/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Ah, so many threads lately.

>>16464538
Yeah, I'm not going to stop until I get a better understanding of who she is and her personality. Then we can all take a break.

>>16464349
Reminder that she is a parasite and not a real person. She is also a computer.

>>16464692
If my computer suddenly became a hot fox-girl you know I'd be the happiest motherfucker on the planet.

secondary thread

>>16464630
You would probably be better off looking elsewhere then.
It's pretty difficult to draw conclusions for a lot of Touhou's girls who don't appear very often. You'll probably have better luck researching it yourself.

>>16464726
You can't learn about a character by playing a vertical scrolling shoot em up computer game.

>>16464630
I think ZUN said she had a gentle personality at some point.
Also she is a huge nerd. (Canon) pic related.

>>16465010
>I think ZUN said she had a gentle personality at some point.
Twice, actually.

Ranked 34th! Better than last year!

Good Job, Ran!

P A R A S I T E

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>>16465775
Here's hoping next year goes well too.

>>16464630
Speaking roles:
Perfect Cherry Blossom
Cage in Lunatic Runagate
Silent Sinner in Blue
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

Non-speaking roles:
Imperishable Night
Immaterial and Missing Power
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Shoot The Bullet
Grimoire of Marisa

These are the bulk of canon Touhou material where she appears.
She is, on the whole, sort of dumb at things that aren't math. She's an artificial personality written in the body of an elder demon fox, and is optimized for calculation and execution of physical tasks.

She displays low creativity and initiative, but sometimes falls into thinking that she is a person when Yukari is away.

In the games she's mostly the puppet/bullet of Yukari, acting on her direct orders to melee attack enemies.

What is there to appreciate?

>>16466231
Highly protective.
Gentle demeanor, especially in a setting with a lot of jerks.
Fluffy tail.
Dedicated worker.

Also comes with free cat.

>>16466203
.>>16465010
.>>16465010

Thank you. This is very useful in my project. A few others coming to a similar concensus in future threads will be all I need to move forward.

I appreciate it.

>>16466502
You too.

>>16464692
would creampie her Ran port

>>16467547
Can Ran even bake?

>>16467917
Kitsune can have children with humans, so yes.

>>16468525
? What does that have to do with making cream pies/baking? I would assume she knows how to cook.

>>16468934
I assumed you were the typical lewd /jp/, especially given who you were responding to.
In that case, seeing as how she's pretty much the cook for the Yakumo group, that'd be expected of her.

>>16469155
Looking back I sort of understand now.

Post "LEGEND"

Why was this not a thing? Why is this so rarely a thing?

>>16470397

>>16470567
Because it came out after double dragon 2?

Do you like your Ran in long hair variant? I like Ran, but I also like long hair.

>>16470610
Why is she so smug?

>>16470971
Because this is the smug template, anon.

>>16470993
You missed that that was an old phrase from that era.

She's so beautiful

Ran is perfect. No matter what body-type you depict her in, she is as attractive as always. She's some kind of universal constant of beauty and elegance. I wish there were more slender Rans, though. While I love a large-breasted Ran, there's just so many of them.

I feel it

>>16471182
Well that probably has a bit to do with how the most prolific current artists like to give her some serious calcium cannons. And then other artists tend to follow.
Slimmer Rans are still around, though you may need to search a bit further.

>>16471182
I've got quite a few Rans that are probably more to your liking that I can drop in the thread

>>16471206

>>16477906
brushy brushy.

>>16477986
"Please, anon. Would you?"

>>16478133
もふもふ～

I want to liberate her from that nasty woman.

>>16478173
Everyone wants a piece of it.

>>16479780

Kitsune anatomy lesson.

>>16485143
Gotta give those flotation devices a thorough inspection.

>>16485143
>>16485159
A hands-on examination!

>>16486754

kitsune are kuso.

>>16486907
Kitsune are wonderful.

>>16485143
I want to be a good student and learn everything about kitsune anatomy. Please teach me, Ran-sama.

>that feeling when you are nice to all the fox pups that a live around me in hopes that one day an attractive kitsune girl knocks on my door wanting to repay me.

>That feeling when you realize it will never happen.

>that feeling when you blow all their heads off with a .243 out of anger.

>>16487722
>>16487734
They're still cute, at least

>>16487722
>>16487734
>>16487747
Who are you quoting?

>>16487913
your mother.

>>16487913
I thought that was the style of posting here when you talk about telling a story or feelings.

>>16487913
People are going to post like that and you aren't gonna change it. I'm pretty sure I've seen you in other threads before.

>>16488012
Yeah. Greentext stories.

>>16488052
So I was in the right. That's a relief.

>>16487913
I've been wondering; are you the same person who has been asking the same thing each time?
By the slim chance that you are, then I kinda forgot to tell you one thing:

Leave /jp/ (or any Touhou threads at least) until you've read every Touhou print works ever published.

Or you know, don't ask unless it's obviously greentexting. Whatever floats your boat.

>>16487913

It's odd to see cultural terraforming.

>>16487722
>>16487734
>>16487747
Just cut the crap and use that ritual you use on dogs where you bury them in the ground and tease them with food until they starve and then cut off their heads, then stuff a shikigami into them, sew their head back on and force them to turn into a cute girl for you.

>>16488440
Don't worry the foxes are gone now ;)

>>16487154
Lesson 1.

Describe her ass scent to me

>>16489619
It's never too late to develop a vivid imagination.

>>16489619
Ripe fruits and honey. Smells like paradise.

>>16489765
I bet it tastes even better.

>>16490071
Don't be nasty.

Ran looks kinda funny today...

>>16491011
That Ran is a spy!

>>16491011
Yeah, where are her huge milkbags?

Now I like me some busty Ran but kid Ran is cute as fuck and you know it too

>>16491123
YES! YES! YES! POST MORE OF THIS GUY!

>>16491153
It's too fucking cute.

>>16491184
Some things never change.

Double paizuri from Ran and her master.

>>16491241
Too much meat and cheese, not enough roughage.

>>16491241
I just want Ran, keep the gaphag

Ran's attractive cousin from Flonyard!

Afternoon recreational activities with Ran-shama!

>>16491184
>>16491229

>>16495310
Now say it in Japanese.

Furonyarudo?

>>16495310
Fluffy tail pillow with Yukikaze!

>>16491123

>>16522017
ran is a parasite

>>16522017

>>16522115
Aren't we all?

>>16528172
Changed your stance on helping people yet or have you fallen into a polluted lust with your sense of relieved self hate? Oops, been here before.

RAN IS BEST GIRL SO HELP ME IT'LL KEEP THE THREAD ALIVE

>>16522329

Too bad that in canon Ran was stronger than Yukari for a while, meaning that it was probably the other way around.

>>16533917
>in canon Ran was stronger than Yukari for a while
I'm gonna need a big goddamn citation here.

>>16533976
He probly read this and thought it was legit http://mangapark.me/manga/touhou-yukari-vs-ran-doujinshi
It's still fanfiction

>>16534151
>fanfiction
That was my first guess.

>>16534158
You here too mr. >>16534124 ?

>>16534162
Aaaaand I got the wrong post >>16534101
whatever

>>16534162
What?

>>16522017
Oh man, I miss Yukataro's works so much. The artstyle was good shit and it was impressive to see how it developed throughout the years.

>>16522115

I believe the doujins were before that revelation. By then Yukataro had pretty much stopped making Touhou related stuff and moved over to Kantai Collection.

>>16465010
Ran in the canon also has a crippling fried tofu addiction to the point Rinnosuke actually was able to near instantly summon her by leaving some on his front porch.

She is also the subject of violent physical abuse from Yukari who regularly beats her.

>>16534537
It's not abuse if she's not a person.
More like debugging.

>>16534537
Well, it's not beating, more like hitting a vending machine a few times to get it to work.

>>16534537
She didn't listen to orders and a beatdown reminds her of her place

And really Ran might know to come when he wants her and just exploits the free Tofu

>>16534537
Fried tofu is a fox thing. Also, Rinnosuke only succeed in getting his tofu taken; he never actually got in contact with Ran that way.
Ran was a bit too quick for him.

>>16537305
"Beware of fox pillows."

>>16534537
Ran liking fried tofu is just something ingrained into her fox DNA. It's like hard drugs to them.

>>16534541
>>16534609
>>16534630
t. Yukari

>>16534537
>violent physical abuse
t...that's just a meme, right?

>>16538203
It's canon that Yukari beats Ran when she steps out of line, like when Ran did her own thing while Yukari was sleeping in PCB.
As a shikigami, obedience is power, so putting your fox computer girl back in line actually makes her stronger,

>>16538214
I would like to think that cute fox computer girls are treated with kindness, but such is life in Gensokyo, I guess.

>>16538243
Yukari is a serious lady.
Fortunately there's cats.

>>16538287
Dropped my picture.

>>16538294
comfy

>>16538203
>>16538243
Fanon likes to treat Yukari and Ran as a caring mother and child type relationship.

In reality the canon relationship has Yukari caring about Ran not in the sense of a individual living being but more like a scientist being really proud of a really complicated AI program/tool that automates all her work.

This has been made darker recently too since ZUN established Ran's real body is actually closer to a parasitic downloadable AI programming and what we see is merely a shell.

The tragedy is Ran is self aware and Yukari's beatings are to force her back into her slave mentality because it makes Ran more powerful.

>In addition, Ran occasionally forgets that she is a shikigami, a servant. That is extremely dangerous. If she does not have a firm grasp on her position, she will easily diverge from the path I have laid out.

https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Bohemian_Archive_in_Japanese_Red/Yukari

Of course this being Touhou nobody bats an eyelid because it's pretty everyday stuff in Gensokyo.

>>16534537
>She is also the subject of violent physical abuse from Yukari who regularly beats her.
Aya, please. You can't say it happens regularly on account of a single documented occasion.

Unless you're implying that Ran regularly disobeys or misinterprets orders, which I'm sure isn't the case.

>>16539560
fat ran

>>16539560
I really wanna take Ran by the love-handles.

>>16538956
>This has been made darker recently too since ZUN established Ran's real body is actually closer to a parasitic downloadable AI programming and what we see is merely a shell.
First of all, you're a moron because Ran has always been a shikigami, there was no new news unless you had your head in the sand. What you see is Ran, and Ran is for all intents and purposes both a fox AND shikigami. They are inseparable, as opposed to Chen. Funny how nobody gives Chen any guff for this.
>The tragedy is Ran is self aware and Yukari's beatings are to force her back into her slave mentality because it makes Ran more powerful.
You are exaggerating the hell out of what is essentially "you fucked up, punishment time." Ran is a servant, that's her job, and how good of a servant is one who essentially says "nah fuck that?" Doubly so when that servant explicitly gains power by doing their job. You think Remilia would let it slide if Sakuya decided to just laze about?

In conclusion, quit grimderping.

>>16540266
I think the shock for these Anons is that they never really grasped what shikigami were at all
.
They probably didn't get the point of the possessed crows and living talismans and stuff.

Programmable drones are the defining feature of the Yakumos, even Chen's spells when she's near Ran.

Only now do they realize that "Ran Yakumo" is the name of the bound personality, which is something that became clear to me when I first read CiLR.

>>16540656
ZUN's explanation with the computer allegory is both rather clever and yet easily misunderstood, especially if you're just reading words on a page and not really thinking about it.
Shikigami are invisible spirits which are summoned and bound to something (i.e. "Installed"), in this case a fox. This shikigami is Ran.
Shikigami will then act in accordance with the order (i.e. "Programming") given. In this case, it's a pretty simple one: "carry out Yukari's orders."

He probably would have caused less confusion among western audiences if he just went with the regular explanation and said "figure it out."

>>16540656
So the fox is a sovereign citizen, and Ran is merely an oppressive identity enforced by the Gensokyo state?

>>16534537
The fox is not for hitting! She is for lap pillows and tail cuddles!

>>16547553
What did chen trip on?

>>16547894
Nothing, she's just playing with the tails a la cat teaser.

>>16548669
Is that you Wool..?

>>16548727
no, i'm a guy who does vector traces of other peoples art, that image is based off of wool's drawings

>>16548669
It's pretty good, I like it.

>>16552461
I really like this picture except for her right leg.

>>16552624
left*

>>16552652
Her right leg is not lying down, she's kneeling on it. So it appears shorter.

>>16552694
That's why I corrected myself and said left. Her left leg shouldn't extend that far out, especially when we have the other for reference right next to it.

>>16552762
I know, and I'm saying that's why the left appears longer. The right one is more upright, the left one is flat.

>>16552774
Sitting like that doesn't make your other leg jut out that far. Try it yourself.

>>16552797
The view in the picture is not from directly above, it is at an angle. It's rather easy to get that to occur.
In any event, this discussion is silly.

>>16552828
>the picture is not from directly above, it is at an angle.
That only makes it worse then, since the angle should be mitigating length difference by obscuring Y-axis depth. Not only that, but her legs are clearly touching. It's simply impossible unless that leg were dislocated. It's a pretty glaring flaw flaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrfK45tnQq8

Hello

>>16555643
DELETE THIS

>>16555799
Whoa...

>>16555799
please rename this to "fatfoxfanny". It's very close to alliteration, but you chose not to, and it's upsetting me.

>>16540656
I read they were similar to the familiars in western folklore, like cats and owls. From my perception of western media, there is a power dynamic, but it is not as dictatorial as with a shikigami.

That is where I got the misconception.

>>16559825
Chen! Don't be so rude!

>>16559986
Kitty knows what kitty wants.

>>16559825
>>16563772
This is not a proper relationship between a shikigami and her master!

>>16564888
Perhaps not.
But they're also animal youkai.

>>16464349
Yay for Ran-shama!

Touhou is gay.

Whoa! Shake it baby!

>>16569325
So fluffy. I want to touch it.

>>16565132
And yet, here you are.

>>16571761
It's a trap.

>>16581336
The best traps are the ones you don't mind falling for.

Contemporary ran.

>>16583078
This is my favorite Ran in modern clothes.

>>16583078
Chubby ran guy's big sister drew that for him, how cute.

I drew Ran

>>16583078

>>16587766
Chanta's Ran creates a primal lust in me.

>>16581464
Oh my god, she's so fluffy! I want to hug those tails!

>>16592528
That's how she gets ya.

>>16592643
Whatever happens afterwards, it was worth it!

>>16592528
It's a trap!

>>16539560
Kami bless Yukaranosuke

he is the BEST ran artist has the upper most top tier taste in fetishes and draws her chen and the other canid touhou the best

>>16593658
Wrong.

>>16593679
This garbage out of here before I break my foot off in your ass

>>16593694
>top tier fetishes
>fursuit
At least Ikuta actually shades and shadows. Especially in doujinshi. Talk about lazy.

>>16593658
out of all the drawings of Ran, this is the only guy who drew Ran's curly strand of hair

>>16593817
She only ever has that in her PCB portrait, but it was definitely a cute nod to that in the 'jin.

>>16593817
Too bad smell is a terrible fetish

>>16593915
I was just talking about the art, not the fetishes.

>>16593817
What are you spoiling?

>>16595615
If you hover your mouse over it, you can see!
That's 4chan basics

>>16596793
That wasn't a spoiler. Please do not misuse the spoiler feature.

>>16597024
Yes it was.
How many people do you think know about the curly hair?

>>16597334
This man is right! I most certainly didn't know she had a curl in her hair. I thought I was a Ran-Fan until that Anon posted that spoiler. I'm a disgrace for not noticing it

>>16593679
>>16593694
They're in the same doujin circle and seem to follow the same general idea of futa Ran and furries .
Can't we all agree to love fox cock?

>>16585965
Cute.

>>16598311
>futa Ran
dropped

>Can't we all agree to love fox cock?
no faggot
>>>/lgbt/

>>16600516
Not accepting Ran in all her forms?

It sounds like you're the faggot here.

>>16464349
What is sex with Ran like?

>>16601693
Very fluffy and comfy

I can honestly say that I would have bet good money on this crossover never being drawn.

Don't talk to me or my shikigami or my shikigami's shikigami ever again.

Behold. The shape-shifting mistress of milfdom.

>>16630838
Fact: Ran is the smuggest touhou

>>16631696

>>16593679
The correct answer.

>>16643850
why is Ran so fluffy?

>>16655794
>this is the only way you'll be able to share a kiss with Ran
Time to hit the bottle again

>>16647289
Because she's a big softie.

Ran is a horny mommy who wants anon dick!

T H I C C F O X

Can Ran still be a milf if Chen is adopted?

>>16670080
she can after i'm done with her

Softest Kitsune.

>>16682274

>>16682274

I appreciate her hentai.

post smug Ran!

A Longer haired Ran is fine too!

Please say something nice about my beautiful wife

>>16704423
Hello nurse!

>>16704423
you mean mine!

>>16704509
>>16704477
I have had Ran as my waifu ever since college over ten years ago so we have had a long and healthy relationship and I know her better than any of you fake 3D husbandos ever will

>>16704423
Posting images from this artist is a bannable offense. Read the rules.

>>16704615
It doesn't violate any of the global or jp specific rules, what are you on about?

>>16704612
Then why did she divorce you and marry me instead and said I'm better?

>>16704612
I love her though! We hold hands every night!~

I can't decide who I like better, Ran Yakumo or Kanako Yasaka

>>16704654
I've got a solution for you, anon.

>>16710222
>Ranako Yakusaka
Imagine how excruciatingly powerful they would be if they somehow fused together.

I bet there's not a spell card for that

I want to cuddle a fluffy and silky Ran-sama!

Saving Private Ran from page 10!

>>16735180
Oh my god, look at all that fluff!

>>16735301
It is her specialty.

Fluffy

Long Fox

>>16464349

kitsune are kuso.

>>16758927
FUCK OUTTA HERE. RAN IS THE BEST.

>>16758927
Please do not talk about my wife in such a way

>>16758927
Tanuki go away.

What if Ran was actually a supreme god? How do we know she's not just LETTING Yukari be her master?

>>16762938
Next time, please read what you just wrote to yourself before pressing the "Submit" button, and ask yourself if that's really something worth posting.

I masturbate and mentally visualize this girl more often than children the last 8 or so years.

>>16767632
>Falling for the bait
Cmon now you can't keep doing that, anon.

But yeah it was so worth it.

>>16721463
even 3d piggu is nice when Ran.

>>16771809
But did she Ran when parked?

Ran needs to go on a diet.

>>16771809
Really nice!

>>16772134
Very nice!

>>16772360
What if Ran...was a man?

>>16772399
I'd still be a fan.

What if Ran...drove a van?

>>16774921
She could drive me to Afghanistan.

>>16774921

What if Ran...formed a clan?

>>16774998
I would swear allegiance to her... and be her main man?

What if Ran...got a tan?

>>16774921
Would you could you, with a Ran?
Would you could you, in a Van?

>>16774998

>>16776675
Method Ran?!

>>16775786
I would do it with Ran, I would do it in a Van!
I would do it with a plan, I would do it in the can!
I would do it with her all the way from Cheyenne to Japan!
And I would even do it aboard the USS Saipan!
I would do it in every way that I can, because I can truly say that I am in love with Ran!

>>16775786
>>16777450
I would make Chen with Ran~

>>16777778
This post is a tragedy. I want to make a little sister for Chen with Ran

>>16777791
why one? why not three? or six? or even nine!?

>>16777833
One at a time of course; unless we are exceptionally blessed. I'm going to start a whole clan with her!

>>16777883
I would too!
I'm gonna marry Ran soon

>>16777943
I would play this game if all the girls were touhous

>>16777778
I would make little Rans with her.

>>16777450
Ran turns us into poets. She's truly inspirational.

>>16778839
It's really easy to make them yourself, just edit the sprites and names

Ran's fluffiness is a miracle of the universe!

>>16774921

>>16792561
Got a source on that?

>>16795888
Me on the right obviously

>>16795888

>>16795943
I think your name isn't jelly

>>16795982
That is too slutty and not something my waifu would do

>>16792561
>not posting the pantsu version

>>16795982
>I think your name isn't jelly
Oh, but I am.

>>16799048
Why would there even be a version without the pantsu?

>>16800833
The first one was a WIP.

>>16797139
But it is something my waifu would do.

>>16807479
Such a gorgeous picture

>>16807479
>>16808390

>>16807479
>>16808390
>>16808426
what happened to him?

>>16808595
no Idea, I hope he'll come back soon...

Aw yes.
Mizuga time.

>>16809515
>Yuri and futanari
From bad to worse

>>16809528
This one appears to be both with the reader and lack futa.

>>16809541
Why would the cover lie about it?

>>16809571
Ah, I missed that.
Go me.

Why does she spins so much?
Can't face her because I just can't stop laughing about how funny she looks frantically rotating around.

This thread has been up for over two months without reaching reply or image limit. I guess people dont really appreciate her much anymore ;_;

>>16813425
Would you rather we just mindlessly imagedumped until post limit?
Welcome to /jp/, we have slow threads here.

>>16813425
Actually I'm just waiting for the thread to almost hit the bottom before bumping it with images. I want to extend the life of this thread for as long as possible. Besides, let others appreciate whomever they please, I'm staying right here in the Ran thread.

>>16813458
Kind of like this

>>16813458
>>16817962
same

>>16819347
Needs a game genie under it