I can't figure out what that image with the four flowers is supposed to represent. Is it a Buddhist symbol? Is it a reference to Byakuren's namesake, the lotus? Or is it just more bullshit ZUN made up in his alcoholic head?

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Anonymous Sun Oct 3 22:59:45 2010 No.6229874 [Reply] [Original]

I can't figure out what that image with the four flowers is supposed to represent. Is it a Buddhist symbol? Is it a reference to Byakuren's namesake, the lotus? Or is it just more bullshit ZUN made up in his alcoholic head?

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Sun Oct 3 23:00:22 2010 No.6229879 4 main paths of Buddhism.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Sun Oct 3 23:01:45 2010 No.6229888 The Four Noble Truths in Buddhism.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 3 23:02:45 2010 No.6229891 Cool. Thread is officially over.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Sun Oct 3 23:04:45 2010 No.6229899 File: 209 KB, 850x1195, 98ed615dc32bdc4ab863431706289f4b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Proceed with Byakuren thread?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 3 23:09:45 2010 No.6229921 >>6229888 I'm searching Google Images for the Four Noble Truths and anything related to them. And I'm not seeing anything even remotely resembling Byakuren's four-flower motif. Am I doin it wrong?

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Sun Oct 3 23:15:19 2010 No.6229921,1 >>6229921 I was just guessing. Check the spell card notes. The Four noble truths don't have the symbol, but 4 is a sacred number.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Sun Oct 3 23:16:45 2010 No.6229951 >>6229921 I was just guessing. Check the spell card notes. The Four noble truths don't have the symbol, but 4 is a sacred number.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 3 23:16:45 2010 No.6229954 if you don't know anything about Buddhism, DON'T BOTHER.

Anonymous Sun Oct 3 23:31:45 2010 No.6230046
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>>6229954
I just wanted to know where the image came from. Like if it came directly from a historical painting/artwork (such as Suwako's frogs) or if it's just ZUN's own creative take on a Buddhist theme.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 00:25:45 2010 No.6230207 File: 927 KB, 800x1000, 9598035.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I thought we were gonna have a Byakuren thread in here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 00:58:45 2010 No.6230318 File: 175 KB, 1000x749, 9145645.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] ひじぱい is such a great pixiv tag.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 02:39:45 2010 No.6230661 File: 266 KB, 600x800, 13191697.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGG

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 02:52:45 2010 No.6230695 File: 192 KB, 752x1083, 9683630.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Byakuren stores her superhuman strength in her tits. True story.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 02:59:45 2010 No.6230710 File: 366 KB, 1130x1600, 7232857.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I can do this all day.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 03:02:45 2010 No.6230729 File: 25 KB, 329x434, freud.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Sometimes a flower motif is just a flower motif.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:25:45 2010 No.6231038 File: 96 KB, 858x972, 10312276.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] And sometimes Byakuren is just fapworthy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:27:45 2010 No.6231050 We need pics of her crying. That is all ways cute. I will throw a rock at her and then she will cry for us!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:32:45 2010 No.6231066 File: 89 KB, 400x400, album4096.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6229874 Her flowers there remind me of Arkona's CD covers..

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:34:45 2010 No.6231076 File: 44 KB, 400x313, Arkona+-+Lepta+-+Back.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I think she would like this music... I can see her blaring these Russian folk metal songs while she blasts Reimu's ugly face off!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:41:45 2010 No.6231086 >>6231076 >Implying that Byakuren's mere existance and beauty is not an abomination and a sin-against-god(s).

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:48:45 2010 No.6231105 >>6231086 You don't like little Byakuren do you?

Anonymous Mon Oct 4 04:57:45 2010 No.6231126
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>>6231105
Her selfish motivations, evil methods and then posing as a holy symbol?

She is practically everything I hate about religious leaders.

If you want a truly tragic, selfless example, try Yuyuko.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 05:00:45 2010 No.6231138 File: 1.32 MB, 1000x1000, 34d0745ba3139865732ad7a1957f0bc6.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6231126 Aww but I like her hidden evil...Makes her more cute..

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 06:09:45 2010 No.6231424 File: 1.29 MB, 1047x1500, 5b5a838908ed69f06c5125b5ea12530f.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 07:25:45 2010 No.6231745 File: 317 KB, 600x840, 1253cf3177f9babfde566701bb2901c1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6231050 WHY U DO DIS

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 07:28:45 2010 No.6231751 File: 411 KB, 1059x1500, Please_Tell_Me_-_11.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6231745 SO CUTE!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 07:30:45 2010 No.6231756 File: 107 KB, 1195x901, 1277214871218.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6231751 Out of the boo?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 07:41:45 2010 No.6231784 File: 70 KB, 600x600, 48669799a7ef95030383ae81e6f343f6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This thread is starting to get depressing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 07:46:45 2010 No.6231796 >>6231050 >I will throw a rock at her and then she will cry for us! No, you will throw a rock at her and then she will accept your danmaku challenge and use one of her beautiful spellcards at you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 07:48:45 2010 No.6231800 >>6231796 I don't know.. I think she will cry.. and ask why I threw a rock at her.. then i'd call her cute and run away!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 08:06:45 2010 No.6231828 File: 650 KB, 500x1600, 8900238.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] If you wanna make her cry, you go for those delicious boobs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 08:08:45 2010 No.6231833 >>6231828 translate that shit!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 08:20:45 2010 No.6231851 Is OP's image from a game or it's just 16bit art?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 08:35:45 2010 No.6231883 >>6231851 pixel art

>>	Y10NRDY !kxh.1oTAkU Mon Oct 4 08:35:45 2010 No.6231885 It represents the flowering youth of a virgin butthole.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 09:28:45 2010 No.6232023 File: 480 KB, 707x1000, 45ae0beac316353d190b0df48f0dd187.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 16:33:45 2010 No.6233544 File: 166 KB, 570x428, 9734330.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 21:42:45 2010 No.6235081 File: 211 KB, 1200x600, Byakunism.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just making sure everyone knows she is a communist!

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Mon Oct 4 21:45:45 2010 No.6235100 File: 245 KB, 500x700, 1097f96ca811fbc9eb418c5347befba5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235081 LIES!! ALL LIES!!!!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 21:48:45 2010 No.6235118 File: 1.03 MB, 1440x900, 8064060.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235081 Given the Communists' stance toward religion, that makes absolutely no sense.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 21:52:45 2010 No.6235128 >>6235118 Religious communists.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Mon Oct 4 22:06:45 2010 No.6235200 File: 93 KB, 600x800, f32008686b4c88abd8ab3084d79da94f.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235128 Again with the lies, I see.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:08:45 2010 No.6235208 >>6235200 I will return to throw the rocks of communism at her when I get back from work! Expect a rock storm in 10 hours Byakuren!

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Mon Oct 4 22:10:45 2010 No.6235216 File: 108 KB, 850x637, 42f64b2c48ae8fe397f34c3f6367e218.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235208 DAMN YOU! I won't be able to defend her....

Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:13:45 2010 No.6235226
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Kanako is much more of a Communist than Byakuren is. Even as we speak, she's probably starting to implement Five-Year Plans for the rapid industrialization of Gensokyo.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:13:45 2010 No.6235229 >>6235216 Haha! Maybe she will finally show some of that aggression I've been trying to rock out of her! Yes I just used the word rock as a verb!

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Mon Oct 4 22:18:45 2010 No.6235252 >>6235226 TH13 plot created. >>6235229 Fine then. I'll be hugging her when she's crying.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:19:45 2010 No.6235255 >>6235252 I love to make her cry! So cute! that is the other reason to throw rocks at her!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:20:45 2010 No.6235261 File: 521 KB, 744x1052, 6557119.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235229 You want aggression, huh?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:21:45 2010 No.6235264 >>6235255 Why would you want to upset here? She's a Touhou, she'd blast your ass with a single spellcard.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Mon Oct 4 22:22:45 2010 No.6235268 File: 131 KB, 450x641, aa530faf5cbbdbc02131ef7d8a546028.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235255 Stop treating her like this!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:23:45 2010 No.6235277 >>6235261 Oh fuck! I'll be back after work now! When she is weak and cute again! I now go work for the good of the Motherland! must keep Glorious Communist Leader Byakuren aggressive for make benefit Glorious Motherland!

>>	Adolf Hitler loves !RUMIAxIXcU Mon Oct 4 22:47:45 2010 No.6235384 Need more.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Mon Oct 4 22:52:45 2010 No.6235402 File: 169 KB, 850x728, 6e58d5656911828f23b89b6dc72ba25e.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] eh... okay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 4 22:54:45 2010 No.6235407 >>6235277 I'm chucking rocks at you when you get back, ass.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 01:26:45 2010 No.6235946 File: 193 KB, 480x640, 13265497.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I have to admit, that is a nice shirt.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 01:30:45 2010 No.6235963 >>6235946 I am 100% sure it increases your chances to get laid by -%75.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 01:38:45 2010 No.6235996 File: 824 KB, 1100x899, 12989833.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6235963 As if anyone in /jp/ has ever had to worry about that.

Anonymous Tue Oct 5 08:11:45 2010 No.6236938
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>>6235407

I'm baaaaaaaack!

Must throw rocks at Byakuren so she will stay aggressive! If she keeps being so nice she will never defeat humanity and make us all equal!

This is her face after my rocks hit her.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 22:03:45 2010 No.6240069 File: 185 KB, 600x600, b7da2dc653b42a13c5d601dce80fc030.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Ew.. It looks like a Reimu...

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Tue Oct 5 22:08:45 2010 No.6240087 File: 1.01 MB, 753x753, 1276011671137.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6240069 Ugh.... Yanagi.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 22:10:45 2010 No.6240093 >>6240087 Oh.. It's you... I was not throwing rocks.. I swear!

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Tue Oct 5 22:19:45 2010 No.6240123 File: 114 KB, 700x900, 9fe4915f3ef541a2e0c16e10ce5331c8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6240093 LIAR!

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 22:22:45 2010 No.6240137 File: 449 KB, 900x1000, 1285071685492.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What's the symbolism behind Flandre's side ponytail?

Anonymous Tue Oct 5 22:22:45 2010 No.6240139
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>>6240123

Drats! It is that time for me to leave for another 10 hours.. After that time Byakuren will get it! Unless she somehow kills me before that time is up! If you never see me again then you know what happened!

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 5 22:37:45 2010 No.6240197 >>6240137 It has something to do with 10 little indians getting slaughtered until there wer none, that is to say, Flandre played with them, but they went DOKAAAAAN.

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Tue Oct 5 22:48:45 2010 No.6240227 >>6240197 Flandre is full of Agatha Christie jokes. Same with Letty. ZUN's been reading a bunch of that stuff then.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 09:02:45 2010 No.6241915 File: 405 KB, 1194x960, b9ee2669e66eb9ea2d2d93cb3d39951a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Why is Byakuren so kawaii?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 10:38:45 2010 No.6242071 File: 396 KB, 800x1101, 178c604de44c0293cf3616ce8b39b22e.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	deleted !t6J79s1XL6 Wed Oct 6 17:14:45 2010 No.6243488 THIS THREAD WILL LIVE!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 18:40:45 2010 No.6243928 >>6241915 I'm all for DFC and cute lolis, but Byakuren just makes me want to take her home.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 22:07:45 2010 No.6244880 File: 579 KB, 886x919, byaku2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Uh oh.. I throw rocks at Byakuren again and this happened!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 08:31:45 2010 No.6246655 File: 657 KB, 800x1067, 460759b9e7751bbc229249954ef4f5ba.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Byakuren sure is fluffy right there...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 09:05:45 2010 No.6246724 File: 230 KB, 637x900, 2dc5ac6e83ea31fcbc96e73704bfe0b4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Byakuren why you so fluffy right there?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 10:20:45 2010 No.6246927 File: 715 KB, 1777x1072, aa843dab887f6ed1faafeaf6f53506b9.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] BAZOOKISTAN BALALAIKA! OH BALALAIKA OH BALALAIKA! Man that vodka is good... Now I throw rocks!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 10:24:45 2010 No.6246943 File: 16 KB, 640x481, weeping-jesus.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6246927 Throwing rocks at Byakuren? You make Jesus cry, anon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 11:02:45 2010 No.6247036 File: 837 KB, 2000x1500, 9bedf4c8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Human! Youkai! Anyone's welcome!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 11:13:45 2010 No.6247052 File: 101 KB, 534x800, 1209875123453.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6246943 Not just rocks, but arrows too!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 11:22:45 2010 No.6247066 >>6247052 What's this? ROCK-THROWER is evolving! ROCK-THROWER has changed into ARCHER!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 11:23:45 2010 No.6247069 >>6247052 >throw arrows >have them pierce skin Haha what

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 11:24:45 2010 No.6247070 >>6247069 Arrows are basically large darts, and darts pierce skin, so thrown arrows should too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 11:31:45 2010 No.6247091 File: 12 KB, 185x180, angry-jesus2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6247052

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 13:06:45 2010 No.6247374 File: 326 KB, 500x589, 5509caf04b8750810e6a65a3778d0d26.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6247066 I did not evolve... Rocks are better than arrows! They only slightly annoy Byakuren!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 13:37:45 2010 No.6247459 >>6247374 So your goal is to annoy her less? Odd.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 14:15:45 2010 No.6247623 >>6247459 Annoy her just enough to get mad a little! I don't want to die after all.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:59:45 2010 No.6249567 File: 510 KB, 920x1000, a7575179f58db300e34ad5e429e2f526.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] That tiger is kinda cute too...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:01:45 2010 No.6249572 >>6249567 He sure is.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:04:45 2010 No.6249587 >>6249572 Hey... that's not very nice... I should throw rocks for that...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:05:45 2010 No.6249597 >>6249587 Come at me bro.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:07:45 2010 No.6249604 >>6249597 Aww.. you showed aggression... I only like to throw rocks at things that look nice.. Or Touhous

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:15:45 2010 No.6249624 File: 1.62 MB, 1062x1500, 4ab3c3db1d71197b7b343d0744805d56.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6249604 You'd get along great with Tenshi. ...though considering what you're drawing inspiration from, maybe you wouldn't.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:19:45 2010 No.6249644 >>6249624 Oh yea.. she likes rocks too.. But she might throw them back. And hers are a lot bigger than mine...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:21:45 2010 No.6249661 File: 292 KB, 514x514, 1274382588643.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6249644 Scared of the superior rock-thrower, are we?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:23:45 2010 No.6249673 Maybe a little...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 09:06:45 2010 No.6251884 File: 289 KB, 568x800, aca4926052565c97a2b89c62948101e1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] FLUFFY!

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 12:50:45 2010 No.6252484 File: 743 KB, 722x908, 78ddea5e90fac916a9e967bc727bbe0f.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] aww is cute

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