Please check translation, I'm not sure how accurate my translations are because no kanjis -Konomure = この群れ ? -Osa no Tsukuru = 長の作る ?
Reimu, leader of the herd, is making dango from the akayus. The artist said that the akayus born into the herd at the beginning of winter disappear suddenly, so i think chief reimu kidnapped the akayus and turn them into winter rations to help the herd survives.
I made some slight changes, mostly to keep it closer to the original but also because I think it flows better like this. Anyway, aside from those small corrections you got the meaning right.
she is quite intelligent, she gets rid of the useless babies who do nothing but eat and sleep and use them for winter food ... I like this reimu I give her my approval
Not sure on translating いない as "gone" here. I took the text as Reimu saying there never were any yukkuri born in the winter, particularly not in a herd with such responsible yukkuri and the wise REIMU as a leader.
Not sure on translating いない as "gone" here. I took the text as Reimu saying there never were any yukkuri born in the winter, particularly not in a herd with such responsible yukkuri and the wise REIMU as a leader.
Both are technially correct and which one to use is up to the translator's sensibility. If you want you can add a translator note explaining the other reading.
The second one from left to right looks like a koAlice, and the lowest one looks like a koChen to me.
Back to the story: this is a rare case where Reimu is actually smart for once, and I entirely approve of this method. Those children are deadweight in the winter anyway, so it's better to make them into food and give them to the herd to increase their chances of survival.
Edit: but isn't eating its own kind will make their taste buds ruined? Or adult yukkuri have higher sugar tolerance than ko?
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The hibernation dango made by chiefThis year too I'm looking forward to it myonIt's almost mister winter zeare gone-gone from this herd~ These little ones who were born during the winterGone-goneGone-goneyupii