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Is that the same era when Aya was nicknamed "ZUN's girlfriend"? I mean it did happen a few more times afterwards, most vocally about Sanae and Sakuya, I think. This is the first time I hear the statement. I would like to learn more about it. What else happened, or what is the larger/full story...

Happy New Year! 🎉 Honestly, I do think "overview" is indeed a much more suited word. But I do not think an overview is bad either. I was writing that bit of text as I was listening through the IN video, and that one opened with an overview of the traditional tale of Kaguya. And as I was getting...

Happy New Year! For a few days, I will probably take a break from opening up new threads here at the Shine. However, I will continue answering to the ones I already stated

The year is about to close. Therefore, I think it might be time for us to go through a little recap of things that happened this year within the Touhou community. Initially, I was planning to turn it into a timeline thread, but then I realized that I forgot the date for some of the events. This...

Before going into Retrospective 2022 (either on the 31st December 2022 or first days of January 2023), there is one more thing I would like to talk about before the end of the year. This thread is going hand in hand with the one I have posed yesterday. Just before the end of the year, I would...

It sure is. Also welcome back, it's been a while since I last saw you in one of my threads. I have seen this argument used quite a lot by people. I have seen it when we were talking about TheOVJM, I have seen it about other franchises as well. Some put it on "seasonal rot", others just on the...

Oh boy, it's been a long time since I last tackled one of these.... Recently, and in preparation for a thread I will try writing tomorrow, I stumbled upon this funny document thanks to a post on r/touhou. This time, instead of me writing a lot about each of the paragraphs/chapters (it took me...

You are welcome 🙂. On a serious note, I am glad you have enjoyed the whole project I have put together. It took me about 8 hours to compile all this information, and I wanted to make sure all the effort was worth it. Honestly, my reaction towards Memories of Phantasm is very similar, even now...

First of all, thank you for the reply! Watching the series in one go has been a very interesting experience. As for the lore explanations, it is finally more clear. So thank you again. There are quite a few things I tend to forget, given how vast Touhou can be at times.  Again, even more lore...

"I was thinking about covering that series at one point. I have not personally watched it, but my best friend did, and told me a little bit what it is about long ago. The series I would have gone into next was rather going to be Memories of Phantasm. I have foreshadowed a summary + review for...

I was right, we really did get a Christmas gift. And it's in the form of this adorable chibi Marisa song (also Touhou 18.5, so that's new)

Thank you, I never knew about Doremy getting involved. I knew about Heca an Junko being there, but not Doremy

1. KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS - Beautiful Diver This song has been quite a nice way to open the tournament. It is rather rare to see an arrangement based on A World of Nightmares Never Seen Before (the only other one I know is Sadomasochism from Akatsuki Records), and this one is...

Alright, the time has come. News roundup before Christmas: News and updates There has been maintenance break today. Now let's see what it brought to us: Also this meme to end the day:

We are being spoiled this Christmas. New PV from Akatsuki Records dropped just an hour ago, and they use the same pattern of 2 PVs, we will get one more on Christmas morning. And this time, they finally made an official PV for Psycho Lily (Junko-related song) 

Holy mother of seal cubes, it's been 3 weeks since I have last updated this. I really must come back to bringing the news, as even just in the past few days there has ben a lot going on and soon to come. rather fitting with the maintenance on Global in a matter of hours.

Hello again everyone, I have been AWOL for a couple days from the Shrine due to personal reasons and unfinished business, but now I can finally come back into the game and discuss everything going on in here. So, where do we start from... For this one, I would probably put some of the blame on...

Honestly, I feel like there is a bit more of a difference between the two groups.  Shinra-Basho leans a lot into J-Pop and the use of moe, squeaky, stereotypical anime style voices. In comparison, Akatsuki Records leans a lot more towards rock. And in terms of voice, even if AR has just one...

And then Cheating Detective Satori happened... Not that CDS didn't make a few other controversial takes as well, which only sparked discussion in regards to how some characters are acting canonically (particular example coming to my mind being Reisen, who everyone says that CDS turned into a...

I mean if we complain about ZUN's art style, I think it would be just as fair to talk about the rest of the official art as well. This time, I will not go for low-hanging fruit like The Grimoire of Marisa and its infamous art style, and will instead just focus on inconsistencies, with a clear...