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OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY

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but im out of my head when you’re not around…

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The question: What attribute do you give Patchouli when her thing is manipulating all the elements?

The answer: Give her all of them, then.

Also Yuuto and the Support Koakuma are here.

(To clarify, every Gremoire evolves into Origamage, except for the ice one, which evolves into Astronomage. Origamage variants below.)

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Can we just appreciate how each volume released of the Strange Creators of Outer World magazine so far have been heavily hinting at ReiMari? it gets gayer with each art cover? they’re holding hands in all of them? and ZUN is approving them all??? I don’t know you but I think this is just a proof that they’re basically canon

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I’ve reblogged this before. I wish I could pin this to my profile.

What makes this so much more special is that you have to realize, ZUN is really quick to shoot down people’s headcanons when he doesn’t agree with them, especially if it becomes popular fanon.

Fanon Marisa is a smooth lady killer? In FS, he has her turn into a blushing, giggling mess at the sight of other people MAYBE having a romantic moment when Reimu’s with her.

Fanon Kisume is a cute harmless bucket loli? He says outright that she keeps people’s heads in her bucket.

Fanon Rinnosuke has a harem and doesn’t realize it? Not only does Canon Rinnosuke distance himself emotionally from every single girl who comes in, more and more characters seem like they can barely stand the guy, and the feeling’s mutual. He’s a pompous know-it-all who thinks that his speculation is as good as your experience.

Alice and Yukari being top contenders for a protagonist love interest? Alice hasn’t been in the plot or even said a line for like 10 years now, Marisa spends all her time with Reimu, and Reimu constantly says she hates Yukari for very valid reasons that would also make her a poor lover, but a perfect emotionally abusive ex-girlfriend (too many secrets, too controlling, too manipulative, doesn’t communicate, never appears unless she wants something).

…then remember that ZUN loves to canonize things that become popular fanon when he does agree with it.

Remilia sleeping in a coffin? Remilia scoffed at it at one point, but ZUN went and made it canon anyway in the most obvious and hilarious way possible. In SSiB and others, she sleeps in a coffin on a bed.

The nameless extras we all gave nicknames to, like Daiyousei, Koakuma, and Tokiko? Those names got canonized.

Aya having wings and Momiji having wolf ears and a tail? Canonized.

Kasen being a fatty? As of AoCF…

天子: ふん何が日々精進しているんだか全身から奢りが溢れ出ているよ

Tenshi: Hmh! What sort of asceticism do you adhere to day by day? There are luxuries bulging and overflowing from your entire body!

Canon.

Everyone being ambiguously gay? ZUN pushes this button like it gives him a treat.

Reimu herself has been doing gay things since the moment she left the house.

Don’t get me wrong, ZUN will annihilate your OTP if it suits his needs because he does not give a shit, but he’s more than fine with his girls being lesbians.

Speaking of OTPs, though… it would be one thing if all the teased ReiMari we get were isolated incidents, or from a single manga artist, but at this point, what isn’t it being teased in?

The OP’s art is all from Strange Creators of Outer World, which is as official as you can get.

There’s ReiMari all over the place in Wild and Horned Hermit…

There’s some scattered about in Three Fairies…

It’s teased in Forbidden Scrollery multiple times…

I don’t have any pictures of Silent Sinner in Blue, but there’s teased ReiMari in that, and SSiB reveals that Reimu has only one futon, so every time Marisa sleeps over, which is often…

There’s ReiMari on the freakin’ ZUN art of Lotus Land Story, and in one of Marisa’s good endings in LLS, they go on an awkward date…

and speaking of SSiB, I dunno what ZUN did to the artist, but after finishing his work, that guy started shipping ReiMari hard-fuckin’-core…

There’s even a little bit in AoCF if you pair Reimu and Marisa up in Versus mode and win…

Surprisingly, I almost didn’t get the chance to fight together with you, Marisa, but…

If we kept at it, we might just be the greatest pair there is!

Look at that happy smile. Reimu doesn’t act that way towards ANYONE else. In her scenarios, she only paired up with Kasen as a proof of concept, and with Yukari, she spends the entire time bitching about it. This line reveals that she had planned and expected to pair up with Marisa, and laments that she almost didn’t get to, but once she got the chance, she couldn’t wait to do it more.

Should also be noted that the word for “pair” here can mean “couple”, so Japanese twitter lost their freakin’ shit over this line.

ReiMari is kinda like “Kasen is an Oni” – it’s not capital-C-confirmed, but it’s sure being thrown at us from every direction.

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Turns out there’s more. I was missing some context when I made my translation of Reimu’s line above, but don’t worry, it might be small, but its implications are juicy. It blows open everything.

During Yukari’s route in AoCF, Reimu says that she and Yukari can’t be beaten because they are the True Strongest Pair. Reimu’s line to Marisa in my above post happens afterward, and it refers to that line by having just one word changed. I stylized the translation a bit because the literal one seems awkward, but if I translate it a bit more literally, she says “Depending on our practice, might we become the Strongest Pair Ever, perhaps?”

Phrasing things you’re sure of as a question is expected in polite speech and feminine speech in Japanese, and Reimu is pretty girly, so I’ll make my final translation of that line, “If we kept up our practice, I think we’d become the Strongest Pair Ever!”

Given that tiny bit of context of her saying she and Yukari were the True Strongest Pair earlier, what she’s saying to Marisa implies that she wishes it weren’t true. She wants Marisa to work together with her more so Marisa can replace Yukari for good. She doesn’t want Yukari to be her best option when the shit hits the fan, she wants that to be Marisa, and she knows Marisa already has it in her, so all they need to do is practice and it’ll happen. Not “become a Youkai,” not “get stronger”, just “practice our teamwork”. She believes in Kirisame Marisa, the Orindary Magician, just the way she is.

Reimu’s offer would even solve Dream Marisa. In case anyone doesn’t know yet, Spoilers for Doremy’s arc, Dream Marisa is a Dreamworld copy of Marisa that speaks her deepest, most secret thoughts, where she revealed she was super upset that Reimu and Yukari never let her be the one to save the day. If Marisa took up Reimu’s offer, she would then get to be The Hero right alongside Reimu, not upstaged by her and Yukari during the last part like always. It reveals that Reimu wants Marisa to succeed too, she wants to help her do it, and she wants to be there when it happens.

Even more significantly, Reimu doesn’t know about Dream Marisa. She wasn’t there. She wants this solely because she cares about Marisa. Reimu also doesn’t like hard work. It’s a stated fact. She could easily shrug and be content with Yukari because it’s easy, but she’s refuses. She’s willing to work to see this happen.

Suddenly, the reason Japanese Twitter exploded over this line makes all the sense in the goddamn world.

YukaReimu did get a nod in the main arc, but ReiMari once again comes out ahead in the afterstory, and somehow this all still happens in-game. Is ZUN inching us towards a final declaration that ReiMari is Game Canon? We’re getting awfully close.

Oh, they go on a fancy dinner date at the end of Mystic Square, too.

ReiMari fans, fight anyone who says PC-98 isn’t canon, and don’t listen to anyone who says it’s just the manga artists playing up their OTPs against ZUN’s will. The facts are on our side here.