I love it

Diana: "Are you sure you know what you're doing Akko?"
Akko: "I'm gonna do it better than you ever did to me!"
Diana: "Alright let's see it..."

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Everything in this pic is simply lovely - the 2 girls, their wedding dresses, their hair ornaments, the kiss, the intertwined fingers.

@Random Wanderer
She is called Sion everywhere. The anime subs, the manga translation and even in the official material, same place where people got Lico from. I just pointed out that it's officially "Lico" with a C not a K. I obviously still won't call her that, because I'm not stupid and can see that it was a mistake on Ito's part. Doesn't matter how it sounds, it's straight up not a name, while Riko and Rico both are. So common sense tells us it was just the usual L/R mix-up. lol

"Doesn't include any males" "It's possible to have proper doujins of crack ships" Your criteria are arbitrary and ridiculous then. You just call proper whatever you prefer. There is no arguing with someone who can't be objective. None of the pairings you mentioned has any real foundation in the manga. Not even Momo x Lilith.

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@Reiba1925
If Lilith had said it there Shamiko would have plausible deniability ("She just misinterpreted" "Ancestor is just trying to cheer me up" etc.). If it doesn't come from Momo's own mouth there is always a way to twist it around. Which is why I believe something extreme has to happen (not necessarily dramatic or bad) where Shamiko finds herself cornered because of her overflowing feelings. Something that might force her to give up on her "enemies" excuse for good.
Honestly I'm not sure whether it would be better if Momo became her dependant first, because that would take away the enemies excuse, but at the same time the subordinate thing would get in the way. Shamiko should realize her feelings before they make a bond like that, so that she can actually comprehend its meaning.

@KanadeChan
Shamiko's eyes go up to Momo's shoulder, so I think it's entirely possible for her to reach her lips if she stretches a bit on her tip-toes.

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lol- its like the confession version of renewing your vows - never seen that before :)

^Japanese has no "si" sound, so writing it as "shi" is just as correct. Same as how the Japanese "r" is closer to the English "l" than "r" so writing ri as li is ok. It just depends on how you decide to romanize it. So Lico is as much a name as Riko and Sion is just as incorrect as Shion.

Does Mokou ever smoke in canon? I see it quite often in doujins and she's the only character that does- i dont think it suits her. Is it because she controls fire? or because they want her to look 'bad ass'?

^https://mangadex.org/chapter/738704/7
If people can go pretend Lico is fine, then Sion is correct too. (Aside from the fact that a good deal of anime characters are called Sion). I looked up Chinese names and Riko/Rico are actual Chinese names, while Lico is not. It is so blatantly obvious what Ito was going for that this is just sad.

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^Well she won't die from lung cancer, so it's not gonna be an issue.

Seems likely enough.

I'm happy today

Dig! Dive! Rock Polish! Play Rough! The moveset possibilities are endless!

^"If Lilith had said it there Shamiko would have plausible deniability ("She just misinterpreted" "Ancestor is just trying to cheer me up" etc.)."
I never deny that it was a possibility. "This event COULD trigger a chain reaction that would end with Shamiko realizing her crush" (maybe I should have use "might" instead of "could" to make it more clear?). However, that Shamiko could have doubted of Lillith does not change the fact that she could also have believed in her (remember how much she admires and respects her, to the extent that she always listens and does what Lillth tells her), both scenarios are feasibles. However, as Lillith was never able to tell Shamiko, we can only theorize what would have happened, not assure it. I Mentioned this scene just to give an example of a scenario where Shamiko could have realized about her crush for something done by other character than Momo, in order to prove my point "I am not saying that Momo don't can be the one that causes the triggering event, but it could also be any other character close enought to Shamiko.". And I insist. Anri, I am watching you

"If it doesn't come from Momo's own mouth there is always a way to twist it around."
Even if it came from Momo's mouth, Shamiko could still give it a crooked twist, you know?, She is a proud tsundere after all. She will always find an excuse or a twist until she has been completly cornered and she don't have more options than to face her own feelings (although I admit that it is easier that she be cornered by something said or done by Momo).

"Which is why I believe something extreme has to happen (not necessarily dramatic or bad) where Shamiko finds herself cornered because of her overflowing feelings. Something that might force her to give up on her" enemies "excuse for good."
I 100% agree with you on this.

"Honestly I'm not sure whether it would be better if Momo became her dependant first"
Only by curiosity, why did you bring is topic to the table? Something I said before made you think I was mentioning it indirectly? or, You Just wanted to mention it?

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^ that’s not a matter of being malnourished, but rather a combination of high metabolism + low body fat. Low body fat doesn’t necessarily = malnourished. I’m sure Nico gets her nutrition because an idol, or any athlete really, cannot function without it.

@Reiba1925 The Hourai Elixir is stated to have three stages, one sip gives agelessness, two offers even more, and finally the third sip gives true immortality. so the question is whether she has eternal life or true immortality.

^Is that in touhou lore or Japanese mythology? I know touhou mixes in quite a lot of Japanese folk lore such as kaguya, but changes them up a lot. I dont recall hearing about needing more than 1 sip. And in all the stories i've read it never mentions kaguya or mokou having more than 1- and they def have true immortality.

If its a general legend, the touhou version may work differently in touhou lore- and i've never heard a suggestion that Eirin had a different or lesser Immortality than Kaguya or Mokou

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very nice :) I like how Akko looks so serious and Diana is totally calm and unruffled.

@Maximus66 Im gonna assume thats just bad English, because under it it says RIKO in katakana- and I will guess they know Japanese better than English. Same deal with Shion. And the fact those are names i've seen before but not lico and sion.

@Lillywyt you cant really argue its Lico just because thats what it says, when it also says RIKO literally 1cm away from it in Japanese. It says BOTH- so imo you could fairly argue either are ok.

22 and then switch the roles

^Welp, this is getting awfully long. This is Dynasty and the mods here don't like discussion. Some even go so far as to delete off-topic discussion in spam threads just because they dislike it, so this can't end well. Even though it's a major pain in the butt, let's move this to the MachiMazo thread and put it all in spoilers, because this site is still stuck at chapter 15 for some reason.
https://dynasty-scans.com/forum/topics/15884-the-demon-girl-next-door-discussion?page=2

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^^^^ There's not cigarette in Gensokyo, so mokou can't smoke.

^That's just a matter of how you romanize it. It says Lico and リコ. How you decide to romanize リコ is up to you (although "Riko" would be correct according to official romaji like Hepburn or Nihon-shiki). Writing リ as "li" is fine because the actual sound is /ɾ/ which is sort of like a cross between the English "r" and "l" sounds (it actually occurs in some English dialects like Standard North American pronunciation of the word "better" where it's actually a "t" sound so romanizing the name as "tiko" or "diko" could also work).
I personally tend to stick to the Hepburn romaji as well as the IPA, but if you're not writing in kana or kanji you can just go with whatever. Not like it the first time that something like this has happened.

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I want to see how they got together.

I love how Akko's really trying to take the lead but Diana is just "Are ya done? Can I do it?"