Dolls in Pseudo Paradise - Track 13: The Strange Everyday Life of the Flying Shrine Maiden

◊ Title: 空飛ぶ巫女の不思議な毎日
◊ Artist: ZUN
◊ Album: 蓬莱人形 ～ Dolls in Pseudo Paradise
A nice song to end a pretty good album.

[@camagician]

I love the name of this album. Dolls in Pseudo Paradise are exactly what Touhous are. Because ZUN and us can't actually go to paradises, all we do is imagine beautiful girls there having fun. Girls who aren't actually real. All we're doing is playing with dolls. I think that's why so many songs in this album are a bit melancholy.

[@Suika182]

@116089114509725784148 Not to mention the sountrack dissonance for the Dolls in Pseudo Paradise story. The eight honest people are dead (seven were murdered and the surviving one lost her humanity) and the shrine maiden (Reimu maybe) dismisses it as another casualty for a normal day. And the only survivor became a youkai, gets away with everything and leaves Gensokyo probably to cause more havoc...

[@camagician]

Suika182 The general agreement is that it was ZUN showing us the darker/careless side of Gensokyo. This is what happens to many humans from the outside who find themselves there, and Reimu's indifference is perhaps alluding to the fact that she knows Yukari warps them in to have them eaten and accepts it for the good of Gensokyo. It's actually quite a selfish place. It's also somewhat of a study on human nature. Something like "even in the realm of fantasy, humans are optimistic to the point of delusion or cruelty". It's just like when you read a newspaper in real life and don't care about a few deaths. ZUN could be saying that humans are the same everywhere; callous and selfish.

[@MrAsyo1]

You forgot about the "Pseudo" word in the title. I say, in a first view, Gensokyo looks like a real paradise with fun, girls everywhere, magic, alcohol, "friendly" battles, etc. But the place is really bad for a normal human, because is in death danger every minute of his life.

[@taodivinity1556]

+Alex Ramirez Hernandez Buy a Hourai Elixir before going to Gensokyo.

[@BmacSoundsLab]

Tao Divinity That’s too expensive

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

Oh, Reimu. Your life isn't *that* strange. I mean, beating up people-eating humanoids and rabbits from the moon? Come on now, *everyone* does that.

[@qualityarsenic3922]

There's something so nostalgic and lovable about this track. I wish there were more arranges of it.

[@Animefreakee]

That's literally just Hieda no Akyuu in a shrine maiden outfit. She has the hair ornament and everything. PC-98 Reimu had long hair, guys.

[@prizmastarz742]

Kristen Yeah and no armpits too

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

To be fair, her hair color is more similar to Benben´s, Hyeda´s hair is more of a deep magenta/Purple.

[@MisterSleep1123]

Eltipoquevisteayer benben didn't exist when DiPP was released..... storywise anyway....

[@cookiemimy5908]

Timekeeper Zaphkiel she said "IT'S SIMILAR", not that is Benben

[@nannyfunaria657]

Maybe pc-98 Reimu is Hieda no Aya (Reincarnation before Akyuu) who pretends to be the Hakurei Reimu 0oO

[@Fishnberg]

I love how ZUN is able to use the SD-90 to make music feel nostalgic

[@eyremitosis4397]

Everyone here is talking about Reimu and Hieda no Akyuu, but why hasn't anyone else noticed that Remilia Scarlet is just chilling above them? 12:00

[@HyperVanilo]

And also she looks pissed off that no one notice her

[@jadeng.s.2549]

Remilia is supposed to represent the start of the Windows Canon

[@alexanderlowery1471]

Lol

[@4storyboss]

looks like she's late to the pc98

[@oozypilot8467]

no one is talking about her Shinki wings

[@giovanamonteiro7390]

Let us not forget this song. This song is great. This album is great.

[@limeyrino2520]

Yes.

[@giovanamonteiro7390]

Yes.

[@petermacrae705]

Yes.

[@bamshablam5977]

Agree

[@giovanamonteiro7390]

THIS COMMENT IS 4 YEARS OLD AND THIS SONG STILL SLAPS BABY!!

[@zarate4290]

This track is absolutely beautiful, always makes me feel different when I get to hear it. Shame it’s not talked about much in the fandom

[@poledra4153]

There's a strange vibe coming out of this song that is very enjoyable

[@joegamewaffle5967]

If that picture isn't Studio Ghibli-styled, then I'm a ⑨.

[@painovoimaton]

It is very Ghibli-styled.

[@BmacSoundsLab]

Joe GameWaffle A Ghibli/Touhou Anime would be lit. Too bad Ghibli has been disbanded :(

[@randomspartanhoe4501]

@@BmacSoundsLab WHAT ????

[@at0mizer]

@@BmacSoundsLab WAIT IT DID?

[@BmacSoundsLab]

@@at0mizer In name yes. :(

[@Korogunso8]

The part at 2:40 is just too beautiful for the words. That progressing cord and AH!!!

[@painovoimaton]

This honestly goes really hard. What a lovely, adventurous track, and oddly heavy.

[@ethankangaroo9767]

This is honestly my favorite touhou song period. The main motif masterfuly captures the beauty and dager of fantasy and gow it can co exist with reality and the beliefs of the people....imo ofc. 3:25 absolutely beautiful, the absolute fantasy

[@mysticanime309]

I hear a Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry.

[@petermacrae705]

I heard it too

[@Closerhenry]

guys the art is not from Dolls in Pseudo Paradise, you don't have to look so literally. it's just a nice piece of reimu and akyuu (hair ornament, compare at 12:00 to akyuu's hair ornament) with remillia that goes nicely with the music. y'all know the art for these aren't always made explicitly for the songs, right?

[@Suika182]

Exactly. Besides there very few fanart for DiPP

[@WishMakers]

I finally found this song! It took me forever, but I did it!

[@petermacrae705]

Yay!!!

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

Hooray!

[@ClamChowdaEnjoya]

This sounds like a staff roll theme.

[@luckluster]

I need to pay more attention for this song.

[@FlandresOldWorld]

That's because it is Akyuu? Ignore whoever said it wasn't.

[@TheOVJM]

It's fun how people think that the purple haired shrine maiden is either PC-98 Reimu or Akyuu when it actually is neither. The "red and white miko" from the story of the DiPP cannot be Reimu from Windows era nor the PC-98 era, because the appearance of that miko in the original disc of that album is far different than the one of Reimu's. The purple haired girl in that picture is the miko from DiPP, but she doesn't have her hat which might deceive one's eye.

[@mikozfreekoz9200]

TheOVJM It's Akyuu. Look at that flower in her hair. Also check artist's tags on pixiv. Akyuu 100%

[@TheOVJM]

Well then the artist has mixed it up, because here's the link to the original character who the picture represents: en.touhouwiki.net/images/6/64/Comparison_of_DiPP_labels.jpg And if it is not, then it is just a really weird alternate outfit for Akyuu.

[@pulsingutopia5523]

+TheOVJM My personal theory is that it's whoever was the Hakurei Miko before Reimu. (Youjomi/Yojoko Hakurei is my made-up foreigner-did-research-in-attempting-to-create-something-vaguely-Japanese name for her(靈夢 妖女子? (Yo/You means 'mysterious/bewitching' - it's the same 'you' as in Youmu and Youkai, 'jo' is a root used in multiple words referring to females, 'mi' means child, and can be alternatively read as 'ko' or 'e'.))

[@elvergalarga-jo9vs]

Nah, its akyuu If there was a truly reason for the outfit, i guess its an artistic decision by the artist If it was truly the girl from the disk, then the artist wouldn't draw her with the flower accesory

[@sobersplash6172]

@@TheOVJM yeah, no, that's definitely Akyuu in the video, has the flower decoration and hair color Label girl has darker hair and a sidetail. And a hat.

[@petermacrae705]

There is a secret if you watch till the end

[@heartfeltfancy]

happy birthday to ZUN's best music cd!

[@MetalX34]

pov (very zoomed in): shrine girls are watching you being eaten alive by a youkai. and above the whole scene stands a clearly confused devil.

[@abarette_]

0:41 has a very distinctive "secrets awaiting" vibe to it

[@limeyrino2520]

I'm melting right now....my god this song is great.

[@TechShowCanine]

either way pc-98 or windows.. Reimu shall always be one of the best shrine maidens ever :D

[@moved_...]

Idk why. But it actually fits reimu for some reason

[@lennisenipreggin1088]

this makes me feel like i'm having a heart attack while standing on the edge of a cliff watching reimu beat yuyuko and drinking mtn dew out of a yin yang ball, in other words, AWESOME

[@petermacrae705]

That. Was. Awesome.

[@チーム北京テニクラ]

i wasnt expecting to like this music but i absolutely love this piece

[@AzuRemilia]

Everyone be talking about how the purple-haired Miko is Akyuu, or PC98 Reimu. Have any of you actually read DiPP? In this work there are multiple mentions of a shrine maiden, who from the description and depictions doesn't seem to be Reimu. And why would Hieda no Akyuu- the chronicler of Gensokyo- be a shrine maiden?

[@heartfeltfancy]

I find it more believable that the purple-haired miko shown in the image is Akyuu for two reasons. First, I think it's more likely that Remilia would be drawn into an image with Akyuu and Reimu rather than an image of the DiPP miko and Reimu. Maybe Akyuu is just cosplaying or something. Secondly, there's a purple-haired miko featured on the first edition cd disk label, which looks completely different to the girl drawn in this image. You can see her here: en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Minor_Characters#Unnamed_girl_on_DiPP_CD_disk_label

[@Patrick11nf]

It's sad that there barely exists any remixes at all of this wonderful piece :/

[@SonicLion2]

These balls are so ballsie

[@WithlyMenreiki]

ITS FREAKING OR---. oh wait. Occult balls are nice ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@nikkifish]

Always making this a tradition to listen to this every New Years 💚

[@rett064]

that yin yang orb is about to deck tiny reimu in the side of the head

[@neutralspace-ishguy]

Lovely

[@Cptcat.]

the part at 2:40 had to be longer than that... Not to do so is crime!

[@cloisonnee51]

A twelve minute version of this song? How did I not find this earlier!

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

this is nostalgic as hell. O.O i used to listen to this song alot when i just got into touhou o.o

[@maruyu]

Baka. It's PC-98 Reimu.

[@adrianac3437]

maru yu it's Akyu

[@petermacrae705]

Akyuu Like Akyuu’s Untouched Score

[@CrimsonFushicho]

Baka. It's Akyuu

[@nicoanimations1493]

Super Baka it's Akyuu

[@ClamChowdaEnjoya]

Hieda looks like Benben in this image.

[@Blackdapple]

Wow, that's good music. I like it ^.^

[@FlandresOldWorld]

I've updated the link on my channel and signed out of MediaFire to check the link, and it works for me. If it still doesn't work I'll see what I can do.

[@isaacnewton6327]

My theory is that the picture represents 2 shrine maidens are from the future. Maribel and Renko are both from the future, the "CD's backstory" is related to the duo after all. Would be great to take a look at the future Gensokyo. I can't help imaginating how are living some immortal/long-living characters, which new people you can find there and such. I wonder who and how are the shrine maiden of their time and if they will ever meet.

[@aizuddin3411]

The Reimu with white kimono is the PC-98 Reimu while the child Reimu is just Reimu while she is still a child.

[@adrianac3437]

it's Hieda no Akyu safebooru.donmai.us/posts/622447

[@petermacrae705]

Black- Normal Reimu Purple- Heida no Akyuu

[@user-jz4hz8rk6m]

In this art Hieda no Akyu reminds me of Hanyuu from Higurashi When They Cry.

[@BGDMusic]

i think this song is kinda badass

[@seal3489]

음 좋군요.

[@Winu-bignsmall]

the title explains what has been happening in gensokyo

[@user-ux9kd2um3v]

Crazy song

[@Gir558]

Double the Reimu, double the fun.

[@adrianac3437]

Rika Furude it's Akyuu

[@petermacrae705]

Reimu and Akyuu Pretending to be a shrine maiden

[@FluffyGensouDreamer]

Me, hearing this while waiting for the epic touhou 19! Edit: epicness of ridiculousness lol This game suck too much. I love it lol.

[@bouteilledeau1463]

Lil' Reimu is like: Wow, that's a nice view! Big Reimu (if it's her) is like: D'OH!!!

[@DifferisYdax]

+TheMagicalPignite Could she be Akyuu? She looks a lot like her

[@MrElite354]

+Differis d'Ydax It's both Reimu, past and present. You can tell by outfit and hairstyle. Though I must say the artist does terrible hands, kinda makes it confusing.

[@petermacrae705]

1. It’s Reimu and Akyuu. 2. It’s a good song. 3. The art is good.

[@wingzero7621]

I don't exactly know that girl behind Reimu but somehow it look like Benben more than Akyu or PC-98 Reimu

[@wingzero7621]

it's not PC-98 Reimu b'coz she has attached sleeves,deep purple hair,similar long hairstyle as Reimu when here everything is the opposite

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

It is actually Hyeda no Akyuu (short purple hair with a ribbon atached to a flower) cosplaying as a miko.

[@Trollpharius_XX]

R A Y M O O

[@Gustavo-ie1hc]

Nostalgia 😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@charlesmerrick9003]

I think that's Akyuu, not Reimu. *talking about the purple haired girl*

[@charlesmerrick9003]

Her hair's too short to be Reimu. Also, she has a flowery-like accessory, that's very Akyuu-ish. I'm VERY certain that's Hidea no Akyuu and Reimu, not PC-98 Reimu and Windows Reimu.

[@charlesmerrick9003]

Perhaps this is a fan depicting Akyuu as a Hakurei Shrine Maiden? Ooooor, Akyuu's just dressed like one, and the Ying Yang Balls are supposedly above Reimu?

[@charlesmerrick9003]

True, but we don't know everything about the context of the image just yet.

[@charlesmerrick9003]

...That's why I said "I think".

[@satothesmol3052]

Aesthetic song!!1!

[@EeoGamer137]

so, everyone's debating whether those two figures are both Reimu from different eras (which doesn't make sense to me unless she at least got contact lenses for her eye color), but more to the point, who's that standing on the gateway? (sorry, I didn't play a lot of these games).

[@crzymage]

there's PC-98 era Reimu who originally had purple hair, and Windows era Reimu who we see now with the brown hair. In this picture, it's believed to be Akyuu in a miko outfit, who is also purple haired but has a flower ornament in her hair.

[@rurihime4965]

Way too late but that's Remilia Scarlet but you likely know that by now

[@EeoGamer137]

@@rurihime4965 Actually thank you for reminding me this song existed.

[@pulsingutopia5523]

They should've remixed this for the CtC Phantasm stage. (But is Phantasm a proper noun or not?)

[@petermacrae705]

Proper noun. It is the NAME of the stage, so proper noun.

[@Blackdapple]

Maybe it still works or something, maybe it's just me. Idk, it still seems to redirect me to my Mediafire or something, I logged out and it only takes me to the main page and keeps telling me to sign up. Sigh, idk it's probably just me.

[@DJInuShakiria]

Ahh! Cross canon! Run for your lives....I mean fly!

[@Crimson-qo4ii]

Something about this track gives me Seihou vibes

[@CaptainVulcan]

Damn. I actually thought that was Akyuu in the pic.

[@GrahamChapman]

I once overheard Sasahara-senpai talking to someone... our everyday lives may, in fact, be a series of miracles. They just may be... no, I believe they must be...

[@Blackdapple]

If you go to his/her profile, on the right you'll see 'link to pics' used. It used to work but I don't know what's happened, I made an account for it but whenever I clicked the link it redirected me to my profile-thingy where I'm supposed to keep my files?? I verified my email and that didn't help. I'll get back to you when I've sorted it out. (if I can, maybe the link's broken ...)

[@amatsukitsune5427]

It looks like Hanyuu from Higurashi has teamed up with Reimu. Well... *puts on sun glasses* It looks like quite a few Youkai are gonna be OYASHIR-OWNED! (medal to anyone who gets the reference)

[@CrypticNazo]

Purple haired Reimu! :3

[@painovoimaton]

PC-98 Reimu.

[@CrypticNazo]

Duh. Her hair was black from EoSD onward.

[@blara2401]

CrypticNazo Her sprite in HRtP had black hair though. Also, the game that changed her hair color was actually Shuusou Gyoku.

[@CrypticNazo]

blara2401 "Shuusou Gyoku" That's the first Seihou game, where Reimu and Marisa's window's designs first debuted, right? Yeah... not every Touhou fan knows about Seihou. I very clearly didn't when I posted before.

[@blara2401]

CrypticNazo Yep, Seihou 1.

[@prizmastarz742]

i hear witching dream in this song....

[@Coolcris99100]

Omg PC-98 Reimu and new windows Reimu!

[@adrianac3437]

Coolcris99 the purple one is Akyu

[@petermacrae705]

Akyuu

[@shaamat00]

reimu without those sleeves ._. thats really weird to see

[@petermacrae705]

Akyuu

[@Coolcris99100]

Link to pic please?

[@tortinelli]

wait , she is the pc98 Reimu ??

[@tortinelli]

@🆂elene lol i recognize her akyuu thanks

[@Alchemila0]

medal to me, pal.

[@isaacargesmith8217]

but isn't the way she dresses (no armpit showing) and her hair different (longer)?

[@RinSatsuki420]

Can i have a link to the image if it still exists? Thanks in advance

[@heartfeltfancy]

danbooru.donmai.us/posts/622447

[@RinSatsuki420]

@@heartfeltfancy holy shit thank you

[@heartfeltfancy]

@@RinSatsuki420 no problem brother

[@rurihime4965]

Do you have the image?

[@zhaohuangsfm]

who's behind that Reimu?

[@CountryBaller1796]

Hieda no Akyuu

[@zhaohuangsfm]

@@CountryBaller1796 Finally. I found who it is. ty

[@user-jm2sp8ir9h]

後ろのキャラは誰だ？

[@treeman47]

+菅一郎 what???

[@user-ru3bb5co5k]

いや、普通に旧作靈夢だろ