Recent content by SoundOfRayne

Actually, I had the same experience when I picked up Azure Reflections, the side-scrolling STG fangame. Cirno was the third playable character in it, and throughout my playthrough, I couldn't get my mind off of her very distinct voice. I knew I'd heard it from somewhere, but I put my finger on...

Well, this is it. Made to California mostly unscathed, and all that's left to do now is go to bed and wait for morning. Getting to sleep is gonna be the hard part. I can't wait for tomorrow to come! @PriestOfPain and any other Shrinies who just didn't post anything, I'm looking forward to...

Title pretty much says it all.  TouhouFest begins tomorrow, and my flight is only a few hours away. Money's saved. Costume's ready. Luggage is not even close to packed. Fear of flying: not resolved. Let's do this. I'm looking forward to coming back to share photos and whatnot with the friends...

I dunno how confidently I can call this a "renaissance," since 2023 hasn't had nearly the amount of content that 2022 gave us. At least, not yet.  I can at least say that 2022 was an awesome year to be a Touhou fan. So many new faces in the animation sphere that technically existed before 2022...

I'm just gonna go ahead and shoot down this line of thinking immediately, and loudly for everyone in the back: Yes, you can be a Touhou fan and not play the games. Touhou Project is more than just a few space shooters. You've got fangames that cover pretty much every genre imaginable, tons of...

Reading this post and subsequently checking out a few of the Hungarian Folk Tales leaves me feeling pretty bittersweet. I always find hearing stories from people about the kinds of media they grew up with and were inspired by fascinating because, well, I don't have many memories from my...

I'll be honest: Hearing someone passionately celebrate Valentine's Day is a little... unsettling? Like, here in America, Valentine's Day really does just amount to either "buy a gift for your significant other" Day or "enjoy acknowledging the fact that you're single" Day. In either case, any...

I've been keeping quiet on this topic for a while, mainly because I could never quite get my thoughts in order on it. Hell, I'm not even convinced I have them in order now. The main issue I have with trying to answer this kind of question is: "Yeah, obviously there are people exhibit bad...

Things here have certainly been in a lull recently, at least compared to the end of last year. I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm a full-time worker and a full-time student, so when classes opened up in January, the amount of time I've had to put into the forum plummeted. I know a lot of...

The games themselves weren't updated, but the download link for them had to be changed. March 2022 was when MoriyaShrine was hit by a DMCA complaint from ZUN's lawyer. The previous download links had to be taken down, and were eventually replaced. Details on the incident and how it went down can...

I think I know what they're getting at. Yes, people want to support the right for women to look beautiful in different, more progressive ways. To illustrate my point, I'm gonna put this in the context of body positivity; y'know, "Big people are beautiful too." That kind of thing. So, the idea...

Funny, I have the same reaction to Imperishable Night, even though I only picked that one up a few months back. At least I can beat PCB, though... ...Y'know, in retrospect, I don't know what I else I could've expected to happen when I looked Innocent Key up. I could've stopped at the Sakuya...

Happy New Year! Hope it's been good for you so far! So, over the last year, you've talked a lot about pieces of Touhou media you've gotten into. Some you've made posts about, and some not. (Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Hifuu Club Activity Record, by the way.) Anyways, what I...

Wouldn't you know it, not even a day later, and the album gets posted to the site to download. If you still want to support them financially, I'd still recommend purchasing the album. I haven't seen anything about a Patreon for them. But there's no telling when or if that digital release is...

After a bit of searching, I wasn't able to find any site where you could buy the album digitally, but I did find some tweets from one of the members. It's all in Japanese, so I needed to send through Google translate, but it was saying that they're "considering a digital release" and they'll let...