maximusfive said: Probably the same way a pastry can be alive in the first place.
Magic. (Or Yukari fucking around again, a Moriya shrine conspiracy, or Eirin's shady new drug, take your pick. XP)
If we're talking about an actual touhou character being responsible for yukkuri then I always fancied them to be some kind of new tenth layer of hell Shikieiki cooked up. That or Sariel still being butthurt about being a fallen angel.
JusticeItEasy said: I always found it weird when they go "please save -yukkuri-" even though they ask that to the anon attacking them, usually it would be "please have mercy on -yukkuri-" or something.
I find it to be more support to my "yukkuri are nothing but organic furbies with no real emotions or intelligence" theory. The whole "forgive/save me" thing is nothing but an if/then response to a themselves or a recognized and valued yukkuri getting hurt. I'd expect them to say the same thing and beg inanimate objects that they would get hurt on.
The story actually goes on a bit after this with a human showing up, observing and talking to the yukkuri. I can't really make out anything more specific than that.
Though, the guy might have broken their minds by letting them know their child died in what was only a puddle and not a lake/pond.
moi86 said: After thinking the last panel for a bit, even if he is doing it for the sake of annoy them, Id never crush the egg of a bug with my bare hands (IE, a cockroach), thats just gross man!
It's significantly less gross when you consider the fact its just a manjuu egg. So its more like crushing a skittle or M&M.
Fragtagonal said: At what point does it stop being yukkuri and just become and excuse to draw what is essentially child porn
...what.
Exactly how many children do you see with a horrifically swollen noseless and earless head that are filled with bean paste and have a vagina that turns into a penis?
This... is a rather odd story if I'm understanding it correctly.
The hobo and yukkuri interacting there is more or less just a backdrop to a brief history of yukkuri in that world and the implications of their interactions with everything and the impact they have on the world.
Another possible interesting thing to note is that I think that bum is actually an ex-factory employee. His interaction with the yukkuri seems to be fairly benign.
ParticleMan said: Urgh. I still can't decide which one is the dumbest Anon... this one or Ayazou's new one that tried to heal Marisa with grapefruit juice and pasta.
Definately the new one, this guy at least knows about the physical needs of a yukkuri.
ParticleMan said: Right, it's not enough to make the yukkuris annoying, yukkuris are best when they talk/show feelings: yu-ing from happiness, crying and complaining, insulting you, and of course suffering.
I'd imagine the existing Minecraft NPCs are not very expressive in that regard, and rather focus on interacting with the world.
Mods can do that. I'd imagine it wouldn't be that hard. Time consuming, but not that hard.
Have them make suffering sounds when hit, say happiness when eating/stealing food, cry/complain when the food/farm is gone after eating it all or being near piles of shit and insult the player if the player is close enough to them.
Current npc mods already make npcs react/talk/respond in if-then situations like that.
Hell, yukkuris already are basically nothing but if-then responses. "It's like flying in the sky", "happiness", "refreshed", "take it easy", "munch-munch". If you think about it, it's like they're not even intelligent creatures, but more like mobile plants full of if-then statements. Like an organic furby or virtual pet.