Fun fact: The chanting isn't a distorted Erhu. ZUN kidnapped a Mongolian throat singer, force fed him helium and made him play a beta of UDoALG where he had to fight Chiyari as Ran, then recorded his screams of anguish
Even the instrument that ZUN uses for the vocals sound like a theme title. Mongolian Voices ~ Ancient Phrases. But yeah, been obsessed with the vocals because it's so out of the norm for Touhou music, I'm just happy to learn what the instrument name is
Ironically, Sanae was the one who established that one couldn't be held back by common sense in Gensokyo. I guess even after all this time, at least an iota of common sense remains in her.
Isn't it crazy to think that the addition of vocals in this song make it go from a really good theme to an INSANELY good theme? Maybe even an instant classic. I love it and it makes me cry manly tears.
Knowing her backstory and motivations for this game adds to the emotional weight that the song brings. Essentially, due to past experiences before she became an oni, she believed Gensokyo doesnt deserve to be ransacked by the war being ensued by the beasts and oni hence why she manipulated everyone in her power to avoid "hell on earth" scenario, similar to how it was during the Sengoku period she was in.
@@ethirium4389 maybe a stroke of luck that she took sympathy on gensokyo or more of because she's the type of oni to scheme first than brute forcing everything. Either way, everyone is in the palm of her hand during the entire game
It's a double within a double within a double. On the surface, she looked like she wanted to participate and kill Reimu. Turned out, she had plotted the invasions to all happen at the same time, resulting in chaos in the three clans defeating eachother. Turned out, she wasn't entirely benevolent, as she was implanting 'memories' of herself in the peoples minds and hearts with her power to manipulate nothingness, and to gain a reputation as evil and all-knowing, and thus play towards an innevitable future of her being the only one capable of ruling Gensokyo. Then it turns out she wants to rule Gensokyo to turn it into a 'zoo' of sorts that she owns, to protect it from the Hellfolk. THEN it turns out she gives up on this plan because Reimu and the others seem plenty capable of defending it on their own. She's a lasagna villain.
@@xXTheKingEmothXx The last bosses in recent Touhou games are not as simple as the ones in the early days, not the stereo typical "I'm gonna do something bad", its getting harder and harder to say new characters are bad or good
@@naotaka1624to what I remember, there's only one or two or three Final Boss that were borderline malevolent: Remi, Tenshi and Okuu. The rest are either misunderstood or have decent motives behind their actions.
Just noticed that Her hair reaches much lower than just her back and she has super damaged ends. That makes her way cooler and realistic when talking about design
Zanmu is a super interesting character and final boss, having manipulated everyone, even the beast spirit leaders, to follow her plans. She is literally the reason why there's a Former Hell as she proposed to create a new Hell. Her plan only failed as Hisami wanted to be scolded by her. This theme suits her as an intelligent manipulator who was able to gather support from the beasts and the oni. Her design is also super good, but I find it funny how she carries around her rock everywhere - Sanae even comments on it in the VS dialouge.
... Except her plan didn't fail at all. She knew Hisami would disobey her, and WANTED Reimu to be let in so she could test the mettle of the only one inbetween her and turning Gensokyo into, basically, a wildlife reserve she rules to prevent the other Hellfolk from taking it over. When she loses, she admits that Reimu is more than capable of handling it, and decides Gensokyo doesn't need her to protect it.
So everyone knows 2:03 is the Good Spot where the ZUNpets drop, but is anyone else obsessed with the piano countermelody underneath the trumpet and vocal there? It's so classical ZUN, that piano countermelody and the chord progression sounds like something you'd hear in IN, like IN Extra or something. This countermelody gets its own solo moment at 2:48 too. Such a complex and interesting theme.
The eerie vocals are what makes this good. ZUN is experimenting. I mean, I like his old music, but I'm curious. What will happen if he explores even deeper corners? He now has access to advanced vocals, as seen here.
Personally I'm hoping a future game has full on lyrics, I know he's gotten people to chip in recently (The ability card art is by his wife for example) so getting a singer to provide their voice is possible
@@hankwimbleton3119 ... I don't think Lyrics would befit a Touhou game. ... Perhaps maybe it'd fit for someone like Mystia or someone that sings, but other than that I don't think Touhou makes sense to have lyrics in its music.
people can bash on touhou 19 all they want, its true the game has issues. but it has one of the best stories in any touhou game imho every single character is so well written its insane.
A dog who gives very painful handshakes, Goku, Hecatia's #1 customer, Kaguya with a flower on her face and expert simping skills and an oni-monk trying to take over the world and prevent a war between the hell yakuza factions
INSTANT LIKE! I ADORE EVERY ASPECT OF THIS. THAT CHAOTIC VOCAL THAT PIANO THAT ADDICTING MOTIF AND I GUESS THAT REFRAIN TOO! Also shits And she feels like negative Keiki. She builds! But destruction!
This song immediately managed to capture my heart, melancholy and innovative, familiar and strange, definitely the best in the game with the title screen
@@truongthiven2419It kinda sounds like an erhu plugin made to sound like mongolian vocals... but it definitely sounds more like vocals. son biten's theme has pure erhu
the 2 minute mark on the song has seared itself into my mind as the theme of "clinging on for dear life in spite and defiance to beat this woman whilst she throws more blue spears than there are in the entirety of Undertale at you"
I have to admit, when I first heard this, I imagined Zanmu's backstory or motivation being a lot darker than what she actually was. The melody and the wailing just makes this seem so tragic.
What a really spooky and interesting song. It's so unique yet good. ZUN just continues to impress with these songs. It's also very interesting that Zanmu, despite being the final boss, is not the real villain. As we already know from the intro of the story itself, the real villains are still Saki, Yachie, and Yuuma, because these three are actually trying to take over the surface world, just like Saki and Yuuma expressed wanting to do in the last games. Zanmu is just part of putting a stop to them. Wouldn't this make Saki, Yachie, and Yuuma at this point the most reoccurring absolute, major or main villains in the series? I think that's really cool (Tsukasa is trying to make everything more chaotic for her own benefit again). This also makes Ran's appearance all the more special, because she didn't go after Zanmu. She went after one of the leaders herself since she already figured out that they are the main problem about the chaos. It's even more interesting that she already knew one of them in the past.
I find it funny how the beasts only went to the surface because they needed someone to defeat a goddess that was hindering their realm. The idea of taking over the surface was only a secondary thought until Touhou 18 came, which becomes the catalyst for the 3 clan leaders to fulfill this secondary thought. It all started when the human spirits in the beast realm started to pray for salvation (Keiki) because they were enslaved but that was the natural order in that realm. Zanmu put the beasts back in their place by foiling the 3 leaders. This incident would have gone far worse if it weren't for Zanmu's intervention and Reimu and friends. You probably screwed up big time if one of Gensokyo's sage (Okina - TH17.5) and another one's assistant (Ran - TH19) decided to intervene the beasts' plans to gain power.
Well does the idea that Zanmu isn’t the Villian automatically make Saki, Yacchie and Yuuma the Villians or that all just nonsense made up by Keiki And Zanmu Stans just to justify their pathetic attempts at an Upheaval of the Natural Order.
@@ultimapower6950 Who is "stanning" who and making up what? Are you trying to start arguments? It's not to say that Zanmu isn't a villain. She's just not the main villain. We literally see in the game and story that Saki, Yachie, and Yuuma want take over Gensokyo and that they will go into war for it. Zanmu's main motivation is to stop all of this from happening while letting Reimu protect Gensokyo at the end. Manipulating everyone is what makes her the main instigator, but she is not the main villain. This is similar to Okina was in last game, who is the cause of the oil to leak to the surface yet is not the main villain since Okina did that to have other characters look into it in order to help stop the main villain, Yuuma, and her plans that were about to unfold.
@@c.ediere6898 so what your saying is that in the context of 19, Saki Yacchie and Yumma are the villains, Zanmu’s a secondary Villian who foiled the plans of the primary Villians, and that in the context of the game that is the facts. Huh; you make a good point, while I’m a big fan of the natural order of animal realm and the Shining Law Of The Strong I guess trying to invade the surface is a bit on more… dubious side of morality. As for the arguing thing it was mostly because I was just so annoyed at the people calling the animal Realm Leaders (Saki, Yacchie and Yumma) Tyrants and also at the people viewing Keiki and Zanmu as some sort of Patron Saints, that I kinda got pissed off. Though come to think of it what even classifies someone as a Villian anymore?
First time when i hear this music was abit confused since dont know much the gameplay and the vocals sounds different from what i hear from ZUN in the other games. But after keep playing the game and win with almost every character, i can say that this music can probe that you need to hear 2 or more times before judge a music, cuz i really love it! Is sooo goood!
This theme is my instant love at first listening. I first hear her theme in Perl’s livestream and I was gasping for air. It was chilling and out of the world experience. I FKING LOVE IT
I honestly didn't like this theme when I first listen to it. But now I've grown to like it alot more. Such a great theme. Unpopular opinion, not really my favorite final boss theme, but it is definitely amazing. 2:03 the second half goes hard tho
That erhu is....wow EDIT: actually, pretty sure it's throat singing....still EDIT 2: Also this is the first final boss theme since...11? With no electric guitar to be heard. Super cool drift from your norm, ZUN
you know, those wails sounds like she'd lamenting and mourning someone, maybe facing a mistake she can;t accept? like, she'd on the verge of a complete mental break down, one step away from insanity. I love it.
She's from the Sengoku Era, she was a Buddhist monk that saw her nation devolve into something that aggrandized violence and put warlords on pedestals. She's bound to have many people to mourn.
Okay I must admit this is like Saki's theme. At first, I thought it was the stage theme lmfao(Or in this case, a minor boss theme), then I found out who was that theme for and I was like: whAt, this is the final boss/extra boss theme? Wow, let's see why ZUN decided to make this one her theme. Then I paid close attention and it really growth on me. This theme already sound badasss af to me and it makes me want to make a fanart of her without even knowing anything lmao. Good theme as always, it's not like Fate of sixty years or History of the moon, that you recognize it as the final boss theme inmediatly, but rather the kind of theme which grows in you with you with the time... And it makes sense in both cases. Saki is an Extra Stage boss, you'll be tired of hearing her theme. And this one, usually you hear the final boss theme a lot in any Phantasmagoria-like game. Anyway, NOW I LOVE THIS THEME
Okay, apparently not as high as Junko and Keiki's theme, but still pretty high. It's on a same level as Chimata's theme, place 43rd. Hell, even below than Immemorial Marketeers damn. Welp, either this or Reimu's theme is the most popular UDoaLG track so far.
Doesn't feel like touhou, doesn't sound like touhou, yet it still does. Forever will touhou be eternal in ZUN's music. Given how fast the last two and pretty much all stg6 boss themes have been, it feels weird to get such a slow and methodical *feeling* theme, still high bpm and faster percussion, not even in the classic ZUN fashion of slow melody but fast everything else like Junko’s theme which still probably has the slowest melody of *any* touhou theme but still feels fast, everything in this theme is kinda slow, well except obviously the fast piano sections or the ending. Also sounds *extremely* and *aggressively* sad for a touhou theme, moreover a boss theme, ever more so that this is the final boss theme. Touhou music is usually pretty subtle and melancholic, but definitely this one is just full blown sad, also kind like Junko’s theme.
Haven't tried the game yet, but this one really surprised me. The addition of voice really makes it different from ZUN's previous tracks. Truly astonished.
![Touhou 19: OST | The Deviants' Unobstructed Light ~ Kingdom of Nothingness [Extended]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_E7I5omQ1Bc/mqdefault.jpg)
![Touhou 19: OST | The Deviants' Unobstructed Light ~ Kingdom of Nothingness [Extended]](/img/tr.png)
![[Nokia] Touhou 東方神魔談 ~ The Ancient Square - Hard Mode 1CC (No-Miss)](/img/n.gif)
Fun fact: The chanting isn't a distorted Erhu. ZUN kidnapped a Mongolian throat singer, force fed him helium and made him play a beta of UDoALG where he had to fight Chiyari as Ran, then recorded his screams of anguish
@lukasortiz-yh6pj nO ShIt
No shit
And typing like that will just make u look like a bitch
This is real. I was the helium.
Real, I was the recorder
I am the singer, and I sung the song.
Even the instrument that ZUN uses for the vocals sound like a theme title. Mongolian Voices ~ Ancient Phrases. But yeah, been obsessed with the vocals because it's so out of the norm for Touhou music, I'm just happy to learn what the instrument name is
Definitely my favourite final boss theme since Junko (not counting Yorigamis and Yuuma themes)
For me, Since Okina and Keiki.
3:10 oh yeah we’re so back
She looks so plain but theme is good
love how Zanmu is stuck with sitting on a rock that Sanae literally used common sense to point it out
Ironically, Sanae was the one who established that one couldn't be held back by common sense in Gensokyo. I guess even after all this time, at least an iota of common sense remains in her.
Isn't it crazy to think that the addition of vocals in this song make it go from a really good theme to an INSANELY good theme? Maybe even an instant classic. I love it and it makes me cry manly tears.
they aren't vocals-
@@pleasework-d5dThey are. The sound source is HALion’s “Mongolian Voices - Ancient Phrases” sample library
@@pleasework-d5dits voices so either way its still vocals
That's erhu
@@HyperVanilo it's a HALion library called Mongolian Voices - Ancient Phrases
Knowing her backstory and motivations for this game adds to the emotional weight that the song brings. Essentially, due to past experiences before she became an oni, she believed Gensokyo doesnt deserve to be ransacked by the war being ensued by the beasts and oni hence why she manipulated everyone in her power to avoid "hell on earth" scenario, similar to how it was during the Sengoku period she was in.
Oh that's her backstory? That actually means she's more on our side that we have thought
@@ethirium4389 maybe a stroke of luck that she took sympathy on gensokyo or more of because she's the type of oni to scheme first than brute forcing everything. Either way, everyone is in the palm of her hand during the entire game
It's a double within a double within a double. On the surface, she looked like she wanted to participate and kill Reimu. Turned out, she had plotted the invasions to all happen at the same time, resulting in chaos in the three clans defeating eachother. Turned out, she wasn't entirely benevolent, as she was implanting 'memories' of herself in the peoples minds and hearts with her power to manipulate nothingness, and to gain a reputation as evil and all-knowing, and thus play towards an innevitable future of her being the only one capable of ruling Gensokyo. Then it turns out she wants to rule Gensokyo to turn it into a 'zoo' of sorts that she owns, to protect it from the Hellfolk. THEN it turns out she gives up on this plan because Reimu and the others seem plenty capable of defending it on their own.
She's a lasagna villain.
@@xXTheKingEmothXx The last bosses in recent Touhou games are not as simple as the ones in the early days, not the stereo typical "I'm gonna do something bad", its getting harder and harder to say new characters are bad or good
@@naotaka1624to what I remember, there's only one or two or three Final Boss that were borderline malevolent: Remi, Tenshi and Okuu. The rest are either misunderstood or have decent motives behind their actions.
POV: You have just been told that you are dancing on someone's palm.
POV: You're Sun Wukong and she's the Buddha
Just noticed that Her hair reaches much lower than just her back and she has super damaged ends.
That makes her way cooler and realistic when talking about design
Zanmu has split ends confirmed.
Zanmu is a super interesting character and final boss, having manipulated everyone, even the beast spirit leaders, to follow her plans. She is literally the reason why there's a Former Hell as she proposed to create a new Hell. Her plan only failed as Hisami wanted to be scolded by her. This theme suits her as an intelligent manipulator who was able to gather support from the beasts and the oni. Her design is also super good, but I find it funny how she carries around her rock everywhere - Sanae even comments on it in the VS dialouge.
Those are rocks? I thought they were skulls
@@azureempyrean64Rock with red skulls
mfw a genius manipulator's plan got ruined by a down bad lesbian
... Except her plan didn't fail at all. She knew Hisami would disobey her, and WANTED Reimu to be let in so she could test the mettle of the only one inbetween her and turning Gensokyo into, basically, a wildlife reserve she rules to prevent the other Hellfolk from taking it over. When she loses, she admits that Reimu is more than capable of handling it, and decides Gensokyo doesn't need her to protect it.
@@xXTheKingEmothXx Thanks for correcting me!
So everyone knows 2:03 is the Good Spot where the ZUNpets drop, but is anyone else obsessed with the piano countermelody underneath the trumpet and vocal there? It's so classical ZUN, that piano countermelody and the chord progression sounds like something you'd hear in IN, like IN Extra or something.
This countermelody gets its own solo moment at 2:48 too.
Such a complex and interesting theme.
I WAS THINKING OF THIS TOO WOW its sound very classic ZUN
I myself am obsessed with the piano at 3:10.
I love the part where it goes "ehhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh"!
The eerie vocals are what makes this good. ZUN is experimenting. I mean, I like his old music, but I'm curious. What will happen if he explores even deeper corners? He now has access to advanced vocals, as seen here.
Personally I'm hoping a future game has full on lyrics, I know he's gotten people to chip in recently (The ability card art is by his wife for example) so getting a singer to provide their voice is possible
@@hankwimbleton3119 ... I don't think Lyrics would befit a Touhou game. ... Perhaps maybe it'd fit for someone like Mystia or someone that sings, but other than that I don't think Touhou makes sense to have lyrics in its music.
@@mushroomsrcool1449 Neither, choir vocals would be fire tho
@@efmusic04 meh
@@mushroomsrcool1449 they don't have to have any specific lyrics, just think it's a cool sound
2:25 man this part gives goosebumps lol
Zunpet + Eerie vocal.
Really reflected as mastermind behind the game
people can bash on touhou 19 all they want, its true the game has issues.
but it has one of the best stories in any touhou game imho every single character is so well written its insane.
A dog who gives very painful handshakes, Goku, Hecatia's #1 customer, Kaguya with a flower on her face and expert simping skills and an oni-monk trying to take over the world and prevent a war between the hell yakuza factions
@@unfunniestman proving my point
@@czarnakoza9697 I never said those were bad designs, they're awesome
@@unfunniestman thought you are one of those obnoxiously sarcastic touhou doomers thinking the series is dying
imo ZUN got mostly everything right in 19... except the actual gameplay lol
INSTANT LIKE! I ADORE EVERY ASPECT OF THIS.
THAT CHAOTIC VOCAL
THAT PIANO
THAT ADDICTING MOTIF
AND I GUESS THAT REFRAIN TOO!
Also shits
And she feels like negative Keiki.
She builds!
But destruction!
This song immediately managed to capture my heart, melancholy and innovative, familiar and strange, definitely the best in the game with the title screen
Zun using vocal samples, pretty insane stuff
That's Erhu
@@HyperVanilo There are vocals as well
@@HyperVaniloBoth Vocal and Erhu. But Vocal is more than Erhu, especially the climax.
@@truongthiven2419It kinda sounds like an erhu plugin made to sound like mongolian vocals...
but it definitely sounds more like vocals. son biten's theme has pure erhu
It's a mongolian sample plugin
the 2 minute mark on the song has seared itself into my mind as the theme of "clinging on for dear life in spite and defiance to beat this woman whilst she throws more blue spears than there are in the entirety of Undertale at you"
This is already one of my most played touhou themes
SAME WTF
There is just something so addicting about it despite the fact that whole song only have like 2 melodies 😭
@@himejoon8005 Youmu Syndrome
I have to admit, when I first heard this, I imagined Zanmu's backstory or motivation being a lot darker than what she actually was. The melody and the wailing just makes this seem so tragic.
I mean she’s murdered hundreds if not thousands
@@HadaronI sort of meant dark as in "she GOT murdered" but fair lmao
@@HadaronSo she's in the Arm!Kasen and Nitori club of "Showing off your killcount is fun"
What a really spooky and interesting song. It's so unique yet good. ZUN just continues to impress with these songs.
It's also very interesting that Zanmu, despite being the final boss, is not the real villain. As we already know from the intro of the story itself, the real villains are still Saki, Yachie, and Yuuma, because these three are actually trying to take over the surface world, just like Saki and Yuuma expressed wanting to do in the last games. Zanmu is just part of putting a stop to them. Wouldn't this make Saki, Yachie, and Yuuma at this point the most reoccurring absolute, major or main villains in the series? I think that's really cool (Tsukasa is trying to make everything more chaotic for her own benefit again). This also makes Ran's appearance all the more special, because she didn't go after Zanmu. She went after one of the leaders herself since she already figured out that they are the main problem about the chaos. It's even more interesting that she already knew one of them in the past.
Yeah Animal beast Saga.
I find it funny how the beasts only went to the surface because they needed someone to defeat a goddess that was hindering their realm. The idea of taking over the surface was only a secondary thought until Touhou 18 came, which becomes the catalyst for the 3 clan leaders to fulfill this secondary thought.
It all started when the human spirits in the beast realm started to pray for salvation (Keiki) because they were enslaved but that was the natural order in that realm.
Zanmu put the beasts back in their place by foiling the 3 leaders. This incident would have gone far worse if it weren't for Zanmu's intervention and Reimu and friends.
You probably screwed up big time if one of Gensokyo's sage (Okina - TH17.5) and another one's assistant (Ran - TH19) decided to intervene the beasts' plans to gain power.
Well does the idea that Zanmu isn’t the Villian automatically make Saki, Yacchie and Yuuma the Villians or that all just nonsense made up by Keiki And Zanmu Stans just to justify their pathetic attempts at an Upheaval of the Natural Order.
@@ultimapower6950 Who is "stanning" who and making up what? Are you trying to start arguments? It's not to say that Zanmu isn't a villain. She's just not the main villain. We literally see in the game and story that Saki, Yachie, and Yuuma want take over Gensokyo and that they will go into war for it. Zanmu's main motivation is to stop all of this from happening while letting Reimu protect Gensokyo at the end. Manipulating everyone is what makes her the main instigator, but she is not the main villain. This is similar to Okina was in last game, who is the cause of the oil to leak to the surface yet is not the main villain since Okina did that to have other characters look into it in order to help stop the main villain, Yuuma, and her plans that were about to unfold.
@@c.ediere6898 so what your saying is that in the context of 19, Saki Yacchie and Yumma are the villains, Zanmu’s a secondary Villian who foiled the plans of the primary Villians, and that in the context of the game that is the facts. Huh; you make a good point, while I’m a big fan of the natural order of animal realm and the Shining Law Of The Strong I guess trying to invade the surface is a bit on more… dubious side of morality. As for the arguing thing it was mostly because I was just so annoyed at the people calling the animal Realm Leaders (Saki, Yacchie and Yumma) Tyrants and also at the people viewing Keiki and Zanmu as some sort of Patron Saints, that I kinda got pissed off. Though come to think of it what even classifies someone as a Villian anymore?
The vocal sounds like those ancient chants/prayers I heard from films which make the theme sounds creepy, I like it
First time when i hear this music was abit confused since dont know much the gameplay and the vocals sounds different from what i hear from ZUN in the other games.
But after keep playing the game and win with almost every character, i can say that this music can probe that you need to hear 2 or more times before judge a music, cuz i really love it! Is sooo goood!
This theme is my instant love at first listening.
I first hear her theme in Perl’s livestream and I was gasping for air. It was chilling and out of the world experience.
I FKING LOVE IT
Who's Pearl?
@@Dying-chambers it was PerlDrop I made a typo
I can´t even describe how many emotions i feel at this part 6:19
Extended ash hourai victim!
Zanmu in a nutshell : All according to keikaku
Featuring Nothingness
Translator’s note: “Keikaku” is japanese for “plan”
Until a gay grape appears at least
I saw someone mention that the vocals in her theme sound like Minions and now i cant unhear it
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THIS
DELET THIS COMENT NOW!
I honestly didn't like this theme when I first listen to it. But now I've grown to like it alot more. Such a great theme.
Unpopular opinion, not really my favorite final boss theme, but it is definitely amazing.
2:03 the second half goes hard tho
I can't tell what part of thats meant to be a hot take
@@Snowstriken or maybe it's more like an unpopular opinion I guess
@@housevsdubstep7218 shimmy.../j
2:48 Will be my favorite timestamp in this game.
Feel free to tap it
yeah
This may have become one of my favorite final boss themes in Touhou, extremely unique and absolutely gorgeous.
The theme is somehow better than every final boss theme combined and I’m all here for it
A few days ago I was like, "Hm, this is pretty nice"
Now I am addicted to this song. And man, the part at 3:09 and onwards, is just so damn GOOOOOD
That erhu is....wow
EDIT: actually, pretty sure it's throat singing....still
EDIT 2: Also this is the first final boss theme since...11? With no electric guitar to be heard. Super cool drift from your norm, ZUN
it's stock vocals with the pitch changed
Tribal moaning.
Wow...just wow. ZUN making masterpieces like it's nothing.
you know, those wails sounds like she'd lamenting and mourning someone, maybe facing a mistake she can;t accept? like, she'd on the verge of a complete mental break down, one step away from insanity.
I love it.
Yeah I agree ! Esp the one around 0:40 ish?that part with the instrument always gives me chills
She's from the Sengoku Era, she was a Buddhist monk that saw her nation devolve into something that aggrandized violence and put warlords on pedestals. She's bound to have many people to mourn.
Did ZUN get a new sound module recently, because even the ZUNpets sound oddly crisp for some reason
it could just be EQ
Is Hisami providing the background vocals? 🤔
Hisami fingering herself when Zanmu fights Reimu be like :
i like to think shes still a human but with supernatural abilities, she just wears a headband with horns on it to look cool
I felt it when the "Uahhhwh" dropped.
Zanmu is already in my top picks for best final boss theme, DAMN it's good. Same level as Keiki!
those *vocals* just scratch my brain in the right places
the voices in this song are literally stuck in my head
I even hum them sometimes
I swear, Chimata's theme would work well with Zanmu's. That Chorus would work well with Zanmu's chord progression imo!!
The singing is so weird but also really good
Man, this song is going to have some amazing covers.
This is fcking amazing, but that's not a surprise for a Touhou final boss
Okay I must admit this is like Saki's theme. At first, I thought it was the stage theme lmfao(Or in this case, a minor boss theme), then I found out who was that theme for and I was like: whAt, this is the final boss/extra boss theme? Wow, let's see why ZUN decided to make this one her theme.
Then I paid close attention and it really growth on me. This theme already sound badasss af to me and it makes me want to make a fanart of her without even knowing anything lmao.
Good theme as always, it's not like Fate of sixty years or History of the moon, that you recognize it as the final boss theme inmediatly, but rather the kind of theme which grows in you with you with the time... And it makes sense in both cases. Saki is an Extra Stage boss, you'll be tired of hearing her theme. And this one, usually you hear the final boss theme a lot in any Phantasmagoria-like game.
Anyway, NOW I LOVE THIS THEME
2:02
*TOUHOU LUM*
*TOUHOU LUM*
I was not expecting that final plot of Zanmu of been an ex human.
or that she saw her younger self on Reimu at all.
What are those vocals in the background? IT SOUNDS SO CREEPILY COOL
Something something mangolian chant with the pitch changed I believe ?
something something ZUN got a random ass guy to moan into his mic
ZUNpet drop @ 2:03 goes crazy hard
JUST IMAGINE STACK MAKING A SONG OUT OF THIS!! -THEIR- Ang kanilang mga VOICE ay mag mi-MIMICKING nung MOANING IN THE BACKGROUND!!
"Their"
Stack is a woman, cope.
@@okaythisisepic6413 good luck learning English! it can be tough but I know you can do it!
@@okaythisisepic6413???
YOOOO FILIPINOOOOOO IM FROM PHILIPPINES TOOOOO
@@okaythisisepic6413they didnt know bro
I think I just found my new favorite final boss theme.
Okay, apparently not as high as Junko and Keiki's theme, but still pretty high. It's on a same level as Chimata's theme, place 43rd. Hell, even below than Immemorial Marketeers damn.
Welp, either this or Reimu's theme is the most popular UDoaLG track so far.
i honestly don't know where does ZUN finds the inspiration to create these music
Magical beer
@@Aliceundeaddoll excatly
This woman gave me a PTSD of Undyne when she threw those big blue spears at me😭
she literally lolcow'd herself into being an oni
Doesn't feel like touhou, doesn't sound like touhou, yet it still does. Forever will touhou be eternal in ZUN's music. Given how fast the last two and pretty much all stg6 boss themes have been, it feels weird to get such a slow and methodical *feeling* theme, still high bpm and faster percussion, not even in the classic ZUN fashion of slow melody but fast everything else like Junko’s theme which still probably has the slowest melody of *any* touhou theme but still feels fast, everything in this theme is kinda slow, well except obviously the fast piano sections or the ending. Also sounds *extremely* and *aggressively* sad for a touhou theme, moreover a boss theme, ever more so that this is the final boss theme. Touhou music is usually pretty subtle and melancholic, but definitely this one is just full blown sad, also kind like Junko’s theme.
POV: zamnu put you in the timeout corner
i can say that this song *rocks*
did zun just did a darius add up on his song,,, hot damnnnnn.
1:43 Sound like a mosquito x)
Jokes aside the music is exceptional
Honestly, this theme blows Eiki Shiki's out of the water
Thank you for the HQ uploads!!
You could say that her sprite is a deviant art.
nnonononononono
oni!!!!!
1:40
My favorite part of the song.
The vocals get faster like in a panic.
Yess!!! My favorite part too
Bummed she's not the fourth Deva tbh
but who cares, her theme slaps so hard i couldn't even deathbomb it
I really though he would be, but I am sure the fourth Deva is out there
Damn, I really love the voices of the souls trapped in hell.
Favorite th19 track❤️
This only gets better and better the more I listen to it
Will you also upload the ending and staff roll themes?
Haven't tried the game yet, but this one really surprised me. The addition of voice really makes it different from ZUN's previous tracks. Truly astonished.
I know heard vocal samples somewhere i think heard one of Darius Series or one Taito game i know
"All according to keikaku"
- Nippaku
Literally a banger
why is bro cooking rn these are all fire
애애앵
Sleep paralysis demon noises
The creator of zunpets incomes guitarpets and now vocalpets
It should be zuntars and zuncals
Zanmu has 75% of Gensokyo and Hell's tassel stock because jeez look at the amount of red strings and tassels on her
2:48 this part sounds so sad.
Awakening Power! Plosion Rage! Ready, fight!
I mean, Brazil was mentioned.
0:06 Tribal moaning.
Is anyone even talking about how good 3:43 is??
Uhhhhaahhhhhuhhahh~~
I don't know why, that make me scared
Just wait until I Slam Jam this one
Finally, an Oni that became my waifu
(I don't know why i'm not a fan of Suika, Yuugi, nor Kasen)
Also did you notice, the background seems different than other boss theme video.
It more much darker and red than previous...
Maybe you're just not into children, muscle women or overly religious women
Oni kasen awakened something in me
What about konngra
@@gothgrape Is she an oni?
666 likes 😮
vocals in touhou songs >>>
Another nice vocal filled theme like Aunn and Satori.
Satori?
@@unfunniestman Yeah. Her theme.
(as a commenter points out:)
She looks like Lum from Urusei Yatsura-
She's basically Evil Lum- 💀⚰️🙏
After a lot of beer cup Zun leveled up in music skills
If but the Vine and Love Abjuring Band
Are in the Prophets' Paradise to stand...
Zanmu zan mu muzan lol
But its zunma
Its a bit late to realise but instead of the final boss having fire behind them since th15, Zanmu has a huge rock she carries around