Koishi Komeiji's Heart-Throbbing Adventure: Explained

Koishi Komeiji's Heart-Throbbing Adventure [KKHTA] is... a thing?
Touhou fans either love or hate this silly series. Featuring the titular Koishi Komeiji, she goes on an adventure that throbbs with your heart! Lots of thrills, spills, chills and lots of blood, death and very unfriendly scenes. How is it possible that a silly niconico series featuring Subterranean Animism's finest girl lead to a legacy that stands the test of time?! Good question, because I sort of have the answer for it. I will explain KKHTA and why you should maybe kinda sorta watch it, maybe. idk.
Koishi Komeiji deserves better. We need part 19 9/9 soon...
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[@Youhadabadday2021]

I feel like it should be mentioned the whole dumb moon sideplot is actually very important to the story, so much so that it's actually the main over arching plot. Spoilers ahead, btw: So, apparentally Yorihime and her sister are actually Lunarian Satoris, and Yorihime herself sealed away her own third-eye, just like Koishi. In fact, everything that happened to Satori and her sister was part of a grand-master plan to reunite the Lunarian Satoris with the Earth Satoris, and this was done by properly achieving world peace, at the cost of the entirety of Gensokyo's existence. You see, the reason everyone went bat-shit crazy was because the Moon's light was amplified to inflict Lunacy, causing every resident of Gensokyo to become monsters that would threaten the outside world, resulting in some purposefully engineered Pacific Rim styled bullshit to occur that would unite earth's people against a common foe. The only ones who would live to see this new era of the world would be Yukari, and of course, Koishi, who were fused together temporarily and given an immortality potion to keep them alive long enough to see Gensokyo's end.

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

Touhou fans after seeing Watchmen once:

[@toasteroven7683]

Patchouli and Koakuma survived

[@queenkira1272]

@@toasteroven7683 and.. Patch got raped

[@MegaRumia217]

But koakuma is just pure damn bs.

[@Bossatron9000]

@@toasteroven7683 patchy might as well be dead, inside at least

[@neetamoori8690]

KKHTA: 📖📖📖📖📖 KKHTA if Junko and Hecatia existed: 📄

[@marisakirisame734]

Junko was killed by Lunarians

[@fumo33]

@@marisakirisame734 the heck HOW

[@marisakirisame734]

@@fumo33 Idk man!! Btw watch Touhou Igyoukyo Grotesque Land Story)

[@braindeadcelestial]

Hecatia was sleeping

[@ukownphantomGrin]

@@fumo33 Lol, don't question it too much

[@ScoundrelG]

kkhta has always been an inspiration to me, the unique art style and the artist's progression as an artist is really inspiring even though the plot is pretty edgy, but it's still something, and it does some things well like the characterization of certain characters.

[@D_T_S_V]

Even if the community treats it like a company’s worst product, while I disagree with it being… good… it’s still impressive that some guy had a passion to make something that he didn’t know grew so much and became their brand. And I respect that guy for even putting so much effort into this thing

[@queenkira1272]

@@D_T_S_V one more thing, Is Rumia alive?

[@notunotme1164]

It is quite a good story to be honest

[@queenkira1272]

@@notunotme1164 agree thought, despite the hates

[@queenkira1272]

@@notunotme1164 Kill me, I laughed at Sanae's death :'(

[@Pudding404]

KKHTAs artstyle is so charming, reminds me exactly the kind of things that young children draw from their wild not fully mature minds, exactly like Koishi in a way since she closed off her conscious mind and doesn't really think in the same way other humans and youkai think, or think at all for that matter.

[@GensokyoBoySlvt]

🙂

[@tovishitomeiji5383]

but one fact remains true: the KKHTA theme Ein Geistenmadchen von Hartmann fucking slaps

[@americaonline3835]

PVZ GW 2 Grave Ops escape themes:

[@zhaohuangsfm]

This really made me think that Koishi is indeed a german

[@Patchouli.Knowledge.]

​@@zhaohuangsfmor austrian because heinz hartmann was from there

[@zhaohuangsfm]

@@Patchouli.Knowledge. Maybe? Wtf is going on with my notification tabs

[@YuukiMargarite]

I took KKHTA very seriously, to the point where I had a panic attack and anguish for two hours, accompanied by desperate crying.

[@tripletsborn4628]

Are you okay now?

[@YuukiMargarite]

@@tripletsborn4628 yea, I'm fine now

[@somerandomguy9627]

@@YuukiMargarite Naw bru I’m fucking confused and need more broooo

[@harbinger777]

you are pathetic

[@Caughtintheinterweb]

Which scene in particular caused that?

[@TheGhostbuster1989]

My hat is my friend.

[@mizuukiiiii]

It helps me relax.

[@mateuszkus6302]

These 2 lines make me feel something inexplainable

[@fireblazenotbulgaria3053]

❤

[@nyarlatothepthereptantanon1915]

My friend is a hat, it relax me to help

[@embreadiment]

That's what she said!!!!

[@rainspectre3153]

The thing about KKHTA that's so fascinating is how its legacy extends beyond even 2hu itself and into JP subculture as a whole. Black Souls Toro for example got his start off doing a work like it, and he still uses the series as his twitter header.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

Toro who also made GLS. Though somehow, Black Souls is the most graphic of the two works he did, since that one has graphic sex scenes.

[@epicKerBallze]

...now that explains why Black Souls content appeared on my youtube feed it's based on KKHTA

[@guillermoaqv7461]

I heard that Toro used the money from his games to help his mother.

[@sweetasToffee]

To be fair I dont think the artstyle is questionable, to me its rather expressive. When I first got to watch it made me feel very uneasy or/and scared, it was very immersive, it felt really horror-esque

[@gjmmcbfgmjc6729]

I personally think that most people that don't like kkhta are those who only watch 2 episode and then stopped watching it. Its true the beginning of kkhta isn't the best but halfway in the series it really become great.the art becomes better and the story improves a lot but i understand that most people aren't willing to wach 5 episode till it actually becomes good

[@ironmaster6496]

Actually is backawards for me, the whole thing is way too convoluted pretentious and way too convinient for the bad guys, i'll say its a worse version of Transformers the movie

[@bensoncheung2801]

69th 👍

[@grass324]

What, the beginning is a very good start for describing it's characters and atmosphere, the midpoint was pretty boring and long, and then the final gets absolutely insane and really interesting. Also koishi is CUTE AF, i've strangely grown attached to her till the very end and idk why.

[@Wannabe-channeL]

I hated kkhta cuz flandre supposed to be stronger than koishi yet losing to her which is fcking nonsense

[@Nadya296]

I think KKHTA has a good premise, but a really bad execution and isn’t what you’d call good. I’ve watched all eight episodes. Starts out as Higurashi, then becomes Evangelion and is just generally full of plotholes. Though, I must say the actions of Tsukuyomi there make sense, on contradiction to many others that WTF at the notion he did it all for a family reunion. Tsukuyomi is the god of the moon, clearly he’d want to see moon-chan happy.

[@swampcooler8332]

My favorite part of koishi komeijis heart throbbing adventure was where koishi said "it's throbbing time" and then throbbed all over the place Ok I hate myself, go ahead and pull the trigger

[@komeiji_drip]

Pull my devil trigger

[@SIGNOR-G]

BANG BANG BANG PULL MY DEVIL TRIGGER

[@overtimeseed]

EMBRACE THE DARKNESS THAT’S WITHIN ME

[@forgotmyoldanonymousaccount]

No actually reimu said it's exorcism time and exorcized all over the place

[@hussamgunter7381]

@@overtimeseedNO HIDING IN THE SHADOWS ANYMOOOOOORREE

[@Niiue]

KKHTA is something that is enjoyed with your brain turned off. For me atleast. Because of the mindless edginess and the brain melting moon subplot, I really can't consume the series in any other way. The emotional moments are also pretty outlandish sometimes, take Sanae's backstory; but by not taking the series completely seriously, I was able to find it emotional in some way. However, there is one other moment that stuck out to me. The fight between Yorihime, Reimu, and Marisa. I really got into the fight, and it was one of the few moments in KKHTA where I started to really take it seriously and care about it. After the battle, Reimu, dying alongside Marisa, starts to reminisce about their days back in Gensokyo. Tearing up, Reimu says this line: "Those bygone days... Every single one...They were my irreplaceable treasure." Truth be told, I started bawling my god damn eyes out. I may not be the biggest fan of KKHTA, but damn was this sad. And I haven't even talked about the cliffhanger ending... The cliffhanger of KKHTA is so god damn depressing and desolate. The moment that I just talked about is the final moment where Gensokyo had a slimmer of a chance to get it all back. Now, it's just Koishi and a powerless Yukari, all alone. Two broken people stuck in such a hopeless ending. Yukari is heartbroken over the loss of her beloved Gensokyo, but despite this, Koishi is seemingly fine with it. Seeing this, Yukari lashes out at Koishi, ending in Koishi crying and then forcefully tearing her 3rd eye open... Have I mentioned that Koishi was my favorite character at this point in time? Have I also mentioned this was one of the first fanworks I was exposed to? This was a god damn sucker punch to my feelings back then.

[@Pro-Diletante]

As I read your comment I literally said it myself.. THATS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE WHOLE story.

[@Idealnt]

Still upset there’s no real ending but still KKHTA is without a doubt a timeless classic

[@pixel27isnow]

This is what I call a real fanfiction: not the thing you did expect, but still fit into the storyline, one way or the others.

[@mayodonut]

Welp, even tho it has a wierd reputation, im still grateful that KKHTA and Osana Reimu were the things that got me into Touhou

[@Xenomorthian]

It was osana reimu and this long really good fanfic called imperfect metamorphosis that got me into touhou its still my favourite story though it starts out a bit rough at times

[@vinnjest6702]

@@Xenomorthian i know im pretty late on this but aw yeah imperfect metamorphosis is awesome! im barely nearing halfway, but i think its really good and addicting so far!

[@Xenomorthian]

@@vinnjest6702 holy shit some one else who likes the story

[@jimynitram4509]

Okay spoilers ahead for Koakuma on how "she won" She is the biggest simp for Patche to the point that she would do anything to be with her. By "indirectly" causing Koishi to be locked up and Flandre breaking the Hakurei barrier. In the end, we see the only people left in Gensokyo confirmed to be alive being Yukari(depressed), Kaguya (locked up), Satori (Lunarian pet), Koishi (just the same, I think) and ofcourse Patche and Koakuma. Koakuma literally r@pes or sexually harasses Patche for who knows how long and that scene still gives my anger. All of the gore and suffering just for this???? This devil is so low and so desperate she indirectly kills everyone for it. Despite all of the gore and voilence this show has, Koakuma's actions angers me the most and this memory always remained in my head when I see a Koakuma x Patchouli.

[@Nockgun]

i did wonder if i had good drawing i would make operatives like had a hitlist on her

[@Pro-Diletante]

I personally would say Koakuma had the most consistent and well written character arc. She was two faced by despite being a flat character she had a motivation to work towards. Through the whole story she progressed and we saw and learned her motivation and how she was able to attain it with limited power. The foreshadowing with Satori was all so good. I actually wouldn’t be upset if KoaKuma was the main character, it’s just a very clean plot from start to finish with not too many holes.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

0:16 Actually, various manga series had a few Halloween chapters. Such as the one where they trial ANOTHER trial of guts, where it's found out that Marisa likes to use spirits to cool watermelons.

[@hienlequang8251]

Man, i feel like every single story that people looking to the moon and they start became something, i feel like those stories learning the idea from kkhta

[@marisachannel1488]

I didn't like kkhta. Its trying to be psychological horror but ends up being more like a crappypastas like sonic.exe where the "horror" comes from le hyper realistic blood and shit like "NOOOOOOOOOOOO! SANIC WOULD NEVER HURT HE BEST FREIND TAILS WTF WTF WTF!" The stakes were also way too high for a psychological horror and need to be toned down to a more personal level. I think horror set in gensokyo could work fine just not like this.

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

Yeah FS is ironically better at casual horror than KKHTA. KKHTA is what happened when an artist don't plan their work beforehand so they just kinda make it along the way and insert random plot points that end up derailing the story and making the stakes unecessarily high. I suspect we never get a final episode because the author simply has no idea how to resolve such a jumbled and complicated story in a satisfying manner.

[@marisachannel1488]

@@ihavenojawandimustscream4681 what's fs?

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

@@marisachannel1488 forbidden Scrollery

[@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan]

This is not how criticism work. You are just whining about things you don't like. You are allowed to voice your thoughts, but that's it. I don't like lazy meiling meme or failice meme which corrupt the fanbase, but you don't see me whining about it in other videos.

[@marisachannel1488]

@@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan Whining about things you don't like is exactly how criticism works.

[@Experemented]

3:37 bruh i paused the video without looking, nodded a couple times while having the most joyus smile known to mankind, and look back up and saw her staring at me emotionlessly I litteraly did the same expression towards her but then burst out laughing after a few secobds due to how sudden it was and how goofy i acted

[@Suwawako]

koishi why are you watching this

[@swedzan6835]

koishi

[@MedsieLovr]

Satori

[@catmaksimus]

Koosh

[@reiuji_]

Quiche

[@jetblack8086]

koosh

[@tea-cat-morin]

Woah, my comment briefly appeared in the comment scroll-over! It's a weird feeling to see something you submitted like that. Enjoyed the video, it was interesting to learn of a fan ending in the works. I didn't know that was being created!

[@VertCPU]

Awh hell nah, la creatura

[@justasteamplayer7542]

as for what koakuma did afterwards? *flashback to koakuma and patchouli* we dont talk about that.

[@Pro-Diletante]

Yeah they are allergic to clothes.

[@agasmaskdude7777]

Yeah im not even gonna lie i barely understood kkhta at first having watched it at a younger age but man this vid makes me wanna revisit it. Love that this vid and comments in here is discussing it still tho :]

[@khromic]

My sister loves this comic, she likes the artstyle

[@jacobtheorangeyoshi8710]

Honestly my main issue with this series is kind of an issue I have with a lot of Touhou related horror stuff. In order for there to be a plot and stakes everyone has to completely forget they have powers and bend to the will of the current plot. So many characters just kinda die and then get crapped on cause edge. The whole Ran scene is honestly just overly edgy for edgy sake and I guess Reisen can now just overpower Ran and Yukari somehow. It also doesn’t help that the main antagonists just boil down to evil because evil. Overall I think this whole series felt like a boring edgy fanfic that doesn’t really have anything interesting besides shock value.

[@Pro-Diletante]

I can agree with that. I mainly enjoyed the story a lot for the aspects of the story I could truly grasp. Those parts stood out to me and I enjoyed them a lot. Especially the KoaKuma plot.

[@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313]

KKHTA... aka, DA FUQ WAS GOING ON WITH THE CREATOR WHEN THEY THOUGHT MAKING KOISHI AND THEN NEARLY ALL OF GENSOKYO PSYCHOPATHIC MURDERERS!?

[@SlapStyleAnims]

I just finished this series, and Osana Reimu before it. I never knew Touhou could make me feel Evangelion levels of emptiness. I’m glad I’ve gotten into this fandom this year

[@Pro-Diletante]

I am so ready for the final EPISODE ! Who is your favorite character?

[@nekokoishi]

Ngl, even tho I am a big Koishi fan. I kinda just ignored checking this series out.

[@senatuspopulusqueromanus2082]

the right choice

[@TheKoish]

We koish

[@nekokoishi]

@@TheKoish koishi indeed

[@guncatto2625]

Anyways. Meiling and flandre didn't die. Infact sanae was the first to die. Meiling lived. She was just severely injured. Idk how flandre lived tho. She was alive when she becomes a kaiju. You clearly watched all of it... I already watched all of it. I liked it ngl. I love brutality. C,mon come murder me.

[@Omega_Sans12345]

Watch Touhou Igyoukyo Grotesque Land Story then

[@victorvirgili4447]

@@Omega_Sans12345link?

[@Omega_Sans12345]

@@victorvirgili4447 Copy the name and paste it in KZbin. Pick the updated playlist.

[@BeijingBovine]

We can't forget that one scene where theres literal *PRON* I watched this with my friend and I swear I died on the inside when I saw that. *aren't the Earth and Moon at that time kids or...*

[@Suwawako]

HASH

[@yunochanishere8616]

Oh yea Patchy and Koakuma having "fun" time after that incident and reaching to the moooooooon~

[@goditsreal5262]

The truth is I saw the series as a child without knowing that it was Touhou and it scared me about 3 months ago I remembered it again I saw it at first it made me laugh at the nonsense and then it left me thinking.

[@JoaoLucas-qf9si]

You went through all that and didn't even mention the weird similarity to Tails Gets Trolled(Even though you mentioned Sonic. Although funnily enough at least Reimu had more screen time than Sonic). I guess its just that both of the series have very different protagonists(Tails is weak and naive, Koishi is crazy and sociopathic. Both are dumb as bricks though) even though most of the Sonic cast died brutal deaths in just a few scenes while most of the Touhou cast got turned into Kaijus. But i guess at the end of the day its a series that will probably remain on hold until the main series end. Kind of think of my Mugen game in that artstyle even though its more inspired by Phantasy Star and Crack Life.

[@clownpal697]

You think you can escape KKHTA A reimagining is here now

[@lunatic0verlord10]

There is?

[@clownpal697]

@@lunatic0verlord10 yep

[@lunatic0verlord10]

@@clownpal697 Oh, and where can I find it?

[@clownpal697]

@@lunatic0verlord10 hold on

[@timothylinga1427]

​@@clownpal697 where?

[@Lightpaladin720]

4:49 in out of context moment Daiyousei:You killed my love!

[@Spaztique]

Great summary of the plot, appeal, and highlights of KKHTA. This should be perfect for anyone who wants to know more, but are too squeamish to watch the original. 👍 And I can definitely say it’s difficult to make a dark Touhou fan series without making folks groan at best and angry at worst. Trust me: I know. 😓

[@hesiod_delta9209]

IMO, DitR stud up to the challenges presented by making a darker Touhou fic. Although I do feel like some parts were not executed very well (*cough*miscarriage*cough*) I think you did a good job over all.

[@FC4979c]

Yeah.. KKHTA is just everyone’s Vietnam flashbacks

[@Amber_Scarlet]

Koishi asks scarlet devil manor for a fishing rod but they refuse... *SO SHE BRUTALY MURDERS MEILING AND FLANDRE*

[@polygollie]

wall of text warning! I don't know if it's just because touhou project is one of my most beloved series ever, but I have a very strong attachment to this series I didn't really expect to have going in. I watched KKHTA a few months back I believe..? but it definitely had me hooked for a lot of reasons I feel like aren't the main reasons for the series' popularity. I think the thing that really got me interested was one of the earlier scenes of Remilia and Reimu having a conversation about Flandre, and as an extension gives a perfect example of my favorite parts of KKHTA. Between all of the hyper-complex storylines and general lore going on there's moments of simple character interaction that always have this looming energy of a deeper more emotional form of storytelling that leaves me thinking about the series. There's just so many interesting character interactions to be had with the series aside from the lot of fights, like the scene I just mentioned very strongly creates a parallel between Remilia and Satori and their commonality of just wanting to do the best for their sisters, but both of them still have their lapses in judgement whether big or small that interfere with those bonds in the first place. Many of the seemingly random bouts of backstory, though not really necessary, also entertained me (like Sanae's backstory for example, feels very over the top in true KKHTA spirits but establishes a really strong found family bond between her, Suwako and Kanako). The current "ending" of the series resonates with me most though, and I think it wouldn't leave the impact it does on me if the series was lacking any of the components it's made up of. The emotional moments pique my interest initially, but even the general storyline is also required to drive the stakes up to the very tipping point in the very last episode's part 8/9. Yukari's loss and Koishi's incapacity to understand it is even more painful given all that has happened outside of them in the story. It hurts more to know Koishi was used for the purpose of the destruction of Gensokyo, to know that in that same vein Yukari was forcefully bound to her at an integral point where otherwise she could've done something to stop her home and creation's destruction, it all comes out full force in those final scenes and yet it happens in arguably the most normal circumstance any of these characters could be in, sitting at their new "home" having dinner. I think the current "end" to the series is perfect as is, and if it continues that'll be great but I think the ending we are given matches the general tone of the series as is. I ended up writing a big block of text but I do think this series has its merits, and I think its imperfections are what make it lovable to me. The art is imperfect, the music choices are tonally random, the storyline randomly hops and jumps and I absolutely adore it that way. It reads like someone on the internet having the most fun with a series they enjoy, and that to me is something special :)

[@kirbyosh1526]

no way you just typed that!

[@Pro-Diletante]

You had a very nuanced and interesting comment ! In-fact it reminds me of a video I watched recently called “My favorite anime is a 6/10” or “my favorite anime is trash” I loved hearing your perspective and thoughts on the story especially when it came to its flaws and imperfections. I tried my hardest when I watched the series to truly grasp the strands of the plot that I cared about and could keep track of and because of that I am inclined to ask. What plot line did you find most interesting? For me it was KoaKuma and Lady Pat. Not only was it consistent but it was complete. It’s the most well written aspect in my opinion. Not only did Lady Pat develop and grow as a character realizing her mistakes. But we also got to see KoaKuma get what she wanted in the end.

[@Deadliermlg]

HE HAS RETURNED!

[@martytheanimator6426]

The rest is uploded to danbooru/gelbooru, to the very end where, spoilers... ... Wait, you're still here? Seriously? Haha, yay, filler. Doo doo doo... Doo doo... Doo... Okay, so tldr, Flan got decked, Gensokyo got wrecked, Yukari delivers the coup-de-grace against Koishi and ends her with the madness. THAT'S AS FAR AS I KNOW.

[@ployburnie7382]

Suwawako be like "I'm gonna take a break" then disappear like KKHTA author

[@Sir_Litx]

cool video but i havent watch it because i didnt even finish the KKHTA because i wanna play all the original touhou games first

[@ironmaster6496]

i honestly hate this series like it sarted really good a Touhou horror story certainly is an interesting idea, but the moment the lunarians were introduced and WANKED TO HELL the series became beyond pretentious and pointless shock value, with the Gensokyans gettinf extremely NERFED and the one who can actually and easily turn the tide (Hecatia, Okina, Tenshi) beign conviniently absent of the story.

[@nyarlatothepthereptantanon1915]

ah yes, the 2hu fanwork with more things that I love and hate at the same time (if you want me say why then comment below) and that for some reason i chosed as my main artistic style inspiration in the last months. PD: Also for being a "irrelevant side plot" i think that (as the comment above said) the whole evangelion like armaggedon and Toyohime's cosmic romantic drama are pretty more relevant considering that, well... they were the twist that give actual meaning to the fanfic lore. Not an agressive rant or anything, but just sayin tho 👀

[@RemiliasHusband]

It's a cool series, it can be a little goofy at the earlier parts but later on it gets so good. People might hate me for saying this, but after watching this series I ended up liking the Watatsuki sisters even more lol. The only parts I disliked were Yukari getting blown up by her own shikigami like she wasn't a freaking sage of Gensokyo, and Mokou being killed by a convenient plot weapon.

[@FreezinUrTundra]

Evil hearted, that does make sense for Koakuma. So, she never went insane, in a sense, herself. Her nature as a creature of Hell meant she was going to be evil from the start though I suppose the moon's light would amplify it to the extreme that it had become. Just an FYI too my dude, Cirno's name is pronounced as "cher-no".

[@Naetrox]

Cirnobyl

[@FreezinUrTundra]

@@Naetrox XD

[@lunatic0verlord10]

Many fans make that mistake.

[@-therlc5346]

"Even bringing a chainsaw to prove it"

[@arturoayala1004]

Seeing this series, it kinda makes me think it could work as a "world" for kingdom hearts... granted, due to the series having a lot of... questionable stuff, i have a feeling it would be tones down a lot. But with the right writing (and use on both the lunacy and the darkness/heartless) it would end up making quite a nice world if you ask me about it.

[@hrkinezz4419ez]

if any of yall want a good touhou horror thing they have Touhou Igyoukyu Grotesque Land Story, its wayy more gorey and its not fully translate but at least its a real credible horror story and not some kind of elsa.exe 3 am stuff (kkhta is still a very good and entertaining show that had a lot of passion into it but seriously its that cool because its like a hidden internet webserie, i mean if it was a normal tv show ppl wouldnt have the same opinion)

[@marisakirisame734]

There's even a spin-off about it

[@hrkinezz4419ez]

@@marisakirisame734 the spinoff was more of a comic/troll thing he made for fun like the weird slice of life stories he made in his pixiv (like bruh a slice of life with creatures that only brrrjskdjksjk)

[@marisakirisame734]

@@hrkinezz4419ez I think it's an alternative story about Variant town attacking a different Gensokyo.

[@hrkinezz4419ez]

@@marisakirisame734 yea its totally that but compare to the rest its honestly taken less seriously and is kinda did in a ""fun"" way

[@rebeccathumb9584]

why are we talking about thiiiis

[@Ayahuasca98]

I didn’t like this fanfic because I don’t like seeing Touhou characters get hurt killed or violated.

[@rahtheos]

I’m kinda happy that people still talk about KKHTA. It started as something that traumatized me one fateful day, but ended up loving the hell out of it just by how messed up it is! The funny thing is I watched the whole thing un-translated so I went through the whole thing in pure terror.

[@steveluvscows2490]

TL;dr: Koishi asks for a fishing rod from Meiling, slits her throat upon refusal, Koakuma goes yandere towards Patchy, Koishi later ends up fusing with Yukari DIO-style, and the Lunarians are trying to cause the 4.5th Impact on Evangelion-with-a-hint-of-Imperishable-Night levels of WTF to turn everyone into open-eyed Satoris so they can ship the Moon and the Earth.

[@seankock7649]

What

[@themanwiththepan]

Why does everyone feel the need to reverse name order it just sounds wrong

[@lemonapric]

Wdym? Like how people put Last names before first name? Or the other way around

[@themanwiththepan]

@@lemonapric Changing Hakurei Reimu to Reimu Hakurei etc for some reason. It just doesn't even sound right

[@Pro-Diletante]

@@themanwiththepanLol it’s a Japanese language thing mate. You might want to look into it.

[@dufuze_]

just stop thinking just stop thinking♥©Koishi Komeiji

[@hawaiidkw1]

Gorn isn't my thing, so I never got into this, but I don't have a beef with it existing. Anything as long-lasting, massive in scope, and ridiculously popular is going to have lots of weird stuff attached to it. If I get to have Where Is My Head, Alice's Slash Dot Slash, and Stevo Gets The Bad Gyus, you get to have fishing pole murder. *That's fine.* As for the art quality, I live by the adage "You get what you pay for". If you're contributing materially to this artist, you have the right to expect a certain level of quality. Otherwise I don't want to hear it. My problem is when *one* small thing completely overwhelms _everything else_ about the character. Case in point, The Killing Joke, a one-off which _the author himself_ never intended to become this gigantic deal. By '19 its influence had gotten so completely out of control that it wormed its way into Gotham (Selina Kyle gets paralyzed by Jeremiah Valesca), a show where Barbara Gordon _wasn't even born until the second to last episode!_ Or how about My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Do you recall one... *just one...* article that covered _any_ fandom whatsoever _other than_ the damn Bronies? It's reached that point with Koishi, where you can't have _any_ discussion about her in _any_ work without someone bringing up KKHTA. I see it all the time in the LostWord discussions (and that's as far from a disturbing gorefest as a game can get). It's one artist's vision. It's not some indispensable holy writ. Enough.

[@1882letter]

satori~ the door is locked!

[@Comeoniwantaccount]

Somewhere in Gensokyo...

[@donanilao7724]

I blame Pear for making KKHTA one of my first deep dives into the Touhou franchise. Bonkumiru/Chirumiru was my introduction to the series.

[@greenbeangreg2552]

Rewatched a bit of KKHTA and I am hoping by the installment of 19, 9/9 that Koakuma dies. She literally says the reason everyone who dies cannot resurrect is because she holds their essence or power or whatever, not to mention she is just pure evil. If she dies, it's a happy ending for Gensokyo (I think, but Gensokyo got destroyed so maybe it's just really over?) In any case, the shock of the sudden turnaround at the end into a Neon Genesis Evangelion type of fanwork really made me scratch my head. I kinda took the thing seriously, but by that point I just started to ask: why? But you know what, the more monstrous Yokai designs look dope asf to me. I'm gonna draw Wriggle smoking a cig in that form of hers, I think it'd go hard.

[@captaindookey]

Every edgelord in the touhou community...

[@pieliker2656]

You should probably do "Touhou Igyoukyo Grotesque Land", It`s one of those horror touhou series thingys (its kinda good to be honest and my opinion.)

[@Omega_Sans12345]

I know right

[@steveluvscows2490]

Oh Neptune.

[@Omega_Sans12345]

@@steveluvscows2490 Watch it

[@9Tensai9]

I'd suggest giving the series another look later when you are not pressured to make a video about it. Also, please try to give the work a bit of context as things as Memories of phantasm and other things are really far from happening when this debuted. Personally I love KKHTA artstyle. The first few episodes do look amateur and you might say... childish but that's really charming and something that's admitelly really hard. To draw like a child. The artist's style improved a lot and I love it but it's not as creepy I think. I still love it. I don't know if the artist planned the whole thing from the beginning but as much as a shipwreck the stoy is it makes sense. I saw other people explaining that so there's no point on going there again. Just watching the whole series and then looking at the opening on the very first episodes lets you see that at least a few things were pre-meditated. Another thing that should be credited is that it was one of the few "big" fanworks at the time. It kinda spoke of how a lot of fans saw the Komeiji and it kinda shaped a lot of some chars personality too. Especially the Komeiji. I do understand that KKHTA is pretty bad at times. The first time I watched it I stopped after byakuren and discarded it as shit. A few years later I came back to it. I couldn't shake the memories of those few episodes and their art style so I gave it a second chance. It... was... still kinda bad but I still admit it's really charming. I think that's the main problem with KKHTA. People who hate it just see it on the surface and think it's bad (I agree that it's bad on the surface), then there's the people who like it for "edgy" reasons as a gory and honestly pretty fucked up story. Then, the fans like myself defend it cuz we took the time to pretty much "rinse off" the bad parts. Looking at the thing as a whole and paying attention to the little details added to the chars. How they were explored with a more "serious" and fucked up lens. Remember that a lot of this cute girls are based on monsters that kill and eat animals and humans so in a way it's a window to see them more closely to what they are supposed to be. Most of the fanworks paint the girls in their most cutesy side. There is legit merit in this series. From the drawings to the story, the music it chose (although I admit some of them make no sense), the characterization and the message. There's this part that pretty much says that the humans/youkai are around because of two galactic beings that are still around. Those being the Earth and the moon. Even with their eye closed the moon is always looking at the earth waiting for the moment their eyes open again and can look at each other. It's the little things man. Anyway... again... Please give it another chance and do it at your own pace.

[@Suwawako]

please thank you

[@MedsieLovr]

Imo the series is much better at the end, the beginning is just a edgy fanfic that anyone at the age of 13 could replicate. It gets better when the Lunarians appear, while not that great, still reasonaly good. One thing i don't like is koakuma, basically just a self-insert villain. The series would be so much better if only the Lunarians were involved.

[@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan]

Lunarians as the main villain would not make sense without a traitor from inside Gensokyo who let them in.

[@yukole6245]

Humans re created new world

[@lunatic0verlord10]

Especially since she's a total unbeatable Villain Sue.

[@Nockgun]

man i like an SCP crossover with this like there would be alot of things close to this

[@ezar0744]

All of this death all because of a fishing rod maybe not the very last 8 episode's

[@magic4266]

Little too much ‘blah blah’ for a video about something I’d like to understand better

[@Suwawako]

I gotta remake it lmao

[@claudine404]

i can't believe it wasn't too long ago I was obsessed with this show, even inspiring some of my art style off kkhta.

[@Pen_Productions]

Tbh, this feels like it's Happy Tree Friends but Touhou

[@stormstrider]

Don't ask me how I came to this answer but I bet if you asked Marisa and Reimu how they felt about their blaze of glory Marisa would be happy knowing she went out giving her all, sticking it to a stuffy lunatic and Reimu would rest easy knowing she faced her end with courage along her most trusted friend.

[@zedxcu]

japan's very own tails gets trolled

[@50kekk]

I searched up komeji and this video popped out I have PTSD yet again

[@Omega_Sans12345]

Touhou Igyoukyo Grotesque Land Story is even scarier

[@Xbalanque84]

This is one of the few storylines that would actually benefit from time travel. Annoyingly, the lack of an ending also left a few other characters alive (e.g. Cirno, Shikieiki) who could hypothetically travel back in time and prevent the Lunarian plot. _Now if only the author would actually finish and give us an ending we can live with..._

[@bensoncheung2801]

*Koishi of the Priordial Satori Race!* Three hundred and thirty-third comment.

[@flanflanflandre]

4:47 "DAMN, THAT ASS CAN FART." (if you've seen the meme you know)

[@herimperialcondecension]

the only thing I think of when i hear about kkhta, i think of how i watched this in a discord call with someone who had never seen or played a touhou game. it was a very silent preview of it.

[@stevenintel]

I have no idea why there's an ak 💀

[@kora8063]

Wait, I thought the author didn't say anything about losing interest? Well, I don't know if he said anything at all since 2019. And I honestly think it's a shame he didn't finish it when it's supposed to be 1 ninth of a single part. In my theory, the author doesn't know how to finish it, the story got super convoluted and it would take more than 10 minutes to end it with a good ending. And I bet he also has a life to live and this series is more than 10 years old

[@Pro-Diletante]

Don’t worry the final part is coming.

[@kora8063]

@@Pro-Diletante yeah I know, already watched the new shorts :)

[@Pro-Diletante]

@@kora8063 This is going to be SO COOL.

[@CrystalChris21]

Oh wow, we were literally just talking about KKHTA on the discord server and then I see that you've uploaded this.

[@FC4979c]

Life has weird coincidences sometimes

[@limitiertsatori_25]

Pleasure to see you, invisible friend.

[@alwayssupporttouhouproject6726]

I have been a Touhou fan over a decade now and only started KKHTA a few weeks ago and completed watching it (up to part 19 8/9 and the fan made continuation) today. I...feel like for the immense amount of time and effort put into it by just one guy and it offering a take that's so unique It could deserve a special place in the fandom, BUT with such extreme themes (grimdark and gore) many can't enjoy it and plenty dislike it. I for one forced myself to watch it just so I could get it over with. I am grateful that someone saw fit to 'complete' the series with their own take which was well done and makes sense according to the lore so I can feel the story is ended, even more that it has an 'acceptably' happy ending. Not to try to act like I think you 'need' to watch it Suwawako, but did you see the fan-made continuation? The episodes were translated only recently.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

Where can I find that fanmade continuation?

[@alwayssupporttouhouproject6726]

@@lunatic0verlord10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYirdZqKl8ShmbM

[@alwayssupporttouhouproject6726]

That should lead you to multiple chapters that reach an end. A think there are seven of them.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

@@alwayssupporttouhouproject6726 What? Did you try to send me a link or something?

[@alwayssupporttouhouproject6726]

@@lunatic0verlord10 Yeah I linked a youtube video.

[@joe-xm9lq]

this is my first and last time interacting in the anime community, thank you for the experience dorks.

[@Pro-Diletante]

See you later mate! I hope you will inevitably emerge victorious in life!

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Koishi Komeiji's Heart-Throbbing Adventure: Explained momentum 100

[@luxiam9148]

Honestly, I think half of KKHTA is bad story with gore just for shock value and the other half is actually a good story (although confusing) with good memorable moments. SPOILERS!!!!!!! Some examples : Koishi going nuts and killing everyone in a city (which I think just happened for shock value) and the death of the dragon god, which was underwhelming to say the least. Sometimes it also feels like "Hey, you know those character which you know and love that are just living happy lives? Lets see how much they can suffer!!" Now, lets talk about what I think its great: the plan of the lunarians and the sisters being REALLY scary. Remilia, Kanako and some others making their final standoff, unfortunately in vain. And the death of Reimu and Marisa, which almost made tear up. Anyways, I understand why some people don't like it but it has some great moments which I feel should be appreciated (and sorry for the long comment)

[@maituananhentertainment]

Spoiler Warning at 0:00 after a few graphic indications of the Spoiler itself. Nice Job. *Clap..........Clap..........Clap*

[@Niiue]

It's like a jojo opening. There isn't really any spoilers unless you properly watched the show already

[@KLBR-S0163]

From all the things i was expecting for a first frame wasn't an ak47.

[@epicKerBallze]

I deeply regret watching parts 9 and 19.7

[@segasonic4352]

its sad it never got a true ending however i still love kkhta

[@changvasejarik62]

I remember a spaztique post about KKHTA and I wondered if people ever considered making a paperback manga that was basically a more polished remake of KKHTA, a walfas series or even a visual novel.

[@Pro-Diletante]

We are going to get the final EPISODE SOON!

[@Aleph_Solortus]

No, it's a comedy starting with Danny DeVito and OJ

[@hammerheadd]

I tried to watch it after seeing this video, but ended up giving up at episode 9. I wanted to give up at 6, though. 6 made me physically ill and anxious the entire day, which has never happened to me prior; it has a sadistic quality that goes way beyond anything I've seen before. Strictly speaking I've read worse, but seeing something like that is a whole other beast, and it makes me feel like there is something deeply wrong with the creator to be able to get in the headspace to think about something like that, let alone draw something like that happening to what is basically a little girl. Nothing after 6 ever came close, and the obsurantist plot made me lose what little patience I had left. Garbage like "The Pokémon Story" and "Dipper goes to taco bell" are paw patrol compared to kkhta episode 6. It sucks because the art style in those early episodes is wonderfully cute and creepy, and ep 6 had the great intro song as well which was recently remade. Koishi in particular almost always towed the cute and creepy line perfectly. It just went way to far in terms of what actually happens.

[@Pro-Diletante]

I really liked episode 6 because when you rewatch it. You understand the perspectives of both characters. I also was laughing in the car watching episode 6.

[@PossiblyKona]

KKHTA is awesome, and I think it deserves more than 7 minutes of very loose synopsis. The whole show is like, peak amateurism, in the best way. Extremely obvious lack of training, feverish plot, and ridiculous ideas all glued together with a facade of shock bait. It's overflowing with soul and I love it, I love the art, The musical choice is fire, I think the plot is incredibly derivative (which is not necessarily a bad thing) while having some very interesting and unique elements to it. It didn't bore me at any point. But then again I've also sat through Umineko (peak fiction), so I'm exceedingly patient. It's like the king of "Your Mileage May Vary" when it comes to Touhou doujin stuff. I think the camp of people who find it too "edgy" are the same people who find CtC or anything by Asatsuki Dou the same way. It's just a charming little series, there's really no need to analyze or criticize it like it's some grand work of art, after all, it's not Wheelchair Detective Satori.

[@undiesmarkd4eva]

looser

[@Suwawako]

I do plan to make a bigger analysis as I made this video in a rush. In the meantime, there is a big 1 hour analysis somewhere around this website, so you should check it out.

[@polygollie]

This comment was like, cathartic to read. I came back to this video to read more discussion about the series and you’ve summed up all my thoughts pretty perfectly? It’s extremely amateur and that’s the charm in it, I think if someone enjoys touhou and they’re capable of suspending their disbelief of what these characters are originally intended to be they’ll have a great time. I feel like if I can enjoy KKHTA as much as I do given how bare-bones and wonky it can be, basically any creator of any kind can know somebody out there is really gonna love whatever they create, even if it ain’t perfect. Regardless on if anybody loves or hates this fanseries it’s still garnering so much discussion and has a sort of cult following online, I think that’s pretty neat.

[@brandonvortex995]

KKHTA traumatized me, no joke I watched the whole thing to the end

[@iusearchbtw69]

Touhou fans can be divided into two categories: one is who truly play and love the game, one is fatherless

[@DeadMedia-vf4je]

Update: He’s Back

[@jeffcosplayedaya9316]

It's my friend! At 4:15

[@Parad1se_1naba]

Yes, you're right

[@OfficiallyDrippy]

When you meet Koishi in real life but her skin color is plain white.

[@TheStupidKing]

Give me a fishing rod!🔫