The World Record History of Touhou Youyoumu~ Perfect Cherry Blossom

Touhou is a long standing series with many games, and each one has its own History. Today I'm looking into the History of Hi-Scores for the game with one of the most intricate Scoring systems in the series, the 7th entry in Touhou Project: Perfect Cherry Blossom
Credits:
Gastari: / gastari_
Maribel Hearn: / maribelhearn42
Streetmachino: / @streetmachino8883
(Additional Sakuya B footage and SpoilerAL footage provided by Streetmachino as well)
Yunum: / yunum_
Intro Music: • Video
Resources Used:
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th7.pndsng.com...
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Players:
ASAPIN: en.touhouwiki....
HASEGA~: en.touhouwiki....
HS Staff: en.touhouwiki....
Naya: en.touhouwiki....
Yu-suke: en.touhouwiki....
Videos shown:
Oldest Touhou video on KZbin: • Touhou 08 - Imperishab...
Yu-suke's Resurrection Butterfly Strat: • 八分咲4047G
Thumbnail by: / rakkidei
Overlay by: / 24hrcallcentre
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[@chipsdonut1]

Cherry was said 122 times in this video

[@JLippe]

cool, but what about "border"

[@ansyyxux]

@@JLippe 'border' was said 296 times Edit: After counting it again a or two year later, I'd say that the number was actually 302

[@JLippe]

@@ansyyxux thank you

[@DsiakMondala]

How many times did Sakuya popped her cherry?

[@Kilo-Kilo-]

@@DsiakMondala pi

[@PerlDrop]

Heck yeah I'm devoting an hour and a half of my life to pcb speedruns.. worth every second! Seriously a full on documentary in the western touhou fanbase is something brand new no one's really done yet, well done!

[@prayerchum]

hahahaha

[@yankees2319]

hi perl

[@ImmacHn]

Well, more like score-runs in this case, both give the same energy though.

[@senranalt9361]

I think you've managed to find your calling card with this documentary. You have every chance to become the SummoningSalt of Touhou world records. And hey, if it helps to make the west more aware of Touhou score runs and help it branch off beyond its niche borders, then go for it! Brilliant work!

[@bunnysoup6858]

"SummoningSalt of Touhou" Good reference!

[@receedzeraq9488]

0:40 The more you play, the better you get *Me watching at my Bad Ending on TH06 normal difficulty since decade ago*

[@ultimapower6950]

Yee ouch

[@user-jf1bu9ub4p]

me retrying the last stage of SA normal for the millionth time

[@Deadflower20xx]

@@user-jf1bu9ub4p Orin has been gatekeeping me from Stage 6 for 10 years now lmao

[@bensoncheung2801]

69th thumb

[@leaguerear2974]

The cherry and border system is easy to understand, just imagine a bus stop...

[@Alexs23743]

...Uh, seatbelts, everyone? D:

[@Minogame1]

Thank you for putting this well-informed and polished video project together. PCB scoring is very fascinating and, in general, it's nice having a limelight put on Touhou's gameplay scene, esp. regarding its communal achievement histories.

[@heiwuniao7550]

eyo where you been?

[@mon_jay]

Time to grab a snack while watching this.

[@momsaccount4033]

🍿

[@Takezhu88]

True

[@Eviexianwastaken]

I feel like I just walked into the wrong classroom but I'm intrigued

[@Virtlux]

your channel's existence brings me hope for the content this community needed for so long. keep your superb quality goin' chief

[@ZPS_STG]

Cool to see one of these videos for Touhou I also think EoSD, UFO, and LoLK would be great games to make videos on

[@frogmonger6916]

Ufo would be insane, ddc could be neat too

[@LushieTilde]

This is unexpected but extremely cool! And I'm so happy to see some of my friends helped you out on this!

[@Nachy]

Minute in and already love you quote Prometheus in his Full Extent of the Jam writeup.

[@CrimsonColbat]

Hope’s this gets the exposure it deserves EDIT: Wow I have to say after watching more this has been a treat . The fact that HS held every world record at some point is insane, I can’t imagine the time and effort that took but also how much it took to research all of this. Thank you for making this video!

[@StylerGear]

Perfectionist Cherry Blossom!

[@vedgie]

Really well made video! Was super interesting to see how strats developed over time. I just want to say, ASAPIN was one of the early WR holders for Touhou games, but he didn't just drop off the face off the Earth once he stopped that. ASAPIN went on to devote a lot of time to playing Japanese mahjong and is currently playing in the pro-league in Japan. He was the first person to reach the rank of "tenhou" on the widest-played online Japanese mahjong platform, and the he did it again for fun becoming the 11th person to reach it. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%9D%E5%80%89%E5%BA%B7%E5%BF%83 ASAPIN is just a great gamer all around and it's always super cool to go back and see him demolish touhou games when he was only about 15 years old.

[@kuskus_th13]

also, he came back to Touhou recently, I think he got an LNBNT in Ten Desires a few months ago

[@cactu]

Wonderful video. Looking forward to "The World Record History of Touhou koumakyou The embodiment of Scarlet Devil"

[@eros2652]

Now this is the content I subscribed for. Good stuff!

[@RaKKiDei]

Serious voice: This strat simply known as... "The Stage 4 Opener". 44:44 *proceeds to utterly destroy Asapin's run while Capitol City of Flowers starts playing* Will this be the end of our good friend Asapin? 😳 Haven't finished the video yet but, heck, I wasn't expecting this shonen anime vibes on the hi-score records history of a 18 years old game.

[@Nachy]

Just finished watching it and yeah really got to give Asprey props in keeping the commentary engaging. Really appreciate the detailed descriptions of each spell card and technique, as well as personal insights on what could had been going through the mind of the player. Great video overall.

[@Nintendomoon]

The fact that the stage 4 opener was perfectly timed to show at 44:44 CANNOT be a coincidence lmao.

[@Cosmic_Mario_]

definitely watching this whole thing after work edit: okay i did and it was awesome as expected, this much of taken so much time! also that 4 billion run was awesome was really hoping they would reach that milestone by the end of the video btw i love your thumbnails!

[@Skiznefrik]

Just commenting to help out with the algorithm, a video this good deserves it, the amount of effort put into this is incredible, here's hoping you eventually make similar videos for the other games in the franchise

[@dr_ubo]

This is exactly the kind of content I've thought had been missing from all STG/Shmups communities. Great job, a lot of effort went into this. Keep it up!

[@ohhahhglennmcgrath4202]

Never would I have imagined when I first heard you in a Crystal Clear playthrough that you would create such brilliant content for and of the Touhou community. This is amazing!

[@marisanya]

Woooo let's go. I'm impressed that you made this, it's a lot of work.

[@vuonggiahuy3255]

I like how some of yuyuko's bullets are called foods like "rices" and "donuts"

[@theokproductions5786]

Finally the legend uploaded

[@eager_99]

Ah, an hour and a half long video, its a treat.

[@vikingswirlix6947]

This is absolutely amazing! You really are the master of western Touhou content. Thank you so much for this channel existing!

[@ASE-PRL]

Ok now this is good.

[@foxxbaker]

I didn’t expect this and would love to see more world record progression of Touhou

[@LunarWingCloud]

I didn't realize just how much goes into scoring! This is a great video!

[@ak1o967]

I've just been rewatching some of SummoningSalt's videos, and then this gets uploaded. Time to watch some more world record history I guess

[@Vanhaomena]

Extremely interesting!

[@FusionFallKitty]

oh this is SICK i love world record histories and touhou and this is just both! ik this probably took AGES to put together but id totally be interested in seeing more documentaries into the community like this!

[@pneumoniacroix6476]

44:45 usually when I see impossible shit like this I tell myself I’ll get this good one of these days but even I don’t think I’ll ever be this good

[@ads605]

Saw the video and went “wow this is cool” then I realized “hey thats the person I followed on twitch”. The video was really good and now I know a little more about Tohou

[@valivanvan]

i was just gonna watch a little bit at a time and then I thought "ooo i'll just watch just a little more" and now it's been an hour and a half and i still haven't eaten lunch. thanks a lot for putting out engaging and quality content

[@raymariopokenic1561]

can't wait for you to cover the other games as well

[@roxasderp1]

This is the exact type of video that the Touhou community needed.

[@DefensePlayer]

I respect your effort, I will watch it to the end

[@lib6194]

Okay, this is some insanely good and detailed shit. Now let's make a 5 hour long video about the history of IN scoreruns Or maybe a 30 minutes long video talking about history of WBaWC scoreruns and 25 of those minutes are talking about Linear Creature

[@diwieolaten8777]

A truly phenomenal video, I’m glad your videos were my first introduction to this series.

[@rkraccoons]

inb4 a million views and many confused comments about what a toho is

[@RebotOva]

Insane work, so much effort for this video, I don't know if you are willing to do other WR history videos for other touhou games, if you did it would be an incredibile feat, congrats on this video

[@yucaluca8561]

Beautiful touhou content, thank you

[@hallolade7539]

Summoning salt but touhou. Dream came true

[@tchitchouan]

Great videos

[@chunchunmaru5250]

Didn't know Summoning Salt does Touhou content

[@Kyee124]

I would love to see LoLK world record history, I only know that in LoLK the player either abused Reisen's fat hitbox with her bomb or Sanae's long duration bomb invisibility to get a lot of graze for the scores

[@mayzedongthought1917]

Your content is the most underrated stuff on all of KZbin excellent video

[@notablehaddock9462]

This was worth the wait! I love hearing about the history of this series. It's crazy how much was preserved from pre-web 2.0 Days. Really good job overall!

[@Akay4444444444444444]

I look forward to 35 other videos covering every other category and then videos on other Touhou games.

[@tha1cpu]

Crazy good video man. Can’t imagine how much research went into this. Keep up the good work!

[@Quark281]

Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it, and you obviously put a LOT of work into this. Do you mind if I give some (hopefully) constructive feedback? I think that this video has some points that are kinda dull, and this is speaking as someone who really likes TouHou and has played a decent amount of PCB (as well as the other games). You mentioned that you were inspired by Summoning Salt's videos, and one thing which I think that they do really well is manage to make them fun and engaging even if you haven't played the game that they're talking about by adding in more elements of narrative storytelling. Your video was incredibly thorough and well-written and I hope that you make more of this style, but it'd be even better if it was more entertaining and accessible to people who aren't already hardcore-fan.

[@azure3354]

I hope we get more videos like this later on! Always liked videos like this.

[@randomsoul294]

Wow that's such a great video! Well done!

[@elnargosol]

Mighty impressive video. Well done lad.

[@SymboliNegative]

When I keep watching I thought I'm watching Summoning Salt and Matt Turk will appear in any second.

[@LNoodle]

after watching a TON of the toohoo vods, seeing a new video came out makes me really happy

[@hamd8375]

You have outdone yourself with this one! I am glad that there are people who make such high quality content in the niche western fanbase of touhou

[@Names_Trin]

This was worth the wait thankyou man

[@spaghettiking7312]

I am so ready for this!

[@armythecat]

This is absurdly wild I knew SakuyaB was the best for scoreruns and intentionally so but damn I wasn't expecting her to be able to reach such absurd numbers Really great video, I am super into your content and getting even more invested as you go on Can't wait to see what you will bring next~

[@solidone4237]

Great video man

[@crazyduplicate]

Best thumbnail ever.

[@Tommy-xg6js]

Excellent video!

[@--_--_--_--_]

noice. needs more views.

[@cienciandre]

That spin strat for deadly dance was incredible, I'm trying it

[@bunnysoup6858]

Really good video, I hope to see more like this in the future!

[@cirnobyl9158]

Amazing. I hope we'll be able to see 4.2 billion at some point.

[@dorcasmutton6335]

God fucking damn this video was amazing

[@satorri1]

i never thought touhou content could be so interesting, your content is amazing!!

[@labrys1608]

Ahhhhhhh, I understand now, all the waiting was worth it

[@ms06fzakuii26]

this is top tier stuff

[@qlxmaosldk3576]

"The World" Record History

[@sleeper6548]

I finally reached reisen without losing lives in touhou 8 and paused a bit to watch this video, as soom as I started it, my pc gave me blue screen of death 10/10 banger video

[@maidsbasement]

thanks for uploading this godly video so I can watch this instead of doing my homework. cheers!

[@cutekitty192]

This is gonna be an interesting watch

[@BamdTheBamd]

i've always wanted to make something like this but for LNNs instead edit: also cool bug fact: DRC (dodging rain competition) uses a fictional world record (3.6 billion) for lunatic sakuya B in this game

[@ZPS_STG]

Yusuke actually competed in a DRC and beat the fictional benchmark score, he was confused when that run still ended up being worth 500 DRC points

[@jaytakajeremiahtisdale2042]

This was a really cool video! I didn't think touhou games had this much depth when it comes to scoring.

[@bolvin7354]

Ya make my new favorite KZbin vids

[@omegaoof3932]

Awesome video

[@zwushhd2962]

I was played Touhou Lost words for the story, apparently there's yuyuko's perfect cherry blossom incidents/story, I kinda interested with the story, it took me a while to find the full story on browser until u upload these, boi im really enjoying this whole video

[@Dragonrealms245]

Channel your inner Summoning Salt

[@nazumi012]

1.5 hours of touhou content? count me in as much touhou content there is, the games themselves don't have nearly as enough content covering them. -the people who play the game make up like 5% of the fandom-

[@kujibiki57]

Fantastic video, great job! Please consider doing UFO one day, as I think it's one of the greatest Lunatic runs ever!

[@callie_calamari]

Hi, Asprey! I absolutely love these videos, they're very long and good to use as background noise. I typically use them for playing games like Roblox, (yes I play Roblox, cry about it) especially on Loomian Legacy while I'm just auto-hunting. Thank you for making this video, and have a good day! :D

[@l.c.431]

This is every kind of poggers

[@dinodude7290]

i just watched an hour and a half long video about a game i haven't even played amazing job dude

[@henryfleischer404]

I'm going to come back to this once I've beaten touhou pcb.

[@MrNJfilming135]

good video :)

[@Ephraim225]

Amazing work! Now do it with Marisa. :P (Seriously though now I want one for IN, my favorite game, but this must have taken so much effort and time, major props)

[@plutoniumpie5597]

Movie time!

[@galacticpigz8995]

i just beat this a while ago lol, cool vid

[@twistedrubygrimdarkrose8212]

Time to grab some food while watching this

[@logicalparadox815]

Considering that, as a newbie, it took me some hair pulling to even 1cc on easy this just seems insane to me.

[@lorenzorentniop717]

This is the game I first 1cc and the only one I beat the extra stage!

[@dimthedimwit7221]

yknow with the names “zna chairman” and “hs staff” id love to imagine theres this random fuckin school somewhere in japan where the principal and the staff of the high school section of the academy decided to see who got the highest score in touhou 7

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

Final boss:ghost ghost child

[@ccfrt7302]

Honestly I haven't played pcb yet so I have no idea what he's talking about I just like watching the players do impossibly hard tricks. Edit: Played it now.

[@reneeprkl1843]

This was fascinating video even for someone who has never played Touhou game. Infodump at beginning was bit much but otherwise splendid job.