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It feels like ages since I've posted something here (or even made posts in general for that matter, although that isn't really the case so much). I plan to remedy that soon. Anyway here have some musics.

It's not too late to make this post, right?

"Terrifying DK Rap doesn't exist, it can't hurt you"

Terrifying DK Rap:

@CountVonNumenor dude don't feel so down, nothing wrong with being a Touhou fan even if you don't play all the mainline bullet hell games, or play them but aren't "good" at them. Not everyone's into them.

That being said, the mainline games are pretty sick.

Don't worry yourself so much, Nitorium has plans for the site going forward.

On a another note, wow, I never expected this thread to get so many replies!

Those first few screenshots are especially good. I love the library.

Whatever comes of this DMCA, I just really hope the forum doesn't get shut down because of it. At first I thought it was just some troll but more and more it now seems to be ZUN's legal team. I have no idea what the future of this site will be without the downloads, no one will have a reason to come here anymore, but I don't want the whole site to get destroyed because it means a lot to me.

I knew something like this would come eventually but I was not prepared for it right now. I've visited this site nearly every day for 3 years now. Things are awful in my personal life right now and knowing I could come back here and talk with other Touhou fans on the forum has been an important escape for me. That's not to mention how important Moriya has been for making Touhou accessible. Without it, my life literally wouldn't be the same right now. I hope this isn't the end for Moriya Shrine.

On 3/23/2022 at 4:42 PM, CountVonNumenor said:

Are we, the Westerners, just a bunch of silly creators?

Respectfully, I disagree. But yes, there is a lot of low-quality Touhou shitpost content on Youtube. So to start, I would like to attempt to give what context I can to this situation.

Why is there so much shitposting?

I know there is a lot of shitpost content out there from the western Touhou community, but I don't watch it, and it generally only appears in my feed very rarely. But why? Well besides the fact that I ignore it, the reason I reckon it doesn't come to my attention so much is because my feed instead gives me the animation, music, etc. content that it's already been recommending me for years - you see, all this shitpost content is a relatively recent thing. Now please understand here, that I am not trying to play the "blame all the new fans" card - that being said, I do think this has something to do with an influx of new fans. The main reasons I think for this are Touhou Lost Word and the popularity explosion of fumos – it’s hard to say if either of these are directly responsible for beginning this shitposting train, and I’m not really involved enough in either of them to offer a lot of insight, but I do believe that fumos (and fumo memes) have spread to the point where some people’s first introduction to the series is through fumos – and I know there’s a lot of meme content surrounding fumos. Anyway, however these shitposts originated, it was then adopted by other people quickly for various reasons, whether it be a large number of new fans not knowing better, or people who just want to farm clicks/views.

The topic of "is a big influx of new fans good?" is something that has cropped up on this forum before. And while yes, it can lead to annoying occurrences like these, most of us agree that it is fundamentally a good thing overall.

What will happen next?

The main point I wanted to make with that previous section is basically that there was a time not very long ago where all this shitposting wasn't here. And in the way that all trends come and go, I think that unless another event leading to a flood of new fans unexpectedly happens in a short time, these repetitive posts will die out relatively soon and better content will rise to the surface again.

On 3/23/2022 at 4:42 PM, CountVonNumenor said:

In a way, I would not remove this kind of content since again, I would run out of Western content, ie stuff in English.

Western content may be dwarfed by the Japanese side of things, but I believe there is plenty to be happy about in the western Touhou community without having to lean on memes to be entertained. These are list of some things I know of the Western Touhou Community which I think show that we are, in fact, really awesome. I recommend checking these out.

Cool Stuff Section

Hmmm, I'd definitely like to post my thoughts on this and make some recommendations to you, but I am once again reading this at an inconvenient time. I will come back later.

I wanted to reply to this topic sooner, but found myself busy.

It's kind of crazy how Touhou just seeps into your life and then suddenly you realise how much of it there is, huh? My story for getting into the series actually happens to be near the start of the Musical Discoveries in Touhou Fandom thread of all places.

There are certainly many lenses that Touhou can be viewed through, which when combined with mass fanon can unfortunately lead to character flanderizations (isn't it funny how Flandre herself seems to embody that word?) but I've always found myself able to not be bothered by them or even enjoy them at times, probably because I focused so much on the official content at first. I think for me, being able to have that distinct line between canon and fan-interpretations and being able to tell how much of a given interpretation leans into one side or the other has been really helpful for me to enjoy the series without getting confused. I practically adore canon Touhou, and I can enjoy a lot of fanon differences as well but if I see something that I don't like I just kinda go "eh, I don't think this is good" and then move on. Also I'd like to say that I think fanon and the freedom to deviate from the source is a good thing, as it allows individual creators to add their own flair and flavour to their doujin creations.

As for how dark the Touhou universe is actually meant to be??? Well I'd say there's some spooky stuff in Touhou, and a small number of characters also have some dark things going on their backstory (Mokou is the main example I think of), but as a whole you can see in the games and the manga that it's not really meant to be considered a dark setting at all. But I do think the existence of those darker elements is really cool for adding a bit more depth to the world and story of an otherwise very upbeat and colourful series, I mean really I'd say it's like pretty much any typical fantasy universe in that it's meant to be enjoyable and not taken too seriously, but that doesn't mean more serious aspects don't exist at all.

On 3/21/2022 at 9:51 PM, CountVonNumenor said:

Kaliningrad Alternate

Eyyy Kaliningrad Alternate! I've seen his channel, he makes some fantastic animation. I know from the comments that he actually has a main channel about tanks n stuff, but of course I know him from the Touhou side.

Stack go doki doki waku waku.
Stack go achi kochi.
Stack go benbenbenbenben.
I am compelled to join in.

How long does it even take to complete Touhou sorter now? Haha, I'm not someone who would redo it on a regular basis (and my results usually don't line up with who I actually consider my favourites anyway LOL). But fanon is fun to talk about and I'd definitely like to go into my views of some of my favourite characters.

DISCLAIMER: A lot of my favourite characters fall into the category of "main characters" or popular/regularly depicted characters and yes, I am aware of how basic this is.

I do think this is actually a pretty interesting area for discussion, especially given all the different angles this can be approached from such as in-universe reasoning, ZUN's character design, and cultural influences on Touhou in general.

On 3/5/2022 at 2:57 PM, CountVonNumenor said:

I was surprised to find out the thing is not a shirt, but actually an undershirt

Hang on, really? It kind of just looks like a normal shirt to me - I feel like the term "undershirt" can really be applied to any layer that goes underneath something else, even if only partially. But I guess it's an interesting point to consider, and maybe not even all that surprising given how the majority of characters opt for clothes that loose, comfortable and easy to move in, so why not? (And of course if it has frills, then even better.) There are 2 reasons I can think of why people in Gensokyo might like this - firstly is that for danmaku battles and maybe also just flying in general, wearing something that doesn't feel restricting in any way must be important so that they can move as freely as they need to - weight may also be a factor to consider. But even for those who don't partake in danmaku fights, the other reason could likely to be to do with temperature - Gensokyo is somewhere in mainland Japan, and it gets hot and humid during the summer, so thinner clothes are better. Often in the manga you can also see the girls wear different outfits as the seasons change, with thicker clothing instead and more layers in the winter, so I think it's pretty good reasoning.

On 3/5/2022 at 2:57 PM, CountVonNumenor said:

It seems like swimsuits are a thing in Gensokyo, at least according to Silent Sinner in Blue. I was not expecting that, but it's interesting.

I doubt they're common, but of course all kinds of things can drop into Gensokyo from the outside world - and of course when a whole western style mansion gets teleported in, there must be all kinds of things that get brought with it. Gensokyo has no seas, so even if people have swimsuits somehow, they have no reason to use them, unless it's something like that silly pool party at the end of SSiB.

And regarding last point, idk why some characters randomly have wildly different clothes to everyone else, but seeing as Hecatia is literally most powerful 2hu I wouldn't argue about it.

Now the thing that I wonder is this - what are those sleeve things that Reimu and Sanae wear called???

Recent new arrangement from a VGM arranger! Hopefully some more Touhou coming.

Who are Pizuya's Cell and why is this the first I've heard of them and why is it so goooood?

I heard someone perform a cover of this song at an anime convention I went to recently. Now I'm addicted.

A few months ago Ken Hisuag shared a Nuclear Fusion remix by jesterdist here. Now I've run into a new Maiden's Capriccio / Love-Coloured Master Spark remix by them and it's pretty cool!

I've missed the recent posts here, woah some good stuff showed up

AYAYAYAYA!

13 hours ago, Ken Hisuag said:

It's felt rather quiet here of late.

True, I guess there's not much topic of conversation at the moment. I'll go and nag Jssf for another remix tournament. I think I'm going to stop doing monthly round-ups now as it takes more effort to make the posts than you'd think (and I didn't do one for last month anyway) but that doesn't mean I'm out of good arrangements to share!

Consider this a sort of mini-roundup for december. I've got a random assortment of genres this time.

Yo, is that Patchouli Knowledge from Touhou Project? Making Touhou arranges?

Anyway, I'm not sure if this could be called "ZUN-style", but it certainly has ZUNpet in it.

5 hours ago, Ken Hisuag said:

At the end of the most recent remix tournament, I asked about hosting responsibilities. Whoever it is technically determines when the next tournament takes place. The question was unresolved, and given it's been about two-and-a-half months I wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.

I'm certainly on the same page of not knowing who's doing it lol. The one I hosted was only the one before the most recent, so I still don't really want to go again. If no one else wants to, we could ask Jssf if he'll do the next one, seeing as he's the "normal" host.

As for the question of when... I'm personally not in a rush for the next one myself, seeing as we've done quite a number of these by now. The translation status of th17.5 is also a contributor to this feeling. But I agree that it is starting to feel like it could be time for one. If we were to start one right now, I'd ask that we exclude songs from Touhou 17.5; hopefully that doesn't get in the way of much, as I understand that that game didn't add many original songs, as is often the case with Tasofro spinoffs.

I need to make a post about something I discovered yesterday.

Not many people remix Monster Hunter Music. In fact, a number of MH remixes come from Capcom themselves. And yesterday is when I learned about the Monster Hunter 10th Anniversary album released by them. This album finally satisfies my yearning for Monster Hunter remixes of the quality I would expect from Touhou doujin circles, and does a number of other things to put my mind to rest:

1: This album proves my point that yes, Monster Hunter does have incredible potential for arrangements. There just needs to be people making them!
2: This album finally gives me a point of reference for what MH music in smash could sound like.
3: This existence of this album is satisfactory enough to fill the void left by the lack of the above two things.

And boy, what a diverse and amazing album it is. I can't just choose a favourite track to feature, I need to post a bunch of them, because they're all so good. Also, link to the full playlist here.

EDIT: It's actually two different albums of 10 songs each, both released for the 10th anniversary. The first 10 songs in the playlist are from the "Self Cover" album, remixes by the original composers, and the following 10 are from the "Tribute" album, remixes by video game composers from other companies / series.

While the tracks in these albums are more than enough to satisfy me, it does also make me a little sad that Capcom may never release something like this again. I can only cross my fingers for 2024...

I'm back for another monthly posting of songs. This time, I was actually able to narrow down to a small number of them to feature.

BTW, I might be a bit disengaged from Touhou for the time being while I await the 17.5 translation patch. iirc Touhou 18 actually got translated really quickly so I might not have too long to wait, but then again, Tasofro games have been known to be difficult to actually get working with the patching program.

1 hour ago, Ken Hisuag said:

chair - The Very Worst of the Chinese Language

ummm... what?

Yeah I think I can confidently say that's mistranslated. I'm not sure where "Chinese" comes from, because there isn't any trace of that word in the original kanji title, which surprisingly is something I can tell just by looking at it.

The kanji 華 means flower. Whether the saying "Flowery language" has a meaning in Japanese like it does in English, I don't know, so I can't say for sure what the translation is. But what's written literally is something like "Flower words".

Futo hat

Futo hat

I think Kasen's Chinese buns are also pretty cool

3 hours ago, Asirmoth said:

i would love if someone recommended me more music similar to the tracks below:

Hmmmm

Might these appeal to you?