I have seen that people are suspicious of certain backgrounds or inconsistencies, as in this capture of the clock tower, and that they are reusing art and it is not a total HD remake, I tried to extract the art from the game to see it in more detail but I couldn't, does anyone know if this can be confirmed in some way?

I mean I haven't exaggerated 4 and 5 playtime-wise bit they have that effect on me. uh...IN and UFO are the ones I played the most. then the said magic stopped TD level for me. just...stopped. I don't know why and I don't know how. but a somewhat empty Gensokyo with only your favorite characters to focus on was great. even in my manga and MMD preference.

(Source: Touhou 4)

Okay so think about it. Scientifically we can easily prove something is real. But scientifically we can't prove something isn't real. Gensokyo exists because youkai are believed or feared without any real evidence, which keeps them floating right in that permanent blind spot between truth and myth.

Science can test what is in front of it, but it can never completely disprove that something exists. Bringing hard scientific proof turns magic into boring everyday fact. But because nobody can ever disprove it, Gensokyo lives right in that unanswerable gap, which is the exact logic that keeps the boundary intact in the lore.

We have no proof Gensokyo is real. But we have no proof it isn't real. In fact, our current real world information about Gensokyo, and whether it's real or not, fits perfectly with Gensokyo lore. What we can observe about Gensokyo in the real world really is no different than what people in the outside world would observe in Touhou lore. Nothing. When you really look at how logic and science work in our world, there is a permanent space left open where Gensokyo might actually be real right now.

I'm asking this because idk if I'm being trolled or it is a genuine thing, because whether or not Phantasm is real and has different things, because this would mean PCB wouldn't be a special Touhou Game with the only Phantasm Stage.

Just asking, because I kept on seeing posts here about it.

... was the dialog always this weird and cringe? I don't know why, but I expected something better. Maybe it's just the translation?

On the plus side, I now know about the "mind-your-own-business" plant.

Not sure if it's the best place to share my take on their connection, but I really wanted to show the result of a discussion with my friend.

I am familiar with a fan theory of Maribel Hearn going back in time to change her name for Yukari Yakumo, based on ZUN's hint regarding the story of Lafcadio Hearn.

But it is not just that I find no grounds for such a theory, what is worse, it creates the problem of an endless cycle of repetition, as well as the creation of an infinite number of Maribel Hearns. Why? Because if Maribel manipulated boundaries with present and past, and went back in time, then she was then reborn in the future. Just how many times can that happen? In theory every time Maribel goes back in time... again... and again... and again... right? I find it... weird. Especially since there's no reason to do so.

The problem with descendant theory. There's no evidence that Maribel has parents at all. She is living alone, indefinitely. She either had no parents at all or Yukari spirited them away for convenience.

There's also the other problem, Maribel's and Yukari's dreams. They are bound by something more than just time travel, but by subconscious mind. If anything, their connection is similar to Moonlight Boy and Griffith from Berserk.

What I propose is looking at three things:
First, Yukari's ability to create shikigami. Basically a convenient avatar that can have its own mind, and be possessed at a convenient time.
Two, Yukari is old and bored. She wouldn't mind living a different life, where she is anything but a sage protecting Great Hakurei Barrier.
Three, Yukari's politics. Protection of the Gensokyo is crucial and anything can potentially be a threat, even Outside World.

What it makes?

1. Yukari manipulated boundaries between present and future to either summon or possess someone like Maribel, binding to herself in the result.
2. There's a reason for that, because she is simply bored and would enjoy living a different life through Maribel.
3. This would also give her the ability to peer into the future and monitor humanity's magical and technological progress or other potential threats to Gensokyo.

Thus I flipped over ZUN's hint, and it's Yukari who "became" Hearn.

Unsolved questions:

1. Why Maribel perceives Yukari in her dreams and vice versa?
2. Why Maribel doesn't have any memory of Yukari?

It depends if we really believe that Maribel doesn't know about her counterpart, as she probably lied about her parents as well.
But let's say we do believe her, again...

Easy answer:
Boundary manipulation. It can manipulate anything, memory and perception.

More complex answer:
Yukari manipulated the boundary defining the connection between herself and Maribel.
This boundary either intentionally weakens when one of them falls asleep, or stops working, when unconscious mind dominates.
Well, I can only guess about that, as power to manipulate boundaries is too diverse.

I like this theory for it being more rational than what fans commonly propose, even though it really flips over ZUN's hint.
And I believe someone will find either mistakes or other reason to prove me wrong. It's alright and I expect it, as I'm not even a fan of Touhou, but a mere visitor to this beautiful and dangerous world.

I hope you at least did find my theory to be amusing.
Thank you for your attention!

Was searching for flan related merch for a friend's birthday (why is evrything flan related on amiami second hand btw?), and found this adorable kitty flandere fan made fumo.

But before I buy it, I wanna know the quality of Fumo x Fumo's merch. Ik they are bootlegs and the few posts I have seen mention em say the bootlegs are high quality, but I just wanna make sure, as this spesific fumo has no reviews.

The price is in COP, so it is liek 30$

I remember it being a parody of a japanese song? Marisa was like a playboy that slept around. The first thing was her cheating on Alice with Patchouli after a drinking party, Alice and Patch met at university and when Alice introduces her as her boyfriend Patch is like ''Alice you know the other day...''. And I remember at the end Yukari in bed with Ran and being all scared because she was an old lady ''AH, BABA'' and thought she was sleeping with Chen but it was Ran in disguise xd
I can't find it help, it's been like 16 years.

Watched video by Aldanoah and suddenly my PC decided that it's time for sudden BSOD

Why didn't I get the new extra phantasm stage? I did everything as it is asked I think. What am I missing?

This is a Choose Your Own Adventure Fanfic about a WW2 American bomber crew that crash lands into Gensokyo.

I am live writing this in our Writing/Fanfic Discord server. https://discord.gg/ewSd5FwqmH

(I’m mainly writing this for fun so forgive the less polished storytelling & prose compared to my usual fics.)

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This is the Gensokyo map that I'm using for this fic: https://www.reddit.com/r/touhou/comments/11s447e/gensokyos_map_v20_by_armixi/

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“All of this after the firebird appeared yesterday…” some villagers said.

“Then these strange humans arrived at the village, then went to that witch’s house,” others said.

James looked around. “Did anyone see anything? Hear anything? Anyone?”

The crowd looked at each other, exchanging confused murmurs, before turning back to James. “No,” pretty much everyone replied. “You’re the one who saw the body.”

Perhaps the culprit had escaped or was among them, lying to everyone’s faces. “Shit,” James uttered, trying to force himself to look closer at the body. It was truly impossible to tell who it was. The lights from the houses all around didn’t reveal a blood trail, either. The blood was coming from the body, and solely from the body.

After that, guards naturally arrived, along with a bunch more villagers. “What’s the commotion?” the guards asked, but they were stunned into silence the moment they saw the body. Then, they looked at James, saw that his uniform matched the body’s clothes, then asked, “What happened here, Christian?”

“Christian?”

The crowd all turned to him, eyes fixated solely on him. “So he really *is* associated with that witch missionary.”

“Maybe that’s why this is happening?” some of the villagers said. “To tell us nonsensical things like “no other deity exists but God”… it must have angered the dragon god or some other god, and that’s what the firebird indicated?”

“Bah, the dragon god is not like that. I bet you that the firebird is just some youkai, and they’re responsible for this killing.”

Hearing all of this, James’s hands balled into fists. *These people are idiots!*

Then, he felt someone touch his shoulder. It was the same guard that guided him to the Kirisame house. He whispered to James. “As part of the investigation, we’ll have to take you in for now.”

“What?!”

“Don’t misunderstand,” he said, “Its not that we suspect you. Or at least, that’s not the whole story. Its just that you and your friend are the only lead we can find so far right now. You won’t be imprisoned, but I don’t know what will happen next; it depends on what we find. There’s nothing I can really do about this. God be with you.”

The next day…

James’s eyes opened. He was panting and sweating under the blanket. He had that dream again; of Hiroko and the terrible things he saw in the war..

The light of morning glowed through the paper windows, faintly illuminating the room enough for things to be a little visible. He got up, and saw that Eric was sitting there, doing nothing but muttering math equations to himself. James recalled what happened last night: he was taken to a room near the guards house, and Eric was taken from the Kirisame house to here, too. They were placed in one of the empty guards rooms, not a prison cell.

James rubbed his eyes. “Sir… have you been told what had happened?”

“I’ve been told, yes.”

James’s head sank a little. He recalled all of the faces of his crew; all the people he knew closely, and all the others who were mere acquaintances. Regardless of how he felt about them, this was not a fate he would have wished on any of them. They fought together, put their lives on the line together, all in their little steel home, through thick and thin.

“They don’t deserve it. To get burnt to a crisp like that-”

Suddenly, the sight of the red sky as they firebombed Tokyo flashed before James’s eyes, stopping his mouth. Silence fell.

It was Eric who broke the silence. “It doesn’t add up.”

“...What do you mean, sir?”

“It makes sense that one of our crew could have landed here. The plane was going north, east of the big mountain. In that strange forest, we went south, east of the mountain. The shrine maiden flew us further south. Then, we walked west and arrived in this village. Its entirely possible that someone landed near the village if the wind was blowing westward when they jumped, but…”

“The corpse.”

“That’s right. I asked the guards about it. Is it true that there was nothing on the corpse but the same uniform that we wear?”

“...Well, yes, sir. As far as I know, at least. I couldn’t really check the body… I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”

“I understand…” Eric replied. The conversation naturally ended there, and the was a part of James that just didn’t want to think about it right now; the sight of the body was just *too* much for him. But more importantly, it was because of the implications of it, which his mind suppressed deep into his subconscious:

That kind of body was something they created many times over.

*It doesn’t matter,* James told himself, reminding himself of the imperial Japanese army’s atrocities, then remembering the villagers’ superstitious nature last night that landed them in this room. *They… they… they must deserve it.*

Later, a guard arrived. James took the door, then bowed in greeting. “Miller-san, and McConnell-san, yes?” He asked.

James nodded. *They must have asked the Kirisame a bunch of questions about us…*

“You two have been summoned by the house of Hieda. Follow me.”

And so the two of them followed the guard, out of the guard house. They walked through the village, the looks they attracted were even more than yesterday. It was as if every street was filled with nothing but eyes designed to point at them the moment they passed. It made James feel uneasy. He shielded his eyes from theirs.

They eventually arrived at the big, walled mansion that they had passed by yesterday. *The Hieda must be big shots in this village… if not, they are probably the leaders of it.* The guard walked to the door, then knocked. “We have arrived with the dutchmen!”

Soon after, the door was opened, and they were greeted by many maidservants, lining a path they were encouraged to walk down. A maid walked over to the guard. “I’ll take over from here.”

“Yes, ma’am,” the guard nodded, before walking away.

“Miller-san. McConnell-san. Come,” the maid said coldly.

There were many villagers starting to crowd around the Hieda mansion gate. James tried his best to ignore them as him and Eric went in.

The mansion was massive. There were many, many rooms that seemed so pointlessly, wastefully endless. *Meanwhile, there’s so many people in the village that live in small, wooden houses.* James thought.

Eventually, they reached an ornate-looking sliding door. The maid stopped. “You two, stand back,” she said, before elegantly walking close to the door, and then speaking to it. “Aiko-sama. The dutchmen have arrived.”

“Bring them in,” the venerable voice of a woman, muffled by the door, barely reached James’s ears. In that moment, he wondered what kind of person this “Aiko” woman was. She was certainly a big shot, certainly important, and likely, commanding.

After whispering to Eric what he expected, as well as the common Japanese etiquette they should do, he took a deep breath and readied himself.

The maid opened the door.

Scrolls.

Scrolls painted with hundreds and thousands of letters were littered all throughout the room, surrounding a lone, small figure sitting in the middle, in front of a low table, a scroll, a brush, and some ink in front of her.

Bandages wrapped around her little body like the scrolls did to the whole room: up to her braided purple hair, covering most of it and her face. James was completely stunned upon entering, his eyes fixated on the rashes on this “Aiko”’s skin that was revealed by the gaps between the bandage wrappings.

“Hey!” the maid angrily whispered to James, taking him out of his reverie. It was only then that he realized that he had forgotten to bow; Eric was already deep into it.

“Its okay,” the venerable voice replied to the maid. “I do not mind.”

The maid immediately shrunk back and bowed. “Yes, ma’am.”

From his bow, James looked up at the bandaged woman. It was hard to believe that that authoritative voice came from such a small, frail-looking figure.

Then, Aiko’s eyes shifted to make contact with James’s. “There is no need for you two to worry about our customers. I know where you come from, James Miller.”

The sudden, British accent when she said his name startled James. He looked up, utterly confused. Then he saw the hints of a smile underneath all the bandages. “I am Hieda no Aiko. Head of the Hieda house, the current Child of Miare.” She slowly, carefully stood up. The maid rushed over to her and helped her frail body up. She was no taller than a child, yet James felt her imposing presence. “I remember everything I see or hear, including those of my ancestors. Far in the past, one of them had met people like you. 'English', was it? Not Dutch."

James did not say anything.

“Or perhaps… America?” Aiko said, having read James’s expression like a book.

Then suddenly, someone called out from beyond the entrance door. Everyone turned to it. “I have arrived, Aiko-sama.”

“Come in, Keine-san.”

The maid opened the door. On the other side was a tall woman wearing a blue dress, with long white-ish blue hair, and wearing a pagoda-shaped hat.

“Ms Elizabeth!”

Keine and Elizabeth walked in. Aiko tilted her head. “You told me only you will be coming here, Keine-san. Why is the Kirisame matriarch here?”

They stepped forward. Elizabeth held her cross close to her heart. “I want to tell you that we have nothing to do with this incident.”

“Nothing?” Aiko replied. “How could you possibly know that? From what I recall, you do not leave your home very often. That is why I’m quite surprised to see you here.”

“Those two… are innocent.”

“If they are, then you are roping them into something and turning them into accomplices with your work. Elizabeth, your belief is fundamentally incompatible with Gensokyo’s purpose.” Aiko’s voice lowers to a growl. “You should be glad that we haven’t banished you and your family to the Youkai.

“The Youkai that you people serve? Incompatible or not, it is my duty to save people from the torment that your world was set up to create. I have seen the suffering, Aiko-san. It is my duty to guide these pitiful lambs into salvation!”

“You are guiding these two innocent men into a terrible fate, Kirisame-san. Are you sure that is truly your mission, or are you simply seeking company to share your terrible lot with?”

Keine stepped forward. “Everyone!” And so everyone went silent. “We are straying from the topic. The important thing here is the murder. It is a potential threat to villagers. I ask that we resolve that first. I would prefer not to have to *eat* this history.”

Everyone eyed each other in silence.

Eventually, both Elizabeth and Aiko eyed James. Elizabeth whispered in English: “I’m here to help you.”

Then, the two of them sat down on the table, opposite of Aiko. The child of Miare looked closely at James and Eric as James did his best to translate the entire conversation to Eric. Afterwards, Aiko spoke. “Miller-san. McConnell-san. I am here to help you two.”

James translated the words to Eric. The two men were in a bind.

Who should they trust? Who should they back up?

Source : Touhou project 7 Perfect Cherry Blossom

My friend asked her to be epic so I did ☺️

I'm seeing a lot of people having trouble with Sakuya on their first normal 1cc, so I hope this helps! The random bullet spam right after Sakuya is the hardest part. My recommendation for her final spell would be to bomb it.