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kijin seija, kishin sagume, and doremy sweet (touhou) drawn by himajin_noizu

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    嫁正邪の様子を夢を通してのぞくサグメお義母さん


    Source: https://twitter.com/ARNUSI/status/997038016207118336

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    Nitrogen09
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    Zelinkokitsune said:

    So it's all just a dream of Sagume that was created/edited by Doremy?

    Kind of makes the entire pool kinda sad.

    Looks like it's just Sagume watching over Seija's lives through her dream, according to the twitter commentary.

    And she's also referred to as Seija's mother(-in-law), so she's a grandma now.

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    user 454355
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    Nitrogen09 said:

    Looks like it's just Sagume watching over Seija's lives through her dream, according to the twitter commentary.

    And she's also referred to as Seija's mother(-in-law), so she's a grandma now.

    >mother in law
    what? is sagume the guy's mom in this or is using the explanation that sagume didn't birth seija but did create her whole race making all them "her children" by default?

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    Virtud
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    I guess it's finally over... Wow, just, wow... I loved this story, I been coming here many times just to check if new chapters had been released. I really enjoyed this, wish it didn't have to end, but I guess I don't mind it as much, it's just that the worst part of it is, that it was all just a dream... Such a sweet, romantic, comedic, and beautiful story, all for it to turn out that it was just a dream.

    Here is my interpretation, with some wiki knowledge. Segume is a type of amanojaku, same as Seija, so we can conclude that it is very likely they know each other. Though I did not find anything that says they are related, it is very likely Segume may be a sort of mother figure for Seija, why else would she cry in such depth and emotion?

    Doremy can enter dreams and alter them at will, it is possible she did just that, Doremy is seeing Segume's dream of her dear daughter Seija being in a happy and lovely relationship with the one she loves, but it's all shown in such detail, there is no way Segume was ever present in those situations... So what if Seija died at some point? She is a wanted Youkai after all, so it would make sense that she was caught and killed eventually.

    Segume after hearing the news of Seija's death, grew into a relentless depression. Mourning her everyday, remembering her, reminiscing those happy times, and thus, creating dreams of her deceased daughter. Dreams and wishes that she were still living, while being in a loving relationship with an illusionary husband and daughter, for what mother doesn't wish that kind of happiness for their loved ones? Perhaps she has Doremy help her sleep by adding those sweet dreams instead of crude nightmares involving Seija's death. Maybe, just wishing she could dream forever, and not wake up to face the truth.

    Sorry if I made you sad.

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