#renmerry implied

[crookedcrow5]

trust

Never trust a yokai. One of the many rules of the Hakurei shrine maidens. Reimu had no problem with it. Not when the yokai kept randomly showing up to steal her food. "Oh lighten up, dear," Yukari chuckled after sharing a drink with the shrine maiden. "That just means they like you." "No it doesn't and I don't like them," Reimu hissed back. "I don't even like you."

"How stubborn," she sighed and shook her head. "You treat them well, regardless. So why the cold act, my dear?" "You're yokai." Reimu grunted and took another swig. "It's my job." "And yet you're also so cold to humans. Especially that witch." Reimu froze. "What are you saying?" Yukari laughed behind her fan. "I'm saying if that's your way of showing affection, you like her an awful lot." Heat rose to her cheeks and she grumbled out an answer that just got another laugh. "Besides, I didn't say anything about liking you all." Reimu huffed. "I don't like yokai." "But you do like Marisa." Reimu pulled out her purification rod, but the gap yokai had disappeared. "I hate you." "Let me give you some advice," Yukari's voice came from behind Reimu and the shrine maiden twisted around to find her stealing some of the food they had with the sake. "I don't need advice!" She shouted. "I fell in love with the stars too." Yukari looked up at the night sky. Reimu blinked. She could've sworn behind her fan was a smile far sadder than she had ever seen on the yokai. "They're so incredibly frustrating, but you can't deny that your heart beats faster. They hold your hand and you walk together and everything feels right." She closed her eyes. "But the stars are never meant to be held. They will be always out of reach." Then, she left. Leaving Reimu to stare up at the sky. "… Never trust a yokai," she huffed.

#yukari yakumo #reimu hakurei #renmerry implied #reimari #yukaribel #touhou #my writing #drabble

[sukimas]

To expand on this, my problem with HCAR is that the creators simply don't seem to be very interested in Hifuu or its inspirations at all.

Characterization is a point you can argue on all day, so I'll avoid dwelling on it; however, they don't seem to be interested in the world itself or the themes and plot of the CDs. For the world, though Osaka is depicted as underwater, it appears to be mostly fine; Kyoto looks, essentially, as it does today, rather than decorated as if it was an artificial jungle. They don't bother going to Tokyo (or to anywhere else in the Hifuuture) but somehow I doubt that the anime which decided to go with the lazy indication of futurism, the airship, would be willing to depict an environment such that the Earth itself needed terraforming. There are also robots depicted (which don't seem to be common in the Hifuuture at all).

But by far the most egregious problem with the world is that it's set significantly less than a hundred years in the future from today, by dint of them meeting one of Sanae's relatives who was still around (and about the same age as Sanae) while she was around and her not appearing particularly old, barring white hair. Due to the fact that the Boyu Tokaido was built before the girls were even born, in the Jinki era (a past, rather than present, era) the CDs needs must take place in at least the 2090s if not later; the astronomical considerations of GFC require that it take place in 2151, though that's not necessarily intentional on ZUN's part.

As for the plots of the CDs, the anime seems completely uninterested in depicting either them or anything like them. That is to say, after the first episode, it neither shows the events of any of the CDs nor has the Hifuus having philosophical conversations about anything (!). The latter is what's really unfortunate- that is, after all, the entire point of the Hifuu Club in the music CDs in the first place. Having them visit other worlds or expose the secrets of their own is essentially "fluff"; this is the reason why Retrospective 53 Minutes, Magical Astronomy, Dr. Latency's Freak Report, and Dateless Bar Old Adam exist at all. If the exploration was the important part, there would be no need for CDs like that.

(They don't even get their depiction of Magical Astronomy itself- the most saccharine and favorite CD of JP and CN Hifuu fandom- right- the girls are by no means implied to go to the moon. In fact, Merry isn't even implied to be able to manipulate boundaries intentionally until Dateless Bar Old Adam. But even if she could, she's kind of banned from the moon due to the, you know, whole invasion thing in the past. Even if she's allowed up there with a letter from Eirin in Grimoire of Usami, she's not just going to be allowed to drag her will-they-won't-they-friend up there for a tour, no matter how human she looks.)

The other two extant episodes essentially ditch the Hifuu Club format entirely. The second episode is about the disappearance of Sanae Kochiya, which is, frankly, a story that only Renko would believe in; it's something that you'd hear about on 2ch or at the Old Adam Bar, not something that they'd go on adventures to learn about. Anyway, it's entirely unfocused on the girls themselves or their philosophy. The third episode is about Merry dreaming about Lafcadio Hearn (using his extant nickname of the Raven, which, while cute, doesn't actually add anything to their depiction. They don't seem to have any tangible knowledge of what the man was like) and visiting the SDM.

For an anime titled as being about the Hifuu Club, they sure don't seem to be interested in actually exploring anything the Hifuu Club does, or their own philosophy. And not actually committing to Renmerry outside of Class S-ing it is cowardly. You're a fanime. You can put fucking yuri in there if you want. Granted, I don't really like the portions which do focus on the club itself, due to their characterizations, but they could have at least tried.

Basically, it's just kind of OC slop that is uninterested in its source material materially, thematically, or philosophically. You can make good work that's focused around OCs, but this isn't it.

#not gracing this with tags

[rlyehtaxidermist]

the notes in the NFPA post that seem to imply they're reading it as "don't ship renmerry!" goes to show how much context is lost on social media

[sumechiayuu]

december art

#touhou #touhou project #sumechiart #secret sealing club #renko usami #implied renmerry? #maribel hearn #sumireko usami

[touhousecretsanta]

Welcomehottopic’s Wishlist

WISHES TO BE GRANTED: Art or Fanfiction would be nice!

altho uh, content wise some of the uh, more basic ships, just stuff like ReiMari, SeiShin, KoiKoko, HecaJun, KomaEiki, KaguMoko, and RenMerry (that’s a good range of ships so incase ya can decide which 1 ya like to do in case there’s some ya don’t sorry)

PET PEEVES: unnecessary angst! like stuff that’s just sad for the sake of it is a big nono sorry! gotta be fluff, end in fluff, or at least imply fluff (like somebody caring for the other when they’re all sad)

YOUR ABILITIES: Can (badly) draw art stuff! got access to loads of different materials if ya desire somefin like that + can access animation software if ya want an animation!

YOUR WEAKNESSES: Anyfin with an age gap or incest is a real big nono sorry! will draw more or less anyfin else tho!

POST-SCRIPTUM: So sorry if i messed up anyfin here, and i hope this’ll go good!

#2017 wishlist #submission #welcomehottopic #space doritwo