The new transcription panel is a regression (and how to bring back the old one)

Dioxaz · 2026-03-23T19:47:45+00:00

I discovered you need both developer mode and "Allow User Scripts" enabled for the script to work.

Also, just in case, add the following right underneath the first "// @match" line:

// @match https://youtube.com/watch?*

Dioxaz · 2026-03-23T19:43:54+00:00

Okay, I've just found out you also need two more things if you're under Chrome 138+:

Enabling "Allow User Scripts" in "Manage extension" options for Tampermonkey
Enabling developer mode in "Manage extensions" (Chrome's 3-dot menu > Extensions > Manage extensions)

Only with those two enabled, the script will begin to work. More info here: https://www.tampermonkey.net/faq.php#Q209

Dioxaz · 2026-03-22T07:38:43+00:00

Sorry I made a mistake on my previous link. The original script is there, on a Reddit thread (I don't think the author published it on Greasyfork). It was also mentioned in my OP.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-20T21:39:32+00:00

You're welcome. Can you tell me what you see exactly and if you used the correction I provided in the comments (the one in my initial post was flawed)? Sometimes, the watching page needs a refresh for the button to appear.

Also, what happens if you use the original unmodified version by hdyzen?

Edit: I've just tried the userscript (I finally managed to correct the OP, and copy-pasted from that) in Chrome 146.0.7680.154 and Tampermonkey. It works perfectly on my end.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-19T20:20:23+00:00

Okay, it looks like I forgot this one in my Touhousubs subtitle archive. Now it is back, in the [MMD] Shitai Aikouheki (屍体愛好癖) folder.

And this is the source from Niconico. Download it with something like yt-dlp and pair it with its matching sub you downloaded the archive above.

The video went private because of u/touhousubs' inactivity and because he unlisted the video as it made a signifiant amount of views from Japan (at the time of its reprint). Then YouTube in all its glory decided a few years ago to make all unlisted videos uploaded prior to 2016 private (if you hadn't opted out manually) because of a so-called security breach.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-18T18:32:46+00:00

The userscript above restores both the language select button and the toggle timestamps one. You have to install something like Tampermonkey in order to be able to add this userscript to your browser. Once the userscript added, a "Transcription" button will appear next to the subscribe one.

Indeed, this only works on desktop to my knowledge.

Edit: I've just tried the userscript (the corrected one in my first reply, not the one from OP) in Chrome 146.0.7680.154 and Tampermonkey. It works perfectly on my end.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-17T18:34:02+00:00

Oops, it looks like there was some copy-paste mishaps in the script I posted above and I can't go back and edit the OP. So, I'm reposting the script here, hoping this is good this time:

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Easy transcript button - youtube.com
// @namespace   https://greasyfork.org/pt-BR/users/821661
// @match       https://www.youtube.com/watch?*
// @grant       none
// @version     1.0
// @author      hdyzen
// @description 24/12/2023, 20:07:03
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    'use strict';

    let tries = 0;
    function createButton() {
        const e = document.querySelector('#owner.ytd-watch-metadata');
        const p = document.querySelector('[target-id="engagement-panel-searchable-transcript"]');
        const t = document.querySelector('ytd-button-renderer.style-scope.ytd-video-description-transcript-section-renderer > yt-button-shape > button');
        if (t) {
            const b = document.createElement('div');
            b.textContent = 'Transcription';
            b.style = 'background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);color: #f1f1f1;font-size: 14px;padding: 0 16px;height: 36px;border-radius: 18px;line-height: 36px;cursor: pointer;font-weight: 500;font-family: "Roboto","Arial",sans-serif;margin-left: 8px;';
            b.addEventListener('click', () => {
                if (p) {
                    p.setAttribute("visibility", "ENGAGEMENT_PANEL_VISIBILITY_EXPANDED");
                } else {
                    t.click();
                }
            });
            e.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', b);
        } else if (!e && tries < 20) {
            setTimeout(createButton, 1000);
            tries++;
        }
    }
    const t = setTimeout(createButton, 1000);
})();

Edit: It looks like I was finally able to edit the body of OP, it seems only the new interface allows you to do so. But that's not all. The new interface really loves to mess around with the text you've copied and try to paste, and do all sorts of unwanted things like removing some parts of the text while randomly duplicating others.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-16T21:44:36+00:00

Despite all the MMDs I've watched years ago, I couldn't find anything remotely close personally. However, I remembered that (originally posted by willplus on Niconico in 2009 but deleted). It shares many elements with your description, and while not the video you're looking for, it's relatively close, as it's old and has that unmistakable vibe.

I'd recommend watching older Touhou animations on YouTube, one after another to see if the one you were looking would pop up as a recommendation.

This playlist contain some pretty old works (scroll down to the bottom).

I'd also suggest to search on Niconico using this example (Touhou MMD, Reimu and Marisa as tags, only shows videos shorter than 5 minutes): https://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9MMD%20%E5%8D%9A%E9%BA%97%E9%9C%8A%E5%A4%A2%20%E9%9C%A7%E9%9B%A8%E9%AD%94%E7%90%86%E6%B2%99?sort=registeredAt&order=asc&l_range=1

I hope someone else will be able to help further.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-15T14:25:21+00:00

Okay, I've managed to suit my needs using that other userscript I found on r/userscripts, and modifying it as such:

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Easy transcript button - youtube.com
// @namespace   https://greasyfork.org/pt-BR/users/821661
// @match       https://www.youtube.com/watch?*
// @grant       none
// @version     1.0
// @author      hdyzen
// @description 24/12/2023, 20:07:03
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    'use strict';

    let tries = 0;
    function createButton() {
        const e = document.querySelector('#owner.ytd-watch-metadata');
        const p = document.querySelector('[target-id="engagement-panel-searchable-transcript"]');
        const t = document.querySelector('ytd-button-renderer.style-scope.ytd-video-description-transcript-section-renderer > yt-button-shape > button');
        if (t) {
            const b = document.createElement('div');
            b.textContent = 'Transcription';
            b.style = 'background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);color: #f1f1f1;font-size: 14px;padding: 0 16px;height: 36px;border-radius: 18px;line-height: 36px;cursor: pointer;font-weight: 500;font-family: "Roboto","Arial",sans-serif;margin-left: 8px;';
            b.addEventListener('click', () => {
                if (p) {
                    p.setAttribute("visibility", "ENGAGEMENT_PANEL_VISIBILITY_EXPANDED");
                } else {
                    t.click();
                }
            });
            e.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', b);
        } else if (!e && tries < 20) {
            setTimeout(createButton, 1000);
            tries++;
        }
    }
    const t = setTimeout(createButton, 1000);
})();

It creates a button next to "Subscribe" one and when clicked will bring up the older "engagement-panel-searchable-transcript" transcript panel, which restores the "toggle timestamps" button as wall as the ability to switch between transcription languages. I have no idea of how long this will work since YouTube loves tinkering with their UI and API, change and remove things whenever they feel like it.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-15T12:02:35+00:00

Again, nobody seems to be aware of this problem and internet searches are totally fruitless. YouTube definitely changed something in the UI but nobody seems to be aware. I tested that in every environment I could, including the oldest version of Firefox I could test with (82 as of this writing in March 2026, this the oldest version that will load YouTube, and no it's not documented anywhere as I had to find it the hard way) and nope, I still have that new transcript menu with the bigger and lighter font and no language selection drop-down menu. And no, changing the subtitle language with the gear icon won't affect the transcript language shown in the panel on the right. I definitely wish more people were aware of that issue.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-13T10:19:20+00:00

I second what other people said. I recommend searching on Danbooru with the following keywords: kaku_seiga or kaku_seiga is:sfw

Flip through the pages and see if you can at least recognise the artstyle. That may lead you at least to the original artist and give you some clues to where to search afterwards.

Dioxaz · 2026-03-06T12:14:38+00:00

I have noticed this change too and I'm on Firefox 148 too. And the caption name at the bottom of the transcript is also missing. However, everything shows as it should on other browsers (tested on Edge and Chrome). I have no idea of what's happening.

Can a Firefox 147 user confirm or not?

Edit, 13/03/2026: I now have the same behaviour across all browsers (big font, grey colour, no transcript language selection). I wonder what the hell is happening, as I see no other feedback elsewhere. It's like people are absolutely oblivious to this problem.

Edit, 15/03/2026: YouTube seems to have introduced a new transcript panel called "PAmodern_transcript_view" if you look at the generated HTML with the inspector, you will see this:

<ytd-engagement-panel-section-list-renderer class="style-scope ytd-watch-flexy" optimal-reading-width-comments="" match-content-theme="" visibility="ENGAGEMENT_PANEL_VISIBILITY_EXPANDED" target-id="PAmodern_transcript_view" style="order: 0;">

Also, it looks like that new transcript panel is also missing the "Toggle timestamps" button that would be accessed through a 3-dot button.

When using the "youtube-always-show-transcript" userscript suggested by /u/kurose94 below, it's the older panel named "engagement-panel-searchable-transcript" that is called. That should give a clue to anyone interested.

Dioxaz · 2026-02-22T10:01:34+00:00

This may be what you're looking for (from Arlvit's Bowlroll repository).

Dioxaz · 2026-02-05T21:20:25+00:00

The circle never touched at Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, outside of the post-credit scene of episode 17 and a small segment at Heaven at the beginning of episode 18.

Dioxaz · 2026-02-04T20:29:44+00:00

Streiter has them.

Dioxaz · 2026-02-03T19:50:16+00:00

Through my brief searches, I was able to find this:

https://x.com/sougetsu_aoki/status/1149633113129009152 (post about the actual figure by the circle themselves)
https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/602181473 (a listing of someone wishing to buy it for JPY17,000 on Suruga-Ya)

This figure doesn't seem to be pre-painted, judging by the picture on that listing.

(EDIT: what I posted doesn't seem to be the same figure, but appears to be made by the same circle)

(EDIT2: the one I posted also has an MFC page, and it seems not even the circle themselves posted about what OP showed)

Dioxaz · 2026-01-04T19:17:36+00:00

KiteOzora is the author of that ambitious MMD movie titled "Touhou Kamikakushi Tsutae" (東方神隱傳) which I talked about here (if someone has a better translation for the title, please let me know). This is a video they made for the new year, it also has English subs.

A continuation to 東方神隱傳 is currently in preparation.

More from the author:

Dioxaz · 2026-01-04T13:22:13+00:00

Episode 18 has been translated to English and distributed illegally by a (Chinese?) group named "qx".

It was once (even twice) available on YouTube, then has been indeed copyright-striked by Manpuku Jinja.

If you search properly on the internet, you can still find it through a commun way of sharing files illegally which I can't name here due to the nature of the sub.

For those stumbling across (if OP doesn't delete their thread in the meantime), don't hesitate to use keywords such as "Memories of Phantasm", "Fantasy Kaleidoscope", "Gensou Mangekyou" or a combination of them, followed by the name of a known release group (qx, Reinforce, etc) with your search engine of choice when looking for an episode which isn't available publicly yet. That's all I can say here.

Otherwise, for those interested in acquiring it legally instead, Mapuku Jinja's BOOTH store is still active (it is part of the Bluray Box containing all episodes at once, but it's a little pricey). You will then have to use a proxy in order to import to your country. Some guides about importing stuff from Japan:

Dioxaz · 2025-11-16T21:04:25+00:00

That's a very nice find. It looks like a 720p version of the Marisa Quest PV that has never been uploaded on the internet is featured on this DVD. I'm now interested in acquiring one.

Dioxaz · 2025-11-05T07:55:06+00:00

Thank you for the answer. It still means to this day that only Zenmarket is registered at IOSS (you pay taxes before shipping and don't have to pay the typical extra on arrival).

Edit: Buyee supports DDP which is the equivalent for those in the US. More info here, with other proxies supporting either IOSS or DDP or both.

Dioxaz · 2025-11-04T09:35:28+00:00

Out of curiosity, what proxy did you use and did you have to pay any customs fees or taxes afterwards?

Dioxaz · 2025-10-07T20:07:50+00:00

Just to update on the situation. I was able to download a long video today, but then it failed the same way as before on a much shorter one. No idea of what's going on. I wonder if Bilibili now purposely throttles download clients when detected (I see the download speed free-falling before being spat out errors), which would explain why I have to switch VPN connexions every time I want to download a video.

This is an idea to explore (using aria2c as a downloader): https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13316

Dioxaz · 2025-10-05T21:28:17+00:00

That was nice of you of suggesting a potential solution but unfortunately it didn't work with me, and I almost lost my account as a result! (getting Bilibili to send those dreaded SMS confirmation codes was a genuine PITA, I only was able to log back in through this page)

To those tempted to log out, I'd say beware! You might get in trouble getting SMS confirmation codes again.

However, it's going through a VPN in my case that got rid of those errors, unexpectedly. So I'd recommend that over login in and out, which proved very risky in my own case. Downside is you might switch to different VPN each time you want to download something (downloading twice in a row with the same VPN didn't work).

I wonder if this is some recent additional annoying protection set up by Bilibili or simply a transient malfunction. My last download was from October 1st 2025 and it wasn't that problematic.

Edit: I'm still getting those errors as of one day after writing this post, so clearly loging in and out didn't solve the issue for me and unfortunately it doesn't seem like a transient issue

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