Yeah, not every winter is harsh and long. And for that matter, it's been a long time since I've seen hibernation used rather than freezing to death.
I know; there's not much food. I'd kinda like to see a story where the yu survival strategy is actually eating the box they hibernated in as their first springtime meals.
I'd kinda like to see a story where the yu survival strategy is
... actually surviving.
I've always liked to think that they survive by going into hibernation. Like, the spinning paste interior slows to a near-stop, and they simply just sleep the whole time, then they simply wake up when things warm up.
depends on the setting. Most of the settings I've seen have yukkuris functioning similar to small animals, so snow is a source of hydration during hibernation. However eating snow lowers their body temperature, so they prefer to drink melted snow instead if they need water.
As a pastry the could be frozen and thawed again . . . Plus it is a fictional magic creature so any thing could work
Magic in origin, but not magic in outside the laws of physics. Drop a yu and it will fall, etc. Freezing something moist will cause rupturing on a cellular level. Pop tarts are dry, full of preservatives and sealed.
I'm OK with hibernation, but I think a yu would have to prepare for it. It's been shown many times yus know when winter is coming, so maybe they could piss themselves down to low moisture. So maybe flash-freezing=death. Mis-timing winter=death. Insufficient dryness=death. This way, the dumber and weaker yus are naturally eliminated.
There's actually an anko where that give yukkuri's hibernation prefers survival for the dumbest.
It goes like: - Smart yukkuri works hard to prepare food for hibernation. But there's no way a yukkuri can gather enough food for whole three months. They die a slow starving death. Some did managed to ration their food and hold up until spring though. Especially because yukkuri will be stressed if locked up in small confined space without anything else to do. When stressed, yukkuri need to look for easyness and the only thing they have is eating (or pay the devil's deal by doing refreshing). Actually, it's also not good for human's mental health to be locked with small population in confined space for prolonged time, more so with nothing to do.
- Stupid yukkuri don't gather enough food. They suffer quick and the sugar content in their body increase. Somehow it helps them to freeze (don't really understand the reasoning in that anko). They woke up when spring arrived, thinking that they somehow survived (but never know why since they're frozen).
And then, the survivors passed down the tradition of hibernation by working hard to gather food to last the winter. Thus, the hard workers are being eliminated.
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But like most yukkuri works, it caters to abyuse fans who don't come to see yukkuri being smart and doing fine. Unless it's simply to sweeten up the coming suffering that will be delivered by the hand of god (human)
Magic in origin, but not magic in outside the laws of physics. Drop a yu and it will fall, etc. Freezing something moist will cause rupturing on a cellular level. Pop tarts are dry, full of preservatives and sealed.
I'm OK with hibernation, but I think a yu would have to prepare for it. It's been shown many times yus know when winter is coming, so maybe they could piss themselves down to low moisture. So maybe flash-freezing=death. Mis-timing winter=death. Insufficient dryness=death. This way, the dumber and weaker yus are naturally eliminated.
Considering they're indoors (of sorts) when it snows, they should actually be fine, since the cold would steadily decrease their temperature, and with lack of exposure to moisture, crystalization shouldn't occur.
Should act almost like a crisper. Like putting something into a bag, then tossing it into your freezer.
love the little "dump" of used shit leaves they've amassed.
Don't worry little one, mister winter will end soonMwommie, cold...Soon after mister snow, mister winter ends
Reimu knowsIshn't that what you said before?