That depends on how much energy she expends. Depending on WHAT she eats, if anything, you can count using magic or power as expending energy.
If you look at runners, swimmers, and people who use up huge amounts of energy, they are bone thin. (With general amounts of muscle depending on what they eat). I run 15-30 miles a week. I can pretty much eat anything I want and stay really thin.
That said, Flandre could be bone thin from lack of subsistence, or from the amount of energy she burns. If you go by this, there is good reason there are no "fat" people in Gensokyo...
But, you know... logic in Gensokyo. There is none.
That depends on how much energy she expends. Depending on WHAT she eats, if anything, you can count using magic or power as expending energy.
If you look at runners, swimmers, and people who use up huge amounts of energy, they are bone thin. (With general amounts of muscle depending on what they eat). I run 15-30 miles a week. I can pretty much eat anything I want and stay really thin.
That said, Flandre could be bone thin from lack of subsistence, or from the amount of energy she burns. If you go by this, there is good reason there are no "fat" people in Gensokyo...
But, you know... logic in Gensokyo. There is none.
If you want to go by this logic then the fact that she is a youkai must be factored into it. Youkai a spiritual beings anatomically and so even if they do need to eat the digestion process can be different. Humans physiologically burn calories for muscles existing then burn more to make said muscles move. Youkai anatomy and physiology in Touhou is not stated and so I will not assume that it is the same.
If you want to go by this logic then the fact that she is a youkai must be factored into it. Youkai a spiritual beings anatomically and so even if they do need to eat the digestion process can be different. Humans physiologically burn calories for muscles existing then burn more to make said muscles move. Youkai anatomy and physiology in Touhou is not stated and so I will not assume that it is the same.
If Youkai are biologically classed as humans then the process would be the same. The problem is whether or not Youkai are even Eukaryotes much less Chordates or Simiiformes.
EDIT: Of course, magic uses energy, if only for the control nerves
If Youkai are biologically classed as humans then the process would be the same. The problem is whether or not Youkai are even Eukaryotes much less Chordates or Simiiformes.
EDIT: Of course, magic uses energy, if only for the control nerves
It still goes into the territory of what a youkai eat is actually what they consume. Take for instance vampires drink blood. We would see blood and if we ingest it it does nothing. So why would a vampire need blood? The answer is simple, the vampire is drinking the magic associated with blood which is the magic of life. So in turn what a youkai eats to feed is what is the magic that is made of and associated with that particular item. Youkai are magical beings and need a magical essence to survive. Yes, the magic is converted for use by the body of the youkai along with any and all abilities of said youkai.
It still goes into the territory of what a youkai eat is actually what they consume. Take for instance vampires drink blood. We would see blood and if we ingest it it does nothing. So why would a vampire need blood? The answer is simple, the vampire is drinking the magic associated with blood which is the magic of life. So in turn what a youkai eats to feed is what is the magic that is made of and associated with that particular item. Youkai are magical beings and need a magical essence to survive. Yes, the magic is converted for use by the body of the youkai along with any and all abilities of said youkai.
Or maybe vampires are like the martians from Well's War of the Worlds. Sucking people's blood in order to get the nutrients without being forced to eat and digest food. Going by that logic, that would make sense for her to be slender.
That being said, there's no canon base to affirm that Flandre suck youkais. No wait, that came out wrong. I mean, there's nothing saying that Flandre suck youkai blood.
Or maybe vampires are like the martians from Well's War of the Worlds. Sucking people's blood in order to get the nutrients without being forced to eat and digest food. Going by that logic, that would make sense for her to be slender.
That being said, there's no canon base to affirm that Flandre suck youkais. No wait, that came out wrong. I mean, there's nothing saying that Flandre suck youkai blood.
As I said once before "Flandre has no idea how to feed directly." But Remilia may have drank youkai blood based off her move set in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody "Vampire Kiss." So it can be feeding off the essence that is associated with blood.
has anyone really just took a thought that maybe Flan would just be Skinny... A Child-body Flan is just skinny. Thats it
That's fine for regular children, but the way Yohane draws Flan makes her look undoublty skinny as if she wasn't being fed properly. Which brings up the discussion in the first place.