CtC Stage 5 Theme: Legend of Aokigahara

This is the Stage 5 theme from the fanmade Touhou game published by danmaq, Touhou Mutsuigeki ~ Concealed the Conclusion
Original: 青木ヶ原の伝説 ／ Legend of Aokigahara
(Track 5, from 卯酉東海道　～ Retrospective 53 minutes)
"... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
So once more, you're led to the unforgiving staircase of the Netherworld. You've been here so many times, it's hardly scary or imposing. Well, it shouldn't be, anyway. As you ascend each step, your chest fills up a little more with that heaving sense of dread; you sway from side to side uneasily and can't even seem to walk in a straight line anymore. Even lifting your head to see the way becomes too much. But as you briefly glance up, you notice a red shimmer in the distance further up the staircase. Your pace slows, and as you look harder at the faint spot of light, it begins to intensify, and slowly but surely, a ghostly silhouette begins to take shape around it. "Oh, so she is here," you wonder, "I was kinda hoping she wouldn't show up, just this once...". You grimace, as the shadow unsheathes the outline of that all too familiar blade, and you shakily pull your trusty hakkero from your pocket.
You wait for the first strike.

[@SaintCharlos]

_The Aokigahara is the infamous Suicide Forest of Japan. It clearly reflected Miss Saigyouji's pain, when she thought that she was hurting others by simply existing. There were so many people who felt like her, and who did the same thing she did. That is, committing suicide under a tree._ _Yuyuko wasn't alone._

[@HaruDaRabbit]

that honestly makes this theme even more sad

[@consumeproduct]

God damn it now this theme is even more depressing

[@connorward3097]

It is said Aokigahara is possessed by Yurei or Yokai, Spirits in Japanese mythology. People LONG ago would drag elderly people in the woods of Aokigahara because there wasn't enough food, so they would abandon them in the woods where they would starve & died. In my opinion, the Yurei are those helpless people & the negativity associated with those woods, as well as the suicidial people.

[@TheLugiaSong]

I found Aokigahara is a real place... And an incredibly sad place :( Makes this track all the more sadder. I feel super sad now...

[@youmukonpaku3092]

Aokigahara is famous for its Suicides etc

[@TheLugiaSong]

Eiki Shiki Yamaxanadu Yeah... I know :(

[@AndrewBlechinger]

+Mint Mochi The worst part is that there are some tourist destinations in there...as well as signs printed in English and Japanese urging people to reconsider. Before the government stopped releasing numbers, the rate was up to about 100 a year. And that's just the ones they found.

[@tomd5069]

COOLkid123 goodForLife_103 camaraderie with the dead

[@dylanmathonet8203]

Do you have to go trough it to go to mt fuji or can you avoid it?cuz if i go to japan i dont wanna find corpses...

[@labrax1381]

Its good to know 4 years later people still come back to this. Im not the only one :D

[@imoto2764]

No u

[@aliardatalas9137]

6 years"

[@samurottninjawaterdragon]

a decade has passed and yes...we still come back to this

[@icecrownpoint]

It was a while...

[@elninio99]

4 years later your comment and still here

[@yabusamehouren3345]

Intro to this song certainly is emotional.

[@AlucardElite]

...Which is then followed by a creepy part.

[@wordsoflove8787]

;_; The original version already sounded somber enough, this version just thrives in the sad and foreboding feel the song possesses. Especially the part at 1:50. Also, how clever of Danmaq. Aokigahara is the infamous suicide forest of Japan, and stage 5 takes place in the netherworld full of withered trees and cherry blossoms, who's boss ended her life under the largest cherry blossom tree. Well played, Danmaq.

[@boxfox6498]

Well, the song isn't made by Danmaq. It's just a remix from Zun's album >.>

[@howareyoumoreofaclownthanme]

It still takes a certain amount of skill to change the tone of a song from intimidating anticipation to grim anticipation. Just because it's a remix doesn't mean it doesn't deserve recognition.

[@rawrunicorn3055]

Shes angry cause Yuyuko stole her actual theme

[@maribelhearn5652]

Says the thieve of everything

[@rawrunicorn3055]

@@maribelhearn5652 Says you, gap hag

[@maribelhearn5652]

Atleast I accomplished something in Gensokyo

[@rawrunicorn3055]

@@maribelhearn5652 Do you ever deal with incidents? Didn't think so

[@maribelhearn5652]

Try me

[@prismus6520]

As I listen to this, my mind is like, "The Aokigahara forest... I'm here. I see corpses all over, scattered. Who sent me here? Who wanted me to die...?

[@zephall]

She looks so epic in this drawing

[@mocchite]

Hiroari Shoots a Strange Logan Paul

[@Sodium779]

*M E T A*

[@sath6089]

~till when?

[@zoinksscoob5549]

I DIDNT KNOW PEOPLE STILL WATCHED THIS VIDEO TO MAKE THIS REFRENCE THIS IS GOLD

[@mrrp405]

deactivate mate Good

[@toilet5170]

lol

[@resplandent]

Ah the nostalgia, this was the first song that introduced me to Touhou, surprisingly I got to know Touhou thanks to CtC, I tried to download the game however I didn't know how danmakufu worked that time so it took me a while to get to play it.

[@graveltheblock5578]

Now try running it on Windows 10 and it somehow won't work despite being younger than EoSD or PCB

[@pepsiman8137]

my feels are hurting

[@tankOdrum2]

The end of the tale ends closer, even in the land of the dead, those who have long departed form this fantasy world, will face their end once more. They know, the guardians of the underworld, that you are coming, and the futility behind your actions.

[@youmukonpaku3092]

The guardians of the place are the Key into finding your best friend....

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

@@youmukonpaku3092 But doesn't Netherworld is just connected with Gensokyo and was an important place of dead,so maybe it avoids the onslaught?

[@neutralspace-ishguy]

this sounds tragic

[@neutralspace-ishguy]

every music in CtC sounds tragic

[@captaindoesyoutube7925]

The story is

[@saphinarii]

I mean, Gensokyo _is_ disappearing

[@IdiotNo]

@@saphinarii But then it got revived thanks to Suika so I don't feel that sad anymoar

[@ArturKlesun-zq7ns]

curvy lasers from eyes

[@baconlovingvampire4523]

after searching up the place this song now sends chills up spine

[@hundike]

"Gensokyo is ending. Reimu is dead." The ghost says to the witch with a grim face. "Why wont you just give up?" "T.. That's not true!! There's no way she'd be dead!" "... You fool." Yuyuko looks at her with eyes as red as blood. "Why can't you just accept it!?" She shouts to Marisa. "..." A moment of silence. "Because... Because she's my friend! An' you don't ever leave your friends behind!!" Marisa takes out her hakkero, as Yuyuko raises her fan. "So be it. I can't let you proceed with this foolishness."

[@goyavoyage]

This song. The characters had hinted at what was transpiring already, but my worries peaked when this song, this terrible song started playing for the first time, with Marisa wandering through the Netherworld. It really felt tragic; like something terrible was happening, and nothing could stop it. And it was.

[@user-ff1fb9nl4g]

おすすめに出てきたから開いてみたら、神アレンジ発見。青木ヶ原の神秘性がよく伝わってくる。 Oh...this is great arrangement. It well expresses the mysterious side of Aokigahara.

[@vinylhabooski1861]

And when I first played this game, I thought this was the final stage. No Joke.

[@FlandresOldWorld]

Ah, I knew I'd messed up the quote ^^; Thanks for the source, anyhow.

[@anonymousanonymous8216]

it kinda sounds like there is some eerie ghost choir goin on in the bg, like, around 0:07 you can hear them best

[@TheForgottenCherish]

That quote in the description sounds like something Futo would say

[@mstrswrd]

John Donne. It's part of his poem "No man is an Island." Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. Well, actually, it's "... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

[@youmukonpaku3092]

I cry whenever hearing this theme Its such a god damn sad theme and the theme's name on how it got it............

[@Derpinontheweb]

Wow, I love how calm this track is compared to the others. It's somewhat foreboding...

[@petergriffin1331]

This music is so....so.....so cool

[@ForegroundNoises]

I know, Aokigahara is not a happy place at all... ...But am I the only one who thinks this theme is epic? I mean, nothing sad, nothing emotional. I found it quite cheerful and creepy at the same time, but also incredibly epic. 0:37 gives me chills every time. One of the few CtC themes that are way better than their originals, imho.

[@MRazorK10]

+Shion (foregroundnoises) The original is very soothing though, a very nice quality in music

[@Zsaver3]

+MRazorK10 It's soothing, yes... The tone of the remix in comparison to the old one is completely different, and it was intended, too.

[@taodivinity1556]

I like the original better.

[@TenebraeUbr]

It can mean to not worry about death, for we are all going to die eventually.

[@ssneakyandfriends1626]

god these stairs are hard on the knees.

[@ashenfire749]

I love the picture. So. Much. Gahhhh

[@FlandresOldWorld]

Yeah, I watched it with Cry the first time, Pewdie doesn't really take his games as seriously, and he makes some pretty dumb decisions during TWD. Chuck says the line during Episode 4, after they eventually arrive in Savannah. And no, I don't watch the TV series either.

[@Pokechao]

Theres a video in the related videos section titled "Entering Aokigahara".........do I dare click it?....

[@totallygoodvidz3082]

be an addulllt and CLiC EeEETTTT

[@Pokechao]

I ended up not doing it and it aint even there anymore :/

[@moved_...]

Whats up guys well come back to my vlog. Today we are going into a forest

[@sandolix]

I'm crying

[@morkomori9617]

I almost feel something.

[@cpx662]

What is this music style?

[@Darkmega81]

This picture. May I have it... @.@

[@neutralspace-ishguy]

this song is cool and nice

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

Okay, so here's the thing... I love this song to death. Gorgeous, gorgeous piece. One of my favourite songs. However, it makes me feel just a little queasy every time I hear it. Okay, a lot queasy. But still! It's probably because the song fits its title so well it's pretty far on the other side of the uncanny valley.

[@kyomado]

The beginning reminds me of the opening to Eternal Dreams by T-Free, dunno why.

[@callie_calamari]

ok i dunno who that band is or what the song is but... eternal dreams? t-free? considering this is a CtC video... i can't but help think of G-Free ~ Final Dream

[@FlandresOldWorld]

I'm not even sure where it's actually from. I heard it in one of the Walking Dead games.

[@vinylhabooski1861]

...Everyone. ...What if there's a ph3 Remake of CtC?

[@aizuddin3411]

Even if I have enough determination to recreate such thing, maybe i'll fail halfway because why not?

[@user-tp5vz4jj1r]

It will literally AND figuratively drown my soul in the eternal sorrow.

[@drunkdrag0n]

Yuyuko looks like you've just told her the world is falling apart and she's having a very hard time believing you.

[@Pirakapop]

The person in the picture is Youmu, not Yuyuko. In fact, Youmu is Yuyuko's gardener.

[@drunkdrag0n]

Lydia Naeruth I have a tendency to get them mixed up. Thank you for pointing that out.

[@raijufulger7575]

-sigh- wish i could play ctc but my computer won't download applocal to play it

[@lucyxchan6808]

This theme...i remember just slightly different vocals in a Castlevania theme...hate me for this...but its true...

[@akenohononiku916]

So what is the specific end and loop point in this theme? I'm curious

[@ChaosMissile]

Roughly 1:58

[@matatsuki-ninjax7142]

*Logan Paul as a touhou boss and for Smash* --- Also this theme is pretty good for his theme vut the original

[@MisterSleep1123]

he appeared in wwe, and i thought they will use this

[@GB-dp8ys]

みょん

[@hind__]

Where did you find a soundtrack rip for this? I can't find it anywhere ;__;

[@aquamarine447]

just look in the game files

[@nilu3012]

Moriya shrine

[@Pokechao]

>be me >listen to this at 3AM on my phone >big mistake >MY COMPUTER TURNS ON BY ITSELF WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK Also i completely forgot i commented on this 2 years ago ...I never did click on that video in the related section

[@monument-cafe]

Pokechao well, that’s some spooky event you had there

[@monument-cafe]

Pokechao .....why do I feel that video that disappeared was the same one that was uploaded and got a lot of backlash from the reaction(s)?

[@Pokechao]

if you're talking about the whole Logan Paul situation, nah that video was LONG before that happened

[@monument-cafe]

Pokechao oh, really? I must be mistaken then, sorry about that and thanks for the correction.

[@amazingstealth8235]

(Late reply) My computer used to turn on by itself on the nights. At first it was scary, with the time i got somewhat used to it... I think it had something to do with I/O switches and all that shit inside the PC.

[@MarioBros77428]

mmm...Aokigahara...a sinester forest...

[@youmukonpaku3092]

More like haunted

[@TheLugiaSong]

More like tragic... :(

[@AnttactwotwooneMcsniper]

More like ominous and evil

[@nilu3012]

More like suicide

[@labrax1381]

One dislike. Alright, who was it?

[@mocchite]

+evolutionyears yuyuko. youmu must have forgot her food or something.

[@quantumshark_5350]

Seija

[@labrax1381]

Then I'm confused... Did she like, or dislike the video?

[@quantumshark_5350]

like

[@0ctorus]

Countless Downvotes ~ who done it?

[@dylantt5878]

*poko poko poko poko ka-da-ka*

[@minecraftmaster1678]

70th comment

[@petergriffin1331]

Fnas+touhou crossover Chapter 7 a strange disaster Stage 5 "Leggend of aokigahara"