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Original story by UnmovingGreatLibrary, read it here.

Part 1

Part 2

I am really proud of the paneling in this one.

#touhou #touhou project #touhou doujin #short comic #yoshika miyako

Original story by UnmovingGreatLibrary, read it here.

Part 1

Groan, as a fanfic, has a weird narrative structure, it feels like a string of isolated events that happen to form a story, this works well for the 2-5 page comics format I am using.

This aspect was the main reason for me to chose it. It felt like something light I could do as a warm-up for a bigger project.

#touhou #touhou project #touhou doujin #yoshika miyako #kyouko kasodani #short comic

Original story by UnmovingGreatLibrary, read it here.

Part 2

#touhou #touhou project #touhou doujin #yoshika miyako #short comic

orthoscheme

you look at josehpjh campbells story circle and you think "theres no way thats a universal structure of stories present in every culture" but you read some stories and Yup that thing is stupid & isnt there

nyco--bit

Hero's Journey (any narrative structure to be honest) is the storytelling equivalent of astrology. If you try real hard you can apply it to a lot of stories that it shouldn't be applied to.

If you want to understand a story, it's much better to listen to what it has to say than trying to force it to say what you want to hear.

ytendril

its my job as the shrine maiden to get drunk, tend to the fire, talk in a soothing hypnotic voice, and fuck each of the warrior girls up the ass, sometimes i also help them do level up, but usually they want the other thing (rolls my eyes)

One thing I really admire in Bloom Into You is how often Nio Nakatani uses her art to visualize the internal feeling of her characters. She does it all throughout the series but I’ll talk about chapter 1.

Chapter 1 is mostly about Yuu’s experience with love and how it isolates her from her peers, then how Touko pushes past this isolation.

In the beginning of the chapter Nio introduces Akari and Koyomi and the art shows Akari wrapping an arm over Yuu’s shoulder.

One scene later the three talk about romance and the visuals show separation this time.

It starts with this panel where Yuu’s speech bubble stands between her and the other girls, Koyomi reciprocates the barrier by doing the same, Akari leans away from Yuu instead of towards her like she was doing in the first panel.

I am especially fond of this panel because it’s the sort of thing that can only be done in comics, speech bubbles are a part of the artwork and can be used for storytelling as much as the text inside. In animation when a new frame is presented the former is gone but in comics all images within a page can be seen at the same time, this invites comparison in a way that more linear mediums don’t.

The separation is reinforced through framing and perspective for the next pages.

Before it reaches a climax and the scene ends.

The chapter shows Yuu’s isolation a few more times, always paired with the topic of romance and love. Then when she talks with Touko about it, she does this:

The ending shows Touko repeatedly reaching for Yuu, first with this head pat, then by holding her hand and finally by pulling her closer,

Yuu never initiates this but she doesn’t push back either, this will become their normal dynamic going forward.

I won’t talk much about chapter two but the conclusion for this scene is in there. In short, Touko takes her hand away and reestablishes the separation, turning away from Yuu.