Gone for a long time - need an update

[CountVonNumenor]

As the title suggests, I've been gone from this forum for a while (*checks notes*... holy cow, it's been a year already?!). I have been a member of this forum since March 2021, and for about a year, I used to be very prolific in terms of writing and leading new threads. However, life decided I had other things to solve (a scholarship abroad, finishing my Bachelor thesis,  and now handling my first job and a Mastersdegree at the same time), and I was feeling in a severe burnout with Touhou after two years of intense activity (late 2020 - mid-2022) that made me want a break and explore new things. In this time, I also broke most ties to Touhou content, therefore I am out of touch with what's happening. Last time I was up to date with the news, Touhou 19 came out and I was still playing LostWord. 

Can anyone help me  figure out what has the Touhou community been up to in the last year? Both in terms of official and fan-made works. I have the feeling there is plenty that I missed. Where are we at this point, what have I missed, and what do we expect to get in the near future? 

 

[Sun.]

Sorry idk much about Touhou, only Moriya shrine lore, good to have you back though!

:koishisip:

 

[Pinky Cat]

Welcome back to the Moriya Shrine, CountVonNumenor.

I can't speak for the entire Touhou community, but I say the state of the Touhou community is not different from 2023 in that the community is growing slowly, and new fanworks are created on a regular basis. Nothing major happened within the Touhou community between 2023 and 2024, so let me present my slice of Touhou news from 2024 as an update on what ZUN and the community has done this past year.


Official



May 3 - Taboo Japan Disentanglement


It is another Hifuu Album with a story.

https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Taboo_Japan_Disentanglement


May 31 - Touhou Guideline Changes


The big change is that "indie game websites" are allowed on the acceptable list, meaning a website like itch.io is now allowed to sell Touhou fan games. The second change is mention that crowdfunding is not allowed without ZUN's permission.

https://x.com/richard_effendi/status/1796539548287336605


July 8 - Touhou 19 v1.10c


After one year from its release, a balance patch is released that made balance changes to every character and fixing a number of bugs. The includes nerfing Chiyari’s to have clearable wisps and bluffing Nazrin’s scope speed to name a few of the changes. Safe to say, this is more balanced than the initial version of Touhou 19. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2400340/view/4220517501592769690


July 29 - ZUN Manuscript


In a radio stream back in July 29, ZUN commented that he been busy writing some manuscripts. It been speculated that this could be a future Touhou printwork. https://moriyashrine.org/forums/topic/6276-a-new-livestream-with-zun-kind-of-a-interview-too/?do=findComment&comment=20165


Community



February 8 - Touhou Danmaku Kagura Release


After the successful crowdfunding campaign back in 2023 to revive Touhou Danmaku Kagura, this rhythm game got its release on Steam. https://danmaku.jp/igG3s3wtMyN0R1Oa1x7CQ/


June 5 - Crowdfunding Permissions


On this day, Kyoto Fantasy Troupe is accepted for fundraising its 3rd episode of The Sealed Esoteric History. At the same time, the Korean Touhou orchestra got declined for fundraising, forcing them to change their funding strategy.

https://x.com/fantasytroupe/status/1798323908669755837

https://x.com/THorch_KR/status/1798324092812353971


May 10 - TouhouFest 2024 News Report


TouhouFest 2024 is broadcasted on Torrence’s cable network on a report that showcases the aspects of TouhouFest while TouhouFest attendees talk about Touhou and the convention.

https://youtu.be/X_TCJbXei_o?si=73xjg9mcNDfApXNK


Summer - Cyberattacks on Touhou!


On June 8, Niconico went down for about a month after a ransomware attack occurred on Kadowara’s servers. Then, during early July, a wave of DDOS attacks occurred on multiple Chinese Touhou websites, shutting down services like the THBWiki. Thankfully, all of these services have since recovered, and it does not appear any permanent website migrations occurred after this incident was said and done.

https://moriyashrine.org/forums/topic/5870-chinese-touhou-websites-are-under-attack/


July - Seasons of Gensokyo


Seasons of Gensokyo is another Touhou zine collaboration after Welcome to Gensokyo that once again features art, stories, and comics from over 100 contributors. https://gensokyozine.itch.io/gensokyoseasons


August - Mystia Izakaya Anime Announcement


Its release is aiming for summer 2025. Concept art has also been released in the meantime.

https://moriyashrine.org/forums/topic/6495-touhou-mystias-izakaya-anime-seems-to-be-on-the-works/


August 15 - Imperishable Night 20th Anniversary


Across the Touhou community were fanworks related to Imperishable Night to celebrate its anniversary. There too many fanworks to cover in this post, but the tag fanworks used for the anniversary is #ImperishableDay.

https://youtu.be/UHwbk9fgs9w


Winter - Riverside Wonders


A charity zine where all profit will go to Care for Gaza in helping the needs of Palestine families. The zine is planed for preorders by the end of the year.

https://thriversidezine.carrd.co/


December - BBEX International


On December 31st, 2023, the Hispanic community magazine BBEX, releasing its first international issue, showcasing community works from the rest of the Western Touhou community. With the success of the pervious event, BBEX international is running again this year and has announced that the premiere of the next issue will happen on December 29th.

https://x.com/POfBoundaries/status/1865896113573617779


Vanyk's Japan Touhou Circle Research Teaser


Vanyk has been building an extensive data table on Touhou circles and Touhou events within Japan to analysis changes in the Japanese Touhou community. Currently, he is in the progress of writing an analysis piece based on his data.

https://moriyashrine.org/profile/38795-vanyk/content/?type=core_statuses_status&change_section=1


If you need more info on what happened in 2024, I recommend Suzunaan's monthly news videos. Despite the commentary being Spanish, their videos are still watchable as each news item has images. Plus, every video has a source list down in the description or comment section.

If you have any more questions on the Touhou community, feel free to ask.  :MeilingThumbsUp:

 

[CountVonNumenor]

Welcome back to the Moriya Shrine, CountVonNumenor.

I can't speak for the entire Touhou community, but I say the state of the Touhou community is not different from 2023 in that the community is growing slowly, and new fanworks are created on a regular basis. Nothing major happened within the Touhou community between 2023 and 2024, so let me present my slice of Touhou news from 2024 as an update on what ZUN and the community has done this past year.


Official



May 3 - Taboo Japan Disentanglement


It is another Hifuu Album with a story.

https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Taboo_Japan_Disentanglement


May 31 - Crowdfunding Guideline Change


The big change is that "indie game websites" are allowed on the acceptable list, meaning a website like itch.io is now allowed to sell Touhou fan games. The second change is mention that crowdfunding is not allowed without ZUN's permission.

https://x.com/richard_effendi/status/1796539548287336605


July 8 - Touhou 19 v1.10c


After one year from its release, a balance patch is released that made balance changes to every character and fixing a number of bugs. The includes nerfing Chiyari’s to have clearable wisps and bluffing Nazrin’s scope speed to name a few of the changes. Safe to say, this is more balanced than the initial version of Touhou 19. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2400340/view/4220517501592769690


July 29 - ZUN Manuscript


In a radio stream back in July 29, ZUN commented that he been busy writing some manuscripts. It been speculated that this could be a future Touhou printwork. https://moriyashrine.org/forums/topic/6276-a-new-livestream-with-zun-kind-of-a-interview-too/?do=findComment&comment=20165


Community



February 8 - Touhou Danmaku Kagura Release


After the successful crowdfunding campaign back in 2023 to revive Touhou Danmaku Kagura, this rhythm game got its release on Steam. https://danmaku.jp/igG3s3wtMyN0R1Oa1x7CQ/


June 5 - Crowdfunding Permissions


On this day, Kyoto Fantasy Troupe is accepted for fundraising its 3rd episode of The Sealed Esoteric History. At the same time, the Korean Touhou orchestra got declined for fundraising, forcing them to change their funding strategy.

https://x.com/fantasytroupe/status/1798323908669755837

https://x.com/THorch_KR/status/1798324092812353971


May 10 - TouhouFest 2024 News Report


TouhouFest 2024 is broadcasted on Torrence’s cable network on a report that showcases the aspects of TouhouFest while TouhouFest attendees talk about Touhou and the convention.

https://youtu.be/X_TCJbXei_o?si=73xjg9mcNDfApXNK


Summer - Cyberattacks on Touhou!


On June 8, Niconico went down for about a month after a ransomware attack occurred on Kadowara’s servers. Then, during early July, a wave of DDOS attacks occurred on multiple Chinese Touhou websites, shutting down services like the THBWiki. Thankfully, all of these services have since recovered, and it does not appear any permanent website migrations occurred after this incident was said and done.

https://moriyashrine.org/forums/topic/5870-chinese-touhou-websites-are-under-attack/


July - Seasons of Gensokyo


Seasons of Gensokyo is another Touhou zine collaboration after Welcome to Gensokyo that once again features art, stories, and comics from over 100 contributors. https://gensokyozine.itch.io/gensokyoseasons


August - Mystia Izakaya Anime Announcement


Its release is aiming for summer 2025. Concept art has also been released in the meantime.

https://moriyashrine.org/forums/topic/6495-touhou-mystias-izakaya-anime-seems-to-be-on-the-works/


August 15 - Imperishable Night 20th Anniversary


Across the Touhou community were fanworks related to Imperishable Night to celebrate its anniversary. There too many fanworks to cover in this post, but the tag fanworks used for the anniversary is #ImperishableDay.

https://youtu.be/UHwbk9fgs9w


Winter - Riverside Wonders


A charity zine where all profit will go to Care for Gaza in helping the needs of Palestine families. The zine is planed for preorders by the end of the year.

https://thriversidezine.carrd.co/


December - BBEX International


On December 31st, 2023, the Hispanic community magazine BBEX, releasing its first international issue, showcasing community works from the rest of the Western Touhou community. With the success of the pervious event, BBEX international is running again this year and has announced that the premiere of the next issue will happen on December 29th.

https://x.com/POfBoundaries/status/1865896113573617779


Vanyk's Japan Touhou Circle Research Teaser


Vanyk has been building an extensive data table on Touhou circles and Touhou events within Japan to analysis changes in the Japanese Touhou community. Currently, he is in the progress of writing an analysis piece based on his data.

https://moriyashrine.org/profile/38795-vanyk/content/?type=core_statuses_status&change_section=1


If you need more info on what happened in 2024, I recommend Suzunaan's monthly news videos. Despite the commentary being Spanish, their videos are still watchable as each news item has images. Plus, every video has a source list down in the description or comment section.

If you have any more questions on the Touhou community, feel free to ask.  :MeilingThumbsUp:

Oh wow, this is awesome. Thank you for covering the events; it's great to see so many new things. DanKagu is back, and Mystia's Izakaya is getting an anime adaptation. I was not expecting any of these. I heard about the manuscript but was unaware of the new Hifuu CD release.

 

[Agus Mandala]

yeah, i only 2 months inactive and i already miss dozens of stuff

 

[CountVonNumenor]

Alright, I am back from buying that milk. What is new within this fandom? All I know is that there's going to be a Touhou 20, and that we already got a demo for it...

 

[Crab]

Alright, I am back from buying that milk. What is new within this fandom? All I know is that there's going to be a Touhou 20, and that we already got a demo for it...

Touhou 20 should release at August 17th, so we're rather close to seeing the full game. Hopefully we'll get a character that captured people's hearts like Minareko (the Egyptian girl). I personally am still hoping for a crab girl .

Regarding important stuff... I'm not really knowledgeable of them, lol. All I'm aware is about some recent dramas about two things:
1) The TH20 Demo contained a background image that was AI-generated, and that made lots of people upset with ZUN (which is weirdly reasonable given the circumstances).
2) ZUN's lawyer who was (or still is) issuing copyright strikes to YouTube channels and effectively shutting them down because they were uploading Touhou OST. That bit of drama have divided people into thinking that his lawyer is going rogue, or that ZUN asked the lawyer to do those strikes. Feel free to pick your side (which includes the outside).
We recently had a discussion about these 2 topics on another thread. If you're curious and want to know more about it, here it is.

There's also a bit of stuff about the written works. The "Detective Satori" and "Lotus Eaters" series are still ongoing as well as some other fanworks.
And regarding literally anything else, I don't think I know.