Lotus Eaters

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東方酔蝶華 (とうほうすいちょうか) ロータスイーター達の酔醒 (たちのすいせい)
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten / Comp Ace
Released	November 2019
Writers	ZUN
Illustrators	Mizutaki
Chapters	20

Touhou Suichouka (Drunken Butterfly Flower) ~ Rootasuiitaa-tachi no Suisei (Sobering of Lotus-Eaters) (東方酔蝶華　～ ロータスイーター達の酔醒) is an official Touhou comic, first revealed the September 26, 2019, in Comp Ace's November 2019 issue. The story is written by ZUN, and illustrated by Mizutaki, an artist already known for creating Touhou doujin comics. Although serialized in the monthly Comp Ace magazine, it's also released for free, with a month of delay, on ComicWalker and Nico Nico Seiga.

Concept

Name

酔蝶華 is spelled with characters meaning "drunk", "butterfly" and "flower", respectively. Worth noting that 酔蝶花 is also known as 風蝶草, which are flowers in the Cleome genus, also named Spider flower (not to be confused with spider lilies)
"Lotus-Eaters" refers to the race of the same in Greek mythology, who mainly fed on intoxicating lotus plants and displayed apathetic behaviour. It's also an expression in English meaning roughly "daydreamer".

Read online

Dynasty: Touhou Suichouka ~ Lotus Eater-tachi no Suisei. (English)

Released by Alpha Beta Kappa (Clarste, et al.)

ComicWalker: Touhou Suichouka ~ Lotus Eater-tachi no Suisei. (Japanese)

Lotus Eaters Vol. 1 (August 26, 2020)

Main article

• Chapter 1: A Drunken Evening Leaves No Memories (Part 1) (November 26, 2019)
• Chapter 2: A Drunken Evening Leaves No Memories (Part 2) (December 26, 2019)
• Chapter 3: A Drunken Evening Leaves No Memories (Part 3) (January 24, 2020)
• Chapter 4: The Haughty Grab Even the Red Ape (Part 1) (February 26, 2020)
• Chapter 5: The Haughty Grab Even the Red Ape (Part 2) (March 26, 2020)
• Chapter 6: No Youkai Stands in a Place Without Sake (Part 1) (April 25, 2020)
• Chapter 7: No Youkai Stands in a Place Without Sake (Part 2) (May 25, 2020)

Lotus Eaters Vol. 2 (April 26, 2021)

Main article

• Chapter 8: Bottles Have Mouths, Pots Have Ears (Part 1) (June 25, 2020)
• Chapter 9: Bottles Have Mouths, Pots Have Ears (Part 2) (July 26, 2020)
• Chapter 10: Bottles Have Mouths, Pots Have Ears (Part 3) (August 26, 2020)
• Chapter 11: Love the Customer, Hate the Sin (Part 1) (September 26, 2020)
• Chapter 12: Love the Customer, Hate the Sin (Part 2) (October 26, 2020)
• Chapter 13: Sake is an Oni's Wages (Part 1) (November 26, 2020)
• Chapter 14: Sake is an Oni's Wages (Part 2) (January 26, 2021)
• Chapter 15: Sake is an Oni's Wages (Part 3) (February 26, 2021)

Uncompiled Chapters

Chapter 16: Alcohol is Forbidden in the Temple (Part 1) (March 26, 2021)

Translated by Clarste, et al.

Chapter 17: Alcohol is Forbidden in the Temple (Part 2) (April 26, 2021)

Translated by Clarste, et al.

Chapter 18: Water With a Hangover is as Sweet as Nectar (Part 1) (May 26, 2021)

Translated by Clarste, et al.

Chapter 19: Water With a Hangover is as Sweet as Nectar (Part 2) (June 26, 2021)

Translated by Clarste, et al.

Chapter 20: Frog in a Bottle (July 26, 2021)

Translated by Clarste, et al.

Gallery

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  Lotus Eaters preview on chapter 15 of Visionary Fairies in Shrine

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  Preview from Comp Ace 2019-12

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  Lotus Eaters cover from melonbooks sample

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  Lotus Eaters promotional cover from chapter 1

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  Lotus Eaters Special cover