I love the name of this album. Dolls in Pseudo Paradise are exactly what Touhous are. Because ZUN and us can't actually go to paradises, all we do is imagine beautiful girls there having fun. Girls who aren't actually real. All we're doing is playing with dolls. I think that's why so many songs in this album are a bit melancholy.
@116089114509725784148 Not to mention the sountrack dissonance for the Dolls in Pseudo Paradise story. The eight honest people are dead (seven were murdered and the surviving one lost her humanity) and the shrine maiden (Reimu maybe) dismisses it as another casualty for a normal day. And the only survivor became a youkai, gets away with everything and leaves Gensokyo probably to cause more havoc...
Suika182 The general agreement is that it was ZUN showing us the darker/careless side of Gensokyo. This is what happens to many humans from the outside who find themselves there, and Reimu's indifference is perhaps alluding to the fact that she knows Yukari warps them in to have them eaten and accepts it for the good of Gensokyo. It's actually quite a selfish place. It's also somewhat of a study on human nature. Something like "even in the realm of fantasy, humans are optimistic to the point of delusion or cruelty". It's just like when you read a newspaper in real life and don't care about a few deaths. ZUN could be saying that humans are the same everywhere; callous and selfish.
You forgot about the "Pseudo" word in the title. I say, in a first view, Gensokyo looks like a real paradise with fun, girls everywhere, magic, alcohol, "friendly" battles, etc. But the place is really bad for a normal human, because is in death danger every minute of his life.
This is honestly my favorite touhou song period. The main motif masterfuly captures the beauty and dager of fantasy and gow it can co exist with reality and the beliefs of the people....imo ofc. 3:25 absolutely beautiful, the absolute fantasy
guys the art is not from Dolls in Pseudo Paradise, you don't have to look so literally. it's just a nice piece of reimu and akyuu (hair ornament, compare at 12:00 to akyuu's hair ornament) with remillia that goes nicely with the music. y'all know the art for these aren't always made explicitly for the songs, right?
It's fun how people think that the purple haired shrine maiden is either PC-98 Reimu or Akyuu when it actually is neither. The "red and white miko" from the story of the DiPP cannot be Reimu from Windows era nor the PC-98 era, because the appearance of that miko in the original disc of that album is far different than the one of Reimu's. The purple haired girl in that picture is the miko from DiPP, but she doesn't have her hat which might deceive one's eye.
Well then the artist has mixed it up, because here's the link to the original character who the picture represents: en.touhouwiki.net/images/6/64/Comparison_of_DiPP_labels.jpg And if it is not, then it is just a really weird alternate outfit for Akyuu.
+TheOVJM My personal theory is that it's whoever was the Hakurei Miko before Reimu. (Youjomi/Yojoko Hakurei is my made-up foreigner-did-research-in-attempting-to-create-something-vaguely-Japanese name for her(靈夢 妖女子? (Yo/You means 'mysterious/bewitching' - it's the same 'you' as in Youmu and Youkai, 'jo' is a root used in multiple words referring to females, 'mi' means child, and can be alternatively read as 'ko' or 'e'.))
Nah, its akyuu If there was a truly reason for the outfit, i guess its an artistic decision by the artist If it was truly the girl from the disk, then the artist wouldn't draw her with the flower accesory
@@TheOVJM yeah, no, that's definitely Akyuu in the video, has the flower decoration and hair color Label girl has darker hair and a sidetail. And a hat.
I've updated the link on my channel and signed out of MediaFire to check the link, and it works for me. If it still doesn't work I'll see what I can do.
My theory is that the picture represents 2 shrine maidens are from the future. Maribel and Renko are both from the future, the "CD's backstory" is related to the duo after all. Would be great to take a look at the future Gensokyo. I can't help imaginating how are living some immortal/long-living characters, which new people you can find there and such. I wonder who and how are the shrine maiden of their time and if they will ever meet.
Everyone be talking about how the purple-haired Miko is Akyuu, or PC98 Reimu. Have any of you actually read DiPP? In this work there are multiple mentions of a shrine maiden, who from the description and depictions doesn't seem to be Reimu. And why would Hieda no Akyuu- the chronicler of Gensokyo- be a shrine maiden?
I find it more believable that the purple-haired miko shown in the image is Akyuu for two reasons. First, I think it's more likely that Remilia would be drawn into an image with Akyuu and Reimu rather than an image of the DiPP miko and Reimu. Maybe Akyuu is just cosplaying or something. Secondly, there's a purple-haired miko featured on the first edition cd disk label, which looks completely different to the girl drawn in this image. You can see her here: en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Minor_Characters#Unnamed_girl_on_DiPP_CD_disk_label
You know what? I feel like the Touhou Project is a prime example of the differences between Canon and Fanon. The canon Touhou serves as the "spine" of the series. (That doesn't mean that it can't be good, though!) And even if it (...eventually...) ends, the fan material will still remain active. One of the neat things about the fanon side, however, is that a number of alterations can be made to it. We can't be 100% faithful all the time to any of the material, so it's fine to put changes in. As another comment here said, all were doing is playing with dolls. And everyone has their own way of playing with dolls/writing. So, at their core values, there's really not that much distinction between, say, TH6 and Luna Nights, the only thing is that TH6 was made by the creator of the canon/spine, with his own writing style.
+Differis d'Ydax It's both Reimu, past and present. You can tell by outfit and hairstyle. Though I must say the artist does terrible hands, kinda makes it confusing.
Her hair's too short to be Reimu. Also, she has a flowery-like accessory, that's very Akyuu-ish. I'm VERY certain that's Hidea no Akyuu and Reimu, not PC-98 Reimu and Windows Reimu.
Perhaps this is a fan depicting Akyuu as a Hakurei Shrine Maiden? Ooooor, Akyuu's just dressed like one, and the Ying Yang Balls are supposedly above Reimu?
so, everyone's debating whether those two figures are both Reimu from different eras (which doesn't make sense to me unless she at least got contact lenses for her eye color), but more to the point, who's that standing on the gateway? (sorry, I didn't play a lot of these games).
there's PC-98 era Reimu who originally had purple hair, and Windows era Reimu who we see now with the brown hair. In this picture, it's believed to be Akyuu in a miko outfit, who is also purple haired but has a flower ornament in her hair.
blara2401 "Shuusou Gyoku" That's the first Seihou game, where Reimu and Marisa's window's designs first debuted, right? Yeah... not every Touhou fan knows about Seihou. I very clearly didn't when I posted before.
It looks like Hanyuu from Higurashi has teamed up with Reimu. Well... *puts on sun glasses* It looks like quite a few Youkai are gonna be OYASHIR-OWNED! (medal to anyone who gets the reference)
I once overheard Sasahara-senpai talking to someone... our everyday lives may, in fact, be a series of miracles. They just may be... no, I believe they must be...
Maybe it still works or something, maybe it's just me. Idk, it still seems to redirect me to my Mediafire or something, I logged out and it only takes me to the main page and keeps telling me to sign up. Sigh, idk it's probably just me.
If you go to his/her profile, on the right you'll see 'link to pics' used. It used to work but I don't know what's happened, I made an account for it but whenever I clicked the link it redirected me to my profile-thingy where I'm supposed to keep my files?? I verified my email and that didn't help. I'll get back to you when I've sorted it out. (if I can, maybe the link's broken ...)
this makes me feel like i'm having a heart attack while standing on the edge of a cliff watching reimu beat yuyuko and drinking mtn dew out of a yin yang ball, in other words, AWESOME
I love the name of this album. Dolls in Pseudo Paradise are exactly what Touhous are. Because ZUN and us can't actually go to paradises, all we do is imagine beautiful girls there having fun. Girls who aren't actually real. All we're doing is playing with dolls.
I think that's why so many songs in this album are a bit melancholy.
@116089114509725784148 Not to mention the sountrack dissonance for the Dolls in Pseudo Paradise story. The eight honest people are dead (seven were murdered and the surviving one lost her humanity) and the shrine maiden (Reimu maybe) dismisses it as another casualty for a normal day. And the only survivor became a youkai, gets away with everything and leaves Gensokyo probably to cause more havoc...
Suika182 The general agreement is that it was ZUN showing us the darker/careless side of Gensokyo. This is what happens to many humans from the outside who find themselves there, and Reimu's indifference is perhaps alluding to the fact that she knows Yukari warps them in to have them eaten and accepts it for the good of Gensokyo. It's actually quite a selfish place.
It's also somewhat of a study on human nature. Something like "even in the realm of fantasy, humans are optimistic to the point of delusion or cruelty". It's just like when you read a newspaper in real life and don't care about a few deaths. ZUN could be saying that humans are the same everywhere; callous and selfish.
You forgot about the "Pseudo" word in the title.
I say, in a first view, Gensokyo looks like a real paradise with fun, girls everywhere, magic, alcohol, "friendly" battles, etc. But the place is really bad for a normal human, because is in death danger every minute of his life.
+Alex Ramirez Hernandez Buy a Hourai Elixir before going to Gensokyo.
Tao Divinity That’s too expensive
There's something so nostalgic and lovable about this track. I wish there were more arranges of it.
I love how ZUN is able to use the SD-90 to make music feel nostalgic
Everyone here is talking about Reimu and Hieda no Akyuu, but why hasn't anyone else noticed that Remilia Scarlet is just chilling above them? 12:00
And also she looks pissed off that no one notice her
Remilia is supposed to represent the start of the Windows Canon
Lol
looks like she's late to the pc98
no one is talking about her Shinki wings
Let us not forget this song.
This song is great.
This album is great.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Agree
THIS COMMENT IS 4 YEARS OLD AND THIS SONG STILL SLAPS BABY!!
That's literally just Hieda no Akyuu in a shrine maiden outfit.
She has the hair ornament and everything.
PC-98 Reimu had long hair, guys.
Kristen Yeah and no armpits too
To be fair, her hair color is more similar to Benben´s, Hyeda´s hair is more of a deep magenta/Purple.
Eltipoquevisteayer benben didn't exist when DiPP was released..... storywise anyway....
Timekeeper Zaphkiel she said "IT'S SIMILAR", not that is Benben
Maybe pc-98 Reimu is Hieda no Aya (Reincarnation before Akyuu) who pretends to be the Hakurei Reimu
0oO
There's a strange vibe coming out of this song that is very enjoyable
This track is absolutely beautiful, always makes me feel different when I get to hear it. Shame it’s not talked about much in the fandom
If that picture isn't Studio Ghibli-styled, then I'm a ⑨.
It is very Ghibli-styled.
Joe GameWaffle A Ghibli/Touhou Anime would be lit. Too bad Ghibli has been disbanded :(
@@BmacSoundsLab WHAT ????
@@BmacSoundsLab WAIT IT DID?
@@at0mizer In name yes. :(
The part at 2:40 is just too beautiful for the words. That progressing cord and AH!!!
This is honestly my favorite touhou song period. The main motif masterfuly captures the beauty and dager of fantasy and gow it can co
exist with reality and the beliefs of the people....imo ofc.
3:25 absolutely beautiful, the absolute fantasy
This honestly goes really hard. What a lovely, adventurous track, and oddly heavy.
Oh, Reimu. Your life isn't *that* strange. I mean, beating up people-eating humanoids and rabbits from the moon? Come on now, *everyone* does that.
Minus the rabbit part yeah if you work security and deal with crackheads
guys the art is not from Dolls in Pseudo Paradise, you don't have to look so literally. it's just a nice piece of reimu and akyuu (hair ornament, compare at 12:00 to akyuu's hair ornament) with remillia that goes nicely with the music. y'all know the art for these aren't always made explicitly for the songs, right?
Exactly. Besides there very few fanart for DiPP
0:41 has a very distinctive "secrets awaiting" vibe to it
I hear a Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry.
I heard it too
This sounds like a staff roll theme.
I need to pay more attention for this song.
I'm melting right now....my god this song is great.
It's fun how people think that the purple haired shrine maiden is either PC-98 Reimu or Akyuu when it actually is neither. The "red and white miko" from the story of the DiPP cannot be Reimu from Windows era nor the PC-98 era, because the appearance of that miko in the original disc of that album is far different than the one of Reimu's. The purple haired girl in that picture is the miko from DiPP, but she doesn't have her hat which might deceive one's eye.
TheOVJM It's Akyuu. Look at that flower in her hair. Also check artist's tags on pixiv. Akyuu 100%
Well then the artist has mixed it up, because here's the link to the original character who the picture represents: en.touhouwiki.net/images/6/64/Comparison_of_DiPP_labels.jpg And if it is not, then it is just a really weird alternate outfit for Akyuu.
+TheOVJM My personal theory is that it's whoever was the Hakurei Miko before Reimu. (Youjomi/Yojoko Hakurei is my made-up foreigner-did-research-in-attempting-to-create-something-vaguely-Japanese name for her(靈夢 妖女子? (Yo/You means 'mysterious/bewitching' - it's the same 'you' as in Youmu and Youkai, 'jo' is a root used in multiple words referring to females, 'mi' means child, and can be alternatively read as 'ko' or 'e'.))
Nah, its akyuu
If there was a truly reason for the outfit, i guess its an artistic decision by the artist
If it was truly the girl from the disk, then the artist wouldn't draw her with the flower accesory
@@TheOVJM yeah, no, that's definitely Akyuu in the video, has the flower decoration and hair color
Label girl has darker hair and a sidetail. And a hat.
happy birthday to ZUN's best music cd!
That's because it is Akyuu? Ignore whoever said it wasn't.
I finally found this song! It took me forever, but I did it!
Yay!!!
Hooray!
i wasnt expecting to like this music
but i absolutely love this piece
Idk why. But it actually fits reimu for some reason
either way pc-98 or windows.. Reimu shall always be one of the best shrine maidens ever :D
There is a secret if you watch till the end
These balls are so ballsie
ITS FREAKING OR---. oh wait.
Occult balls are nice ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It's sad that there barely exists any remixes at all of this wonderful piece :/
Always making this a tradition to listen to this every New Years 💚
pov (very zoomed in):
shrine girls are watching you being eaten alive by a youkai.
and above the whole scene stands a clearly confused devil.
that yin yang orb is about to deck tiny reimu in the side of the head
this is nostalgic as hell. O.O i used to listen to this song alot when i just got into touhou o.o
the part at 2:40 had to be longer than that... Not to do so is crime!
спасибо!
I've updated the link on my channel and signed out of MediaFire to check the link, and it works for me. If it still doesn't work I'll see what I can do.
Double the Reimu, double the fun.
Rika Furude it's Akyuu
Reimu and Akyuu Pretending to be a shrine maiden
A twelve minute version of this song? How did I not find this earlier!
My theory is that the picture represents 2 shrine maidens are from the future.
Maribel and Renko are both from the future, the "CD's backstory" is related to the duo after all. Would be great to take a look at the future Gensokyo.
I can't help imaginating how are living some immortal/long-living characters, which new people you can find there and such. I wonder who and how are the shrine maiden of their time and if they will ever meet.
The Reimu with white kimono is the PC-98 Reimu while the child Reimu is just Reimu while she is still a child.
it's Hieda no Akyu safebooru.donmai.us/posts/622447
Black- Normal Reimu
Purple- Heida no Akyuu
Everyone be talking about how the purple-haired Miko is Akyuu, or PC98 Reimu. Have any of you actually read DiPP?
In this work there are multiple mentions of a shrine maiden, who from the description and depictions doesn't seem to be Reimu. And why would Hieda no Akyuu- the chronicler of Gensokyo- be a shrine maiden?
I find it more believable that the purple-haired miko shown in the image is Akyuu for two reasons. First, I think it's more likely that Remilia would be drawn into an image with Akyuu and Reimu rather than an image of the DiPP miko and Reimu. Maybe Akyuu is just cosplaying or something. Secondly, there's a purple-haired miko featured on the first edition cd disk label, which looks completely different to the girl drawn in this image. You can see her here: en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Minor_Characters#Unnamed_girl_on_DiPP_CD_disk_label
Nostalgia 😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
the title explains what has been happening in gensokyo
You know what?
I feel like the Touhou Project is a prime example of the differences between Canon and Fanon.
The canon Touhou serves as the "spine" of the series. (That doesn't mean that it can't be good, though!)
And even if it (...eventually...) ends, the fan material will still remain active.
One of the neat things about the fanon side, however, is that a number of alterations can be made to it. We can't be 100% faithful all the time to any of the material, so it's fine to put changes in.
As another comment here said, all were doing is playing with dolls. And everyone has their own way of playing with dolls/writing. So, at their core values, there's really not that much distinction between, say, TH6 and Luna Nights, the only thing is that TH6 was made by the creator of the canon/spine, with his own writing style.
Hieda looks like Benben in this image.
In this art Hieda no Akyu reminds me of Hanyuu from Higurashi When They Cry.
Lovely
i think this song is kinda badass
Lil' Reimu is like: Wow, that's a nice view!
Big Reimu (if it's her) is like: D'OH!!!
+TheMagicalPignite Could she be Akyuu? She looks a lot like her
+Differis d'Ydax It's both Reimu, past and present. You can tell by outfit and hairstyle.
Though I must say the artist does terrible hands, kinda makes it confusing.
1. It’s Reimu and Akyuu.
2. It’s a good song.
3. The art is good.
I don't exactly know that girl behind Reimu but somehow it look like Benben more than Akyu or PC-98 Reimu
it's not PC-98 Reimu b'coz she has attached sleeves,deep purple hair,similar long hairstyle as Reimu when here everything is the opposite
It is actually Hyeda no Akyuu (short purple hair with a ribbon atached to a flower) cosplaying as a miko.
Crazy song
Baka. It's PC-98 Reimu.
maru yu it's Akyu
Akyuu
Like Akyuu’s Untouched Score
Baka. It's Akyuu
Super Baka it's Akyuu
Wow, that's good music. I like it ^.^
음 좋군요.
I think that's Akyuu, not Reimu. *talking about the purple haired girl*
Her hair's too short to be Reimu. Also, she has a flowery-like accessory, that's very Akyuu-ish. I'm VERY certain that's Hidea no Akyuu and Reimu, not PC-98 Reimu and Windows Reimu.
Perhaps this is a fan depicting Akyuu as a Hakurei Shrine Maiden? Ooooor, Akyuu's just dressed like one, and the Ying Yang Balls are supposedly above Reimu?
True, but we don't know everything about the context of the image just yet.
...That's why I said "I think".
DipP has such a nice sound to it. Definitely more serious sounding than the pc98 games soundtracks
Me, hearing this while waiting for the epic touhou 19!
Edit: epicness of ridiculousness lol
This game suck too much. I love it lol.
Aesthetic song!!1!
so, everyone's debating whether those two figures are both Reimu from different eras (which doesn't make sense to me unless she at least got contact lenses for her eye color), but more to the point, who's that standing on the gateway? (sorry, I didn't play a lot of these games).
there's PC-98 era Reimu who originally had purple hair, and Windows era Reimu who we see now with the brown hair. In this picture, it's believed to be Akyuu in a miko outfit, who is also purple haired but has a flower ornament in her hair.
Way too late but that's Remilia Scarlet but you likely know that by now
@@rurihime4965 Actually thank you for reminding me this song existed.
Purple haired Reimu! :3
PC-98 Reimu.
Duh. Her hair was black from EoSD onward.
CrypticNazo
Her sprite in HRtP had black hair though. Also, the game that changed her hair color was actually Shuusou Gyoku.
blara2401 "Shuusou Gyoku" That's the first Seihou game, where Reimu and Marisa's window's designs first debuted, right? Yeah... not every Touhou fan knows about Seihou. I very clearly didn't when I posted before.
CrypticNazo
Yep, Seihou 1.
It looks like Hanyuu from Higurashi has teamed up with Reimu. Well...
*puts on sun glasses*
It looks like quite a few Youkai are gonna be OYASHIR-OWNED!
(medal to anyone who gets the reference)
I once overheard Sasahara-senpai talking to someone...
our everyday lives may, in fact, be a series of miracles.
They just may be... no, I believe they must be...
Something about this track gives me Seihou vibes
Ahh! Cross canon! Run for your lives....I mean fly!
They should've remixed this for the CtC Phantasm stage.
(But is Phantasm a proper noun or not?)
Omg PC-98 Reimu and new windows Reimu!
Coolcris99 the purple one is Akyu
Akyuu
Maybe it still works or something, maybe it's just me. Idk, it still seems to redirect me to my Mediafire or something, I logged out and it only takes me to the main page and keeps telling me to sign up. Sigh, idk it's probably just me.
Damn. I actually thought that was Akyuu in the pic.
i hear witching dream in this song....
reimu without those sleeves ._. thats really weird to see
Akyuu
who's behind that Reimu?
Hieda no Akyuu
@@CountryBaller1796 Finally. I found who it is. ty
If you go to his/her profile, on the right you'll see 'link to pics' used. It used to work but I don't know what's happened, I made an account for it but whenever I clicked the link it redirected me to my profile-thingy where I'm supposed to keep my files?? I verified my email and that didn't help. I'll get back to you when I've sorted it out. (if I can, maybe the link's broken ...)
wait , she is the pc98 Reimu ??
@🆂elene lol i recognize her akyuu thanks
Link to pic please?
medal to me, pal.
Can i have a link to the image if it still exists?
Thanks in advance
後ろのキャラは誰だ？
+菅一郎 what???
いや、普通に旧作靈夢だろ
this makes me feel like i'm having a heart attack while standing on the edge of a cliff watching reimu beat yuyuko and drinking mtn dew out of a yin yang ball, in other words, AWESOME
That. Was. Awesome.
but isn't the way she dresses (no armpit showing) and her hair different (longer)?