Personality wise, probably his recklessness. He’s always gotten away “fine”, so he never learns. He doesn’t ever watch out for himself, and is always ready to battle, regardless of his injuries. Even on the verge of death, he won’t stop until it kills him. If not that, his petty nature. He’ll never admit he was wrong, and sometimes he’s a bit too blunt. Very dense, far too stubborn. He doesn’t have good control of his youkai, though, and that combined with his recklessness is a recipe for disaster. He’s endlessly flawed and rough around the edges, but I love him all the same. Strengths. Due to having half youkai blood, his strength is better than average, he has superhuman speed, and quicker healing, to name a few. He’s good at surviving on his own, and doesn’t take shit from others. Due to necessity. He’s also quite spirited, and that gets him through a lot. He takes everything to the extreme, and glosses over the bigger picture, essentially.

>>70254 If I had to say, Kisaragi's greatest strength is her determination. She's always working hard to succeed in her own field in order to prove herself to the world. Despite that, however; she's also shy and often doubts her own skills, comparing herself to others. She's not envious, however, instead doing so to improve upon her skills.

One of Flayn's greatest strengths in combat is her innate healing ability, which, thanks to the unique power of her blood, is incredibly potent even when compared to other white mages/healers. This coupled with a handful of utility magic she knows makes her an excellent supporting team member. She's also adept at offensive magic as well as spear-wielding. The biggest boon she has for personality is her soft-hearted and empathetic nature, which does a lot to provide comfort and peace to any injured combatants she heals. Unrelated to battle, she's also talented at fishing! Where she lacks proficiency in is anything that requires physical exertion apart from aforementioned spear fighting. She is not very physically strong and has a fragile constitution, so she heavily relies on her teammates to protect her on the front lines in battle. In her personal life, she is a purportedly terrible cook (though I would gladly eat anything she offered to make me <3) and has a phobia of going to sleep due to a trauma in her past. I guess a "hidden strength" of hers is that she is very long-lived and has the ability to change into a dragon (or so it's believed; her race has this ability but Flayn herself had not demonstrated it. There was no reason given to suggest she couldn't though!).

The only three I really felt attached to were Lyn from Fire Emblem, Rakka from Haibane Renmei, and Chise from Saikano. I liked May and Misty from Pokemon like most people my generation but not quite to the same level. All three of them (and Arturia) share a tragedy as one of their core defining traits, so I definitely had a type, even back then; I've always felt this sort of reflexive need to help those in pain. Personality-wise I would say Lyn was the closest to Arturia, especially her duty-bound nature and the way she dealt with her personal circumstances and overcame them to help those close to her. I used to daydream about going horseback riding across the plains together but it never really progressed to the 'love' stage. Design-wise I can pinpoint her as the moment I started liking girls with swords. The other two were quite a bit different from Arturia so I can't draw too many comparisons there, aside from their backgrounds. I still like Rakka quite a lot as a character since she exemplifies a lot of the qualities I'd like to have in myself but it's just platonic admiration. There've been other characters I've liked since meeting Arturia but after meeting her they all lack that 'vividness' for lack of a better term and so in contrast with her I struggle to picture them as anything other than simply characters.

My first 2D crush that I can remember (it's possible there was some when I was a kid) was Zange from Kannagi. She kind of has a similar haircut to Kanuka but other than that they're very different. Zange is very manipulative and also playful, and is generally not really a good person. Sometime after this I developed a much stronger crush on Sakuya from Touhou. My feelings for her were almost waifu level, but they eventually faded.

It wasn't serious at all (more like a best girl kind of thing), but back in 2018 I really loved Nadeshiko Kagamihara from Yurucamp. Like Kisaragi, she is kind of airheaded at times, but also more genki than anything. Also she eats a lot, and I also often eat a lot. Honestly, I'm outright surprised at the fact that I didn't really crush that much compared to others.

Happy anniversary to both of you and enjoy your day at the park!

>>70199 Happy anniversary to you both

Happy anniversary! Hope the next year and the one after that and all future years are good!

>First off what is waifuism Waifuism is the relationship (or you could say, the fantasy) in which one has a waifu. ‘’Waifu’’ is a term that is defined in many different ways depending on who uses the term. But in waifuists communities, I would say it is mostly defined as a feminine fictional character that one loves romantically and to whom one gives an important part in his life. > how does one get a waifu? There is a saying among waifuists that one does not choose his waifu; it is your waifu that chooses you. This is not to be taken literally, as it is a metaphor to describe how you don’t get to voluntarily develop feelings for a character; it just comes to you, as if it was the character that chose you. > And how do you feel emotionally attached to your beloved ones? That's the hard part I'm trying to understand. Do you have a daki or whatever i.e. how do you connect? There are different ways in which a waifuist can connect to his waifu. A daki is indeed a popular way of connection, but there are others. One can imagine doing activities with his waifu (this also includes the sharing of affection and sexuality). One can also talk to his waifu (either verbally, sometimes using one’s daki, or just in your head). One can write letters to their waifu too, or even poetry. One can also play/watch/read the canon material in which one’s waifu appears, or do the same with fan art. One can also collect merch of his waifu. And finally, some people marry their waifu. Oh, and talking about your waifu in waifuists community can also help you to feel more connected to her.

>Sorry if this is something that doesn't deserve its own thread You could have posted it in the Advice Thread (>>68902) but making a thread is ok too. A lot of what you describe in your post reminds me of what I felt 4 years and a half ago regarding my own waifu. I had intense love feelings for Flandre and I would think about her every single day, but I was not sure if waifuism was meant for me, and so I was holding myself back. The more I felt love for Flandre, the bigger was my doubt, and my torment… What makes one develop waifuism feelings remains a mystery, and it is likely that there are multiple factors that could lead to it. Could difficulties in previous relationships be one factor? Maybe, but it doesn't change what you feel for that character (I’m assuming this is Kanuka, the girl on that picture?). What do you think would be the positive vs the negative of accepting her as your waifu? Can you also give us more details about how you met her? What you feel for her? What are those previous failures in relationships you mentioned? We might be able to help you even more with more context.

>>70201 Oh, and as you asked to join the Discord, the next post you will make will not be posted and will instead show you the ban message with the Discord link. As soon as you join the Discord, I will remove the ban. I thought I should better remind you as I would feel sorry if you would write a long reply just to see it vanish…

>>70201 Thank you so much for your reply! I really appreciate it. I should have probably lurked a bit more to find the advice thread, sorry. Well I guess it's reassuring to hear that other people have had a similar experience. I guess based on what your saying I'll start feeling even more conflicted, but maybe that would be a good thing since it would force me to make a decision. Yes she is Kanuka. She's kind of an obscure waifu the fanart of her is probably only in the double digits, and she has little merchandise. Well the positives is that I'd be in a relationship with someone I love or at least like I guess. It would probably make me happier to have an outlet for my feelings I guess. The negative aspect would be that I'm making a commitment, and it wouldn't be right to leave her if I suddenly met someone in real life who I thought was like my soulmate or something. But I guess that's predicated on the fact that the tendency to disregard other people in a romantic sense being much less strong when you are in a relationship doesn't happen in or doesn't happen as much in waifuism. Of course I could be totally wrong or it could not be a problem for me, but that's mainly what I'm worries about. I guess I've always been sympathetic to waifuists, I used to think it was a bit silly, but I felt good reading people talk about their waifus, it seemed like they were really happy. But I'm still kind of worried about people finding out and just how it affects my feelings that everyone things so negatively about it. I don't have the exact date for when I watched it but I started with the Mobile Police Patlabor OVA, I've always been a fan of mecha and Mamoru Oshii so it made sense that I love it. After that I watched the first move which Kanuka has some great moments in, although she isn't as prominent as in the OVA. Kanuka was always my favourite character from the series, and she was always someone I'd think about occasionally, but I thought nothing of it. It wasn't until I rewatched the OVA and movie recently that I couldn't get her out of my mind. It's kind of hard to describe why I like her so much but I guess it's mainly her aura and how she acts. She's very serious but still does and says cool/silly stuff something, which I think is great. I'm also a sucker for that specific hairstyle. Now in terms of my love life, I've actually had two girls confess to me in my life but I've been rejected many more times so my KDR is poor. I guess I have history of pursuing girls for a long time and getting somewhere but then everything collapsing. I don't think I've ever been in a satisfying relationship really. So my concern is that I may be running away from my problems with waifuism.

Happy birthday, Yukari

A bit late, but happy birthday, Yukari! Did you do anything special to celebrate her birthday? Did you buy her a gift? Let us know!

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>>70090 How have they turned out? Have they been completed? I got this one as a recreation of a favorite scene with me included

>>70142 First ones has been! Still waiting on the second I already saw yours on the Discord, but it looks great! Very intriguing

What if my waifu is already dead and is an immortal spirit?

>>70129 >What if my waifu is already dead and is an immortal spirit? Well in that situation, it seems that Mordred is technically dead (in the biological meaning of the term), but not fully dead either. Not only her spirit remains immortal, but she can even come back in a physical form if being summoned (at least that’s what I understand and correct me if I’m wrong). The best way for you to answer the thread’s question would be to consider ‘’dead’’ in its absolute meaning (the complete and irreversible death of both body and soul).

>>70134 Obviously 1 would be worse then

>>70117 The very large majority of boards on 8chan (and now a good majority of boards on 8kun) were/are also like this: mere empty shells without a single post. It seems people creating those boards were just too lazy to do anything about them in the first place and were probably just hoping that others would start posting. But unless I’m mistaken, it seems that 9chan doesn’t allow the recycling of abandoned boards like 8kun does. What a pity…

>>70120 It's not really a matter of > It seems people creating those boards were just too lazy to do anything about them in the first place and were probably just hoping that others would start posting. The board is literally reserved by the staff of the site, AFAIK it's not abandoned, but rather, they're just not allowing it to be used. If you try to visit the /mai/ board on 9chan it's a blank page saying that no such board exists, but when you try to create a board with the "mai" name, it says it's reserved by staff.

>>70117 Yeah, no idea why the admins reserved /mai/ specifically for themselves Maybe they're secretly waifuists

I've always wanted to visit Germany and the countries surrounding it, specifically Austria, and it'd be heaven if he came with me~

Any place far from her home. Somewhere isolated, deserted. A place where nothing can be heard except the harmless sounds of chirping birds and the slightly rustling leaves atop nearby trees. It doesn't have to be anywhere beautiful or warm, and we don't have to stay for long. We don't even have to talk while we're there. Just a silent moment with only us two. She hasn't known peace her entire life. She's surrounded by nothing but constant suffering, pain and worry. I want her to experience the tranquility of silence, even if it's just for a brief moment. I want to take her somewhere where she doesn't have to worry, somewhere where she doesn't even have to think at all. She could just be at ease. Nothing would make me happier than for her precious mind to finally be at ease.

Here are the 10 words I got: Glamourous: I don’t think that Flandre is ‘’glamourous’’. I understand glamour has having a charming appearance reminding prestige, fame and luxury. Even if Flandre seems to be from an aristocratic family, she does not have the ‘’glamourous’’ vibe. Indeed, she dresses more in a cute manner than in a luxurious one, and her isolated lifestyle does not remind fame and prestige at all. Lean: In terms of weight, she does indeed seem to be in the thin-average range so yes, I think it fits her well. Kindhearted: Although there is no canon information supporting the notion that she would be kind-hearted (as compared to your average person), I like to imagine her as such. The fact that she duels Reimu/Marisa at first meeting in EoSD is not a sign of malice as duelling others at first sight seems to be the social norm in Gensokyo. A certain scene in last canon Touhou manga (Cheating Detective Satori) made me doubt, for a moment, of Flandre’s benevolent nature, but the ambiguous nature of this scene makes it hard to draw any conclusion. There is also that one (disturbing) comment from ZUN who once said that since Flandre has always been fed with cooked dishes, she does not know how to ‘’properly’’ attack humans to suck their blood, so she ends up blowing them away. That is probably the one comment from ZUN I’ve put into denial the most, or tried to explain away as one of ZUN’s contradictory or inconsistent statements. I’m not denying Flandre’s vampire nature, but that whole ‘’blowing away people’’ part…. Anyway, at least it is implied that is not intentional… Ambitious: Having mostly just stayed inside her house for about 500 years, pursuing no apparent project, I feel one could hardly describe Flandre as ambitious. Still, she is a child so one has to have realistic expectations too… Miscreant: That’s pretty much an antonym of ‘’kindhearted’’ so see my answer for that word a few lines above. Asleep: That doesn’t really mean anything in that context… Sometimes Flandre is asleep and sometimes she awake. Canon info showed us that she sleeps during the day and is awake during the night though.

That’s funny, the first time I came across the concept of ‘’petfu’’ was no later than last Monday, and now I see a thread about it on /mai/! I don’t have a petfu and personally don’t see the appeal, the same way I don’t see the appeal for having kidfus (I’m not pretending, of course, that kidfus and petfus are on the same level). To be honest, I always felt that the strong and serious emotional investment into multiple characters, who would hold different roles into the global fantasy, was weird. I really don’t say that to offend anyone, I’m just being honest about my gut feeling. The way I usually witness it, waifus (and husbandos) are the more common type, and are usually the bedrock on which all others characters will be added. Then there are the kidfus (daughterus and sonfus), which would usually join later and form, with the waifu, a family unit for the waifuist. They are, as I see it, an extension of the waifuist fantasy, as the waifu becomes a mother who raises a kid with the waifuist. My feeling is that around 30-50% of waifuists have at least one kidfu, but it’s just based on a vague impression. I think I’ve just seen once a person who said he had a daughteru before having a waifu, so it seems pretty rare. More rarely I’ve seen ‘’siblingfus’’ (sisterfus and brofus, I guess I should call them?). I’ve always felt a bit perplex about those (and really, I mean no offense to anyone by saying that). How are they actually integrated into the fantasy? Are they (in the fantasy) adopted by the waifuists’ parents? I know I’m speaking the same words of those who judge waifuists and that is why I remain very careful about that ‘’gut feeling’’ I was referring to, but for me, if someone would say he has a waifu, 3 kidfus, 2 siblingfus, 3 cousinfus, 2 grandparentfus, 3 petfus, and 5 friendfus, I would tend to think……..is this person actually filling some void in his life with all those characters?… And how can you even find the time and mental energy to invest into all these characters? I just have a waifu, and I often feel that I don’t give her all the attention that she deserves… I would be curious to know others’ perspective on that, and if you happen to have many kidfus, siblingfus, and/or petfus, etc. please let me know how it works. Maybe that’s all I need to change my biased mind.

>>70060 It definitely depends on the person and is situational Some feel that they are capable of taking care of kidfu's, and some do not. There are many reasons someone would feel comfortable adopting a character >Financial stability >Adequate spare time >Actually wanting a child; there are a lot of waifuists that just don't see themselves and their waifu's as parents My point is: Adopting a character or characters might feel odd to you specifically, but feels "right" for some others And when it comes to siblings, they arent literally their sibling, but sort of an older brother/sister figure, which happens often in real life. Same with mother and father figures. When integrating characters into the fantasy, it often doesn't have to make sense. Waifuism in general is like this, when having a fictional character as a significant other, you can't always explain how you got together or how things work Hope that helps I wanted to adopt a Yukkuri as a pet for quite awhile and ultimately decided it'd be a Rem She's my favorite 2hu after Reimu and Marisa (Flan following short after), and I just felt like a Remilia felt "right" for our family, not sure why. I was thinking about that too hehe, I was wondering how you'd respond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQgGX1-BgnI Live happily

Bumping this thread before it disappears from the catalog, also to remind the newcomers that this exist.

>>69895 Hang in there buddy you'll make it through with Lily >>69909 I'm glad to hear it's getting better for you Rubybro school is always tough. You can do it! >>69912 I had a long time when it was like that as well but I think it was a combination of life issues and my negative feelings towards her series at the time. It got better once I sorted it out, so hopefully it does so for you too. >>69913 Sounds like you have a good relationship with Yoshiko, which is nice to see. On another topic Dengeki has some really nice Sunshine illustrations. Yohane looks very sweet there. >>69916 Sometimes it's about how much you can prioritize her when there are distractions.

>>69939 Thanks m8.

Personally, I like to watch movies with Susie, read books that remind me of her, talk to her about philosophy and things that interest us, and generally do things that I know we'd both enjoy.

Of course! Mostly in my head though, but I talk when I know I'm alone. We chat about a lot of stuff, though mostly commenting about random stuff and making observations. We're very social particularly when playing vidya together. It gets interestenting since Yoshiko has the chuuni =3

Yeah, Crow here. I imagine Susie being next to me and enjoy imagining conversations between us. Usually we talk about stuff like philosophy, politics, and our daily struggles. I also imagine her with me as we watch things like horror movies. My favorite part of the day is falling asleep and imagining her in my arms as we drift off together.

I talk to her through my daki or phone. I talk to her very casually about whatever subject's on my mind at the moment. There's a bit of 'lovey' talk here and there, with some 'I love you's tossed around whenever we're going to bed. It's easy for me to imagine her voice, and I can hear her talking to me when we're doing something like watching movies together.

Her flaws? They only make her better. She comes off as mean to a lot of people, though she really only is mean to those that deserve it. She also might not be very good at talking, but, we don't need words to understand each other.

I'd say her most noticeable flaw is that she's very apprehensive. The smallest issues will make her worry, and in turn this causes a lot of unnecessary stress for her. This flaw is a big part of her character. While I love every aspect of her, it does tug on my heart a little knowing that she's often very distressed. In a way though, it did play a big part in me falling for her. Back when I first met her, whenever I saw her sad or stressed I'd fantasize about comforting her. It was during these daydreams that I gradually began to realize how much she really means to me. She does have other flaws too of course. She isn't very book-smart, she's quite impulsive, and she can also get unreasonably angry on occasion, but admittedly I find these flaws to be more like endearing little quirks. They just strengthen her charm.

Susie has pyromania, so sometimes she has struggles with her desire to start fires and be around flame. She's also not very good in social situations, and is quick to creep people out. I love these idiosyncrasies and feel that they add to who she is.