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She also fucks like a rabbit.

Or she could cause you to violently abuse yourself when she gets pissed at you.

I'll pass.

>>7283194
That's an interesting train of thought.

>>7283189
Brainwashing really shouldn't be the foundation of a successful relationship.

If she catches you cheating, she can hypnotize you into thinking that it's only you and her left in the world. Truly a nightmarish Touhou for anyone who plans on cheating.

How could I possibly be angry with her if she's that sweet? In fact, all Touhous are sweet. I want to be friends with them.

>>7283200
It's not brainwashing if you ask her to use more suggestive hypnosis than control hypnosis.
And plus, I'd trust her not to abuse it.

Yuka would be the best Touhou to marry. Her strength could solve so many problems marriages had. If you get angry at her, she could knock you out cold. If you're not good in bed, she'd get turned on enough by knocking you out cold that it wouldn't matter. And if you ever came under attack, she could knock out cold anyone who would hurt her lover. Isn't she sweet?

>>7283218

I don't want anyone to beat me.

>>7283223
Well, isn't that a shame?

I'm sure she wouldn't beat you if you didn't want to be beaten. Assuming, of course, we're talking about fanon Yuka, the only type interested in beating people at all.

Satori would be the best Touhou to marry. Her mind reading could solve so many problems marriages had. If you get angry at her, she could just play on your true intentions to get you to shut up. If you're not good in bed, she could use mind reading to play out your kinkiest fantasy. And nobody in Gensokyo wants to hang out with a mind reader or go to old hell so your safe.
Isn't she sweet?

>>7283240

I get that. Still, I have an extreme fear of sharp pain, so anyone beating me would be terrifying.

>>7283223

Patchouli would be the best Touhou to marry. Her knowledge could solve so many problems marriages had. If you get angry at her, she could soothe you with information from a psychology textbook. If you're not good in bed, she could use a book to guide you and teach you. And if you ever came under attack, the heft of her books could fend off anyone who would hurt her lover.

You'd have to do the swinging, though, she probably couldn't lift them.

Mystia would be the best Touhou to marry.

I mean goddamn, look at that shit jesus christ
If you don't want to marry her then you have the gay

>>7283302
Enjoy being a widow.

>>7283302

Enough of this talk of marriage. You tease me with these sorts of things knowing I'll never obtain anything like it and it saddens me.

>>7283310
You don't have a waifu?

>>7283311

Nope. Not good enough.

>>7283314

Sorry, need to clarify. I'm not good enough of a person. I must be stronger.

>>7283314

You don't have a girlfriend?

>>7283322

Nope. I only have a dream and burdens of the past. Once I rid myself of that burden I'll be ready.

Hina would be the best touhou to marry. Her spinning could solve so many problems marriages had. If you get angry at her, she could spin. If you're not good in bed, she could spin. And if you came under attack, she could turn 360 degrees and walk away.
Isn't she sweet?

>>7283243
I agreed on the first two points, then I got all sad.

I'd be your anything, Satori~

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>>7283240
I'd let her beat me any day.
But I would rather have Yuugi beat me.

Yuugi would be the best Touhou to marry. Her horn could solve so many problems marriages had. If you get angry at her, she could soothe you with sake and then beat you. If you're not good in bed, she could just use sake to intoxicate and beat you. And if you ever came under attack, her muscles would beat up anyone who would hurt her lover.

Okuu would be the best Touhou to marry. For me. Because I love her more than anything in the whole world. And that's all that matters.

>>7283352
She could soothe you with radiation.
And her radiation would fend enemies off.

>>7283360
>She could soothe you with radiation.
I'm not sure that's how that works.

>>7283360
more like she would radiate a soothing smile, radiate kindness if you're not good at bedding her, and radiate on attackers

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>>7283360
awful disgusting pig!!! her an you pigletz, leave this BOARD!!!!

>>7283369

Why don't you instead tell us why Parsee would be the best Touhou to marry?

>>7283352
Think how much money you could save on your electric bill!

Koishi would be the breast touhou to marry. Her ability to manipulate the subcocksious could salivate so many problems marriages had. If you get angry at her, she could soothe your subconscious desires. If you're not good in bed like your father tell me about him, she could manippleate your subconscious to guide you and teach you. And if you ever came underpants attack, her power could conFUSION-HA! and repel anyone who would hurt her lover.
Isn't she sweet?

>>7283371
Parsee would be the worst Touhou to marry.

Flandre would be the best t-AAAAAAAAUUUUUAGHHHHHH

Best waifu is already married.

>>7283434
Yukari is the worst touhou for anything other than punching.
With bullets.

50 years. ;_;

>>7283434

>Yukari

-sigh-

>>7283441
It’s been several years since that unusually long winter when you stumbled into Gensokyo, and you’ve managed to adapt reasonably well to living in a world vastly different from the glut of modern conveniences that you were once used to. Of course, you can always go to that shop in the other forest, as it carries the occasional nostalgic item (including the piano you bought on your very first trip to make up for the one you left behind – what a pain in the ass carting that thing back home was), but at this point in your life you’ve moved on successfully and don’t really feel a need to do so. You are but a simple farmer – amazing what survival instincts even a green-to-the-world college grad (bio major fuck yeah!) can find when he is pressured into digging for them - living on the outskirts of the Bamboo Forest. It’s a good place to live for privacy purposes but not too far from the human village in the area for social (and business) purposes.

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One day, you travel to the village with a notable larger-than-normal stock of crops for sale to the local vendors. As nice as the money you rake in is, the load wasn’t exactly light, and upon realizing that you haven’t had a “day off” in quite a while you decide to celebrate your harvest by wandering around the village and generally not doing any work. You are fascinated by what you see, as you had never really spent a lot of time there, and aside from the initial tour when you first arrived you didn’t have much reason to go anywhere beyond the grocery vendors. In one house, you see your original “tour guide”, still wearing the same lunch box hat, talking to a bunch of rapt-attention children while gesturing to a girl standing next to her who, from the bored look on her face to the way her hands were jammed in her pants pockets, seemed wholly uninterested in anything that was happening. A little further down the street, you run across a puppet show, which you presume to be magic as all of the dolls are hovering in midair with no visible strings whatsoever, while the puppet master (who looked oddly like a doll herself) watched them from below along with everyone else that had gathered around. Over there, a green haired shrine maiden was passing out tissues and inviting people to travel up the mountain in the distance to visit her shrine. A hike like that might not be a bad idea some day.

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>>7283456
Eventually you wander across a pharmaceutical office that wasn’t there the first time you toured the village, and it is here that your trip comes to an abrupt end, as you happen to look inside and caught sight of the small staff of women wandering around inside it with various boxes and medicine bottles and other things. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but they were all rabbit girls. You had heard of them before offhandedly from a few of the villagers, but you had always assumed they were no different from the half-naked women you saw in those magazines you found in your parents’ room under Dad’s half of the mattress way back when. No, these appeared to be genuine rabbit girls. One in particular catches your eye, not only because her clothes and demeanor were unique (notably taller than all of her pink-dress-clad co-workers, she was wearing a black blazer with a red tie and a pink skirt while issuing directions – it seemed she was in charge), but because of her dazzling beauty. The waterfall of lilac hair, the sharp red eyes, the pervading sense of calm and collectedness (despite giving orders almost constantly), the adorably bent rabbit ears, the deliciously short skirt…you unconsciously gulp at the sight of her and are a bit surprised at yourself for doing so. Nervously, and without thinking about what you’re doing, you enter the medicine store.

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As luck would have it, she ends up being the first one to notice you. “Hello there. What can we get for you?” “Uh…hi. I’d, um, like…um…” It suddenly hits you that you have zero reason to purchase any medicine, as the worst illnesses you had experienced since entering Gensokyo were a couple of colds that didn’t last more than a day or two, and that you had entered purely because you wanted to talk to this girl. Your mind and eyes race in an effort to think of and find something to purchase to mask your true intentions, but a lot of the medicines in the store are unrecognizable and a good deal of the remaining products are too embarrassing to purchase. You become increasingly aware at her staring at you, waiting for a response, the only feeling etched on her face being one of generic retail customer-response curiosity. After what seems like hours, you finally decide on a box of pills that look passable as Aspirin and decide to go for the gusto.

“Uh, oh, yes. I’d like some of-“

“HEY! Watch what you’re doing!”

Your pointing out of the desired medicine goes unnoticed, as she has turned toward one of the other rabbit girls in the store, who is struggling to stick a rather heavy box up on top of a high shelf.

That sounds like the perfect fantasy op
no worries, someone to take care of you, someone who will make the decisions for you, it sounds like heaven

>>7283459
Or, rather, she *was* struggling.

Several shouts of surprise accompany the unbalanced rabbit girl’s fall to the floor, and as everyone watches the wobbling box start to tip over and fall off the shelf, you instinctively dash toward the shelf and dive to the ground, catching the box before it hits the floor. A moment of silence passes before the full weight of what just happened hits everyone, and the cast of rabbits cheer your effort. The girl in charge runs over to you.

“Are you okay? Did you get hurt when you landed? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! The medicine in that box is quite expensive and quite fragile and we would have been in HUGE trouble if it was smashed! Here, let me help you up.”

As you move the box off your arms on to the floor, she takes your hand and helps you back to your feet, a little wobbly but otherwise none the worse for wear.

“Oh, uh, always happy to help out. Thank you for helping me up, um…”

“Oh, sorry. My name is Reisen.”

“Ah, thank you, Reisen.”

>>7283464
“You’re quite welcome. But I MUST make it up to you for saving that medicine…I know! Your purchase today will be free of charge!”

At the word “purchase”, your original situation comes crashing back down on you. Suddenly, you notice that you’re still holding Reisen’s hand, and all hell breaks loose inside your head. Completely oblivious to the medicine you were going to buy, the rabbit girl who fell over (eventually helped up by her co-workers), and the bruises on your knee, all you can think about is the lovely smiling girl in front of you.

“Actually, well, I, uh…wouldyouliketohavedinnerwithmetonight?”

Immediately you clap your free hand over your mouth, stunned by your inability to keep your feelings where they belonged. Reisen blushed a little but blanched a good deal more and pulled her hand away from yours a couple of seconds after you asked your question. There is an awkward moment of silence – even the other rabbits at the store have stopped doing whatever it was they were doing and have their eyes glued on you – before Reisen is able to stammer out a response.

>>7283467
“Well, I, uh, well, it’s against store policy to, uh, have relationships with customers, um, here, just take your medicine, uh, don’t worry about paying, I’ll explain it to my boss, uh, okay, bye!”
She jams the bag with your medicine in it into your hand and practically shoves you out the door. You don’t notice when it closes or even when Reisen turns back around and starts furiously but awkwardly threatening the snickering rabbits with guinea pig candidacy for some doctor’s new experiment if they didn’t get back to work fast. All you can do is stare straight ahead and contemplate just how fucking stupid you are. Slowly, you walk home, never acknowledging the greetings from various other villagers and forgetting the medicine you “bought” until you walk through the door and realize the bag is somehow still in your hand. The rest of your day passes uneventfully, though you do have a lot of trouble falling asleep that night.
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>>7283468
Days pass, and you gradually get over your mistake and return to your normal life, but something sticks in the back of your mind. You want to go see that girl again. You NEED to go see that girl again. One morning you decide that you’re going to go back to the village, visit that medicine shop again and, at the very least, apologize.

Reisen looks significantly more haggard than the last time you visited the store, as her rabbit co-workers look like they’ve all had a bag of Pixy Stix for breakfast. You are tempted to simply return home, as you don’t want to bother her, but one of the rabbit workers catches sight of you standing outside and immediately kills all potential for such an action by making sure (very loudly) that everyone else in the store knows that the skirt-chaser is back. With running away out of the picture, you bite the bullet and enter the store.

“Oh, it’s you again. What do you want?” Her coldness stings a little bit, but the fact that she addressed you before anyone else could despite her being overly busy (to the point of not even looking at you) is not lost on your subconscious.

“Hi, yeah. I only wanted to apologize for the other day. I was completely out of line putting you on the spot with a question like that, and I am very, truly sorry for it.”

“Duly noted. Now, would you like something?”

“Well…no, not really. Sorry.”

“Okay, then, have a nice day.”

>>7283469
Crestfallen, you turn to leave with more rabbit snickers ringing in your ears, but a sudden bolt of inspiration strikes and turn back around to face her again.

“Uh…could you use some help around here?”

Reisen sighs heavily and turns to look at you. She seems about ready to tell you off for bothering her while she’s so busy, but she stops for a moment and stares at you. Her piercing red eyes scan every inch of your front side, and it seems like another eternity before she speaks again.

“Actually, yes, you can. We could use your height in the restocking process. Come with me.” She points at a couple of other rabbits. “You two, you’re coming as well. It’s time for a crash training course and I’ll need your help. The rest of you, well, Kaguya help you if I come back and find this place in chaos.” She trots to the back of the store with the two selected rabbits in tow and you shortly thereafter.

The rest of the day flies by as you’re put to work almost non-stop. It’s been a while since your high school retail days and you had almost forgotten how hellish this line of work can be. As the rest of the rabbits have already made a mad dash back toward the Bamboo Forest to wherever it is they call home (where did they get all that damn energy?), you and Reisen end up being the last two to leave. She turns to you after locking the door.

>>7283471
“Thanks a lot for your help today. I’m sorry for how rude I was earlier, it’s just that this place is…well, stressful, to put it mildly.”

“Hey, always glad to help. It’s getting dark, though, so I should get going. I’ll see you later!”
“Okay, good bye.”

You cheerfully wave good-bye as you walk home, and are delighted to see her wave back. The trip home had never been so quick as it was that night.

...

You start spending more and more time helping out at the medicine shop (though never neglecting your duties at home to do so), which allows you and Reisen to get better acquainted. You are surprised to learn that her house is actually in your very Bamboo Forest (albeit tucked away very well) and the history behind it and its inhabitants is quite fascinating. You make a mental note to visit it one day, if only for the opportunity to meet this Eirin Yagokoro Reisen talks a lot about, as it’s been a while since you were able to discuss serious science with anyone. It doesn’t take long for the other rabbits to stop snickering, as your help proves almost invaluable. You notice a gradual change in the atmosphere of the store away from the stressed lifestyle everyone lived through before and toward a much friendlier environment.

>>7283474
Another night sees you and Reisen as the last two to leave again. You’re all set to head home when she stops you.

“Hey, do you still remember the first day you entered this place?”

“How could I forget? That had to be the most embarrassing moment of my life, and I’m sure you weren’t much better off.”

“Actually…I’ve been thinking recently about the question you asked me back then…”
Your mouth suddenly dries up.

“…and I think I’d like to take you up on your offer.”

Her decision and accompanying cute little smile turns your legs and your brain into oatmeal.
“Uh, duh, duh, duh, okaywheredoyouwanttogo?”

She giggles at your inability to form proper sentences before grabbing your hand. “Come on, I know just the place.”

Half an hour later, you find yourself sitting across a restaurant table from her, still trying to put tongue to word properly on a consistent basis. Lucky for you, inspiration strikes once again.
“You know, you’ve never really talked about yourself before. I mean, yeah, we’ve talked about your home and your job and your, well, family, but I don’t like how little I actually know about *you*. What’s it like being you?”

>>7283475
Reisen furrows her brow at the question. “Hmm…well, it’s fairly fun being me, since I can do stuff like this…”

She looks you square in the eyes for a moment – curiously, her eyes seem redder than normal - before startling a bit and pointing to your right.

“Oh, by the way, could you pass the salt?”

“Sure.” You pick up the salt shaker and present it to her, only to be thanked with a small laugh.

“No, silly, I asked for the salt! Why are you giving me your drink?”

You blink at the question, as you’re sure you grabbed exactly what she asked for, but after your eyes reopen after said blink you notice that you are indeed holding your glass and that the salt is on the other end of the table from where she first indicated. Dumbfounded, all you can do is look back and forth between the glass in your hand and the salt shaker to your left with a stupid expression on your face. Reisen lapses into a fit of giggling over your confusion.

“What…how…?”

“I have power over sanity. I can force anyone I lock eyes with to see, hear, smell, taste, and even feel anything I want them to. Of course, it’s all an illusion, and one which wears off fairly quickly at that, but it’s still good for laughs, among other things.”

“Wow…that seems, uh, pretty useful.”

“Oh, it is. I need to work at it more, though. I’m not really happy with how short the illusions last, but the training I go through isn’t helping as much as I’d like. I don’t know what I’m missing…”

“Haha, well, I’m sure you’ll figure something out. I have the fullest confidence in you.”

She beams at the idea. Lord, you loved that smile. Nothing in Gensokyo or anywhere else could compare.

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Dinner ends some time later, and you both rise to leave. She speaks first.

“Thank you, this evening was lovely. Perhaps we should do it again some time?”

You smile at her, thinking the idea to be fantastic. Before you can tell her, though, you’re seized by a sudden impulse. You lean over to her and give her a gentle kiss.

She freezes in shock and blushes deeply before lowering her head in embarrassment. For a few seconds, you’re mortally afraid that you’ve fucked it up once again, just like that day, several weeks ago. However, as she raises her head slightly, you notice a small, nervous smile on her face. She picks her head up and her smile grows a little larger, though she is still notably flustered.

“I’ll…take that as a yes, then. Anyway, shall we take our leave?”

“Sure.”

As you exit back out on to the main road of the village, it occurs to you to ask if she wants you to walk her home, but you quickly realize that you would most assuredly get lost trying to find your way back to your own. Sighing a small inner sigh, you bid her farewell and promise to help out at the medicine shop again tomorrow before bouncing home.

...

>>7283478
You are shocked several days later when Reisen asks if she can accompany you home. Apparently her mistress Kaguya is going to have an unwelcome guest at the house tonight and she doesn’t want to be stuck on “clean-up duty” like she usually is. Fortunately, at this point you’ve done a much better job of taming your infatuation with her, and you gladly accept her offer, completely forgetting that your place is a total shithole until you open the door and remind yourself the hard way. You notice that she seems a little put off by the mess, but nothing is said and she enters.

“So…want something to drink?”

“Yeah, a glass of water will be fine. I really should walk around more, I’m a bit out of shape.”

“Nonsense. Anyway, I’ll be right back. Feel free to wander around if you like.”

You walk through the doorway to the kitchen as Reisen nods and begins to look around. A glass of water does sound nice, actually. Might be because your mouth has dried up again. So much for self-control. You’re in the midst of pouring a second glass when you hear Reisen squeal. Forgetting completely about the drinks, you dash out of the kitchen, through the living room and into the den.

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“Oh, wow! You have a piano?”

Thanking the heavens that she’s okay, you quickly calm down.

“…Yeah. I was never much good back home, so I meant to get better here, but haven’t really had the time to practice. What about you? Do you play?”

She says nothing in response. Instead, she walks over to the piano and sits down on the bench in front of it. She then looks at you.

“May I?”

“Certainly.”

She smiles her dazzling smile at you before turning back to the piano. She opens it up and begins playing.

The song she plays had an eerie elegance to it. It feels like it's tumbling down, down, down, into a void of nothingness, before finally hitting the bottom, when fear sets in. Its attention is constantly darting to and fro, seeing monsters that aren’t there, hearing noises that aren’t made, breathing harder and harder as its panic intensified, until suddenly there appears a small beacon of light in the distance. It moves toward that light, slowly at first, but with increasing speed, and by the time it reaches the light it tears through the opening in the void where the light was and suddenly your mind’s eye is back with the rest of you, rooted to the spot in your den, where you’d been the whole time. She closes the piano back up so quietly that you don’t even notice.

“’Invisible Full Moon’. You like it? My mother taught it to me, way back in another lifetime, and I’ve never forgotten it since, even after making my home here.”

You move over to the piano and sit down on the bench next to her, putting your hand on hers. Blushing, she looked at you, uncertain of what to do. You make her decision for her, and your lips locked as you tightly embrace each other.

You will never forget that night. You do wish there would be a more elegant way to describe it, but…the phrase “fuck like rabbits”? Yeah.

...

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The next few days are spent in bliss. Work flies by despite the fact that you’re at the medicine shop pretty much every day now. You make the trip to her house (marveling at the sight of a huge fucking mansion the first time you see it) and meet her family, as it were. The head of the household, who is the Kaguya Houraisan you’ve heard a lot about, doesn’t seem terribly interested in you beyond the obligatory forced politeness, but you were told beforehand that this was par for the course. So it doesn’t get to you in the slightest. Dr. Eirin Yagokoro, on the other hand, seems impressed at your interest in science (but not so much as to forget to berate “Udonge” once again for not helping clean up the other day’s mess), though she laments that she always favored the chemistry aspect of pharmaceuticals and never could get into biology quite as much - not that she didn’t know her fair share.

Next is Tewi Inaba, a rabbit you recognize from her occasional trips to the store (Reisen was the only one to go on a consistent basis). Any bit of her status as the leader of the rabbits that would have impressed you is destroyed by a mischievous grin, however.

“So, tell me again, how many times have you two had sex?”

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Your mouth opens in an effort to answer, but no words come out. Reisen turns beet red and grabs Tewi by the ears, drags her down the hallway, and throws her outside in a fit of rage before running out after her. Unfortunately for the both of you, the gathered rabbits are all laughing uproariously, and even Eirin has a small smirk on her face, though her eyes do betray some sympathy for your situation. Kaguya, on the other hand, makes no effort to hide her disdain for the crudely blatant discussion of something so inappropriate and ceremoniously declares that she is retreating to her room for the time being until some sense of civility can be restored in her house. This shuts the rabbits up as they all scramble to their individual tasks. Eirin apologizes for her pet’s rudeness and thanks you for coming and for taking such good care of her apprentice before following in Kaguya’s wake. With no one left around, you suddenly feel very alone, and decide to make your way back outside to Reisen, just barely avoiding getting bowled over by a terrified but laughing Tewi as she dashes back inside. Chuckling a bit to yourself, you try to calm Reisen down before she can storm back inside and do any more damage.

“That’s quite a family you’ve got there.”

Eventually you succeed, and thank her for having you over to meet her household. She wishes you the best of luck in your journey home and asks if she’ll see you again at the store tomorrow when something occurs to you.

“Wait. I…don’t know how to get home from here.”

Reisen is shocked at her own shortsightedness. “Oh! Of course! I’m sorry, I forgot all about that. Let me guide you out of this place.”

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She takes your hand and you both smile as she leads the way. You are barely able to get ten feet, however, before Eirin calls Reisen back inside for something important. Reisen looks back and forth between her house and you, clearly unsure about what to do.

“Don’t worry about it, your master needs you. I’ll find my own way home.”

“But…it’s really easy to get lost…oh, I don’t know, I think I should still go with you…”

A new voice suddenly emerges from the forest. “That won’t be necessary. I’ll take it from here.”

Another girl steps out into the open, and you recognize her from the school building as the tour guide’s friend. Addressing the girl as “Mokou”, Reisen thanks her profusely for the favor granted to the house of her enemy before saying good-bye to you and rushing back inside. Though not a terribly interesting conversationalist – the only real reaction you could get out of her was a mumble that sounded suspiciously like “strictly platonic” when you asked about the tour guide - Mokou leads the way away from Eientei and back out of the forest. She bids you good night and turns to leave, but you have one final question.

“Reisen mentioned “the house of your enemy”. What’s the deal there?”

“Kaguya and I…don’t exactly see eye to eye. That’s all anyone not involved needs to know.”

“But why do one of her servants a favor?”

“They’re good people.”

You ponder this for a moment before you come up with another follow-up question, but by the time you turn to ask her Mokou has already vanished.

...

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Reisen starts visiting your house more often, and your mutual affection grows further still (though you lament your lack of visits to her house). She almost always plays the piano while she’s there, and while her other performances are pretty good, you doubt anything she ever plays will come close to topping Invisible Full Moon, so she plays it more than anything else.

Then the day comes that will change your life forever. At the end of another work day, you inform Reisen that, sadly, you’ll be unable to help out tomorrow, as you have business elsewhere, but you’d definitely like to see her when she gets off work. She agrees and bids you good night. The next day, you dash off to the store in the other forest again, pick up a gorgeous solid gold ring, and dash back to your house in order to make some last minute preparations for Reisen’s arrival. After a time she knocks on the door and you open it for her. She is somewhat surprised to see you dressed up a little more than usual, but doesn’t say anything about it.

“Oh, today was a nightmare. It made us realize just how much you contribute to the store. I need to relax for a while. How does Cindarella Cage sound? Of course, I could always go with Invisible Full Moon again, if you’d like…”

“Actually, as much as I enjoy listening to you on the piano, I have something far more important to ask right now.”

Confused, she turns to ask you what’s going on, but before she can say anything her hands fly to her mouth and see sees you down on one knee in front of her with a small box in your hand. You open it, revealing the ring inside, and grin.

“Reisen Udongein Inaba…will you marry me?”

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You can see tears forming in her beautiful red eyes. After a few seconds, she throws herself at you and starts sobbing uncontrollably.

“Yes…yes…oh, yes…”

The service itself is held at a somewhat dilapidated shrine far away from the human village (Reisen claims that “it has a rustic charm” and anyway she’s kinda-sorta friends with the shrine maiden there). Since you aren’t terribly familiar with a lot of the people in Gensokyo (especially not beyond the village), the guest list is made almost entirely of people she knows. You do at least recognize the rest of her household, along with Mokou and her tour guide friend (making sure that Mokou and Kaguya are seated as far away from each other as possible). Other apparently important guests consist of a blonde girl garbed in black and white clothing resembling that of the cliché witch getup, another blonde girl who seems shy and rather look like a doll, a silver-haired maid, a white-haired swordswoman who appears to have a ghost floating around her, a rather stoic kitsune (you don’t think you’ll ever get over how weird this place can be when it really wants to be), and a black-haired tengu who volunteered her services as a photographer. There are also a little orange-haired girl with horns and a green-haired woman with a hat that reminds you of a movie you saw once called Fantasia who Reisen doesn’t really seem to know either, but the red-white shrine maiden claims that they’re more or less harmless residents of the shrine, and the two of you have no problem letting them stay. The entire guest list is obliterated from your mind anyway when you see how absolutely stunning Reisen is in her dress. The service concludes with no problems, and you begin your lives as a wedded couple.

...

inb4 Reisen Pop

>>7283497
Reisen has since joined you in your home, though you now make much more frequent trips to Eientei to the point where you can find your way home on your own. One such trip is made at Eirin’s invite, who is experimenting in the interest of expanding the medicine shop’s inventory and wants to know if you want to watch. You agree, and with your bunny bride tagging along for a ride back “home”, you set off.

The trip is uneventful, and in no time you find yourself in Eirin’s lab. A lot of what she talks about while flies over your head, but you recognize enough of the chemical names to be able to keep up. Looking over at Reisen, you can’t tell if she’s completely dumbfounded or simply bored from having witnessed this sort of thing so many times before, but it’s rather obvious she’s merely feigning interest. You feel bad for dragging her into this, but before you can move toward her to apologize, she turns to you, smiles, and turns back to watch her master at work. That’s good enough for you, and you resume your fascination with Eirin’s experiment.

Which has taken an unexpected turn and is now frothing at a rate Dr. Yagokoro seems slightly uncomfortable with.

“Hmm…this isn’t the reaction I should be getting from this mixture…I wonder if I added things in an improper order?”

>>7283499
As the doctor checks her notes, your eyes wander over to the vials containing the chemicals she was using. You walk over to them and take a closer look.

“A couple of these labels look like they’ve been on these vials for a while, they’re not attached very securely…hey, Dr. Yagokoro, is it possible that some of these chemicals have outdated labels?”

“No, I check them every day just to make sure something like that doesn’t happen.”

Eirin turns back toward you as she finished talking and notices the two vials in your hands. She stops.

“Wait a minute…”

She walks over and investigates what you’ve found.

“You’re right, these are mismarked. How is that possible? I’m sure I checked them this morning…wait, they’re not mismarked, they’re just switched – “

A louder-than-would-be-liked bubbling noise from the now-unknown concoction left forgotten on the table coincides with a light bulb turning on in Eirin’s head. Her lips curl in an angry sneer.

“Damnit, Tewi!”

Eirin turns back to the mixture in order to dump it and start fresh, but whatever it is on the table decides it will have absolutely none of that and begins to froth maniacally. This is enough for the doctor to assume the worst, and she starts making for the lab door.

“Both of you, follow me, get out of here, now! I have no idea what’s going to happen with that thing, but I’m sure it won’t be good!”

You immediately dash after her, trusting her word. Reisen, however, had been zoning out for the past few moments, and heard her master a second later than you did.

“Wait, what? Okay, I’m coming!”

>>7283502
Reisen finally starts making for the exit herself, but before even Eirin can reach it a violent explosion erupts from behind you, throwing all three of you unmercifully into the air. You feel your back slam hard into the lab wall, and hear two other similar thuds close by before you hit the ground. You need a few moments to get over your incredible dizziness before you can check on the others. You landed facing Eirin, and notice that, while struggling to get up, she’s still relatively in one piece. Turning around to check on your wife, your blood chills and you see her lying pitifully on the floor, making no attempt to get up. You scoot across the floor as fast as you can to be by her side.

“Oh my God, Reisen! Are you okay?”

She says nothing in response, but is able to crane her head enough to look you right in the eyes and smile before slumping back down.

“Dr. Yagokoro! DR. YAGOKORO! REISEN NEEDS HELP! QUICKLY!”

Eirin’s shout from behind you tell you that she’s fully aware of the situation and she runs to your side. Together, the two of you hurriedly carry the unconscious rabbit to the nearest empty room and deposit her on the bed. Eirin runs off to get her supplies while you remain right where you are, unable to tear yourself away from the love of your life. Eirin returns and requests that you leave the room so she can do what she needs to do. Initially, you refuse, but after the request turns into a demand you realize she’s right and shakily walk backward out of the room, never taking your eyes off your wife.

You end up staying at Eientei overnight. A couple of the rabbits prep another room for you to get to sleep. You try to spend the entire night lying awake, staring at the ceiling and contemplating what happened, but eventually fatigue from the night combined with your own injuries win the battle and you drift off.

...

>>7283502
Oh goddammit, don't tell me I was right..

>>7283505
You wake up with a jolt the next morning, kicking yourself for falling asleep when Reisen needs you so much. Jumping out of bed, you run for the room she was put in yesterday just in time to see Eirin walk out of it. The blood is drained from her face, but she otherwise shows no emotion.

“…How is she?”

Eirin doesn’t seem to notice you at first, but eventually she wrenches her head up to look at you. She then smiles weakly.

“It was a close call, but she’ll be okay.”

You collapse against the opposite wall, relieved at the good news. Eirin stares at you for a few moments then moves to walk away before you stop her with another question.

“May I see her?”

“…Huh?”

“May I see her?”

Eirin suddenly looks very nervous, though you can’t tell why.

“Uh…sure, yeah. Go on in.”

>>7283510
You walk through to door to find a brutally beaten-up but conscious Reisen lying in the bed. She has bandages around her head, neck and arms. When she hears the door open she turns to look at who it is. When she sees you, she smiles.

“Fancy…meeting you here…”

“How are you feeling?”

“I’ve been…better…I’m sorry that you…have to see me…like this…”

“Nonsense. I’m just happy that you’re okay.”

You grab her hand and return her smile. Her return grip is notably weak.

“Thank you…you mean so much…to me…”

“Do you know when you’ll be better?”

“Master said…in about a week…I’ll be back to normal…I guess it…really isn’t that bad…it just hurts like…crazy right now…I’m sorry…but I feel…really tired…”

“Get some sleep, then. I’ll take off for home and prepare it for your return.”

No response.

“…I love you, darling.”

“I…love you…too…”

You gently kiss her cheek, but she has fallen asleep. Fighting back tears, you exit the room, where Eirin was apparently waiting for you.

“How are you feeling?”

“Well, not perfect, but I’ve been in much worse shape. I just wish there was something more I could do for her, but you’re the expert there.”

“…Right…”

“Anyway, I hate to bail like this, but I have to head back to my place and get it ready for when she returns. I’ll see you later.”

You start to walk off.

“…Wait.”

“Yes?”

“Are you sure you’re all right?”

“Yeah. You know, you were in that explosion too, and I can’t imagine working all night was good for you. You should probably get some rest yourself.”

“…Yeah, I probably should. Have a safe trip, then.”

“All right, I will.”

>>7283517
As you finally set off to leave, you notice a lot pain in Eirin’s eyes before she turns away and trundles off to her room. You can’t blame her – that was a lot of work to do for someone who had just been blown up. You exit the mansion and head back to your house.

...

A week later, Reisen does indeed return home, bringing greetings from Eirin and the other rabbits. She’s still somewhat weak, however, so you advise her not to worry about the medicine shop and that you’ll take care of it with whatever other rabbits get sent there on any given day. At first she protests, but eventually she gives in.

Days pass by. You resume helping out at the medicine shop, which now has Tewi in charge. You have to admit that she’s a good leader when she puts her mind to it and doesn’t try to sabotage whatever’s going on with tricks every step of the way. It almost seems like she’s actively avoiding talking to you the first couple of days back, but eventually that idea disappears and things run smoothly in the shop. Despite various lingering injuries, Reisen’s piano playing hasn’t been affected one bit by the accident, and you spend your evenings listening to her soft melodies.

Then another shocker makes its way to your house. Rather than lounging around like usual, Reisen is standing at the door and waiting for you when you come home from the medicine shop. You note that she’s beaming, and it doesn’t take long for you to find out why.

“I’m pregnant.”

>>7283518
A couple seconds of shock quickly turn into elation as you embrace her (though you’re careful not to do so too hard) over the joyous announcement. The two of you spend the rest of the night laughing and celebrating the soon-to-be new addition to your household. You suggest letting Eientei know, but she says that she’s already been there and back and they are elated. You are surprised to hear of such activities, but she reminds you that, unlike you, she can fly, and she knows her way around the forest quite well, so it was not much effort at all.

Nine months later, in the privacy of your own home, Reisen gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. Unfortunately, Eirin had an emergency house call to some mansion near the shrine where you got married, but Reisen knew enough to get through the procedure without any major disasters simply form all the time she had spent with her master. The two of you had already decided on the name Kaguya beforehand, in honor of Reisen’s mistress.

The years roll by. Reisen becomes a stay-at-home mom, as the money you get from your medicine shop work is enough to get the family by (as well as the occasionally extra from the little crop sales you still do). Little Kaguya grows up and eventually goes to school (“Miss Keine’s really nice! But, y’know what? Miss Mokou’s kinda weird.”), though it feels like an eternity watching her as she seems to have inherited her mother’s slow aging genes. Not that it matters. The three of you live a perfectly happy life together.

...

>>7283520
Today is your 50 year anniversary, and while you’re not what you once were, you can still get around well enough to want to do something for your wife, who barely looks any older than the day you married her. Bless her soul. You’ve sent Kaguya out to the village for the day to keep her distracted. Having pre-ordered your gift for Reisen a little while back, you’re able to leave her at the house under the pretext of visiting the medicine shop in order to slink away to the shop in the woods. The man working there has it all set for you, though you could’ve sworn he was looking at you funny when you came to pick it up. Dismissing it as a trick of your mind, you hurry home.

Walking in the front door, you can’t believe what greets you.

The house is dark, dirty and dusty. Trash is littered about and there seems to be zero organization.

Worst of all, Reisen is nowhere to be seen.

Calling her name, you search the house up and down, but are unable to find her. Frantically, you assume the worst. Someone must have broken in and forced her to escape. That had to be it. But where would she go?

The medicine shop. She hadn’t been back there in forever and a day.

Quickly you head out to the medicine shop, which is full of rabbits as usual, but none of them are the one you seek. You spot Tewi and flag her down.

“Tewi, have you seen Reisen around?”

All activity in the shop comes to a screeching halt.

>>7283524
“…What?”

“Have you seen Reisen recently? I think something might have happened to her.”

Surprisingly, Tewi frowned.

“You know, there are some jokes that shouldn’t be made, because they simply aren’t funny. Even I know my limits.”

“Jokes? What are you talking about? I only want to know where Reisen is!”

Tewi starts looking visibly uncomfortable.

“Cut it out, please. This isn’t funny at all.”

“If you don’t know, then just tell me. Please!”

“But…I…”

“Damnit, Tewi, tell me where she is already!”

“I’M SORRY, OKAY? DO YOU THINK I MEANT TO DO IT? I NEVER MEANT TO HURT ANYONE! IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE! I’M SORRY! SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND! I DIDN’T WANT IT TO HAPPEN!”

You are stunned as the little rabbit girl starts crying.

“Wait…what? Tewi, what are you talking about? I only want to know – “

“LEAVE ME ALONE!” Tewi runs out of the shop, tears streaming down her face. You stare after her, dumbfounded. Your mental efforts to make sense of the situation prove futile, and are eventually interrupted by a voice from behind you.

“Hey.”

You turn to face the rabbit talking to you, who has a grim look on her face.

“Listen, we appreciate all the work you’ve done for us in the past, and we know you must have been hurt. But that…that was completely uncalled for. I’m going to have to ask you…to leave the store and not return.”

“What? Why?”

“Please don’t make this harder than it has to be.”

It is at this point that you notice the group of rabbits are all facing you and have the same looks on their face the one talking to you. You finally realize that searching here is fruitless, and you slowly back out of the store.

>>7283525
So Reisen wasn’t there. Where else would she have gone?

Eientei. Of course! Mentally slapping yourself for not thinking of it sooner, you speed off to Reisen’s old home. She had to be there. And even if she wasn’t, Eirin would be, and she’d know what to do.

The trip was longer than you remember it, but eventually you reach the mansion. As luck would have it, Eirin is standing right there when you open the front door, though she appears to be comforting Tewi. Eirin merely stares at you, while Tewi sobs and hides behind her master. Before you can speak, Eirin beats you to the punch.

“You know, that really wasn’t a nice thing to do to her. Rabbits are rather sensitive.”

“What did I do? I only wanted to know where Reisen went.”

At the sound of your wife’s name, Tewi’s sobs grow louder. Eirin frowns.

“Listen! I was with her at my house this morning, but when I came back with a present for her, she was gone and my house was a mess! I just want to know what happened to her!”

Tewi’s sobbing stops. Eirin raises an eyebrow.

“You were with her this morning?”

“Yeah. Today’s our 50th anniversary, and I know she told me she didn’t want me to go over-the-top in getting a gift for her, but I did anyway, and – “

“What are you talking about? How were you talking to her?”

“What do you mean? She was right there on the couch next to me!”

“No, she wasn’t.”

“Of course she was! I saw her myself.”

“…No, she wasn’t. She died the night of the explosion in my lab, remember?”

>>7283527
You stop mid-thought, completely floored. Reisen’s dead? She’s been dead? For fifty years? But how? You’ve been with her all this time!

“Wha…how…that’s not possible!”

“Look, I know I told you she was going to be all right, but that was only because I didn’t have the heart to tell you she was already gone. I couldn’t refuse your entrance to her room, though – I’m still surprised that you didn’t rush straight for me after exiting and try to beat me up or something.”

“But she was alive! I talked to her! She said you said she would be out and about in a week! I held her hand! I KISSED her!”

“None of that ever happened. She was dead before we even got her in the bed. Near as I can tell, the explosion rocketed her head-first into the wall, doing a serious number on her skull and spine. She didn’t last very long after that. She couldn’t have. No mortal could.”

“But…how did she tell me she was fine? How did she return home? How did we have a child together?”

“I…think I might know why. What do you remember of that night?”

You re-enact the scene in your head. The mixture started bubbling…you all ran for the door…the explosion…you hit your back against the wall…Eirin slowly getting up…Reisen just lying there…you look into her eyes…she looks into yours and smiles…

You looked into each others’ eyes.

>>7283532
"Well, it’s fairly fun being me, since I can do this…"

The truth finally dawns on you, and Eirin can tell, as she looks away from you in preparation for what could be coming next.

“…It was all an illusion.”

“…Yes, I believe so.”

“…Then…all that time…our child…it was all…”

Eirin doesn’t respond.

You stand there, shaking, as the sheer magnitude of what you’ve just realized slowly steamrolls over you. All those happy memories. Her return and subsequent recovery. Her getting pregnant. The joy of living together with her and raising a child. Getting to watch little Kaguya’s first day of school, and every day after that. Being together, as a wonderful family.

A full two-thirds of your life.

Some of the greatest joys you’ve ever experienced.

A complete lie.

The enraged scream you let forth nearly shakes the foundation of the mansion. Tewi squeals and runs away, as do all the other rabbits that have gathered around and have been watching from their hiding places. Even Eirin flinches, but she alone remains, willing to endure the incoming storm.

>>7283539
“ALL A LIE! NONE OF IT WAS REAL! HOW COULD SHE DO THAT TO ME? SHE SAID SHE LOVED ME! I LOVED HER! SHE MADE A COMPLETE MOCKERY OF ME! SHE PLAYED ME FOR A COMPLETE FOOL! SHE MADE ME LOOK STUPID IN FRONT OF EVERYONE I MET! WHY? WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME, REISEN? HOW COULD YOU?!?”

Looking around in your furor, you happen to spot Eirin, who still hasn’t moved.

“AND YOU! YOU KNEW ALL THIS TIME, DIDN’T YOU? YOU KNEW THE INSTANT I CAME OUT OF THAT ROOM! YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON! TELL ME!”

“…I had a very good hunch, yes.”

“YOU LIED TO ME, YAGOKORO! YOU LIED TO ME! AND YOU LET THIS FARCE PERSIST! FIFTY YEARS! FIFTY FUCKING YEARS! I’VE WASTED ALMOST MY ENTIRE LIFE ON A LIE! A LIE YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED! WHY DIDN’T YOU, HUH? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS! HOW COULD YOU LET HER DO THIS!”

“…Were you happy?”

“OF COURSE I WAS HAPPY! WHY DO YOU THINK I’M SO MAD, HUH? ALL THOSE HAPPY TIMES ARE LIES! NONE OF THEM WERE REAL!”

“…But as long as you were happy, does that matter?”

“OF COURSE IT MAT-“

Wait.

Does it?

“You could have lived your life without her, you know. Knowing and feeling what you do now, which would you have preferred?

“I…”

Damnit.

She’s absolutely right.

>>7283549
And suddenly, your voice disappears, and all you can do is fall to your hands and knees and cry. Cry for your lost loved ones. Cry for the farce of a live you have lived.

Cry for the happiness granted by the greatest gift she could possibly have ever given you.
You don’t know how long it takes before you stop crying, but, to her credit, Eirin’s still standing there when you’re finished.

“I…I’m…sorry…”

“Don’t be. Anyone else in your situation would have done the same thing.”

You don’t respond. You can’t think of anything to say. You don’t even raise your head.

“I must say, though, even I’m impressed at the quality of the illusion. Fifty years…and it was even strong enough to give you a child.”

“…Yeah…”

“…You know, Udonge was always talking about how she couldn’t find what she was missing when training her illusion skills…”

“Yeah, I remember her mentioning that to me as well.”

“…I guess she finally found it.”

You smile a little bit.

“...I suppose so.”

“So, then, after all that…are you happy?”

>>7283551
You look up at the question. To your great surprise, Reisen is standing behind her master with a curious look on her face, but Eirin doesn’t even seem to notice her. You quickly realize that it’s another illusion.

“…Yeah. I am.”

A small smile appears on Eirin’s face. To her side, Reisen beams her dazzling smile and then fades away.

“Then I thank you for all that you did for her.”

You stand up.

“And I thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet her.”

Eirin says nothing.

“Well then. I suppose I should go home now. I have a bit of cleaning to do.”

“As you wish. Please don’t be a stranger - Eientei’s doors will always be open to you. Never forget that, and have a safe journey.”

“Thanks.”

You walk out the main door. Somewhere, off in the distance, you can hear a familiar eerie melody. You can’t tell if the sound is coming from deep within Eientei, or elsewhere in the forest, or from your own lips, or is even merely inside your head, but it doesn’t matter to you. You simply smile and enjoy the music as you begin your slow journey home.

BAD END…?

>>7283561
He didn't kill himself.

He should have admitted he was happy, then went to commit suicide.

>>7283565
How do you think he got to Gensokyo in the first place?

I actually read all that and now I'm sad.

>>7283568
Then he should have killed himself a second time.

I mean, you learn that 50 years and your child was a lie, and so you go clean? Really?
I mean, come ON.
I bet even Eiren was waiting for you to slit your throat after that.

>>7283573
He has to live, or the illusion Reisen gave him would have been for nothing
Dont you read VN bad ends? Its always like that.

>>7283575
But he already knows it is an illusion.
There's a chance it will fuck up and stop working now that he has that knowledge.

Therefore, it is the best option to kill himself while he is happiest before he truly falls into despair.

>>7283578
>There's a chance it will fuck up and stop working now that he has that knowledge.
Huh? It already stopped working, that's the point.

>>7283581
She appeared at Eiren's side just then.

Nonetheless, if that's the case, even more that he should kill himself, as he will never be happier than he was under the illusion of that life.

>>7283585
>and then fades away.
It was a sort of last goodbye, so to speak.

>>7283578
Reisen's intention was obviously for him to not do that.

But I can't think of anything else to back that up. You just have to believe that she loves him enough to not want him to suicide.

Christ, man, cut that out.

>>7283591
Because there isn't anything to support that.

Look, now just think about it, he married the girl he loved, had a kid, listened to her play the piano all the time, came home from work each day to see her bright smile welcome him home, and then suddenly realized that it was all a lie and that's she's dead and their kid never even existed.

There is literally nothing that could happen to make him happier than he was at his prime, when he had a loving wife and a filial child who enjoyed talking about her life at school.
There is nothing.

Therefore, the obvious choice following this realization is to rest so you can join your lover in death after having enjoyed her parting gift to its fullest.

I have trouble understanding why you do not understand this.

>>7283569
It was rather touching but I am too drunk to be sad.

The level of story telling is pretty good. Was this translated from a japanese post or something?

>>7283613
Actually, the ending was too rushed.
Both when the spoilered text began and even more so at the actual end.

>>7283612
There are those who choose to still live rather than to just die like that.

>>7283613

My heart aches now. I need to yell because I don't know how to cry anymore.

>>7283613
Nope. Written by Kilgamayan. From Pooshlmer or THP I think.

>>7283621
But why? That's just pointless clinging onto life when there is nothing to gain from it anymore.
After having tasted and drank in full the finest wine, if all others taste of vinegar, why force yourself to drink that rubbish wine? At least have some sense of dignity and stop drinking wine when you know none will ever measure up, rather than become a drunkard chasing after all vintages in the nonexistent hope that one won't taste of vinegar.

That's just an action wrought out of the fear of death, and that's just silly.

>>7283630
Others deal with loses of loved ones differently. It could be that I am afraid of dying. Either way it is best to try and move on and try to live in a somewhat happy way.

>>7283630
well, what if there is nothing after life? What if, even in death, you will never be reunited with the ones you love?

Having had that experience, I think some would rather reminisce about the happiness they had, rather than lament about what they don't have.

Also, Gainax hobo end.

>>7283637
So you'd commit yourself to a life of habitual living, practicing the same actions over and over, even knowing it wouldn't grant you any happiness of the sort you experienced?
"Even though it all tastes like vinegar, I've been drinking since I can remember, so I'll just keep chugging this shit down my throat mechanically in hopes that some of it will give me the same taste as that fine wine."

That's just pathetic.

>>7283640
Who cares what happens after death. If you get reunited with your loved one, great. If there's nothing, it's still better than living in the anguish of loss. Reminisce all you like, but the very definition of reminiscing entails desiring what you once had, but have no longer.

Cirno. end of thread.

>>7283640
When you die, you go to meet the Yama.

But only after stalking the halls of Eientei as a ghost for many years.

>>7283642
I dont know about you but I would not spend the rest of my life trying look for something that would be like that. If I were him I would try to live for my self.

wow, I had no idea touhou IN was so creepy, I'mma have to get this game now

The ending's open to interpretation. If you think he does or should kill himself, that's fine. If not, that's fine too.

Besides that, don't let anyone tell you how to die. It's YOUR life; if someone else thinks you should kill yourself, good for them, but they aren't you and have no say in the matter.

>>7283642
You can spend the rest of your life wallowing in your self pity and depression or you can try to live a better life and think that she would want you to be happy by not killing yourself. Reminiscing is one thing but to dwell on it and to hold a grip on it all your life is just not the right thing to do.

Aya would be the best Touhou to marry.
Her...uh...she could...

...damn it.

>>7283648
So you'd give up on wine and drink distilled water?
Or, in other words, become a hermit, cleaning your house, and busying yourself so you don't dwell on the memories? Or would you shut those memories out in order to fully live for yourself until the day you died?

>>7283653
Or you can accept that the end of the illusion was the end of your happiness, and though it was the greatest gift she could have given you, its end calls for the end of your life so that you can, spiritually or poetically, join her in death after 5 long decades of believing she was alive.

Stubbornly clinging to life when it holds nothing else for you is worse than a child refusing to leave the coffinside of their dead parent, denying the reality of the situation in their grief. Unlike the child, though, your life was spent in that illusion, all 50 years of it, and though you may physically have another decade or two left in you, to force yourself to spend that time in full knowledge that you won't be able to see the child you and your wife lovingly raised together grow up, or that the wife who spent those long decades with you will do so no longer, to force yourself to endure such a drastic change of pace at such an elderly age is cruel. It's just cruel.

>>7283663
You really want the poor guy to kill himself.

With your attachment to suicide, I'm surprised you haven't done so.

>>7283655

She's got plenty to give, man. It's all about her intangibles.

There can only be one!
...
Touhou...

>>7283680
What, you thought I was trolling?

There is really no reason whatsoever for him to not kill himself. I believe this with every bit of my being. His entire life was shown to be a complete lie, though a bittersweet one. He spent 50 years seeing the girl he loved love him back, 50 years immersing himself in her smile, in her arms, 50 years raising their child and watching her grow in front of his very eyes. Can you not imagine it? Can you not imagine how it must feel to have a child with the woman you love, to put all your hopes for that dear child's future, hearing her speak about her teachers and classmates, hearing her live her life, then realizing all at once that none of that ever existed? That none of the classmates, that her teachers don't even know her name? That that little child who you and your wife tucked into bed each night never existed, and will never exist? All the memories, dear though they were to the three of you, that all of them are shared just by you and not the other parties? And you think it's outlandish of me to think suicide is the natural course of action upon realizing all of this?

It is not that I've some morbid attachment to suicide as much as I don't have this sort of fear and revulsion toward the inevitable death the rest of you seem to have.
Staying alive would only serve to twist knives in his heart. I can already imagine him crying himself to sleep every night, moaning in pure anguish that his very family is gone.
Have you no sense of decency?

>>7283663
Your fascination with suicide is unhealthy. By your reasoning, everyone who had a loved one die should kill themselves. In the 1st world, most children grow far into adulthood before their parents die. Suicide for the sake of suicide is stupid and cowardly. Death comes for everyone sooner or later, why do you need to rush it? If reality has something to show you in your life, shouldn't you keep watching the series until the end rather than simply shut your eyes and give up?

Also, you talk of life growing bitter. I hope you realize that EVERY person feels like that as they grow older. They miss the energy and vitality of their prime years, but yet many can continue to live their lives, and be happy, even though they are feeling a different kind of happiness than they had in their youth. You don't think that everyone should kill themselves when they reach their midlife crisis do you?

Also, hapiness is not some sort of scale or meter. It isn't simply up or down. There are different types of happiness. It is true that you'll never experience the same joys you had during childhood, for example, but there are other types of happiness out there, and it is quite possible to remain fulfilled and happy into old age and death.

I dont know about you guys, but I'm going with this Waifu of mine.

>>7283702
The main thing I meant, I wasn't very clear, was that in the 1st world many people lose their family members while they themselves are already advanced in years. Should they all just kill themselves out of grief?

The other thing that I wasn't very cohesive on in that part was that you only have one life. It's the only mystery of the universe you have the privilege of seeing, and you are the only one who can see it. Even if the story has a sad end, or it isn't a happy story, shouldn't you watch the story till the end?

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Heh, right, intangibles. Hahaha...
Ha...

Aaaah...

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And that is what I am saying. He experienced different types of happiness in that life he lost.
He experienced that tender blushing rush of young love as he confessed to her and was led by the hand on their date. He experienced the nervousness of proposing. He experienced the exhilaration of newlyweds when they moved in together. He experienced the gentleness of mature love as they woke up each morning and saw the one they love first. He experienced the bliss of learning he was going to be a father. He experienced the wondrous feeling of watching their child grow, year after year, of hearing her first words, of seeing her first steps, of seeing her off for school and of welcoming her back.

He experienced that happiness of love in its most purest of forms. And while it may be true that he has yet to experience the happiness of catching a particularly big fish, or the joy of performing well in front of an audience, what he has spent his life experiencing is more than most ever get in a lifetime. Indeed, most who read this very post, most who browse this very board will not experience such things.

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You mistake me. You are correct that you have but one life, but unless those elderly individuals in the 1st world have, alongside their lover, lost their children, their children's children, and the very imprint on the world that their wedlock brought, there is little reason for them to kill themselves. The void is not so great from such a small loss if they lost just their aged lover.

This man, though, lost all of that. He lost his aged lover, he lost his child, he lost the very stamp that his family made on the world. If you ask those who attended his wedding how they enjoyed it, they wouldn't have any recollection of it. If you asked Keine how his child was doing, she would tell you she never met such a child. None of those things happened in their world. Only in his mind did they ever occur.

I agree with you on one thing first and foremost: You have only one life.
His life ended when her illusion ended. The world he lives in now, the Gensokyo he inhabits, is very, very different to the one he lived in the day before. His life ended. His life is over, and to remain behind like a disgruntled spirit is to do dishonor to that life she granted.

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I'm not seeing the problem here. Aya is wonderful. She's my first-round pick.

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nah, I still love her the most.

>>7283561
Oh my god, I should have stopped reading when the spoilers started.

Keine would be the best wife, even during that time of the month.

also..how..if people dared, would someone judge their love of their waifu? by the amount of pictures they have? or the items they possess in real life?..
or none of that shit matters and everyone loves their own Waifu in their own way.

>>7283842
Its just like any other love, how you feel about them.
I can't play Aya for shit in Hisoutensoku so I usually stick to Reisen, i'm pretty sure I have more pictures of Mokou for some unknown reason (Not even that big of a fan of the character), and the only material things I have are a Sakuya mousepad and a Mountain of Faith arrange CD.

But she's still my favorite.

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Also, any more delightfully bad end-ish stories I could read? I'm in one of those moods and haven't had a good bawwww in a while.

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Isn't she beatiful?

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>>7284172

NO NO NO NO

I HATE THIS THREAD SO MUCH STOP IT ALREADY

Hey wanna do time travel?
Imagine marrying Reisen. Now imagine her alone at a graveyard.

>>7284323
what the HELL are you implying..

>>7284329
If Reisen was in real world she would probably weep and be 4 years without hasubando. Then she'd get a new one.

Or then she would kill herself in hopes for meeting her hasubando in afterlife drinking vodka with jesus.

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For you maybe that is the best answer. Not everyone thinks or believes as you do mind you. "Clinging to life" is not something that I would go for here. I am not sure about you but I have had experiences with this sort of thing and I have a better feel on how to deal with it. Killing myself would not be one of those things. I am not continuing to live expecting another good thing like that is to happen because I know it wont but that does not mean I am going to suffer about it during my time here. People look at things and deal with situations differently from others.

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>She's my first-round pick.

Dohohoho, someone around here plays Magic.

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You need to believe that there are those who have been through this magnatude of loss and there are those who are able to move on.

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>>7284329
It's the Alice and Marisa problem.

A few decades of happiness, then centuries of FOREVER ALONE

>Alice

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Damn you secondaries.

>>7284384
You have a problem with story time?

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To be fair, a family friend of mine is a 90 year old Chinese lady. She was part of the aristocracy in China before the communist revolution, and she happened to be studying in America and avoided the worst of it. However, she lost her entire family and all of her wealth. She managed to marry and find happiness here, and live into old age being poor, but recently her husband died and her son had terminal cancer, and was unmarried working in the State Department.

She outlived her entire family, but she still piddles around and takes joy in small things like her garden. She has sort of started to look at me like her grandson since my family takes care of her now. When I talk to her, you can tell she's experienced real grief, but at the same time you can see that she's never lost hope and appreciation for the life that she has. She didn't kill herself. Why should anybody in her situation?

Like I said, death comes for all, no need to rush it. See what life meant for you to see, even if it is sad, or a tragedy. It is your honor to witness the story that you participate in making, and up to you to find meaning in it, something that all sentient creatures are capable of.

wow that story actually mad me feel a little sad...
props to whoever wrote it, its pretty good

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cont.

Am I afraid of death? I don't think so. Sure, I don't want to die yet - I'm still young in my early 20s. But I accept the inevitability of it, and having had a few close calls myself probably has something to do with it. I think that we should try our best to enjoy what we have, even if we have lost something. Since I believe that there are different types of happiness, my answer to your "fine wine and vinegar" metaphor is simple. Yes, I'll never taste fine wine again. But then it is my duty to start drinking fine beer, or start mixing vodka drinks.

Everyone feels loss with age, when their youth gradually becomes a memory. Just because they can't experience a repeat or eternal continuation of the best time of their lives doesn't mean that they shouldn't live on, find other happiness, and remember the "good old days" fondly. I think the message of the story is similar because it shows his attitude as having adopted that sort of attitude.

>>7284384
There's only so much you can discuss about the games, and if a board is 30% about Touhou then there's gonna be some discussion about Touhou that's not entirely relating to the games. As a person who enjoys discussing the games above all else, I'm just gonna have to say suck it up once in a while. This was an entertaining thread.

I looked at this thread and thought it would be a nice thread about my waifu.
Then I got to the story.
Just... why? (A nicely written story though)
I was going to play some games but I'm too upset right now so I think I'll go to sleep instead.
And if I were in that guy's position, I would most likely suicide. I'm simply not strong enough to live on like that.

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That feeling when you suddenly realize you are in his position. Except that you didn't even get to experience the happy times.

I agree she is sweet!

But where did you get hypnosis from? From what I understand she only has the powers of Lunacy-inducing eyes, telepathy with other moon rabbits, and manipulation of wavelengths.

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The manipulation of wavelengths part.

I hate bullshit stories like that. "Let's make something sad for the sake of it being sad!!!!"
"hmmmm... Now what's more tragic than the ripping apart of a flawless couple?.... OH HEY LET'S MAKE IT SO THE GUY LIVES A LIE FOR 50 YEARS AND THEN FIGURES IT ALL OUT!!! WOW THAT'S SO TRAGIC I'M SHITTING PROZAC HERE."

Also that happiness bit was retarded. Humans crave and need meaning. "Happiness" is no substitute.

In conclusion Reisen's a bitch

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humans need:
food, water, shelter

>>7285144

Bread, air, and attack planes.

Eh...I'd take Myon any day of the week.

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ReiMu hijack?

I just realized ZUN should put Reisen in TH13. She could probably have a unique shot style and bomb.

>>7285584
Maybe she will be in Touhou 14? So far stage 5 bosses have become playable in the main games after awhile.

>>7285597

get out, filthy youkai

only humans are playable.

>>7285601

As I keep telling a certain rodent who acquired a rabbit suit, I will make hat from you.

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>filthy

>>7285597
I dunno, I think there were two reasons for Youmu being reincluded.
Primarily because she was closely related to the incident, divine spirits in Hakugyokurou and all that. But also because she was the only human in Imperishable Night to not have a solo appearance in a game that isn't 9 or fighting.

Plus, Reisen's a youkai, and he hasn't had a full youkai protag since Mystic Square.

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Yeah, this thread's pretty pointless ultimately.
If relationships were a power relevant to winning in danmaku, Satori and Koishi would be broken characters.
I've seen people try to argue against Satori and Koishi, but it inevitably fails because their powers are pretty much unfair in this regards. It would be almost (if not actually) logically impossible for the relationship not to be perfect for a variety of reasons. Nobody could possibly have a failed relationship with either of them, so long as they loved you back.

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You really didn't make a good argument for my waifu...

>>7283402
But that wasn't Flan, that was that bitch Okuu.