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Lotus Eaters
ロータスイーター | |
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| Released |
November 2019 |
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| Chapters |
30 |
Touhou Suichouka - Rootasuiitaa-tachi no Suisei (東方酔蝶華 ～ ロータスイーター達の酔醒, Lit: "Touhou: Drunken Butterfly Flower - Sobering of Lotus-Eaters"), officially translated to English as The Lotus Eaters, Drunk and Sober, is an official Touhou manga series written by ZUN and illustrated by Mizutaki. It is serialized monthly in the Comp Ace magazine since November 2019. It's also released for free with a month of delay on Kadokawa's ComicWalker, Nico Nico Seiga and Touhou Garakuta. An official English translation started publishing in July 2021 by Kadokawa.
Contents
Plot[edit]
In the Human Village lies the bar Geidontei, where the zashiki-warashi Miyoi Okunoda works as a poster girl and waitress. The series revolves around her and the various mysteries and incidents surrounding her. After hours there is a small youkai-only get-together called the Sanshoku Geidontei (蚕喰鯢呑亭) with Suika Ibuki, Aya Shameimaru and Mamizou Futatsuiwa.
Concept[edit]
Mizutaki have been creating Touhou doujinshi for many years before Lotus Eaters, with his work featured in Strange Creators of Outer World and Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia.
Name[edit]
Suichouka (酔蝶華) is spelled with characters meaning "drunk", "butterfly" and "flower", respectively. An antonym of the series' title Suichoka (風蝶草), which are flowers in the Cleome genus, also named Cleome Spider flower. Suisei (酔醒) contains the character for but drunk and sober, and means the instant sobering after getting drunk. 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".
Press[edit]
The series was first revealed in the November 2019 issue of Comp Ace, released in September 2019. The series would start serialization two months later in the January 2020 issue of the magazine.
In August 2020 they announced the release of the first volume, which would compile the first seven chapters of the series. [1] After its first release week it was 93rd in the top 100 most bought books on Amazon. [2] The second volume was released in April 2021.
At the Crunchyroll Expo in 2021 Kadokawa announced that they would start publishing an official translation of the series, as part of their "Simulpub" initiative. [3] The official translations are distributed near simultaneously with the original Japanese version.
Characters[edit]
The list of characters is sorted by the order of appearance.
| Character | Image |
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| The Forest of Magic's Moonshine (魔法の森の密造酒) Marisa Kirisame Chapter 1 |
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| Guardian of the Sacred Sake (御神酒の守護者) Reimu Hakurei Chapter 1 |
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| Shuten-Douji of the Gourd Pillow (瓢箪枕の酒呑童子) Suika Ibuki Chapter 1 |
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| The Poster Girl of Geidontei, The Fantasy Pub (夢幻酒場『鯢呑亭』の看板娘) Miyoi Okunoda Chapter 1 |
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| The Scarlet Devil Mansion's Kitchen Drinker (紅魔館のキッチンドリンカー) Sakuya Izayoi Chapter 1 |
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| Life & Death, Half & Half (生と死のハーフ＆ハーフ) Youmu Konpaku Chapter 4 |
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| The Bakedanuki's Deceitful Bottle (化け狸の誑かす酒徳利) Mamizou Futatsuiwa Chapter 6 |
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| The Cocktail Party Where the Walls Have Ears (壁に耳ありカクテルパーティ) Aya Shameimaru Chapter 8 |
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| Death in the Afternoon (死神・イン・ジ・アフタヌーン) Komachi Onodzuka Chapter 11 |
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| Mountain and Lake and Naturally Fermented Sake (山と湖と山廃仕込み) Kanako Yasaka Chapter 13 |
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| No Additive Sake of the Wind and Miracles (風と奇跡の純米酒) Sanae Kochiya Chapter 13 |
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| The Buddhist Priest Abstaining From Drink (不飲酒戒の僧侶) Byakuren Hijiri Chapter 16 |
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Speaking role | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Character | Chapters | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ch.1 | Ch.2 | Ch.3 | Ch.4 | Ch.5 | Ch.6 | Ch.7 | Ch.8 | Ch.9 | Ch.10 | Ch.11 | Ch.12 | Ch.13 | Ch.14 | Ch.15 | Ch.16 | Ch.17 | Ch.18 | Ch.19 | Ch.20 | Ch.21 | |
| Miyoi Okunoda | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reimu Hakurei | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Marisa Kirisame | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Suika Ibuki | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sakuya Izayoi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Geidontei owner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Geidontei bearded regular | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Geidontei blonde regular | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Youmu Konpaku | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mamizou Futatsuiwa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Komachi Onoduka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Aya Shameimaru | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kanako Yasaka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanae Kochiya | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Byakuren Hijiri | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yukari Yakumo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Aunn Komano | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuyuko Saigyouji | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cirno | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Remilia Scarlet | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alice Margatroid | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Star Sapphire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Luna Child | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunny Milk | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Suspected Geidontei visitor | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Minoriko Aki | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shizuha Aki | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Momiji Inubashiri | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Group of white wolf tengu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Daiyousei | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nitori Kawashiro | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unnamed kappa group | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unnamed fairies | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Minamitsu Murasa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ichirin Kumoi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyouko Kasodani | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nazrin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shou Toramaru | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unzan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chapters[edit]
| Chapter title | Initial release date | Volume release |
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| 第1話 酒飲みは宵越しの記憶を持たない ≪前編≫ Chapter 1: A Drunken Evening Leaves No Memories (Part 1) |
November 26, 2019 | Volume 1 August 26, 2020 |
| 第2話 酒飲みは宵越しの記憶を持たない ≪中編≫ Chapter 2: A Drunken Evening Leaves No Memories (Part 2) |
December 26, 2019 | |
| 第3話 酒飲みは宵越しの記憶を持たない ≪後編≫ Chapter 3: A Drunken Evening Leaves No Memories (Part 3) |
January 24, 2020 | |
| 第4話 驕れる者は赤毛の猿をも掴む ≪前編≫ Chapter 4: The Haughty Grab Even the Red Ape (Part 1) |
February 26, 2020 | |
| 第5話 驕れる者は赤毛の猿をも掴む ≪後編≫ Chapter 5: The Haughty Grab Even the Red Ape (Part 2) |
March 26, 2020 | |
| 第6話 酒のないところに妖怪立たず ≪前編≫ Chapter 6: No Youkai Stands in a Place Without Sake (Part 1) |
April 25, 2020 | |
| 第7話 酒のないところに妖怪立たず ≪後編≫ Chapter 7: No Youkai Stands in a Place Without Sake (Part 2) |
May 25, 2020 | |
| 第8話 徳利に口あり鍋に耳あり ≪前編≫ Chapter 8: Bottles Have Mouths, Pots Have Ears (Part 1) |
June 25, 2020 | Volume 2 April 26, 2021 |
| 第9話 徳利に口あり鍋に耳あり ≪中編≫ Chapter 9: Bottles Have Mouths, Pots Have Ears (Part 2) |
July 26, 2020 | |
| 第10話 徳利に口あり鍋に耳あり ≪後編≫ Chapter 10: Bottles Have Mouths, Pots Have Ears (Part 3) |
August 26, 2020 | |
| 第11話 罪を憎んで客を憎まず ≪前編≫ Chapter 11: Love the Customer, Hate the Sin (Part 1) |
September 26, 2020 | |
| 第12話 罪を憎んで客を憎まず ≪後編≫ Chapter 12: Love the Customer, Hate the Sin (Part 2) |
October 26, 2020 | |
| 第13話 酒は鬼の美禄 ≪前編≫ Chapter 13: Sake is an Oni's Wages (Part 1) |
November 26, 2020 | |
| 第14話 酒は鬼の美禄 ≪中編≫ Chapter 14: Sake is an Oni's Wages (Part 2) |
January 26, 2021 | |
| 第15話 酒は鬼の美禄 ≪後編≫ Chapter 15: Sake is an Oni's Wages (Part 3) |
February 26, 2021 | |
| 第16話 葷酒山門に入るを許さず ≪前編≫ Chapter 16: Alcohol is Forbidden in the Temple (Part 1) |
March 26, 2021 | Volume 3 October 26, 2021 |
| 第17話 葷酒山門に入るを許さず ≪後編≫ Chapter 17: Alcohol is Forbidden in the Temple (Part 2) |
April 26, 2021 | |
| 第18話 酔い醒めの水は甘露の味 ≪前編≫ Chapter 18: Water With a Hangover is as Sweet as Nectar (Part 1) |
May 26, 2021 | |
| 第19話 酔い醒めの水は甘露の味 ≪後編≫ Chapter 19: Water With a Hangover is as Sweet as Nectar (Part 2) |
June 26, 2021 | |
| 第20話 瓶の中の蛙 ≪前編≫ Chapter 20: Frog in a Bottle (Part 1) |
July 26, 2021 | |
| 第21話 瓶の中の蛙 ≪中編≫ Chapter 21: Frog in a Bottle (Part 2) |
August 26, 2021 | |
| 第22話 瓶の中の蛙 ≪後編≫ Chapter 22: Frog in a Bottle (Part 3) |
September 26, 2021 | |
| 第23話 有為転変は妖怪の習い ≪前編≫ Chapter 23: Change is the Way of Youkai (Part 1) |
October 26, 2021 | Volume 4 June 24, 2022 |
| 第24話 有為転変は妖怪の習い ≪中編≫ Chapter 24: Change is the Way of Youkai (Part 2) |
November 26, 2021 | |
| 第25話 触らぬ神に祟りなし ≪前編≫ Chapter 25: Let the Sleeping Sake Lie (Part 1) |
December 24, 2021 | |
| 第26話 触らぬ神に祟りなし ≪後編≫ Chapter 26: Let the Sleeping Sake Lie (Part 2) |
January 26, 2022 | |
| 第27話 鬼が豆鉄砲を喰ったよう ≪前編≫ Chapter 27: Like an Oni Caught in a Shower of Beans (Part 1) |
February 26, 2022 | |
| 第28話 鬼が豆鉄砲を喰ったよう ≪後編≫ Chapter 28: Like an Oni Caught in a Shower of Beans (Part 2) |
March 26, 2022 | |
| 第29話 山野の鬼火で煙草を呑む ≪前編≫ Chapter 29: Lighting Up a Smoke with the Flames of Countryside Will-o-The-Wisps (Part 1) |
April 26, 2022 | |
| 第30話 山野の鬼火で煙草を呑む ≪後編≫ Chapter 30: Lighting Up a Smoke with the Flames of Countryside Will-o-The-Wisps (Part 2) |
May 26, 2022 | |
| 第31話 餓鬼の花争い ≪前編≫ Chapter 31: A Flower in the Hand is Worth... (Part 1) |
July 26, 2022 |
Additional Information[edit]
- Mamizou's introduction box was empty in the initial release of Chapter 6. This was later fixed in the compiled Volume 1.
Read online[edit]
- ComicWalker (Japanese)
- Nico Nico Seiga (Japanese)
- Touhou Garakuta (Japanese)
- BookWalker (English)
Gallery[edit]
Lotus Eaters preview on chapter 15 of Visionary Fairies in Shrine
Preview from Comp Ace 2019-12
Lotus Eaters cover from melonbooks sample
Lotus Eaters promotional cover from chapter 1
Lotus Eaters Special cover
References[edit]
- ↑ "「東方」3作品「酔蝶華」「反則探偵さとり」「死神はきょうも舟を漕ぐ」が発売" [Start release of three Touhou Project titles: "Suichouka", "Hansoku tantei satori", and "Shinigami wa kyou mo fune wo kogu"]. ナタリー (in 日本語). コミック. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ↑ "「アマゾンで売れたコミック」トップ100冊…3位「進撃の巨人」、2位「鬼滅の刃」気になる1位は？【8月最終週】" ["Amazon's Most Sold Comics" Top 100, 3: "Shingeki no Kyojin", 2: Kimetsu no Yaiba", and the most favourite?]. animeanime.jp (in 日本語). 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ↑ "Kadokawa Announces "Simulpub" of English Manga". CBR. 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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