Because Reimu are not good foragers when there is no one else to watch the kids. Where is the father Marisa right now? One of the koyukkuri was looking at the nest entrance before, so I guess he went out?
I thought they dug the hole to protect themselves from the cold. They didn't find any food because there isn't any in the box. The Marisa kouyukkuri was such an ass that things got bad fast. Father Marisa is probably out, because if she goes near the asshole-koyukkuri-marisa, she'll kill her.
Is there a page missing from this series? When anon put them in the outside aquarium, he said "I left a week's worth of food for you guys, this time ration it properly", and when Reimu gets pregnant she says they don't have enough food to cover the new kids, but we don't see them eating real food at all.
They go straight to eating the stalk and now, dirt.
Comics post #5047 and post #5759 suggest that this whole litter had an early birth and were deprived of the stalk. I'm starting to think the stalk also plays a large role in young yukkuri mental development (genetic memory material?). That may even cover progress of their digestion abilities.
>>ZooTV2 They ran underground quite quickly; perhaps, they just forgot about it in the rush (or the kid ate it offscreen). The Mother Reimu may have also meant that "not enough food for all of us" literally and this is some day further into the week after the main food stock has run out.
Yukkuri babies are voracious, they eat a ton of food and is the reason why most yukkuris don't mate during the winter (unless they're retarded, like this family). Also, mister only gave them enough food for a week based on how many kids they had at that time, not taking into account of these extras.
Stalks supplement plant-type growth by providing antibodies for the newborns and are highly nutritious, which is probably why shithead Marisa found it so tasty. Because the new babies from plant-type growth are weaker than mammalian birth, they need the extra nutrients and antibodies to be able to process the regular foods. Not to mention these were born earlier than usual too.
In short, the little kids are fucked because mother Reimu is an ignorant hick and daddy Marisa has no balls to stand up to Reimu. In the wild Marisa would've stomped Reimu and the little Marisa to death for being garbage yukkuris that can't take it easy, but oh well. Trash prevails, all good yukkuris die.
This can't end well. I think two things might happen: Either father Marisa will finally snap and eats all of them, or mommy Reimu becomes unhinged and decides to eat/kill the kids in order to "save" them from slowly starving to death.
On a side note, I like how the artist draws the hair/accessories.
Another probable bad ending: Shithead Marisa gets hungry, eats all her sisters and gets very sick, Father Marisa snaps and kills Shithead Marisa, Mother Reimu becomes nuts, Father Marisa and keeps herself alive all winter long by eating the corpses.
>>Reimu becomes nuts, Father Marisa and keeps herself alive all winter long by eating the corpses. I meant "Reimu becomes nuts, kills Father Marisa and keeps herself alive all winter long by eating the corpses.
Yu! Everyone's eaten! Now I feel relieved! She doesn't look well at all...
Uh... *diarrhoea sounds* [I expect] Yu
Oh no! Mommy, she's doing poopoo inside the house! Give her a spanking! Yu...? Yuyu!!?
Aaaah! Oh no! She has diarrhoea! What should I do? That'sh what I shaid! Go call M-Marisa, call daddy! Yu...?
Uuuuh... Little one... Hold on... Daddy will do something, now... Why is this happening? Reimu only made you eat...
Go call M-Marisa, call daddy! Why is this happening? Reimu only made you eat...Uuuuh... Little one... Hold on... Daddy will do something, now... Aaaah! Oh no! She has diarrhea! What should I do? Oh no! Mommy, she's doing poopoo inside the house! Give her a spanking! She doesn't look well at all... Yu! Everyone's eaten! Now I feel relieved! That'sh what I shaid!