That's fair. I think I phrased that part too broadly.
I don't mean that the remake itself will make people less familiar with the source material. Obviously, easier access, Steam distribution and official translations should do the opposite.
What I was more concerned about is that the remake...
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At 10:45 p.m. on June 9, 2026, Team Shanghai Alice’s official Bilibili account came back from the dead after a year of silence and dropped a major announcement: a remake of Touhou Koumakyou ~ the...
One thing I find interesting is that Chinese Touhou fans often bring up Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy as a possible factor, especially its Koishi-focused DLC Rose Idol, released in April 2025. Strangely, none of the replies here have mentioned it so far. That may itself show how geographically...
I think it depends on the era. When I first got into Touhou, most people discovered it through fan works such as MMD videos, hand-drawn animations, MADs, etc. Playing the original games was more optional, since the Chinese Touhou community has never required you to play them to be considered a...
I'm from mainland China. Touhou itself is not illegal here. China does restrict imported games, publications, and some online content, but that does not mean Japanese works are generally banned. One notable restriction is publishing: printed works need official approval to be legally sold, so...
I have always felt that the Japanese side tends to lag behind a little when it comes to this kind of analysis. At least in the Chinese Touhou community, someone had already worked out the unweighted ranking on the very day the poll results were released. And among the articles I have been able...
Yes, I think this is exactly the more interesting question, and I am very happy to see this.
"Why is Koishi an appealing character?" and "Why did Koishi gain so much support among younger/newer fans in this particular period?" are not really the same question.
Her design, personality, themes...
Yeah, I think your point about the rule changes is important. The introduction of an explicit second-choice vote means that the behavioral environment is not identical across the 20th, 21st and 22nd polls, even if some quantities such as total supporters, first-choice voters and first-choice...
An Outlier, Not a Verdict
What happened to Koishi Komeiji's vote structure in the 21st and 22nd Touhou Project Popularity Polls?
A data-driven look at the 2025 first-choice spike, the 2026 follow-up, and what the public data can - and cannot - tell us.
A note before we start
This is not an...
I’m actually not quite sure what you mean by “Bilibili going more global.” I have seen many videos posted by foreigners in the past few days, but the experience is honestly pretty bad: most have no Chinese subtitles or localization at all. So maybe Bilibili is trying to expand overseas? I’m not...
Thanks for the detailed reply. I actually agree with quite a bit of what you said, especially point 2.
Your idea that Mamizou gradually took over part of the explanatory/narrative role once occupied by characters like Reimu, Marisa, Akyuu, and Rinnosuke is very close to what I was trying to...
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