CtC Reimu's Theme: G Free ~ Final Dream

[@iamthestrong927]

"You're fighting so you can watch all of Gensokyo dissapear! Think, Marisa! We'll outlast every fragile, insignificant being. You'll live to see Gensokyo crumble to dust and fade away! Everything you know will be *gone!* What will you have after everything dissapears?"

[@minecraftleaguegaming7315]

"You, Reimu... I'd still... have you..."

[@blara2401]

I KNEW PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DONE THIS

[@onaxclii5554]

* cries *

[@JK-yg1gf]

@z3eM Productions what was it? It's unavailable

[@fatbackrats2612]

Ur stepmom is pretty

[@GameWindar]

Just imagine finding out that your best friend is the creator and now destroyer of Earth, telling you that you're no different than strangers that pass her by.. Oh gad.

[@hoppefrosk]

Not even that, just a figment of their imagination, a fleeting thought in a dream destined to fade away and be forgotten as morning comes, along with everything and everyone you have ever known

[@alexa6242]

of course, thats assuming you have friends in the first place

[@mrt129_luigi]

@Bring Peter Griffin to Super Smash Bros THINK, MARISA, THINK!

[@ephraimium6755]

@Bring Peter Griffin to Super Smash Bros I still have you, Reimu

[@TheItuber]

@Bring Peter Griffin to Super Smash Bros I stil... have you

[@nathanaeldean6301]

"You can't make a good story with the "It's all a dream" trope!" Touhou CTC: *"Hold my sake"*

[@drunkdrag0n]

How to briefly kill the depressing mood of this battle in one statement. "Don't give Magic Mushrooms to Shrine Maidens."

[@minepose98]

Oh dear.

[@SparkTFS]

Somehow, it kinda works :'D .

[@petergriffin1331]

Mario will take those being more than the beer(fnas+touhou crossover) And marisa dosent enjoy mario's actions XD

[@deux8249]

@@petergriffin1331 not tryna be some sore-eyed 9 yo but please stop making these crossover scenarios. they're all unfunny and it's worth mentioning the cringiness of the fnas community and itself.

[@petergriffin1331]

@@deux8249 WILL YOU STUPID TOUHOU FANS STO READ MY DEAD COMMENTS?! I'M CHANGED AND I WON'T HEAR TOUHOU YET AGAIN,ITS THE 1000TH FUCKING TIME I'M TELLING THIS THIS CROSSOVER IS *D E A D*

[@leflervm87]

Fun fact: The art used in the thumbnail is the made by the same artist of Goukyou Ibun

[@boysteacher3818]

Holy shit the art was always this good even back in 2012? Damn 2hu artists are something else

[@sillylilguy00]

i could tell! it's so amazing, do u know the name of the artist? i love their style

[@youdonotcare]

@@sillylilguy00tokiame

[@pockychews7232]

And thus, this makes Doremy Sweet the most powerful character in Gensokyo.

[@Bravidunno]

Because of the power of dreams ?

[@pockychews7232]

+MissingNom If Gensokyo was all just a dream, and Doremy ate it......

[@Bravidunno]

Cirno The 9 I think Doremy manages the dream world in Gensokyo. Pretty much dreamception.

[@rs-gh5jl]

Zun stated the Hecatia is the most powerful character in Touhou.

[@Bravidunno]

Doremy rules over dreams, and Gensokyo is a dream.

[@maleman2546]

I like how there's this fandom reimu that knows more than anyone else in the world and how it's gonna end and all that, And then we have canon reimu on the title screen of touhou 16.

[@shaunfrost720]

That face still haunts me to this day

[@ViceN53X]

Reimu. . . Marisa. . . why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my mind, my sanity, even the illusion. The Dream I've lost, The Friends I've lost, won't stop hurting! It's like they're all still there. You feel it too, don't you?

[@edberaga6357]

"Why are we still here? Just to suffer?" that make me laugh tho XDD

[@dirtkiller23]

@@edberaga6357 mgsv e3 2013 flashbacks

[@aynurcamc6457]

my name jeff

[@danieleduardomorenoperez1886]

Pretty dramatic dont you think

[@petergriffin1331]

@@aynurcamc6457 true answer XD

[@OkitaSougoPie]

Reimu!!!! Why??? Gensokyo isn't your dream only! Gensokyo is *everybody's* dream! -My dream!-

[@Glitchlover87]

I want to live in Gensokyo :(

[@AlucardElite]

Living in Gensokyo would, at best, very exciting, or at worst, very terrifying. But it would certainly be interesting.

[@Glitchlover87]

Adrian Tepes I'd probably become Flandre's new toy... Or get knifed by Sakuya... Or get eaten by Rumia... Or get beat up by Marisa... Or...

[@AlucardElite]

CreepypastaMaster7 Or get assaulted and brutally mutilated by seventy Youkai at once?

[@AlucardElite]

***** What about getting sucked into one of Suika's black holes? Of feeding the Subterranean Sun? Or getting your limbs torn off by one of Aya's tornadoes? or dying of auditorial trauma from listening to the Tsukumo Sister's dreadful music? OR GETTING THE COMMON COLD? That last one is impossible to escape from. No, seriously, what happens if you get sick in Gensokyo?

[@jaysanj152]

The theme is already sad enough because you're fighting against a protagonist you adored since PC98 and playing as someone who's a best friend to her. but the moment Eternal Shrine Maiden kicks in,that's where even the strongest loses it...That's the tear jerker If there is a finale of the entire Touhou franchise...This is it.

[@IdiotNo]

If you played Extra and Phantasm then it is recoverable cause Suika

[@oopsiexist]

@@IdiotNo Thanks to her, Gensokyo and it's residents are coming back

[@crashdragonkoro6484]

@@IdiotNo alright then! I get the speakers and blast Japanese goblin then while distracting Reimu on lunatic no bomb/shoot

[@Chipbeams]

How ironic, that the world should end to the first song ever played in it...

[@EvyDevy]

Holy crap! Thanks for pointing that out!! This is the main theme that plays in the first game!

[@HouraisanKaguya]

+Ori Actually it's not. This is a remix of G Free from Magical Astronomy. I don't see any resemblance between this song and "A Sacred Lot".

[@Chipbeams]

minecraftdarkveil Yes it is. G Free contains parts of Eternal Shrine Maiden, which is the the stage 1-4 theme for Touhou 1, Highly Responsive to Prayers. Thus it's the first theme to truly play in Gensokyo. Thus the world ends to the first song to ever play in it.

[@HouraisanKaguya]

Ori Huh, I guess you're right, though the title theme is still the first to play in a Touhou game.

[@Chipbeams]

minecraftdarkveil The WORLD, not the game. Just saying :P

[@princeoflight612]

Concealed "Edgy Reimu is Edgy" the Conclusion

[@wdg2384]

* ow the edge *

[@Delulu0610]

Concealed "Edgy Reimu Is Edgy and Breakind The Edges Of The Edges of the Edgy Reality" The Conclusion

[@camagician]

When it starts playing Eternal Shrine Maiden I always get chills down my spine, it's like they put all of Touhou's awesomeness in a blender

[@phoenixhartmann7121]

so it's all in tiny pieces now

[@ishouldbedoingmyhomeworkno535]

VT Phoenix like my heart after watching a playthrough of CtC

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

i should be doing my homework now Same

[@alienspacebat5218]

Marisa knew Reimu like the back of her hand by now. This... thing couldn't be her. Reimu would never laugh like that. Reimu would never talk to anyone, least of all Marisa, in that cold, detached tone of voice. Reimu would never guilt-trip or gaslight her. Reimu would never invite her to rule a dark world at her side. Reimu would least of all try to avoid a fight; for all Marisa knew, she had looked forward to a hero's death even longer than Marisa herself had. But Marisa didn't know what to do. Until an old tune, "End of Daylight," popped into her head and she started recalling Reimu's words to her before. "If either of us falls to darkness," Reimu had said before spell cards were established, "the other one must destroy her." Marisa sensed that time had come, and that Reimu was the one who had fallen. But was Marisa up to it? Then Marisa recalled something Reimu had said the very first time they'd met: "Remember, you haven't reached your full potential yet. If you gather all the abilities within your reach, you should become stronger. You may even become as powerful as I am." Those words had driven Marisa's whole life since then. If Reimu foresaw that already back then, surely that point would have come by now? As nostalgia powered Marisa, she dug out an old one-liner she'd used on Reimu before: "Alright, alright, I give up, I give up. The creeping despair, people losing the will to fight, incidents stopping, and painting funny symbols on flowers... It's all Alice's fault. Now, bitch, get out of the way!" The girl standing before her said, "Ah yes, you told me that before. It wasn't funny the first time." And then they said to each other in unison, "IT'S ON!"

[@phoenixhartmann7121]

Hehe that's nice

[@octo1622]

"Now, bitch, get out of the way!" lmao

[@thelol77]

i can't tell if this is just some weird fanfic or not. know nothing about this fangame

[@raccoonchild]

thelol77: Play it! It's super fun and it's not hard to reach the last stage in Normal mode if you want the full experience of Marisa and Reimu's last exchange (from which this video's intro text was taken)

[@CyberDagger003]

Megaman X much?

[@vinylhabooski1861]

You can do something, Marisa. ...You can save Gensokyo! Stop Reimu from ending it! ...*Save us all...*

[@benjaminarteaga3659]

No, Marisa can't save Gensokyo. The game always will end with Gensokyo being a dream.

[@TrappedBowyer9684]

No one else can save Gensokyo. Not Yuuka Not Mima Not Sanae Not Youmu Not Sakuya Not Seija Not Yuyuko Not Aya Not Reisen Not Cirno Not Alice Not even Yukari can stop her. Marisa,You are the only one who can save Gensokyo from the fate that had eradicated Makai, You are this world's one and only hope. Let you're Master spark of the color of love pierce evil even better than the Hakkurei Miko herself. Marisa,It's all up to you. Never give up.

[@4storyboss]

@@benjaminarteaga3659 by watching reireimu, gensokyo is a multiverse

[@neilisawesome2333]

@@petergriffin1331 UGH LEAVE!!! NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR FNAS BULLCRAP!!! YOU'RE A PIECE OF GARBAGE AND FNAS IS CRINGE!!! FNAF IS WAY BETTER!!!

[@KogasaTatara514]

@@neilisawesome2333 I agree... What the hell even started this? What's with all these "fnas+touhou" comments? Is it some sort of cult?? There's literally nothing connecting them, at all! Yet I see the comments over and over on so many videos!

[@raymai6742]

This game made me feel so sad... I hate how sad and cruel the story of this game was, but I also love this game as well as I think this is the best fanmade touhou game ever...

[@petergriffin1331]

If i listen this soundtrak and blue sea of 53 minutes...and i tought what will happen...sometimes ill cry

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Gianmarco Anastasi same here

[@Ishiokay]

Marisa : Hey Reimu, is everything really going to disappear now? Is there nothing I can do even now? Reimu : I have always said this from long ago that there is nothing as useless as effort. Thank you for dealing with my selfishness until now...And I'm *sorry*. So, this is going to be the end soon... Don't you have something you want to say? Marisa : If there's no way to avoid it, and this is truly fate. To bet on Gensokyo's eternal fate I propose a final danmaku duel! Reimu : A battle to decide the eternal struggle...I accept! Reimu : Gensokyo is *"mine"*, I will not hand it over to you! Marisa : Gensokyo isn't just *"yours"*, you can't take it away! This is for the first time listeners, and for those who don't know whose line it belongs to. Yeah the feels hits through me. Edit : Suika became a god of recreation after clinging from the last pieces of Gensokyo. 2nd Edit : I can't stop listening to the intro while reading the script. 3rd Edit : 0.5 kinda sounds cool x _x

[@Rawrlz]

+"死" ReimuxMarisa forever.

[@renaiya1666]

0.5 is the best :D

[@morkomori9617]

Aren’t those two morons supposed to be friends? Why they killing each other again.

[@gypsysprite4824]

i wonder if after CTC phantasm stage Yukari realize that Gensokyo reformed and went to check it out (let's be honest, Yukari is FAR too hax to get wiped when genso got wiped

[@edberaga6357]

Isnt there supposed like Marisa saying to have a drink tea with reimu for a last time..?

[@joegamewaffle5967]

If you ask me what my favorite Touhou song is, my immediate brain will say, "Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke." Then the more thoughtful part of my brain says, "Inanimate Dream is tied with that in first, though..." Then the most thoughtful, remembering part of my brain kicks in, "ETERNAL SHRINE MAIDEN, BITCHES!!!" :D

[@waffledoctor87]

I like "The Bridge People No Longer Cross"

[@souldragon9130]

my thoughts too, RFTMIS is really good at first thought, but the second for me is Flan's theme, and thirdly is this theme/Eternal Shrine Maiden.

[@ruins.2843]

2:40 I never really understood the emotional appeal and urgency of this part of the theme until recently. It doesn't matter who wins, for it will all come to an end either way (I'm aware of the extra/phantasm stage though). This isn't just any ordinary final battle, but a tragic final battle, and only recently did I get the feeling that this part portrays it the most.

[@Dyzinel]

My final dream is Reimu in Smash.

[@nepgear3682]

Sorry, it's never gonna happen. Touhou lost a lot of popularity because people are having massive issues with the series not having fanservice and even assuming that ZUN is way behind times.

[@uboa8060]

@@nepgear3682 WELLLL considering Reimu is in the top 11...

[@mistr00s82]

@@uboa8060 Now you actually gave me hope for reimu. There's only 1 fighter slot left :(

[@mrelectrodude9391]

@@mistr00s82 Let’s hope that this dream comes true

[@mistr00s82]

@@mrelectrodude9391 cmon we can do this

[@raccoonchild]

I finally played CtC today. Damned nearly cried at the last stage because of this arrange despite all the times I'd listened to it before. I haven't felt like crying at a game since Silent Hill 2 but there I was, dodging bullets with my heart broken... How bizarre. But I guess that's just how much I love Gensoukyou. Leaving aside the unnecessary subplot-thingy with Alice's unrequited love, which broke my immersion completely back when I watched someone's gameplay (thankfully the route I picked turned out to be a different one), this fangame does literally everything right. One of my favorite things about it was the writing for Yukari and Yuyuko. They absolutely nailed their characters.

[@SparkTFS]

Even thought it's a fangame, CtC really got me shocked with the possibility of such a thing really happening. Even if it doesn't make sense with the current lore, when I remember about...THAT ending, those dialogues...it still hit hard into my emotions.

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Agreed

[@robertvelasquez823]

@@fluffy_cheese7478You people have heard the ending song for this game, right? That one is a very sad ending song in any Touhou game, only second to Super Mario 64's ending song.

[@rhysthereddragon1326]

“The end of a fleeting dream, no matter how blissful...it’s inevitable. I have to wake up at some point. Yet, don’t you see? There’s some part of me that yearns, begs to stay asleep, to never have to face the harsh reality. _You_ are that part of me. The part of me that wants to remain in this blissful dream world, where I’m loved and cherished by all. You shower me with praise and adoration, because you know...when I tire of this place, I will awaken, and it will fade away, with nothing remaining...yourself, included. I’m sorry...but whatever relationship we had was just another manifestation of my thoughts. I’m sorry, my love...but I can’t turn my back from the real world any more, even if you want me to stay. And so, I ask this of you. One last dance between the bullets. I already know you’ll say yes...so...let this be our grand finale...and our goodbye.”

[@tankOdrum2]

The final stand..... in a world beyond the comprehension of reality, the two greatest characters of this fantastic world, fight to the end, not for themselves, but for each other. Because, at the end of the horizon is the hope of the day that will never come.

[@yehwat527]

I'm shocked that the thumbnail looks stunningly similar to Gouyoku's art style. Is it because the artist that drew this 5 years ago is also the one that made from TH 17.5?

[@CDJAM-webm]

Yeah TOKIAME drew the picture in the video and also drew the portraits for gouyoku ibun

[@siwakonmeesuwan3443]

@@CDJAM-webm @yorigami kinda amazing on how he still keep his own art style despite this pic was drawn at least 8 years ago.

[@CDJAM-webm]

@@siwakonmeesuwan3443 Ikr

[@aaathoms]

He made some illustrations for art books, there is one dedicated to hourai legend / touhou 8. He made some illustrations in bohemian archive in Japanese red and Symposium of post mysticism and other officials touhou things since long time ago :)

[@huytrandang277]

Damn and i was here thinking she predicted the future or something

[@ComwpODG]

>>lie down >>try not to cry >>CRY A LOT

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

I’ll cry with you

[@BlackBeartic229]

I read the scripts for this game. Sad as fuck :(

[@Timtieger12]

Read the scripts for the extra and the phantasm stage Happy as fuck :)

[@BlackBeartic229]

Timtieger12 oh yeah that was pretty nice :p

[@dawk7]

Vitor Lourenzetti Rocha Suika is pretty much reviving them, though. .3.

[@HouraisanShijuushichi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKHLo4qmgJiZq8U

[@HouraisanShijuushichi]

the url says fuc

[@MarioandSonicsupergamer]

This theme version of Reimu is so awesome.

[@TheAceOfSpades54]

You're not wrong

[@SarothCyngus]

THIS IS THE SADDEST THING EVER OK T_T

[@DuskPhoenixZero]

I won't cry... I won't run away. I'll face you head on, even if it means being torn to ribbons. I'll overcome this cruel destiny! Just who the hell do you think I am?

[@SauruKakera]

Listening to these songs in order, and reading the descriptions... And then finally, this. Just the dialogue practically brought a tear to me. This is a beautiful made fan-game, probably one of the best there will ever be. Trying to live up something as emotional as this, which is already extremely hard to do, is a serious challenge for anybody who is going to make a Touhou fan-game. Beautiful, perfect final boss theme. This game deserves praise.

[@ivatigerfox2548]

yo

[@Tom50872]

Cirno and Letty's story from Blizzard of Faith and Revenge is I would say equal to this.

[@Haver040]

I desperately want an AMV for the intro. I can see it in my head: Marisa finds out what Reimu wants to do, and rushes to her to convince her not to do it. Tears in her eyes, she begs for Reimu to stop. She tells her to think of all the people they met, the friends they made, the troubles they went through, the crises they averted, but Reimu ignores her. "It's not up to you, Marisa. It's up to me to make and unmake this world." And then, with tears rolling down her cheeks and with a broken voice, Marisa screams. "MASTER SPARK!!!"

[@brickstonesonn9276]

Got chills the moment Eternal Shrine Maiden kicked in. Damn that's poetic.

[@iamcreatorin]

Lie down on the floor Try not to cry DROWN THE FUCKING WORLD IN SALTY TEARS

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

I’ll join you

[@zephall]

Marisa Kirisame as the protagonist...ya dont see that everyday

[@Tom50872]

"A battle to decide the eternal struggle of Gensokyo being Gluten Free ... I accept!"

[@repatomonor21]

It's insane how much emotion and energy a soundtrack can hold. This one does it well.

[@edwardramos4591]

"Dear oh dear, what was it? The incidents, the magic, or the terrible dream? Oh, it doesn't matter. It always comes down to the Hakurei Maiden to clean up after these sorts of messes. Besides, I always wanted to feel like a final boss."

[@baraness24]

I'M NOT CRYING. YOU'RE CRYING. SHUT UP. (┳Д┳)

[@SP1TF1R3]

+TooEliteForYou I understand you feelings pretty well :(. I have to cry almost everytime , when I hear this theme. The same for Plastic Mind and Blue Sea of 53 minutes. Just to emotional and because of the story.

[@JustCruzin43]

is this a thing I have to experience myself

[@charliechumbuck9356]

lol

[@charliechumbuck9356]

***** *Gets past the part where the song gets serious* "Wait, was that when I should've been crying? CRAP!" *pretends to wail in the corner* "See, guys? This song makes _me_ sad, too!"

[@charliechumbuck9356]

lol, that was some elegant wording: "...that makes my eyes spill water..." x"D

[@DioBrandoZaWarudoMudaMudaMuda]

CTC has a cool concept I guess. The story is confusing with the canon, but it's probably the best fanmade game.

[@pockychews7232]

Personally, my favorite is Book of Star Mythology Though BoSM was introduced after CtC. So before BoSM was introduced, my fav was definitely CtC

[@yatsuhashiwho]

@@pockychews7232 Personally I think EIoS is one of the best. Sure it's controversial but the ost's are probably the best in almost any fangame. The only other one that could maybe surpass it is this theme or SSS. Shizuka and her stage theme are the best

[@bryceh59]

This is a remix of the stage 1 theme from the first game, right? Kinda fitting that the end of Gensokyo pays tribute to the beginning...

[@SoraSkyAtic]

I like your cut, G

[@MasterBomer]

I see what you did there~

[@FairyAngelAnime]

That intro is truly amazing. The first time I saw it I almost cried...this obviously shows I LOVE touhou to death.

[@KryptikM3]

This song works just on so many levels. The panic of the intro, the lightness of the beginning, the melancholy of the ESM part....what gets me most is the instruments. The 1st section features strings and Japanese flutes, all assoc. with Reimu's themes that all return in the ESM part. On looping, the 1st part is taken over by the ZUN-pets, something featured heavily in WHOSE themes? Plus the doubling of the pianos, which both themes have. It's Marisa's filibuster of Gensokyo's destruction.

[@warspite_4715]

Seriously my favourite Reimu theme,this is just too awesome

[@grafteppelin2908]

Did anyone else have like trash Hakurei Points when doing this for the first time? I did, so the battle ended early and kinda maybe left me crying as I realized the world just ended before Marisa could stop Reimu.

[@somethingorother4857]

Reimu: *dies* Marisa: It's Free G

[@Lucasa9Poke]

dat intro tho'

[@ITeomasI]

Dat avatar o.o

[@Lucasa9Poke]

***** I think its because "dat" is German for "that"

[@ITeomasI]

Lucasa9Poke Haha that's not correct. "Das" is German for "that". When I use the translate button "dat" turns into "das" :D

[@finalformsonic]

KZbin is also telling me that there is more of your comment to read. GOOD JOB KZbin.

[@Lucasa9Poke]

finalformsonic lol

[@DamagePointSeeker]

Reimu: gensokyo is mine i will not hand it over to you! Marisa: gensokyo isnt just yours you cant take it away! thats epic right there.

[@petergriffin1331]

Yep thats epic but a litle funny

[@bleakds]

@@petergriffin1331 This is late, but how is it funny? I don't see a joke, or anything funny anywhere in the message.

[@Spedy_con_Lag]

this theme is such a banger from start to end, it's actually incredible 😶it leaves me speechless Especially the part at 2:40, it gives me chills

[@arrivemedi4964]

Gensokyo? A dream? Oh, I wonder how it tastes...

[@bazingabazingaMB]

+Doremy Sweet It tastes like magical girls and dirty fanfiction-induced depression. But if you leave it out too long everyone gets all angsty like Yuyuko did in this game.

[@venndiagram6776]

You'd be the most powerful character then :O

[@sun9708]

Sumireko existing makes this more relevant.

[@midnightstrove6784]

It will taste like the most delicious thing, and possibly, the most valuable dream to have, even better than the whole plot of Super Mario Bros. 2

[@farafureimu]

I want Doremy to eat Gensokyo. I need to be free from Touhou forever!

[@chrisnemo6799]

I'm still wiping away the tears from that intro. Well done.

[@Delulu0610]

Reimu= Thanks for dealing for my selfishness. (Litteraly 25 seconds later) Gensokyo is MINE! I CANT GIVE IT TO YOU!

[@notchata]

Can't wait until this finally breaks 100k views...this song deserves it

[@Amenomihashira]

Fiery Pigeon And... done! ;) And yes, it certainly does.

[@KeineReisenLorelei]

Now 219k views.... Enjoy!

[@Katcxze]

At the time of my comment, it just broke through 300k views.

[@Ishiokay]

Oh? I'm also here to celebrate it's 300k views.

[@TaniaAnehina]

400K soon.

[@sarge5391]

Oh. My. God. Damn, that intro! This music! And this just reaffirms once again why Eternal Shrine Maiden will forever be "that one theme" for me. I am awestruck. *Goes off to read the storyline again*...*Bawls*

[@Ash-li5lp]

Wooo! Reimu's theme is Gluten Free!!

[@mothman3781]

actUALLY CAN SOMEONE GOOD ENOUGH AT DRAWING/ANIMTING ANIMATE THAT INTRO BECAUSE I WILL CRY INTENSELY

[@Reimouille9]

IT'S SO A F*CKING BANGERRRRRRR Dammmmmmn and ALSO the Fan art is Beautiful!!

[@aelsye2675]

A mix between G-Free and Eternal Shrine Maiden? I like it!

[@Zsaver3]

check just about every touhou game after her introduction in SoEW. She's in just about all of them. Canon protagonist though, indeed.

[@whiteskimo64]

This has got to be the greatest touhou fangame ever made...I mean it's more serious than others, but that's what makes it special and...them feels man...got to have them feels

[@sun10]

The battle between friendship and the fate of Gensokyo. Everything you've been through lies in your hand now. Will Gensokyo be save or fall?

[@Ultraelectromagnetic]

Integrating Eternal Shrine Maiden into a Reimu final boss theme was an awesome thematic choice given the story.

[@SarothCyngus]

I always, always get choked up listening to this song. For so many reasons.

[@whiteguymysteryjtoh]

the isles in the citadel are everlasting

[@xdawnrainex]

I love this theme so much. So. Very. Much. Especially that opening. Amazing masterpiece~!

[@Mikairium]

Its been Y E A R S and now i just realized that theres a hint of maiden's cappriccio i-. Its so in the back that i only noticed it with my bass boosted headset

[@Maxmani]

Damn ninjas cutting onions again!

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

xD

[@marisa_gendai]

G Free好きだわ〜

[@LinkKildrim]

THAT INTRO. Good Job Flan, that was amazing.

[@pochingchu6123]

the story of this game was so sad

[@petergriffin1331]

Fnas had the same kind of story but someting more in that Bloodshed Horror Easter eggs where it can tell you a part of the story Yea....fnas and touhou had soneting similiar... Thats one of the why im progecting fnas+touhou crossover

[@KogasaTatara514]

I'm writing a story on this fangame. If you'd like, I could share some of it.

[@taiyaki_emu]

@@KogasaTatara514 i'm 2 years late, but-- i'd love to hear about it!

[@mrrp405]

The opening is really the best part.

[@gregar5]

I almost cried. I lied. I'm crying ;_; I played through this game and it hits HARD

[@Fishnberg]

It's weird people keep thinking that Touhou will die off... Yes, there might not be canon games made by ZUN, but just think that what if ZUN wants to pass it down? Sometimes in life you don't have to think it too negitive of things. The life cycle is different then an normal human being can think of. Touhou give bearth to many things we know today, such as: Seihou, Len'en, and to the point even UNDERTALE. If touhou do end, it's like humanity falls into it's knees. So I wish fellow Touhou fans to still support Touhou even if ZUN is no longer with us. We are the ones who made this fandom to an different extent, and gave life to the forgotten Youkais hidden in Gensokyo... Thank you for reading this, our journey just begin!

[@marianegracel.gumban2823]

I, Reimu Hakurei, have a dream..

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

YES YES YES YES

[@oopsiexist]

Why didn't anyone talk about the dialogue at the beginning? I know it's straight from CtC but it's so special to put it here

[@WanderingRonin509]

Ya know I really love the theory this fangame presents and in some ways it makes no sense but in others it makes a bit of sense the fact that the moriya shrine has their gods up and about and everyone knows them it's wierd how the harukei shrine's god is never shown I think I've read on the wiki or something that the shrine might be housing the "sleeping" god of the shrine .... sleeping god damn if this fan game was an actual cannon(if that happened that would upset some people) then that's why we never see that shrine's god cause it was always reimu she was the god of that shrine the sleeping god the one who at first didn't know but slowly started to wake up from the Dream and realized what gensokyo was damn

[@連河ミサキ]

I love hearing the Eternal Shrine Maiden in there

[@TheDiego908]

The story of this game is basically the "We Gotta Get Spongebob Back" video but with Reimu and Marisa instead of Spongebob and Squidward

[@repatomonor21]

This specific track with the story behind it makes it so powerful... It's hard to not get hit in the feels.

[@captaincraftit696]

[G]ensokyo Free ~ Final Dream

[@modkind1045]

Her theme is called Gluten Free...

[@dawk7]

Iikura Okay. Ooookay, that made me laugh. A lot. XD

[@thatonepersonwhoisextremel3427]

Iikura Gluten Free ~ The Final Dream; The final battle against your very friend Reimu! To see if Gensokyo shall be Gluten Free, or nah!

[@dawk7]

That one person who is Extremely sarcastic In the good ending it is revealed that it was all a shared dream, caused by a gluten induced coma.

[@bazingabazingaMB]

+That one person who is Extremely sarcastic That perspective makes this game's heartwrencher of a storyline so much more bearable. Even Yuyuko's completely losing it is explained this way. "I don't WANNA switch to G-Free noodles!"

[@jeanegreene374]

Gar-free(ld)

[@Crit.Happens]

well shit. dem feels

[@spetsnaztoho9266]

planting (bomb has been planted) 90 second to detonate

[@pierrejoseph6965]

Oh, well..we're all dead. Fine, then... I enjoyed my time..I guess... If you can't tell I'm playing drumset in the back..just sayin'

[@EneDC]

obviously you didn't actually read the story, either.

[@pierrejoseph6965]

ender dragon Oh, I know, Gensokyo is like Reimu's imaginary dream world, but not really Reimu, but human Reimu in like, Japan.

[@EneDC]

Raiko Horikawa true, although a closer look shows that YOU would survive (in the post-story, suika recreates most of everything, which happens BEFORE DDC.)

[@camagician]

ender dragon It isn't chronologically implemented so we can't say whether or not it was before DDC. I doubt it.

[@EneDC]

Cam H Frog it was made before DDC so i'm assuming that it was, although now that i think about it this is stupid.

[@Heartnix95]

i first heard the soundtrack, then i played the game...and now i'm listening the soundtrack again and i'm crying....

[@MLG773]

HELP!!!! I CAN'T STOP CRYING BECAUSE OF REIMU ENDING HER DREAM WORLD!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 *Thank god, it's not canon.*

[@angelcruz4870]

that background was probably drawn by the same person who drew character portraits in 17.5

[@ShinSHOGO]

It is

[@bouteilledeau1463]

I freaking

[@icecucumbercola]

THEY PREDICTED THE 17.5 ARTSTYLE??

[@Niko0902]

And yet... it brings people to tears...

[@metabunny7693]

OMG the first 30 seconds are so beautiful, but so is this song in general.

[@andresitowapo4992]

the art style of the drawing closely resembles the art style of touhou 17.5

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

It is

[@fadillah6014]

Because same artist.

[@nmplab]

Thanks, YT for recommending this again.

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

They won’t stop making me cry why do they think it is fun to see me suffer

[@prismus6520]

Determination. Oh wait, wrong video. or is it? Go, Marisa!

[@pockychews7232]

Reimu: *You're gonna have a bad time*

[@Mr._Sherwood]

Marisa may end up having an unpleasant experience. A series of unfortunate events. A less than enjoyable day. Get what I'm saying?

[@petergriffin1331]

ALRIGHT MARISA I CHOOSE YOU *GOOOOOOO!!!!*

[@noisembryo43]

The intro of this one is like, really really sad and stuff, this song is actually really beautifull and bring emotions to me ;v; it's so beautifull

[@thomazbarreto7322]

1:43 is godly, so is 2:05 and basically everything.

[@TaniaAnehina]

I'm not crying, you are !

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

You’re not lying about that last part

[@ivatigerfox2548]

It's like everyone in Gensokyo is singing the chords for the Final Chorus. Gensokyo is about to become free, free of existence. Hence G Free.

[@udon6092]

G Free is such a great song...! I wanna see it in a future game!