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>>24637342
that's really the counter to "grimsokyo" - it isn't to act like gensokyo isn't the bad situation that is canonically is shown to be, it's to show that the outside world situation isn't much better in many ways
for most people, even in the first world, you are under the thumb of whatever laws you live under, you get taxed on your wages and property, you have all sorts of systemic risks like car accidents, crime, health issues, etc.
having an added risk of "youkai might eat you" and "youkai tax your happiness by preying on your fear" isn't too far removed from a normal situation for people. *that* is what makes gensokyo less "grimdark" - it's not that it's false to say the world exists for youkai, it's to act like that fate is intolerable to humans when humans are willing to live under each other normally anyway

there's still some questions of moral acceptability, but that starts differing a lot

I want to trick Rumia into a cage by leaving a trail of candy in her path!