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| Shintoism |
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59 | 9.58% |
| Buddhism |
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77 | 12.50% |
| Taoism |
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66 | 10.71% |
| FEAR CLOWNPIECE |
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414 | 67.21% |
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Elliotw2 posted:Why do MMD people always use the worst Aya model? Because all MMD models are the worst.
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Dec 16, 2014 07:18
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Yeah, using MMD models seems like a better choice than the original Source models overall, but I'm fine with just giving my cosmetics/items nerdy names. Also, I bought this a while back and it's pretty interesting. They pulled it off pretty well, imo. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=17090404
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Dec 16, 2014 07:23
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I have now realized how much better it is reading Suika's lines in a scottish accent. And Eiren's in German. 
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Dec 16, 2014 07:26
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Elliotw2 posted:Go hog wild VV I dunno why I keep inflicting awful related to series I like on myself. Is this what morbid curiosity is like? Nages posted:Jesus Christ HGH fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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Dec 16, 2014 08:39
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I especially like Heavy Yuyuko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFVeuHAhruk
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Dec 16, 2014 15:37
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There's an Utusho one I don't think is completely awful somewhere, but I can't find it on youtube.
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Dec 16, 2014 17:20
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So is Reimu straight Taoist or some sort of weird Shungedo blend?
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Dec 16, 2014 22:24
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That would imply Reimu cares enough to actually espouse a philosophy.
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Dec 16, 2014 23:57
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Reimu only cares about money so she doesn't have to eat grass for dinner any more. 
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Dec 17, 2014 00:09
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amuayse posted:So is Reimu straight Taoist or some sort of weird Shungedo blend? Shinto I think. She just doesn't care.
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Dec 17, 2014 00:16
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I think the real answer is that ZUN wasn't thinking about this at all when he designed the character in 1996. The in-universe answer is that she's kinda stupid and doesn't understand these things.
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Dec 17, 2014 00:41
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She hits Youkai with sticks and paper until they starting bringing food and booze to her parties. Anything else is garnish.
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Dec 17, 2014 00:46
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Yeah, just find of strange she uses a combination of Shinto amulets and the Taoist Yin-Yang symbols. Her god's never mentioned, right? I wonder if there will be Catholics in the next game.
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Dec 17, 2014 00:47
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It's canon that Reimu has no idea who the god of her shrine is.
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Dec 17, 2014 00:49
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WarpedNaba posted:She hits Youkai with sticks and paper until they starting bringing food and booze to her parties. Anything else is garnish. Yeah, her knowledge of the religion she supposedly is the front liner of is that it lets her do this better than anyone else.
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Dec 17, 2014 00:53
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amuayse posted:Yeah, just find of strange she uses a combination of Shinto amulets and the Taoist Yin-Yang symbols. This is pointed out to her in one of the TD endings and her response is basically "huh?" She does happen to embody several Taoist ideals though.
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Dec 17, 2014 01:02
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According to hints sprinkled in the PC-98 games, Reimu's magic was meant to be pure 神仙術 shinsenjutsu - Taoist hermit magic, with the implication she would become an immortal hermit as a result of her training. There's every reason to believe this is still a core part of her character. The title "Shaman" appeared once, but was probably only used as a translation of "shrine maiden". The Windows games and manga eventually gave her the ability to function as a Shinto oracle - a female shaman who can facilitate communications with gods. Her spell names are still mostly invented stuff rather than Shinto references.
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Dec 17, 2014 01:53
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Yukari seems to know a whole of a lot more about Reimu's "religion" than she does, which means it's entirely possible that Reimu doesn't actually have a religion and is just a shrine maiden of the gap hag herself.
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Dec 17, 2014 01:54
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cuc posted:According to hints sprinkled in the PC-98 games, Reimu's magic was meant to be pure 神仙術 shinsenjutsu - Taoist hermit magic, with the implication she would become an immortal hermit as a result of her training. There's every reason to believe this is still a core part of her character. The title "Shaman" appeared once, but was probably only used as a translation of "shrine maiden". The bonus screen that shows after you kill a boss in Highly Responsive to Prayers gives you a bonus based on the number of MIKOsans you have, and I won't hear a word to the contrary, good sir! 
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Dec 17, 2014 03:44
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KataraniSword posted:Yukari seems to know a whole of a lot more about Reimu's "religion" than she does, which means it's entirely possible that Reimu doesn't actually have a religion and is just a shrine maiden of the gap hag herself. If her title in Hopeless Masquerade is any indication she at least thinks she is a Shinto Shrine Maiden.
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Dec 17, 2014 04:22
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KataraniSword posted:Yukari seems to know a whole of a lot more about Reimu's "religion" than she does, which means it's entirely possible that Reimu doesn't actually have a religion and is just a shrine maiden of the gap hag herself. I want to believe.
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Dec 17, 2014 04:44
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One of the printed works or a throw away line in one of the games, I forget, does mention that someone can sense the shrine's god and they're pissed at Reimu for not knowing them or something. So probably not Yukari. Reimu's shinto, tho. She's just a lazy orphan who was never taught anything.
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Dec 17, 2014 04:46
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One of Reimu's endings in UFO has Byakuren visiting and noting how annoyed the shrine's god is.
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Dec 17, 2014 04:57
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At the end of the Three Fairies manga Marisa figures that Reimu is more of a hermit than a shrine maiden, too, hanging out with and using fairies to do her work rather than exterminating them. Honestly, Reimu's shaky faith is the main reason I was disappointed Kanako wasn't playable in Hopeless Masquerade, that and that Reimu is the only Shinto character where the other two religions got two, while half the cast wasn't aligned with any of the groups. That was a bit of a strange set-up for a game that was ostensibly about religious groups doing show-fighting to gather followers.
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Dec 17, 2014 06:46
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Kanako didn't need to show up because she is actually competent at gathering faith. Moriya Shrine had no need to join a religious war, they're just too good. 
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Dec 17, 2014 08:22
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Kanako is the only one who has actually spent the last few centuries still working to gather faith and she knows that flashy kungfu displays don't draw followers, just rubberneckers,
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Dec 17, 2014 09:20
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And Suwako does flashy danmaku displays anyway. It's called teamwork.
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Dec 17, 2014 09:49
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KataraniSword posted:Yukari seems to know a whole of a lot more about Reimu's "religion" than she does, which means it's entirely possible that Reimu doesn't actually have a religion and is just a shrine maiden of the gap hag herself. Yukari herself also seems to be, if anything, tending towards Taoism. Speaking of the gap hag, I might as well plug some artwork I made recently. 
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Dec 17, 2014 12:13
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I took a look at your site, and you have some pretty cool stuff on it. I especially liked this image. edit: also this one Hokuto fucked around with this message at 13:03 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 12:49
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Pureauthor posted:Kanako is the only one who has actually spent the last few centuries still working to gather faith and she knows that flashy kungfu displays don't draw followers, just rubberneckers, Kanako is the deity that Gensokyo needs. She's campaigning on lowering the (faith) deficit, and she even has shovel-ready jobs (in the form of a ski-lift).
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Dec 17, 2014 18:58
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HellCopter posted:Kanako is the deity that Gensokyo needs. She's campaigning on lowering the (faith) deficit, and she even has shovel-ready jobs (in the form of a ski-lift). Never forget Okuugate. Kanako is irresponsible with arming underground hell ravens with nuclear power.
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Dec 17, 2014 19:34
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A Meat posted:Never forget Okuugate. Kanako is irresponsible with arming underground hell ravens with nuclear power. Someone had to have taken up that hellfire mantle. Would you have just left the corpse of the yatagarasu sitting around for just anything to eat? Why do you want a weak Gensokyo?
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Dec 17, 2014 21:30
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Yet somehow the biggest scandal to hit the front page of Bunbunmaru was when Sanae slipped up and used the word "nucular".
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Dec 17, 2014 21:45
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A Meat posted:Never forget Okuugate. Kanako is irresponsible with arming underground hell ravens with nuclear power. And now that bird is safely contained and using her powers to create a consistent flow of renewable nuclear energy. If you just look past the small controversy you'll see that the Moriya Shrine gets results.
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Dec 17, 2014 22:21
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Gensoukyo doesn't give a poo poo about energy. Although they did find the new hot springs pretty bitchin'.
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Dec 17, 2014 23:17
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Isn't there a thing in SA/the books afterwards that said that Youkai mountain was leeching power from Tokyo to power the cool poo poo that the Moriya Shrine people brought with them?
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Dec 17, 2014 23:19
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A Meat posted:Never forget Okuugate. Kanako is irresponsible with arming underground hell ravens with nuclear power. http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/suwakoto_ch06
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Dec 17, 2014 23:32
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Elliotw2 posted:Isn't there a thing in SA/the books afterwards that said that Youkai mountain was leeching power from Tokyo to power the cool poo poo that the Moriya Shrine people brought with them? I think there was something about Gensokyo using leftover power from Tokyo, but with a lot of places turning towards green energy now, the leftovers are running out, which prompted Kanako to make Gensokyo produce energy in-house. So then she entrusted a dumb bird with the power to solve the energy crisis.
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Dec 17, 2014 23:42
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Elliotw2 posted:Isn't there a thing in SA/the books afterwards that said that Youkai mountain was leeching power from Tokyo to power the cool poo poo that the Moriya Shrine people brought with them? It's in the SoPM part discussing SA, yeah. Also featured are Marisa partying hard with onis in hell and why vengeful spirits are a big deal to youkai.
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Dec 17, 2014 23:51
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WarpedNaba posted:Gensoukyo doesn't give a poo poo about energy. Although they did find the new hot springs pretty bitchin'.  Touhou priorities.
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Dec 17, 2014 23:51
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