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>>43853000
>what's up with Reimu and Marisa being consistent failures throughout every canon manga?
Reimu's entire thing is she doesn't really try very hard and things naturally play out to a peaceful conclusion. If she tries to force something or puts in effort, she usually does worse because she's no longer Floating. Reimu's ability to Float is why she usually fucks up and fails in most manga, because the majority of the time she's proactive in doing things, so naturally they don't play out in her favor. It's only when Reimu assuredly knows she's right and doesn't have to think very hard about the consequences of her actions that she can get shit done without breaking a sweat.

As far as Marisa goes, she's just naturally unlucky. Or rather, she's lucky enough to always make it through by the skin of her teeth, but otherwise a lot of her misfortune is usually the result of just bad timing or being caught up in the aftermath of Reimu's flow and getting the brunt of bad luck thrown in her face that probably would've been directed toward Reimu instead.