PoDD Yumemi's Theme: Strawberry Crisis!!

This is Yumemi Okazaki's theme from Touhou 3: Phantasmagoria of Dim. (Dimensional) Dream
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
EPIC.
AMAZING.
MIND BLOWING.
HEART FAILURE INDUCING.
HEMORRHAGE CAUSING.
DEATH ENSUING.
Okay that last one is a bit extreme, but... it is. This is the true glory of the PC-98 era. SUCK ON THAT, WINDOWS. TOUHOU DOESN'T NEED FANCY GRAPHICS AND DECENT MUSIC SOFTWARE TO BE AWESOME.
It helps though ._.

[@Diamondpinkiepie]

she throws more crosses than the entire belmont family

[@elpirataretro8734]

Nice reference.

[@skywardstargaze1768]

I mean one of her attacks is basically just the Grand Cross

[@marisakirisame867]

yumemi got the power from magik, science and holy cross

[@catboywizard]

I love that Yumemi is an 18 year-old COLLEGE PROFESSOR. Imagine attending a lecture on astrophysics and it's taught by someone who can't even buy themselves a beer yet. Absolute queen shit

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

sounds stupid, but then again neither can you(the education system in the PC98 games is ridiculous, you finish everything before you are 16)

[@karnifall]

@@superplushtiman7ti075 The youngest professor in the world is 9 years old dude

[@karnifall]

@@superplushtiman7ti075 Also, where did you get that info for the pc 98 education system?

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

@@karnifall I can’t remember correctly where I got that information. It may not even be factual

[@karnifall]

@@superplushtiman7ti075 Maybe you mistook something saying Yumemi finished her education before she was 16 for the education system finishes before 16?

[@NPC-rq6vn]

In the Touhou franchise, where final bosses are usually high-leveled youkai with haxxed powers, nobles, immortals, gods, or youkai given god-like powers, the hardest one is an 18 year-old human.

[@adnaP_esreveR]

We should thank the Spell card system for that X3

[@MrElite354]

mydia023 But they didn't use the system then

[@adnaP_esreveR]

Senior Maj That is exactly my point. The Windows era bosses are easy in comparison, because they must use the spell card system.

[@infinitecreations4702]

mydia023 Hail Reimu

[@MarbelSoda]

mydia023 The Spell Card system was put in place after Touhou 1, if anyone died after that it was because the fought without the system(which was still new at the time, it would have never been followed by any yokai if Reimu didint make allys with top tiers in that era aka Yuka and Mima)

[@HugoPegler]

The Virgin Mima vs. The Chad Yumemi

[@YuuyaKZMI]

Yumemi is such a chad she can legitimately cheat.

[@moved_...]

I love both of them equally

[@miyakoyoshika100yearsago4]

@@YuuyaKZMI 69th liker 9 months ago Cirno

[@yukole6245]

Really Chad Christian

[@Aur1361]

@@yukole6245 average overpowered christian chad teacher

[@offishworker1109]

Yumemi: Ok! I'm on my fighting gear! "You just put on a cape." ~Chiyuri

[@NeiroYT]

W H A C K

[@Niiue]

capes are cool.

[@DeltaFrazzle]

just look at byakuren n miko

[@YuuyaKZMI]

Top 10 statements before disaster

[@anunknowninvididual2005]

*S L A P*

[@EpreTroll]

Very great theme

[@youngjc909]

I hope you make a midi for this theme.

[@Dreigonix]

+EpreTroll CELEBRITY ALERT!

[@artasky6093]

@@youngjc909 he make it in another channel

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

@@artasky6093 Just came here to hear the similarity.

[@artasky6093]

@@emishimaru-sama6449 same

[@tyriquecoleman3794]

I'm realizing that Rikako and Yumemi are foils to each other. Yumemi Okazaki, A scientist in pursuit of magic. Rikako Asakura, A magician in pursuit of science. They both even have generic last names. It's great. P.S.: Patchouli probably would think they're both idiots, at least as far a separating the two goes since she considers the two the same thing.

[@overloader7900]

Any magic arcane enough is indistinguishable from technology; Any technology advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic.

[@ArturFlintchannel]

@@overloader7900 Second one is basically M&M and HoMM series so... yeah.

[@commensalism1997]

patchouli be like: *i d o t s .*

[@genocideophidian966]

@@commensalism1997 The jokes on Patchouli then because Magic and Science are not the same thing at all.

[@genocideophidian966]

@KvAT Magic is what opposes science it is not a branch of it and it inherently wouldn't make scientifically sense. That is what Patchouli doesn't understand due to her misunderstanding of Science though luckily she isn't alone in that misunderstanding. If people could use elemental magic and it went against the laws of physics and there isn't a way to write the laws of physics around it without specifically stating that elemental magic would be the exception then that would make magic and science separate. The difference with gravity is that gravity makes sense and work in tandem with other forces making it not magic.

[@Meshric]

She spamed more crosses than I could find in the local church. Didn't help I die'd a lot.

[@fragilechinaa]

Meshric Just turn them upside down, then Lucifer will back you up!

[@DrSilvergun]

+Reisen Udongein Inaba An upside down cross is a symbol that represents that you are unworthy to stand before God :D Satanists with upside down crosses tattooed make me smile so wide

[@Meshric]

Well actually historically an upside down cross was just a upside down cross. Only recently was it ever associated with Satanism. Also a cross will always be facing upside down or right side up from a perspective.

[@papi9305]

you guys should look up "st. Peter's cross"

[@minepose98]

@@DrSilvergun Really, a symbol is what you make of it.

[@blara2401]

The face she makes here sums up the nightmare she is absolutely perfectly. Yumemi is, and by very far, Touhou's hardest final boss. And unfortunately, mostly because of unfair, cheating AI and random bullets.

[@princesstinklepanties2720]

Dunno, I've had more bullshit with clownpiece and yabadabado

[@zturtle1630]

@@princesstinklepanties2720 This comment is just talking final bosses. I too have more trouble with Clownpiece than I do with Yumemi, but since Clownpiece isn't a final boss Yumemi takes the cake here

[@poledra4153]

@Owenboy360 Espiecially Yumemi She will no hit 10 minutes before getting destroyed in two You just have to be lucky

[@YuuyaKZMI]

It seems like the Outside World is not to be f###ed with; especially those with capes.

[@someguy4252]

@@YuuyaKZMI would be neat to see more outside world threats... considering yokai need fear/belief to live in addition to other upkeeps if i understand right and the barrer is to keep the outside worlds influence away... i wonder if enough humans from the outside world would be like poison to the inhabitents. an area where "magic" becomes "mundane". could be hard to fight against if entrenched.

[@MrRivalnator]

WARNING!! You are forced to evade from... 'BOSS ATTACK' Level 16 Your life is in peril!! Be careful...

[@dyingscarlet]

Chills every time

[@marooneee]

I wonder what would happen if Chiyuri, Yumemi, Sanae and Sumireko met eachother inside a university in the Outside World. *OUTSIDERS UNITE*

[@Sodium779]

dont forget maribel & renko & the cover-girl from the dolls-in-pseudo-pardise album

[@scroogemcduckenjoyer]

but Yumemi is an 18 yo proffesor and chiyuri's 15 yo grad school alumnus, whilst sanae and Sumireko is a higschooler.

[@IPWNEDSASUKEANDKIRA]

Also Yumemi and Chiyuri are from another dimension

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

They'd make a mecha.

[@Overlord69]

I once thought of Yumemi being Renko and Mabriel's professor who appears to have gone crazy but actually encountered magic on her own and tried telling her class about it and the entire class laughed at her........except for Renko and Mabriel, who believed every word she said...

[@anwylis2389]

There needs to be a remake of all the PC-98 games. I don't care if they're fanmade, there needs to be. ZUN, we still love your original work.

[@WishMakers]

2 year old comment, but don't worry, I'm on it. Story of Eastern Wonderland is first. Very good chance of doing PoDD after.

[@user-nx9xf5tv9x]

Someone made a pc98 alice script

[@Ryann1908]

See: Re: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream You can find a playlist of the soundtrack complete on KZbin, it was made by JynX. He also made Fools Rush In as mentioned earlier, but that only comes with 2 musics. The rest you gotta buy his CD/download the tracks from KZbin and follow the steps that the game provided to implement the musics inside the game. Send me a message (or DM me on Discord @Ryann1908#9434) and I'll give you a ZIP file of all the tracks placed in their proper order and instructions to put them in-game. Tl;dr Re:PoDD search that on YT send me message for the game

[@WishMakers]

@Terraria Heaven Well, it's not completed yet, but it is in progress (and has been for some time). We've been in development hell for a bit, haha.

[@WishMakers]

@Terraria Heaven That's a good question. It's swapped languages and frameworks over the years. It's had forms in Godot and primarily GameMaker:Studio. Now we're not sure what direction to take with its engine, but I have some potential plans. I appreciate the offer for help, but we have quite a few hands on deck...possibly too many! But I'll be sure to let you know when we've got something to show!

[@OrionoftheStar]

This, Plastic Mind, Reincarnation, Faint Dream~Inanimate Dream, and Legendary Illusion~Infinite Being are my favorite PC-98 songs.

[@emeraldarwyn5367]

this, treacherous maiden, plastic mind, sleeping terror, and vanishing dream are my favorites.

[@quickstrike7777]

OrionoftheStar , music, not songs... They are music.

[@SeppelSquirrel]

This, Complete Darkness, Bad Apple, and Fushigi no Kuni no Alice are mine. Y'all got good favorites too.

[@GabrielLopes-yu3dt]

My favorites are this, Cute Devil, Casket of Star, Break the Sabbath, Reincarmation, Angel's Legend, Strange Oriental Discourse, Legendary Illusion and Alice in Wonderland

[@envyreanilarsa]

@@GabrielLopes-yu3dt That's cool, But my favorite is this, Reincarnation, Romantic children, Legendary illusion ~ infinite being, Faint dream ~ Inanimate Dream

[@metabunny7693]

I honestly don't know what is worse: eating a bad apple or going through a strawberry crisis. (BTW this was just a joke, I love both themes)

[@prizmastarz742]

Well you should ask Orange in her Magic Shop of Rasberry :P (gets shot)

[@user-tp5vz4jj1r]

Stop it XD

[@thefacelessmenreiki2583]

A Strawberry Crisis doesn't seem bad at all compared to a Bad Aple

[@KazuchiX]

But its a crisis... that can imply anything... ANYTHING.

[@arisen7513]

Well, considering Apples naturally have cyanide in them, Bad apple would be worse than having a strawberry Crisis

[@koshanimates555]

Beta chimata tenkyuu

[@steven-py9cy]

Explain

[@mimicyn]

😭

[@ultimate.funkypunky]

dont.

[@stillmelon]

Chimata v0.5

[@alexyz9430]

IS IT BECAUSE OF THE $ DOLLAR POSE SHE HAS HERE 😭😭

[@Harristar88]

90s computers had some amazing sound chips but wow, I can't get enough of the PC-98

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

GENSOKYO SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD! No wait, that's not right. OUTSIDE WORLD SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN GENSOKYO! Cookies if you get the reference.

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

+Blazing Burst Yes. You get some strawberry cookies.

[@inaccurateprophecy8971]

She later died in the Battle of the Strawberry Patch in a blaze of glory. "THE BEST IN THE WORLD!"

[@giuseppepepe4404]

GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

+Dio Brando I suppose that for you, GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN ZA WARUDO!

[@adikkuchan]

+Blazing Burst Ouch man. And neither will it revive all those killed by Pucci in Stone Ocean either.

[@judgebearist]

Unintentionally good music for fucking up an Australian supermarket's produce with sewing needles...

[@judgebearist]

@ESHistoryArch There was an "Strawberry Crisis" in an Australian supermarket called Woolworths. As the comment implies, the perpetrator put sewing needles into strawberries. Of course, if that perp happened to be Sayaka, I'd repost the comment on Night of Nights.

[@mabelpines1533]

Zun's music has changed a lot over the years but its hard to say if he really got better, even in the 90's he was making such masterpieces

[@halinaqi2194]

Nahh, I think he got better. This theme does show promise but it is too repetitive with that downward descend note arpeggio section. Don't get me wrong, I love some of the 98 tracks, like dream land, lotus love, Alice maestra, inevitably forbidden game, sleeping terror, inanimate dream, etc. But his windows themes are just better in general. His works from touhou 6 to 12 being my favourite, touhou 13 to 18 do have some bangers but I usually find myself only liking 30 % of the newer game pieces, whereas the old games i usually like 90 % of any given ost or the whole thing (the entirety of PCB slaps, everything in SA does tok except i just don't like stage 2s theme from that game)

[@prodbasedmystik]

He got more skilled, but i think due to the simplicity his old music is more consistent

[@jabberwockydraco4913]

Zun's been collectig sidegrades. Sidegrade- likean upgrade but instead of being inherintly superior or inferior, is a close to equal change still distinct from the previous.

[@Jann75]

@@halinaqi2194 same

[@regularshowman3208]

I just love how dark and ominous this theme is. Not enough Touhou music with this sort of atmosphere.

[@shin-5325]

THE POWER OF SCIENCE COMPELS YOU!

[@limeyrino2520]

? I don't get the joke, sorry.

[@limeyrino2520]

Ohh. Thanks.

[@alejandrotti10]

Science VS Divinity

[@limeyrino2520]

c:

[@Kilesfactor]

We meet again, Nyan-lady~ c:

[@toro2812]

Not counting bad apple or several arranges of tracks like maiden's capriccio or casket of star, this is the first PC-98 track to hit a million views, more than deserved.

[@BPKPhoenix]

Ya gurl Yumemi still has one of the most metal PC98 themes, it has aged very well. Then again, Touhou itself has aged well

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Bring her, Mima, and the flying tortoise back ;-;

[@anwylis2389]

+1'd

[@Another_Dusk]

Genji :d

[@Kiiro]

Don't forget Shinki.

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Liru - Chan26 And Gengetsu.

[@HouraisanKaguya]

Girom Christian Calica Gengetsu was a minor character, and as much as I love Shinki it wouldn't make sense for her to come back.

[@svetlanaartushevksaya5318]

"We have a strawberry crisis on Aisle 3. Jerry, please check in Aisle 3. Thank you."

[@joururichan]

this is a semi-reply to ThesSpawner, and also just a note for all of you~ I believe this is called Strawberry Crisis because strawberries are a red color, and Yumemi is dressed in all red, her eyes are red, her hair is red-- most of where color should be on her body is coated in red. the Crisis part comes from the fact that she caused about 9 or more(I can't remember at the moment) inhabitants of Gensokyo to come looking for her Probability Space Hypervessel, only to realize that she was simply attempting to take that person with her and bring them home to study their use of magic. this would be a Crisis for the victim, no? and the Crisis is caused by a certain Strawberry.... Yumemi Okazaki. so yeah. She is the Strawberry Crisis!!

[@GarryDumblowski]

There were 7 characters that tried to invade her vessel.

[@Jann75]

Though I think the strawberry part is intentional, ZUN actually stated that he intentionally gave one of the hardest final boss themes in the series the name "Strawberry Crisis!!" because it sounded so juxtapositionally stupid.

[@joururichan]

when I wrote that at the time I was also counting the supposed Chiyuri "native" to Gensokyo in actual Chiyuri's route lel. I would think a total of 8 characters were involved if that's the case~@@GarryDumblowski

[@venndiagram6776]

Still my favorite PC-98 theme after all these years ❤

[@silverflower2970]

Miko wtf are you doing here XD

[@venndiagram6776]

Silver Flower​ Not even the internet is safe from Taoism! I mean come on, I've seen Hecatia, Kanako, Marisa, Satori and even Sariel!

[@silverflower2970]

I'm surprised Yukari wasn't mentioned. She's commented on every Touhou video in existence, I swear XD not that I'm surprised tbh

[@venndiagram6776]

Everybody knows Yukari is here, so I decided not to mention her. No hate towards her, though.

[@silverflower2970]

She probably won't see this comment at least...... .........

[@kichikuouwu]

Ahh, Yumemi~ How I love her so :3 She's probably my favorite character in Touhou, or at least up there

[@farafureimu]

She's probably my favourite too. She has the position of ninth boss in a Touhou game only matched by Shiki Eiki, and she has no magic so she does it all by science which is amazing, and she has a great design on top of that!

[@moriminoriko2617]

My phone is at %1 charge and this is the last thing i will hear for 3~4 hours! So proud 👌

[@suicune9211]

Wonderful choice my friend

[@erdrickortega6722]

This one will never get old. NEVER!!!

[@toriaem]

Yumemi for ULiL

[@Bravidunno]

Nepeta Leijon FAILED

[@DragonX5536]

Braviaggron Technically speaking, it wasn't a failed. Sumireko is like the Yumemi for Windows era (human, not native to Gensokyo, last boss and fucking CAPE!!!!). Like Chiyuri and Murasa.

[@Bravidunno]

DragonX5536 Buuut, it's not Yumemi so it's still a fail.

[@adamxue6096]

DragonX5536 first time i saw Sumireko, i did actually thought this was the new professor Yumemi... i still think that they look quite similar! you are definitely not alone sir!

[@pinkfluffycute]

Braviaggron just change the hair color of sumirenko to red and we got yumemi

[@Awalys]

Here it is, the true hardest boss of Touhou games.

[@KitsuneVoidsinger]

Even on easy this boss is difficult. Couldn't be more true, she's the hardest alright

[@youmumc6855]

Kyubey contract Is it strange then that I beat her on my second playthrough?

[@KitsuneVoidsinger]

XD really? It took me ages to 1cc this game on east xD

[@youmumc6855]

I must have gotten really lucky then. I lost a life on stage 3 and then managed to survive until Yumemi.

[@KitsuneVoidsinger]

Or your just so much better than me xD

[@luckluster]

This moment when you find your comment from 4 years ago under Touhou video's comment section. *Strawberry Crisis indeed*

[@solarsun5047]

1 MILLION VIEWS GET

[@Hadaron]

I know! I’m so excited for it, I was counting down the views remaining until 1M. Over the last three days I’ve probably counted for at least 30 of the views and I shared it in 4 discord servers I’m in.

[@insertgenericallyironicnam601]

Never once heard arrange as epic as the original. Probably never will. Sorry, Demetori.

[@AF0916]

Seven years later and still haven't

[@VampMistress0676]

@@AF0916 Well then, looks like we'll have to do something about that.... >:3 I've listened to many Strawberry Crisis remixes as a reletively new fan to this wonderful franchise and I would have to say that out of all of them, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 arrange here has got to be the one that had been able to capture the same feeling we all got when we faced Yumemi for the first time way back in Dim View kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y520lGeIhM1_hdk

[@crushthegreat1136]

Yumemi for Touhou 16

[@reakunchansama1804]

#Yumemifortouhou16

[@ruins.2843]

#Yumemifortouhou16

[@anibalconcha4274]

#Yumemifortouhou16

[@farafureimu]

#Yumemifortouhou16

[@yuureiki_78]

Not gonna happen.

[@LilyLilim44]

GRAND CROSS! oh wait wrong game

[@allingbrodniak8819]

Yumemi Spirit in Smash Fighter: Red Simon Conditions: The enemy prefers Side Specials The Enemy charges up a powerful Final Smash The Enemy can use a Final Smash twice in a row

[@audiojackalthe2nd499]

Oh... Oh! OOOOOOHHHHHHH! THAT'S THE GOOD SHIT!

[@slightlylowresdaizy6953]

I ate some bad strawberries once... STRAWBERRY CRISIS!!!

[@DeignasTen]

I legit thought Yumemi had short hair until I saw her hair going down her arm.

[@adhit]

Touhou: Before the Zunpets

[@petergriffin1331]

What i rly like to listen The zunpets

[@yuk_ichi52]

One time after waking up from blacking out for no reason at all, the first thing I thought off is Yumemi and her theme, so while I was gaining back vision and consciousness this theme played the entire time

[@flying0possum]

Wtff..

[@Iamintohunksdontjudgeme]

???

[@bonelessmice6828]

bro are you ok

[@yuk_ichi52]

@@bonelessmice6828 yes

[@blazi2293]

I always imagine her (and Remilia in Touhou 8) shouting GRAND CROSS!!!

[@LilyKazami]

I thought you need two Belmonts for that one. ;P

[@neoxrave]

Beat this game about 4 times on normal difficulty, still trying to lunatic. D: The appropriate word word for this boss fight on lunatic is "clusterfuck."

[@TheDC2088]

This one always stuck out as the most "Thunder Force"-esque of the PC-98 themes.. Love it.

[@narutofan2171]

wow, while listening to this song, i drew yumemi with a proportional body! I CANT DRAW BODIES! :D

[@narutofan2171]

it is honestly the best body that i have ever drawn

[@narutofan2171]

***** PUSHEEN!

[@narutofan2171]

***** only because of PUSHEEN ~

[@shadowthunder]

id like to see this!

[@Kilesfactor]

Yes, I would like this piece of body~

[@kirimusse]

Richter Belmont VS. Yumemi Okazaki Now, those are *A LOT* of Crosses.

[@suicune9211]

JUST finished my first 1cc of a touhou game in the 4 year history of me playing them....and it was PoDD, with Mima on easy....on my phone using RetroArch.....the tiny screen was a pain in the ass but you have NO idea how satisfying it is to beat the toughest boss in all of touhou with one life left on a tiny ass screen....I would have screamed if my friend wasnt calling someone XD

[@ruins.2843]

this was the only fucking boss that made me lose any lives today...and i still had to use continues, despite nearly beating her...

[@dava8058]

Damn, i want a fanart where eirin (or rikako) and yumemi stand side by side as a "mad scientist"

[@feztroutthetripledeluxefan]

*_Yumemi Okazaki_* _夢美 岡崎_ ¤ Human (outside) ☆ Utilizing spacetime fluctuations Again, not much has changed from her original PC-98 version. Her goal is to know (or have a clear basis on) how every realm handles physics.

[@joegamewaffle5967]

If you start reading the fruit facts in Fruit Ninja (even in free version), it will eventually mention something very particular about strawberries that proves that ZUN did his research for PoDD!

[@slowkole]

yumeni is the zodiac killer

[@TheDarkSlayer415]

So does this mean Ted Cruz came to Gensokyo to spread Christianity and Republicanism?

[@walkthroughsepic]

yes

[@TheDarkSlayer415]

jtblion This is why we need Clownpiece as president. #Clownpiece4President #Clownpiss2020

[@walkthroughsepic]

True.

[@suwacc3237]

We need Clownpiss in 2024. No sooner or later.

[@narutofan2171]

This is probably my new Favorite Theme of the touhou project, i just got 1-5 yesterday and i am loving it all

[@Drytonium]

Touhou 1-5 Theme Has been Forgotten ,but the memory still reminded. ^_^

[@pulsingutopia5523]

Truly a memoir from the peak of the Touou kyuusaku era. Possibly my favourite final boss theme of all time. Never have I heard such a song before. :D

[@Margatroid]

There's so much joy in this. I love the energy of ZUN's early work!

[@jackpilcrow]

I think out of every PC-98 theme this is the one remembered for going hard alone. Compared to every other pc-98 themes that either end up being tied to a character that is still remembered today or is tied to a popular arrange that people comeback to the original just to listen, this one is beyond perfect alone and is a hell of a banger even today.

[@yeetthephone2341]

This song made me finish the math test that is due today. The fan art is lovely.

[@PhantomPhoenix]

this theme is so awesome. it needs more love. ^^

[@HoshiroKibashiru]

Once cleared through randomness. Then no slightest moment can I beat her afterward. Curse her david star -_-

[@GarryDumblowski]

If only this comment chain went on for longer...

[@Park-ll6mj]

Kaiser Dragon maybe we should be glad it doesn't

[@GarryDumblowski]

Parker Baird NO. THERE MUST BE MORE.

[@Park-ll6mj]

Kaiser Dragon D: I'm going to mute this comment chain if more happens to come, okay?

[@GarryDumblowski]

Parker Baird NUUUUUUWWIIIIIIEEEEEEHHHHHHH MY EYES ARE PEEING

[@yumemisstrawberryjam6759]

*[Fantasy legend]* YUMEMI OKAZAKI She teaches comparative physics at a university. She doesn't look like it, but she's already 18, which is quite young to be a professor. In Yumemi's world, all the forces such as gravity, electromagnetism, and atomic power have been resolved under a unified theory, which has been proven to explain all known forces in the world. Yumemi believes there may be a force that doesn't fit in this theory - "magic". However, when she announced her theory to the academic community, she became a laughing stock. Yumemi came to this world to get even with the academy, but... ZUN's comment about the track: "Well, I guess this is the last boss theme. I had a hard time with this one. Well, it turned out, so I guess it went well in the end. Since all the other characters' songs were pretty cool, I worked hard at this one. I ended up using a guitar-like sound, which I don't do often. And, the main part(?)'s melody was supposed to be really high-class, but. Maybe it's not?"

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

One person liked this theme so much, they turned the computer upside down and liked it again!

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

THIS OFFICIAL ENHANCED VERSION IS DEFINITELY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL! PUMPS YOU UP AND IS AN EPIC TRACK OVERALL!!! :DD

[@HaruTH]

If I can change her title, I'd name it like this - An 18-year-old Professor.

[@KawaiiFlandre495]

Great music for an epic space battle.

[@bburde2]

There's so many characters. I can't keep up

[@nevilinty-random7669]

1:36 my all time favorite part

[@YataTheFifteenth]

Red Eirin

[@vagabondjijrah1999]

One of the most hardest boss ever to defeat But the theme feels good

[@marisakirisame867]

not hard but the seizure my bro

[@bonelessmice6828]

i like how menacing but somewhat calm this theme sounds

[@jadeng.s.2549]

The 1997 Version of Nuclear Fusion

[@jermfanaccount]

straberry crisis? _aN ApPlE dIsAsTeR!_

[@TheGoomba98]

Anybody else notice how metal this song sounds?

[@ducklast_name4175]

well you called it, so now I hear it.

[@outeshox8506]

Demetori and Crows'Claw be damned

[@ChurriFMA]

Bring back pc-98 girls

[@constancesmith6362]

There is no doubt in my mind that this is, and forever will be my favorite TouHou song.

[@ranarelianae524]

If only one character could be brought back from this Era, I’d definitely vote for Yumemi. I feel like she’d be the only one to give Reimu hell to try and stop her. Like, enough hell to fight her as the Stage 3, 5, AND 6 boss. XD

[@princesstinklepanties2720]

To be fair we did get what 4 pc98 characters

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

perhaps it's a return to the Yuuka format(boss in the final 2 levels, but adding her to stage 3 would be even odder) 1: just some nobody character(they are the mini-boss) 2: another nobody character(unnamed mini-boss) 3: Yumemi(they are the mini-boss) 4: Chiyuri(Yumemi is the mini-boss) 5/6: Yumemi(Chiyuri's the mini-boss) playable characters: Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, (these next 2 are for jokes, but then again this is a joke) Rin Satsuki, Mima

[@ranarelianae524]

@@superplushtiman7ti075 I meant in a more modern variant. Stage 1: Massive Security robot as an homage to UNL with what I’m assuming from memory is the massive Earth Spirit. Stage 2: Chiyuri Stage 3: Yumemi Round 1 Stage 4: Nuclear Hellfire Utsuho Stage 5: Yumemi Round 2 Stage 6: Yumemi Round 3 in a planetary speed chase across Gensokyo as she attempts to escape. Final Battle: Eternal Maiden Sakuya VS Yumemi. (And no, I didn’t mean the comment of bringing Yumemi back as a joke.)

[@Jann75]

If anything, I *fear* for Yumemi since she could be seen as a threat to Gensokyo's balance.

[@Joshthepikachu2123]

Who would have thought CROSSES would cause one so much hell to go through?

[@ThornHailsnap]

Well historically, crosses were used for crucifixions (ie nailing someone up and leaving them until they either bleed to death or suffocate), so. Sure nowadays they're more just a religious symbol for Christianity, but even then, biblical texts use the cross exclusively for execution.

[@Mr._Sherwood]

Damn, I've run outta fruit. I guess we're going through a strawberry crisis right now. -I'm so sorry-

[@Jayverse2007]

Go to the church and ask god to forgive you

[@luiss428]

"I AM MAD SCIENTISTO!!!!!! ISSSOCOOOLLLLLL!!!!!"

[@bluppo6]

Amazing how the pc-98 themes are just as good as the windows themes, and sometimes even better.

[@BurlapGalaxy]

Oh my god. This is amazing. Brings me to tears ;-;

[@spaghettiking7312]

The true profoundness of ZUN's genius truly does amaze me at times.

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

I love how hard it gets

[@Latency345]

Oh no. I ran out of Strawberry Jam!!!

[@eggwah]

holy i've never know that PC-98 era music could be this banger i've gotten into touhou maybe like 7 months ago and i have so little knowledge about PC-98 music. I just knew and have listened to Reincarnation, Bad Apple, and The Grimoir of Alice but HOLY MOLY

[@wjsnactivist6141]

This is still one of my fave Touhou themes

[@renkersfox9136]

Her theme is one of my fav in PC-98 era. But her attacks... and her crosses... Is just a complete Bulls***

[@imsostuupid]

i somehow hear nuclear fusion fusion too

[@cipeentity463]

Absolutely the best Human in Touhou Series.

[@galactica-rd6cv]

I don't know why, but 1:36 to 1:58 sounds "fairy tale"ish, if that makes sense.. Definitely my favorite part of this theme.

[@carloscastellanosdarkeyesi6126]

Zun himself described that part as "high class" but i can see how they overlap

[@haniyasukookina]

It sounds like a death to me

[@utsuhoreiuji9850]

I like strawberries 🍓

[@utsuhoreiuji9850]

holy shit i used an emoji last year end me now

[@utsuhoreiuji9850]

Holy shit I didn't know what capitalization or punctuation was last year end me now.

[@HansPeter-bt3xe]

@@utsuhoreiuji9850 ok

[@perfectmaid16z76]

LoLK

[@utsuhoreiuji9850]

oh my god

[@battykat7086]

yumemi was cool and epic she should come back

[@marx4538]

>attempt PoDD 1cc >nearly perfect, almost no damage taken with multiple bosses done no damage, no death at all >yumemi appears >she just decides that she will dodge literally everything >on last life out of the ones i had, she just starts spamming attacks against me and i panic and fail earth sigma would make a wonderful ally for yumemi i swear to GOD

[@YataTheFifteenth]

again, Red Eirin.

[@princesstinklepanties2720]

Nah eirin didn't get clubbed with a folding chair or yeeted from a college

[@katier9725]

I guesw it makes sense that the most powerful final boss of the series has the same colourscheme as the protagonist: red and white.

[@morpheus9494]

this theme is awesome

[@Rossi_iacta]

カッコいいなー

[@y.m.2531]

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