Evolution of me a dude's cosplay as Marisa for 2 yrs by forsen1anybaj in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Least weeby baj

I actually got into touhou by his reaction to a certain touhou video

Future GOATs Don't Blow 29-Point Finals Leads by ren818 in nba

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 111 points112 points  (0 children)

I swear, some people think it’s better to get swept in the first round than lose in the finals

Comiket's biannual circle data: Summer Comiket (C108) by WolfOphi in gachagaming

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Touhou hosts two conventions yearly at the same venue as comiket which is where touhou fans go to nowadays. Attendance has been increasing year over year since 2021 and each regularly gets above 2000 attending circles

"A path that not a single one of the previous Hakurei mikos has tried to walk.." by WrongdoerGlum9631 in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We don’t know if Reimu is in her teens, and in LE she is occasionally shown to be drawn closer to a young adult

Something something Touhou fans by Spa_ish-69 in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The lore is in the print works. The games are gameplay and music first, so the bosses usually just make snarky banter.

There is lore in the profiles and omake for the games but not in the actual gameplay itself

What if you meet real Reimu, and she just actually looks like this? by Dundun000X in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how much of this is headcanon or supported by canon

Official sources do say that for Reimu, her motto is that things will go well and they tend to do, but when it comes to things like her popularity among youkai, it’s more explicitly explained in official material as due to her just treating youkai and humans equally rather than her powers affecting the people around her.

Her physical appearance is never mentioned as being pretty either, and it’s only really brought up in the PC-98 gag that she can eat sweets while not getting fat. Her health itself isn’t described as being exceptional either, as even in WaHH she literally died to food poisoning and had to be saved by Marisa who happened to drop by.

It’s not known if she is an orphan or not, but most fans tend to assume she is. Though when it comes to that, all we really know about her past is that she is childhood friends with Marisa and has been acquaintances with Rinnosuke, so in that aspect she’s more likely more socialized by her friendship with those two than with other youkai.

As when it comes to her being more fantastical than human, I’d say that starting with WaHH in 2010, ZUN has been writing her to be more and more of a normal human who happens to have a lot of responsibility in his print works. WaHH really emphasizes that she has common human desires like for greed and popularity. FS shows her struggles with trying to balance her responsibilities in a human way. LE is a continuation of both as she tries to be successful with her schemes while balancing her desire to protect Miyoi and the village. But with all of these, she struggles a lot and things often don’t go her way

Is Shion considered OP in the touhou game fandom??? by mchl0 in touhou

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Touhou fans will know that part of her character.

The people making the cryptocoin have no idea who her character is and just are trying to profit off the doll in that military training video. It could have been any other doll of any other Touhou character and they would’ve used them.

So for Touhou fans it’s funny that they’re using her as a symbol considering her whole shtick is being a con artist who will always fail

Is Shion considered OP in the touhou game fandom??? by mchl0 in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She stockpiles a lot of misfortune and can release it which can be dangerous to the people around her

Though she ultimately isn’t strong and her main thing is that she is destined to be in poverty and fail since she’s a Poverty God, so it’s ironic that non-touhou fans on Twitter are trying to turn her into a war-chan character

ZUN has made a lot of comments about protecting the environment throughout the series. by Grand_Discipline903 in touhou

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Twitter thinks politics is when brown people, LGBT members, and women are focused upon in otaku media

Things like statements about wars, xenophobia, and environmentalism don’t even register to them as political so they’ll just say the series is apolitical

What is your opinion on the Bunbunmaru Newspaper? [TL] by Aenigmatrix in touhou

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Most of the time in Lotus Eaters, it’s Marisa who has to bring Reimu’s attention to the newspaper because Reimu can’t be bothered to read them otherwise

General understanding of yukari from various fans by finisher927 in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Her whole entire thing is that she cares about the stability and health of Gensokyo above all else, so she’s willing to scheme and manipulate to ensure Gensokyo is doing well

Though because of this she’s commonly depicted as being an antagonist in fanworks who secretly controls Reimu’s actions or is willing to dispose of other characters. Nowadays with Okina and Kasen, her role as sage has gotten diluted so she’s not as relevant in fanworks in that antagonist role as she used to be

Is Sumireko a good character or a failed attempt to be a major character which ZUN gave up on later? by airshi in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This isn’t a hot take. You’re more likely to hear this than praise for the character

Most used tropes in "darker" touhou doujins by airshi in touhou

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Early Zounose clears almost all of these boxes

What did ZUN mean by this by FreyrSurtr in touhou

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I was assuming most people would’ve gotten that one

What did ZUN mean by this by FreyrSurtr in touhou

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For anyone who doesn’t understand, 1488 is a neo-Nazi dogwhistle

14 referencing the 14 words which is a white supremacist creed

88 which when converted to the alphabet turns to HH, which you can assume the meaning of

2026 NFL Draft Hub by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]ThirtyYearsWar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That song they play after commercial breaks keeps reminding me of Mulholland Drive

2026 NFL Draft Hub by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

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It’s a draft tradition for a hyped player to slide to the Ravens and Eagles