And with this latest page, we see Purple Squid-Kun drawn ever deeper into the cult of Yuri. His two sempai are ready to guide him.

Teams in Eromame's stories seem to be 3v3, so I wonder what the other yellow squid is doing...

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Should probably mark this as being Vocaloid. Seeing as how the "TakoLuka" is quite clearly Luka Megurine.

Definitely more intensity from this Inkling couple. I never realized just how very missing masochistic yandere squid people were from our lives. Feels like it could have used a couple more pages to resolve things, though.

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I can't believe it took four years for people to start commenting on this story. Remilia's gift to Flandre is too sweet and adorable to be ignored.

The tea on page 12 looks weird...
Like some semi-solid goo.

Drawing water in any form is hard. On the other hand, we've never seen how Remilia drinks blood...

Not so much bathtime kissing as bathtime sexual harassment of a willing victim. I suppose that doesn't have quite the same ring to it, though.

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Pachouli seems to be rather popular in the Millet Soup universe lately. So far we've seen RemiPachi, PachiAlice, PachiKoa, and possibly PachiSaku. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing more RemiPachi, just because I really like how Millet writes Remi.

Huh. Interesting that the author's recent posts are the residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion most of the time. Does anyone else notice that? Maybe he/she likes drawing them.

Actually, I don't think I've ever seen something by Millet Soup that didn't involve the SDM in some way. Except for "A Wonderful Morning Starts With...". I kind of like that they stay focused and develop one group of characters instead of jumping around and half-developing everyone.

Pachouli seems to be rather popular in the Millet Soup universe lately. So far we've seen RemiPachi, PachiAlice, PachiKoa, and possibly PachiSaku. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing more RemiPachi, just because I really like how Millet writes Remi.

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http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/gamma_ch12#36

An explosion of Fury! Did Yuri just use her Lily Cure powers? Why did none of the characters comment? Did any readers not see this coming? Has killing become the hero thing to do? Find out next time on: Gamma!

Question 1, 2, 3 : Yes and it's not the first time she use what she has left of it. It's totally in character for her to be reckless and emotional like that
Question 4 : Is this question still about this page ? Because she didn't kill anyone, she missed the guy.

Not that page specifically, though she did attempt to kill someone. They appeared to kill a villain earlier in the chapter without much hesitation.

I can't remember Yuri using her powers before except in flashbacks. Maybe I'm just forgetting something. Could you provide some links?

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/gamma_ch02#30

Ah, so I had forgotten something. Very well, I acknowledge your point.

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/gamma_ch12#36

An explosion of Fury! Did Yuri just use her Lily Cure powers? Why did none of the characters comment? Did any readers not see this coming? Has killing become the hero thing to do? Find out next time on: Gamma!

Question 1, 2, 3 : Yes and it's not the first time she use what she has left of it. It's totally in character for her to be reckless and emotional like that
Question 4 : Is this question still about this page ? Because she didn't kill anyone, she missed the guy.

Not that page specifically, though she did attempt to kill someone. They appeared to kill a villain earlier in the chapter without much hesitation.

I can't remember Yuri using her powers before except in flashbacks. Maybe I'm just forgetting something. Could you provide some links?

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http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/gamma_ch12#36

An explosion of Fury! Did Yuri just use her Lily Cure powers? Why did none of the characters comment? Did any readers not see this coming? Has killing become the hero thing to do? Find out next time on: Gamma!

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No, that's what I got out of it. Komachi was freaking out because souls aren't normally destroyed

Yeah I was a bit confused about the destroyed part because the Miare soul clearly still exists even though its' gone this process several times. I eventually just replaced the word 'destroyed' with 'purified' since what the court was doing was essentially resetting her her soul so she never has any issues with lingering regrets as a human.

That's still pretty harsh depending on a person's definition of self and because the story seems to imply that the court just throws out the bits that developed during the Miare's life like unnecessary trash; effectively the bits that would make Akyuu distinct from the other Miare's.

I suppose so. As I understand it, eastern mythology reincarnation tends to work like recycling. The soul is sort of melted down, the impurities are removed, and it is recast into something else. It's basically an entirely different soul that just happens to be made from the same soul material as the previous one. The Miare is special because it doesn't get broken down during reincarnation and simply continues on to a new body when the soul is reconstituted.

I guess I just didn't get the part where it was explained that Komachi had to become a reaper in order to get Akyuu across the river. Though I do like your explanation.

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It's been a while since I've seen something from Yakumi Sarai. I almost forgot how morbid they can be.

The only problem with this one is that I just can't understand Komachi's dilemma here. Even if Akyuu dies, Komachi just ferries her over to the afterlife and continues to drop in and spend time with her. For a shinigami who runs a ferry across the border between life and afterlife, the death of a friend should warrant no more emotional turmoil than a friend moving from one side of town to the other.

Still, Sarai's work definitely sticks a lot closer to Shinto mythology than other Touhou doujins. It really adds something.

I like how they kept it up even after learning about the painkiller

Well Yoshika is from a family of doctors. I'm sure multiple sessions were needed to make sure Lynne was fully recovered. You can never be too careful about these things, you know.

Really cute chapter. Side couples always seem to be more interesting than the main pairings, and these two are no different.

The mysterious power of side-couples makes them appealing, is it because they aren't a focus? Like something happening on the side on it's own as the main focus tends to move on? Is it giving some depth the side characters involved?... I don't really know how to pinpoint it, but it certainly does work :p

I think it's because the writers feel like they can have fun with them while the main characters have to be written to attract the largest audience possible.

I found this chapter adorable, but was rather rather dissapointed that we didn't get to see more of Kanna. Though, I suppose she'd have to be temporarily written out to give the other characters some screentime. Her spastic personality does seem to overshadow everyone else's.

And so we discover that Lord Atobee was the culprit! Is there nothing he cannot do?

That's weird, where are you all seeing this page 25 and 26? As far as I'm concerned, they don't exist.

I couldn't find them either. I'm guessing those were the pages that were supposed to have Perrine and Sakamoto. Too bad we couldn't see them.

Depends on whether you like shows like Seinfeld. The series is basically a slice-of-life comedic drama about college otaku without any real plot arcs or major conflicts. What makes it really different from other series, though, is how it doesn't stick to standard anime/manga tropes and instead tries to go for more "realistic" characters and events.

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That's some killer foreplay they go through. Funny how they seem to agree that brutally assaulting your girlfriend with improvised murder weapons is somehow less likely to break her than giving her a freaking kiss.

You obviously don't understand the gentle heart of a maiden.

I think I have it sort of worked out:

1. Strong enough to engage in mortal combat without being winded.
2. Aggressive enough to engage in mortal combat at the slightest provocation.
3. Bold enough to confess romantic feelings and sexual urges unflinchingly during mortal combat.
4. Weak enough to reduce you to an embarrassed quivering mess at the first sign of genuine affection.

Basically, it's an evil Superman and the LOVE is it's kryptonite.

That's some killer foreplay they go through. Funny how they seem to agree that brutally assaulting your girlfriend with improvised murder weapons is somehow less likely to break her than giving her a freaking kiss.

Nagisa is in the bag.

One of the main ideas in Yakumi Sarai's works is that Gensokyo is the last resting place of things that are no longer believed in. In this case, human sacrifice was abolished in the outside world and so it now has to exist in Gensokyo because it is the very nature of Gensokyo is to carry on with the customs that no longer practiced outside. Failing to follow the custom would defeat the country's whole purpose and presumably do irreparable damage to the magic that maintains it. Yakumi Sarai plays this sort of tragic situation very well in my opinion.

I think THIS is the message to take from this doujin. Gods are only maintained through faith, and the humans of Gensokyo worship their gods through human sacrifice. If you reread page 18 and 19, Kanako and Suwako themselves didn't like the idea of eating a human being, either.

Upon knowing that Kanako and Suwako would accept, Sanae immediately labeled them as "evil", similarly to how she labeled humans the same way in Yakumi Sarai's other doujin, "DODO". She grew a little then, and in having faith in Kanako and Suwako (who explicitly said they want her to stay around forever), and accepting the offering, she receives faith, and becomes a goddess herself.

Humans can't be placed under the tentpole labeling of "good" and "evil", and neither can deities. Both life forms must have to do what they can to stay alive, even if they don't like it.

I honestly didn't catch all this until someone on Danbooru spelled it out for me. While I don't agree with the message, I feel like I can accept the story. I wonder how Yakumi Sarai will portray Sanae after this, though?

On pages 13-14, however, you get Marisa's 'if it stopped in the outside world it would have come to this one' wham line. Human sacrifice became part of Gensokyo because it was no longer practiced outside. Now those who live in Gensokyo must maintain it. As for Sanae, partaking in the ritual was her last test. She had to give up her humanity by accepting the sacrifice in order to become a goddess. That's how I take it.

I've already read this on danbooru, but I might as well post my thoughts here as well. Can't say this is as good as the others. It's more brutal, but it's not justified. The Buddhist temple situation was net positive with nobody actually getting hurt. Canni-can disposed of people who were going to commit suicide anyway and used them to maintain the peace. This, they skinned a child alive and then ate him for... what? Ceremony? There's no higher purpose here, no white to go with the black, no yang to the yin.

One of the main ideas in Yakumi Sarai's works is that Gensokyo is the last resting place of things that are no longer believed in. In this case, human sacrifice was abolished in the outside world and so it now has to exist in Gensokyo because it is the very nature of Gensokyo is to carry on with the customs that no longer practiced outside. Failing to follow the custom would defeat the country's whole purpose and presumably do irreparable damage to the magic that maintains it. Yakumi Sarai plays this sort of tragic situation very well in my opinion.

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/touhou_aojou_yasumi_no_saka#21

That expression from Seija. I have never wanted to hug a character in a doujinshi so much. This artist is just incredible at drawing emotion.

I demand to know what is the lvl 5

You don't want to know what lvl 5 was. It was so intense that the author censored it out of his/her own volition to protect the delicate sensibilities of dynasty reader members. A group well known for their squeamishness about lesbianism. Wouldn't want any mental scarring now.

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