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I always thought Maribel was sucked into Gensokyo involuntarily, but in Changeability of Strange Dream, she says that she wants to turn the nightmare (Pre-Yukari Gensokyo where Yukai regularly attack humans) into a paradise (Post-Yukari Gensokyo, where Youkai don't seriously attack humans anymore).
>There is but only one conclusion. It's Merry's Dream World. Its beautiful nature with a hint of mysteriousness.
So, perhaps rather than being the victim of an eldritch abomination the forced her into Gensokyo, she entered it and abandoned Renko voluntarily so she could turn Gensokyo into the paradise we know today. Which also makes kind of sense in that her supernatural ability would make her feel oddly out of place in the real world.
Still makes you feel somewhat bad for Renko. I wonder what would happen if Yukari somehow ran into either Renko herself or Sumirenko