Touhou Crack Month 2026, 4 of 4
The last of the set. Not every ship lands happily.
Transcript under the cut.
TITLE: Touhou Crack Ship Month 2026, "Winter", shadowjackery.tumblr.com
PANEL 1: A street in the human town; among the people are the Yakumo family, Ran holding a parasol for Lady Yukari. Someone shouts out, "MAE?!"
PANEL 2: The shouter was Orange, a youkai tumbler with a baton and bandana. She runs toward them, saying, "It's me, Orange! Mae, is it really you? I looked for years! Where were you? Did you just get here?"
Yukari takes the parasol, as Ran bends down to instruct Chen. "Chen, guard Lady Yukari while I handle this."
Chen stands tall and salutes. She says, "AYE-AYE!"
PANEL 3: Ran faces Orange, deadly serious. She says, "Mae is not here."
Orange freezes, surprised. "Eh?"
Ran says, "This one is Ran Yakumo."
PANEL 4: Ran looks down at Orange and continues, "But I knew the one you called Mae. I must be truthful with you: She was a liar, a seducer, and a user of anyone who crossed her path. She never thought of anyone but herself. For her, you were simply a temporary amusement, a toy, like many others. You are safer now she is gone. She will not return."
PANEL 5: A shadow falls across Orange's face; she's close to tears. She stutters, "…but… but…"
Ran says, "I am sorry."
PANEL 6: Ran returns to Yukari's side and bows. She says, "My apologies, Lady Yukari."
Yukari passes the parasol back with one hand. With the other, she conceals a smirk with her fan. She says, quietly, "Not at all! I so rarely hear you tell a fib."
Ran mutters back, "I have not."
Orange stands alone, unhearing, her arms wrapped around herself. She stammers, through tears, "…but you… you said we… that I was…"
PANEL 7: Inside the tavern Geidontei. Orange is slumped over the bar, an emptied bottle and drinking bowl beside her. Miyoi wipes a glass and looks upon the girl with sad sympathy.
