The story likely begins not with a battle, but with a knock on the Hakurei Shrine’s donation box. Reimu, desperate to repair her leaky roof or buy a new gohei (purification wand), is approached by a suspicious loan shark from the Outside World or a scheming youkai financier. This character—the "Kei kei kei" laugher—offers a loan with impossibly friendly terms. The catch? The collateral is not money or land, but her spiritual autonomy.
The fine print, which Reimu famously never reads, contains a clause: upon default (e.g., failing to achieve a donation quota), the lender gains temporary control of her subconscious. Reimu Gets Brainwashed -Final- -Kei kei kei loan-
The visual execution in Kei kei kei loan’s work is crucial to its impact. The story likely begins not with a battle,
If this were a real upload on a site like Niconico Douga or a fanfiction archive, the comment section would likely read: The ambiguity of "-Final-" is crucial
The ambiguity of "-Final-" is crucial. Does it mean the brainwashing is final (she is lost forever)? Or the loan is final (she pays it off and wakes up)? Given the grim economic metaphor, most fans would assume the former. The final shot of the chapter likely shows Reimu sitting in the empty shrine, now repurposed as a collection agency, mechanically counting coins and laughing to herself.