Perfect Cherry Blossom - Original Song

[@TALI_KAEOS]

Attention!!! REIMU HAKUREI and MARISA KIRISAME is in great danger, stuck in an eternal winter!!! They're trying their best to get spring back, but they need YOUR help! With just the three digits at the back of your credit card, including the expiration month and year, YOU can help get spring back!! BUT YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK, or else all the touhou girls will be stuck in Eternal Winter!!!

[@Inspectre11]

Do you need the sixteen numbers on the front as well?

[@kaidenpennington2872]

Glad to see you are still here singing tali

[@HalfTangible]

420-69!!

[@darkjackl999]

Do you take discover

[@Flowery0]

362 24/05

[@Tillal8]

Reimu/Marisa route - For the warmth, for the light, for the life that spring provides! Sakuya route - 1. Buy groceries 2. Lay siege to the Netherworld 3. Cook dinner

[@evanboll4651]

I HAVE SLEPT FOR OVER 10,000 YEARS! WHO DARES TO SUMMON... Oh, it's Stringstorm with another cool music video.

[@schwarzflammenkaiser2347]

I wanted to have peace and quiet, turns out KZbin wasn´t the best solution.

[@SciFoxSolum]

Necron lord has awaken?

[@franeksznura9500]

@@SciFoxSolum That'd be 60 milion years

[@Shotwells]

4:05 lmao Lily White announcing the arrival of spring At least she got to use her famous power

[@mr.textwall5327]

Haru desu-yo!

[@あんみんまくら]

HARU DESU YOOOOO~!!!!!!!!!

[@NeoKesha]

Without her the incident would never be resolved

[@LimaBr_]

Sakuya dont show up because shes shredding with the guitar

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

Yuyuko appears for something like 20 seconds yet she completely dominates the scene.

[@47syorha52]

Because of the power of Yuyu :3

[@あんみんまくら]

Dominates? I think you mean, Consumes it. (She a glutton)

[@47syorha52]

​@@あんみんまくら By the way she is not :)

[@vitaliitomas8121]

Which one is that? The dollmaker?

[@Unseenarchivist]

​@@vitaliitomas8121 The operatic singer in the final verse in the blue dress.

[@nebelwanderer4974]

Guys, wake up: new StringStorm-Song just dropped!

[@woodward4789]

I guess this is more of a springstorm song

[@necromatic9490]

@@woodward4789 nice one there

[@dervhein-prv]

LESSSSSSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@vitaliitomas8121]

@@woodward4789 StringSpring

[@vortex59_]

2:35 CIRNO DETECTED! ATTENTION, CIRNO DETECTED!!! ⑨⑨⑨

[@danialzkz6594]

9

[@mr.textwall5327]

We are circle nine

[@Alexander247]

NO WAY

[@あんみんまくら]

BAKA

[@vortex59_]

@@あんみんまくら OMG CIRNO HIIII

[@gumball6445]

Another banger as usual. I cannot wait for the day we get a Strongstorm cover of Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke. My life would be complete

[@Hakurei_Reimu_lostword]

Me too.

[@revetwrot]

5:00 I did not expect for whoever voices Yuyuko to come in so suddenly with such an operatic singing.

[@sansthemedic8581]

Absolutely a massive step up from the EoSD narrative song. While with EoSD it did feel like the song was being forced along the path of the EoSD story; this flowed much better and ended up being really good. I hope that final bit is teasing at a Necrofantasia in the future, but amazing work from everyone involved!

[@MaitreKorda]

It does fit Reimu personnality tbh to be forced along. She is kinda straightforward, violent, and kinda dumb. She will beat up everyone randomly until she finds the information she wants.

[@zygardegodslayer4750]

TBH the biggest difference for me is the lack of the off-putting growly screechy voice that you can barely understand. Though it does come at the cost of sometimes not being able to figure out who's meant to be speaking a given line since they sound pretty similar XD

[@travisbrewer1641]

This actually brought tears to my eyes, really epic ballad and the part with Yukari at the end transcended even the awesomeness of the rest of the song

[@TheWarmachine375]

They are going for a walk. A very enthusiastic walk.

[@lupisvolk2420]

Seems to be the lore of Tohou, yokai do an oopsie woopsie and a shrine maiden has to go on very enthusiastic walks.

[@averageexistenceenjoyer3950]

WE GETTING OUT OF WINTER WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥

[@Chiosint]

We will tactfully remain silent about the beating of poor Alice

[@flandrescarlet506]

I know im a bit late, but I think I just noticed something interesting. Is the medley that Yukari sings unique to her line? I can hear the medley throughout the song, but from what I can tell, I think she's the only character to sing on that medley. And if so, i think that's so freaking cool! It signifies that Yukari's always been there in the background, just waiting, watching... until she makes herself known. That's so fitting for her and also incredibly badass.

[@flandrescarlet506]

Thank you Stringstorm!!

[@necromater6656]

Damn, poor Sakuya being left out

[@arcangellord5372]

worry not she is probably the one shredding that guitar

[@necromater6656]

@@arcangellord5372 My cope is that she'll get the stage for the song about Yukari's fight.

[@rexrex429]

I genuinely think this is the best song you've made yet. It's at least in the top 3. The only thing you could've done to make this better was if you included Sakuya. The art, the lyrics, and the beat is all perfect. The year long wait for this song was definitely worth it.

[@zygardegodslayer4750]

I don't know what it is about this art style, but it really makes the protagonists look like grown women rather than the teenaged girls(or younger) that they normally do.

[@fyro4137]

YOUMU MENTIONED I LOVE HER LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@Bloedde]

The wait has surely been worth it; this is definitely one of the best videos musically and visually your team has put together. Very much looking forward to your continued work.

[@akumaouja4062]

Alright great song and all but why is nobody fucking talking about the fact that Marissa's weapon of choice in the final clash here is her picking up a fucking rock and swinging it for Youmu's fucking head.

[@piotrbrus4193]

Uhh that master spark

[@Hakurei_Reimu_lostword]

Is that not her mini hakkero?

[@schwarzflammenkaiser2347]

​@@Hakurei_Reimu_lostwordprobably but still from the side it sure looks like some rock she picked from the ground😂.

[@あんみんまくら]

That actually is the Mini Hakkero, it just looks like a rock at a certain angle... or maybe because it's not brown.

[@JonahRaymond47]

​@@schwarzflammenkaiser2347 to be fair, that is definitely a Marisa thing to do.

[@ΝικηφοροςΚοτσυφακης]

3:25 holy fucking shit, it's Alice, we have finally found her

[@averageexistenceenjoyer3950]

3:38 was she looking up their skirts?

[@borgar1765]

@@averageexistenceenjoyer3950 Of course.

[@ResinUdongeInaba]

Alice... My dear little girl? *ALICE!?* *ALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICEALICE* *IM GOING TO ALICE!!*

[@Syapaaye]

DIFFERENT ALICE! DIFFERENT ALICE!!

[@あんみんまくら]

​@@borgar1765 especially at Marisa's

[@TheShadowsword01]

“ITS SPRING!!!”

[@rankothefiremage]

StringStorm has such a strange mix of fans from old school Mechwarrior (since MW2-mercs here), to Touhou (since the mid 00s on my part), and WH40k (only since the pandemic as far as i go)

[@betastilter2197]

Ok, now this been released I call upon the touhou fans to explain us that doesn't know the lore On what is going on here and what the lores is for this song

[@Sinsystems]

This is of the "Perfect Cherry Blossom Incident", to sum up the lore there is a super evil tree in the Nether world that never blooms (for good reason as that would kill a lot of people) due to being sealed by the sacrifice of a woman who's body is sealed beneath it's roots. The Ghost of that woman, Yuyuko (the pink haired girl), has forgotten why the tree never blooms and desires to see it (plus learn who is buried beneath) so she gathers the Spring from Gensokyo to concentrate it into the tree to break the seal and force it to bloom. You stop her and return the Spring.

[@ResinUdongeInaba]

This takes place in Touhou 7, where it's already May yet the weather is still winter. Pink-haired ghost girl (Yuyuko) wants to make her giant dead cherry blossom tree (Saigyou Ayakashi) bloom to release the body and soul inside it (Yuyuko's corpse and soul, but she doesn't remember that) and is collecting the spring in Gensokyo for that purpose. The protagonist (either Reimu, Marisa, or Sakuya) starts beating up suspicious people until they find and stop Yuyuko and return spring back to Gensokyo.

[@Shadow-ck5vc]

So, Perfect Cherry Blossom is the 7th game in the series. I haven't actually beaten the game myself, but I know the story, I'm sure any other Touhou fans will jump on and correct any mistakes I make, but here goes. Short version: a ghost princess stole spring to try make a tree bloom. Heroines apply violence until problem goes away. Long Version: The story of the game is basically, the heroines Reimu Hakurie (red shrine maiden), Marisa Kirisame (the witch) and Sakuya Izayoi (who's not in this song, but did show up in Skarlet Sky due to being the 5th boss in the 6th game), notice that for some reason winter isn't ending and set out to find the cause. In classic Touhou fashion this actually means they brutally assault anyone they come across until they find the culprit. First they find Cirno, an ice fairy who despite all evidence to the contrary believes themselves the "The Strongest" and is determined to prove it. Then they find Letty Whiterock a Yuki-Onna (Snow maiden youkai) who they assume is the culprit due to having snow powers. Then a random bakeneko (shapeshifting cat spirit) called Chen who canonically has tried to raise an army of stray cats by bribing them with Catnip. The Girls then stumble across the Youkai magician Alice Margatroid, who is one of the few characters to come over from the re-boot at the 6th game. Alice is often shipped with Marisa by fans, in cannon I believe they have a friendly rivalry as fellow witches. She points the heroines up into the sky, where, in the song at least, cherry blossom petals have been falling from, despite only blooming in spring. Flying up into the sky, passing a fairy called Lilly White (who has the stated ability to "Announce that spring has come", she's the fairy who briefly shows up at the 4:06 in the song), they encounter a trio of poltergeists playing musical instruments and then find a portal to the netherworld, which is I believe stated to be a broken boundary. In the Netherworld they encounter Youmu Konpaku, a half phantom gardener and bodyguard of the spirit princess Yuyuko Saigyouji. Yuyuko reveals that she has stolen spring itself to try and force a magic cherry tree called the "Saigyou Ayakashi" to bloom to resurrect the corpse buried underneath it, apparently unaware that it was her own corpse. Despite Yuyuko having the cannon ability to just invoke death on her enemies (Thankfully spellcard rules prohibit straight up killing your opponent), the heroines defeat Yuyuko and return spring to Gensokyo. The two women at the very end of the song are Yukari Yakumo and her nine tailed fox shikigami (think a familiar spirit, but much more powerful) are the two secret bosses of the game. Chen the cat from earlier is revealed to be Ran's Shikigami, and Yukari is revealed to be the one who opened the barrier to the netherworld. The heroines defeat her and request she repair the barrier, which she kind of does... not enough to stop Youmu and Yuyuko from crossing over sometimes (such as in the 9th game as playable characters). Yukari likely broke the barrier in the first place due to being close friends with Yuyuko since she was alive. Yukari is a fairly big deal in the overall cannon of Touhou, often brought up as one of the most powerful characters in lore, and one of the founders/creators of the setting Gensokyo. Hope this overly long ramble helps

[@TheAleatoriorandom]

Cool stuff! Always appreciate knowing the Lore thanks to the people who know the setting. Gotta say the song is still amazing even having no idea what it was about!

[@kacyroush6293]

@@Shadow-ck5vc Wait. What are spellcard rules. Why do they prohibit killing an opponent?

[@berserkingtheburgerking9805]

That was siiiiick. Loved how it transitioned between the different characters and scenes.

[@jysgaming2934]

Another Stringstorm song added to the playlist

[@jaydentherandomkriegsman2209]

0:59 me before winter even starts in a nutshell.

[@justRICHTOFEN]

This awesome, absolutely fantastic! The vocals were delightful and very fitting! The art work was spot on and the story telling is excellent! As a Sakuya enjoyer, I would have loved to see Sakuya get a part and what Lyrics you would have wrote for her, perhaps in a later work? Either way great work! It i's going into my Touhou Playlist!

[@mayo450m]

:3

[@corbeauwrite]

I'm so happy you finished this one, instant purchase

[@corbeauwrite]

Storm! you forgot a piece of lyrics into the bandcamp, the very end part with Yukari.

[@VanillaMintSwirl]

Can't wait for Imperishable Night

[@MaddusZapputh]

Absolute stunning talents, and epicly awesome tune. Glad your back stringstorm

[@teea7074]

Let cherry blossom!

[@Wadda987]

This song is so good

[@lukycraftmc5131]

Reimu: Oh, its really cold. I'll just turn on the heating **She's too poor to pay for a heating instalation in the shrine** Reimu:.......... *Ten minutes later* Reimu: MARISAAAAAA Marisa (who can actually pay for heating in her house): Uh?? *Reimu grabs Marisa by her shoulder and pulls her out* Reimu: Let's kill a spirit to make spring back Marisa: Aaaaaaah 😓

[@Velaroz]

I'll be honest. Whoever you had doing Yukari's lines at the end? I need more of her speaking & singing as Yukari, damnit.

[@SomeKrieger]

A new touhou fan has been acquired

[@TheBurningHunter]

Can… can I has more Touhou interpretations like this!

[@AmericanCaesarian]

As always the last few boss verses are incredible and climatic.

[@killwithfire3341]

Are you telling me the winter made the instrumental?

[@randomperson4710]

I somehow missed this upload initially, but I wanted to say it’s a fantastic song! Love the ones from this universe.

[@tzeentchlordoffates9268]

It is finally complete. I look forward to seeing more visuals in future videos.

[@Axieal-Limitless]

That....... IS SO GOOD!

[@borgar1765]

god damn that's a banger

[@silkenemperor]

Happy to see you've returned.

[@aimansyahmidzulkhairy909]

This is just perfect, I love it!

[@volcanoraptor8646]

Lily jump scared me

[@chalangka4705]

This is so peak.

[@SneakyBeeBuzzBuzz]

Yooooo what a banger! So glad String is back

[@guncatto2625]

anyhow I love how different letty is in this song because in touhou 7 she was literally like "Yeah I caused it lmao" and then got her ass kicked and it is honestly still really damn funny to me.

[@guncatto2625]

she didn't even cause it and it makes it so funny. 😭😭😭

[@psychoperxtor]

StringStorm, you magnificent genius BASTARD, THIS SHIT IS PERFECT

[@somethingsomething2685]

I have absolutely no idea what is going on here but I love the song.

[@ajente2o254]

Spirit steals spring to make a tree bloom, priestess, thief AND MAID (she didn't appeared in this video tho) beat her ass

[@dogethedoge25]

god, this is so good

[@JoshuaPAMployee]

StringStorm and Touhou, that's good food!

[@Apansincebirth]

Hehe 'Kohld Winter'.

[@onewowen]

I love the chorus.

[@Invers34all]

A wonderful composition! bravo! And now it would be nice to see a guru to explain the essence of movements in this universe...

[@Janoxys]

cheers o/ unexpected but welcome release. however, may i make a request? could you put the artists socials in the video descriptions maybe? only if they have any and agree to it ofc. i dont know if anyone involved makes content outside of here but if so, i would love to check em out and know where to look

[@pet_is_in_the_chor]

4:12 is so so good!

[@rankothefiremage]

so this song comes out and then we get sub 30 weather and snow this week................. nice work guys

[@mcsleuthburgur1034]

Patrolling the Mojave made someone wish for a nuclear winter, apparently

[@ShorkBoi]

Just noticed that Yuyuko's singing is the instrumental at 1:11

[@Polususick]

я в шоке! слишком хорошо!

[@ShershenPriseRev]

My favourite HMKids song.

[@Leithener]

Finally, most 40k song on channel!

[@jacextreme6432]

STRINGSTORM making a TOEHOES????? HOLY MACARONS!!!!??!!?????

[@akiraigarashi2874]

Would be nice to have a full song with Yukari

[@T.Hebert]

I waited so long for this 😢

[@Lord_Wolfsadler]

Awesome song as usual. Especially the chorus and the instrumental intro Could you provide a list of who sings which part?

[@TALI_KAEOS]

this is from what I know! Reimu : just me Marisa : jiimochi (I dont think she has socials) Cirno, Lily White, Youmu(?) : Nana ( www.youtube.com/@NanaChVTuber ) Alice : Kaira (not sure for the socials as well T_T) for the others i'm not sure which one is which unfortunately!!

[@littlelw319]

now i really wanted to hear this team takes on Marisa theme compliation arrangement, i've yet to see any marisa theme related arrangement/work topped the kibou no senkou.

[@MrSolus-ls6us]

Me waiting for this to be on spotify

[@Grandiozni]

Art

[@kitzreads3064]

the goat is back with another touhou song

[@EricPuente-wr3bg]

So am I the only who thinks that if this lad made a song for Trench Crusade it would go so hard

[@flamingneko6661]

Great video hopefully we will get more touhou songs in the future

[@ShershenPriseRev]

3:22 My favourite part.

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

This Frostpunk 2 song is fire.

[@guncatto2625]

Yay yay yay yay!!!

[@phaeronmd2416]

Why are Reimoo and Mariser fighting Cirno is the strongest, they stand no chance. Are they stupid? Is there is a lore reason for this?

[@T-h-a-t_G-u-y]

You’ve unleashed the touhou floodgates

[@MemoiriaGodElcrin]

That Happened a while ago

[@six106]

will you guys write a song about sigismund's last words?

[@leroidelinvisible]

amazing

[@onipineapple3815]

Telling me Touhou fandom is crazy without telling me Touhou fandom is crazy

[@mpcrauzer]

tomorrow, autumn falls, for in 3 months winter rises

[@Alexander247]

Spring just started in my country🙏

[@malikmal04]

Great song❤

[@maartenvanderstelt4536]

Why is this not on spotify?

[@jaxpersson9610]

very impressive

[@ShorkBoi]

Is it just me or do Reimu's vocals sound different at 5:00 compared to the rest of the song.

[@sakamotoyorigami1997]

banger

[@Ponera-Sama]

It looks like StringStorm has decided to make songs based on more Touhou games, which is great. . . . Please tell me you're going to make songs based on the PC-98 games at *some* point.

[@ShorkBoi]

So is Imperishable Night next?

[@chairmeme6231]

❤

[@Buddyboi34]

Bro's so back

[@SomeKrieger]

LETS FUCKIN GOOOOO

[@kevinbarber2795]

Oh damn, Touhou song?! :D

[@konstantin3374]

We're so back!

[@silentnight6810]

Nice

[@RepressedDreamer]

wait it's peak

[@crystalwinter8616]

touhero y warhammero de corazon ♥♥♥♥♥