WillieGR said: ROFLMAO!!! This is great! Marisa's face in the last panel is just priceless. Poor Reimu. She should start visiting more human villages... perhaps.
Visiting human villages is pointless as humans in general don't trust/like her unless they need rescuing from the villain/incident of the week. Its apparently stated that the humans of Gensokyo are ungrateful pricks and don't like her much because she treats humans and youkai equally.
And, Pingchan1, considering how many times she has saved Gensokyo she's hardly a freeloader.
gustwind said: This potato chip I'm eating right now suddenly tastes really delicious ;_;
well,just when you lived for 2 weeks with 13 pesos (about 4 dollars in argentinian money) you really feel how Reimu feels (you know, you wish to find money all day long to buy a lot of food, and start having weird fantasies about getting food from everybody (or at least, that was my case))
OmniGman said: Its apparently stated that the humans of Gensokyo are ungrateful pricks and don't like her much because she treats humans and youkai equally.
Now where did you get this from?
Really, statements like this make me wonder if dark Gensokyo is canon all along.
Lightdreamer said: Now where did you get this from?
Really, statements like this make me wonder if dark Gensokyo is canon all along.
This usually starts crapstorms which I don't want to, but in my opinion canonical Reimu is extremely unfriendly towards Youkai she meets, at least in game dialogue.
Dawnfire said: This usually starts crapstorms which I don't want to, but in my opinion canonical Reimu is extremely unfriendly towards Youkai she meets, at least in game dialogue.
Canon Reimu is very serious about Youkai extermination. That she tolerates them does not change that.
The_Shadow said: Canon Reimu is very serious about Youkai extermination. That she tolerates them does not change that.
True, however I'd say it's unclear what youkai extermination actually means to her. Go and defeat a youkai that does something wacky, or beat up and drive off every youkai she meets, anywhere, anyplace. Her reactions at the end of that book where Marisa, Kanako, Buddha and some others discuss metaphysics are a good example.
As far as what i understand about Gensokyo. when you 'exterminate' a youkai, it means that you beat it on a spellcard duel, whose rules are completely different from what you see in the games but...
Anyways, youkais 'eat'(although they still eat suicide 'victims' that are brought to gensokyo) humans that then get 'rescued' when they are 'exterminated'. it seems to me that it's merely a bother to humans who get to be in the custody of some strange person (that might not be a super-kawaii-youkai) until some random human (that almost always is reimu) comes 'save' you. This keeps fresh the fear of being taken by youkai even if that does not mean death, therefore ensuring youkai's existence. I would not doubt that reimu is seem as someone that works for the youkai(and therefore people don't like her).
The number of humans in the village(there is only one) is even counted by the tengus, they WILL know if there is one missing that is not currently in a incident.
OBS: Old hell residents do not abide by these rules, that's why yukari told reimu to kill on sight anyone she meets (or that's what i get from what i have read)
OBS: Newborn youkais (like medicine) are also extremely dangerous because they still don't understand (and therefore don't follow) these rules (or something in these lines).
She is at such a level that the religious come to worship at her shrine of their own volition.My, you've come again today? Well, aren't you passionate about your faith.Oh, you don't have to get in such a frenzy. There's plenty for everyone.All right, then...Here you go, Popota, you get white bread crusts today. ♪ Isn't it delicious?Sometimes I wish I had some rice too, but I guess I'll manage with bread.Somehow... Hah!Her name is Hakurei Reimu. She is a wonderful shrine maiden who lives in Gensoukyou.I had some too for dinner last night. It's just divine!