>>208012
>>208015
>>208018
>>208019
It could be that Parsee is a genuine counsellor, or it could be that she's misinterpreting things, because she has no understanding of how things work in the outside world. I'm leaning towards it being a misinterpretation, considering that she's claiming that a counsellor "gathers" grudges from other people, when it'd be far more accurate to say that being a counsellor is talking to those people and helping them mentally process those grudges.

This reminds me of Akyuu believing that suicidal humans willingly offer themselves up to youkai after being brought to Gensokyo, when it's more likely that those humans genuinely don't believe that the apparent young girls who appear before them are actually malevolent supernatural entities that literally eat them; because Akyuu doesn't have the frame of reference to understand humans who don't know the danger that youkai pose.
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Perfect_Memento_in_Strict_Sense/Outsider

Yamame might actually get us to the surface faster as the same chapter that has Parsee declaring herself a counsellor has Yamame shown to be digging to the surface.

New thread over at >>208027

This time, my recommendation is the fan game Mystia's Izakaya! People familiar with the game may have noticed that the dishes referenced in the first post of this thread are all references to good dishes to use for Chireiden characters in Mystia's Izakaya! Clearly Youmu's built up her rapport with all of them.

You can find the game on both through steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1584090/Touhou_Mystias_Izakaya/), and on Switch!

[X] An average dinner... for the Saigyouji household.
I forgot to vote

>>207678

Can't we just talk down Sumireko once the Occult Orbs start appearing and convince the Taoist to seal the Lunar Capital stone one in Senkai ?

Also
[X] An average dinner... for the Saigyouji household.

After only three updates, and nearly 300 posts total... It's time for a new thread! You can find it here: >>207705

I could have, and maybe should have, started a new thread for the last update, but if we do ever hit the insanity of a two-update thread, I want it to be entirely 'real' posts, without things like vote bribery. Maybe we'll get there in time!

This time, Imma shout out Urban Student in Limbo! One of the heartiest stories on the entire site, with around 400 pages worth of story across it's eight threads (for comparison, this entire thread is about 14 pages), and with a plot that is definitely thickening. You can find USiL's start here: >>202201

#YOUMUSWEEP LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

all me (I didn't vote)

At the stroke of midnight, Thread 8 has appeared! You all wanted the easily-spooked spooky girl, and now it's time to choose her fate!

>>207370

With the end of the arc comes the end of Kyouko's shift as the GMpost mascot, and as a result, I wanted to send her off with a very particular recommendation. Echoes in Front of the the Temple is a silent 4koma made by Rakugaki-Biyori, starring none other than the yamabiko herself. Because it's silent, anyone can read and enjoy it! It's just under six hundred 4komas in the main thread now, and there's plenty of side-stories to tell as well!

You can find the pixiv here: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/27855794

See you all in Arc 3!

New thread over at >>207202! and it's the last thread for Akyuu's arc!

Once again, I'm gonna do a shoutout. I actually missed it last time, so I'll do a double!

Firstly, Songs of a Serpent Flying Eastbound! A very unique story for a 2hu one! You can find it over here: >>204727

And then... I'm actually gonna suggest a fan game! Touhou Lost Branch of Legend is a deckbuilding rougelike that both asutnima and Kosuka have been helping translate, and that got me curious enough to check it out for myself. In practice, it clearly takes elements from both Slay the Spire, and Magic the Gathering (and isn't ashamed to admit either part) but they and the touhou elements blend in shockingly well, to make a really fun experience if you're into the genre. You can find Lost Branch of Legend on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140150/Touhou_Lost_Branch_of_Legend/

>>207219
Lost branch of legend mentioned!!! Solid game. Worth picking up. Would recommend.

[X] Just try to bury the proverbial hatchet. It can always be dug up later.

I don't think it's the time for more drama...

{X} Get some mochi out for Mystia.

She got it rough - especially when you accidentally crushed her business. And, hey, it's just a nice gesture.

A shame we lost, but now they know we actually are credible. (Pastes "To Be Continued" on the wall).

Well, next thread is where the real fight begins. Remember, lethal force is authorized. Though it probably won't do much against...that.

Looks like I was right that Haru would be paying attention to akyuu’s spellcard, thankful it seems to have worked out overall. I had been worried of a worse reaction, but that it turned out to convince them that Akyuu is the Child of Miare works out as long as we can get a chance to talk this out… which isn’t going to be soon.

But there is another bonus, one that I think Komachi is noticing. For the first time in years Haru can see a chance for answers. A hope to find out what happened to, and maybe also just find her child. She has something to fight to see and considering the death clocks has really gotten twitchy, especially since before the fight it had only twitched twice seems to indicate we are on the right track!

I had thought we had more time, but hey, not gonna complain on the update frequency we are getting!

I actually had a couple more ideas for spellcards, one of which the idea behind was to try to ping Aunn in a way to see if she was remember the future somehow by a spellcard with the idea of depicting the plot of Akyuu’s first Agatha chris Q book, with the safe zone being found by knowing the answer to the whodunnit.

Though for future spellcards well one if the Sweet sign falls under lunacy, then I would rename my suggestion in >>206859 from psychic sign “Sweet sister Salutations” to Sweets Sign “Sudden Sister Surprise”

And also another spellcard based on akyuu’s arrival:

{X} Desperate sign “meteoric drop”

A bunny danmaku starts with shooting organized lines of danmaku, until a random line of bullets from the side cross its path before turning red. (the is a second of no bullets present here.) Then the bunny starts shooting wild bursts of panicked shots before it starts rocketing around trailing a plume of scattering danmake behind it as it flies around on a crazy path. Then it finishes off with said rabbit suddenly spiralling to a random bird danmaku at the ground, crashing with a blast of final bullets.

New thread over at >>206906!

It's boss fight time!

Counting to >>206591:
Note that some addition(s) are paired with their corresponding main choice for obvious reasons.

Main Choice:
[0] Fight.
[2] Run.
[4] Comply.
[1] Agree to return to Eirin, but refuse to be chained up. Point out that "any means necessary" should also include accepting our terms. (A partial comply option, in my opinion)
[15] Time Out (Pause for a moment)
-[15] Tell Tewi and Kaguya that going back is a stupid idea and why.

Potential Additions:
For [x] Run:
[2] (>>206551, >>206559) Take the gun, try to hit Tewi with a memory of something sufficiently terrible, like the experience of death, and cottontail it.
[1] (>>206559) Have Reisen set up illusions to cover us.

>>206592
Best artwork by far.

New thread over at >>206595!

Shout out this time is to Flustered Masquerade! A fun story about Toyasatomimi no Miko, Hijiri Byakuren, and the world's worst hangover. Thread starts at >>/shrine/41094!

Counting to >>206291:
Main Choice:
[21] Full, complete honesty, no matter what she asks. Better to be seen as delusionally sincere than deceptive and sane, and maybe her crystal-clear recollection could help reinforce her knowledge.
[1] Talk about the incoming future, but hold off on details for now. She might be able to tightrope-walk the gap between sincerity and insanity.
[0] Just claim to be a deserter rabbit with eidetic memory. No need to bring up all the crazy shit on one's first meeting.

Potential Additions:
Note that the following additions have been grouped based on similarities:
There's a lot of additions to keep track of... Pure suffering.
a)
[4; >>206267, >>206276, >>206281, >>206290] Thank your saviors. Politeness works wonders.
b)
[5; >>206267, >>206276, >>206281, >>206290, >>206291] Ask if her stash of lunar dango is intact (or has been gobbled up by the rest of Eientei's cast)
[1, >>206274] Also maybe ask for some dango when Eirin goes out.
c)

I've been thinking (dangerous, I know). Maybe we can expect Akyuu having to learn the ropes to help Reisen with her work, as payment for her treatment. At least Reisen will have someone to chat with while Akyuu recovers.

Also, as a Mystia fan I hope she eventually gets her cart back. Hopefully with her knees intact.

New thread is up at >>206302!

I've also posted a second epilogue, this one focused on Yuuma in the aftermath, and finally giving the missing matriarch a little bit of screentime. >>/shorts/2804

And to continue the trend of the end-of-thread shoutouts, I'd like to give one to Reavski's The Rabbit Has Not Landed! I've alluded to it a few times, but more than a few of the pieces in Again/Akyuu's lore regarding the moon are based on or direct callbacks to this story. It's actually the one that got me onto this site to begin with, as well!

You can find The Rabbit Has Not Landed here: >>/shrine/43549 and there's an AO3 version as well: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40206600/chapters/100703811

I'd also recommend reading Reavski's Wolfing Down. I personally rate it the most worthwhile-to-experience piece of erotica I've ever read, despite not finding it even slightly erotic - it's just a genuinely fascinating read, combining Futoian script, Reavski's elaborate writing style, and blatant, shameless smut in a glorious combination.

You can find Wolfing Down here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36154327

See you all in thread 4!

>>206009 again

[X] Hug Genji

This is very important

>>205989 here, adding these to my vote:

[X] Hug Genji.

{X} Ask if he knows the name of the shrine

[7] Take Hakurouken. It was very possible they would find Youmu first.
[9] Leave it with him. He should hand it over himself.

{17} Explain why the incident happened, from her eyes.
{0} Don’t talk about the… crazy time travel stuff. He trusted her now, no need to push her luck before they found Akyuu.
- {X} Make sure to drop Youmu's name in case he finds her.

After much thought, Reimu pushed the sword back to him. “...Gramps, keep it with you. I will be looking for them, but…” She looked him in the eyes. “You should hand it to Youmu yourself.”

Youki blinked, his eyes shrinking to pinpricks as he looked over at Reimu. “...Youmu?” His voice was hoarse, weak with shock. “That was what my daughter wanted to… how…?”

Reimu rolled the yin-yang orb in the palm of her hand. “...It’s a long, long story, but… we’re the Immaterial Children for a reason. We had to be them.” She looked up. “...We changed history, and overwrote ourselves.”

She began to talk, going through what she remembered. Of the earnest, but scatterbrained half-ghost gardener. Of the past, of the apocalypse, of what they had to do just for a hope of preventing it. He listened, quietly, not saying a single word.

[X] Confess to the truth.

Come to think of it, if Reimu still has enough of a spiritual link to her past self to do Hakurei shrine maiden-like exterminations, does that mean she's still linked to the Barrier as well? Do we have to worry about Yukari coming after us? And, on a more immediate note, is that something Keiki could sense?

Well, everyone's hard efforts have managed to bring us to the end of thread 1 in what certainly feels like record pace - nine updates, in just under two weeks!

I'd like to thank you all for your fervent voting, and I hope you've enjoyed it all in kind. I'll be posting the next update to start the next thread once it's done - I hope you're all looking forward to it!

Special thanks to Kosu for all five of the pieces of art so far! Kosu's also the one who named's Youki's Hundred-years sword.

New thread is up at >>205720!

You've all agreed to confess, now it's time to figure out exactly WHAT you've confessed to.

...While I'm at it, if you're curious what Bishop was a reference too, Check out Ceramic Boy Third by Vanilla_Enthusiast: >>/others/69194

And if you don't mind me doing a shameless self-plug, and you like 40k, I've got another story about Reimu as an Inquisitor right here: >>/others/69334

[x] Shake her hand and don’t fight her.

お手

[x] Fight with spellcards
Bring that shit, Junko!

[x] Fight with spellcards
If she’s willing to let us pass anyways, a fight is hardly worth skimping out on. Let’s rumble with her