Nice story. It's pretty rare to see a Touhou doujin that's a mystery thriller, and I would like to see more "detective" Marisa in the future.
The setting is quite nice too (for a mystery thriller, at least). A Gensokyo resembling 1950s Japan, complete with power lines, old-style cars, a British-styled pub, a western-styled mansion, and whaddya know.
The reveal that Hatate of all people was behind the incident, in an attempt to win Gensokyo's equivalent of the Pullitzer Award. Then she escapes justice via an optical camouflage that looks more advanced than what we have in the 2010s (activated via a 1980s flip-phone, no less). Seriously, I was not expecting this twist at all...
Nice story. It's pretty rare to see a Touhou doujin that's a mystery thriller, and I would like to see more "detective" Marisa in the future.
The setting is quite nice too (for a mystery thriller, at least). A Gensokyo resembling 1950s Japan, complete with power lines, old-style cars, a British-styled pub, a western-styled mansion, and whaddya know.
The reveal that Hatate of all people was behind the incident, in an attempt to win Gensokyo's equivalent of the Pullitzer Award. Then she escapes justice via an optical camouflage that looks more advanced than what we have in the 2010s (activated via a 1980s flip-phone, no less). Seriously, I was not expecting this twist at all...
Well, the Mountain has already been confirmed to have since optical camouflage ever since Mountain of Faith, where it's used by Nitori. :P The kappa (and by extension tengu) are about as advanced as the plot demands.
I agree though, this is my favorite stories in a while, and this time-shifted version of the setting works really well without losing much either. Gensokyo should already be about 1880-ish, so it isn't exactly feudal to begin with, and this sort of flavor is ultimately less common to come across than medieval fantasy.
Marisa! You're the one to blame after all!In truth, the adventure would continue for one more act, but...For the sake of my honor.You're so rude! You struck me unconscious!Same here! You tried to kill me!That's right! You should take responsibility!I think I'll leave that untold.Hey now, there was a misunderstanding on both sides, so please don't fight.And thus the case came to an end.