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State of Drillimation: Winter 2026

2025 was a year filled with challenge for not only ourselves at home, but the rest of the world. We had a significant misstep that spring, but we will nonetheless continue with perseverance. Monthly Update Cards of 2025 The above gallery shows all the Monthly Update cards from every month in 2025. Things are changing…

The Weird History of the Kanbe Family

Kanbe is the surname for a youkai-born family that was the head of Dragon’s Tower, a residence located near Kanawa, a city in eastern Gensokyo. Its namesake was given by Yuugiku Kanbe (born Ba Youju), who was born in China as a member of the Yao tribe. She didn’t adopt her Japanese name until she…

The Outside World Families That Moved to Gensokyo

In the Land of Illusions, the two most dominant ethnic group is the humanoids, regardless of ethnicity, and youkai-borns, which are Gensokyo’s indigenous people. In terms of racial makeup, the majority of humanoids are ethnic Japanese. Before Swedish colonization of the Gensokyo continent began, ethnic Japanese humanoids and the youkai-borns made up nearly 100 percent…


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