EoSD Stage 1 - A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry

[@Jay1Ashyarn]

"Well you'd never know if it was good medicine or not unless you tried it for yourself." -The worst piece of advice ever given in a video game

[@pockychews7232]

Child goes plays this game, soons learns about weed but does not have enough information if it's medicine that will help you. Finds out dad has weed. Takes the advice from Eosd and uses weed. [Insert aftermath here]

[@pockychews7232]

Play as Reimu and beat the first stage boss, the dialogue will show up for "medicine"

[@insomniatic991]

I played this as a kid oddly I_I

[@alvincole762]

Lol I'm almost 30 and this is the best game in my life. The fire of Hokkaido is the best music video every

[@user-nz2ec1js3r]

wait, you mean i shouldnt take that advice seriously? I NEED AN AMBULANCE

[@hannibalkills1214]

Turns out, the BGM file takes up 97% of the total Touhou game file size.

[@suflors]

+hannibal kills makes sense

[@zanegandini5350]

+martravi What's the point in uncompressed PCM audio when there's lossless compression?

[@cacomeatball9153]

The BGM file are mainly .wav files.

[@ZPS_STG]

Just checked this, it's completely accurate.

[@traior246]

I know this BGM takes up 97% of my play time

[@dranez305]

0:45 I can hear countdown beepings even though they're not there...

[@tear4607]

Waited for a comment like this. Everytime, man.

[@schwartzghandi]

glad i wasnt the only one

[@Angellirav]

same

[@omicronalpha8827]

me when I lose all brain function from practicing and miss 50% of power pickups

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Same

[@captaintsubasa7430]

Fun fact: This is the very first song of ZUN's trademark: our beloved "ZUNpets"

[@nefibarreto9315]

in reality is the menu theme that started the ''ZUNpets'' thing.

[@real_Furryratchet]

Oh god. So this is the origin for me? Loving the music since this song. The zunpets are always a highlight for every touhou track

[@captaintsubasa7430]

@@nefibarreto9315 Seiga theme also has trumpets, but not ZUNpets, same there.

[@halinaqi2194]

@@nefibarreto9315 This one uses the traditional Zunpet that people are familiar with, the menu uses Brass trumpets which are different.

[@sjlpuff1057]

i know you mean trumpet or something but "zunpets" sounds like some sort of online virtual pet game

[@d7u8d9e]

Yes, Rumia the innocent, cute people eater. I see nothing wrong with that statement.

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Hmmm yes

[@D00000T]

@@R0ZEN7 ok English language, give me a word that describes reverse cannibalism

[@cooleecoolee9504]

@@D00000T How is cannibalism if rumia a youkai species and he/she a human?

[@L30GH05TDUD3]

@@D00000T Rumia is no human she’s a Youkai and Youkai eat humans.

[@baldkiwi444]

cute people eater (she eats cute people)

[@giorgioreshkaf8496]

And Humanity started using the decimal system

[@crqf2010ruler]

Rude! Doesn't it looks like "The saint was crucified"?

[@majimagoro1631]

@@crqf2010ruler bet you dont even have 10 fingers

[@Mizuki_is_life]

Did the PC-98 games use the binary system for sth?

[@blendhypothesis2498]

Speaking of humanity, I rejected mine some time ago.

[@Finigini]

@@blendhypothesis2498 become monke

[@SommerSen]

0:05 First Wave 0:20 Pink Fairies 0:31 Rumia Appears 0:45 BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!/ Spellcard 0:58 Pink Fairy horde 1:12 Final Blue Fairy File 1:24 "It sure it's nice out here..."

[@catmaksimus]

Exactly

[@CEOofRacism]

OMG that pattern is now in my brain too

[@vividbrando860]

i hear it every time i hear this song, that spellcard timer is in my head at this point

[@muha0644]

I cannot hear the song without the BEEP BEEP BEEP at 0:45 Even though i can beat Rumia faster now that i can play good, i still wait for it.

[@Ale_CD7]

Omg I love you

[@RX117STARoTOAPRIME]

Ahh that time when I was so proud to pass this stage on normal mode. Good times

[@NuclearNacho13]

Heh, that's probably gonna be me pretty soon...

[@NuclearNacho13]

Update to this thing I posted a year or so ago I have 1cc'd all windows games (except 9) on normal. and have 1cc'd 6 and 7 on hard. Progress, baby

[@MrCake-ic6hn]

@@NuclearNacho13 I still trying to beat remilia on normal without continues.... for whole year.

[@ryanlam2217]

@@NuclearNacho13 youre an inspiration

[@عبدالكريمالطحان-ز8ف]

1

[@macadoodle1237]

"I'll catch an air-conditioner cold!"

[@ansyyxux]

Wrong stage

[@ascente6932]

Opposite Internet Explorer: info come too early

[@Spaztique]

Just started playing Touhou: EoSD, and I've already grown a fondness for this song. Whenever I start playing, I always have a personal goal in mind, like "I'm going to make it to Sakuya with one credit on Hard," or, "I'm going to beat the game on Lunatic, regardless of continues." While my goals may change, there's one thing that always stays the same: hearing this song when the adventure begins.

[@user-ws6qw5rn9r]

hello i am here nine years into the future but yeah i only just started playing touhou recently too and this song already makes me feel nostalgic

[@y_rnd]

@@user-ws6qw5rn9r same story here

[@amethyst4578]

Hello im here from the future and i dont wanna get into touhou but i do like gaming music

[@NOOB-ps8km]

And i am even further in the future and i agree. Playing a game just to hear the OST is like 3 AM water. You could do that anytime but NO. Because that time is special.Its not about the water or the song it is about the experience.

[@J03_M4m4]

@@user-ws6qw5rn9r same

[@kero232]

1:15 dat... solo(?)! ..so, it's been only 4 days since I got into Touhou, but I'm sure this will be unforgettable, iconic, nostalgic to me

[@vsear5911]

+MegaSonicMax Welcome. You shall never leave. These fast-paced piano passages are actually very common in Touhou, almost as much of a signature as the trumpets. After you've listened to plenty of the more complex ones, I guess this won't stand out as much. I find this memorable mostly for the percussion. The EoSD tracks in general stand out for the weird strings. You don't see them at all in later OSTs.

[@kero232]

Bob Goodgulf Heck yes, I'm realizing that. I realize how cool these synthesizer are. Let me tell you something, I never really care about this kind of music (electronic, midi-ish, etc),well, at least, I never wanted to, but haha Touhou's are great, I know they are, very great, perfect on their own way The Young Descendant of Tepes, I remember starting Remilia stage on Normal and quickly enjoying its bass, all filled with a bunch of bullets everywhere at the mere beginning ..so yeah. I don't know too much about the other OSTs, but I've downloaded a couple to listen and know them, including EoSD, and I think I can see what you mean. I wanted to "listen to the tracks, keep what I like, delete what I don't really care", but no,I can't do that. As a whole, I just can't delete it. --- So how much has passed, 2-3 weeks? I'm already finding myself enjoying the Touhou world :D (thank you)

[@art.s.0]

+MegaSonicMax I'm new too!.... well, been in this fandom since the end of July :3 I now know 3/4 of the characters in Touhou, yet I haven't finished playing EotSD :P I simply looked them up on wiki XD Though coming back here many times, this is indeed a very nostalgic stage bgm =w=

[@kero232]

Zach Fair Yay pal! xD I'm on my way, knowing the chars, they all seem charmy! ..Just hours ago I found IN pretty lovely, an absolutely wonderful game, for sure ...too add something, I got to say I love Remilia theme :P I also hope to get amazed to the music, I know they'll come. --- ...and more trivial, I ask myself, "why didn't I got into Touhou before?" haha :)

[@suflors]

+MegaSonicMax new to touhou and already way better than me . . . remember to read the mangas though!

[@theanti-person9113]

I thought the name of the song was: 'fucking perfect freeze' 'damn meiling's last spellcard' 'Borrowing books: mission failed' 'oh what a nice watch *knifed*'

[@flrs5858]

One more:BOUNCING RED BALLS OF DEATH

[@TDH12]

How about "Goddamn stop teleporting" in Stage 2?

[@jadeng.s.2549]

The Anti-Person What about ‘Stop Multiplying yourself!!’

[@euue3245]

Septette for the dead player

[@TehDuckOfDoom]

Looks like humanity started using decimal system.

[@95DreadLord]

the starting diu di diu diu is catchy

[@bobdavid01]

I can hear all the in-game sound effects just from listening to this

[@cirnonokoibito]

I remember this being the first touhou game I ever played, and the thing that completely blew me back was the music from this very level. It was the first time I ever heard anything like it. From that point forward, I had to see what the other touhou games were about. Of all the first impressions I've ever experienced, this was probably the strongest.

[@grass324]

Same 😭

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

I love how well this song encaptures the feeling of beginning your journey. Id say this is the most iconic stage 1 theme for most touhou fans given it's the first stage of the windows era, too.

[@jotrashjoestar9216]

0:45 oh shoot oh shoot, 10 seconds remaining. Love the way ZUN times music to the stages and bosses

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Yeah it really adds to the pressure and the mood of it

[@Kitisplode]

i always get the sound from the spellcard timer running out stuck in my head around 0:47 ...

[@occultCapra]

Argh, that timer running out..

[@venosho2167]

Those first 18 seconds are pure bliss

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

"She's not even human, i bet she doesn't have ten fingers"

[@hyunwonchang1380]

ah yes. here listening to entire touhou 6 ost worried about this assignment i never even looked at.

[@HazzyKizo]

- First time playing Lunatic Mode -You meet the same fairies - they started shooting at you -you dodged nicely -they shoots more than usual -you feel challenged -you meet rumia -she starts shooting you -you realized you cant even beat cirno on easy mode -you start sweating -you hear cooldown timer -shoots you even more with her spellcard -you start feeling uneasy -she uses her second spell. the lazer one -you shoot her with ease -she uses her last spellcard -you noticed. this is now the rumia youve met before -before you realizes it. you already died.

[@GregoVal]

This describes my experience very well.

[@notjx113]

This is literally me so far lmao

[@minignoux4566]

starting lunatic when struggling on easy is not the best of decisions lol

[@Parnifia]

This will always make me think of when I started playing Touhou, and of when I began recording and uploading videos of it. Even though I wasn't even really a gamer when the game came out, it's still contemporarily nostalgic for me.

[@eiMik01337]

Chris Yukine!

[@riukasoulripper8252]

And so here it begins....

[@martin0499]

The first level and it's already such an unreal banger

[@name7488]

This is so nostalgic. I remember when I was younger and first played EoSD. Damn. Thank you ZUN for this masterpiece.

[@elbinopaper4629]

Undertale: sans is hard because he’s the final boss Me: Angerly doots in first boss flex

[@Bonetrousle]

Whoever said Sans is the final boss is kinda wrong, the true final boss of Undertale is Photoshop Flowey.

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Your FBI Agent yep

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Touhou’s difficulty is a never ending sans fight but harder and you don’t get shamed for total genocide

[@Bonetrousle]

That cheese fluff lol

[@rett064]

Windows 10 players: This is where I meet my doom

[@rett064]

Windows 10 users: This is where I meet my doom Why did I comment this twice-

[@chartrev5333]

Pretty much

[@xSh4dowNinja]

youtube at the time probably did that

[@Nr_Symphony]

Why in Windows 10? This game for me works fine

[@skellexon]

It works pretty fine for me, 60fps stable no speeding up or slowing down

[@rett064]

@@Nr_Symphony might have been the version of the game you downloaded. at the time, i got it off of moriya shrine before they patched it with the vsync and better translations, so my gameplay was really bad. super fast framerates that went up to 1000fps. i downloaded it again during december and i noticed it’s been working perfectly.

[@likeok4]

EoSD Stage 1 - You failed your 1cc during the ZA WARUDO maid.

[@jadeng.s.2549]

Likeok4 EoSD Stage 1 - You failed your 1cc during Red Magic/Scarlet Gensokyo

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

@Miguel Urbina Gregorio wow.. how mature.. i'm glad to see such mature conversation here over a random judgement that totally isn't a baseless accusation or anything like that... or in non sarcastic words, "if you wanna judge someone over their profile picture, screw off"

[@weirdoscreation]

@@OutOfTheShadows1 fuck u furry

[@h4nginggarden]

@Miguel Urbina Gregorio fUrRy BaD lAuGh

[@RayTC]

fuck u furry

[@Dorkdominion]

It's been a year since I got into Touhou. I haven't played the games, but I really love the music and Patchouli. It feels kinda poetic that I got into the series in my freshman year of highschool.

[@toro2812]

Please do try to play them, they can get pretty fun.

[@user-ly2nx7ss2x]

I always die on this stage Because I use a Windows 10

[@asepfaisal856]

F bro

[@touhouyamax2755]

Why can't you beat her with Windows 10?

[@theseasofenvy8826]

Windows 10 causes EoSD to speed up real nice and fast, I got my fps to over 500 before.

[@captaintsubasa7430]

@@theseasofenvy8826 you stole the words from my mouth - Alice 2004

[@rcsiapno1]

Go Window mode

[@kboo826]

I get goosebumps every time this part comes in 0:18

[@metaronin]

hi ga kurete chikadzuku kurenai ni somaru machi de kimagure na anata wo machiboukete shizun’deshimau yuuhi

[@antiquet3301]

Funny, I've been listening to a playlist of every Touhou song... The second EoSD showed up, the view count went from thousands to nearly millions. PC98 era is deserving of more love.

[@StinkBugWizard]

How to get emotional in 10 seconds

[@Park-ll6mj]

0:32 Rumia inbound!

[@DanielLearmouth]

This song is so addictive! I cannot stop listening to it!

[@Lola8288]

Yup

[@daniel_ze]

Started playing Touhou games back in this year's August, and i'm already feeling nostalgic when hearing this song because EoSD was the first TH game i ever played.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

it sounds blurry, but nice

[@dld493v2]

Imagine living in Oregon right now, you step outside and this starts playing.

[@dyingscarlet]

I love the bassline

[@maxime2201]

This is one of my favourite TH soundtrack, maybe for the fact of all the retry I did for my 1cc (goddamn Patchouli and Remilia)

[@tokamorihigani6180]

you got to Remi......Lucky

[@jambon2730]

@@tokamorihigani6180 Aaaaah EASY MODO ?

[@andhikanuralamsyah6748]

@@jambon2730 How Lame!

[@radicaltrafficcone8284]

does anyone else hear the beeps that sound when your time is running out?

[@elbinopaper4629]

The superior T-pose to out class them all

[@infernal-toad]

I found it interesting how EOSD’s soundfont sounds notably different than in the next few games after this. It’s easy to tell this is the first windows touhou game in that way.

[@Tetopettenson1]

Banger of a music

[@EmperorZephyr]

That trumpet :3

[@2hufan521]

Honestly, I love this song, it was my introduction to the Touhou games and, well, I think it's the perfect song to start off the game (aside for the menu music, of course).

[@anyogambito4406]

rumia you will always hold a special place in my heart as my first touhou boss battle

[@Ryann1908]

Iconic.

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

My favorite piece of dialogue in this game is "i bet she doesn't even have ten fingers"

[@wrathengel82]

such a beautiful ost :^)

[@YonkoKenji]

ive 1cced EOSD on normal about 2 years ago it was my first tohou game fuck this is actually to nostalgic my introduction to tohou maaaaan, back when i was a little shit who sucked so bad at cirno now ive 1cced lunatic imperishable night like a week ago times fly by so when you are having fun cheerish it. thx

[@StrykerX]

Aaaah... The First Amazing Piece of ZUNs Music that I hear in the first ever Touhou game I played, despite still being pretty new to the game, I can't help but feel nostalgic. :)

[@kevintrang3007]

What about the title song?

[@namelessfaerie1302]

My introduction to the holy sancticity that is the Touhou Project

[@Kilo-Kilo-]

This is one of my favorite goofy sounding songs :] especially at the beginning

[@wrathengel82]

I'll listen to the entire ost of this game

[@pretzelfishesgaming1623]

Name of This Song (based on my losses): "Cirno, chill tf out." "Screw off Meiling! I don't wanna taste the rainbow!" "Patchouli, whyyyyyyy?!" "I didn't even get to see Sakuya. I died before I could see her."

[@jadeng.s.2549]

*”Eternal Meek - Strange Art”* “Who are the Scarlet Sisters?”

[@jacobbiscuit9080]

alongside mopemope, meiling made me fear flowers

[@faby6515]

_And the nightmare begins..._

[@vitordarksider]

This feels really nostalgic, God bless ZUN's trumpets.

[@SommerSen]

0:31 is the best part. You're dealing with a bunch of fairies at the beginning, nothing out of the ordinary, and then suddenly this girl appears just when the music goes all out and starts firing all sorts of patterns while you fly around and try to kill her

[@catninja909]

I like Rumia!

[@catninja909]

But I don't like EoSD I think it's one of the harder Touhou games (I've only played 6-9)

[@real_Furryratchet]

***** I think EosD isn't so hard, the hardest one is touhou 12 : I

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

EoSD is the easiest in terms of overall bullet density and pattern complexity, but later games give you more resources and/or often have a system that you can abuse towards survival.

[@LiveErrors]

***** he says even though all of the bosses in the game uses bullet spam

[@werewook]

*****​​​ In order from hardest to easiest (IMO): ------------------------------------------------------------- Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Undefined Fantastic Object Story of Eastern Wonderland Subterranean Animism Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Highly Responsive to Prayers Phantasmagoria of Flower View Double Dealing Character Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Mystic Square Lotus Land Story Mountain of Faith Imperishable Night Perfect Cherry Blossom Ten Desires

[@vasilef3500]

This is My first touhou song

[@IsabelElysium]

I NEVER KNEW WHAT A GROUND CHERRY WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS CHERRIES IN THE GROUNDS HELP

[@Akaeru]

My honest reaction: 🤯

[@Nr_Symphony]

Gran forma de empezar la generacion Windows, bien hecho ZUN Great form to start the Windows generation, well done ZUN

[@_excalibruh]

"Have you ever heard the saying "good medicine tastes bad"?"

[@FireyDeath4]

Only cultured fellows remember this song from Stuck in the Creep

[@namelessfaerie1302]

The best thing that has happened to me in my life

[@edmundthefox3656]

I absolutely loved playing this game. This game was (sort of) my early adolescence, and it gives me memories to listen to this.

[@MashMash]

Dat trumpet is so fucking epic

[@ZawachiGaming]

RESTARTS AND LISTENS TO THIS FOR 1000 TIME

[@elcuy3544]

I only downloaded Touhou last week, yet the artworks and the soundtracks make me feel incredibly nostalgic, it's all just so familiar.

[@aoneko6813]

I've heard this song after dying so many times that i wouldn't be surprised to hear it at my own funeral.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

This entire theme is absolutely GREAT. It fits so well for a ‘first stage’ BGM. I’ve heard someone on Steam say that EoSD’s OST is “bland and overrated” but I don’t understand what that person means. My favorite parts are 0:00 - 0:18 0:18 - 0:44 0:45 - 1:12 is peaceful in a good way and is a good looping point. The piano at 1:15 is just COOL. So yeah, great theme overall! :D

[@NocheTenebri]

This is one of my favorite songs in EoSD X3

[@spaghettiking7312]

For some reason I imagine doing laundry to this.

[@AeroDissonance]

Ah Rumia..I remember frantically attempting to dodge her bullets when I first played, not anymore though!

[@FantasySeal]

Addictive as hell

[@poledra4153]

When i lose a live on the two first stages, i restart Makes it sometimes frustrating since the more i restart, the more stupid things i do But each time, the frustration was disipating when trumpet comes in

[@metaronin]

Fall in the dark

[@ElaborateTerrace]

I love this song, even this the trumpets. But I wish there was a version without them, the start is so catchy

[@LuckySmash9]

Oh I remember when I died to Rumia on Easy. Good times, good times.

[@Bonetrousle]

Same

[@Ehtis1]

Otherwise known as the "Sakuya kicked your ass for the 67th time and now you have to restart" theme.

[@tabbitabbithatabster]

this song just feels like autumn

[@goodfishie77]

Whenever someone new comes to the touhou series, they hear this song and just get addicted.

[@Majalizzz]

This game filles me with stress and relax , is the best game in the fricking world

[@gevotronprime]

Me in any space shooting segment of a game.

[@bluesita]

one of my favs :3

[@CinderellaCage]

Does anyone remember the legendary "Fall in The Dark"?

[@ArturKlesun-zq7ns]

You thought you were listening to the touhou, but at 00:00:17 you realize that what you are actualy hearing is: Now that we're here tonight let me hear what you say There's no poetry in meeting in the day But this darkness has made me afraid Can't we take this away You have no chance in mind of me getting too far Just confirming what a man-eater you are One more victim of midnights bizarre I just can't get away Oh, why can't I just love you, my darling It's not all black and blue I instead see black, white, and red As the last live thought into my head No, our love is too young to die (young to die) Why send me off with a lie (with a lie) If we tried again you'd say no (you'd say no) Why dance around it, girl? Just tell me it is so Thanks, T.Stebbins, now I can't listen to my favourite tune because of your voice in my mind!

[@adaslothland850]

I think commenting to this music is my new passion

[@2007ser]

私とルミアは5月12日の誕生日にすでにコスプレを終えています、私はルミアのようです

[@ossum_]

OK BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE THAT MUSIC YOU WOULD HEAR WHILE PLAYING A PRIZE CLAW/CRANE GAME AT THE ARCADE

[@ranarelianae524]

Enter unto the new era and battle through the night to stop the Scarlet Mist. What mysteries await you beyond the other side? Who knows..

[@cloverkip]

i just started touhou and i really like this song some ppl told me to start with 6 so ye

[@pawble]

i love it

[@CosmicMysticQ]

This sounds a lot like Remilia's theme now that I think of it

[@touhouyamax2755]

Yes actually

[@Lebon19]

I was listening to "It Is So" by T.Stebbins since it's a Eurobeat remix of this song. And I wondered what the original sounded like... And yes, this message was written AFTER I heard several remixes without having heard the original.

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

The piano part always excites me.

[@ShionChanky]

Oh shit, here we go again.