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>"Where's your motivation?"
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>>50181935
youmu makes a kino protagonist but sanae's just too good of a foil to reimu to lose
>complimentary color(moreso than youmu)
>also shrine maiden, intensely involved with the functions of gensokyo
>polar opposite of reimu- hard-working, successful, pure(until she sees childred), humble(kanako, however, isn't), and actually in touch with her gods
>wields a stick like reimu and marisa
actually the more im reading this the more im realizing that youmu kinda works as a foil to reimu in the same way sanae does, but loses solely because she's stuck in the fucking netherworld while sanae's actually involved in gensokyo
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>>50186181
Youmu is not "stuck" in the Netherworld, her and Yuyuko goes to gensokyo constantly for whatever reason. It's not like you're stuck inside your own house and can't go outside.
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>>50186393
not literally but she doesn't have as much reason to get involved with everything as sanae does
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>>50186181
who are you quoting?

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There was once a thread asking if "Touhou is Satanic" and I think a lot of people got it wrong, thinking that it was some Christian warning, but I will try to make it clear: This is thread that mixes the esoteric Touhou threads, speculations about canon's symbols and meanings, and also conspiracy and less grounded speculation; even of topics outside the franchise's canon, such as ZUN, Japan (to some extent), and even the typical "Gensokyo is real" question.

I will start with some points and the reason I am talking about them:

ZUN is a freemason - This is based on certain usages of symbolism in Touhou, such as the recent eye of providence (TH20), the strange success of his franchise, and the fact that a lot of manga and important content creators have ties to these kinds of organizations.

The SDM are Luciferians - This is based on a couple of manga panels were Remilia wishes for Reimu's ritual, which is used to keep Venus, the planet associated with Lucifer, away, which she wishes to fail. And looks quite excited about the idea. Another instance is "Evening Star - Night Falls (Yakumo Yukari's 2th theme)" which is a clear reference to Lucifer, but with less backing up because at least, in Remilia's case, she is a vampire, and also called the Scarlet Devil.

The Lunar Capital is real - There are external sources, very different to Touhou of course, that the Lunarians may be real. How they are actually differs a lot, but it is a topic that has been talked about in Japanese mythology and media, which backs it up.

Canon related questions that are often overlooked - Some points are: Alice trying to do a murder ritual and who was it directed to. The actual purpose of Gensokyo. And if the Japanese government (of that universe) knows about its existence.
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>>50159666
>As for original texts, you should read Dao De Jing. It's short.
I read it about 10 years ago, when I said "surface level" I meant that it was the only Taoist text I had read. It was the Stephen Mitchell translation, I don't know if that one's considered "good" or not. I think for something like this, the best way to read it short of learning classical Chinese is to compare a lot of different translations instead of looking for the "best" one anyway. I have a physical copy of a different translation that I'm slowly getting through, too.

>>50178475
>It all, and I really mean all, really is just this continuum of energy in different manifestations.
Everything is connected and Touhou is only a recent manifestation of something as old as humanity itself, and humanity is only is only a recent manifestation of life on Earth, and so on all the way until you reach the big bang, which itself could well just be a manifestation of something else "before" it, despite the conventional understanding of it being the "beginning" of time. There is no beginning and no end to any of this, we've been here before and we'll be here again.

>It's like all that I have read and practiced so far has come together all at once during the past three days.
I had a similar experience earlier this year, but even that was just another step in an endless path that seems to be leading me towards nowhere in particular.

>The secret is really paying attention, but that is tremendously difficult, and feels like the world has been engineered to be that doing so is more and more difficult as time goes on. Our attention and energies are dispersed into a ten thousand different directions at once. I don't think the full ramifications of this are properly understood by many.
The modern west is based around the idea of humans being separate from God, each other and the world itself, our actions guided by free will alone. How can this be possible when all our decisions are based on everything we've experienced and there's nothing about us "free" from the world we live in? This attitude manifests in many harmful ways, including destroying people's attention spans with short form content and information overload to make a quick buck, not fully understanding the consequences of doing so (or even worse, knowing the consequences and doing it anyway). I say this but I have trouble focusing on anything for more than 5 minutes myself, I'm not above modern society and its increasingly overstimulating ways.

>I need you to understand anon, it's all real and it's extremely powerful, and if you have even the slightest of capacity to take the necessary first steps, you need to take them.

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Esoterism is such a joke. Miracles are easier to receive than getting some mental health.
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>be me the other day
>emotionally distaught
>decide to strangle (not hang) myself with a cord as a form of self harm (not suicide)
>count in my head the seconds of strangling
>16, 17, 18, 19, 20
>wait, 20? I thought people weren't supposed to stay conscious much longer past 10, and that's without tools. Aren't tools supposed to be even faster?
>maybe i'm counting too fast. I'll try again with a stopwatch
>stop, take a short break, then try again with a stopwatch on
>my counting isn't wrong, i am indeed staying conscious that long
>stop at slightly past 20 seconds since my (presumed) carotid artery starts pulsing painfully and i don't want to push my luck too much cuz i don't know if falling asleep strangling yourself means you keep strangling yourself while asleep and die
>later, do research about this
>study of 86 guys getting choked out in combat sports
>doesn't look like a single one of these trained fighters lasted as long as me
>study of 14 people who's deaths by hanging were caught on film
>checking standard deviation with sample size, not a single one lasted as long as me

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Thread to discuss utaites, vsingers, and their music. Originals, covers, utawakus, lives, etc., post them here.

Previous Thread: >>49891498

Upcoming Lives:
10/11: Isekaijoucho Streaming Cover Live "Candy Live 3" https://youtu.be/lYkyzWYJrhM
10/18: "INTER SECTION" with Rene, Lita, Yomi, & HACHI https://youtu.be/RAEA2fabQKM
10/26: M3 Fall 2025
10/31: BEMA Streaming Cover Live "Dark Night Live"
11/2: Kamitsubaki Fes'25 "Our One Day War"
11/3: Singularity Live Vol. 4 ft Isekaijoucho & Harusaruhi
11/22-23: HIMEHINA Live 2025 "Lifetime Is Bubblin" https://himehina.jp/post/lifetime-is-bubblin
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Yoishigure - Dear Mr F (Zutomayo) (Stream timestamp)
https://youtu.be/B-4fkuHJBx8?t=1622
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M3 previews I liked

guregumi is releasing a new album, there are several new songs. It seems like he's changing singers though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzI147fGQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxCPKaZmMwk

yoki. She apparently was a part of the band called shiranui. She didn't hide it, I just never bothered listening to the oldest uploads on her channel before. I really like how they sound, even more than her own original songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3gUUl7c8c

Asami Tono. I don't know why she doesn't have a YouTube channel, Twitter player sucks.
https://x.com/tonoasami/status/1978042762537631983

kaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbHi9AXF2Uw
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KAF's song for Katamari, produced by Taku Inoue
https://youtu.be/8GHClQo36SQ
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Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada - JANE DOE (Rusui x Gibu cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ2FEEDw870
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It's BOF21, so its new Rissyu ft Choko
https://youtu.be/ioENv4dMG4Y

A thread for the cutest poltergeist!
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>>50089155
Ahhh~ Kana-chan [REDACTED] my [REDACTED] with her cute gloved hands while hugging me from behind until I [REDACTED] and fall asleep on her warm chest and arms!
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>>50171632
Fisting is three hundred yen
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>>50171632
Ahhh~ Kana-chan [CHOP] my [GENITALIA] with her cute gloved hands while hugging me from behind until I [TRANSISIONED] and fall asleep on her warm chest and arms!
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What's Kana's opinion on anal sex?

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Are the Tengus the master race of Gensokyo? Unlike other Youkai societies, they actually seem to be more civilized and can create things, whereas the Kappa and the Tanuki are more barbarous and tribal. Would marrying a Tengu be more worth it than a Kappa and Tanuki?
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>>50186676
>Manipulative, corrupt, haughty, disdainful, stagnant, xenophobic, and so on. They're terrible.
In other words: Tengu are jews.
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>>50186146
tengu and kappa are the same faction
>>50186407
If the rumours of what lies at the top of their mountain are true, then yes, they create very valuable stuff
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>>50186897
Flat as fuck
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Tengus tongue my anus then shove thier massive futa cocks while she whispers in my ear that now I belong to her.

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Nogizaka46 - Info & Discussion Thread


Nakanishi Aruno participation in Kaoru Kurosawa 20th anniversary EP, "Singaholic" (10/22)
Ito Riria cast member in Stage play, "Parade" (10/24 - 11/01)
Kubo Shiori invited guest @Yokohama Arena for "Ninety-Nine's All Night Nippon Music Festival" (10/25)
Kubo Shiori appearing at the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival from film "Kōsei no mukō-gawa" (11/02)
Ikeda Teresa art exhibition, "Wings: Duck's Dream" @New Gallery, Jimbocho (11/07-12/07)
Nogizaka46 6th gen performance, "Newcomer 2025 LIVE at THEATER MILANO-Za" (11/08-30)
Nogizaka46 40th single - (TBA) (Planned release - 11/26)
Kubo Shiori Graduation Concert @Yokohama Arena (11/26-27)
Ogawa Aya & Okuda Iroha participation in Studio Ghibli Tribute Album, "Ghibli wo Utau Pt 2" (11/29)
Sato Rika cast member in Stage play, "Robocooon! -ROBOT COOONTEST!-" (12/04-07)

Okamoto Hina cast member in Stage play, "Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe" (01/2026)

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There goes 2 out of my top 3 nogifaps.
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Another grad before YAC kek
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This general is for discussing Japanese Mobile Games that don't have their own dedicated general elsewhere. Occasionally some Chinese and Korean games will be discussed too.

>List of frequently discussed games and guides for them:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zMS5UYhWpWtxSla0dt3TutdezA1zWSL0pzI3i9vwjTo

Read this Pastebin about how to get around region locks for both Android and iOS:
https://pastebin.com/kdChFL5n

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>>50186226
>lacked budget
More like they just want to copy how cheap BA was, down to the lack of voice acting and expected to dig up another gold mine.
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>>50186465
Damn this is complete trash compared to the actual Dissidia gameplay.
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>>50186226
abyssdia 100%
it's easier to imagine nothing happens and a small minority give in to yostar
those higher prices will keep their already ultra slim game alive as they commission art to pull in suckers
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Watch out! Miko is going to perform a dance in the nude.
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miko
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Miko?
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>>50020243
Still waiting.
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>>50184108
for what?
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>>50187086
The dance in the nude

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Fairies, (particularly the generic fairy enemy) are a core component of every single touhou game.
With out them there is no Touhou.
This is a campaign to bring the "Fairy (Maid Sunflower, ect.)" into the spotlight for this years Touhou Popularity vote.
The goal is to spread the word on vote fairy to ensure that the fairy takes at least one slot on your voting chart.
The Target is to have the category of "Fairy (Maid Sunflower, ect.)" go as far as possible
Fairies as of current are placed at 171 in poll rankings initiative goal is to have the fairies break at least spot 100!

The choice is up to you weather to vote for the fairies or not.

The question is, Will you Vote Fairy?
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>>50149586
Considering that they can just respawn... Wouldn't it be more efficient just to convince them to throw themselves at the enemy and auto bomb? Alternatively, they don't really need guns, their magic (as weak as it might be) is already enough to harm humans and weak youkai, even more so when they are guaranteed to outnumber 1/100000 actual dangerous beings
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>>50182970
Kamikaze? That's so racist.
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>>50182970
I don't think the average fairy is smart enough to use a bomb in an intelligent way. You'd have lots of premature detonations, fairies forgetting to detonate in the moment, and fairies testing it to "double-check if it works."
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>>50184114
In war, and in life, courtesy gets thrown out the window the moment pragmatism crosses the door
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>>50184970
Considering that they can learn basic stuff, its not out of the realm of possibility for them to perform kamikaze attacks nicely

looking to find the original source of the clip between 1:22 and 1:33 of this ronald mcdonald insanity video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZRwt7baIwM
plz help

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I want to the Scarlet Devil Mansion's rumored basement lady!
I heard she was locked up there for being CHINESE instead of European like her sister...
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>>50179611
I do not
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>>50181611
She likes identity death too much. None of her victims remember being dudes and experience the struggle of adapting to their new female lives, and that's the best part of TSF TF.
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>>50181611
Lovely character, would buy her a few drinks and allow her to pat my head.
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>>50185000
Trips means you're getting headpatted, and it'll feel so good that you won't notice anything's wrong until she ruffles your hair and rings the bells that have materialised in your now-orange hair.
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>>50179813
>If you put on Reisen's old outfit, you talk like a marine reporting back to her superior officer.
What the fuck, this actually sounds kind of cool. The other specific examples not quite as much, but that's just my taste.

>>50184903
Identity Death is great. But only if it's the epilogue, and not the story itself.

Discuss the prostitutes of Gensokyo, your hookerhu fantasies, and the brothel owners, Seiga and Sannyo.
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Which youkai would give me the most passive income if I whore her, I mean, rent her private services to humans?
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>>50181705
>Satori
I can see it, proud, smug and has a strong ability but her body is weak. Not to mention how she's kind of a noblewoman and would be able to read your mind before, after, and while you're raping her.
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>>50181742
Yukari because she's effectively a ditto and can gap cock into any girl you'd want, and it's not like they could ever retailiate because it's yukari and anonymous.
My first thought was kosuzu while she's sleeping.
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What girls does Seiga have available?
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>>50186306
Whatever the graveyard had available

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Visual Novel translation status

12RIVEN -the Ψcliminal of integral- - 60% translated
>Akatsuki no Goei ~Principal-tachi no Kyuujitsu~ - Released
>Akatsuki no Goei ~Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron~ - Released
CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu Chu! - 100% translated, 93.20% edited
CHAOS;CHILD Love Chu Chu!! - 100% translated and edited, Script QA in progress and Port at around 90%, 2026 release expected
Chusingura 46+1 - 39617/82770 (47.86%) lines translated, Kuranosuke route partial patch released
Daiakuji - Peach Mountain scripts translated, roughly 35 (large) scripts left to translate
DEATH NOTE: L o Tsugu Mono - 70% translated
>Dekinai Watashi ga, Kurikaesu - 95% translated, 34% edited
Diabolik Lovers Dark Fate - Being patched
Diabolik Lovers Lost Eden - Being patched
Dragon Knight 4 - 62% translated, playtesting also ongoing
Flyable Heart - Demo released, 5% translated

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It's coming soon. I can feel it in my bones.
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>>50178868
the reddit post that's supposed to mirror this has KKK listed as being translated, any clue what's that about?
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>>50187184
>any clue what's that about?
It's some anon MTLing it on /vn/. Same guy who MTLed Manosaba.
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>>50187191
Oh wait, disregard that. It's referring to that old "translation" attempt by those spannish guys. IIRC they posted a sample of it and it was so bad that they gave up.
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>>50187207
I c. Suspected it was some of the old attempts like the youtube one, weird it wasn't removed

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This thread is for anything related to the discussion of Japanese light novels, WN / Web Novels included.
Learning Japanese to avoid mistakes and subtext trimming by translations and MTL is highly recommended.

>Where to read WNs:
https://syosetu.com/
https://kakuyomu.jp/
https://noc.syosetu.com/
https://mnlt.syosetu.com/
https://mid.syosetu.com/

>Light Novel databases:
https://kimirano.jp
https://bookmeter.com

>Where to buy:

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>>50176824
>Germans are the good guys and Shin is an ubermensch
It's not hard to argue that Asato is actually "based" if you want.
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Anyone got the new Goetia Shock ones?
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Hi, I'm also interested in Goetia Shock vol 2, but can someone share the Fanza version? It's better because it has more stories.
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Has anyone here read 負けを認めたら、もっと触らせてあげるけど? ざーこ?
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>>50183914
Brat needs correction.

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iscussion concerning Higurashi, Umineko, Rose Guns Days, Higanbana, TRianThology, and all other 07th Expansion works.

► 07th Expansion links: https://rentry.co/07th-exp

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If we make one quasi-supernatural assumption that parasites inside Rika can work as a supercomputer modelling and predicting events, is it possible to place the entire story of Higurashi within the mystery genre? So kakeras are just something Rika is imagining in her head as consequences of her actions.
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>>50186316
Adding to that. Phantom memories other characters experience is them borrowing deducted data from Rika's hivemind. The "point of restart" keeps moving forward in time because it takes time for Rika to process each new kakera - modelled timeline.
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>>50186379
Anti-fantasy GODS
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>>50186316
>>50186379

Mei's story finale actually had Miyuki trying to debunk all supernatural events from Higurashi to deny one of the main antagonists of the story.

But, yeah, she used a similar argument. Looping = delusion from hinamizawa syndrome virus. Knowledge obtained from looping that should be impossible is due to shared connection between the virus (like how the infected are influenced by the "Queen" virus within Rika, so it should be theoretically possible to share other kinds of information, including full shared delusions, explaining two different people knowing about the same "other world").

Although, really, I don't think a sci-fi virus is really part of the mystery genre. And it's weird to try to deny fantasy by resorting to a basically magical virus.
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The border between light sci-fi, science fantasy and fantasy are very thin. But all can be brought into mystery.


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