Prom arc cancelled, let's gooooooo

Not really, though.

Actually, I could go for a doujin about Mokou meeting someone that legit probably could kill her.

As far as I can remember, this is literally the one instance of this triangle where Alice actually beats Reimu. And Reimu's not even that broken up about it.
Meanwhile every other ReiMari artist's like "lmao alice on suicide watch in the background".

I don't think it's meant to be connected, but the fact that the artist behind some of the cutest, most wholesome MariAli switched to Alice getting absolutely destroyed by Yuuka makes me kinda sad.

That being said, I'm still surprised Youmu lost, but it shows that much like the Touhou itself, there many more games to play in the future.

Youmu actually did win. Remember that each of the Four Senses have to be called "-sama" by everyone, and at the end, Yuyuko called Youmu "Youmu-sama".

She lost, but won Yuyuko's recognition. Barring a complete mistranslation, I see no way to interpret Remilia and Patchouli's conversation as Remilia ultimately losing.

No, she won. Or else what is the last panel supposed to mean or imply, especially since the manga's author talked about the significance of the last panel and how it was planned ever since the series started, in response to someone else talking about the last panel revealing the winner of the tournament? Not to mention that Yuyuko is the very last person that could call Youmu "-sama" in normal circumstances. In an earlier post I also brought up how with that in mind, it was likely that Patchouli was talking about an alternative outcome and way that Remilia could have won rather than what had happened in reality.

Patchouli's conversation with Remilia was an implication, but the last panel is pretty much the direct confirmation that it was actually Youmu that won.

Literally what about Patchouli's dialog sounds like a hypothetical? Yuyuko using -sama to show that she considers Youmu the winner regardless of the actual result is waaaay less of a stretch. And if that's not typical of her, yeah, that's the point. Youmu proved herself by getting as far as she did.

That being said, I'm still surprised Youmu lost, but it shows that much like the Touhou itself, there many more games to play in the future.

Youmu actually did win. Remember that each of the Four Senses have to be called "-sama" by everyone, and at the end, Yuyuko called Youmu "Youmu-sama".

She lost, but won Yuyuko's recognition. Barring a complete mistranslation, I see no way to interpret Remilia and Patchouli's conversation as Remilia ultimately losing.

It got drowned out by her confessing for the first time, but Marisa casually saying she wants to be reborn as a human so she can die before Alice again is pretty fucked. She watches her love agonize over it for decades and she's like "damn, couldn't be me".
Not complaining, mind you. It's an interesting explanation for why Marisa doesn't just turn.

This author has written really wholesome MariAli, but I also remember another doujin where Alice was really torn, because she enjoyed Marisa's company, but she normally had a policy of collecting any human samples she could get for her research.
So if they say this doujin's Alice is bad news, she probably is. But then they also say this is a good ending from a MariAli perspective and that's the one I'm reading it from.

Anyway, I really like this kind of story where you never really find out how far the dark undertone goes. Yandere Alice is pretty common, but it's neat to see a version that would actually fool anybody.

What is that I see between Sekibanki's head and her body? You had one job, bro.

Kinda love the idea of the Prismriver sisters detecting the slightest romantic moment and showing up to throw a whole party about it, though.

Welp, so much for my argument for why he's a good guy, actually.

I'm still not convinced Mahjong's actually a real game. Y'all making rules up on the spot. I'm just skimming this because Marisa shows up sometimes.

I think if the author wanted to throw some more trouble at Mitsuki, they could've made it a direct result of her social media success. There was no need to have it all settle down before some rando showed up.

So yeah, he might look like trouble, but that's just the look you want in a rock band. I'm calling member #2.

ReiMari drama: Marisa might turn into a youkai
MariAli drama: Marisa's lifespan is shorter because she's not a youkai

If Reimu wants to stop Marisa from turning into a youkai at all costs, she just needs to become a MariAli shipper. Once they're together, it's just off the table for some reason.

I can't stop staring at Reimu's massive, nostril-less nose.

Fuck that sidequest, though.

Kronii's shirt goes kinda hard though.

I didn't think much of the page count at first, but always having a payoff every fourth page feels like I'm reading to a click track. 4/4-ass manga.

Not like I'm worried, it's just less satisfying and I doubt what we're getting next will outweigh that. Oh well.

of my fuck, I hate this manga. They kiss and it still manages to go nowhere.

lmao

Marisa and Remilia in angel cosplay.

I don't really want a series, the ambiguous ending is scarier.
The worst of Haruka's yandere vibes are probably a joke, but she's clearly messed up and we didn't have enough time to pin down just how badly this could go. And imo the last page is just saying that whatever happens, Fuuka's going to hesitate until it's too late.

Girl seriously thought she didn't need to specify "in minecraft" the first time, like google was just gonna get that.
Jesus.

Granted, some of my criticism could be eleviated by future chapters, I just got the feeling that this Vice Prez scene was very final, she literally and figuratevly left the building, so to speak. I fear that she is not gonna feature much in the future, and we never get Prez's ideas and ideology challenged in any meaningful way.

I really doubt that. She's now the person most firmly opposed to Satsuki's mindset. If the author wants to keep challenging it, she's the obvious person to do it and if they want to redeem it, her approval would mean the most. I agree that she came out looking too good and I do want her and especially prez taken down a peg, but if she reconsiders Satsuki's ideas just because he messed up once, that's kinda cheap. She needs to realize his whole thing was fucked.

Wait, so now she's supposed to free Mitsuki from the clutches of music theory? Nooooooooo
Just learn drums or bass.

I hope this doesn't just get resolved next chapter, because a rift emerging between two music lovers when one of them gets musician brain is really interesting stuff.
Could go for a whole manga about this, honestly.

According to Grimoire of Marisa, she does really want some kind of servant since that'd open up a lot of spellcard options.

Thanks for the translation. I think I saw a sample on pixiv and really wanted to read this one.