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Oh, and one question: Has anyone figured out the rules as to how the temporary hit invulnerability works? It's not tied to boss charge, I can assure you that. Seems like understanding that mechanic is crucial to being able to clear the game in harder difficulties.

I think touhou has reached a status where the fanbase will eat up and praise anything tha comes out of ZUN. At this point it's more of a cult following than anything. "A touhou fan is part of your identity so you automatically love any kind of attention or content the fanbase may get. " I get that mentality sometimes. I'm still on the lookout for anything related to touhou on steam, for example. Props on that review, pepi. I think not only did you translate a lot of the games cons (and pros) well but you also brought some different points I hadn't even considered. Can't say I disagree with anything you put out there. The early endings in the series were hand drawn and digitalized. That's where the charm of the black and white art came from. Now it lost that aspect completely, and it's just some half done piece of incomplete digital assets. One positive point that I didn't see mentioned: I am not sure how much of it is recycled, but the spritework for some of this games' sprites is absolutely gorgeous. Especially the boss enemy ones.

Touhou games never had regional princing, but this one is being sold for a higher price than usual. And yeah. I didn't touch on that subject, but the art feels especially lazy on this one. Spritework aside, Suika's portrait is probably the worse offender, and so are the ending CGs, which were never ZUN's forte, but have definitely taken a dip even when comparing to the other digital era artworks. I have no idea why such a basic feature like replays is missing. I hope that gets patched.

I definitely prefer 9 over 19 so far. Though this might change if the community takes their time to improve this entry (as is with most pvp touhous). ZUN's native netcode is pretty bad for anyone trying to connect distances larger than japan mainland - japan mainland. Though I can't say I'm surprised. Parsec is a nice bandaid solution for the time being. The story mode is not a true 1v1 either, with it being a series of boss battles with an invulnerable oponent. What's even the point of the splitscreen? I haven't had the time to check the other modes just yet. The cast of characters is really interesting and new additions have their own appeal as well. Especially like seeing Yuuma and Ran here. Hisami's design is really unique, she's probably my favorite one of the newcomers. I do think ZUN continues to do Flandre dirty. Every other EoSD character has had their fair share of appearances (aside from rumia, poor thing), but one of the most popular characters in the series barely shows up beyond her original game. If we can't get a remake of th6, can we atleast have her shine again in another game? These are my initial thoughts anyway. I'd be happy to see OP (or someone else) elaborate on the points in favor of the game.

oh boy, how did I get dragged into this again? :v

I am not sure if fangames count, but... Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- https://store.steampowered.com/app/931500/Touhou_Genso_Wanderer_Reloaded/

I've been on and off my Xbox One controller over the years. Like what Pepi said, a keyboard without NKRO actually handicaps you into being unable to deathbomb in certain situations, so, without my mechanical keyboard, I would've probably stuck to the controller. To me, the main issue with a controller is precision. Light taps and movement adjustments require a lot more restraint to do with a stick than with static keys.¹ On the other hand, a stick gives you a lot more freedom of movement, and I greatly enjoyed the perks it gave in the likes of Deathsmiles, Dariusburst and so on.² Generally, I've found controllers to have helped my game sense, and afterwards, my gameplay with a keyboard improved as a result, since my brain started considering more complex pattern dodging paths than when I was exclusively conditioned to keyboard inputs. Although how much of that was actually due to experimentation and how much is just practice/rote learning up to anyone's guess. With my experimentation phase over, I mostly stick with the keyboard now. Still, I will move over to using a controller if a mechanical keyboard is not available or if my old hands are already giving me a prescribed dosage of joint pain, a result of the many micro inputs required in an extended play session. Little bonus fact: I had a similar journey with fighting games. While I used fighting game sticks/xbox 360 controllers in my early masher years, I moved from using the stick to eventually being fonder of the precise inputs of a keyboard. I can say that safely hasn't stopped me from sucking, but at least I suck while pretending to know what I'm doing now. Image credit: baalbuddy over at https://twitter.com/baalbuddy ¹ I will not consider the usage of a d-pad here, mostly because as far as an xbox controller goes, using a d-pad is very analogous to the keyboard. I am not sure if the pad in the PS4 dualshock is any better, but it is a popular choice for fighting game players. ² Old touhou games are actually not included here, since the way the game interprets movement inputs is very static. I don't remember if this trend is kept with the newer titles.

CHRONICLE is actually a compilation of the first 3 games in the Fushigi no Gensokyo Series (ending with the 3rd installment/4th game - Genso Wanderer Reloaded, and the only one published in the west) Here in Moriya you can only find the second game, it's expansion, and the Sanae spinoff. Fushigi no Gensokyo: Missing The Express Trail (Fushigi no Gensokyo Spinoff): https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/624-sanae-no-chou-tokkyuu-the-express-trial/ Moshigen Prologue: Missing Moshigen (Fushigi no Gensokyo 2): https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/585-motto-fushigi-no-gensoukyou-under-the-moonlight/ Moshigen Plus: https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/586-motto-fushigi-no-gensoukyou-plus-the-dungeon-of-dreams-and-magic/ As far as legal methods of acquiring it: it seems the original AQUASTYLE page is full of broken links, but you can play around with it and see if it leads you anywhere: https://www.aquastyle.org/chronicle/chronicle_top.html The only store I found that still has the game in stock is suruga-ya. They only sell physical though, and you need to hire a proxy if you don't live in Japan. Good luck with that: https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/186031828 If you want to get into it, this guide on proxying is pretty comprehensive: https://meramifan.wordpress.com/guide/ Update! Found the full game on melonbooks as well: https://www.melonbooks.co.jp/detail/detail.php?product_id=967014

amazing 10/10

thcrap is not a virus, but a game patcher that injects an english (or other language) translation into an official Touhou game file. This detection is a false positive. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8721180f14b4496f503e34240d626c5d0edf4e01f0a161a80b41d7863744f125 If you want to know more about thcrap, what it is and where it comes from, information can be found here: https://www.thpatch.net/wiki/Touhou_Patch_Center:About

Interesting lists. Before Akyuu rose to the top, you were a fan of Myon, huh? Seems like Youmu's popularity never fades. If I recall correctly, she even managed to take the crown in one of the last character popularity polls? I could be mistaken, it has been a couple months since news of that came around and I'm too lazy to verify it at the moment. Maybe I'll bother to do another sorter and find my previous results, too. That could make for a fun subject. Yeah, it starts with a successful video and it just ends with milking the trend. Youtube works in a way to reward consistency above everything else (such is why artists struggle to find success in the platform if they adhere to the mentality of making quality, time consuming works), and it seems suwa's main priority here is to keep his channel and community alive above anything else. Though, by following the example of https://www.youtube.com/@AspreyFM, I think suwawako could use a little more creativity in his most recent posts (admittedly though,asprey doesn't post that often either, so maybe it is unavoidable). My personal bias against some of this touhou new breed comes with the very idea of new fans getting introduced to an old fandom. It's like you have this beautiful garden, but suddenly, the new hired maids, through no fault of their own, start planting new flowers, pruning the branches you took a liking to, and maybe even removing some of the "uglier" plants, all with only very superficial knowledge of how it came to be many years ago. To your dismay as the old gardener, you can still recognize the garden, but with all of it mischaracterized, shifted to fit a new vision. No fault of their own, of course. How could they know? And perhaps, in a moment of self reflection, you could even reach the conclusion: Is my way of viewing and treating these characters more valuable than the newer ways just because it was here first, and it borrows from ancient knowledge, now forgotten for the most part?

https://moriyashrine.org/gallery/ Probably here.

I've seen at least first 3 videos, or in he case of XG3E, bore witness to his "mommy" videos absolutely rampaging my recommended for a time. Good old youtube. And all I have to say is... well, I just don't agree at all with any of what they say. One is just a fad of repeating the same clip with swapped fanart of one particular character (some, admittedly nice) while the other two either write something purely for meme value, characterize your personality as being the same as your favorite Touhou character or make up a personality that quite frankly does not relate to anything I've seen in reality (at least by any form of specific behavior, it's all broad strokes when it lands). Speaking of suwawako: Maybe he's a had a lot more contact with the fanbase to draw these stereotypes, but in my eyes, the feel like some attempt to imagine what the fan of each character would look like, to pad out for content. Personality Tests are an evergreen mine of clicks,so from a channel maker standpoint, these are a great idea, even if you have to complement anecdotal experience with pure conjecture, or worse, instinct. As for my top 10: Aside from the podium always being Patchouli, Suika and Yuyuko, the rest of the list is pretty volatile and seems to change every time I do that test. It's interesting because it doesn't ask you a traditional placing of characters in a list, but rather, decides your preference for you in a duel format. Perhaps that's a better way of rating what your true preferences are? I find it to be messy, especially, after reflecting for a bit, I realize often don't give the right answer to a duel question simply because I want to move on quickly from a poll with so many questions.

The way the term "fic" was brought about here doesn't mean yukayay is attacking a fanfic made by RoboticSquire, it means they're criticizing the strange way they went about criticizing the character of marisa because she's a witch by concept or something. I suspect this is the thread that talks about this: As for your question, Squire. You're an young and impressionable person, and I'm sure you still have much to learn in your life. But if there's one thing the Bible teaches us, is that we should treat others with respect and dignity, regardless of who they are. Let people live the way they want to live, accept others for who they are, be understanding, cool your jets. This will come a long way into making your interpersonal relationships healthier, regardless of your beliefs. A pretty quick way to earn other people's animosity is antagonizing them by who they are and what they like constantly.

Been listening to Cartographer lately. Check it out if you like intense, orchestral music: 2nd album covers instrumental arranges of the first album. "Selisona Pi" sounds a lot better with the inclusion of violins instead of the female vocals of "Selisona" in the 1st album, imo.

Wow. That post looks marvelous, OP. I didn't know themes existed until BlueMoon mentioned it on the discord. I tried all of them, but I think I'm too used the og dark now, 10/10. Curious about what the (now removed) classic looked like. Haven't tried the color customization options, I wonder if I can make everything purple?

Honestly it's hard to find a "super active" (as in, all categories updated weekly at least, is the definition I'm going by here) forum nowadays. It's a bit of an old school way of communication for the internet. And it requires reading. A lot of reading! How dreadful! xD

I think that to most people where having a waifu actually means a lot, they are filling for something currently missing in their lives. Well that's the impression I got from listening to this podcast by HealthyGamerGG: To be quite frank, I never had an experience like how the person describes in the video (I guess that's a good thing?) Instead, it seems that my "waifu", in this case Patchouli would end up serving more of what I chose (and didn't choose) as part of my online "branding" so to speak, and having her represent me in the internet leads to more familiriaty, in turn making me like the character more simply because I've gotten so used to them. So yeah, I can't really explain why patchouli is my "waifu". Are they my waifu? I don't really imagine a married life iwth "patchouli knowledge" either. XD But upon further introspection, it is true that there's some characteristics about her that I admire. So in a way, those aspects of serving as " comfort character" or even just as a form of motivating myself to reach my goals plays a role here. Patchouli is wise, cool and thoughtful, she also seems to know a lot of things, and those are all qualities I want to have for myself. The complexities of human relationship with others don't seem to be lost even when talking about fictional characters, it seems. :P As for your comments about what seem to be (mostly) gacha characters, I believe they are fundamentally different from touhou, in the sense that these are made from concept to be marketable (to men, for the most part), even if, ultimately, they are both examples of idealized concepts of people (and as we know, fantasy trumps reality in the eyes of the one that becomes enamoured by it), the point is that these character shoot for combinations that make them attractive to the fans upon tried and true industry tradition, similar to how the idol industry works. I believe it's good to be critical of waht makes these characters "waifus" for you, as they are often superficial traits that just appeal to your specific yearnings of one nature or another. (Not to be a killjoy however, it's good to find things you enjoy regardless). Also, on unrelated note: Your tastes seem very similar to another friend of mine judging by the examples you provided alone :p To conclude: At first glance, I guess it would be easy to equate a waifu to a non-existant wife, but the point of all my ramblings is that these relantioships are more complex and of a different nature, In my opinion. For you to genuinely attempt to replace a real human with a 2d companion, you'd have to be unique circumstance not common even among us weebs. In this, I find the comments made in question 3 of the FAQ you sent to be exceptionally pertinent here. Also, I've been wanting to watch azumangah daioh. It seems to be similar to the likes of nichijou (both "My Ordinary Life" and "Danshi Koukousei", which I enjoyed a great lot) maybe I'll finally take the time to give it a watch and join the discussion. Thanks for reading my ramblings, I hope it made sense. Cana out. :P

Wow, I love the creativity. Great work! Never did I think a ghast would sound melodic Also, really creative use of the "mob taking damage sound"

My trusty old laptop. Which I ironically only got recently xD There's a mix of hobby stuff and study stuff there. I like to keep it retro to remind me of the good old days :')

What are your sister's interests? The touhou fandom is multimedia. I can guarantee you can find something touhou related within a medium she already has interest in. She like to listen to music? There's just about every style of music inside the touhou doujin scene. Manga? The print works, and also some cute doujinshi exists Games? There's just about a touhou game for every genre you can think of. All you have to do is look for it. Heck, you can even find stuff on roblox if she plays it. Art? Touhou has got you covered. Cute Plushies or Figures? Fumos and Nendos exist Cute character designs? Covered Crossovers with other series? Covered Cosplay? Covered Conventions and other types of social activity? Covered The biggest issue I see with introducing touhou to a lady is that the fandom space is very male dominated, so she might find it a little intimidating. But I'm sure that if she's willing to invest her time into getting to know everything, she's going to find things that she likes in touhou. There's an almost infinite amount of content out there.

I am not sure as to how one thing relates to another. Perhaps you take fantasy too seriously?

Oh, glory to fusu! Let's go point by point, I guess. - I haven't actually seen a fusu post that consists of a "confession" leading to an NSFW scene. They're either one or the other. - This trend is already starting with posts that are meant to satirize the fusu style, so I wouldn't say this is a return to glory, but a birth of a new, evolved form of fusu posting (which is really just translating the posts of another artist). - I do think fusu's art is lackluster, actually. As pointed out in the discord server, they feel like factory made work. Every character has the same proportions, the same face, the same eye shape, the same skin color, and so on. It is a pleasant combination to see once or twice, but after the 50th post you realize how lazy it is. There's no personality exuding from the proportions of the character, or the variations we normally see in real people and that helps give characters more personality. It's like he's switching dresses and haircuts on a doll. Reminds me of other instances where I've seen this "efficiency": Now, regarding your main point. First and foremost, I find it hilarious that it got turned into a copypasta. Congrats on your newfound fame. XD But I digress. It's rather obvious that the personalities of touhou characters are very far removed from anything resembling waifu wish-fulfillment fantasy. These characters used to be even stranger than they are currently (check how many quotes are made in reference to eating the player by the other characters in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, for example). But quite frankly, I feel like the appeal to realism, or whatever you want to call it, to a fantasy world that is 95% written by fandom is akin to the unfortunate social commentary we see shoehorned in every form of escapism nowadays. Not everything needs to be thought out, well written or be an accurate representation of reality. Ultimately, one can understand the distaste that naturally comes with this type of fan-servicey mentality, but in a post as silly as fusu art, it just seems out of place. If people enjoy seeing their characters as their cute fantasy wife, is there really such a big problem? You spoke of fusu posting being a tiresome part of the community for a while back, but in my perspective, it's equally tiresome to see this judgmental discourse of someone's personal entertainment being braindead and that they should be ashamed by it. It's patronizing and quite frankly, unnecessary. Just the absurdity of stating you are losing your mind over a drawing on reddit is quite telling to begin with. In other, simpler words: "For some things, you just turn your brain off." Or you can just ignore them. Those are my 2, or rather, 20 cents on this whole ordeal. Hopefully it was of some use to you. As for your comments on journalism: I'd say you could definitely make a career out of this, but not in the traditional sense. The area is plagued with the need for speed as far reporting, which leads to inaccuracies and big scandals. Ironically, reporting on the silly internet phenomena like you're doing right now could be a very valuable way to make a name for yourself, especially on youtube. Can't say the touhou community is terribly huge, but given the, uh, questionable quality of what the current english speaking youtubers do when covering the fandom, a niche can definitely be carved there. There is so much history waiting to be uncovered. You'll have to be good at investigating, though. Ugh, I hate writing long winded posts. Cana out.