This is a collection of really short stories written mostly by one Anon on /jp/, though a couple of other Anons contributed. I figured I'd put them here because they were pretty cute and a bit inspirational, and because I'd rather not keep linking people to /jp/ to view them because I don't want people turned off to these things on the grounds of "eww 4chan". They're worth reading regardless of the medium.
All spoiler tags are set up to (mostly) mimic the original spoiler tags, all text is copy-pasted, and they are presented in the order in which they appeared, save for the very last two, which was left for last for a reason. Essentially, I am trying to preserve these works in their original form as much as possible. The attached images will not be provided given we are not an imageboard, but I think the reader will not find it a difficult exercise to determine who is speaking.
My personal favorite is the Tenshi one, by the way, despite not being the most philosophical of the bunch.
(If you're the Anon that wrote most of these or any of the Anons that contributed one or two more, good show.)
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In the illusionary world there lived a solitary dollmaker. While she wasn?t entirely devoid of friends she did spend most of her time inside her small house making dolls. And when she wasn?t making dolls she made doll-clothes, doll-shoes, tools for doll-making? When asked if she prefered the company of dolls to that of living beings she said
In the illusionary world there lived a girl who served in large splendid manor. She had been all over the world serving the master of the household, and finally they had setteled here. When asked if she ever longed to return to her home country she said
In the illusionary world there lived a girl who tended a huge and most gorgeous garden. She was young and she was not nessesairily talented or experinced. Yet she worked hard long hours every day in the garden. When asked if she worked so hard because she loved gardening she smiled softly and said
In the illusionary world there lived a beautiful shinigami. She had an imposing figure but she was truly calm and kind-hearted. And despite being a shinigami she was rarely ever working seriously, and when she was she always took her sweet time. When asked if she really thought the line of work suited her she said
In the illusionary world there lived an ancient god. She lived atop the highest mountain in the middle of the land. Everyday she watched over the creatures of the land go about their lives. Once upon a time she had been the proud ruler of grand country. When asked if she had any regrets she said
In heaven far above the illusionary world there lived a selfish celestial. Despite bing a celestial she was just an immature little girl. Everyday she threw tantrums that literarily shook the earth below. Everyday she got into fights, everyday she caused trouble for others. When asked if she ever felt any remorse for leading this kind of lifestyle, she said
In the illusionary world there lived a tiny mouse. Though she was small she was sharp like few, and she served diligently in a Buddhist temple. It was said that given she had a proper descrition of what she was looking for, she could find anything, whatever it might be. Where ever she went she had a proud and content look on her face. When asked if it was her ability that made it so she said
In the illusionary world there lived a red and white shrine maiden. She spent most of her days as slowly as possible, sitting and silently drinking tea and not moving about unless she absolutely needed to. She never went out of her way to meet with others, but neither did she go out of her way to avoid them. When asked if she shouldn?t try to go out and hunt some youkai she said
In the illusionary world there lived a high school student. Nowadays she was usually refered to as a living god. But as the faith in her grew and the shrine where she lived prospehered she became more known as simply a god. When asked if she though that she wasn?t taking out thing in advance she laughed and said
In the depths of old hell far below the illusionary world there lived a satori. Having closed her third eye she had lost what she had in common with the rest of her kin. How useless! Her elder sister cried and mourned for her loss. But, when asked if she herself felt any loss she said
In the illusionary world there lived an ice fairy. Although she was the strongest of her kind, she still lost constantly to humans and youkai who were more dangerous still. "Next time, next time, I'll show you!" When asked if she was ever discouraged by her defeats she said
In the illusionary world there lived a lunar rabbit. She had abandoned her friends at a critical time and selfishly fled her home in fear. She was lucky enough to be taken in by people similar to her, and she lead a good life with her head held high. When asked if she thought that she deserved this second chance at life she said
Between the illusionary world and ???, there lived a capricious woman of questionable origins. Calamity or calm, she appeared and disappeared without reason or logic, weaving a strange web of actions. When asked whether she was strong or weak, sane or crazed, and whether she had won or lost, she said
In the illusionary world there lived a hard working buddhist monk. Despite the fact that she was a monk she had experienced many vile things. She had been humiliated and treated horribly. Despite this she was mild like a spring breeze, despite this she was happy to forgive any wrong doing or ill will. When asked how she could uphold such virtue she said
In the illusionary world there had once lived a great and respected magician. She had made herself a famous and feared name, but alas, all good things must come to an end. She left behind one lucky apprentice. She had once been asked to comment on this student of hers, and at that time, she said
In a mansion near the illusionary world there lived an ailing magician. Anemic and athsmatic, shut-in by choice, she carries out her research in the expansive library accompanied by her familiar. When asked if she ever gets lonely or pines for the outdoors, she said
In the illusionary world there lived a girl who watched ceaselessly for intruders. From her vantage point she could see the length and breadth of the land, every act, every petty cruelty and every tender moment, each momentous event and each second of everyday life. When asked what she saw she said
In the illusionary world there lived a genius pharmacist. She had come from the moon, and having lived for a several millennia she was unlike any other of her profession. It was said there was no drug she could not make. When asked if this was true she said
In the illusionary world there lived a proud god of war. It had not been very long since she first settled in the illusionary world, but she had already made quite the reputation, she had already conquered a fine piece of land. When asked if there was anyone she wanted to credit for her success she said
In the illusionary world there lived a half-human half-youkai who lived amongst piles of junk carefully sifted and sorted and shelved. From all over the land, people stronger than him came and took whatever they pleased from him, giving only pittance in exchange. When asked how he made a profit, he said
In the illusionary world there lived a girl who was friends with a vampire. She and the vampire didn?t have many interests in common, and their personalities were very different. Yet one could often see them during tea-time, smiling togther. When the girl was asked why she had such an unlikely friend she said
In the illusionary world there there lived a half beast who loved the humans. She lived and worked in the human village protecting them, teaching them and keeping the records of their history. When asked why she found it so important to record the brief lives of such fragile creatures she said
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In the real world there lived a girl who claimed to know everything. Though she was quite confident in her claim, such a thing is so absurd, even the oldest and wisest of her world wouldn?t dare to claim it. And thus, no-one believed her, that is, except for one person. When asked what kind of person this was she said
In the real world there lived a girl who dreamt of the illusionary world. She was a dreamer, and she was na?ve; she was the kind who would belive almost just about anything. When asked if she seriously believed that the illusionary world actually existed she looked confused and at first she didn?t say anything. Then she asked
