Help me reconcile my love for Reimu with the horrible things she's done.I'm a giant moralfag and I'm very compassionate. I hate seeing weak innocent characters suffer, so it breaks my heart to see my Miko abusing poor girls like Kogasa, Tokiko or Orange. I don't know if ZUN was drunk when writing those stories or if it's a case of autistic fucked up Japanese humor, but I really don't find it funny. It's just indefensible. They didn't deserve to be treated that way, and it unfortunately damaged my image of Reimu quite a lot.Convince me that Reimu is a good girl. Please. Prove to me she's not a heartless, cruel monster. I want to believe in a gentler, kinder Gensokyo.
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>>51387779>I'm a giant moralfag and I'm very compassionateThis setting isn't for you.
>>51387779That's an awfully big fart cloud behind her, sheesh.Does she really have to crap her diaper about it?
>>51387779I kind of personally despise Reimu but I will say this much: A lot of her bad behavior can be pretty easily justified by the fact she really is just that stupid. Like, yeah, she's complicit in mass murder and countless other crimes against humanity. But the more you read canon the more you realize she probably is genuinly too dumb to realize how evil her job actually is. Also while she is still selfish and kind of spoiled in that Homer Simpson way, considering she's pretty much the bitch queen of Gensokyo she shows a lot of restraint. The nicest read I would give of her character is that she is bereft of malice despite how much harm she causes.With that said though: >>51388084Is correct. Gensokyo is horrible and the Touhou fanbase is the pro mass murder fanbase.
>>51387779It's Reimu's job to maintain Gensokyo's balance, and despite her usual lazy demeanor, she takes her job seriously when an incident threatens that balance. This fact is well-known and intentional on ZUN's part. During an incident, Reimu Hakurei becomes The Crimson Slasher; a force of nature. If you willingly threw yourself in the way of a tornado, can you really blame the tornado for your getting hurt? Kogasa, Tokiko, and Orange all threw themselves in front of the tornado. Despite that, none of them experienced enough harm to be reasonably considered "abuse." They are all currently doing just fine.>>51388084>>51388282Grimfags gtfo. Your meme takes have been refuted ad nauseum and no longer deserves the effort of a response.
>>51388422She could've returned Tokiko's books at least... that was unnecessarily cruel
>>51388422>My meme take that is literally mentioned in every single piece of Touhou lore ever.Just say you are okay with mass murder, you fascist piece of shit.
>>51387779Well I like Kasen but I don't have much trouble overlooking a few of her flubs as a hermit or her time as an oni
>>51388544As far as I remember the only person who was obsessed with killing other real life people in these kind of arguments some time ago was a literal redditor called TCCNick
>>51387779It's simple OP. Notice how not one of your examples is human? You're making the mistake of sympathising with youkai. These are creatures that feed on human flesh and fear. Their primary weapon is deceit. They may be in the shape of cute human girls but they are NOT cute, human or girls. They assume this form because it's the one most likely to get humans to lower their guard. Reimu has been in the game for a long time and is unaffected by such petty tricks. But as a human you can rest easy knowing that the cute, diligent shrine maiden that defends you from youkai every night really is as she appears.Part of her job is prevention. Deflating youkai egos through bullying reminds them they won't be able to get away with any deeds that might cause lasting harm to a human. So whenever you see Reimu force a youkai to turn out all its pockets and give her all their change, remember to thank her for her service!
>>51388544If you find Touhou so distasteful, then why are you here?
>>51388645The porn
>>51387779forget that whore and direct your affection towards a girl that deserves it ( like eiki )
>>51388643Why do youkai take the form of hot women? Even the ones who would've never saw humans to munch on or their emotions still take that form like the underground youkai
>>51388754As seen with Kasen's flashback they seem to have done it for about 1000 years or more.
>>51388752I certainly appreciated Eiki chewing her out for her needless violence against Youkai. Just wish it had an actual effect on Reimu's behavior.
>>51388710Cheers to that, friend
>>51388766Why? Were they raping human men all the way back then?
>>51387779when populations become too high or too aggressive, they need to be culled. she's basically a park ranger.kogasa attacked first, and tokiko shouldn't (visibly) be in the human village.when she accidentally attacked aunn, she realized her mistake and apologized. she's just doing her job.there's no maliciousness on reimu's part, she's just doing her job.
>>51387779How can you be mad at THIS??
>>51388815Yeah, I wish Reimu would double down and go for a TYD
>>51388645Because I don't assume the fanbase's weird habit of looking at a system based on the abduction and mass murder of innocent people and going "Cool, we like this" also applies to ZUN. I generally assume he thinks mass murder is bad, actually.
>>51388912By getting beat up while minding my own business and having my books stolen and sold off
>>51388754It's the smart play if you're a shapeshifter. You not only imitate the apex species (humans), but also the thing the apex species regularly goes to great lengths to protect, appease, fight or barter for (attractive woman).
>>51389000Well ok, but she's really pretty, soo...
>>51388422>Grimfags gtfo. Your meme takes have been refuted ad nauseum and no longer deserves the effort of a response.I'm not a grimfag.I personally think that Gensokyo has its positive things, but to ignore the negatives ones, plus a lot of the cast being made up by people who were/are very reprehensible, is naive.
