Now, I feel sad, Nearly all my hopes dashed. That was no dream. I do wonder if either of them are still Alive. I mean. I don't know why but I think there might be a follow up. If not to this work directly, then in the same theme as this.

I kinda like works that go into the darker aspects of Touhou even if it tugs my heart strings and/or scares the Living hell out of me. Though I have doubts that They're both dead here. Spirited away definitively, Dead? Nope, Not gonna believe it unless the artist himself says it or until I see a body.

Chekhov's gun would imply they were spirited away, although the horrific manner would mean that's not necessarily better than death...