So are this all Alice´s dreams? this give me the bad feel that Marisa is no longer there and Alice is taking those pills so at least she can dream of her... i just hope this is just my speculation.

last edited at Oct 15, 2016 12:58PM

Did Alice make a doll that looked like Marisa after she passed away? That's why the doll gets called her name and doesn't understand why Alice's so hurt when being with her

Did Alice make a doll that looked like Marisa after she passed away? That's why the doll gets called her name and doesn't understand why Alice's so hurt when being with her

That's what I was thinking but, i thought it was Alice somehow almost killed Marisa and the only way Alice could save Marisa was by 'moving' her soul(I guess?) Into a doll, but never explained that to marisa.

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It's always a pleasant surprise when you get a notification, can't remember why you subscribed to the author and then go back, check their stuff and see why you did.

e: though I can't really claim to have missed them when I had forgotten about them.

last edited at Oct 15, 2016 2:42PM

Drama tag?

Well that was kinda unclear and difficult to understand. It felt a lot more like a series of very loosely related shorts than one cohesive story.

this kind of introspective, confusing, marisa x alice romance angst, never get old for me

This was... well.... I don't know. I don't get this story even one tiny bit.

Essentially a collection of short-stories that isn't marked as such. Kind of irritating! Particularly with those dream pills suggesting there might be something deeper going on (which is never brought up again)

Short and sweet stories (With some drama here and there). It can be a bit confusing since it doesn't warn you about it but, in general, I liked what I read here

Don't worry Alice. Marisa is one who find way for life extension technique or even possible to become magician-yokai in the future, reference from canon.

In canon, she'll become youkai so let's say this will end good.. I don't want to think like Marisa dies(enough of this story)

the drama between life span marixalice are never old

last edited at Oct 16, 2016 7:48AM

Yeah, this a bunch of unrelated stories, which kinda confused me as well as I was translating it.

For those who are confused about the story starting at page 26, like people have pointed out, it really is suggested that it's not the real Marisa but a doll probably created to replace her (one can guess Marisa has passed away).

In page 26, she says 'you were always kind to me since the start', which goes against what Marisa says before in one of the previous shorts about Alice being the kind of person who would use her. So, we can assume that if she did transfer Marisa's soul to the doll, that she has no memories of who she used to be. Either that, or even sadder, that's only a sentient doll whose only connection with Marisa was having her name and being treated as if she was her.

That aside, I messed up on the translation of a particular bit on page 28.
It should be: "You always told me everything, but there was only one thing you wouldn't tell me till the end". My apologies for that, I shall atone for that by translating more MariAli doujinshi :'D
I'll contact the mods to please change the page to the fixed version once I have it.

last edited at Oct 16, 2016 12:44PM

For those who are confused about the story starting at page 26, like people have pointed out, it really is suggested that it's not the real Marisa but a doll probably created to replace her (one can guess Marisa has passed away).

In page 26, she says 'you were always kind to me since the start', which goes against what Marisa says before in one of the previous shorts about Alice being the kind of person who would use her. So, we can assume that if she did transfer Marisa's soul to the doll, that she has no memories of who she used to be. Either that, or even sadder, that's only a sentient doll whose only connection with Marisa was having her name and being treated as if she was her.

Of course, that scene itself may simply be a dream in the present, reflecting Alice's present insecurities. The fact that the Butterfly's Dream pills are highlighted early on suggests ambiguity as to whether anything that follows is real or not. It may be that the "present" is where she's created a Marisa doll and the other scenes are distant memories, but it equally may be that the "present" is where Alice is worried about various scenarios relating to loving Marisa and her worries are reflected in the dream.

Of course, that scene itself may simply be a dream in the present, reflecting Alice's present insecurities. The fact that the Butterfly's Dream pills are highlighted early on suggests ambiguity as to whether anything that follows is real or not. It may be that the "present" is where she's created a Marisa doll and the other scenes are distant memories, but it equally may be that the "present" is where Alice is worried about various scenarios relating to loving Marisa and her worries are reflected in the dream.

Well, according to Mitsunara, they are small anecdotes that he'd be happy if the readers considered them to be one complete story. According to him he also expected people to be able to tell they were short stories even if he didn't add titles to them but he was still worried people wouldn't get it.

Taking into consideration he wanted it to be a big story, let's all just assume those were Alice's dreams, and the last story is actually the present and the follow up to her telling Marisa about her worries.

i was reading some of the comments: is it true that in the canon marisa became a yokai? isn't she the "human magician" anymore ?

i was reading some of the comments: is it true that in the canon marisa became a yokai? isn't she the "human magician" anymore ?

Just "possible" that Marisa may become magician-yokai in future. It mention in PMISS in her profile that tell by Akyuu (https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Perfect_Memento_in_Strict_Sense/Marisa_Kirisame)
and her character detail in Strange Creators of Outer World (https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Strange_Creators_of_Outer_World/Who%27s_Who_of_Humans_%26_Youkai_in_Gensokyo/Marisa_Kirisame). In current state, she is human magician.

Another AliMari drama/angst story~ Let's gooooooo...

I reject any dramatic reality and substitute my on. All things even remotely sad were bad dreams so Alice used the Butterfly's Dream pills to make sure she didn't have to put up with them. MariAli lived happily ever after.