Isaac

Kurumi is my favourite PC-98 character! I just think she's pretty cute and I like her vampire design a lot. Kurumi day on the touhou calendar is also on my birthday ; )

Welcome to Moriya Shrine Lavvie! Hope you'll enjoy talking around here and it's cool that you bought some of the offical games already!

Those are interesting scenarios that you came up with. I'll try to give my thoughts on a few of them now. If Touhou ended with Mystic Square, none of us here might've known about the series at all. Those games were still niche in Japan, so without any promotion like on social media or with public events like Reitaisai, the series would've been forgotten over time. The PC-98 era does have some memorable music and characters, but the amount of fanworks around then must've been tiny compared to after Eosd. I think touhou would've been somewhat popular today even if Eosd, PCB and IN were the only Windows games that released. These games have the most iconic themes in the series and UN Owen was her is probably how a lot of people discovered touhou music, including myself. The character designs are also iconic, so I think plenty of people still would've made artwork or other fan stuff related to them nowadays. Back in 2004 though, the touhou hype in Japan was exploding so much that when the first Reitaisai was held, there were over 100 groups participating! I love the way ZUN handles most of the offical touhou content on his own already. I wouldn't trust anyone else with the series other than him. If he decided to work with different companies though, they could help continue touhou for a long time and bring in more creative ideas. There is still the chance those companies could get greedy and ruin everything. We've seen this in gacha games like Lostword, where they're only focused on making as much money now, instead of respecting the fans and the series. This is usually how a lot of other indie franchises ended up being ruined too.

It's nice to see you around more Cosmic! There's a few questions I want to ask you as well! How did you first discover touhou? Which other video game franchises do you like? Who is the character in your profile picture?

It's completely fine to make a seperate thread for your AMA! I'll make sure to check out your artwork too!

Hi Deiffu! It's nice to meet you and I hope you enjoy being around here! It's cool that you cleared 4 of the main games already and I'm always happy to see more Mamizou fans!

I used to be in habit of just playing games and watching YouTube, so I understand if you didn't have enough time to watch more shows. It's nice to meet another person who enjoys Love is war though! It's one of favourites animes and I love the characters so much! My sister liked watching Saiki K and Jojo too. Hopefully you'll be able to visit those countries one day! I've always wanted to go to Iceland, since it's one of the best places to see the northern lights. There's plenty of fun activities to do over there like skiing. I also prefer places with nature, instead of being stuck in the city. I just find it peaceful to be surrounded by greenery and it's one of the reasons why I'm planning on moving to the countryside. As someone who lives in the UK, I enjoy the amount of rain we get here as well. I wanted to get involved with the Danganronpa community a few years ago. There weren't many forums to talk about it back then, but the series grew in popularity and I wouldn't consider it to be niche anymore. There's probably a lot of people in that community who are fans of touhou now!

Hi there! I have a few questions for you as well, if that's alright. Is there any anime series that you're watching at the moment? How many languages can you speak fluently? Which countries would you like to travel to in the future? Feel free to ask us any questions too!

SA has my favourite cast and I agree that all of those characters fit really well together! I love their different personalities and hearing their themes made me appreciate them even more. Parsee has been my favourite for years, but the rest of the characters are equally special to me. It was nice to see a few of them return in spinoffs like Foul Detective Satori and touhou 17.5. I love the casts from the other games too and there isn't a single touhou character that I dislike. Looking at cute fanart helped me to enjoy more characters dynamics as well like with Murasa and Ichirin.

I first discovered touhou through Bad Apple and Marisa stole the precious thing! It wasn't until I finished Luna Nights years later, that I wanted to get involved with the community and try out the official games. Then I played SA for the first time and I fell in love with the characters and music even more. I haven't stopped enjoying the series since then!

I honestly think touhou would be just as popular if EoSD released in 2022. The bullet hell gameplay might not be as relevant now compared to back then, but the music and character designs are still memorable. There's plenty of newcomers who are going back to play those older games as well, including the PC-98 ones. I'm not sure how ZUN would change the artstyle or gameplay based on popular stuff now, but I think he would still be flexible on his rules with fan made content. A lot of indie games try to build up their communities on social media, so I could see him taking influence from that again at least.

Even if you believe that you're forgetting what a real person looks like, at least you're starting to prefer characters that appear more mature and close to your age. Anime features are exaggerated like you said with having large eyes and being well endowed, so it's understandable why someone would get confused when people don't actually look like that. It helps keeping in contact with more people to not lose your sense of reality though. I guess another way anime can change our perception of reality is how some people view Japan itself. In most animes, characters have exaggerated personalities and voices, which isn't how ordinary Japanese people behavior at all. Japan is often portrayed as a magical place as well, where everything seems perfect. While there's plenty of interesting stuff to do and beautiful places to visit over there, Japan has it's own set of issues just like every other country in the world. By the way, it's nice to see all the cute Azur Lane and Fire Emblem artwork you saved in your gallery : )

I've been taking a break from lostword since the start of this year. I was just disappointed in the direction the game was taking and I began to lose interest in the main story after Chapter 3. I can't blame you for not being motivated to update the other thread after all this either. It's a shame cause that was one of the first threads I talked in at Moriya Shrine and now it's associated with something that I dislike. I agree with everything that you mentioned here as well. The most insulting idea for me was to include different variations of characters with the Relic and Epics. A lot of them are just lazy designs, which could've been costumes instead. I don't mind seeing any of the classic variations though. That being said, there's no reason for 7 different Marisas to exist in the game. Japan thrives on gacha games unfortunately and they're a huge part of the gaming industry over there. Games like FGO continue to make ridiculous amounts, even though it's been years since it first released. There's always more gachas being made every year and some become very popular in a short amount of time. I'm just glad people like us are more aware of how terrible these games can really be. I think it's possible for lostword to generate a decent amount of revenue without being on mobile though. In an ideal world where I'm in charge of the development of lostword, these are the changes I would make immediately: Allow every character to be unlocked by completing challenges instead of only using crystals Allow every costume to be unlocked by completing challenges instead of only using god crystals Increase the drop rate of items by a large amount, so people don't have to rely on auto-play farming Occasionally make adjustments for every character, so there's no need to make different variations of them Take out items that are required to rank up higher such as paper dolls/disk and allow players to reach max level naturally Prioritise community feedback before deciding what content to include Provide better login and challenge bonuses

Hi there! I've got two questions for you if that's alright. How did you discover the touhou series? Also, when did Utsuho become your favourite character?