Touhou Ibara Kasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit. - Vol. 10 Ch. 50 - The Horned, One-Armed Hermit

[Ovdose]

Sad to see it gone.
I think Kasen looks much cuter with those tiny horns than either with the large ones or the hair ornaments. Especially in the top panel of page 38.

Thank you Alpha Beta Kappa for translating this.

 

[czeroc]

Some folks seem to be let down by the ending being "anti-climatic" but from how I see it it was never meant to be like that, given the build-up in more than 40 chapters and tons of hints, Kasen is definitely up to something the moment she first met Reimu at the shrine, but not with any malice (how she always treats people around her with critical thinking). The whole scheme that Kasen came up with was solely for the purpose of seeking her own "death" or other personality or whatever it is, nothing something epic or complicated with a true malicious intent behind bla bla that you normally see in mysterious trope, so to me this kind of plot is just Touhou-sque.

I really enjoy this chapter from top to bottom, how Reimu still gets ridiculed in the midst of the combat, or how Tenshi finally got some moment to redeem herself, or how Kasen's true motive was finally revealed, and lastly the final scene with Kasen having a toast with her old-self, which was very impactful and thus solidifies her position as my new favorite Touhou character for her cool, calm, and cute nature.

Overall, this manga has been a really good ride, even though the slice of life contents take up lots of panel time I didn't mind all that, but still prefer the story leaning toward the direction of the last 3 chapters more due to the intense atmosphere and hype it gives off, but whatever, it's Touhou so what can I expect. Just wish that other characters like Aya got some more moment since she's been hinted to play quite a role in the whole business behind Gensokyo. At any case, the most satisfying thing so far about this manga is how I got to see Reimu getting fodderized in every aspect (just a bad hobby of mine to enjoy seeing MC getting trashed and ZUN did not disappoint).

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Thanks Alpha Beta Kappa for scanlating this manga and hope they'll keep doing more Touhou work if there's any to come in the future.

 

[Khanwan]

Thanks for the ride

 

[Romariel]

Whew. Thanks ZUN, Azuma-sensei, and the translators! What a ride its been.

 

[notyurinotinterested]

I'll miss this manga very much. Thanks for the translation.

 

[ampnaman]

It ended... nooooo!

Oh well, hoping for new stuff from ZUN and Azuma!

 

[Andiza]

what kasen doing is basically want to "die" because she has new path that she believe and wants to forget her "evil" path

 

[VINT64]

Phew, finally the end. 't was nice. Touhou manga which I love the most, both drawing style and storytelling. Still, I didn't want it to end TV-series style, with nothing changing in the end. I wanted whole Gensokyo to "OMG she's damn'd ONI lol what to do oh right drink with her!!11!!1!1".
Seriously, I wanted Kasen to return to what she had been before, wicked man-eating whatever, and not hiding it anymore. In this sense, the ending is so much dissapointing. It can't be helped, as nobody, literally nobody does what I expect of them.
The fighting sequence across last chapters was gorgeous, some frames just blew up my mind. And girls are all so cute.
Thanks for that. To ms. Azuma, I hope that she would continue to share her works with us. To ZUN, that funny drunkard, long live to him and more Touhou works. To translators, who silently shame me at not studying japanese at my free time.

 

[izumabakumatsu]

I kinda liked how the whole manga is basically a reminder when a new game comes out. But I guess the Kasen incident has more or less ended, just like how Gensokyo incidents end.

I do hope we get another 'nichijou' series like this, that promotes the new games as well.

 

[Reigard]

and of course one of ZUN's favorite chapter was the drinking one
quite late reading this even though i've known it finished a long time ago but stil a wonderful binge

 

[3RDp]

I didn't found this boring or Anticlimactic at all. The MC made her peace with her past and really didn't want to become her old self again. Even though she longed for her Arm, when she said she believes in Humans and heaven. She was sencere about it. There is nothing better than all ends well.

I join everyone's words above and just say thank you!

 

[HKAsuka]

this gave me a type of diabetes

 

[Superpou]

What a weird one... Guess that makes her normal then 🤷‍♂️