What's your favorite first stage boss?

[Cosmic]

I remember seeing a post a while ago asking about what people think the worst Touhou character design is, and a few of the responses mentioned first stage bosses and were followed by something along the lines of "of course, keep in mind that this character is a first stage boss, and those tend to be on the more forgettable end". Usually this is true, but I have a few that I actually quite like (mostly Nazrin and Mike), and that post got me curious about this, so I figured I'd ask who everyone else's favorites are.

 

[Argalia]

Wakasagihime and Wriggle.

 

[Tenkko]

second waggysaggy

and minoriko. aki gang rise up.

 

[CountVonNumenor]

For me, my only experience as for now with Touhou games has been (attempting to) play Perfect Cherry Blossom. So I guess my favorite (and only) Stage 1 boss experienced has been Letty. But I really cannot complain. I like both the stage and boss battle themes, and somehow I feel a bit of pity for Letty? Especially given how she does not get too much fanon built around her outside "Letty is fat" jokes and her relation to Cirno. 

 

[Kiyo]

Nazrin

 

[A294]

Rika creator of Evil Eye Sigma which in turn is the first and best Extra boss

 

[buskerdog]

My favourite first stage boss to fight?

I personally think that Rumia is the best first boss in series who is fantastic as an introductory fight, so much so that It's even made me consider doing short-essay style analyses on not just Rumia but other Touhou bosses in general, since I'm super interested in game design concepts.

My favourite first stage boss as a character?

Idk... I think Minoriko Aki. Reminder that Yuyuko is technically a stage 1 boss as well

 

[Tenkko]

Hell yeah Aki gang.

Would be interesting to see an analysis of different bosses and how they compare. we do not talk about stage 1 Yuyuko

 

[Isaac]

I think all the stage 1 bosses are cool! Personal favourites would be Yamame and Wakasagihime!

 

[Gou the frog]

I personally don't know. They are all equally cool.

Might go with Yamame, After all, she cause me Subterranean Collapsion.

 

[Cosmic]

we do not talk about stage 1 Yuyuko

This is true, no we do not

 

[Gou the frog]

Can someone explain why we don't talk about stage 1 Yuyuko? 

 

[buskerdog]

@Gou the frog I don't know why we don't talk about stage 1 Yuyuko , I like to  talk about stage 1 Yuyuko . Maybe we should talk about stage 1 Yuyuko more.

 

[Tayaya]

Letty Whiterock is pretty cool but she never appeared after PCB ?

 

[Tenkko]

Uhhhh stage 1 Yuyuko has a nice little theme, I like it. Haven't played TD in a while now that I think about it...

 

[BigBoople]

Letty. Her design is adorable to me.

 

[Buwako]

it would techinically be yuyuko, but thats kinda cheating, so i think i will go with eika.

 

[Lush Produce]

I like Mitsumo, but that's mostly because it's an easy fight, has a cool song, and I kinda of like the representation of less "human" Youkai. (I dunno if Terumi really counts as part of Mistumo)

 

[DrAttila]

Definitely Seiran, having a stage 1 boss that pairs well with the boss for the next stage is definitely fun, and her theme is very fun and energetic without feeling too grandiose like Aki or Letty

 

[Hieða no Akyuu]

orange.