Sanae in panel sure is cute~~~~

prostration champ Kogasa! we are not worthy, we are not worthy!

Well, that's subliminal learning for you.

I never thought the day would come when I could sing a Touhou song duet with Sanae-san. It's such a shame I couldn't broadcast it!

Next time, I'll put it on Nico Live Streaming some roundabout way! (No matter how many lives I have, it won't be enough.)

Make no mistake, the Kogasa-san kneeling in panel 4 has got to be pulling a Light Yagami face. :-)

Reader-added tags include "It's Sanae Love, Kogasa-san", "Brainwashing", "This is premeditated crime, Kogasa-san" and "Just as planned".

The poll knows things can't stay this good:

Kogasa-san appears to have gained all her good fortune at once. What happens after this?
• She turns back into a normal umbrella
• Nothing good happens to her ever again
• She keeps drowning just enough not to die
• She keeps stepping in gum
• She has to obey Sanae absolutely

How does karaoke work in Japan? I see they have a lot of songs, including something not generally popular like anime OST and Touhou doujin.
In my country the Karaoke boxes only have various CDs and a list of songs (from the CDs) for us to choose. I can't sing Help me Eirin there.

There are those who would claim that option 5 has been the case from the onset...

• She has to obey Sanae absolutely

There is no other choice.

>>ForteGVN

They've got something called Joysound, which I gather is a karaoke system used by a lot of different karaoke joints. I think it streams music from a central server run by the company, or some such.

Apparently this system allows you to put in votes for songs to be added, and if a song gets enough votes then they contact the rights-holders and make it available on any Joysound machine in the country.

Here's a better explanation:

http://bonkurasu.animeblogger.net/2009/12/joysound-for-the-uninitiated/

Regarding Touhou songs as music while you work, I'm currently downloading the Great Touhou torrent even if it takes forever, purely for the bragging rights of having a 1TB torrent on my resume --- *listening* to any of it, prolly no.

http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=300895

Even before streaming services, back in the 90s, there was enough competition in karaoke places in Tokyo that some were offering anime and seiyuu songs. And any fan would know exactly which ones those were, because the word would get around quickly... even on the other side of the planet, I was getting that sort of information from seiyuu mailing lists.

Panel 2 Sanae has different eye color, no?

Zero_Hour said:
Panel 2 Sanae has different eye color, no?

Yes, similar to the pv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMfNnyMBa84

Sanae-san looks adorable in panel 2. I'd suggest Kogasa-san go into "Omochikaeri mode," but since they're already married, I suppose she doesn't have to. Just as planned indeed. Hopefully things will keep looking up for Kogasa-san!

For the poll, in lieu of an "all of the above" option, having to obey Sanae-san absolutely is the only real choice. (The other options pale in comparison.)