touhou is a series where zun disguises his creations as fun shmup games with cutesy characters to lure people in and then treats them to his depressing and dark toned writing
@@slashine1071 Yeah, it only started getting a bit heavier from Touhou 15 onwards. Now that there seems to be a cohesive story arc with the Animal Realm, it gets easier to write about characters' motivations, good and bad
"Touhou is a fun series to get into!" I agree! I mean, we have Mickey's long lost sister(Nazrin), Dio's daughter(Sakuya), Prince Shoutoku(Miko), Princess Kaguya, *Texas Aya with two tails(Saki) and a nice Karen blended together with a tortoise and a dragon(Yachie).*
I always get nostalgic when I hear touhou music. I should use some for the background of my videos sometime. What's amazing to me about the series is that when the cultural impact was at it's highest, it genuinely felt like I knew the layout of gensokyo in my head and had seen all sorts of vast areas, when in reality, most of the game has very limited background artwork. The fan community has completely made the world alive.
Yeah it tends to actually be pretty hard for me to find thumbnail art and things to use in videos lol (Former Hell specifically I can imagine vividly but there aren’t that many official assets for it).
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"Touhou is a fun game series to become invested into" Provided you've mastered ultra instinct, otherwise it won't be as fun after dying on the final boss for the 10th time
Thanks, now I don't need to watch 13 different 30min videos on where I can learn what the game is about in a few hundred hours. Nice and straight to the point.
I was expecting a meme video, but it was indeed what it said in the title. It is interesting how many people have heard of Touhou, know some of the characters, music etc but don't actually know what it is and think it's an anime, so I guess this'll be useful for them
And the fact that it has possibly among the most enriched and well developed fandoms in the internet and in gaming as a whole. Its like an entire subculture in media and real life itself.
Thank you for this! My only reference is my best friend's halloween costume which has actual moving crystal wings (idk who or what theyre called but her dad made them and theyre so cool)
The only reason I even know that Touhou exists is because of the TH-cam algorhythm. One day it started recommending Bad Apple videos and I didn't care that much. But I got more and more curious until I decided to listen to it. It was so good that I decided to get into Touhou. Same thing with Undertale but with Megalovania.
Me. Literally the exact same story.... Neither will leave my TH-cam recommendations, but honestly, I'm okay with that. About 50% of my recommendations are the countless fandoms that I end up low-key becoming part of. I'm pretty sure we're known as "fandom people". LOL
bad apple originally was from touhou 4: lotus land story, the bad apple we know is a remix with vocals, the one in the lotus land story was a more classic beat of the bad apple instrumental
I came here after making a Bad Apple demo for my console, to learn about the Touhou games. I'm glad to hear there are companies who understand and support their fanbase instead of fighting against them, like Nintendo does. Doing it this way seems much more beneficial to me.
Ever since I heard about touhou(mostly from osu, tear rain, and bad apple, mostly "bad apple but...") all I thought it's a game like genshin or other old RPG games but it's actually like the game I used to play in my childhood days. Damn I missed playing games like this
@@efrayen4497 TH-cam distributes ads based on a balance of revenue and user enjoyment, so not all viewers will get an ad with every video that has them enabled.
Whilst yeah Touhou is a fun series to get into.... Just get ready to sub-consciously analyze someone's way of fighting and shit so you can dodge it.... I mean most of us Touhou players dodge the rain and out showers although that does end up with us smelling like goddamn rats
Tōhō’s been so prevalent in the ‘Net that I’ve seen it mentioned for as long as I’ve been here, even before I knew it was a Japanese franchise and thought it was pronounced “toohoo”
I know this is unrelated to the video but I have a touhou theory I want to spread around my theory is that gensokyo will be destroyed from the barrier getting destroyed we already know that the barrier can be destroyed if it is hit with enough spiritual power we also know that people can train to increase their spiritual power so all someone would have to do is just get strong enough either by training or getting enough powerful magical artifacts and then break the barrier they can train for as long as they want because they can become a hermit so they could live forever and therefore train forever and then become so ridiculously strong that no one could stop them from breaking the barrier I also think that in touhou if you're stronger than someone you probably can resist there abilities for example the strongest character in touhou is hecatia and her only ability is to have three bodies while on the other hand characters like yukari has the much more powerful boundary manipulation ability but she would still lose to hecatia because hecatia is stronger than her so using that same principle hypothetically a human could become strong enough to destroyed the barrier and resist anyone who opposes them abilities even if the event of a normal human getting that strong is unlikely given enough time it will happen because that's his how statistics work as long as there's a non-zero possibility for something happening given an infinite period of time it will happen so yeah that's my theory and if you find it interesting I'd like you to spread it around but make sure the credit me okay
@@Cieln0va yep. i don't use grammar (although i will for literally no reason sometimes) but i still atleast use full stops. it just makes it easier to read!
@@taiyakiemu i guess i just misinterpreted your comment. it looked like you were writing from guy i replied to's perspective for some reason. it wouldn't be the first time someone responded from an alt account
This explains a lot, Thanks! Any long time fans have any idea where the best place to start getting into this is? I only found out about this form bad apple and I’m super interested! Thanks in advance!
Well, I'm working on a video about where to start with Touhou that should hopefully be out in 2-3 days, but one good way to start is simply listen to other songs from the series. There's a lot of great Touhou music out there, and it's an integral part of the experience.
i used to watch these ball versions of touhou characters and its weird watching the anime cuz i only know em for being little animated balls explaining or telling a story lol
That's just because Zun isn't confident in his skills to translate the games himself, so he lets the fans do it. He even said he's confident his fans would do a better job at localizing his games than a professional translator. More and more games are being added to Steam, language patches are on the Touhou Wiki, and pre-patched .exe files are easy to find and download if you know where to ask.
Holy shit
:Marisad:
@@ChirunoMarisad bruh
same
Touhou song banger alert ⁉️⁉️⁉️🔥🔥🔥
Quite couldn’t have said it better, Holy shit, indeed
touhou is a series where zun disguises his creations as fun shmup games with cutesy characters to lure people in and then treats them to his depressing and dark toned writing
Depends on the game honestly; Double Dealing Character is a super silly game lol
@@Megapig9001 dolls in pseudo paradise moment
It’s the shmup version of how every Guilty Gear is just Daisuke’s latest music album, but it comes with a bonus fighting game.
I wouldn't say that. Touhou is usually a lot more humorous and light-hearted than most other series with a lot of story.
@@slashine1071 Yeah, it only started getting a bit heavier from Touhou 15 onwards. Now that there seems to be a cohesive story arc with the Animal Realm, it gets easier to write about characters' motivations, good and bad
Touhou isn't a game, it's a lifestyle decision.
"So, what's this Touhou you're talking about?"
"Touhou is a video game. However-"
that is so?
darksouls be like:
@@edwardkenway4638 Can't believe that Dark Souls is the Dark Souls of videogames.
"Touhou is a fun series to get into!"
I agree! I mean, we have Mickey's long lost sister(Nazrin), Dio's daughter(Sakuya), Prince Shoutoku(Miko), Princess Kaguya, *Texas Aya with two tails(Saki) and a nice Karen blended together with a tortoise and a dragon(Yachie).*
Ayayayu...yee-ha!
@@Megapig9001 "Ayayayaya! You yee'd your last haw-ayayayaya!"
Quote by Double Tailed Texas Aya in 2019
And a cat who has a boy's name named Mike....
Haha sure jojo fans will fall into our rabbit hole hahahaha hahaha hahaha
HAHAHAHAHA
@@willowgunnerthelunaticbio-5933 don't forget Player 2 Aya!
So you know what
Let's get Reimu in Smash
I'm happy we live in a world where that's actually a possibility.
uh oh.
@@Megapig9001 this reply aged like goat milk
@@revealnovvum we had a dream
@@revealnovvum more like it aged like yuyuko
it was already dead to begin with
indie games don't have a chance in smash, unless it was a mii costume
Finally I can send this link for those who asking "what is Touhou?", Thanks for making it short as possible
NP; wanted to try to make this as accessible as possible
th-cam.com/video/rkm7_mjA3XY/w-d-xo.html
Hey everyone. I’m hard at work at “Touhou: Where to Start”, but I felt like it needed a “supplemental video” of sorts, so this emerged. Enjoy!
This is definitely one of the better explanations I've seen, it's fast-pace and short length help a lot. Good job ✌💜
I always get nostalgic when I hear touhou music. I should use some for the background of my videos sometime. What's amazing to me about the series is that when the cultural impact was at it's highest, it genuinely felt like I knew the layout of gensokyo in my head and had seen all sorts of vast areas, when in reality, most of the game has very limited background artwork. The fan community has completely made the world alive.
Yeah it tends to actually be pretty hard for me to find thumbnail art and things to use in videos lol (Former Hell specifically I can imagine vividly but there aren’t that many official assets for it).
"Touhou is a fun game series to become invested into"
Provided you've mastered ultra instinct, otherwise it won't be as fun after dying on the final boss for the 10th time
Eh, that's fun for some people. Definitely the kind of trial and error some people adore and some people can't fathom being enjoyable.
This really helped, it's a short guide that explains the series in general. It's also straight to the point. Well done! :D
THIS is what I needed. All other videos I found stretched it out and making it EXTREMELY confusing. Thank you very much
The creator made the fights in our childhood dreams true
Imagine this series would got to The Battle Cats
*THAT WOULD BE EPIC LOL*
Honestly it would fit in perfectly
"Marisa stole the precious thing"
my heart is not precious :/
Theists: "There can only be one Hell dimension!"
Touhou:"There's 3, actually."
Wow holy shit! You actually provided a good source for everyone asking what Touhou is and want to keep simple. incredible lol !!
Thanks, now I don't need to watch 13 different 30min videos on where I can learn what the game is about in a few hundred hours. Nice and straight to the point.
I was expecting a meme video, but it was indeed what it said in the title. It is interesting how many people have heard of Touhou, know some of the characters, music etc but don't actually know what it is and think it's an anime, so I guess this'll be useful for them
Touhou is also a fun history lesson.
And also, Touhou is a fun game to have waifus in because they’re all 100+ years old (most of the time)!
The Rock eyebrow raise
@@2004DodgeViper vine boom soundeffect
More like "Officer I swear this isn't what it looks like she's actually 1000 years old!!!"
@@IBP-id6onpolice i swear to god
not si-
Even better!
you hit 1000 subs yesterday, good job :D
And the fact that it has possibly among the most enriched and well developed fandoms in the internet and in gaming as a whole. Its like an entire subculture in media and real life itself.
Thank you for this! My only reference is my best friend's halloween costume which has actual moving crystal wings (idk who or what theyre called but her dad made them and theyre so cool)
Cirno I think probably. Or flandre. If rainbow and the crystals hang, flandre. If blue crystals that are the wings, then Cirno.
Cirno
1:27
aye an image flash of touhou eurobeat. there's loads of good ones out there
great choice of music! also congrats on 1k!!!
I am quite a big fan of High Quality Video Game Rips, especially of the Touhou variety.
@@Megapig9001 Same here; I've listened to practically every Touhou rip listed on the Siivagunner Wiki
Touhou is a fun series of challenging shoot 'em ups starring a human shrine maiden.
Yeah, that's what I've first thought of Touhou as a kid.
Thanks for the quick synopsis!
I always knew that my favorite thing about Touhou is that the music makes other artists scared of going bankrupt
Man I've been Touhou adjacent for like 20 years and this video just filled in all of the gaps in my knowledge in 2 minutes haha, thank you!
Thanks so much I’m slowly getting into a new fandom easily :D
thanks very efficient and straight to the point
“What is touhou?”
“Think space invaders, but anime and all on the planet with people instead of spaceships.”
Congrats on 1k👍🎉
Now it all makes sense.
1k subs, can’t wait for more content
Should be putting something out hopefully tomorrow
I love touhou so much that I practically invested my money to the content the community created. Touhou for lifeeee
Hoooly fuck...
Is this my event horizon
The final nail in the coffin that finally turns me into a weeb
Finally...
New knowledge unlocked
Finally i can talk about Touhou with my grade 8 kid
TIME STOPPING MAID 😭😍
The only reason I even know that Touhou exists is because of the TH-cam algorhythm. One day it started recommending Bad Apple videos and I didn't care that much. But I got more and more curious until I decided to listen to it. It was so good that I decided to get into Touhou. Same thing with Undertale but with Megalovania.
Me. Literally the exact same story.... Neither will leave my TH-cam recommendations, but honestly, I'm okay with that. About 50% of my recommendations are the countless fandoms that I end up low-key becoming part of. I'm pretty sure we're known as "fandom people". LOL
Bad Apple is fan made???
bad apple originally was from touhou 4: lotus land story, the bad apple we know is a remix with vocals, the one in the lotus land story was a more classic beat of the bad apple instrumental
So it's like guilty gear series, where you buy an album that comes with a game.
I expected a meme, not a genuine video. pretty nice though, well done.
My knowledge has now been expanded immensely from "it exists"
1:32 game theory
Take a shot every time this guy has a voice crack.
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I came here after making a Bad Apple demo for my console, to learn about the Touhou games. I'm glad to hear there are companies who understand and support their fanbase instead of fighting against them, like Nintendo does. Doing it this way seems much more beneficial to me.
Thank you, Mr. Shapiro. I didn't know you were so well researched on Touhou Project.
Ill be honest i only learned bad apple was a touhou fan song during December of last year
Ever since I heard about touhou(mostly from osu, tear rain, and bad apple, mostly "bad apple but...") all I thought it's a game like genshin or other old RPG games but it's actually like the game I used to play in my childhood days.
Damn I missed playing games like this
so it was a form of advertisement!? this guy is a genius!
But still, people be like:
wHAt aNimE is ThIS??
no, seriously, which anime is this?!
Touhou
One day man.
0:56 knives and time stopping.... IS THAT A MFING JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE REFERENCE??!!?!?
top tier editing! also put ads you get money i think.
Ads are actually activated lol; thanks for the editing compliment, but I still have a long way to go in audio mixing.
@@Megapig9001 wow i didnt get any
@@efrayen4497 TH-cam distributes ads based on a balance of revenue and user enjoyment, so not all viewers will get an ad with every video that has them enabled.
@@Megapig9001 wow, i know that but ok.
CONGRATS DUDE U DA MAN!!!
Thank you
I don’t know if i should classify 1:14 as cursed or normal
THERE IS A TIME STOPPING MAID!!!!
i only got to the touhou fandom because of that old animation when i was younger
Whilst yeah Touhou is a fun series to get into.... Just get ready to sub-consciously analyze someone's way of fighting and shit so you can dodge it.... I mean most of us Touhou players dodge the rain and out showers although that does end up with us smelling like goddamn rats
Great vid bro now i know what touhou tag means
lowkey based lol
I've been seeing pictures of touhou fumos everywhere so i came here wondering what touhou even is.
Tōhō’s been so prevalent in the ‘Net that I’ve seen it mentioned for as long as I’ve been here, even before I knew it was a Japanese franchise and thought it was pronounced “toohoo”
I just know touhou as the game that has a soundfont made from it that Toby Fox uses
Hey! I think this video is quite nice!
Things were nice, until they were not, shine maiden ensues
I know nothing about Touhou, so this better work
Ok that was actually pretty good
touhou is space invaders with fireworks
or as a summary - reimu wants donations, so she beats the shit out of everyone until they become friends.
3 different versions of hell....😨
*Touhou Explained in Less Than 1 Minutes* when?
When I learn how to talk faster
Easy.
*A gaming franchise about whenever there's a new incident, Broke Miko and Thief Witch saves the day.....And TH6 portraits are ugleh-*
Me who tried out Luna Nights on Xbox game pass not knowing any of this.
Gr8 video!
Thanks
I’ve seen to many cross overs between this and calamity so I wanted to see it
Cool, time to get into Touhou because of the blue girl and this video
I came here from an undertale video
im still a baka in cirno's perfect math class
its hard on my switch
It’s pretty fun to get into but WOW finding any touhou game pre-10 is a pain
9 and 9.5 are both on Steam now
Well that's a step in the right direction
if you complete Touhou without taking damage, that means you can easily dodge water drops in the rain.
Thank god
"What is Touhou? Is Touhou anime?"
"Touhou is not anime, Touhou is a bullet hell game with pretty great story, *but* "
Mariana Ranch
Only reason Im here and want to know more is because of that damn Bad apple video and why its played on everything 😂
what's the song at around 0:37
i know it's marisa stole the precious thing, but it sounds different
Seems to be an 8bit version of Judgement Doll
I know this is unrelated to the video but I have a touhou theory I want to spread around my theory is that gensokyo will be destroyed from the barrier getting destroyed we already know that the barrier can be destroyed if it is hit with enough spiritual power we also know that people can train to increase their spiritual power so all someone would have to do is just get strong enough either by training or getting enough powerful magical artifacts and then break the barrier they can train for as long as they want because they can become a hermit so they could live forever and therefore train forever and then become so ridiculously strong that no one could stop them from breaking the barrier I also think that in touhou if you're stronger than someone you probably can resist there abilities for example the strongest character in touhou is hecatia and her only ability is to have three bodies while on the other hand characters like yukari has the much more powerful boundary manipulation ability but she would still lose to hecatia because hecatia is stronger than her so using that same principle hypothetically a human could become strong enough to destroyed the barrier and resist anyone who opposes them abilities even if the event of a normal human getting that strong is unlikely given enough time it will happen because that's his how statistics work as long as there's a non-zero possibility for something happening given an infinite period of time it will happen so yeah that's my theory and if you find it interesting I'd like you to spread it around but make sure the credit me okay
About 14 lines of text, and not one punctuation mark to be seen
@@Cieln0va yep. i don't use grammar (although i will for literally no reason sometimes) but i still atleast use full stops.
it just makes it easier to read!
@@taiyakiemu did you forget to switch out of your alt account or are you roleplaying?
@@Cieln0va wdym?
i don't have an alt account, and i definetly don't roleplay. (on youtube that is)
@@taiyakiemu i guess i just misinterpreted your comment. it looked like you were writing from guy i replied to's perspective for some reason.
it wouldn't be the first time someone responded from an alt account
what about "should I quit being a maid? Should I quit being human?" It's kinda what got me here lmao
TH-cam's greatest comment section is a parody of a tohou song
00:19 That's Earth Spirit Palace, not Hell
A part of former hell though, which is why I used the pic
This explains a lot, Thanks! Any long time fans have any idea where the best place to start getting into this is? I only found out about this form bad apple and I’m super interested! Thanks in advance!
Well, I'm working on a video about where to start with Touhou that should hopefully be out in 2-3 days, but one good way to start is simply listen to other songs from the series. There's a lot of great Touhou music out there, and it's an integral part of the experience.
Nice
I trying to get into touhou and I have no idea if this helped but thanks anyway.
Did u get into it?
i used to watch these ball versions of touhou characters and its weird watching the anime cuz i only know em for being little animated balls explaining or telling a story lol
YUKKURIIII
You should have edited out the breathing at the beginning.
how do i get into touhou i love seiga and yoshika too much to not be into the fandom
Touhou walked so undertale could run
The most brief explanation: A bunch of Chinese/Japanese girls in huge outfits.
1:18 not really true when it comes to distributing the original games outside of Japan
That's just because Zun isn't confident in his skills to translate the games himself, so he lets the fans do it. He even said he's confident his fans would do a better job at localizing his games than a professional translator. More and more games are being added to Steam, language patches are on the Touhou Wiki, and pre-patched .exe files are easy to find and download if you know where to ask.