Well, at least Sanae get the same reaction over there.
The word means "someone I feel sorry for". It's actually the same root as "cute" -- the word is "kawaisou". It's more like, "that poor thing". The implication is that since she's often depicted as short and flat... I think you know where I'm going with this.
The word "pitiful" has a very different context in English, so even though it's technically correct, the feeling is wrong. I'll fix up the translation later.
I have to say, given the intended meaning, it's not an inaccurate statement. When I write stories that include Marisa, I do give her moments of glory, because I love her and she is awesome, but littered all throughout are those niggling doubts she has of herself, which she displays more and more in canon as time goes on. She's such a strong character, but her obvious flaws make it really fun to think of her as an underdog to root for, because she has a huge hill to climb. She's certainly still a top-tier character, but she's a badass woobie. The more I read about her, the more it starts to look like her confidence isn't entirely unshakable, and even if she outwardly pretends otherwise, she doesn't have a high opinion of herself. Given her feats, that's actually kind of sad. Reimu has no such doubts of herself, but Marisa has plenty, and to me, I feel she goes out of her way to prove herself so she can try and fill that hole in her heart, and prove to herself that she is actually a badass like Reimu. She succeeds time and again, but it feels like she'll never totally get rid of her low self-esteem. It's a fun part of her personality to explore.
I'm one of those people who only thought of you as "cute", Kosuzu... That is, until you went all Final Form with the Night Parade Scroll. Now you are included in the roster of Touhous, whom I fantasize about, bolting through my window in the dead of night and start clawing my pants off. Good on you!
@Vid-szhite I think ddd666 got the right idea, though. Quoting from note history:
They say I think myself as a "cuttie".
which is to say Kosuzu's lamenting that other people only see her as a self-centered person (or however you describe people like Naka from Kancolle), not that they only appreciate her for her cuteness.
I'm one of those people who only thought of you as "cute", Kosuzu... That is, until you went all Final Form with the Night Parade Scroll. Now you are included in the roster of Touhous, whom I fantasize about, bolting through my window in the dead of night and start clawing my pants off. Good on you!
For me, all year long, all they talk about are my breasts.When people talk about me, why do they all say "that poor thing"...You know, recently, I checked on what people are saying about me over the internet across the world.And they were saying things like, "she has no interest in normal humans at all"...I think I can empathize with that...It's ambiguous whether Hieda's empathizing with the other two or with the online commenters. Edited the note to reflect this ambiguity.They say I'm someone that thinks of myself as "cute"~
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