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This is an isolated place in an eastern country, far from any villages. |
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In ancient times, this was a place of terror. Those who wandered too close would be eaten by youkai. People called this place Gensokyo and never dared to approach. |
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Most people feared the youkai, but a brave warrior would occassionally rise to challenge them. Some of those brave humans settled at Gensokyo to watch the youkai. In those times, humans fought with youkai every night. |
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Such stories were common in this mountain country. There were many places like Gensokyo in that era. |
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Over a thousand years have passed since that time... |
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Humans have created civilization. Nobody fears the dark anymore, not even at midnight, for they could produce light, bright as day. Humans have chosen to put their faith in science, shunning superstition and anything that could not stand up to scientific scrutiny. Youkai, ghosts and apparitions had no place in the new world. |
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Gensokyo was also deemed useless to the new world, so priests sealed it away with a permanent barrier. Youkai and the descendants of the brave humans who kept them in check were sealed away in the process as well... |
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That marked the end of the age of humans and youkai. |
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With the passing of time, Gensokyo faded from history... |
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How many years has it been since the sealing? Gensokyo is much the same; the many youkai and few humans are still as they were so long ago. Youkai have created their own culture, one that is rich in spirit. Clever youkai prefer richness of the mind over material riches. |
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Thanks to their magical culture, youkai could easily breach the barrier around Gensokyo. However, they chose not to do so; in fact, they strengthened the seal in order to prevent more humans from entering. |
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However, youkai eat humans and natural humans are favoured as delicacies. Teams of cooks regularly venture beyond the barrier to hunt humans. They apply many methods to conceal their existence from humans of the outer world; accidents and people who run away from home... There are too many humans today for anyone to notice when a few go missing. |
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Thus, the age of humans and youkai began anew. |
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Although Gensokyo is a world of youkai, humans occassionally wander in accidentally. This is known as being "spirited away" by the people of the outer world. |
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Most humans who wander into Gensokyo don't return. If they are so fortunate as to be able to return to the outer world alive, they would be met with an overwhelming mountain of questions. No one would believe the truth anyway. |
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"I saw Togenkyo," "I went to Houraisan," or something. [Both "Togenkyo (æ¡æºé·)" and "Houraisan (è¬è±å±±)" are legendary places in China.] |
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Those who visit Gensokyo seem to believe that it is a legendary paradise. It looks like an utopia and everything works in favour of the creatures living in Gensokyo. There is no doubt that it feels like paradise for humans from the outer world. |
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Gensokyo is a paradise for many youkai and a few humans. This is how it seems until humans begin to disappear or find their way back to the outer world. |
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ããããã®åºæ¥äºã¯ãå ¨ã¦å¹»æ³é·å ã ãã§èµ·ããå¹³åã§ä¸æè°ãªæ¥ã ã®è¨é²ã«éããªãã |
The following is a record of the peaceful and fantastic everyday events that take place in Gensokyo. |
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P.S. Why is Gensokyo a paradise for both humans and youkai? That's because everyone has enough power to defeat youkai in combat, which is, of course, anything but boring. |
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As spring turns to summer, the land is coated in white dreams. People relax and bask in the calm of a winter without end. |
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However, none of that mattered to dogs and youkai; they're as energetic as ever. There are few humans in Gensokyo so winter spirits are more than able to supply the hustle and bustle that humans aren't making. |
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The time is ripe for snow to melt away, for snow storms to be replaced with storms of cherry blossoms. Even Gensokyo changes with the seasons, but this year... |
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...Spring has shown no sign of arriving even though it's already May. |
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Reimu Hakurei, a maiden of the Hakurei shrine who lives in Gensokyo, does not like the cold. |
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Although it's already May, the snowstorm has been growing even stronger over the past few weeks. |
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The reason was so obvious that no more words were needed. More talking would have made her colder anyway, so she headed out to take care of the problem at the source instead. |
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The shrine is old-fashioned, so it's easily penetrated by wind and other elements. It's as cold inside as it is outside. As usual, the girl turned to her intuition for guidance. |
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Marisa Kirisame, an ordinary magician, does like the winter unlike ordinary humans. |
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Her house is warmed by a magical heating system. Or rather, the magical rooms warm themselves without heating. |
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She saw some petals floating past her house in the storm. They belong to a plant native to a small eastern country; a plant that blooms only during spring. |
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They were the petals of the cherry tree. |
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There must be a cherry tree from somewhere along the path of the wind. The snowstorms and high altitudes on a mountain should cause flowers to bloom slower, so why were cherry petals coming from that direction? The girl decided to follow the trail of cherry blossom petals to find the spring that wouldn't come. |
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Sakuya Izayoi, a maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, was sipping black coffee in a warm room. |
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Indeed, once heating supplies run out, humans won't be able to survive the harsh winter. |
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No one does house deliveries here. Residents of Gensokyo prepare food and supplies for an entire winter in advance; a poorly prepared stash may be completely destroyed by a storm. It's a tradition that has not changed in a long time. |
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The lady of the house was certain that spring would arrive any day now, so she was perfectly happy to let Sakuya go. |
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Gensokyo is truly experiencing an eternal-ish winter. May has only seen the coming of stronger snow storms. |
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There is a secret place in Gensokyo that is already enjoying the full bloom of spring. Literally no living human knows about it... |
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...And there were few humans in Gensokyo to begin with. |
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ããã¦æ¥ã¯ã¾ã æ¥ãªãã |
Spring has yet to come. |
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