The Touhoucon Failure

I like conventions. You know who else likes conventions? 99% of other people! Now imagine a convention DEDICATED to Touhou... outside of Japan. Guess what it is called! No guesses? It was called Touhoucon. It had everything; money, figures, fumos, walfas panels, and cosplayers. You know I am referring to it in the past tense, so you know that something bad probably happened. Is it on the level of Dashcon or Las Pegasus bad? You just have to see for yourself. ;3
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[@Suwawako]

1 year on, Touhoufest is about to happen, 12,000 more subscribers, better video quality (and a bunch more), coming back here made me feel a little nostalgic. I am thankful that many of you found me through this video. If you see this comment another year on in 2024, just remember that I still love you, no matter where my channel goes. If Touhoufest is a success or disaster, I will let you know here~

[@limeylime8027]

Well ur in luck! TouhouFest was a success and everyone there was happy. Absolute banger

[@Suwawako]

The good ending!

[@LinnyUwU]

time for the sequel to this video "The Touhoufest Success"

[@Aomgar]

Honestly its great something like this is happening. I hope i get to go next year

[@xMascarade]

Traveled from Eastern Canada to attend TouhouFest, and BOY WAS I NOT DISAPPOINTED!! Great con!

[@ChirunoMarisad]

A convention filled with American Touhou fans sounds like a nightmare

[@barbaracouretmoran9765]

imagine the smell...

[@Spiderbrine]

Hey, Chiruno

[@Ayahuasca98]

😅

[@wintrywind]

@@barbaracouretmoran9765 💀💀💀

[@braydeno4189]

For the love of god hide your children

[@StrawberryDubs]

I actually sold as an artist at this con. It was an… experience . The con itself was great, (TAM was there too!) but afterwards the free hotel room promised to me suddenly was a 300$+ charge on my account. I had to fight to get it taken off. I learned later that this happened even to the Japanese guests that flew all the way there. Such a shame because I had ALOT of fun at the end dance party etc They expected a higher turnout…

[@Suwawako]

It must have really been stressful when you got the sudden charge, but hopefully everything ended out well for you. (Btw, where can I find your art?)

[@rezerooz]

Yeah, the Touhou Community is a lot less big / has less free income than those running probably expect. It's probably best to just have it as a niche part of big anime conventions.

[@chris2746]

@@rezerooz Conventions are also drastically more expensive to host than you'd expect. The hotel hoses you left and right, and if you don't fill all the rooms you said you would you're still on the hook for the room fees. and it's not unusual for a single small panel room to cost well over two thousand dollars per day

[@rezerooz]

@@chris2746 yeah, doesn't surprise me really. I remember friends once looking to book a table at one for their comic and that alone was still quite expensive. Also fees for renting out convention halls themselves are eye-watering, NEC Birmingham near me was approx £20k for weekend for the Pokémon company to hire out an event all weekend back in 2012 (the organiser shared the financials as they left the company) this one is in Anaheim, must have been so much more pricey...

[@Phantom_T.]

I was a convention goer for both touhoucons. I wouldn't be surprised if bumped into each other at least once.

[@mrsquadbot]

I'm expecting Dashcon tier kind of failure but thank god its not that bad

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

yeah thank goodness

[@valletas]

Honestely indoubt we will ever see anything near the level of dashcon

[@lighbuldchannel8131]

Touhou branded ballpit

[@MollyMoller]

Moral of the story: Go to Japan

[@Suwawako]

And die from the work culture

[@calibula95]

@@Suwawako you can go to Japan as a tourist... Just for an event and that's all. Western conventions of eastern entertainment tend to be... Weird.

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

ngl japan fucking sucks

[@kapifromnevada4697]

@@Suwawako ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦

[@L30GH05TDUD3]

@@Suwawako he meant for you to just attend Comiket or the official convention, Retaisai, instead

[@angelvazquezguerrero7726]

Most of the western Touhou conventions are not regulated. There were rumors of cosplay sex orgies in hotels, lewd pool parties with drugs, or figures and Fumo merch scams. Mexico and South America are no exception. I spent much money in local Touhou conventions on 2015 to 2017, and in the end, was a big dissapointment, due to bad logistics, shaddy adverticing, and bad cramped locations.

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

damn , touhoucons exist? i know comiket or whatever exists but i never knew that several of them happened...

[@xzombiekilla13x76]

Vile

[@burritowyrm6530]

the only thing that i care abt in this entire paragraph is fumo scams ngl

[@Archedgar]

Cosplay sex orgies are a regular thing in pretty much any convention. I had a GF that cosplayed when I was much younger and didn't know better...... it was extremely disturbing when I realized how/why she knew a bunch of guys seemingly everywhere we went. As I got older I knew other cosplayers that more or less confirmed this for most, if not all cosplayers according to them.

[@angelvazquezguerrero7726]

@@Archedgar adult cosplay sex orgies either Hetero or LGTB, if handle with proper healthy meassures (security, condoms, etc) or even in proper love hotels, is a unique experience. But, as you know, could end in extremely disturbing ways. In the new trending Vtubers conventions, there are sus Touhou fans organizing mini-meet ups inside the hotel hosting the event, with secret adds posted in social media and Discord, inviting and luring people into the rooms with Fumo plushies and beer with no parental restrictions. No matter what kind of event, convention, or gathering, there are rules to follow, otherwise, it blows.

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

Never heard of a thing called a `touhoucon` until now. Kinda suprised that a touhou con actually even existed lol. Also , I don't understand people who say this will stain the community but tbf touhoucon isnt even that well known to outsiders even 2hu fans themselves mostly dont know what touhoucon is. Thank you for bringing attention onto something

[@havel6060]

Now you know why ppl barely hear bout it, gate keeper is serious problem with touhou community

[@abemigos9281]

@@havel6060 Sometimes it's needed though

[@BillionairesArentYourFriends]

Lmao this jackass says its needed...

[@nubo3517]

@@abemigos9281 🤓

[@Ayahifuu]

One funny thing idea to do at Touhoufest 2023 BRING A BAG FULL OF DEODORANT AND GIVE TO THE PEOPLE THERE

[@Suwawako]

Trust me, I'll come prepared

[@Ayahifuu]

@@Suwawako I will give you the same advice if you were going to a Smash or Anime Convention

[@phonggun]

You know what's funnier.... So as a joke...

[@Ayahifuu]

@@phonggun hmmmmm

[@phonggun]

@@Ayahifuu ... I went to touhoufest while wearing....

[@pivotalpancake5454]

Why are convention horror stories my favorite? -The set plan for the event spirals out of control and many unexpected shenanigans happen. -Promised guest stars, artists and musicians fail to appear, as people stand around painfully waiting for them to arrive at said location. -Guests spiral out of control and do stupid shit outside of the convention center. -Guests are mostly weird nerds with bad social skills and hygiene. -People riot for the event to start, but it never does. -Ballpits.

[@charlesintune]

LMAO at the last one. I want to watch more 😍

[@TM92Tombstoner]

"Hopefully my parents will let me go to this con 🤓"

[@Suwawako]

😔💖 slay

[@MedsieLovr]

randy facalding

[@embreadiment]

Who says it with the nerd emoji? I'm gonna Kms

[@TM92Tombstoner]

@@embreadiment "Who says it with the nerd emoji? I'm gonna Kms 🤓"

[@embreadiment]

@@TM92Tombstoner 😢

[@geebeepman]

I often tend to underestimate just how big touhou is. mainly because I'm mostly unfamiliar with it apart from playing some touhou games in recent years and some popular vtubers being huge fans of it.

[@HeroontheWind]

TouhouFest attendee from the future! Can confirm that it was not a disaster in any way shape or form and in fact was one of the most wonderful and gratifying experiences of my life!

[@AKIBATAKU39]

Huh, for the longest time I struggled to see Touhou in any bad light (hence I gave it the title of the most "purest" Fandom (at least compared to MHA and more mainstream stuff)) but this one could be the first stain I see in this community. Granted it is not THAT big of a stain, but a stain non of the less. Thanks for sharing this news. I still hold the opinion that Touhou still has THE most purest Fandom compared to other franchises but no one is immune to mistakes. Here's for the hope that the next Touhou con is a good one! EDIT - ok so a lot are saying things back at my statement so let me expand. When I say pure I dont mean free from R34 or hentai and stuff. that is 100% normal in any Japanese media. What I meant pure is in modern western anime terms. Like the MHA or Danganronpa fandom, I can never skip a day where I don't see someone in the fandom getting cancelled or trying to push a political thing or having backlash from creator to fan and etc. If anything I say the Kinda low profile of the Touhou community is a good thing as at least we mostly behave online. I rarely seen Touhou fans fuck up on that department. I use pure as I don't know any other word or phrase so if you all got better ideas, let me know.

[@wrigglenightbug8679]

I would certainly put the Touhou fandom on the opposite side of that "Purest" fandoms list...

[@Suwawako]

There may be more stains in the future that I may or may not present 👀👀👀

[@moh.syafrianabie8899]

"Most purest fandom" Hooo boy, should I tell em?

[@SelibeIi]

Yeah sorry to burst your bubble, but I've been a Touhou fan since 2009 and I can say without a doubt the Touhou fandom is just as offbeat as any other fandom you can think of.

[@AKIBATAKU39]

oh when I say pure, I don't mean the doujins and hentai, I mean as toxic as in people keep on canceling on each other opinions and such like MHA and such when twitter always have something to complain about.

[@vyllix8546]

There is not a moment more classic than 2015 conventions going wrong

[@r.l.steinfeld1448]

I cant tell you how happy I am KZbin is finally recommending me content like this

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Ahhh yes TouhouCon... I didn't go in 2014, but I went to the 2015 one and was the one who held the Danmakufu panel (4:32 HEY LOOK GARY THERE I AM!!!!). From the ground level, as someone who didn't need a hotel since I live local, I didn't notice too many problems with the convention. I only found out about all the horrible stuff after the fact, so the con shutting down indefinitely after that was regrettable but predictable. Fortunately I'm happy to report that I just attended TouhouFest this weekend and it was a BIG success! Here's hoping it can repeat its success next year.

[@noranekosparks4177]

Your panel was really fun. Crazy that was almost 9 years ago now.

[@parupuri4993]

I'm so excited for Touhoufest!! God having a big touhou convention near me is so exciting!! But yeah, I always found it weird how there wasn't any videos on what happened to Touhoucon, so this was a nice thing to listen to while making irl ability cards for my Sanae cosplay I plan to go out in this month! Lmao

[@Suwawako]

I'll remember to see you when I'm there

[@GDTGaming]

I woud've gone just for the PoFV tournament

[@Suwawako]

I think there may be one at Touhoufest that I would definitely play (and win)

[@GDTGaming]

@@Suwawako is that a threat or a challenge lmao

[@fumogaming4840]

touhoufest 2023 video when

[@crazorproductions5493]

I will venture to say that possibly the reason for the failure of the Touhoucon was due to two factors: 1) The Las Pegasus, Dash Con, and Rainfurrest incidents, but especially the Las Pegasus incident, when you reported that they had problems with convention attendees and many of the guests didn't have their hotel expenses covered, I shouldn't We were surprised that Zun or the hotel managers, who communicate with each other, ended up thinking that they could be facing another failed convention and if we take into account the apocalyptic disaster that was the Rainfurrest, no one would want to go through another similar situation. a dishonest and rude attendee can always be kicked in the ass but when there is a lot of mistrust and a shady past of events that turned out to be frauds, disasters that the organizers failed to organize and whatever the hell Rainfurrest was, then nobody would to put their hands in the fire for a then unknown Internet franchise, which brings us to the next point 2) Touhou was only extremely famous in Japan back then. Yes there were fans within the West but let's be fair, we were a minority. even I did not belong to the Touhou fandom until the end of 2019 and even so I remember seeing a subtitled chapter of Phantom Memories and the vast majority of the comments on the video were in Japanese. I do not deny Touhou may have had a moment of fame in the West in the past but, and at the risk of looking like an idiot by saying it, I dare to say that it is now that Touhou is enjoying great popularity in all countries. Westerners. being that the reason why Touhoucon did not have the repercussion that it deserved and why I pray that Touhoufest is the first of many conventions in honor of the franchise that we love

[@alwayssupporttouhouproject6726]

I have seen this topic mentioned so often, but in hushed whispers and quickly noted people would change the topic. It's good of you to make a video and well-researched about it. Finally a specific place to get all the info at once for me to link.

[@Suwawako]

Surprisingly not talked about AT ALL. Plus it's also fun to research since con failures intrest me

[@lavandare]

Awesome video!! Loved the information you provided along with the gifs and images to hold my attention!! I hope to go to Touhoufest 2023, even though I'd still consider myself a relatively new fan. Some merch and/or figures would be amazing to start a collection! I love the Touhou games and I'm not too familiar with the lore, but I'm sure I'll understand it the more I play and dive into the fandom! Again, great video, keep up the amazing work!!

[@Suwawako]

chiaki

[@werewook]

Failure? It was a one time thing that couldn't secure fuding for subsequent years. From everyone I've talked to, the actual convention was fine. Every con has jokes/rumors of orgies and stuff like that. This thumbnail and video is sensational and tries to make it seem as if it were in any way comparable to Dashcon or Rainfurrest which isn't the slightest bit true.

[@Suwawako]

Gotta get the attention brotha

[@tuckvison]

@@Suwawako this is most markedly not the play brotha, you are actively harming the possibility of another touhou convention getting adequate funding

[@Suwawako]

@@tuckvison we'll just have to wait and see what happens at Touhoufest, and if it will be a success for mega fail

[@Qamikace]

I respect the hustle of a youtuber who just straight up admits to clickbaiting.

[@Ryo-hw9jv]

I love when you put shion images whenever something bad happens

[@Suwawako]

She is bad luck

[@Ryo-hw9jv]

@@Suwawako but i love shion tho 😭

[@TheLugiaSong]

Coulda been great! So many cons go bad it seems, I guess people underestimate how much planning and knowledge is required to make it work. I wish there was a Touhou con in England though, please someone (competent) make it happen...

[@noranekosparks4177]

Never thought I'd see the day that old walfas panel get mentioned outside the community. Legit was sweating bullets when speaking. Its a pretty common story for most of us that were there actively enjoyed the con itself. If you were already paying for your hotel it was genuinely a great time. Touhoucon 2015 was my first convention and it was special because I got to go with nearly 20 of my friends from all over the States and met up for the first time. Between panels, cosplay photos, disneyland, music, and katsu curry burgers, it was kinda magical at the time. We were all sad learning about the mismanagement afterwards. Both in the best and worst possible way it was a once in a lifetime experience. Glad to see another Touhou convention has been a success. Maybe I'll fly back out to Cali for the next one!

[@phonggun]

All I want to say is..... Thank you, finally someone show some love to pofv, thought it's only me

[@kirbydirby2003]

6:22 has a really cool Suwako cosplay

[@pipebomb420]

"why is cirno smart"

[@removalofrem8034]

Huh, I showed up to Touhoucon for a day and had a pretty great time, was amazed that Banpai Akira showed up. Always wondered why they didn't have a followup con.

[@inabi-kun113]

* cries * Knowing that there was a con dedicated to Touhou with my favourite artist being there makes me feel sooo envious! 😭 How was your experience seeing or meeting them? I really want to know!

[@Littlefighter1911]

2:55 That dude went in a ZUN cosplay. My mind is blown.

[@rararasputin8608]

Spirits of the wind, as a person who barely dabbled with Touhou so far... please make it so Touhou Fest can prosper!

[@Kevin-bh1vl]

Thanks for making this video! I forgot to thank you in person since this was the video that let me find out what TouhouFest was. I'm glad I got to meet you there! - Guy with the straw hat

[@GrayvyFellow]

I think I remember something about this years ago but it's definitely something to hear how it just suddenly vanished off the face of the Earth after only 2 different conventions. It's been a goal of mine since getting into Touhou over a decade ago to go to a convention where there's some involvement and have fun, whether that be a Comiket, Reitaisai or maybe I get convinced enough to go to the Touhoufest, I would just love to interact with fans in person instead of it being a fleating thing I do every now and then. It'd give me one more excuse to visit Japan or some other place not only just for sightseeing and other things.

[@rezerooz]

I've made some other comments already, but that convention centre in Anaheim is huge and expensive. I can see Touhou Conventions working just on a far-far smaller scale. And I don't think that's a bad thing! Anime Conventions are absolutely massive, but you don't need an absolutely huge convention centre, just keep it small and simple with limited tickets. The Touhou Community unfortunately massively fluctuates with people coming in and out of the community all the time, so that's the safest way of running things

[@chris2746]

Running a convention is way more expensive than most people expect, and the way a lot of the hotel/convention center contracts are written can really come back and bite you if you aren't extremely careful with what you agree to in the contract, or over estimate the attendance and hotel room demand. Small panel rooms can easily be over 2k/day. If you don't fill the hotel room block you're usually still on the hook for most if not all of the room fees that the hotel would otherwise have received. Even things like if the guests don't order as much room service as you contracted for can bite the convention. Fandom conventions can be particularly tricky to perform viably as the demographic tends to generally be younger with less disposable income. Its super common for people to stack up 6+ people in a room to save money, as well as often times people will "ghost" a convention and not purchase a registration but still enjoy the convention atmosphere in the common areas or share badges. So if you expect 1000 people, you might only have hotel rooms and registration for less than 80% of that. And when you're dealing with really thin margins to start with that can easily tip you into the red.

[@stkproduction]

If there was a TouhouCon, I want to participate!

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

nah the stench and there;d probably be lots of pedos

[@marcar9marcar972]

Yeah, honestly I’d probably check it out if it was local

[@kisesakusaku]

I “helped” as part attendee and part water girl for an artist that ran their table. Able to meet REDALiCE, Nomico, ARM, etc, is a Bemani-Touhou’s dream come true but when the news came up... It’s a huge mess and evidence can be checked at a FB group. Managed to help, despite the hard times. I am not happy with their budget management (got too overconfident that at-door tickets aren’t making profit back) And am afraid that a future fan dedicated con would go into Hell. Yes I’m talking about Touhoufest, to which I cannot attend. It’s really wild but one that crushed me, and the future of inviting JP guests coming over to USA again... P.S. Hecc yea PotFV!!

[@Suwawako]

Hopefully touhoufest won't be a disaster, or if so, I'll document the failure hopefully

[@MrLickerASMR]

This is a good video detailing some of the big key issues of the convention. I worked on staff with directing/marketing their SNS for 2014 and partly for 2015. While budgeting was a big downfall, it only scratched the surface on why TouhouCon failed. I don't feel comfortable talking about it on the comment section, but I would be happy to talk it over DMs. Let me know if this interests you.

[@Suwawako]

Please do over on twitter!!

[@willygrags4367]

I’m a touhou enjoyer but I wouldn’t want to go here. Imagine the smell of every touhou fan combined.

[@EN07Z]

smell bomb

[@Remibiggestfan]

Would smell like wet trash bins and cheetos and doritos combined with a dirty ahh touhou plush

[@morsmoment]

im going to be tabling at touhoufest!! hopefully touhoucon is a good lesson to learn from for the new group running touhoufest.

[@thisrg7054]

Oh, this was pretty interesting. Nice video

[@3RDplayer]

You are a fwording god to have pizuya's cell's first album in this video. Thanks. LOL

[@jackylee5850]

Thanks for sharing. It looks like the organizer doesn't have any prior convention hosting experience, and their enthusiasm went out of control as they focused all their financial resources into inviting big name celebrities, but neglected the little things like the guest's accommodations. The confusion between staff and attendees caused by a lack of communication within the management circle is readily apparent. Given that their convention was meant to mimic Reitaisai, they should have instead looked into how Reitaisai operated and adapt that method to their own In the past touhou have been in most conventions, but mostly in the form of panels, group photoshoots, and some sporadic merchandise, there was a definite interest but it was never the main focus at most conventions. Nowadays with the appearance of franchises like Azure Lane and Genshin Impact, touhou is steadily on the decline. Why, in recent years at my local convention you could hardly see any touhou cosplays, much less a group photoshoot, even a panel that appears in most years are no longer being run

[@kissthespirits1392]

I don’t know what to expect for Touhou Fest, first one ever, I don’t see myself as a fan compared to others but do like a few characters, the artstyle, sceneries, the music very much, Senya, nice animation and all so I wonder if I’ll appear socially acceptable or weeb enough lol I’ll be paying 40$ to attend for a little and search for a Reimu fumo though at least. If I happen to strike a conversation with someone, I’ll just have to express discussing philosophical questions like,”why is Cirno so smart?” I struggled for a few days either to go or not or just snap some pictures, get a Reimu Funo souvenir and leave since I won’t have anything else to do unless if I had a drone and fly a fumo on it for laughs and giggles 😏🍷😪 But in the end, I hope and really hope Touhou fest is a success for all the true fans as it’s a small, comfortable fandom here on the west coast and it would be a bummer if it fails and is found to be the last one in many yrs. ✌🏻

[@orionmcbear]

This sounds like such a Tohou thing to happen

[@auugh64]

that touhou event died just as fast as gmod tower being clapt by MacDguy who was also in that touhou event

[@somefries3101]

man it just breaks my heart that i can't participate yet to these places...

[@hatenayousei]

that's pretty cool. anaheim isn't even that far from me. too bad I didn't know about touhou back then because I was only 7/8

[@Sleepyclaire96]

Ayyyy I’m going to Touhou Fest! Who else is?

[@eternalmood1846]

Oh my god, I know the person who was Wakasagihime who got a miracle done on her. I went to a convention (Momocon? Some other convention? I don't quite remember which) and went to a "What is Touhou?" panel that she hosted.

[@20dollaromori]

Well this was very informational And i hope to see every in these comments at touhou fest (Going as aya. Ayayayayaya)

[@midiagain828]

I remember seeing their tables at AX but never went cause I was a broke college student and no way I could afford to go to two conventions.

[@AlexiosLynx]

Thinking about this con happening the same year of the more infamous Rainfurrest

[@chaoticfello]

I'm shocked that this video has so few views and likes, I was listening to this on bg and legit thought you were some kind of popular youtuber I never heard of

[@Suwawako]

That comment makes me feel ALIVE

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

honestly suwawako deserves more subs tbf underrated asf

[@Baukeru]

@@Suwawako YT is now blessing you, and I gotta say... you got a good channel here, man, never stop making videos if you really like making them, love and passion makes a great youtuber, and I guess... "we" as viewers appreciate that

[@BobotPlayzBobotRebel]

Still feeling a bit iffy on Touhoufest, I wanna go but considering cons usually fail cause of budget reasons I don't know if it'll be worth it

[@danielmayobre7702]

Touhou fan here since 2015. I don't play the games, but I do fanart. Hopefully if the upcoming Touhoufest works out next year, I would want to go to California and possibly display my Touhou artwork there. I'm from New Jersey by the way.

[@spaghettiking7312]

My thanks, Suwa.

[@Marci-Ana-GMM]

Finally a fan of the Moriya Shrine.

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

I felt like my brain is getting critted by the things happening in the touhou conversation

[@Tamamo_]

Nice lore man

[@DACrowley]

I choked at "real China"

[@flawlessgoku]

Now im motivated

[@Iwantanfc]

well i mean for the hotel rooms instead of having free, why did they just make it a lot more cheaper (for ex: 60% off instead of full price) i mean its maybe one of the ways they could not be in dept or reduce the damages at least and considering of how much people was there, maybe they could make a profit off of that (not a big one but i mean just enough)

[@Zelgadis21]

4:42 I just got this Cirno figure at a local anime convention 2 days ago for 12 USD lol no box and all but it was in tact.

[@Suwawako]

I literally bought a HSiFS cirno figure today what

[@piddlingpick5964]

I went to Touhoucon 2015! Walked around with a ⑨ cap and saw a few performances by Marasy- even met him in person!

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

I would love for the numbered Touhou games to get ported to consoles instead of just pc.

[@rezerooz]

I'm here listening, waiting for either poor treatment of staff, stolen entry fees, or some sort of abuse of congoers

[@rezerooz]

Ok, I have finished the video, and thankfully not malicious like I was expecting. Mismanagement for huge events like this seem pretty common. Side note, I went to the same hotel for the Pokémon World Championships and sounds like a hype location for a convention. In terms of possible future cons? The Touhou Community always seems bigger than it really is for those within it, unfortunately. Back in 2015 the Touhou Community wasn't even that big, with touhoumania being in a bit of a lull, and the main focus in 2020+ is more on fumos and memes than the games and fanart themselves, and the average age of a Touhou fan has definitely decreased a lot. For a convention to work on a yearly basis you need a dedicated group that would be willing to come year on year, and Touhou is kinda in that fad phase where a lot will just drop it after a year or 2

[@makise-homura]

Uh, being a Touhou fan, at the same time I participate in local MLP fandom, and personally know many people who run MLP conventions in Russia (we have about one major convention per year, let alone a half dozen smaller fests). These guys also know many details about western conventions, like BabsCon, Czequestria, etc., and, of course, BronyCon itself; and yes, they often tell the story of Las Pegasus Unicon, so it became quite a well known fandom meme. Like, when something's gonna fail, LPUC counts as an ultimate example of failed convention, and we talk, like, "DerpFest 2019 was failed at a level about .15 to .25 LPUC". And here I see a perfect example of a convention in Touhou fandom that is failed about 1.0 LPUC, right? The only convention I know about that may be considered failed more than 1.0 LPUC is that DashCon with ball pit and stuff, but I see that Touhoucon is dangerously near the limit. What's even more intriguing, that it looks to be failed the exact same way LPUC did. (And they still dare to say that MLP and Touhou is not the same thing...) P.S. Unfortunately, there are much fewer Touhou conventions in the western world, and speaking of Russia, there wasn't even a single one sadly. Even Genshin Impact had a local fest a few weeks ago, but no Touhou. That's probably the most noticeable difference I guess...

[@可愛い天使]

Honestly I love bigger cons where it’s harder to see Touhou fans because of the sense of community there is. Saw a group of Lolk cosplayers messing around at otakon and they looked so cute I’m going as Flandre (or riamu from idolmaster) this year and I hope to meet 2hu friends

[@EmberOakSquids]

Wait omg I just realized you were at touhoufest

[@Suwawako]

U JUST NOTICES

[@reisenbunny1235]

I was the only Nitori cosplayer there at Touhoucon lol

[@Romero_m8]

Should've called this video "The TouhouCon Incident"

[@jotarodopudim]

I learned everything from this video

[@xzombiekilla13x76]

Bruh I miss the old Touhou fandom

[@Suwawako]

Now it's just shitposts and fumo garbage nowadays. Nothing against that, it's just I want some series content

[@Tarmonkian]

The fumo revolution and its consequences....

[@Tarmonkian]

@Chrysalthemum it seems so, anyways, the fumo revolution and its consequences....

[@jppassos8035]

I agree bro the new touhou "fans" doesn't even play the games like wtf

[@hyp0thermic_tensi0n]

I was planning on getting the games, but the one thing is that I don't have an account to buy said games and I would feel like I pirated the games by downloading them from Moriya Shrine

[@Athena_Light]

This video felt missing 😕 oh well

[@BM-13_KATYUSHA]

Touhou fest? Damn I have to buy a Solaire of astoria costplay before that happens so that I can lecture people on why rolling is better than focusing and grazing because you get i frames when you do it! (inspired by that one dude that started randomly fighting people at comic con) \[T]/

[@KuromiScarlet5030]

5:54 teabaging Remilia

[@Littlefighter1911]

3:55 If I was anywhere near the convention I would have went for these three alone.

[@ZEK-ROM]

This literally doesn't sound so bad. What was said anyways. Cus' it definitely coulda been way worse.

[@Meilingfan]

I want to make a fundraiser to bring touhou con back

[@Curseofculture]

I regret not being able to go

[@luook3]

04:42 It might have been me who bought the Tanned Cirno Figure, I'm so sorry, really!

[@pit32]

G'raha in a touhou video?? what are the odds?

[@arcturus64]

Very nice TF2 Sounds, map and music but then again TF2 and Touhou are linked by fate it would seem.

[@captaindookey]

Anyone going to touhoufest?

[@valletas]

Ignoring the convention itself i have to say its honestely amazing how a single guy was able to create something with such a passionate fanbase We often hear about western indie games made by a single person but solo dev succeses like this seen to be really rare on asia

[@an_enigmaticdream]

Wait there was a touhou con? Huh, in 2015 too.

[@cheesemanzombie9151]

Those cars have sauce

[@HaotoAnimeOnPiano]

9:30 Touhou Lostword Aki theme?

[@Suwawako]

Check my pastebin in the description for the answer ;)

[@helllss9571]

A western touhoucon sounds more like a grease convention.

[@alexkubrat3868]

I am not really suprised that it failed, Touhou fandom is the most isolated fandom I ever saw.

[@otaking3582]

But did they get an extra hour in the ball pit?

[@EmberOakSquids]

I trust everybody I know involved with touhoufest i hope it's cool.....

[@cookietanukistudios]

omg hi oomfie

[@kamespinosarojas9225]

Zun's cosplay is the best cosplay ever.

[@marx4538]

Mystic Square > PoFV pretty neat video

[@phatass4833]

If COOL&CREATE went I would have def gone lol

[@lenen9456]

Im begging my parents to fly out with me to Touhou fest Lmao

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

fatherless

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

thats weird honestly tbf

[@lenen9456]

thats crazy i don't remember asking

[@SHinierthennyourforehead]

@@lenen9456 however i dont think i remember anyone asking if you're going to beg your parents to fly out with you to touhou fest 🤔🤔

[@balfali1959]

@@SHinierthennyourforehead I ask :)

[@honxiu]

what happened in las pegasus and dash con is like 20x worse😂

[@AspergerPlays]

1k subs and a video quality like that? You make some touhou videos, but also maintain a nice variation with other games aswell. I wonder where people like you are everyday. Say, are you interested in joining a group with other touhou Content Creators?

[@Suwawako]

Maybe i would join

[@AspergerPlays]

@@Suwawako Wonderful! Are you currently in any Content Creator Discord server so we can discuss more?

[@Suwawako]

Nah, but who are you even?

[@AspergerPlays]

@@Suwawako Administrator of the Lunar Creator Union, House of +15 Assigned Content Creators, with artists, musician(soon to be more), and other fellow youtubers. People like Blank Guy, Dina Ariya, H3CC, NakajimaUtsuhoRegulus and more gather there. Are you interested?

[@Suwawako]

Sure