It's Tamamo no Mae. T.A.M.A.M.O

It is Reimu, here and here are images of this same pair, from the same author, with Reimu wearing her hair thingies. As you can clearly see, heir hair is arranged exactly like it is in the uploaded picture, and if you removed the red whatever-they-are-called (and the clothes), you would get the look of the image that is on the reader. It is just how this author draws Reimu.

That being said, I agree she looks basically the same as Kaguya in these artworks. Still nice, though, and hot.

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... "Xiaojie"? Was this translated from Chinese?

Eh, I prefer Yamato x Fubuki. Now THAT is an underrated ship; I have a lot easier time finding Kongou x Fubuki in comparison.

Can someone give some context for those who live in areas of the world where they aren't likely to know ANYTHING about LGTB topics without specifically seaching for such things? (I'm assuming it pertains to LGBT due to the rainbow flag and the fact that it's obviously lesbian-themed, given the nature of this site and the depicted pairing.)

Arturia had a lot girlfriends!

@Cannibal Lol, I knew what your response would be, so I stayed away from this thread until I mustered the energy (do not take this the wrong way, I like doing this, but it is exhausting). Well, here we go, I guess.

The theory that the crystal shortens your life is just that, a theory. They don't have any evidence that it shortens your life, only that it's painful to use.

"To win the battle, she stole a stone of power that the first witch had: the Magic Stone. It devours the life of a witch to overturn the laws of power." (Izetta's grandmother, in a memory, talking about the first Sophie, in episode 10.)

"The White Witch, the real Sophie, once said that the Magic Stone draws out the power of the witch by shortening their life. If you use it too much, you won't have long to live." (Said by Müller to Izetta, based on the diary written by his ancestors who were members of the court in Sophie's time, and were involved in the plot against her, episode 11.)

"If she crystallises all that magic at once, she'll die for sure." (Sophie's internal monologue, episode 12. This also indicates it is not just the duration of the usage, but the intensity as well, that drains the life from the user.)

You have no idea that Sophie was actually even killed. She just falls after failing to match Izetta's spirit bomb. Not once do we get a confirmation of her death, especially whether or not it was the crystal's life draining that caused it.

She unambiguously thought Izetta's move was suicidal, and given what we know about the Stone, this is indeed correct. Nevertheless, she tried to match it, given all the factors (nature of the Stone, the suicidal levels of energy being used, her previous usage of the Stone, and her cloned body (no, I did not forget her body was deteriorating more rapidly on account of the cloning)), the scene of her losing hold of her magic, her staff, and her falling down with that drained look on her face, can only be interpreted as her dying.
The only way you can take it as anything else is if you disregard several canon facts, and look at the scene with selective obliviousness. Not to mention the fall alone from that height (and they were above open water, in the middle of the North Sea, at that) would have killed her.

She only could have survived if, as I said, we disregard canon information, and then assume Izetta swooped in and caught her before she hit the surface (and just to be clear, I am not talking about drowning here, a fall from that height would be the same as hitting concrete pavement), and that is quite a scene to be completely left out and never mentioned in any way, shape, or form. Your argument is almost primary school level of 'not dead, we have not seen it'.
The state of her cloned body was a factor that made her weaker than Izetta, and quickened her demise, but it was the life-draining effect of the stone that killed her (again, given the above quotes, I really do not see another way to interpret this).

The original Sophie used the stone much longer than the clone and Izetta and lived for decades until she was betrayed and executed.

Now, this is actual, pure conjecture on your part. We are only told Sophie saved Eylstadt in a single war (and only one battle was actually mentioned), so we have no idea how long or how much she actually used the stone. Plus, those were medieval times. It stands to reason you do not need an awful lot of energy (again, levels of usage also play a part) to overpower mobs of barely armed serfs and a few hundred professional soldiers and knights (as was the standard for armies of the period), as opposed to going against tanks and fighter planes armed with rapid-firing cannons.
We also have no idea whatsoever how long Sophie lived before being betrayed, so I have no idea where did you pull these "decades" from. She still looked young when they seized her, plus, the whole reason for the betrayal in the first place was the Vatican, and the Inquisition. It is highly unlikely she would be allowed to live for decades in those times. Eylstadt would have been invaded into oblivion, as a heretic country, which was exactly the point King Matthias brought up when he signed off on the plot (episode 12).

No, it's set several years later. Not immediately after.

I was wrong on this one, I will grant you. Several years (and it could not have been more, given how young Lotte still is in that last scene) are still not the same as decades, though, so my original point stands.

Now, I understand why people do not like all of this, but still, the only way you can give Izetta and Fine a happily-ever-after for a long, long time is if you deliberately disregard canon information. There is just no way around this. And the thing is, Fine knows this. Remember the scene after the broomride, when they were on that mountaintop (episode 12)?

F: "What? But that magic stone eats away at your life, right? If you do that..."

I: "It'll be fine."

F: "You're lying. I can tell right away when you're lying! Especially when you're lying because you're about to do something crazy for me."

I:"I'm sorry. It's true that I might die. But there's something I want enough to do it anyway. A world where everyone can choose their tomorrow. A world where you can smile. Morecheesystuffbutfortheloveofgodsmyfingersaretired.
So give me the order to fight as your witch, Archduchess, no, Fine... And to end it all."

F: "No!"

I: "I've given it a lot of thought, but I couldn't think of anything else. So..."

F: "Izetta... Izetta... My witch... I order you... you..."

And the scene cuts to Fine breaking down and yelling at the representatives of the warring powers, and from her grief it is obvious she does not expect Izetta to make it back.

Christ, can we not have yet another discussion that's duelling walls of text? I'd rather this not turn into another Yuzumori-san discussion if both of you don't mind.

Lol, I said all that I possibly could on the subject, Nez. Whether he accepts my arguments, or tries to go for an alternative interpretation, is entirely up to him, but in either of those two cases, I have pretty much nothing else to say about it. Also, the subject here is nothing like the train-wreck in the Yuzumori thread, in which I had no part whatsoever, so, eh... quick on the draw these days, I guess.

100% acurate to the anime aesthetics

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this is so funny... ihave family in all of these countries and lmfao

Please let this artist finally make a Marisa x Youmu comic because in their comics these two just feel like they would be so much happier together instead

^ Ooooh so that is Reimu!!! :O
I never seen those images before and didn't know about that author either, kinda crazy how the author draws Reimu!! Not complaining though, she looks hot (cuz I like Kaguya too) xD

^ These 2 are a pretty popular yuri pairing from vocaloid - and tho it is not related to it directly - since it was posted here not long after Australia passed same sex marriage into law (and it seems to be a lesbian pride / power, kinda image) the topic became about that.

And people are wishing it would come to their countries too. Going by their name, (gweanakjakarta) They are from Indonesia - which is just above Australia - and fpi stands for 'Front Pembela Islam' (Islamic Defenders Front- far right religious/political group?) I can imagine if they have much power in a country you are NOT gonna get gay marriage rights.

P.s I know almost nothing about the region so this info might be a bit off.

I'm glad I live somewhere it already IS law.

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to elaborate what @elevown just said, yes, me (and possibly others who replied my comment above) are Indonesian, and FPI is a far right (IMO, borderline extremist) islamic civilian organisation, emphasis on "civilian organisation" because realistically, they are NOT political group/party, but by combining the power of democracy (power of people) and religion, they are a force to be reckoned with in Indonesia's political region. They are often used by right wing parties and basically any opposition parties by "herding" people's opinions by using religion and "for the good of the people" BS. But let's be real, the only "good" all (corrupt) politicians thinking are their own interests. But they're works, the newest and prime example was the Jakarta's previous governor case last year (he jabs his political rivals who use religion to gain people's interest, religious people got offended, political rivals saw that as an opening, FPI came in, non stop demonstrations all the way until governor election (even when he was being trialed (yes, he was trialed for that jab)), and 58% Jakartans elected a much, much more shitty governor over him, and he also got sentenced for 2 years prison time)

But enough about them, like I said before, I think the problem goes deeper than those "slightly tamer than Al Qaeda" idiots, it's the people's belief and the nation's ideology. Too many Indonesians are taking their beliefs (and superstitions) too seriously, so unless the country and the people go a bit more (if not entirely) secular, LGBT rights are pipe dream for Indonesians

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awwww so nice :)

... "Xiaojie"? Was this translated from Chinese?

Yes.

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Do you honestly think that after all the shit this game put me through that I can enjoy this ship?!

well, then you're goddamn right! It's cute as fuck and if Sayori is still available then I will protect that cute smile with my life!!

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Wonderfull. This is such a cute couple. They need to get the drama over with and have some nice and fluffy romance.
It's time these two went on some more dates like in Lighthouse.

I like the two-tone mane.

Oo, hey, I like fierce Yamato.

Yep, completely in character for Tatsuta.

@Outer that's because you were staring too much at YouRiko.

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I've watched this anime and I honestly don't get the basis for shipping this two. What was obvious was RikoChika and YouChika. But for some reason I like this pair more than the ones I mentioned. YouRiko all the way!

Yorukun please... I don't want to ship this... But Morgan is so hot, I don't know how to resist...