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19 Oct 2023, 10:35 am

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Zanmu Nippaku from the 19th mainline Touhou game, Touhou Juuouen: Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost, is

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what are you talking about? :D


a character from a videogame. Zanmu is an oni, a type of Japanese demon/ogre (anthropomorphized as a human female, albeit with small horns on her head) who was once a human monk, and has the power to control the Buddhist concept of nothingness. When she was human, she lived during the Sengoku Period, a time of much conflict and bloodshed. She thought it odd how monks were not supposed to kill and yet the highest honor in the time was to bring your enemies's heads on sticks, so she decided to kill spirits, which she thought would make her a savior.
When she realized that her path, especially the absorption of spirits, led to the loss of human status, she found the strength and wisdom to accept this and descended into Hell of her own free will, without waiting for the fall. In Hell, Zanmu soon won the respect and trust of the local oni with her talents and eloquence. The fact that she herself became one of them only helped the former monk. Although they are known for being arrogant and bossy, Zammu was not one like that. The intelligent ones gained power in Hell not by force, but by wisdom and the ability to conduct dialogue.
She was one of those who advocated the separation of the Former Hell , old and poorly functioning, as well as the creation of a new Hell. Lackluster villains can be controlled with sheer power, but smarter villains require a more subtle approach. Zanmu has mastered this art to perfection - she has the power to restore order even in quite difficult cases.
Modern Hell is perfectly balanced - the villains themselves unwittingly maintain order in this system. Zanmu can rightfully be proud of her work.

she also has a really awesome final boss theme called "The Deviants' Unobstructed Light ~ Kingdom of Nothingness"
her title is King of the Silent Bliss of Nirvana (she is not royalty)
if I remembered how to embed images here I'd show her

TL;DR a human monk decided to absorb spirits to better align with her time's culture, which resulted in her becoming an oni in Hell, but she got to the top of that metaphorical corporate ladder to become a terrifyingly intelligent leader.

OH and she's also the target of her servant's lesbian pining

I fricking LOVE Touhou


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19 Oct 2023, 11:23 am

Readydaer wrote:
ocean wrote:
Readydaer wrote:
Zanmu Nippaku from the 19th mainline Touhou game, Touhou Juuouen: Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost, is

SO

DANG

COOL


what are you talking about? :D


a character from a videogame. Zanmu is an oni, a type of Japanese demon/ogre (anthropomorphized as a human female, albeit with small horns on her head) who was once a human monk, and has the power to control the Buddhist concept of nothingness. When she was human, she lived during the Sengoku Period, a time of much conflict and bloodshed. She thought it odd how monks were not supposed to kill and yet the highest honor in the time was to bring your enemies's heads on sticks, so she decided to kill spirits, which she thought would make her a savior.
When she realized that her path, especially the absorption of spirits, led to the loss of human status, she found the strength and wisdom to accept this and descended into Hell of her own free will, without waiting for the fall. In Hell, Zanmu soon won the respect and trust of the local oni with her talents and eloquence. The fact that she herself became one of them only helped the former monk. Although they are known for being arrogant and bossy, Zammu was not one like that. The intelligent ones gained power in Hell not by force, but by wisdom and the ability to conduct dialogue.
She was one of those who advocated the separation of the Former Hell , old and poorly functioning, as well as the creation of a new Hell. Lackluster villains can be controlled with sheer power, but smarter villains require a more subtle approach. Zanmu has mastered this art to perfection - she has the power to restore order even in quite difficult cases.
Modern Hell is perfectly balanced - the villains themselves unwittingly maintain order in this system. Zanmu can rightfully be proud of her work.

she also has a really awesome final boss theme called "The Deviants' Unobstructed Light ~ Kingdom of Nothingness"
her title is King of the Silent Bliss of Nirvana (she is not royalty)
if I remembered how to embed images here I'd show her

TL;DR a human monk decided to absorb spirits to better align with her time's culture, which resulted in her becoming an oni in Hell, but she got to the top of that metaphorical corporate ladder to become a terrifyingly intelligent leader.

OH and she's also the target of her servant's lesbian pining

I fricking LOVE Touhou


wow!...that sounds really interesting!...i can see why you're so into it...must be lots of fun

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she looks cute :P


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19 Oct 2023, 1:10 pm

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wow!...that sounds really interesting!...i can see why you're so into it...must be lots of fun

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she looks cute :P


haha it is, yup I could ramble about Touhou for days, it definitely is, and she definitely is!


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19 Oct 2023, 5:21 pm

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why don't the police use a lasso to capture people
A posse of trigger-happy cowboy cops with lassos in their hands would look too much like a lynch mob.


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20 Oct 2023, 10:08 pm

I was going to go back to using Schultz for an avatar. Just as I was thinking of doing so, a commercial for The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews came on. That's when I decided to go the other way.


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20 Oct 2023, 10:30 pm

Maybe love at first sight is real after all. 8O



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20 Oct 2023, 10:40 pm

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21 Oct 2023, 2:27 am

internetz back ? if only half, it is still searching for that number, what's so censurable at that
and tube? well well, no ads no tube, i can't......
i live ad free, i can't go there

why can't it do any simple search....
stay on the puzzles, as long as that's still allowed :mrgreen:

stupid stardom pushing "newsy" everythings
maybe they found the lowest common dot after all,
and don't forget the dead :joker: "stars" a very :clown: important distraction



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21 Oct 2023, 6:17 am

Peter Kay was f*****g awesome last night. It was like a show within a show within a show.


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21 Oct 2023, 6:21 am

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Peter Kay was f*****g awesome last night. It was like a show within a show within a show.


I didn't know he was still doing shows. Unless you watched a recorded show or something?



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21 Oct 2023, 6:26 am

I went to see him live at the Arena in Manchester last night.


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21 Oct 2023, 6:28 am

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I went to see him live at the Arena in Manchester last night.


Ooh, okay. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed the show. :)



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21 Oct 2023, 6:30 am

Noel Gallagher played on stage as well. It was just incredible.


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21 Oct 2023, 6:37 am

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Noel Gallagher played on stage as well. It was just incredible.


That does sound like a lot of fun. 8)



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21 Oct 2023, 6:43 am

Fnord wrote:
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why don't the police use a lasso to capture people
A posse of trigger-happy cowboy cops with lassos in their hands would look too much like a lynch mob.


Since when did the biggest crime gang police care about optics :lol:


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21 Oct 2023, 3:02 pm

Can a person communicate sarcasm through sign language


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