I noticed that :yukkuri,only live in piece of paper,we make it live, we make it own story,we make it doing something stupid/funny,then we hate it,we make it die in unhappy way,we torture it,we love it,we care it. I should say,yukkuri was mystery,like someone said that even the good nature guy will be turn to sadist the second they see yukkuri.Man,how can yukkuri affects our mind?
The bugs are pretty much a first death warrant for a yukkuri. They get under its skin and, though some of them can be digested into bean paste, they eat the yukkuri from the inside out.
The loss of its hat is a nail in the coffin. A yukkuri this is no more.
Wait. Animal rights groups hate Yukkuri and refuse to defend them... because abusing them in turn encourages animal abuse? That, sir, is quite possibly the most stunning bit of un-logic i've ever seen. And yet... i wouldn't be surprised at all if real animal rights groups did take such a stance.
Well they really consider them to be vile, useless blobs. Kitties are cute. Doggies are friendly. Tigers, elephants, whales are majestic. Yukkuris are... rude little bastards. It just goes to show you how hard it is, even for liberal, tree-hugging animal rights groups, to like and defend yukkuris.
And THEN comes the slippery slope effect if you will of torturing yukkuris with no consequences or legal ramifications whatsoever and then moving on to animals and in some cases humans. Ever heard that torturing animals as a child leads to someone becoming a serial killer?
There is no slippery slope: children who torture animals are usually sociopaths anyway. Also, I seriously doubt that dickwad groups like PETA will consider yukkuri to be "vile, useless blobs".
The argument for PETA would be that yukkuris are sentient animal and that hurting them is cruel and blah blah, you know their argument.
The argument against PETA is that yukkuris are not technically animals, but that they're more magical. PETA defends animals because they can't defend themselves, but you don't see PETA rushing to defend 3rd world country orphans because they're not animals. Yukkuris, being able to talk and communicate with humans would likely fall under the latter category for PETA.
Yukkuris would be treated as a class of sub-human at best, and sentient dessert foods for others. Nothing that would elicit a response from PETA. If anything, it'd be more of Red Cross type of deal.
PETA would more likely to consider yukkuris as "vile, useless sub-humans" than animals.
It's been said before, but i think it bears repeating: yukkuris are so hated because they are faithful recreations of the human condition. While they struggle to hold true to their lofty (and easy) ideals, they find themselves hindered by the very real limitations of their own greed, stupidity, and powerlessness.
People don't like to be reminded of how truly wretched their existences are, so they lash out at the yukkuris, reasoning in the process that yukkuri, as semi-sentient dessert pastries, are abominations and therefore not fit to live.
^^^ Like PETA need an excuse to want all humans killed off anyway? Yukkuri, to such batshit mental animal groups, would be just another excuse to show all humans need to die. And of course, if PETA hold true to form, they'll be responsible for the most (humane) yukkuri human-caused deaths anyway.
Also, on the basis that all humans automatically abuse yukkuri - as is the prevailign argument by many - we must assume that a large number of humans have died out when such retards unthinkingly do the same to Medicine type (thus releasing all sorts of poisons) and Utsuho types (thus nuking the area). With this in mind, i cannot see how rampant Yukkuri abuse could *ever* be seen as 'normal', since after a few such 'accidents' with volatile yukkuri, there would inevitably be a fuckhuge crackdown. Add that to the yukkuri-likers, and the mental animal (and possibly seperate Yukkuri) rights groups... Rampant Abuse will be prevented. In the end yukkuri will likely end up like most wild city animals, tolerated by law, removed by trained people, and generally ignored. Besides, most humans are too fucking busy to bother randomly abusing shit in the streets - and therein lies the irony of Taking it Easy, because if we took it easy we would have time to abuse them.
1. Yukkuri power is not necessarily related to the power of the human/youkai/whatever they resemble.
2. Radioactive Utsuho and poisonous Medicine have shown up a few times, and each time they have they have been dangerous to humans. Hell, some places say Iku and Moko are dangerous due to lightning/fire abilities (though neither are suggested to have half the area-effect of Utsuho and Medicine types).
Even if utsuho doesn't nuclear explode, beating the shit out of it is going to leave highly radioactive material all over - either way it's enough to constitute a serious threat to human life. And before anyone pulls the 'oh, kids and adults will be taught not to abuse those types then' - that won't work because you'd be seriously underestimating human stupidity - the populace at large knows being hit by a train will kill you, yet a whole bunch decide to walk along train tracks anyway. The same principle would apply to being told 'beating these Yukkuri is dangerous'.
You have to be objective in these things - coming at this from the points of view that 'all yukkuri need to be abused' or 'all yukkuri need to be saved' is simply asking for trouble. The most sensible expectation of wild/gutter Yukkuri in human society is as tolerated vermin, such as pigeons, raccoons, squirrels and the like. For the vast majority of society there would be little to no worth in doing anything but ignoring them unless their presence impacts on you specifically (ie: with building invasions, or yukkuri regularly begging outside a place of business or where they may be a health hazard) - in which case the most likely course would be to call in a specialist rather than deal with it yourself (moreso since a lot of pest-controllers deal part in extermination and part in prevention of further infestation.) Obviously pet Yukkuri have slightly different rules, but then pet rats aren't the same as wild rats so a similar thing applies.
Actually, Yukkuri power is directly linked to what Gensokyo resident they resemble. It's kinda why they resemble them. It's why Patchys are smarter than average, Yukarins can use gaps, Tenshis are Masochists, and Yuukas are farmers. Yukkuri take on their base's traits.
Also, Animal Rights groups hating Yukkuri because Yukkuri Abuse encourages Animal Abuse is absolutely retarded. If anything, that'd make them want to protect Yukkuri more, since it'd stand to reason that if people didn't abuse Yukkuri, they wouldn't abuse animals.
Finally, if Yukkuri were " PETA would more likely to consider yukkuris as "vile, useless sub-humans" than animals. ", then you're acknowledge that they're actually more human than animals. By that strand of reasoning, they should be afforded some rights of protection from violence.
I'm not saying All Yukkuri should be saved or whatever, I'm just saying that if you're going to kill them, I'd just prefer a good reason that actually made sense with the original logic that created the Yukkuri. Like, when they "invade" a house... I heard people talking about how they're capable of opening windows from the outside, climbing walls like snakes, and also possess the ability to either work door handles and/or break down doors, all without the useful features of hands, arms, an intellect greater than that of a 4 year-old, or even appreciable mass. All of this makes no sense.
Also, to AD: People that get hit by trains when they know it's there probably have it coming. That, or they're trying to die.
^ I'd be inclined to say that since yukkuris are so much more human than animals, PETA won't care about them one bit. They'd be more inclined to leave protection of yukkuris to the red cross or something than to get involved with something that can actually speak a human language.
When was the last time PETA was seen doing anything for the poor and homeless, or for the war torn Africa? Never, they're too busy spending millions of dollars slandering people who eat hamburgers.
Also, I've never heard anything about yukkuris being able to open anything other than a slightly ajar door. So I'm not sure where you're getting these weird information from. They get through cracks and holes, like any other animal would. Were you dreaming or something?
^^ RE trains: Two word - Darwin Awards. Also over here they've been running a campaign about the stupid shit people do at railway crossings and there are enough videos of people deciding to try and run across the tracks despite an oncoming train for me to say, with confidence, that yes some people really are that damn stupid. (obviously they're not going to broadcast the ones who actually get hit, but enough of them barely avoided horrible death for it to be easy to see that a lot likely didn't avoid it)
^ I think the argument Cowpies put fourth is that if PETA sees them as animals, then it'll defend them. If it doesn't then they're admitting they must be close enough to human to have human rights since PETA only despises humans.
Yukkuris are so close to humans that there's no way that PETA can see them as mere animals, the breaking bound being the language barrier. That alone sets yukkuris apart from the "helpless animal that can't defend itself".
I didn't like them when they showed up. Oh it's Touhou, awesome, but what exactly is it, oh that's what it is ugh. It's more of them being inherently wrong, like a growling in the middle of the night, or sudden rattling in the grass, or the 3-inch mold on the bread in the corner of the fridge. When they die I get a intoxicating sense of everything right in the world.
Yukkuris are talking pests. PETA and any of those other wackos don't defend locusts or rats so why should they defend yukkuris? Plus, like I said, yukkuris are nasty, rude, and foil any plan to get people to show sympathy for them. You think Madonna or any of those hypocrite celebrities would visit poor African places and donate money if the people made faces and acted rude towards her? No, because celebrities and animal rights groups get off on the feeling of feeling superior and being treated like a God by poor natives and animals with cute faces. They rarely defend animals who neither cute nor majestic.
I like this comic, I really like how you kinda tied things to our world by talking about animal rights groups and stuff. Also normally it's really easy too not take pity on the yukkuris in other comics because of how short and not in depth they are, but, I'm kinda feeling sorry for this one, and the guy too since it's evident that he actually cares about the yukkuri. I kinda really hope it straightens out and flies right, but it already looks half dead. ;-;
I like the way this comic is going, but at this point, if the anon is still walking away from her, he doesn't care any more. I understand forcing this life experience on her, but at this point, it's over and done. This is pretty much the brink of death.
Also, nothing personal, SUN, but you have a rather pessimistic outlook on life. xD Do you always use everyone elses' example to excuse yourself from being good?