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this sounds nice I must watch
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Ummm if you don't mind can you try to get permission to translate this? http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16938429 its from maQam too
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And in Mokous memory, all that Kaguya did was destroying her Sandcastle. <3
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Hype train incoming
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Oh wow! This must be awesome, I hope!
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Upscale courtesy of +Dioxaz. The full version (coming soon) ranked at #159 in Nico's Touhou video ranking 2014: http://www.reddit.com/r/touhou/wiki/nico/rankings/2014
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Can't wait! I always love seeing interpretations of character backstories. Especially ones who've been around for so long.
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This is the first in a series of three beautiful videos by maQam that assume knowledge of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Before you watch these videos, please take 20 minutes to read the information below. You should do this anyway since it will help you understand Kaguya's and Mokou's backstory!
(2 min) The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, also known as Princess Kaguya or Princess Moonlight, is a 10th-century Japanese folktale.
* An old bamboo cutter discovers Kaguya as a tiny baby in a glowing bamboo.
* He raises Kaguya with his wife, and in three months, she grows to be a young woman of shining beauty.
* Kaguya attracts many suitors, but she refuses to see any of them.
* Kaguya gives five particularly zealous aristocratic suitors impossible tasks to discourage them, and all fail.
-The second suitor (based on Fujiwara no Fuhito) is told to bring her the Jeweled Branch of Hourai, a branch of a jeweled tree on the legendary island of Hourai. He fakes his voyage and hires jewelers to make the branch. This is found out when the jewelers ask Kaguya directly for the payment.
-The fifth suitor (based on the head of the Mononobe clan at the time) is told to bring a cowrie shell laid by a swallow. He tries to complete his impossible task honestly and dies in the process.
* Even the Emperor of Japan requests her hand in marriage but is refused.
* On a night of full moon, a chariot comes from the Moon to take Kaguya back.
* Kaguya leaves a vial of elixir of immortality with the Emperor, who orders it to be burned atop Mount Fuji.
The Touhou Kaguya is based on this Kaguya. Mokou is thought to be the daughter of Fujiwara no Fuhito. (In the world of Touhou, Mokou became immortal by getting this elixir while it was being carried up the mountain; see Mokou's story in the Bougetsushou novel, Cage in Lunatic.)
(15 min) Read the following treatment of the tale: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4018/4018-h/4018-h.htm#bamboo
(Or listen to an audio recording: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/4834/the-bamboo-cutter-and-the-moon-child/ )
Mokou's father appears as the Second Knight.
Reprinted/translated with the creator's permission. 創作者様の許可を得て転載・翻訳しております。 Creator: maQam (まかむ) http://www.nicovideo.jp/user/16040566 Original title:【第9回MMD杯予選】竹取物語～藤原妹紅編～ Original link: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18332103 Upload date: July 20, 2012. 21:00. Creator comment: "むかしむかし、あるところに、不老不死の少女がいました。 MMD杯公式サイト＝https://sites.google.com/site/mmdcuphp/ 【Theme:無】【name:まかむ】 お借りしたものはEXにて記載させていただきます。 本戦できました→sm18643998" == Translated creator's comment == "Once upon a time, there was an immortal girl." == Music == 00:12 - 00:44 "【和風】プレインエイジア【東方自作アレンジ】" by amm http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17350418 == Notes == This is the first in a series of three beautiful videos by maQam that assume knowledge of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Before you watch these videos, please take 20 minutes to read the information below. You should do this anyway since it will help you understand Kaguya's and Mokou's backstory! (2 min) The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, also known as Princess Kaguya or Princess Moonlight, is a 10th-century Japanese folktale. * An old bamboo cutter discovers Kaguya as a tiny baby in a glowing bamboo. * He raises Kaguya with his wife, and in three months, she grows to be a young woman of shining beauty. * Kaguya attracts many suitors, but she refuses to see any of them. * Kaguya gives five particularly zealous aristocratic suitors impossible tasks to discourage them, and all fail. -The first suitor is told to bring her the Buddha's stone bowl from India. Since traveling abroad was very dangerous, he fakes his voyage and brings a stone bowl from Kyoto. When Kaguya points out that the stone bowl can't be the Buddha's, he throws away his pride and tries to woo her with poems. -The second suitor, Prince Kuramochi (based on Fujiwara no Fuhito), is told to bring her the Jeweled Branch of Hourai, a branch of a jeweled tree on the legendary island of Hourai. He fakes his voyage and hires jewelers to make the branch. This is found out when the jewelers ask Kaguya directly for the payment. -The fifth suitor (based on the head of the Mononobe clan at the time) is told to bring a cowrie shell laid by a swallow. He tries to complete his impossible task honestly and dies in the process. * Even the Emperor of Japan requests her hand in marriage but is refused. * On a night of full moon, a chariot comes from the Moon to take Kaguya back. * Kaguya leaves a vial of elixir of immortality with the Emperor, who orders it to be burned atop Mount Fuji. The Touhou Kaguya is based on this Kaguya. Mokou is thought to be the daughter of Fujiwara no Fuhito. (In the world of Touhou, Mokou became immortal by getting this elixir while it was being carried up the mountain; see Mokou's story in the Bougetsushou novel, Cage in Lunatic.) (15 min) Read the following treatment of the tale: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4018/4018-h/4018-h.htm#bamboo (Or listen to an audio recording: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/4834/the-bamboo-cutter-and-the-moon-child/ ) Mokou's father appears as the Second Knight. Translation/Sub: TouhouSubs