

HEY LOOK, IT'S A 30 MEGATON NUKE! I TOTALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS!

>> No.1658636

Alice's Grimoire contains secrets so terrible any person who read what is written inside would die of laughter from reading Alice's emo poems.

>> No.1658639

>>1658627
Also don't look at Shanghai's fingers.

>> No.1658642

>>1658639

What, she's a doll.

>> No.1658643

>>1658639
Great, now I have to take out my dxxk and stay awake.

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>>1658627
Who says they don't?

>> No.1658715
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1658715

She even says so herself in Mystic Square.

>> No.1658717

>>1658703
>>1658715
Does Patchy care about it? Or just Marisa?

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>>1658717

Patchy has more class, she wouldn't steal it like Marisa, but she probably wouldn't turn down the chance to read it if the opportunity arose.

>> No.1658740

So then the question becomes what would need to be done to get into Alice's Grimoire and/or panties.
Kind of surprising she doesn't have a special doll carry it for her when she doesn't have it.

>> No.1659083

Shinki is inside the Grimoire

>> No.1659094

What is in the Grimoire that's so important anyway?

>> No.1659099

The book contains the lists of people that rose into power in Gensokyo. Stealing it will make somebody very angry.

>> No.1659103

>>1659094
Her true power.

>> No.1659104

>>1659094
The Ultimate Magic is written there.
She used it against the heroine in Mystic Square.

>> No.1659111

>>1659094
Joking aside, what recorded inside is ancient magic. This makes Alice the only individual in Gensokyo that practices ancient magic.

>> No.1659115

>>1659104
A pity she doesn't have enough experience or skill to use it effectively. If she did, this would tip the balance between Gensokyo's three mages.

>> No.1659117

>>1659115
Well she was a child in MS.
She improved greatly since then. Of course i'm talking about her dolls since she didn't use the Grimoire again but who knows.

>> No.1659120

>>1659094
The book contains scribbling of happy little witches and magic circles.

>> No.1659138

>>1659117
So it seemed there's something amiss...She might be developing some kind of spell that transfers souls into dolls.

Anyway let's compare how the mages three of Gensokyo develops their magic...

Patchouli - Reads and reads, when an idea comes records it on a book.
Marisa - Acquires (note:steal) the aforementioned books or plagiarizes anything that suits her taste and improves them.
Alice - Makes, manipulates and socializes with dolls in an effort to attain magical transcendence. Uses the Grimoire as a lexicon.

>> No.1659140

>>1659115
There's probably more than 3 mages, considering the human population. We're looking at the 3 archmages.

>> No.1659143

I think the Grimoire of Alice is based on the Grand Grimoire (Ancient black magic book which is said to contain Lucifer's power.) maybe the book grants Alice Shinki-like powers which would explain why she was able to create her own world (The Wonderland) in MS and PCB.

>> No.1659145

>>1659140
Magicians in touhou.
Marisa
Ellen
Rikako
Yuki
Mai
Alice
Patchouli

Most of them are from PC-98 so nobody remembers them.

>> No.1659149

>>1658627
It's her private Book of Shadows. Some magicians prefer to carry theirs around with them to help remember spells and rituals, but this is made partially unnecessary thanks to spellcards.

A book of shadows is a personal development. You can't just grab somebody else's and expect to cast the magic within as well as they did. This particular book of shadows is ancient, possibly an heirloom(explaining why she had such a volume of magic at such a young age(and why she clings to it all the time)) and even has origins in a different universe. This makes it an immensely powerful tome, but made only to work for Alice.

Would be an interesting read and I could always splice stuff into my own magic system, but I have no use for the book itself.

>> No.1659160

>>1659145
You're right, I was just about to post and totally forgot Ellen.

Anyway
>However, in Gensokyo, magical research continues to advance and learning magic is simple.
>Thus, there are more than a few young (childish) magicians in Gensokyo.

>> No.1659169

The Grimoire is Alice's sad excuse for when she loses a fight.

>> No.1659183

>>1659160
Now that the kappa are developing technology at an equal (or even faster) pace, will magic co-exist with technology? Or will they devour one another?

FIND OUT IN 東方旗下風神!!!

>> No.1659186

>>1659169
A fight with Alice is similar to a fight with Yugi.

>> No.1659202

>>1659186
Single handed

>> No.1659273

>>1659202

I always fight Alice and Yuugi single handed.

>> No.1659369

>>1659273
;-)

>> No.1659373

>>1659169
Unlike Aya she doesn't attentionwhore the fact she lost because she held back.

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