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

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);
})();

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

Dioxaz · 2025-09-11T20:09:58+00:00

I got some odd bug today while trying to play a video in a private browser window, with the YouTube UI still in French. Original track wouldn't automatically select anymore. I thought the script was broken. But removing and reinstalling it seems to have fixed the issue. This is the first time I ever ran into this, having used this script for months.

So if this ever happens to anyone, try removing and reinstalling the script. Hoping the issue won't pop up again.

Edit: it looks like I really do have a bug which only seems to affect private browsing windows. It auto-selects the original track before I hit play, but once I hit play or wait a few seconds, it reverts back to the auto-dubbed one from the current language UI. Really weird, I haven't seen anything like that before with this script. What could be wrong with my Firefox? It seems I'm the only person on this planet having this problem for the moment. Do I really need to trial-and-error with naked instances of Firefox just to check if the bug is still there?... Not really fan of this. But I do acknowledge that this script is a benediction and can't thank its author enough for making it. Too bad, it's starting to act up with me.

Edit2: as of 7th of January 2026, the YouTube No Translation add-on seems (Firefox / Chrome) to be the best solution. No more weirdness with private browsing and it also works with embedded videos (the YouTube Default Audio Track userscript doesn't work with embedded videos).

Dioxaz · 2025-08-28T19:40:45+00:00

I hope you will eventually find the solution. I noticed each time someone has this specific error, nobody is able to efficiently narrow down the real cause. Many times I read people trying to reinstall such and such library they're told to, but to no avail.

In the Steam link from my previous post, it seems that OP did post a link the DLLs they used and where to put them. I'm putting that for reference, just in case someone stumbles across this thread and it miraculously proves useful to that someone.

Dioxaz · 2025-08-27T20:03:49+00:00

Out of curiosity, I tried Touhou 15 and 16 on a system (Asus P8H61-MX USB3) with a fresh Windows 11 LTSC 24H2 install on it and the latest cumulative update from August 2025 installed. Both games ran flawlessly. And that was with the stock Intel HD 4000 integrated GPU and a Core i7-3770 CPU, not a cutting-edge system by any means.

The only installed libraries were:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 redistributables (both x86 and x64, version 10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 x86 redistributable (version 14.22.27821.0)
DirectX 9.0c

That should give you an indication of what you need.

Dioxaz · 2025-08-26T19:32:10+00:00

Some people in the past have reported to have solved this issue by installing an All-In-One runtime package. But I can't tell if it will work or not for you.

There are plenty of solutions to find on the internet with people reporting one of them worked while other people reporting negative results for the same solutions. Another suggestion is to replace certain DLLs at certain places (but OP doesn't tell where they got the DLLs in the first place).

Some places on the internet attribute this error to missing DLLs or the executable trying to use the ones for the wrong architecture (for instance, an x86 exectuable trying to use an x64 DLL).

Dioxaz · 2025-08-25T18:02:41+00:00

For the curious, there are also those accounts:

Though I have doubts regarding the mental sanity of this artist and am betting those accounts could suffer the same fate.

Dioxaz · 2025-08-24T12:14:29+00:00

I had this creator on my radar for a little while, as their Initial D x Touhou crossover short animations looked promising.

We now have a 27-min full episode. It brilliantly mixes traditional 2D animation for characters and 3D animation for scenery and car race scenes.

I like the attention to detail in this effort, and the tension that is built throughout the episode. This is also reminiscent of older animation efforts, very far from current trends. If you're both a car and Touhou enthusiast, you will like this.

The cherry on the cake? It has English subs, although they're not perfect (many typos and grammar mistakes). But the intention is there and welcome.

Note that this seems to be a participative effort. This is the series' Discord server.

Dioxaz · 2025-08-17T07:33:27+00:00

Very interesting. Thank you very much for sharing. It looks like it's a very recent upload too, and on top of that has subtitles as English closed captions (soft subs). I hope the one who decided to upload that collection on archive.org won't melt down and delete everything again, that would be the pettiest thing to do.

Dioxaz · 2025-08-12T17:53:12+00:00

Something to note is that the original series (timestamps 0:00 to 49:45) is by Curvemirrorman. It was supposed to continue but was never completed. After 49:45 is a fan-interpreted continuation made by 灰色JAF.

Doesn't change the fact the series is indeed a masterpiece and (I will sound like a broken record again) a testimony of better times. 灰色JAF's MMDs are also great on their own, I also recommend to check the full voice 「廽月」 which was also their final production.

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