What are some of your favorite Touhous in the series?

[TarosTheVoid]

I guess since I've been lurking within the forums and started to interact with this website, I wanted to make a thread and share who are some of my favorite Touhous within the series (the five listed are my top 5, however I'll list some characters that are outside of Gen 1/2 era that I enjoy)

Mystia - My favorite Touhou in the series, albeit fangames and fan content is a factor (I'll admit IN and PoFV is before a lot of the tropes most fans know her for or stuff I enjoy this character for myself) I'll say I'm someone who enjoys metal and I actually do like cooking so I actually resonate with this character a lot more than some would, Mystias Izakaya is also one of my favorite fangames I've played as well, nothing extremely deep but there's a reason why I clicked with this character a lot

Kogasa - This one isn't a strongly deep reason, I do like her design as well as someone who does enjoy the UFO cast, Kogasa does tend to be pretty popular within that game, I actually do like her blacksmithing hobby which I kinda wish the fandom leaned more on, plus she is adorable

Yuyuko - While I do think PCB isn't a perfect game despite the name says, Yuyuko is easily my favorite stage 6 boss and I always enjoyed her lore a lot, I do think she tends to be flanderized alot by the fandom while I enjoy this character despite the "gluttonous" memes she gets a lot, her lore is compelling and she is always a very entertaining character whenever she shows up, as well as her being a tragic character in ways, ultimately I like how silly she can be, but locks in when she gets serious (I've seen iterations where she is pretty silly and an airhead, but I've also seen iterations of her being a legitimately threatening or menacing character who uses her airy-ness as a facade)

Mokou & Kaguya - I actually want to pair these two together instead of doing them separately as I always enjoyed the lore and relationship between these two as there is so much you can do with Mokou and Kaguya, maybe I've always been fascinated by them being immortal and wondering how they end up living with said immortality, on top of them being binded by their fates, Mokou also has a lot of aura (but I genuinely like when Mokou and Kaguya are more silly rather than brutally fighting each other) and Kaguya made me more fascinated with how she treats the world, especially when she always feels like she has all the time in the world to explore (I know people love to play with the NEET memes, but I unironically think she does hang out outside, I don't particularly wanna truly believe the fandom memes as much as people make it out to be)

Suika - While she isn't as high as my initial start to Touhou, she holds a lot of sentimentality as she was one of my first proper Touhous I've gotten to know, since I've mained her in the past in Hisoutensoku, despite moving on from fighting games nowadays, it does mean a lot that the oni that is more chill with humans also was said Touhou that ultimately got me in the series (I knew who Cirno, Okuu or Sakuya were before I was a fan but never particularly known Touhou proper)

Honorable mentions (listing characters outside of Gen 1/2): Seija, Hecatia, recently Clownpiece (used to hate the character before due to my LoLK trauma), Yumeko (there isn't a lot of PC98 characters that pop out at me due to lesser exposure to them compared to Windows era Touhous as well as lack of character depth), Mike (surprisingly my favorite Touhou in UM, I like her energy)

 

[Mi0ink]

Top 4 list of favorite to lesser favorite.

1. Utsuho Reiuji: Dispute what you may think, she is by, BYYYY, far my favorite. I didn't know/care about her until about January (I officially declared myself Touhou fan last early December). At first, I really didn't care about her. Until I really learned more about her.

Best ability, best personality, best design, most cuddly, the overall best character in the franchise (in my opinion). I love her so much. Therefore, she lands as my favorite character.

2. Rika + Evil Eye Sigma: A combo deal, why leave out the lesser known creation from Creator. The only reason why I came to care about these two is because of this very account. Pretty sure I thought to myself,

"It would be hilarious if someone was doing some discussion and this account based on some random ass character no one knows about replies."

My enjoyment for my glorious SIGMA eyeball has grown past its performative past. I've come to enjoy the fact it's, well, nonhuman/youkai, don't really see those. It's also a literal tank based on a eyeball with a Greek symbol on it, that's pretty cool. I don't care about Rika as much, but I find it neat that she fought Reimu with tanks. Also, first extra bosses as well. Therefore, they land at the second spot.

3. Sakuya Izayoi: The former top 1 when I first became a fan of Touhou. Why, because she is a MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE. I was still a pretty big jojo fan then as I am now (due to the steel ball run anime).

I've come to know her as more than that, but still, a time stopping elegant maid who throws knives is pretty awesome (literally DIO bro). She cool, looks cool, acts cool, and overall, is cool.

(Everything below the 3 spot is a little shifty. But they still are characters I like.)

4. Yuuma Toutetsu: She's hungry , a sheep (or lamb), and loves oil . Who couldn't love her.

Final boss of the first Touhou spinoff I've played, so I have some bias towards her.

Cool design, cool, Spork? It's stupid, it's funny, and it makes me likes her more, why a Spork? To show how gluttonous she is I can guess. She's strong, and overall is cute and cool.

Honorable mentions: These characters I like more than others for one or two simple reasons. Most to least favorite

1. Aya Shameimaru: She is a bird like Okuu.

2. Murasa Minamitsu: Cool captain girl with a literal anchor as a weapon.

3. Shinmyoumaru Sukuna: Final boss of the first Touhou game I've played (DDC bias). Also has the best song in the franchise (Kobito of the Shining Needle).