What is Touhou? A Brief Introduction

A short look into the Touhou series explaining what it is and the aspects that allowed it to become so popular, as well as detailing what this channel is aiming to do.
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[@AspreyFM]

Couple things to mention here. 5:13 the two books marked by an asterisk aren't written entirely by ZUN himself. One contains a short story written by ZUN (Top) and the other credits ZUN but his actual involvement in it is pretty loose, making it questionably Canon as a whole (Middle.) The other is that you CAN see the Good Ending if you beat the game on Easy Mode (except Touhou 6.) I don't know if the Extra Stage can be unlocked, but at the time of recording I didn't know this was the case on Endings. EDIT I put the clover on the wrong game OOPS. Violet Detector isn't the latest Twilight Frontier collab, it's two to the left, Antinomy of Common Flowers. I can't believe I didn't notice that Other than that, I hope you enjoyed it.

[@Bravidunno]

5:08 Violet Detector is only from ZUN though. Regarding Easy, I think it's only from touhou 14 onwards that 1ccing on this mode can unlock the extra. For pre touhou 10 games, I didn't start from a blank scorefile, so I dunno.

[@AspreyFM]

I edited it now, but I put the indicator on the wrong game and didn't even realize it. Appreciate the heads up on it but damn that is a bit embarrassing

[@Bravidunno]

@@AspreyFM Hehe, some people would tell that it's what this game deserves to be treated as XD

[@sodaftpm185]

@@AspreyFM You didn't mention the hilarious age range of the changes. 0/10 video.

[@viatortilla6954]

Thank you. I haven't finished the video yet but I am sure it will provide a sufficient answer to my question.

[@ftorididk4198]

-Is Touhou an anime? -No, Cirno, Touhou is not an anime

[@adzi6164]

-Vocaloid Project isn't an anime, either

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

-so its all manga?

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

But it has an anime??? Or what are those things???

[@orbitalpotato9940]

Girono?

[@reversalchariot5965]

@@noneofyourbusiness4133 thats a fan anime

[@ster_joke2880]

Touhou fans crying in the shower because they are dodging all the water drops

[@herobintoe4602]

Good joke

[@EmptyCheetosBag]

Easy. Stay in the back of the tub.

[@namkhanhnguyentrong5071]

the closest rain drop *GRAZE* them

[@JustthesameJn]

lmaoo

[@tomsterbg8130]

And laughing in the rain because they are dodging all of it

[@DoctorTex]

“What is TouHou?” *Sees the first thing of the video* Nothing I’ll be able to beat.

[@crustacean78]

lmao if you happen to want to try out a touhou game, i'd suggest Touhou 8 Imperishable Night, its one of the more easier games. do not try to even attempt Touhou 11 Subterranean Animism or you will summon satan

[@jewel-kun9730]

@@crustacean78 is touhou 6 a good game to start?

[@crustacean78]

@@jewel-kun9730 Definitely! It's the first game of the Windows Era, and is a great start to a simple plot and iconic characters!

[@JadeJuno]

@@crustacean78 that's from a plot standpoint. But what about difficulty?

[@crustacean78]

@@JadeJuno difficulties vary. i can rank the ones IVE played. *hardest* Touhou 15 LoLK Touhou 11 SA Touhou 6 EoSD Touhou 12 UFO Touhou 10 MoF and the least hardest, Touhou 8. The only trouble i had about th8 was the 4th stage and the final bosses. touhou 11 is hellfire and touhou 15 is 50x harder than touhou 11 (imo) eosd is easy, but since u can’t see your hit box, it’s hard to make out where you’re dodging shit. sorry if i’m kinda going around ur question- but. touhou is very difficult for sure. but after u get used to it, it’s easy. until you start playing on hard or normal mode lol

[@DoomPickle490]

“Although Touhou is regarded as an easier game in the genre-“ Me, as I’ve spent a good portion of the video jaw dropped at the screen how people even do that: WHAT

[@vyllix8546]

Yes, as much as Gengetsu's Raep time sends chivers down my spine, it's not the hardest one out there

[@slavishentity6705]

From what I remember, undertale is considered as a bullet hell. Undertale is easy. I don't think we can say that TouHou is low on that tier list, of course there are bullet hell's that are easier than this

[@crustacean78]

@@slavishentity6705 bruh UT is not a bullet hell whatsoever. the closest thing to BH type genre was the omega flowey fight. toby fox was inspired by ZUN but its more of a RPG with a gameboy vibe (imo at least) if UT was a straight up BH that'd be cool asf :o

[@GoodElissabat]

Yes

[@akdhsskorolius486]

@@crustacean78 ikr

[@MerderMarderInMyHead]

Touhou is that one game or show where everyone has ultra instinct

[@theralf6454]

But do they have *shaggy* ultra instinct?

[@kellyscorner1319]

@@theralf6454 It seems so

[@z3nz1687]

Thank you for summarizing it for me

[@sonictennyson2201]

@@theralf6454 nah fam,shaggy is too op

[@ezraaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@@sonictennyson2201 fr tho.

[@Fannintendociccio1]

Finally an actual good SERIOUS and not cringey introduction video to touhou, an actual useful summary of what the series is about. Thank you very much, and the rest of your vids are real good as well!

[@HyperVanilo]

Then you haven't watch introduction video by GaijinHunter

[@anejat629]

This video is the proof Touhou fans aren't as cringy as Undertale fans.

[@psi_paz]

@@anejat629no way you’re unironically fighting over which fanbase is better 😭

[@isaquenoobkk]

​@@anejat629 How is Undertale related with anything here?

[@Schtyn]

Touhou have been spread across the internet so much that the references and remixes I accidentally encountered is the reason why I'm here in the fandom.

[@cousin._.nxiety4073]

Same.

[@stardustcleaninglady]

me lol

[@nitsugachanwaifu6912]

@@Violencia10000 Yatagarasu

[@protostnl6369]

Can relate

[@eggbility2516]

Indeed

[@monochromeenigma5764]

At this rate, touhou become more like a culture itself. Yup, touhou reference can be found almost anywhere lol. As goes with a famous comment that says, if anything exist there will be a touhou parody of it, and the presence of touhou hijack memes

[@catchy9665]

Undertale Toby and Zun: ♥️🤝 The fandoms: war or idk lol

[@minhnguyenhoang7828]

@@catchy9665 th fans will welcome and be helpful to any UT fans playing touhou atm. War ended 2 years ago, th fans are at least pretty matured now. UT fandom on the other hand is still childish but I appreciate the good changes.

[@catchy9665]

@@minhnguyenhoang7828 nice

[@sodaftpm185]

@@minhnguyenhoang7828 Just don't mention what even or game is canon or who's your favorite character or ask the age of any of the characters when talking to a Touhou fan.

[@p3el_]

@@catchy9665 me who likes neither: "I didnt pick any, therefore i never wrong"

[@abellsatime378]

-touhou -eargasm music -nothing more -nothing less

[@HideFromIt]

And bullet hell

[@weirdoscreation]

@@HideFromIt and lots of fanbase cancer. This game has the shittiest community I have ever seen, compared to the actual game

[@youraverageperson6211]

@@weirdoscreation There is a good side and bad side You have probably looked at the bad side so far, now go look at all the artist and creators who actually pay attention to the cannon lore

[@arkdeso2864]

@@youraverageperson6211 MinusT for example

[@MasterBomer]

@@weirdoscreation I can partially agree and confirm that this fanbase is the worst and the best fanbase simultaneously

[@HexterXD]

I never played Touhou, and I have never understood the story... but MAN I would love to have this music in smash.

[@2miligrams]

it doesn't fit smash though

[@2miligrams]

imagine having calm music while everyone is shooting each other and hell is rising then have like doom eternal music waiting for your toast to be done

[@ssjcrafter8842]

@@2miligrams You say it doesn't fit Smash but if it can fit in normal fighting games, it can fit in Smash

[@patricklewis9787]

Smash fans are the colonizers of the gaming community with the way they just barge in and turn everything into smash bros lmao

[@deletethis5699]

@@patricklewis9787 don't blame us, we're being spoiled to much by sakurai. ;-;

[@SubwaySandwichBossIngo]

The thing I don't understand is why the fandom is so large and dedicated. I see so much well-made Touhou art almost daily. I am not complaining! I simply want to know what about it has people so invested. For as long as I can remember I have seen countless Touhou fan videos on KZbin as well.

[@HyperVanilo]

Because Jun'ya Ōta aka ZUN encourage people to make anything they want from his franchise, of course while still obeying some rules

[@PeruvianPotato]

Well the fandom used to be even bigger in the 2006-2012 range but it's since declined. Don't let that mean that there isn't still quality fan works being put out because there are

[@Richard-fc1gh]

It’s where most fan art producers begin, since there are already so much fandoms you’ll never be blamed for doing it bad. So creating fandom for Touhou is great for practice. If you check the artists in Japan, many of their early released arts were Touhou based.

[@giannilyanicks1718]

cause pjapanese fans are weird ,

[@quykisanto4057]

because touhou character design is unique compare to other. the fashion is incredible and easy to recognize

[@nepdisc3722]

Zun is credited as the "creator of touhou" but the popularity of the series doesn't come from him alone, with an incredibly large portion of the fanbase never having even PLAYED any of Zun's actual original Touhou games. Touhou isn't just a game series made by an indie developer, it's a doujin phenomena that spans decades and millions of people expressing themselves through it. At this point Touhou is "a video game series" as much as maybe something like Marvel is a "comic book series"

[@Mijzelffan]

how can you call yourself a fan of a videogame series without ever having played a game of it, anyone who does that is a clown

[@nepdisc3722]

@@Mijzelffan don't pretend like you're only just now hearing that most touhou fans never played touhou, it's a well known fact.

[@Mijzelffan]

@@nepdisc3722 the things I knew about touhou before watching this video could be counted on one hand, so hearing that its fandom is mostly compromised of "I'm a huge touhou fan, can't wait to play the games one day" people unironically is indeed new information to me.

[@nepdisc3722]

@@Mijzelffan a lot of fans are secondary fans who enjoy the doujins and fangames

[@Hewanliar1]

You put the cart before the horse. Sound like the reason those fans said they like touhou even if they dont play, is because its already popular

[@JacF6734]

"I thought you were giving me the short version?" *"This is the short version."*

[@cheese50]

is 7 mins not short enough? 💀

[@mothaclysm]

IT'S 7 MINUTES MY GUY EVEN MY ATTENTION SPAN CAN WATCH THIS

[@VekhGaming]

"Is that from a anime", ah I remember actually hearing that question when I was in my Utsuho-crossplay on a convention. Broke down laughing and could only answer after a minute.

[@jbbajangamer]

well, uh, would you say it is?

[@pitifulrock630]

that seems like a bitch thing to do

[@kimgkomg]

This is why obscure anime videogames are obscure

[@VekhGaming]

@@pitifulrock630 I just can't keep a straight face if someone utters a meme and is completely unaware that its a meme.

[@dreamy3236]

r/gatekeeping r/thathappened

[@twistedrubygrimdarkrose8212]

this Poor guy didn't sleep due to hype and worry may you rest well

[@jamzee_]

I read through Zun’s rules, and dear lord he’s lenient. He’s completely okay with the nsfw content made alongside everything.

[@lazydelibird]

He doesnt exactly like it, but he doesn't exactly stop them either which leads to it having a *lot* of doujins H and not. One of my favorite doujins is miko miko suika where suika becomes a shrine maiden with reimu. And then there's osana reimu...

[@lazydelibird]

@JotaroPudim God dammit it still stings.

[@Cowboycomando54]

@@lazydelibird I think the guy understand that there is no point in trying to fight it.

[@lazydelibird]

@@Cowboycomando54 Yeah, it's as inevitable as death and taxes.

[@SirBladewind]

I love the difference between him and Yoko Taro. Yoko made the Neir series and his response when fans asked him about hentai based on his characters was "How despicable! Send me all of it immediately and I'll review it personally,"

[@Kameeho]

For me Touhou has always been about the music. Been playing some of their games but bullet hell games arent really my thing. Enjoy the fighting games though. But the one thing that transcended the games is the Music, as it has a very distinct yet very recognisable sound, once you listened to Touhou music long enough you can easily identify a touhou song even if you never heard it before.

[@silentfilly4397]

Yeah. Same here. I discovered Touhou when I heard a remix of Okuu's boss theme some years ago. I got curious about it and found it was a bullet hell game. And it showed me more music and lots of characters. Then, I looked for playthroughs and fan content, and all of it got my interest. I once tried Touhou 6 (The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil) on Normal but I always lost to Patchouli... :'(

[@electrocuti]

When I first played undertale the music almost reminded me of touhou music

[@scarlet7960]

Same. It comes as no surprise that zun created touhou as a vessel for his music. All the characters and games are made to fit the songs, not the other way around. Zun really hits it out of the park as a music creator

[@AnimeFreakpz]

Same!!! The music is mainly what got me into Touhou!

[@oosha2000]

Marisa stole the precious thing is how I got to know Touhou. I stumbled upon some other songs, really catchy.

[@gbc-cg1zw]

Just started learning about this franchise about a week ago by watching your streams and I'm interested in learning more about it! Keep up the good work!

[@GrahamChapman]

Well, if you're new to Touhou, would you mind terribly if I dropped you into the deep end of the pool by recommending the very impressive animations by minusT? I highly recommend you to either play through the games or check gameplay featuring the games/bosses featured in his animations, as well as possibly some combo exhibition clips from the fighting games, in order to get a full appreciation for the amount of work minusT has put into his animations. (In case you want a recommendation guide for minusT's stuff: Watch the Final Boss and Extra Boss fights from _Touhou 6: EoSC_ + a combo movie or two featuring Remilia before you check his "Reimu vs Remilia" and "Marisa vs Flandre" animations; watch someone play through the final stage of _Touhou 7: PCB_ before checking his "Reimu vs Yuyuko" animation, and someone going up against _PCB's_ Phantasm Boss + a Yukari combo movie before checking the "Humans vs Yukari" animation; check a full playthrough of _Touhou 11: SA_ for his "Subterranean Stars" and "Brambly Boundaries" animations and then watch a playthrough of _Touhou 8: IN_ for an idea of his upcoming project.)

[@bredbug5891]

"What is touhou?" Really fucking confusing like what is going on

[@youraverageperson6211]

It takes a while to understand everything do not worry

[@themako7795]

Just think of it like a hidden franchise and treat it like every other franchise

[@EMDYFC]

@@themako7795 cool now explain fate

[@themako7795]

@@EMDYFC fate is basically like one of those mobile gacha games, a lot of people know what gacha are but don't have the time or mental strength to dive in

[@EMDYFC]

@@themako7795 that doesn't really help it kinda complicates it more

[@JudahIsTheWarrior8099]

Your a Touhou fan? Oh yeah then count every bullet in every game in the series.

[@idkjshssbvVs]

I don't think anyone can

[@onejumpman4647]

I would guess 989,981 bullets

[@EpicB]

Somewhere between 98 and Graham's number.

[@RuV9999]

10?

[@-TsukasaFan]

3

[@smellyvomit]

When I first started playing touhou, I couldn't shake an extremly strong feeling of deja vu. Turns out i had heard almost all of the ESoD soundtrack without having ever known it lol.

[@jacobdelacruz558]

Lol cool

[@ceylamb]

i was obsessed with Touhou music and characters in middle school but I never figured out how to play it.

[@ceylamb]

@21 fair enough

[@noone3708]

Shoot bullet,dodge bullet

[@kirstan]

@@noone3708 So basically America, got it

[@nolyfe4814]

@@kirstan *this is America*

[@OatmealGrillBlazer]

same

[@luiss428]

theres a theory that theres a "canon" explaination for the pc 98 to windows shift which i think is really cool. basically at the final pc 98 game alice uses a super powerful magic spell (a grimoire) to undo an incident which causes a world reset. idk its kinda cool and meta but also funny since its so convenient and zun can just rewrite everything now that hes graduated and been employed at the time. its also why some characters from the first games dont usually appear anymore (like mima)

[@mynamisora]

There it is, Dylans big project! *Insert Aspreyroar here*

[@VekhGaming]

aspreyRoar aspreyRoar

[@Ven_20]

aspreyRoar mynamiPatpat

[@wisefelipe]

As someone who has been a fan of his brother for years and have watched Dylan a few times, I was very surprised when I heard his voice on this video

[@ShiriusuNH]

Finally googling "What is Touhou" after seeing characters and songs from it online for years and then subsequently finding a KZbinr I used to watch a lot when I was big into Pokémon on a smurf Touhou account describing the series was quite the surprise. "A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one."

[@AltraHapi]

this person has a pokemon channel? if so I would like to know

[@mankz3456]

"Touhou is everything. Everything is Touhou reference" thanks me later

[@diegobrandoalternateuniver2585]

Sure

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

Jojo: Are you challenging me?

[@-TsukasaFan]

@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN off topic but sticky fingers is the definition of eargasm

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN *Oh? You're approaching me?

[@solitarioerrante4296]

Touhou is one of the hardest Danmaku series and also one of the best soundtracks in game history. Give it a try

[@sodaftpm185]

But do you want any outsiders to know the age range of Touhou's cast?

[@AmanomiyaJun]

@@sodaftpm185 As of Touhou 18, all of them are *legal*

[@combativeThinker]

@@sodaftpm185 Common sense doesn’t exist in Gensokyo.

[@Re-2005]

@@sodaftpm185 impossible to know because time works differently better take the ones that looks like above 18

[@halinaqi2194]

@@Re-2005 all I know is that the touhou 10 ex boss looks like a kid but is over 5000 years old and actually has kids. So there was a degenerate who did it with her. I forgot her name tho

[@Mima_the_vengeful_spirit]

Touhou in a real nutshell: "Welcome Hell" you must have: real good eyes to see through all those bullets and a really good memory [yes, patterns are specific to each characters, and if you can rember these, you then can steamroll. You will get: -girls, loads..and loads of girls [and armpits, never forget these] -certainly what could be considered as one of the best soundtrack there is [sweet me...how many bottles of beers do I need to reach 800+ music tracks?] -loads of fan stuff..and that's no joke [rember the 800+ soundtrack? multiply it by 1 000] -and...pichu~uns....loads and loads of Pichu~uns due to a bullet

[@wu2166]

“Basically Touhou is Japanese Cuphead with a smaller hitbox” We’ll be right back

[@PKSuperStar256]

And the flying is permanent instead of certain levels.

[@kellyscorner1319]

BRUH touhou was first, Cuphead only made a cartoon version

[@PKSuperStar256]

@@kellyscorner1319, I know. I was just going along with a joke.

[@wu2166]

@@kellyscorner1319 I know. It works both ways. If someone were explaining what cuphead was, they could say “basically it’s American Touhou with a larger hitbox”

[@FaiIKnight]

Thank you professor Asprey, for your course in Touhou 101.

[@jvasava3]

i keep seeing touhou doujins A LOT on hentai sites, so i was just curious

[@Zack_Zander]

One man created this masterpiece, one drunk man. ZUN is amazing. 24~ years and its still going.

[@insertedfailed3586]

Ah, what an interesting way to find about Touhou lol

[@bijibocil5766]

same here

[@Glatier]

I remember my very first exposure to Touhou being the Bad Apple music video, and I didn't even know that it was entirely based on Touhou let alone knowing that the song itself is based on an actual song from one of the games. I believe it was like 12 years ago when I heard it for the very first time since my sister used to listen to it a lot and I was just 6 years old, to this day even she doesn't know it was Touhou-related. And I learnt that fact just from listening to random SiIvaGunner rips that happened to have the song slapped onto it. It was only 4 months ago that I started to take in how much of an impact that Touhou has on internet culture. Years of stumbling across remixes and memes of UN Owen, Lunar Clock/Flowering Night, and Beloved Tomboyish Girl, as well as hundreds of recreations of Bad Apple, have lead me to this moment where I finally gave in and step into the world of Gensokyo. It's still insane and mind-boggling to me how self-sustaining this community is, and it's all thanks to ZUN as well for being so supportive of fanmade content. To quote a KZbin comment that I found recently, Touhou is a series that has always been watching over internet culture since its early stages, and will always continue to do so, even if ZUN considers retiring any time soon, it can always sustain itself through countless fan works out there.

[@HyperVanilo]

beatMARIO uploaded an MV called Internet Survivor, from the name alone you know what it's about

[@MTB396]

I remember my very first introduction to touhou is a MIDI version of Cirno theme

[@RBXDuy]

wow nice

[@chippie4595]

my one was Bad Apple MIDI im still trying to find that video in the one part theres a big bunch of red notes

[@nasanierulastname2997]

For me, Windows Crazy Error back in 2009.

[@PeruvianPotato]

My first pseudo introduction was that one Ronald McDonald video all the way back in 2012 (although I still wouldn't know about the series existence until 2021)

[@ramens]

This was pretty interesting. I’ve only known Touhou from the music and a handful of characters. I’ve always wanted to play the games but didn’t know where to start. Thank you!

[@YakuiMeido]

People generally start with Embodiment Of The Scarlet Devil as the preceding ones are all on the PC-98 and need to be emulated. Also they were made before team Shanghai Alice became just Zun and weren't solely our lord and saviors full artistic vision. Jokes aside the only PC-98 game I had any fun with was Highly Responsive to Prayers, just because the gameplay is so weird. Basically, instead of flying on the ying yang orb and shooting magic at your enemies you... hit the orb with a stick, and aim it right so it hits the enemies. Also if the orb, your own projectile, hits you without you swinging the Gohei it fucking kills you, and bullet hell is still happening around you during all of this... yeah I remember now, it actually was not fun. It was the opposite.

[@ramens]

@@YakuiMeido So Embodiment of The Scarlet Devil is the best choice to start with? Thanks for the reply, too!

[@0730bcorm]

I love how the fan games are on the switch in every kind of genre

[@Ashley-the-fox]

Even souls like

[@Nic5Cyprus]

All right, you convinced me. I'll try Touhou out

[@GrahamChapman]

Well, if you're planning on giving Touhou a spin, would you mind terribly if I tried to throw you into the deep end of the pool by recommending the very impressive fanimations made by minusT? I highly recommend you to either play through the games or check some gameplay featuring the games/bosses featured in his animations, as well as possibly some combo exhibition clips from the fighting games, before you check his stuff out though... y'know, so you'll get a fuller appreciation for the amount of work he's put into his fanimations and stuff. (In case you want a recommendation guide for minusT's stuff: Either play through or watch the Final Boss and Extra Boss fights from _Touhou 6: EoSC_ + a combo movie or two featuring Remilia before you check his "Reimu vs Remilia" and "Marisa vs Flandre" animations; watch someone play through the final stage of _Touhou 7: PCB_ before checking his "Reimu vs Yuyuko" animation and someone going up against _PCB's_ Phantasm Boss + a Yukari combo movie before checking the "Humans vs Yukari" animation; check a full playthrough of _Touhou 11: SA_ for his "Subterranean Stars" and "Brambly Boundaries" animations and then watch a playthrough of _Touhou 8: IN_ for an idea of his upcoming project.)

[@touhouyamaxmichezuch.1302]

So, how's it going?

[@karnifall]

Have fun

[@ssjcrafter8842]

So how was your time playing Touhou?

[@bakubread9308]

Man, watching gameplay of Touhou makes it look genuinely WAY more difficult than it actually is. The games do a fairly good job at slowly building up to the insane encounters used as background footage in this video, by the time you actually REACH those crazy fights you'll actually be able to do fairly well in them

[@manelessm.1264]

See you at the next incident? Don't joke around, Reimu will be in a mood to kick some ass and I don't wanna be there.

[@Bravidunno]

4:38 Yes, Asprey, I agree that UN Owen sounds like Pure Furies.

[@jewel-kun9730]

This series' music is what got me curious and sold me to this series... I'm about to play the games wish me luck...

[@raccoonchild]

Don't worry about finishing them if you want to play all of them, just have fun and welcome to Gensoukyou.

[@PastelHime]

For me it was the character designs, some characters' dresses are really cool (Marisa for example)

[@PierceArner]

Just wanted to say this was a really well put together summarization that feels like a really good entry point to getting a sense of everything as someone who just started looking into all of this. Just wanted ta say thanks!

[@3RDplayer]

I just saw 7 minutes length and thought "he can never put enough information into 7 minutes". I stand corrected. Well done sir. Hmm, I personally try to avoid to consume too many fan works except music circles. In the last one and a half year since I am aware and obsessing about Touhou I already collected a huge amount of doujin CDs for my shelf I'm pretty proud of. But back to what I was wanting to write. The reason I avoid fanworks is because I don't want to bloat my mind with information that is not canon. That also applies to fangames to a certain extend. I stick to mainly playing the official games and printworks and have not enough time otherwise to play fangames. Whatever fangames you going to throw at us. I am ready to learn and embrace them together with you on this channel! ♥

[@luvbug2079]

i recognize pretty much all the characters because of my aunt, she had posters and figures of the characters in her room when i was younger

[@Decade332]

Oh thank God thank you for explaining because I get hated for saying "oh is that megumin from touhou"

[@kingeddieofeddington]

Kids: Dad? What’s Touhou? Me: *shows them this video*

[@TheRealFraston]

Now for the surge in popularity from pelo.

[@mayuuiii6985]

This was great, looking forward to the next videos on here!

[@LyteArken]

Congrats on finally getting the video out! Love your work. Here's to a million more videos. Cheers!

[@spoonsm8292]

Also takeaway: seems like Undertale was heavily inspired by Tohou game play?

[@Kasamori]

Yes, Asriel was inspired by Marisa (From Touhou 8 stage 4B)

[@HyperVanilo]

Yes, even Toby Fox said his musics inspired from Touhou

[@eurobeat5332]

"How so many fan project can exist without the constant fear of taken down" *shows nintendo*

[@notablehaddock9462]

Definitely looking forward to learning more about touhou!

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

Surprising that people still plays touhou even today! It feels like 2010 again when i see random people using Marisa profile appearing in all sorts of internet forums

[@katecallosa242]

It's still very popular in Japan, i mean ZUN just recently released a new game about a year ago

[@elcaballerotouhero1148]

Long live ZUN and beers!!!

[@austinstone8215]

"Speaking of fans..." >cuts to Aya Crafty bastard aren't ya? This one is a good intro to Touhou video, and I've seen a good few of them over the past decade. If you want a "no frills minimalist" short video to explain Touhou then this is the one! Good work!

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

Thank you for explaining all of this. This series is a massive blindspot for me. I'm not gonna give it a shot, but thank you for explaining

[@EpochIsEpic]

Touhou and Undertale contain the most influential musical themes of the modern era

[@justsmile9006]

Me: Tells my friend to play Touhou. My friend: Did you meant Hu Tao?

[@osnolacampa9699]

Sr pelo fans are raiding this video

[@monochromeenigma5764]

And other touhou introduction videos, i can guarantee that xD

[@sfmaub234]

I had already heard of Touhou for a while but Pelo is really what is making me want to get into it XD

[@PsychicDeasia]

@0:34 Wow, Touhou first released and the animated Gorillaz band met the day I was born! How wonderful is that?

[@The-Ink-Dragon97]

FINALLY, after all these years of hearing about it, I finally know what it is. Thank you.

[@stefanmorgan5378]

I'm watching this so that way I'm clued up when Reimu gets in Smash

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

*when* ?

[@Badbirdie]

Protip: put a piece of coal in your sphincter while playing this game and you'll get a free diamond.

[@hearys_]

“What is TouHou?” Hell.

[@omicronalpha8827]

No joke when I started with EoSD, I took physical notes on places, people, fanon, and canon. It actually helped quite a bit tbh

[@bbackx9657]

hehehehhehehee

[@davo9407]

hoohooohooohohooo

[@etanyello]

hyuk hyuk hyuk a hyoh hyoh heheheh hahaha hyuhuyhuy

[@pootispow3032]

ohohohohohohooo yeeeheheheeheheheeehe ark ha ha ha hah

[@omicronalpha8827]

what the shit

[@ChiroHiroyuki]

Can´t wait to see your vid when it is time to review Takkoman Kouzatsu

[@怀恋思念]

I don't understand the content of the video, but I still finished watching this popular science video. A Touhou Project gamer from China.

[@sereminar4]

That was a great overview of the series. It really explained a lot to me, someone who knew almost nothing about it before hand. Thanks a bunch and good luck with your series!

[@zerocool6452]

Half of my music playlist consist of Touhou and it was like that even before I knew what Touhou was. That goes to show how wide spread it actually is AND how good it is.

[@fadiggle]

Great intro to the series! Hope to see more content on par to this.

[@Justalilsilly]

Alright just looking at the gameplay makes me interested. I'm getting this game

[@HyperVanilo]

Touhou games on steam: • Phantasmagoria of Flower View • Shoot the Bullet • Mountain of Faith • Subterranean Animism • Undefined Fantastic Object • Ten Desires • Double Dealing Character • Legacy of Lunatic Kingdoms • Hidden Star in Four Seasons • Wily Beast and Weakest Creatures • Double Spoiler • Impossible Spell Card • Violet Detector • Antinomy of Common Flowers • Unconnected Marketeers • 100th Black Market • Touhou Sangetsusei • 東方剛欲異聞 (Touhou Gouyouku Ibun)

[@Justalilsilly]

@@HyperVanilo why are there so many...

[@HyperVanilo]

@@Justalilsilly Jun'ya Ōta aka ZUN is really active, he releases a new game every 2 years, except for spin-off where it comes out a year after the main game, this year he released a new spin-off, Touhou 18.5. In total there are 32 games.

[@naazriin]

I wanna play touhou, but holy shit seeing that theres 21+ games in the series is intimidating

[@nazumi012]

a bit late but although some later games do put small references to older games, you can pretty much play most of them in any order. only the fighting games have some sense of continuity story-wise.

[@chazlewis8114]

Thanks for the info!

[@antarcfroze]

I just wanna know why there's so many h doujin of this damn franchise. It's mind boggling. And i never knew it was a game and has banger soundtrack? I thought it was a novel

[@dionysos7735]

1000 year old lolis, who are god damn crazy, that's why.

[@EpicB]

How did you mistake Touhou for a novel?

[@BillyRedWorld]

I learned about Touhou from my favorite game Shanghai Genso Network which was a Touhou world based Megaman Battle Network game essentially that got taken down presumably by Capcom sadly as it was nearing completion for commercial sale at the end of December 2018

[@blanaobla]

touhou is the friends we made along the way

[@junedee]

Tysm!! Such a good vid and cleared a lot of questions I had even though ive been into this series for so many years🤦‍♀️

[@anonymoose9836]

I searched for this simply because someone who killed me in teamfortress 2 killed me with their name saying "touhou is just lesbian tf2" i still dont understand

[@HyperVanilo]

Because the majority of Touhou characters are female, TF2 is the opposite of that

[@Baxtone-jj7jp]

And tf2 only consists of 2 females and touhou also only consists of 2 males

[@HyperVanilo]

@@Baxtone-jj7jp Genjii, Unzan, Rinnosuke, the male villagers Yeah definitely only 2 male characters

[@Theidealheight_]

Thanks for the info!! I got in fairly recently, so im glad to not be completely out of the loop

[@Jethro-goro]

My first exposure to Touhou was probably the mcowen video, but the first time I recognized anything Touhou as Touhou was back in 2014 via a let's play of a metroidvania fangame (Bouhou Youyoumu, I believe it was called). After that, having a listen to music (both from the games and fan-arrangements) hooked me onto the series.

[@houndoomrulz]

Very interested to see what games you cover as you go along. And what logos you'll be having me make ;D

[@SigmaTheEevee]

I have been away from the Touhou fandom since shortly after LoLK came out and I've spent the last few weeks trying to get back into the fandom. However so much has changed and so many songs are gone. Things have felt off trying to get back in, but this helped to lift my spirits. I feel like I'm finding my way back into the fandom. Wish me fortune upon my adventure.

[@BillyRedWorld]

Great Video! Really learned a lot!

[@slimyslimer2642]

Let me guess You saw Sr. Pelo's new video but you didn't understand tf just happened

[@ScoopOfButter]

yse

[@touhoumainly7235]

This is an awesome introduction to Touhou. Thanks for making this!

[@dantheman-vs3gi]

interested in hearing more about the fan games part of touhou since i hear they have a lot in japan but only a few actually make their way here

[@hiyori3912]

Good stuff, I have no complaints. I am excited to see more videos from this channel on Touhou fangames! ~ I appreciate you spreading Touhou to others. Your enthusiastic view on Touhou from your streams was what influenced me to look at the series. From there on, I fell in love with the vast amount of characters, music, literature, and fanworks. I'm glad to have discovered the existence of ZUN, Touhou Project, the Touhou fandom, and Dylan Asprey.

[@abdel-rahmanabdel-maksoud894]

Same

[@hyperhedgehog7]

i feel like a lot of the comments here didn't watch the whole video

[@HyperVanilo]

"Uuhh... I still don't understand."

[@wahyukuncoro8526]

I know nothing about touhou. But after finding some doujins about it, makes me interested

[@mattimus8692]

I knew you were a fellow Canadian as soon as you said about Seriously though great content! Im glad I found this channel :) You deserve wayyy more subs

[@anonymousmystery6071]

I've been waiting for this for SO LONG

[@sonicexereaper6814]

Or, just to put it short, Touhou is a project that inspired many genres of its series: music, games, animations, and story done by both fans and the creator himself. If you wanna know the lore of Touhou, play the games or stories that are canonical to the series. But if you wanna enjoy its culture, do what you must do and enjoy what you’re exploring.

[@Protectorofgod]

here in 2023 this video is still very helpful! And I'm really excited to get into this series. What sparked my intrest was the taisei project which I found in the switch homebrew store! I look forward to your other videos and thank you for this info!

[@trapnep]

Touhou is a game .

[@Ven_20]

Finally got to watch the video, and I love it. It's a really good introduction to the Touhou series! Congratz Dylan!

[@FireyDeath4]

What is Touhou? 「‍ｄ‍ｒ‍ｏ‍ｐ　ａ‍ｎ　ａ‍ｐ‍ｐ‍ｌ‍ｅ　ｃ‍ｏ‍ｒ‍ｅ　ａ‍ｎ‍ｄ　ｉ‍ｔ　ｔ‍ｕ‍ｒ‍ｎ‍ｓ　ｉ‍ｎ‍ｔ‍ｏ　ａ　ｗ‍ｏ‍ｍ‍ａ‍ｎ‍―‍」

[@HyperVanilo]

Someone came from Gasman

[@ZaFah695]

*Bad apple but the lyrics is what appearing on the screen*

[@Archedgar]

This was very informative on Touhou and had minimal fluff. It was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. If I had one slight complaint, it's that some of the voice clips were edited together poorly but 99% of the audience won't notice or care about that.

[@CIRNEVER]

Looks like youtube actually did something for once.

[@yadongon]

Dang this was super informative!! I look forward to learning more about touhou.

[@Israelthewhiteespy]

As moving from a shooter (master difficulties dominated during past years) and now discovering touhou as a beginner of bullet hell... I can say the game is really fun and challenging, it's indeed a masterpiece to try, but Lunatic difficulties really seem to be far on other level that I used to know from shooters, this game deserves to be known by more people

[@plague9818]

I just finished Touhou Luna Nights and loved it so much that I wanted to give the series a shot. Thanks for the great vid I have a much better understanding now!

[@geeseispluralforgoose]

Yes! I know a few people who were introduced to touhou project via luna nights too and im so happy about it because i absolutely love luna nights the fan-game. Please do give the series a shot, *your “shot”*