Magical Astronomy - Track 2: Greenwich in the Sky

Title: 天空のグリニッジ
Artist: ZUN
Album: 大空魔術 ～ Magical Astronomy
Greenwich, the site of the original Royal Observatory... I don't suppose it was as lively there as this song is though. Maybe the fact that it's in the sky makes it more interesting? Well, Maribel and Renko seem to be having fun.

[@boozab99]

I'm starting to believe almost most memes from 2008-2010 used touhou music. What a small world we live in.

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

True

[@ZackLikesBreadAlot]

touhou was really popular back then but touhou isnt that popular outside of japan now

[@mohammadbu50]

@@ZackLikesBreadAlot i'd say it's popular in some sides, such as fumos but that's kinda what most outsiders know about it now

[@ZackLikesBreadAlot]

@Hagrid the Table we will make touhou popular again and bring back that time someday

[@titanime3830]

Touhou is ramping up a lot of popularity oversea recently, and it has never been not popular in Japan

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

Someday, ZUN is going to release another game with a Phantasm stage. The boss will look suspiciously like Renko and have the ability to travel through time and space, and her boss theme will be this song. You can't convince me otherwise.

[@adaslothland850]

I can only say this: the boss theme won’t be this song, just as Mary the Magician isn’t Necrofantasia or Night Falls~Evening Star. However, it’ll have leitmotifs from Sumireko’s theme.

[@cjstorey0117]

Tis a shame Touhou 17 was not the most earthshattering entry lore wise.

[@SerabiiBot]

[stares at Sumireko] Hmm, possible playable Sumireko facing off against this "Renko-like"?

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

Please I wish this would happen

[@vyllix8546]

Actually some big lore mindblowing thing like this could be kinda cool Tho y'know, Touhou is more tame lore wise. The only reason the current state of the lore is "JESUS THAT'S TOO MUCH, I AM NOT GONNA READ THAT." is cuz' the series has had many comics and other little additions to the lore. So maybe a big spin or twist on the lore, really isn't needed, and ZUN will probably keep on adding little additions, which he still does, just like the Izanagi Objects that have been presented in the newer title So hey, guess we can only wait for what ZUN's got in store huh

[@idyn977]

sandwich in the sky

[@Megalith9]

XD

[@13gamerbullet]

While reading the comment above, the voice in your head was changed because of the profile picture. But read it again. Now you can't unhear Morgan Freeman reading your comments for you.

[@eastalternateaccountofthew8852]

Kind of worked, actually.

[@anueutsuho7425]

Green Sandwich.

[@dragodx8238]

"Om nom nom. Om nom" -some fat Russian with a minigun

[@joweechao]

AFTER 500 YEARS I FINALLY FOUND IT

[@umlal]

+joweechao kek pivotmasterDX?

[@Sonicfalcon16]

+joweechao from what?

[@RivalRed]

+umlal Didn't anyone would remember after all these years... Nice

[@umlal]

+Red Skye My childhood's musical and comical self was loosely based on the god, the one and only, pivotmasterDX.

[@alienspaceship5326]

"back in my day..."

[@LunarWingCloud]

One of my favorite tracks ZUN's ever made and it's not even in a game.

[@scroogemcduckenjoyer]

yeah, many good diamonds in zun's music CDs

[@jonathanwood7079]

@@scroogemcduckenjoyer I know this is 3 years old but could you tell me any more awesome songs by him like this one?

[@chickennuggets1990]

@@jonathanwood7079 too many to list

[@peanutbutter9388]

@@jonathanwood7079 Some great songs of the CDs that comes to mind are: This song Mary the Magician Izanagi object Old Adam bar Green Sanatorium Outsider cocktail Led on by a cow to the Zenkou temple Blue sea of 53 minutes

[@lotuwsq]

@@jonathanwood7079 every music he makes is awesome

[@MothWan]

Back when i was 10 i was exposed to sfoc and hopdiddys crazy stickfigure randomness, my parents did not approve of me doing that, so i watched youtube behind their backs, anyways in these animation compilations they had a segment where they would play a remix of this song with seizure inducing effects with the word rofl being flashed multiple times, without knowing it, that was my introduction to touhou, i later figured out more and more till the point i was a full on touhou fan. good night people

[@NeverEron]

HOLY SHIT YES, I WATCHED THE EXACT SAME VIDEO

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Similar story when growing up. Hello, kindred spirit.

[@notbot347]

whats this video called?

[@NeverEron]

@@notbot347 kzbin.info/www/bejne/naDYaWSPjdyoeMk This is it

[@nighthawkmmnp2806]

I had a very similar experience, on Roblox instead of KZbin. So basically, somewhere around 5 years ago Roblox used to be very different. There was this new thing called "Chat voice" where some keywords would play audio. Me and my younger brother loved this, so we looked up the list of words and said EVERYTHING. One keyword, I believe to have been "river" but I'm not sure if that's right, played a version of charming dominance. Now about 4 years later I find the original and am a weeb. Thanks Roblox. TLDR. Roblox was my first step into becoming a weep.

[@christianthomas8069]

Fun fact Greenwich is technically in the sky so this songs pretty accurate

[@Shadowflutter196]

With the western launch, I expect people to come here after playing Lost Word

[@quochaonguyen6484]

Hello fellow prayer

[@bobmckendick7634]

I came here because I like Renko, I was wondering why the title seemed so familiar

[@bluetoad2813]

Thanks to LostWord and my friend from middle school, I've ultimately got into touhou. I can't stop listening to the ost

[@LilyKazami]

Been here since Fantasy Maiden Wars 1 :D

[@neitoxotien2258]

I came here because they are the only Touhou character that I have never heard the the lore of.

[@painovoimaton]

Heh, I would appreciate if clothing fashion in the future is like that. Also, from some places this extremely vaguely resembles Sonic 2 boss themes.

[@painovoimaton]

@Martin Beltran sup

[@greepthesheep01]

i wish clothes were like that now, seeing as your comment is now 7 years old. but still, the clothes in touhou are really nice. we need to wear nightcaps everywhere, too lol

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

I wanna wear fun hats and bows 😔

[@tubebrocoli]

Fun fact, Renko and Maribel live in our own near-future, after the climate catastrophe took place and the biosphere collapsed. Humanity survived and even thrived, and due to its advanced technology and cultural nostalgia for when nature was a thing, they reshaped the world into looking like nature reclaimed it. So cities are intentionally flooded, there's plants and vines everywhere, buildings are in ruin, everything looks like the Chernobyl exclusion zone (well, pre-war anyway). But everything is plastic. There are no more real plants and vines, or insects, or wild animals, they're all just extremely convincing plastic and metal fakes. And most of humanity is incredibly melancholic in this artificial world.

[@kienphucnguyen2001]

Ngl, i can’t stop complimenting how genius zun is in music.His style is so unique.

[@user-nw6lj3mt9w]

曲名思い出せなかったけどなんとか辿り着けた

[@venndiagram6776]

Pizza in the Sky? NICE!

[@VA-kz7vy]

+Miko Toyosatomimi I think I have a crust in you now-//*BRICKED*

[@Bravidunno]

NOICE !

[@nexieterithu1073]

Aww about to comment it

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

*nostalgia*

[@spaghettiking7312]

Yet another song which reminds me why Touhou is the best series.

[@dogethedoge25]

I LOVE TOUHOU 😭😭😭😭

[@elektrolites2891]

I live in Greenwich!

[@aquilinodominguez932]

Are you in the sky?

[@Ash-ii4hg]

Elektrolites New York?

[@bluetoad2813]

@@Ash-ii4hg It's in the UK not New York

[@baonguyenphucgia7130]

"I am interested only in "nonsense"; only in that which makes no practical sense. I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestations" - Daniil Kharms

[@wwatesse]

i also come here from the TMO super events video

[@kolonmelon8173]

did anyone noticed that they were upside down?

[@warhammer3012]

+Natchanon Eabsakul You never know, reality might be what's upside down.

[@kolonmelon8173]

Reikr thanks Jaden Smith

[@princeoflight612]

Seija flipped them.

[@dontwatchmuhvideosanddontscrub]

I thought they're on the water.

[@danielgreen7374]

They are on clouds. If you look at the green area, they are all trees.

[@TheAnonymousClone]

In the Philippines, Greenwich is a pizza chain. So that means...

[@jackalqueen2788]

PIZZA-CHAIN IN THE SKY...

[@TheAnonymousClone]

Soviet Mudkip And being delivered through helicopters and stuff, I wish :L

[@ShatteredGlass916]

i think i'll head for Phillppines on the next summer LOL

[@Shameimaruru]

I need to go to Greenwich this winter...

[@louizeandrei]

Actually there, you got me!

[@Niiue]

Back here once again. I love greenwich in the sky but all I've been doing was hearing arranges. Felt like I should stop by the original and appreciate it, y'know?

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

A city in the sky must be quite a sight, indeed...

[@toasterwaffleowen4709]

Lowkey might be my favourite song in the franchise

[@aidielhafizsyamsulhafiz7595]

This song makes me imagine 2 people dancing together while killing enemies.

[@SEMIA123]

Don't mind me, just here to refresh myself on how this song sounds before listening to the RichardEB remix since I completely forgot this song exists. There's so much touhou music out there that it's hard to keep track of it.

[@heartfeltfancy]

this is pure absurdism captured in a song, i love it

[@SparenofIria]

I used this as an Extra Stage theme in a fan game. Actually, it sounds like it'd be a better choice for Fairy Wars Extra, in my opinion.

[@bonniethebunny7453]

This theme really reminds me of Marisa...Anyone else?

[@-simonnielsen-8116]

+Bonnie The Bunny Yea same, lol

[@bardoquisaiajeans]

+Bonnie The Bunny "Green*witch* in the Sky"

[@bardoquisaiajeans]

+Nitori Kawashiro Fanclub Speaking of that... What if, in the picture, they're actually flying upwards, and the upside down city is said town, in the sky, therefore, Greenwich in the Sky?

[@OverReaperCh]

+Bonnie The Bunny More like Mima.

[@OverReaperCh]

Well, Mima is more like witch with her magic, maybe she was witch before she turn into vengeful spirit. And green because she got green hair.

[@Noxshade]

/ Hey, hey so what's all the buzz about? \ Hey, hey, have you heard the news?

[@acanine8526]

/ Somewhere, they're clearing a path into thin air; \ There's no time to lose! (I know this comment is eons old, but I saw a verse from Lyrica's songs, and I was compelled to reply)

[@_moca_758]

\Id say we're up for a tour then/

[@strwii]

\you say, it's happening soon?

[@kogasatatara4614]

Maribel Yakumo Hearn Sumirenko Usami

[@KirbyMetaKnight100]

Maribel Hearn => Yukari Yakumo Sumireko Usami => Renko Usami

[@kogasatatara4614]

+KirbyMetaKnight100 Exactly

[@JannaJaNaiPleaseKillMe]

I would say Renko has a close relation to Reimu

[@kogasatatara4614]

+Janna Ja Nai Oh, why?~

[@JannaJaNaiPleaseKillMe]

the relationship to Maribel reminds me of Reimu to Yukari :3

[@anonymousgt6566]

This would make a perfect theme for a which or for Marisa

[@shadowbattalion1]

Probably not for Marisa. If anything, this song gives off more of a "mischievous" feel. While there is the whole "lol steal books" thing, that doesn't really go hand-in-hand with Marisa's persona overall.

[@anonymousgt6566]

You are amazingly right! It just that it is so withcy catchy

[@RadiantAeon]

I feel like it'd be good for Reimu. Don't know why, just do.

[@anonymousgt6566]

This fits perfectly in lots of characters, in other words, it wouldn't be bad for her :)

[@Asiis]

The Plus-Minus Complex Considering this is a theme for the sealing club, I'd say it fits Renko-Which is a stand-in for Reimu anyway.

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

Bastillard Tomsk moment.

[@neinobakane183]

Probably one of the coolest song that is not even added in the game

[@scroogemcduckenjoyer]

I've gotten more interested on the outside world rather than gensokyo itself

[@ditlos3112]

But that's where you have been living your entire life up until now.

[@articdrugs1061]

Ditlos True 😂

[@Angel_Flash]

this song gets the BEST arrangements ever

[@flandrescarletdevil5844]

I never knew "Greenwich" had a Floating Restaurant in the Sky-

[@lazydelibird]

Right? Do they deliver is the question.

[@kagechu2005BISVG]

**a stick figure on a seizure warning**

[@bt8559]

If u look at the picture long enough, you'll feel like you're falling to the sky

[@omegaknight6421]

I know nothing about touhou's lore and probably never will but i can agree the music is really good

[@BinglesP]

Super upbeat for an album-only ZUN track.

[@marisakirisame2366]

So this is where lost word took it from

[@kongoubongo2970]

listen to lyrica live's touhou lyrics version of this song, it makes it 10x better

[@fluffy_cheese7478]

I agree

[@p3bblez]

I FOUND IT THE ORIGINAL AFTER MY LONG QUEST

[@WishMakers]

I think if Maribel and Renko were bosses in a danmaku game, they would have this theme (almost like Yuki and Mai) in their stage. I agree with a lot of people though, this is one of my favorite ZUN songs (sliding in right behind Ancients, practically...) By the way, I should really make that fight a thing...

[@cyberporygonZ]

They would be cool as a final or stage 5 boss protecting gensokyo god *whisper* yukari......

[@thettbd]

Search up "Touhoupachi Blissful Death Stage 5" they're the boss.

[@WishMakers]

The Terrible Bullet Dodger Good fight, but I'm not the biggest fan of DoDonPachi music for the most part. It's good, but this is better, or at least more fitting. But it's TouhouPachi, what can you do?

[@Erishia]

Renko's leg...

[@ymishaus2266]

benis :-DDD

[@P1nk_Sky]

I love this theme!

[@dontwatchmuhvideosanddontscrub]

I was correct, but my teacher is wrong Greenwich is a country, and says its on earth but I say, its on the sky.

[@ColossatronProductions]

Show her this video

[@MattJDave]

If your teacher is saying Greenwich is a _country,_ he's a bad teacher

[@floof5359]

nah, @Prado, we all know Greenwich is a planetary being

[@Azusagumee]

I cant hear this theme the same way again after listening to thlw battle theme too many times

[@Gensou13]

Because I feel like I'm trapped in nostalgia, without having lived it

[@Aliez12]

Kharms reunited Russia

[@MiraiVFD]

i FINALLY after like 11 years found out what the touhoumon 1.53 sylph co theme is feels good

[@Fishnberg]

3:20 this is the part you really want to har

[@GuardianRX93]

Thanks man. Keep up the good vids man!

[@AnimaRandom]

The title sounds tasty :D

[@kijushiro]

"Tasty"? ;_; I know everybody is like "sandwich in the sky!!" but it actually reminds me of those green sandwiches i recently found in my bagpack ;^; It isn't tasty, trust me

[@Romero_m8]

Renkos theme is badass, but reminds me of the grind that touhou lost word had, it was the battle theme

[@bobatealily]

What a beautiful melody

[@marisakirisame867]

My synthesizer goes up "fire" indeed when i put a MIDI file of this song innit

[@adaslothland850]

I feel like this is the opening theme of a mysetry anime film with Renko and Maribel as the main characters.

[@cipeentity463]

so this is renko theme ??if not,whose theme

[@orb2694]

You posted this 4 fucking times ._.

[@adaslothland850]

Exetide thanks, I wasn’t aware.

[@orb2694]

@@adaslothland850 Wouldn't you delete them?

[@adaslothland850]

Exetide deleted them already, don’t know why it happened though.

[@KogasaTatara514]

This sounds so familiar. I don't know where it could have been from..

[@orchetrance3230]

I remember hearing this song in a ytp many years ago... i feel old.

[@HyperVanilo]

All PC-98 Characters Alphes Style

[@fernisvolador]

same

[@dachranoipolote]

Same

[@UoonekeSimp]

Same

[@toobsthetubb]

Lovely track :D

[@bouteilledeau1463]

FINALLY FOUND THE ORIGINAL!!! :D

[@yahyazaydan6063]

Love to make you come

[@yahyazaydan6063]

[@toyosatomiminomiko8907]

+Yahya Zaydan and that's what she said.

[@beefmeef]

I can't help but think that Goodbye my friend by blind guardian and the start and bits of this sound vaugely similar, but maybe i'm going insane...

[@MrAsyo1]

Este tema es perfecto para un juego de lucha This theme is perfect for a figth game

[@eatalightbulb]

fighting game

[@mitamamagahara3983]

ZUN can practically do anything since he's a god.

[@Ketchup_Sandwich]

I want renko and sumireko to meet (totally not because they both have the last name usami)

[@TheDarkSlayer415]

This song, reminds me of Silph Co. in Touhoumon Merry since it used a remix, and Hipster Spaps

[@Sam_Hue]

Feels like a classic on PC-98.

[@dachranoipolote]

Best theme Touhou PC-98

[@Ayahuasca98]

Only song in lostword

[@LastRemote94]

This is one of the best Touhou themes !

[@e.d.h.kendrick673]

Heavy: Engineer! Put dispenser here!

[@davemustang8173]

it's weird to think a Stick Figure animation led me to an 8 year obsession with Touhou

[@lazydelibird]

I would like to know this stick figure animation.

[@captain5977]

Probably JZboy or something, those arent really stick figures but close enough

[@davemustang8173]

@@lazydelibird Stick Figures on Crack

[@user-lo6xp7dv9f]

I will come back in 10 years wait for me…

[@somberz]

I finally found this song

[@lordrichardverania3698]

i would love if renko appears as an extra boss and maribel as a phantasm boss using this theme.

[@attaya7468]

IT'S SHOTGUN TIME!!!

[@e.d.h.kendrick673]

Engi in Paradise part 4 brought me here!

[@dareloh7300]

This reminds me of a song from another game , I think it's a rhythm game and the song title was ryusa no toba : casino de quiksand . I think that's how it's spelt

[@blizardninja22]

....I just realized that they are falling upside down

[@micheallantler5068]

bluestormrider22 Nah they’re in Australia 🇦🇺

[@abarette_]

This feels so Marisa-esque honestly lol

[@robotsturm6488]

Nice boss battle theme for a megaman game

[@1MrAshey]

Jazz is strong in this one!

[@JaySlosh]

Has anyone else noticed the similarities between Sumireko's and Renko's hats?

[@AliceDWitch]

They also have the same family name: Usami. (Renko Usami and Sumireko Usami) Nobody knows if Sumireko is Renko's grandma, or great aunt, or if they have any immediate blood relation at all, but apparently Renko inherited Sumireko's hat and "hobby" (investigating youkai) anyways.

[@JaySlosh]

@@AliceDWitch My personal headcanon is that Renko is directly related to Sumireko, but by this point in time, either Sumireko has died or simply hasn't told Renko about her adventures in Gensokyo.

[@mageofshadow]

The tune of this track at points reminds me of old genesis games.

[@Panda-ok1yk]

because it's from the game LOL. Touhou has many great songs.

[@Dragoncraft9]

Casino Bullet Hell Someone make it a thing.

[@tongarfrunchy9019]

Wow this was from Touhou? I remember this years ago and I only just found it now

[@commensalism1997]

I found it when i searched "renko's theme" and found merry the magician by maribel theme

[@rebeccascarlet4305]

Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is the 10th largest municipality in Connecticut, and the largest that functions as a town. - Wikipedia

[@LolWutComedy]

ROFL Dance collab, anyone? :P

[@FrogmaskMusic]

RageGamesGalore put it back

[@eknerpyknic6219]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@frostythesnowman4643]

finally found it .3.

[@syoudre7769]

0:44 at 0.75 speed, sounds like Sumireko's theme

[@gozogo1233]

i mean, renko and sumireko are rumored to be related

[@mrbrunobfbones5644]

hes dead....

[@toainsully]

POV: You're driving Richmond in Somewhere, Wales

[@432pro]

honestly if zun bothered to make an official RPG involving the Sealing Club duo and put it on steam i'd buy the fuck out of it

[@uboa8060]

Sounds like something that he'd let Twilight Frontier handle, or another company, he's not shy with partnering up from time to time. But yeah I'd totally play that lmao

[@HirosamaNadasaki]

It would most definitely be lore unfriendly, given that Renko and Maribel are unable to danmaku or fight in any way.

[@MattJDave]

I'm sure I remember this being used somewhere else in the Touhou series, but where I cannae remember...

[@LilyKazami]

Multiple times it's used as stage themes in Gensou Shoujo Taisen.

[@TheForgottenCherish]

Sounds like a Stage 2 Boss or Stage 3 theme

[@gorzux2829]

Taking in account how long this song is, I bet that you can read all the comments of the video B) Bonne chance

[@P1nk_Sky]

*Parapapa* 👁️‍🗨️

[@Konoko_kun]

*mandatory green Marisa joke incoming*

[@ArturKlesun-zq7ns]

hm, Pocket Watch -> Sakuya -> Time Travel -> Maribel is Yukari dezunction