LLS Yuuka's 2nd Theme: Faint Dream ~ Inanimate Dream

This is Yuuka Kazami's second theme from Touhou 4: Lotus Land Story
Yuuka: Right, I'm dressed and I've done my hair, let's battle!
I can't get YU-MU out of my head either TT_TT

[@ihampake]

Congrats to the 0.00000000001% of you who found the original original original original

[@MINICUBANT]

Thanks. Do you realize that the remix of the remix of the remix of this theme have 130 times more views just on youtube.

[@firebluestudios]

@@MINICUBANT Which song are you talking about

[@MINICUBANT]

@@firebluestudios deadman Omae Wa Mou

[@lenzho4687]

and sleeping terror?

[@Cheese001]

@@MINICUBANT the remix remix remix remix remix

[@ethirium4389]

It took me so long realise that the left one is PC98 Yuuka and the right one Windows Yuuka.

[@lapisfengari2428]

AoCF would be the perfect time to bring Yuuka back because of the name alone

[@naif9464]

;_;

[@nomatter7887]

Hidden Star In FOUR SEASONS

[@ShockInazuma]

I’m sorry to disappoint.

[@ssaamil]

so sad I want her again...

[@canislupid2466]

Story of our lives. So much potential for old characters to return, and ZUN just makes shoddy new characters who get abandoned immediately.

[@kawaiiwaifu4110]

The PC-98 has some pretty awesome music gems. More Touhou fans should at least appreciate the music.

[@FigmentsofFiction]

This was the first old touhou theme I ever heard. I've been hooked on these songs since. Though this one's my favorite, I also love Eastern Wind, Eternal Shrine Maiden, Now Until the moment you Die, and Eternal Paradise just to name a few. I think the old song titles were better too. They all felt more emotion driven.

[@aphreytheelite8287]

FunniestofFunny Mostly: This, ALice in wonderland, Strawberry Crisis, Vanishing Dream, Spiritual heaven, infinity being, complete darkness, sleeping terror, bad apple.

[@udon8347]

***** We WERE talking about the subject of the PC-98 music until you brought that unnecessary piece of shit here.

[@FigmentsofFiction]

Robo lopez WE were talking? You kinda just showed up. Also, I lot of my friends got into touhou from that song. So I can't say it's the worst thing to ever come from the franchise. Oh, Cazisto Vanquist, if you're reading this, thank you for that list of the best PC-98 songs. I had no idea what other fantastic songs came from the era.

[@udon8347]

FunniestofFunny You based your comment on the word that I said. Ridiculous who are you trying to defend? Or your just trying to tell me that i'm no better?

[@Kiiro]

In my opinion, Yuuka's PC-98 themes are better than her Windows one.

[@kylee2002]

Agreed.

[@caocaokungfu]

Dunno, all her themes are pleasant to the ears. Sleeping Terror however makes you fear her.

[@CannedPsycho-]

pc-98 is better in general although SA probably has the most best themes in windows

[@captaintsubasa7430]

@@CannedPsycho- Yes, but best final boss song is Emotional Skyscrapper, then Pure Furies IMO (ppl still votes for Septtete of Dead Princess). Faint Dream easily gets 1st place as Final Boss (PC-98).

[@Scyclo]

to be fair, yuuka isnt a final boss in pofv unlike in lls

[@Raikaria1]

While yes, one of Akyu's databook things said 'She doesn't attack unless provoked', remember: - That's Windows Yuuka, not PC-98 - Akyu is unreliable - Even in PoFV she has bullying tendencies, like threatening pretty much everyone she fights. She also has disproportionate 'threats' in the PC-98 era, like 'Mist of atoms' and 'Gensocide is just a game'. Is she *as* bad as people make out? No, probobly not. Is she a harmless, sane, non-violent individual? Certainly not.

[@Yuureiki]

Raikaria1 I think that in pc-98, Reimu and Marisa both interrupted her sleep.

[@chickennuggets1990]

you think yuuka's insane? that's an overstatement lol

[@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan]

@@chickennuggets1990 No sane youkai would invade Makai just because they were bored. Don't skip dialogue, mate.

[@franciscodavi1323]

@@Yuureiki yeah she fighted then like above 03:00 of morning

[@haru-pon4122]

But in lls reimu and marisa goes to her mantion and interrupts her... Dream? So that's why she got mad and attack them (and she got a point on that)

[@MrTheboomboxer]

That picture makes her look so adorable. No matter if it gets me killed, i gotta hug her.

[@farafureimu]

Same here. I

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

RiP both of you ;l

[@sanstheskeleton679]

She could crush you with her physical strength alone

[@combativeThinker]

@@sanstheskeleton679 All that means is that she probably gives really nice hugs.

[@notthespider]

Yuuka is actually nice.. Just don't harm her flowers :0

[@darkbeetlebot]

You can only beat Yuuka in LLS easily because she is likely teasing you. _Let that sink in._

[@HatsODoom]

Apply that to Yukari in PCB and we've got something.

[@darkbeetlebot]

HatsODoom It seems like all the older-looking characters just tease you endlessly.

[@HatsODoom]

darkbeetlebot Careful there fella, you're treading into dangerous territory.

[@darkbeetlebot]

HatsODoom Dangerous is my sub-name! Nothing is too bad for the chosen undead! *dark souls reference*

[@AlucardElite]

Doesn't mean Yuka isn't a very easy boss. She's a Stage 3 boss with too many attacks. I'm not kidding. When I first heard Yuka appeared in two stages. I thought Stages 3 and 5.

[@ultimate.funkypunky]

you go girl, you're a loony flower lady and still stage 5 boss, final boss, main character and playable

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

I find it sad that Bad Apple has more views than the final boss theme, especially since this theme is just so much better. Bad Apple is just typical PC-98 ZUN, while this theme is actually different from most other things he's done.

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

juan barahoma I know, but still though... Why was that song chosen above so many better ones?

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

juan barahoma Me neither. :

[@LittleCart]

At least it's still ZUN's work. Look at deadman plagiarizing a bossa nova cover of Yuuka's theme. The cover even got taken down in favor of deadman's "remix", a little insulting to the Touhou community, right?

[@FireBleba18]

@@LittleCart it got taken down?

[@LittleCart]

@@FireBleba18 Yeah it did, but thankfully it was reuploaded.

[@baraness24]

I can never unhear YU MU…its beautiful…

[@teakix6366]

YU MU

[@noxenlunacorch.7600]

Y(O)UMU

[@DuskPhoenixZero]

No.

[@vargas4224]

YU-MU yeah haha...

[@individuality367]

@@DuskPhoenixZero yes

[@Patrick11nf]

Exactly what I feel when fanon Flandre appears. Yuuka is just another bored and powerful youkai that finds great fun in teasing others, like making others annoyed/uneasy or simply manipulating others for fun, like described by ZUN (Youkai moe). She doesn't really attack anyone unless they're either close to her power level or attacks her first. The reason for fanon Yuuka being sadistic is probably because of the quote from MS "Genocide is just another game" which gave that sort of impression.

[@burr69]

0:42 just sounds crazy and fun I love it Takes your mind off the existential crisis that is being alive

[@burr69]

Dayum I was trippin, still am cause 0:42 goes crazy

[@kirimusse]

I understand that she's an old fella who isn't really interested in action anymore, but still, I'd love to see her having an important role in a manga instead of making simple background cameos. And no, I'm not even asking for her to reappear in a new game anymore, because we all know how unlikely it is for that to happen...

[@creep2539]

Maybe someone will mess up her flowers in the future

[@ZackLikesBreadAlot]

@@creep2539 bruh literally almost all incidents has something to do with flower though...

[@peppermint_wing]

Entire Arc of her adopting all of the Faries out of boredom, Sakuya facing her off because the Fairy Maids, the Faries are just too scared to run away.

[@ShockInazuma]

This isn’t some walk through a sunflower field. *It's a warzone through a sunflower field.*

[@kichikuouwu]

Okay so, I really love Sleeping Terror, and her theme from PoFV, but I feel like I love this the most. (as well as the unused version) All of Yuuka's themes (including the stage themes, if you count those) are the best.

[@yumemisstrawberryjam6759]

*[Oriental Demon]* YUUKA KAZAMI Yuuka is a caretaker of flowers of all seasons, likened to a force of nature holding tremendous power. She is presumed to be very old. She loves seasonal flowers, so throughout the year she moves to the respective places where the flowers grow: spring flowers for spring, summer flowers for summer, autumn flowers for autumn and sometimes winter flowers for winter. Yuuka is a troublesome and playful youkai. She holds strength in high regard and likes to look down on and toy with those weaker than her. However, she also tends to visit the Human Village and comes off as fairly polite, in addition to often appearing at the Hakurei Shrine on peaceful terms. (from TouhouWiki) ZUN's comment about the track: "The last boss theme. It has a very final feel to it. I think it came out pretty cool somehow~ Nobody really knows if Yuuka herself is cool. Personally, I think I rather like her."

[@Parnifia]

You know, the more I listen to these older themes, the more I realize that ZUN recycled a lot of them. This particular one _definitely_ went into _Crystallized Silver_. You can hear some _Reincarnation_ in _Septette for the Dead Princess_ (which in turn was used in _Capital City of Flowers in the Sky_ and _The Gensokyo the Gods Loved_). And, of course, _Maiden's~Capriccio_ and _Love-Colored Magic_ led to _Maiden's Capriccio~Dream Battle_ and _Love-Colored Master Spark_, respectively. Kinda cool, ain't it?

[@pepsiman8137]

also, strawberry crisis!! went into lost emotion

[@Parnifia]

Ben Neuffer Ah, good call! Thanks!

[@GarryDumblowski]

Never paid much attention to it. The songs are too freaking awesome for me to notice. I swear, ZUN's best composing days were the days of the PC- 98.

[@cereza065]

Kaiser Dragon And my favorite: Magic Mirror, the melodies in that song are also in Legend of KAGE, Complete Darkness, Maiden's Capriccio, Magic Square, Plastic Mind and Nostalgic Blood from the East .

[@GarryDumblowski]

***** That is a lot of songs.

[@GarryDumblowski]

If only this song was played on a Yuka- lele

[@shawna_98]

You are the best.

[@GarryDumblowski]

kiddies21 Thanks!

+Garry Dumblowski? soon....

[@udon8347]

+Clownpiece Goddammit. You frustrate me even outside of the game.

[@GarryDumblowski]

Robo L GET HELL ECLIPSED HURRHURRHURR -sorry-

[@okuubamanukesshit]

Yuuka please stop licking the Sunflower.

[@CannedPsycho-]

I wish I was that sunflower

[@mrrp405]

Looks like her chin to me.

[@hckoo1683]

MASTER SPARK WARNING!!!!!!

[@captaintsubasa7430]

Another Bizarre chapter of "Damn you, I cannot unsee that"

[@Hecate-495]

I'm pretty sure that's her chin, the petals just made it look like a tongue.

[@SLSL-e3z]

Yes this is it. You have arrived at the end my friend. Peace be with you.

[@quackqueck7779]

Ah..the long fabulous green-haired Yuuka

[@pokemonkarma]

Oh. So this is what the best PC-98 theme sounds like. It's FAN-TAS-TIC.

[@creep2539]

Yuuka have the best themes

[@BinglesP]

Took me a while to realize the picture has two Yuukas because the left is the PC-98 one and the right is the Windows one

[@tabbender1232]

I had it stuck in my head for months without being able to tell which theme it was. Glad i re-listened to some old high quality video game rips and found it. Thanks, SiIva.

[@yuriVSA]

got way more in depth on Touhou last year and just found this relic and this is just so good it's actually scary wth; also loved that artwork like my comment if watching on 2024 : p

[@computehh]

2025. guess im not liking the comment, eh?

[@p3bblez]

Probably one of the best PC-98 Touhou tracks.

[@sirrjean1553]

Damn, how does any banger music I stumble upon eventually lead to either (mostly) Touhou or Toby Fox???

[@shanglingm6807]

and one could argue Toby fox eventually leads to touhou

[@d-tank3843]

I'm reading act 3 scene 7 of king lear rn and this song is adding to how dramatic it is

[@kaku9262]

Congratulations You find music original ORIGINAL ORIGINARU MUSIC

[@amimir330]

This song gives me goosebumps holy shit😭😭😭

[@spaghettiking7312]

That's right! It's so adorable! Yuuka's got to get dressed and get her beautiful long hair done! Now, she's ready!

[@nichiaitsukibara9539]

I love this song so much and I love Yuuka, I love EVERYTHING!

[@touhouguyII]

0:17, one of his best melodies!

[@lazydelibird]

Check out kinema kan YU MU for an anime op version.

[@EvilPringles]

Every time it gets to the climax of the song, I suddenly feel awesome. Thank you for uploading this.

[@CozmixYT]

This theme of Yuuka's starts off intensely, as if she encountered the shrine maiden and the magician again, _except_ she's *fully* prepared and *even more* powerful than before, and she's ready to fight the duo _for real_ this time.

[@lemonadeWithExtraE]

Faint dream>sleeping terror>gensokyo,past and present>tiny little adiantum>omae wa mou

[@unfunniestman]

She should've been the extra boss of HSiFS, while Okina should've had her own extra-extra stage like Yukari

[@romantisanon4647]

The Necrofantasia of PC-98

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

ikr xD? I can't help but like it despite it being a little grating, haha

[@asgeer5351]

The more I listen to this song, the most I love it and become a bigger fan of Yuuka, what happens ???

[@ruwuuu]

banger

[@nousername4416]

i got about halfway through her fight on the 24th and now i haven't opened the game since because i'm scared i won't be able to make it that far again

[@parupuri4993]

This is a lil late but I don't think you need to worry too much, I actually 1cc'd this game on normal which is my first attempt with ReimuA and this is literally the second time I've touched this game after two years or so because I finally found a way to play the PC-98 games on my mac lmao, I feel like the game is more generous with lives, so don't be afraid to use bombs when ya need, hope you're able to finish it! Good luck!

[@j.j.pearson]

In my opinion, the best PC-98 battle theme, easly. Also the reason why I want to see Yuuka more often.

[@toasterwaffleowen4709]

Fun headcanon time: Despite being one of the most powerful youkai, Yuuka has a horribly crippling fear and weakness to fire due to her nature-based abilities. Like, to the point where you could flick on a lighter in front of her and it'd put the absolute fear of god in her

[@Rqptor_omega]

"I fear no man, yokai nor gods, but that thing" **Points to Mokou** "It *terrifies* me"

[@PhantomGato-v-]

​@@Rqptor_omegaMokou: honestly, me too.

[@bryceisender9142]

So essentially venom?

[@toasterwaffleowen4709]

​@@bryceisender9142 Yeah, that's a pretty good comparison, actually

[@kapi_yakumo]

1:50 is just great

[@joegamewaffle5967]

I FUCKING LOVE YOUR THEME YUUKA!

[@KelyxTheMage]

I really prefer Inanimate Dream over Sleeping Terror.

[@insomniatic991]

Yeah

[@kalecavanaugh4067]

That's cool but I respectfully disagree

[@EinManU]

I dont like both the actual full themes, *BUT:* I think both their beginning-buildups are easily in the top5 for all of touhou

[@pokemonkarma]

That's obvious

[@abarette_]

both are really amazing

[@marisakirisame867]

Peak sleepy yuuka moment after she wakes up from the good nightmare

[@HansTNO]

Such a hidden gem

[@IERServer]

Can't avoid thinking of Yuuka with crazy wide open eyes when the main melody comes and at the second half two. Enjoying the fight and lusting for more and more. "Do you still think this is a dream, dear!?" Even though it might actually contradict her personality, this theme fits a crazy person so much~

[@abd-animation-22]

Yuuks is just Epic

[@zturtle1630]

I really wish I could hear this song for the first time again

[@MrNoobomnenie]

The BEST touhou final boss theme EVER!

[@ZackLikesBreadAlot]

so true

[@Makushimarisu]

Hasn't anyone tried merging the two Inanimate dreams together like Voyage 1969 and Voyage 1970?

[@seant1326]

See *_EVERY SINGLE REMIX_*

[@Sheyl3319]

Voyage 1969 and Voyage 1970 has a merge??!

[@alexht6015]

i know this comment is 6 years old but here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLTn5eXrMmsn80

[@Smoketrees1969]

jynx remaster,megaman style,maiden wars remix etc

[@User-gk1yi]

pants yuuka best yuuka

[@poledra4153]

Sometimes i feel like pc-98 can't sound powerful, then i think about this song

[@kataseinubashiri3052]

it hurts but it's very good at the same time

[@Angrycheesepizza]

Best yuuka theme hands down

[@moved_...]

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE TOUHOU FINAL BOSS THEMES!!!

[@siyacer]

I like this

[@mrbrikcs]

You like this

[@hammy_and_britney]

Yuuka ❤ I love you ❤

[@Hizumi9922]

Lovely Memories~

[@franciscodavi1323]

hi yuuka from the eternal garden

[@Hizumi9922]

@@franciscodavi1323 Hello~ sorry i was sleeping again.

[@franciscodavi1323]

@@Hizumi9922 you have some chance to appear in touhou 17??

[@individuality367]

@@Hizumi9922 how did you exactly remember that you defeated Reimu back then?

[@Hizumi9922]

@@individuality367 it's simply~ you can tell from the movement. she was easy to beat.

[@icarusmarioFAN]

You can really hear the trumpets in this one.

[@porygon4023]

I feel like Yuuka's craziness is a side-effect of early installment weirdness. In folk lore, youkai are not nearly as cutesy or cheerful as many of them appear in Touhou (even the more "malicious" ones such as Nue). They were unhinged, torturous nightmares. So I would imagine that for his first final youkai boss, ZUN wanted to stay true to the folklore.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

My favorite Touhou character is Yuuka since her name is one letter off from my name, at least in English pronunciation. In Japanese, it's spelled differently using different kanji.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

*my opinion on the original:* woooooowwwww, now THIS is the CRAZIEST theme in the game so far! I kind of like the sinister BEOWW. BOW BOW. BOW. Sega Genesis-like sound in the beginning, it’s so funny! However, 0:18 is when the melody hits HARD. So emotional, man. It sounds like the world is ending and only you can save it. Then at 0:42… Jeez. Now that’s just insanity in MUSICAL FORM right there! It's harsh-sounding, but still It will probably sound less gritty and more clean in Akyuu’s untouched score which I prefer more, but this is still a Great, EVIL-sounding theme for sure!!! *my opinion on this enhancement:* it's better, i guess :)

[@LunarWingCloud]

I think this song's my favorite PC-98 song. It's an amazing boss theme, and definitely up there for final bosses of Touhou in general for me.

[@time-travelingnekomata7197]

I really like this song. It's pretty.

[@countrybluegrass]

Cool novella. All anyone needs to know about Yuuka is that she can be quoted as having said genocide is a fun game.

[@DJInuShakiria]

yeah, thats the one. and now though i'm not sure about it either, but it may of been the second part of the song if I recall. Yuuka's gotta one of my favorites too. Every time I look at her I think "SCREW THE RULES I HAVE GREEN HAIR!".

[@TheForgottenCherish]

Yes, Byakuren's "Devil's Recitation" Spellcard alludes to both Shinki and the spell she uses that looks exactly like the one shinki used before her last spell.

[@arekmaachowski7003]

My God this is EPIC!

[@tsukatsuki_rio11]

A theme and a half, man

[@aphreytheelite8287]

Yuuk is an easy stage 6 boss, my first time playing normal i pass sleeping "her" and this "her" without losing a life.

[@painovoimaton]

I don't believe you, unless you had extreme luck with that ring of stars, It's just plain impossible to dodge without that safespot.

[@aphreytheelite8287]

What!? Safespot!? Oh I never knew.. Anyway, I said Normal mode, and the ring of star... ask me don't you, down twice, up once, done. No extreme luck there, because, they were too simple, some of those kind I was met before, like master spark I have fought Marisa in IN Lunatic (It's even double spark, but well), one spell of Yuuka in PoFV. You can say that Sleeping Yuuka got quite skill to beat, but if you known what It do before it launch it's got easier a bit. Even without hitbox, you still know where it is (playing other game too much make you clearly see hitbox without focus), and another, stage 3 and 4 rape me so much so I got 1 life left, thanks to stage 6 given me 1 more so I can get out of panic and scare of 2cc. If you think carefully, does it easier than stage 3-5 of SoEW? Also the music there is better (PoDD is the best, no argument), I made it through like beating a stage 6 boss in easy. Well sadly I cannot replay it, and I don't even know how to use fraps...

[@painovoimaton]

Tl;Dr, but yeah, I forgot you said "Normal" Sorry for that.

[@aphreytheelite8287]

Damn no problem, I didn't know xD...

[@arthas1100]

My first good ending was in this Touhou and I´m not very good player xD

[@LoiValdes]

This is the best out of all Yuuka's themes in my opinion If someday she appears again (unlikely) I'd like them to make a remix of this song

[@HashiNuke]

0:42 That part gets me everytime

[@jaa69420]

true

[@defective4]

0:42 is the best part

[@Hanamelia_]

0w= Beautiful I Luv PVD That Name Dream Refaint But THIS ONE IS GOOD THO

[@angrysunflower222]

*_Yuuka Kazami_* _幽香 風見_ ¤ Youkai ☆ Plant manipulation Virtually unchanged from her original version.

[@HoshiroKibashiru]

I had to replay LLS many times to get through it on Normal mode. Reimu is very cruel with her ying-yang orb bouncing around. But Yuuka's double spark is much more scary than that. I completed with no bomb and life left.

[@Mylotusve]

Yuuka the strongest PC98

[@Kelleck]

whats funny is that I accidentally added the unused one to spotify so I never knew there was a 2nd melody until I decided to look at Akyuus untouched score again

[@Paku_Woop]

Every time i hear this song, YU-MU is allways in my head.

[@DragonX5536]

***** omg yes.

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

side note why are pc98 songs so good with my phone's 3d stereo filter

[@WindowsDrawer]

0:18 While remaking this theme I noticed the chords for this part are very similar to Nuclear Fusion

[@mocchite]

pc-98!yuuka is the best yuuka.

[@ahmadamirulfarhanabdulrash9445]

Makes me fall in love with her.

[@MeikoXVII]

i was playing Gain Ground on my genesis and i swear i heard yuuka's pc98 theme 😭

[@RaidenKaiser]

It seems to me this one has aged rather well

[@TheForgottenCherish]

Ah I see...thanks for clearing that up.

[@pierred.5416]

The first seconds sound exactly like Necrofantasia. :o

[@alejandrotti10]

Yuuka...ri

[@pulsingutopia5523]

This has better mastering than the unused version, but the unused version is better overall. Still - never a disappointing theme. This version just sounds even MORE like NecroFantasia. Besides, this one's a little more macabre, and the later part... is actually better than the unused version... ok i can't choose anymore. They're both too good. This one's more final-boss-y, I guess? But the other one starts out better... but this one ENDS so much better, and doesn't prematurely loop...

[@moalyz6009]

Is this the original original original ORIGINAL or was there too many or too little?

[@Cheese001]

Idk honestly theres 1st tune tiny little acadamium anime thighs omae wa mu

[@pikorodorora_acosa_lolis4638]

Is this mima? No, is not mima *flees*

[@heroes-bs9251]

00:42 jusstt damnnnn 01:25

[@imsostuupid]

where have i heard the first part before

[@Starxsword]

Akyuu is only unreliable if she tells you so. Generally speaking, what she says is good. If Yuuka was really insane and violent all the time, then she wouldn't be at the flower shop shopping leisurely.

[@HeraldOfSilliness]

PLS REMBER

[@EngiNetion]

THAT WEN YOU FEEL SCARE OR FRIGTEN

[@HeraldOfSilliness]

@@EngiNetion NEVR FORGET TTIME WHEN YOU FEELED HAPPY

[@EngiNetion]

@@HeraldOfSilliness WEN DAY IS DARK

[@jasperwong2970]

ALWAY REMBER HAPPY DAY

[@yamahadx7synthesiser]

ah, yes. l e t t y. 0:43

[@EngiNetion]

witrok

[@leusher9024]

Is it just me or does this really sounds like a Sega Genesis soundtrack?

[@leusher9024]

It would makes sense. This really remind me of some Sonic tracks, but can´t really tell wich one it does.

[@blara2401]

The Genesis actually used a purposefully inferior/cheaper version of the same line of chips, the YM2612 (the PC-98 used the YM2608, and yes, the number is lower, but the chip is better).

[@leusher9024]

Cool info, dude. Thx. :D

[@blara2401]

Leusher Gamer You're welcome, it's info straight from the Wiki, so I'm not to be thanked anyway.