Could you date a Youkai? | Touhou Theory

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  • @GensouChronicle
    @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +996

    Since a couple people have mentioned Rinnosuke, his existence doesn't really give an answer. There are ways in which a half-youkai baby can be formed other than a happy loving relationship.

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin ปีที่แล้ว +166

      how is half-youkai babby formed, how 2hu get pragerent

    • @Somebody_VK
      @Somebody_VK ปีที่แล้ว +73

      So will the next video be about whether we can...do it with youkai?

    • @Aomgar
      @Aomgar ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Well maybe? But since I think he is yokai by blood which is why poeple assume it is possible to have children with yokai (even if its how Zues does it :/ ) unless there is something like fate and the creation of Dead Apostles where you get bitten or something by a yokai. Kourin is just very interesting factor in this question

    • @aliastheabnormal
      @aliastheabnormal ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OrgusDin Sex. There are youkai that take human forms and bang men. There's even old legends such as the crane wife and a story of a kitsune marrying a human and having children. So sex. Just like any animal.

    • @shadowthelegend100
      @shadowthelegend100 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      It doen't give a concrete answer but it's very strong proof that a union between human and yokai should be possible.

  • @scrapyarddragon
    @scrapyarddragon ปีที่แล้ว +2618

    "dating monster girls is not only possible, its part of the human canon" is a line I will most certainly be quoting in the future.

  • @blackmark7165
    @blackmark7165 ปีที่แล้ว +3635

    "Stop fantasizing about procreating with youkai!
    Humans belong with human!
    Humans shouldn't procreate with youkai!
    Humans shouldn't become youkai!
    Humans shouldn't be friends with youkai!"
    Reimu Hakurei, CEO of Racism

    • @lecanoscoptical3455
      @lecanoscoptical3455 ปีที่แล้ว +729

      Reimu saying this on her podcast while Suika's chugging her booze in the doorway

    • @mash7062
      @mash7062 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      based

    • @Bri1Iiant
      @Bri1Iiant ปีที่แล้ว +265

      I cannot wait for Racism 2

    • @vision-of-dog
      @vision-of-dog ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@Bri1Iiant Racism 2: Chimeric Boogaloo

    • @fardreverbtheshitter
      @fardreverbtheshitter ปีที่แล้ว +108

      when's racism 3 gonna drop

  • @crowedarken
    @crowedarken ปีที่แล้ว +1147

    We let homie cook for a month and he delivered a buffet, Jesus.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Hopefully, the next one won't take a month.

  • @sonokawaray
    @sonokawaray ปีที่แล้ว +1148

    Thing is, the youkai of Touhou are shaped a lot by what humans believe about them. Kogasa for example started as just a sentient umbrella that sucked at jumpscares, but later also became a skilled blacksmith, probably because villagers mistook her for a similar-looking youkai with such skills. So if people believe youkai can be romanced, it's gonna be possible. Might be risky depending on who you're interested in, but if monster girls are already your thing I'm sure you'll find a way to make it work, you brave soul.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +181

      Exactly.

    • @DarkSymphony777
      @DarkSymphony777 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      i would romance kogasa, she's a cutie who needs love and surprises

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@DarkSymphony777I’d rather be friends, also, learn how to blacksmith

    • @DarkSymphony777
      @DarkSymphony777 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Aaa-vp6ug fair enough. Blacksmithing will be invaluable.
      Plus one can always teach her how to be a better spooky person

    • @LenoViburnum
      @LenoViburnum ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I'd romance a Rumia with an adult body and the sharp intelligence to accompany it.
      No, I don't see the red flags and the coffin waiting for me

  • @patrickfrost9405
    @patrickfrost9405 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    In Mongolian myth, it is said a boy was taken in by a she-wolf after a brutal battle, and she tended to his wounds.
    And then he said "We'll bang, OK?" And they did. That's how the Mongols were made.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +62

      That's metal af.

    • @lilestojkovicii6618
      @lilestojkovicii6618 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That's also a Turkic myth I think
      And yeah it's metal asf

    • @yollnahkriin6604
      @yollnahkriin6604 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That's just Mowgli lol

    • @lonely_ocelot
      @lonely_ocelot 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Old turkic and mongol mythology is crazy. Turkics and mongols in general are crazy. Im uzbek, i know this first hand.

    • @PerplexPrays
      @PerplexPrays หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      same with the turks, it's pretty cool

  • @jimynitram4509
    @jimynitram4509 ปีที่แล้ว +1678

    This whole thing sounds like an educated justification on why you should have a Touhou Waifu and I'm all in for it.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +293

      Pretty much.

    • @hanjjaze
      @hanjjaze ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Monster anime girl not from an anime world supremacy

    • @tanostrelok2323
      @tanostrelok2323 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Now we need a 32 hour long video discussing the matter in a case by case basis (?)

    • @Somebody_VK
      @Somebody_VK ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Next video: Which TouHous are not weird to date?

    • @PrScandium
      @PrScandium ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Pretty much animeniaks' scientific studies on bussy but with the added benefit of being based

  • @vallahdsacretor4839
    @vallahdsacretor4839 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    This was an elaborate way of saying the yearning for cat girlfriends is not only universal, but has been universal (at least in Japan) for thousands of years.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Universal across the world, for sure.

    • @Lemuel928
      @Lemuel928 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      All because it started with Foxes and Rabbits before Cats.

    • @newturtle3
      @newturtle3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Considering modern dating vs Gensokyo youkai being stuck with like 1000 years ago ideologies it makes sense.

  • @YoumuHoover
    @YoumuHoover ปีที่แล้ว +1155

    The only way I can be stopped by me hugging a yokai girl is reality

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +343

      Reality... is often disappointing.

    • @Sekibankiii
      @Sekibankiii ปีที่แล้ว +75

      You can hug me if you want to

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Reality was a mistake.

    • @EpikBirb
      @EpikBirb ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@SekibankiiiC:

    • @Nsquare_01
      @Nsquare_01 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      We'll just hope for the future advancement of technology. These things will no longer be a dream 😭

  • @TheLawful
    @TheLawful ปีที่แล้ว +1066

    GensouChronicle coming back after a month to give us the most important questions

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +120

      This video was almost done 2 weeks ago lol. I blame all the good games coming out recently.

    • @Somebody_VK
      @Somebody_VK ปีที่แล้ว +41

      It is as he mentioned, lus- I mean love is our primal drive.

  • @youdonthavetoknowsssh8154
    @youdonthavetoknowsssh8154 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    Do you think that not all Medusa's victim come to kill her?
    Some of them probably want to try that Medussy.

    • @HyperVanilo
      @HyperVanilo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      P

    • @DR3ADER1
      @DR3ADER1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It's been confirmed in mythology that Medusa uses that to her advantage, which is why she was such a problem in the first place. The irony is that in some versions of the tale, her head is used by Athena for her shield, Athena being the very reason why Medusa's hair is composed of snakes because Medusa's beauty induced extreme levels of jealousy in Athena. Remember, Medusa was already a beautiful Gorgon woman in a trio of sisters. The curse Athena sets on her only affects her hair and her face is still viewed as "divine" in the eyes of human men.

    • @Xbalanque84
      @Xbalanque84 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@DR3ADER1
      Actually, there are versions of the myth where Medusa was born human and turned into a gorgon as a curse for having intercourse within a temple. The other two gorgons were born that way (they also had wings and could fly), and Medusa was basically forced into becoming their new roommate.

  • @tygerion4404
    @tygerion4404 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Here's your friendly reminder that, canonically, Rinnousuke is half human, and half youkai. Which means that his parents did the whole human-youkai romance thing before it was cool!
    So it is canon to Touhou that not only are humans and Youkai able to get together, but it's happened before.
    ... Heck, Youmu is half human, and half _ghost!_ (Which is odd since, IIRC, her grandfather was _also_ half-phantom, so either that's not a literal half, or their family line has had a lot of humans and ghosts shacking up.)

    • @RyuHardGore
      @RyuHardGore ปีที่แล้ว +34

      How can you be half human and half dead human?

    • @lewis-sd9oz
      @lewis-sd9oz ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@RyuHardGore easy, just be dead inside lol

    • @anonymuz796
      @anonymuz796 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@lewis-sd9oz being like Yoshika or Mokou.

    • @marzipancutter8144
      @marzipancutter8144 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Emphasis on "before it's been cool".
      That's crazy, because as far as I understand Yokai-Human relations supposedly used to be a LOT less relaxed before they all started chilling at Reimus place.

    • @GrahamChapman
      @GrahamChapman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      @@RyuHardGore In the case of Youmu: She's a living human, but her soul exists separate from her body, meaning her soul is technically a ghost... Apparently, this state makes her body physically colder than a regular human's and her ghost half warmer than a regular ghost.

  • @lazydatebase4424
    @lazydatebase4424 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Dating/living with youkai would gurantee one thing - complete chaos and non stop trouble/shenenigans.
    Like being teleported to Chad because Yukari thought it would be funny, getting to lucky and being hunted by gangs/casinos/Reimu because Mamizou heard you complain " you don't do your job as a tanuki", being on other Gods hitlist for engaging with their rival God ( also goes for rival religions) because it would be like like killing the dog of your enemy ect ...
    You are living with the beings that constantly try to break their boredom in their own way.
    If you can roll with it and make it the norm, all the more power to you.
    Just remember what you signed up for. Definetly wouldn't be boring, that's for sure.

    • @eagleye2893
      @eagleye2893 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Plot Twist: You find a way to survive all that BS and get to level up to a menacing Youkai or Deity. Congratulations: You now get to be on the big girl table like everyone else.

    • @deepdownwereallbased2549
      @deepdownwereallbased2549 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@eagleye2893 ah yes the gigachad ending

  • @fotismanolopoulos1098
    @fotismanolopoulos1098 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    There's only 1 thing wrong with this video.
    The fact that the "magical wife" trope is referred to as Japanese when in reality it is literally everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE in mythology and folklore.
    Right down to tales of animals leaving their "coat" and turning into beautiful women that inevitably get involved with a man who inevitably loses them as theh get back into their coat, turn back into an animal and leave them.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +88

      You are correct, but I am referring to the Japanese version specifically.

    • @newturtle3
      @newturtle3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I think the biggest obstacle is smell.
      Some youkak are hairy, live in water, or flat out made from #2 in the toilet.
      How they would smell would determine if they activate neurons or not and from there if people would go the extra mile

  • @theelementalists2506
    @theelementalists2506 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    The fact he says all this so seriously just cracks me up.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +211

      This is very serious business. People need their fox girlfriends.

    • @LoliconSamalik
      @LoliconSamalik ปีที่แล้ว +18

      earnestness is always welcome in my book!
      unless it's a horror novel...

    • @manuelkfc7916
      @manuelkfc7916 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@GensouChronicle This man speaking straight facts

    • @Raoul.
      @Raoul. ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why wouldn't he? It's a serious topic.

    • @joebradburnii
      @joebradburnii 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@GensouChronicleI cannot agree more. You earned a sub with this vid and seeing if you can survive in the world.

  • @Elseba921
    @Elseba921 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    I like that you've become incresingly unhinged over time while still keeping things somewhat informative

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +147

      I'll get back to more serious topics soon, but I couldn't resist having some fun with this one.

    • @davevwav
      @davevwav ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ​@@GensouChronicleNo, no. Take your time. I love to see both. :)

    • @LexisVoyage
      @LexisVoyage ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@GensouChronicle no this is more serious than anything else youve made dont lie to me.

    • @wessltov
      @wessltov 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's what Touhou does to a MF

  • @DeusExDraconian
    @DeusExDraconian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    The greatest crime in recent memory is that women get all these stories where they get to date vampires and werewolves, but all the stories where men chase, or are chased by monster girls, always ends up with horrid and tragic endings. I suspect something is afoot.

  • @JennyTheNerdBat
    @JennyTheNerdBat ปีที่แล้ว +1030

    I'd honestly just want to befriend Touhou youkais above else - learning gardening from Yuuka, chilling with Cirno, pestering Sekibanki with head puns, etc. Dunno why, but that fantasy appeals to me a lot more than any "forbidden romance" story, since these characters are just too inherently lovable.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +323

      I think Gensokyo supports that more than anything, honestly. This was more a vehicle to talk about how the perception of yokai has evolved in Japanese culture.

    • @hannahbg1852
      @hannahbg1852 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cuz most characters like Cirno are fcking kids 💀💀💀

    • @MauricioLSB
      @MauricioLSB ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I would love to eat every kind of yokai there is, was and would exist

    • @quarium5681
      @quarium5681 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I mean I agree but like... if you're dating someone you would more than likely share with them just as much if not more than if they were just friends lol so this kinda applies either way doesn't it?

    • @LittleDevilAkuma
      @LittleDevilAkuma ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Keiki seems chill, I would love do some crafting with her

  • @koishiwii8370
    @koishiwii8370 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    I could actually hangout with Aunn and Kyouko. They're two of the youkai characters that make me realize how friendly and beautiful Gensokyo is. Green-haired doggos for life.

    • @shawermus
      @shawermus ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Dangers in Gensokyo is always either two op woman started fighting over some stupid stuff, or go outside the village and you will be get eaten by youkai.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Very good choices.

  • @FeIine_D
    @FeIine_D ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Instead of dating, being friends would be more beneficial, since they would have weird stories to tell and would make life much more entertaining with their spiritual abilities.

  • @Tha2442
    @Tha2442 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    Rinnosuke is all the proof that it’s possible, interesting part is how that works since youkai bodies are more spiritual yet have reproductive organs

    • @theishiopian68
      @theishiopian68 ปีที่แล้ว

      This raises the question of what the fuck a youkai's genome looks like. If they can make babies with humans they presumably have one, but since their existence is defined by our belief, wtf would that create in regards to dna?

    • @pauljensen5699
      @pauljensen5699 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Just what I was thinking.

    • @mojavefry2617
      @mojavefry2617 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Spiritual Spunk.
      Phantasmal Phunk.
      Ghostly Ghussy.

    • @juliofigueroa5567
      @juliofigueroa5567 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@mojavefry2617Haunted Hoochi

    • @raylenn4444
      @raylenn4444 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean....have you SEEN the atanuki's balls! Dude is pent up!

  • @tyboy158
    @tyboy158 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    The Touhou fanbase is preoccupied with whether or not we could, we didn't stop to think if we should.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I'm venturing over to Kagerou's shack.

    • @tanostrelok2323
      @tanostrelok2323 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      You're the director of your own movie, my guy, it's up to you to decide to go out with a bang

    • @raylenn4444
      @raylenn4444 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      ​@@GensouChronicleget in line buddy.
      I'm going to the scarlet mansion myself.

    • @eagleye2893
      @eagleye2893 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@raylenn4444My 17 Yr Old @$$ On My Way to have a One Night Stand with the Scarlet Sisters Before I Reach Legal Drinking Age.

  • @eggegg8526
    @eggegg8526 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Is it forbidden for one to fall in love with Reimu's car turtle?
    Asking for a friend

  • @consumesand5342
    @consumesand5342 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Gensou gave us a 7 minute long history lesson, for an answer of, "yeah, probably."
    fucking legend.

  • @Kal-l-of-OneShot
    @Kal-l-of-OneShot ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "Everyday life"
    *Shows picture of two Tanukis with massive balls*

  • @Pudding404
    @Pudding404 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Gensou Chronicles answering our most burning questions.
    Actually, romance or friendship with say tge Grassroots youkai network youkais seem pretty harmless, with many of them fearing humans (Kagerous, Sekibanki, Wakasagihime)
    But still, *WOULD.*

    • @eagleye2893
      @eagleye2893 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Sekibanki about to become Sexybanki.

    • @GensokyoBoySlvt
      @GensokyoBoySlvt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🙂

    • @DaesDroolMoes
      @DaesDroolMoes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would but never *WILL*
      WEA](

  • @comdnoive
    @comdnoive ปีที่แล้ว +374

    I asked this exact question when Touhou 19 came out and all the Hisami fanart started pouring in.
    ZUN created Touhou to prepare us for the inevitable disclosure of Youkai living in the world. And with that, the possibility of obtaining Youkai wives. (cope)

    • @Acertaintouhoufan
      @Acertaintouhoufan ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I do have to wonder why Hisami suddenly got so insanely popular, her design is distinct she's up against a new oni and literally Goku and still won out the hearts of the fandom (me included btw) in the end.
      W̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶r̶a̶g̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶g̶o̶d̶d̶d̶d̶d̶d̶d̶d̶d̶

    • @M0mazosMissy
      @M0mazosMissy ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Fun Fact: There's a Youkai that's literally just an octopus that disguises as a woman to get a husband, it flees to the sea when you discover her and honestly, i find it funny, it's just a socially awkward octopus in the same quest as you

    • @lecanoscoptical3455
      @lecanoscoptical3455 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Acertaintouhoufan Well she's called out as being hot by the game so...

    • @SERPENTOFGOODDARKNES
      @SERPENTOFGOODDARKNES ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@M0mazosMissyOctodad’s ancestor?

    • @A.Singularity
      @A.Singularity ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@@SERPENTOFGOODDARKNESoctomilf

  • @poethewondercat7851
    @poethewondercat7851 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I like how you completely fell into the degen hole at the last possible second. Respect.

  • @akisa7865
    @akisa7865 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Yoshika fans after watching this video: So you're telling me there's a cha-
    Seiga: *Pops out of the screen* no. *Goes back inside*

  • @kirbonicpikmin8809
    @kirbonicpikmin8809 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    None of the cosmic powers in the greater universe could make me pick any of the Youkai in Gensokyo… when Marisa Kirisame is right there…

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I respect the dedication.

    • @mkarma9103
      @mkarma9103 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm more a reimu fan than a Marisa fan but I see why you pick her

    • @amai2307
      @amai2307 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@mkarma9103not sure why anybody pick anything except Okuu.

    • @KurouShiro6000
      @KurouShiro6000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sakuya is also a fine option

    • @Hlodolog
      @Hlodolog 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A respectable opinion. One does not need to bother with youkais, when Gensokyo's human dating pool has so many interesting options...

  • @Orcawsom
    @Orcawsom ปีที่แล้ว +53

    the entire two parts of the touhou worldbuilding series and this video was entirely for the purpose of building up to that Seija zing.

  • @leonidtimofeev1178
    @leonidtimofeev1178 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Well, I DEFINITELY didn't know that concept of "cute yokais doing human stuff" is SO old.

  • @CommanderBohn
    @CommanderBohn ปีที่แล้ว +35

    In Japanese myths, there are situations where a guy ended up with a fox lady or a snow woman and had kids with them. Those kids then had some supernatural stuff about them.
    Hell, everyone's famous onmyoji Abe no Seimei was said to not be entirely human and that his mother was the fox spirit Kuzunoha. In fact, thanks to him being born from a yokai mother, he could order around weak oni when he was five.

    • @Derpmandang10
      @Derpmandang10 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Foxgirls are best girls. Look at Tamamo from Fate.

    • @tehogvirgin3664
      @tehogvirgin3664 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      YEAAHHH BABY RAN HERE I COME

    • @IchigoShinagami
      @IchigoShinagami 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Derpmandang10She just wants to be a Good Foxy Wife (she's me fr fr)

  • @celestialdiamondgamings2297
    @celestialdiamondgamings2297 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    "STOP TRYING TO PROCREATE WITH YOUKAI!"
    R34 artists: ... Imma pretend I didnt see that.

    • @IchigoShinagami
      @IchigoShinagami 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Musō game where Reimu has to fight all of the R34 Artists that lewd Yōkai

  • @kingofflames738
    @kingofflames738 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    After this day a whole lot more Rinnosuke started popping up in gensoukyo.

  • @zerodofin936
    @zerodofin936 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    7:04 the most composed kagerou fan, blud really held it in till the end

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +32

      the original script was worse.

    • @zerodofin936
      @zerodofin936 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@GensouChronicleI want you to personally mail me the original script as i am currently working on a research about the connection of youkai industry and quantum physics so your script would be a great help.

    • @jason-yi1sl
      @jason-yi1sl ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@GensouChronicleoh how worse

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jason-yi1sl More explicit.

    • @jason-yi1sl
      @jason-yi1sl ปีที่แล้ว

      Ara? 😳😳

  • @absoutezeo2126
    @absoutezeo2126 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Asking the hard-hitting questions now, I see.

  • @christerarnoldbordon9129
    @christerarnoldbordon9129 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Fear is not the opposite of love, and sometimes it leads to curiosity then to interest and maybe to attraction. Maybe in Youkai we have come to love what we have feared

  • @Adaka-o1c
    @Adaka-o1c ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Rinnosuke existance proving that i still have a chance

  • @bob7920
    @bob7920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    "Not these two. This guy shot her with an arrow."
    Sounds a lot like break-ups in real life. How romantic.😂

  • @arrashishiv1591
    @arrashishiv1591 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    Rinnosuke is living example that yes, you can tap that youkai ass.
    Just imagine going to the romantic, dine and dashing date with snake youkai.

    • @LimaBr_
      @LimaBr_ ปีที่แล้ว +16

      i dont get it of why rinnosuke is an example

    • @haiperbus
      @haiperbus ปีที่แล้ว +96

      ​@@LimaBr_he's half youkai and half human. Youmu is too, so it's happened twice

    • @LimaBr_
      @LimaBr_ ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@haiperbus ah yes, an inuyasha but touhou
      _also who did it first: an human girl with a ghost man or ghost woman with human man, and how is that even possible?_

    • @jansolo4628
      @jansolo4628 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      ​@@haiperbus Youmu claims that the Konpaku clan is specifically a lineage of half-phantoms. While it may still be possible that a human and a phantom procreated to create a half-phantom, it's also possible that being a half-phantom is a specific trait passed on and is considered a dominant trait.
      I mean, Youmu comes from the half-phantom clan of the Konpaku, so at least one of her parents has to be a half-phantom in the first place. Either there's actually many clans of half-phantoms for Youki to pair with or Youmu's not actually exactly "half and half".
      Either those or Youmu just doesn't know how her clan works.

    • @tyboy158
      @tyboy158 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@haiperbus Youki (Youmu's grandpa) is too, so that make 3 times

  • @luigiadventure
    @luigiadventure ปีที่แล้ว +70

    history lesson and my fantasies are validated?!?!?? another gensouchronicle banger!
    🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎🧎

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +25

      👹👺👹👺👹👺 Heck yeah!!!

  • @xSRGman
    @xSRGman ปีที่แล้ว +142

    “Youkai are enemy of humanity and uhh eat us and shit 😭😭” nuh uh!!

  • @totallytidmouth
    @totallytidmouth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    "Would you?"
    Is that even a question?

  • @nekokoishi
    @nekokoishi ปีที่แล้ว +41

    5:16 This does reminds me of her interactions on a touhou +18 dating game. The more you interact and the more she gets fond of you. The more her character develops. She even gets conflicted if she should continue what she should do as an Amanojaku at you or just simply accepts her feelings for you. Yeah the game definitely went with the "I can fix her" but it was enjoyable(and very difficult because it takes way longer compared to other characters).

    • @Aomgar
      @Aomgar ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think I know what 18+ game your talking about. I really like that game characterizations (most of them) in general. I like the interactions you can have with the grassroots network. The the dialogue with some characters when having convos. Also the forbidden love trope can be appealing after being with one character for a long time, and actually going through their route. Its interesting

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The person who wrote all her dialogue is pretty cool.

    • @nekokoishi
      @nekokoishi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GensouChronicle why do I have the feeling that it was you who wrote it? XD

    • @LMS9000
      @LMS9000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@AomgarHow 18+ we talking? Like is the story worth trying it out despite it?

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nekokoishi I can promise you I'm not. I'm already stretched thin as it is on other projects.

  • @masterchief3770
    @masterchief3770 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Them: can you date a youkai?
    Me: not if reimu exists

  • @Plasmy271
    @Plasmy271 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    I don't think I can easily expect what to watch this channel anymore lmao. This was the LAST thing I expected, but it was so fun as well.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I like keeping people on their toes. At least it's lore-related.

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@GensouChronicle 'Which 2hu has the best toes?' Imagine that video title, haha. Wouldn't that smell amazi-be amazing guys? Haha.

  • @mra7081
    @mra7081 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can’t believe a video with this title just appeared in my subscription feed.
    Good video as always 👍

  • @AndrevusWhitetail
    @AndrevusWhitetail ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just that last 20 seconds alone and how you couldn't even say that one line without laughing is enough for me to subscribe.

  • @touhouspam
    @touhouspam 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    so you're telling me there's a chance.....

  • @opadrip
    @opadrip ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I would date Yukari just so we can go on hijinks together for the rest of time. Considering she can expand my life and death border she could even make me immortal.

  • @TieberiusVoidWalker
    @TieberiusVoidWalker ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Came for the waifus, stayed for the cultural analysis of Japanese mythology

  • @devildante9
    @devildante9 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    The phrase "is not flanderization, it's a celebration" is way too powerful, right alongside "is not memetic of real life, but of literary tradition".
    Also, this video gives me hope to someday date cute and lovely Udonge.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Thanks. I really liked that phrase as well. And you go get that bunny.

  • @Tribow
    @Tribow ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why did you remind me that we're still waiting for Vector Spectacle Chapter 6 . You shot me dead with no warning cmon.

  • @SanzuRiver
    @SanzuRiver ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The answer is yes. Yes. YES. YEEES. Fluffy fox tails, ultimate gawk-gawk-3000 necks, and cold beauties. Still find it funny that yuki-onna and kitsune are the most canonically written to conceive in a lot of tales.

    • @tehogvirgin3664
      @tehogvirgin3664 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      RAN YAKUMO HERE I COME

  • @zrillinkisgrindella
    @zrillinkisgrindella 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That video was strangely informative and insightful. I definitely didn't expect that. You've earned a sub.

  • @k9builder
    @k9builder ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The moment you mentioned Zeus, I saw it coming. Nice uptake on it. Keep up the good work.

  • @uboa8060
    @uboa8060 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    5:22 the best ones in touhou have the most red flags
    Looking at you, Yukari.

  • @manga_accurate_angel
    @manga_accurate_angel ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Came for a comedic anatomy lesson stayed for the interesting history.

  • @5spec
    @5spec ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This video is very helpful, thank you for the information. I will enjoy using it.

  • @SSilver3911
    @SSilver3911 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Personally I think having a fox yokai would be the ideal wife.

  • @blue6sub6remnant6
    @blue6sub6remnant6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I like how showing an entire tanuki, huge nutstack and all, on-screen at 2:23 is completely fine for youtube. Presumably, as long as the video itself doesn't explain what's actually being shown.
    I get that the Monster Girl Encyclopida Vol.2 cover is questionably SFW at best (plus, I can just look at my own copy), but the notion that woodblock prints of tanuki and their enormous scrotums are safe because "it's art history" makes me giggle.

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The world's a funny place, ain't it?

    • @sumfagola
      @sumfagola ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think its just the AI not picking up on the huge scrote since it hasn't been trained on traditional Japanese art like it has been trained on Anime/Hentai.

    • @Emmariscobar
      @Emmariscobar ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@sumfagola
      "It hasn't been trained on traditional art like it has been trained on hentai."
      We spent so long worrying that AI might turn into Skynet, that we could have never predicted that it would instead turn into a degenerate!

  • @blurmarsh2265
    @blurmarsh2265 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really wasn't expecting this video to be so informative about not just Touhou but also history, consider me clickbaited and happy. Excellent video, kudos!!

  • @jansolo4628
    @jansolo4628 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    See now the spicier next territory to discuss is how two youkais of different species would procreate. Half-youkai exists but it's mostly been half-humans, so could there be two halves of different youkai in one person? Now what if two people that are half-youkai² got together? 4 youkai lineages with 1/4 of each? Maybe some youkai traits are genetically dominant and some are recessive?
    Imagine the Punnett Squares we could make with this!
    Youmu is from the Konpaku lineage of half-phantoms so at least one of her parents must be a half-phantom; are both her parents half-phantoms or is Youmu genetically not actually exactly half-phantom?

    • @tanostrelok2323
      @tanostrelok2323 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You see, when daddy loves mommy a lot...

    • @zetaking2909
      @zetaking2909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i really think Sekibanki might be one as she has traits of 2 diffrent types of cryptids, Rokurokubi, and dullahan

    • @youraverageperson6211
      @youraverageperson6211 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, This exactly what I'm thinking! I avoided this video because of this topic (rip recommended)... and because there is already an answer! From Cage in Lunatic Runagate, from Youmu's website profile.
      "Having a phantom and a human as her parents, she is half-human half-spirit characterized by a large phantom always at the side of the human figure."

    • @LarkeyFactorial
      @LarkeyFactorial 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      when's half yokai three coming out

  • @TASTEGROUND
    @TASTEGROUND ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the intro is amazing

  • @diclonius7
    @diclonius7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I enjoyed the background lore of youkai and how they came to where they are today.

  • @Монс-й1ь
    @Монс-й1ь ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:20
    They not keep us away from danger, they are THE danger
    As unhinged as it sounds, the title of the video is actually interesting question

  • @landydot6296
    @landydot6296 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Is it truly worth it to risk the chance the moment youre alone with one it bites through your skull like a jaguar? (yes)

  • @smollilnub3644
    @smollilnub3644 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Coming back with banger videos as always

  • @Okuu__Gaming_1
    @Okuu__Gaming_1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Honestly, I would easily take a single date with utsuho above even my life

  • @beanshapeAli
    @beanshapeAli ปีที่แล้ว +6

    those last 10 seconds were unhinged

  • @DMphobia
    @DMphobia ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
    ~Dr. Ian Malcom, Jurrasic Park (1993)

    • @DR3ADER1
      @DR3ADER1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Science isn't about "Why?", it's about "Why not?!" ~Cave Johnson, Portal 2 (2011)

  • @IKnowWhatsFunnierThan24
    @IKnowWhatsFunnierThan24 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That fontcest jumpscare nearly gave me whiplash.

  • @axell15thewispmaster51
    @axell15thewispmaster51 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Shorter answer: Yes, you can date Yokai, because we have made it "Canon" to do so. You need to be extremely willing to do so though

  • @Ikanamable
    @Ikanamable ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a vector spectacle appreciation post.
    Hokuto-sensei I am begging you on my KNEES.

  • @DeadMedia-vf4je
    @DeadMedia-vf4je 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Now I feel like there will be a Smash Or Pass on Touhou characters

  • @GreatChicken2
    @GreatChicken2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lets just put this into context - THE Court Astrologer, Abe no Seimei, claims one side of his ancestral heritage is from a kitsune. Also, O-Yuki the snow woman canonically gave her husband 13 children. In other words, if you are damn sure you won't become lunch or dinner, go forth and give the world some halves.

  • @thesleepypiggy
    @thesleepypiggy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whatever conclusion is made, it's not stopping me.

  • @RemiliasRealHusband
    @RemiliasRealHusband ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A few months behind this video, but watching it for..... reasons. A good one as always.

  • @Dukstless
    @Dukstless ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Kinda reminds me of how some works are looked at differently years after their creators die. Such as paintings, but there's also Beowulf (which took what, 12 centuries?), thanks to Tolkien.
    I wonder how many people still know how tulpas used to be a trend on the Western internet in like 2000s and early 2010s. (Are they still? I barely see mentions of them online anymore)
    And I am pretty sure some of these people went hard, like legal insanity level of tulpamancy. Humans are weird man.
    -anyway I just want to hold hands with Patchouli-

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's a good comparison. Everything becomes molded by collective perception.

    • @tanostrelok2323
      @tanostrelok2323 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, ZUN did show us the way in a conveniently packed, highschooler looking way.

  • @WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee
    @WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    0:30 nah bro thought we wouldn’t notice also where did he get that I think we might need a statement from his FBI agent

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Funny story, actually. I found a physical copy of it while in Japan. The title stuck with me so much I had to look it up when I returned to the states and I decided it would be funny to throw it in a video.

    • @WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee
      @WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@GensouChronicleI’m not talking about the book I’m talking about the rule 34 ah thing unless you were talking about the rule 34 thing then I’m concerned for japan

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee the undertale cover, right?

    • @WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee
      @WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@GensouChronicle nah not the undertale cover either guess again it has a squid and a bob

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@WhatdoyoucalablindgermanAnosee that's like... a basic edit someone did? you can find that anywhere...

  • @donanilao7724
    @donanilao7724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Finally.
    I can ship Scout TF2 with Cirno Touhou with a pure mind.
    Well, 'pure' mind.

  • @mahwiiiife408
    @mahwiiiife408 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been wondering about this recently, thanks for the encouragement :D

  • @Touhoularper1836
    @Touhoularper1836 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ok now i know how make Yukari Yakumo my wife, thanks GensouChronicle.

  • @zekeram129
    @zekeram129 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A mortal, with a magical being?
    So like... being the opposite of Zeus?

  • @Dias-sq2yd
    @Dias-sq2yd ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The real question is, who is going to stop me to do it?

    • @GensouChronicle
      @GensouChronicle  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Akyuu with her triple cross punch. :👊

    • @Somebody_VK
      @Somebody_VK ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Masochists would enjoy that. Not saying I am one.

  • @corbeauwrite
    @corbeauwrite ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Smartman and good content, he got all of us 💀

  • @TheAdamsMcCall
    @TheAdamsMcCall 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This channel always baits me using my most basical instincts and yet always gives me something better. This is the best thing that happened to me so far

  • @atwistedb
    @atwistedb ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:45 Yokai Watch mentioned!!! (Also if you want to date a Yokai just use a forbidden fruit smh my head)

  • @applenaught6768
    @applenaught6768 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Bro I swear I could fix Seija/Rumia/Nemuno."
    Human in charge of recovering dead bodies: "Found him."

  • @Bute803
    @Bute803 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thats it I'm subscribing

  • @averycertainnobody
    @averycertainnobody ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "We were too preoccupied with whether we would that we didn't stop to consider if we could."

  • @ak1mbo367
    @ak1mbo367 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I can can fix her bro trust"

  • @OneBiasedOpinion
    @OneBiasedOpinion ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I realized halfway through that I was being jebaited into listening to a Touhou fan ramble on about youkai, but I like your funny words, magic man, so here I am at the end of the video having thoroughly enjoyed myself.

  • @caseyhowland7291
    @caseyhowland7291 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Kogasa is definitely dateable probably a very good choice too tbh

  • @Sai1523
    @Sai1523 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Using the fact that media exists already in the human world depicting such a relationship and is commonplace as the reason it would also exist in Gensokyo feels like an obvious reason I’d never thought of lol

  • @reale_ly
    @reale_ly ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love Seija

  • @TheDendran
    @TheDendran ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As long as she doesn't drain my bankroll with make-up, I am all ears for it...

  • @nobillismccaw7450
    @nobillismccaw7450 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When I was young, I was conflicted over the ethics of marrying a human. You see, there was a human I cared for very much - but, I wasn’t trying to mate with him, I was just trying to help him with his troubles. (His girlfriend was, basically, a fox.)
    Sorry if my sentence structure is weird. I’m Australian.
    Anyway, it’s very painful to fall in love with a human. I personally will avoid such a think. I , instead, decided it would be logical to marry someone similar to myself. (Humans would probably call him a tiger dragon.)
    Duty of disclosure: I am not a yokai. (I’m not from Japan.)
    Edit: Don’t be sad. My human friend is doing very well now. I still love him dearly, but as a friend - you understand?

    • @lightskinche
      @lightskinche ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Elaborate.

    • @MidnightDrake
      @MidnightDrake ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah please, can you elaborate cause that doesn't right man.

    • @TheHeadofTheCity
      @TheHeadofTheCity ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Average Australian

    • @Remiliuh
      @Remiliuh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What?

  • @cardboardbox_tech
    @cardboardbox_tech 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That intro. THAT INTRO. It has me rolling. A perfect 10/10