I was going to use "her" instead of "our" in panel 1, but with Futo's current gender a bit uncertain, I hedged. Edit: Never mind, for some reason, I thought both Miko and Futo had changed genders during their conversion to shikaisen.
Futo is female, Miko is based off Taishi, which could twist them to be male. But it's not all clear, at the moment. The only differences I see is trousers.
I don't know if I'll like this. No matter what the author will do, with the current motive they'll end up causing a conflict, and one side will end up losing(or a draw, but that's not the point). If we stick to the Oni groups as the good side, then the Taoists will probably end up losing or being ridiculed. At the very least, they'll show up as an annoying group to the "main characters".
Not to mention that timeline-wise, they're too far apart, about 400 years. And since Tojiko's still alive(the legs, also Miko's cape<-unimportant), they can't be shikaisen yet and it further support the timeline inconsistency, which is 400 years earlier. If they are already a Shikaisen(along with Tojiko), then we can be sure that this is a parallel world.
Though this reminds me of another story with the Taoists meeting other Touhou characters in their past, which involves
time-travelling Byakuren.
One of my favorites. Besides, seeing
Byakuren laying the beatdown on Seiga
is so damn satisfying. Especially because she's a massive b*t*h in that, more than in any I've ever read.
Also, kinda unrelated, but as of HM, I can't see Miko as anything but a male.
I don't know if I'll like this. No matter what the author will do, with the current motive they'll end up causing a conflict, and one side will end up losing(or a draw, but that's not the point). If we stick to the Oni groups as the good side, then the Taoists will probably end up losing or being ridiculed. At the very least, they'll show up as an annoying group to the "main characters".
Not to mention that timeline-wise, they're too far apart, about 400 years. And since Tojiko's still alive(the legs, also Miko's cape<-unimportant), they can't be shikaisen yet and it further support the timeline inconsistency, which is 400 years earlier. If they are already a Shikaisen(along with Tojiko), then we can be sure that this is a parallel world.
Though this reminds me of another story with the Taoists meeting other Touhou characters in their past, which involves
time-travelling Byakuren.
One of my favorites. Besides, seeing
Byakuren laying the beatdown on Seiga
is so damn satisfying. Especially because she's a massive b*t*h in that, more than in any I've ever read.
Also, kinda unrelated, but as of HM, I can't see Miko as anything but a male.
You had me at that second spoiler. What's this story called?
Byakuren is trying to save Miko by preventing Seiga from tempting Miko into Taoism. I'm not really sure if it really is time travel, but from what has happened(Myouren's death, Shinki, and her scroll) it's the only logical excuse since this is the time when Miko and the others are still alive and practice Buddhism. Or the author just doesn't care about timeline consistencies
Am I the only one who thinks Miko could use some TTGL sunglasses here?
Anyway, I think the "don't make the Taoists antagonists" people are a little over-sensitive. Freakin' EVERYONE in Touhou starts as an antagonist until the fandom gets to know and like them, so it's just a matter of waiting out the initial slapdowns before the rivals turn into blood-forged allies for the rest of the run.
(Keep in mind, this whole plotline started because Sakuya was sent to undermine Yuyuko, and wound up saving her life, instead. Touhou characters have an amazing tendency to forget what their original objectives were, which probably has something to do with how whimsical their motives were to begin with.)
We'll show all those youkai...To be continued!!...just who is the "coolest" around here!Why, that little... meddling where it's none of her...Right!!To the Youkai Mountain!It's obvious, isn't it!