Music/art credits and acknowledgements below. Music featured: 00:00 O-Life Japan - 挂甲のアレジアンス・アーミー nico.ms/sm36157670 03:01 Diverse System - Cinderella Cage diversesystem.bandcamp.com/track/cinderella-cage 06:14 Micha Elie - あの賑やかな市場は今どこに th-cam.com/video/WNkFt9kIhq4/w-d-xo.html 09:00 Sounds of Liberation - ピアノ協奏曲第1番"ミシャグジ様 th-cam.com/video/UwMDqb4PJw8/w-d-xo.html (original not found) 11:55 marasy8 - 偶像に世界を委ねて th-cam.com/video/CwaRT7d40ao/w-d-xo.html 14:52 Epretroll - Tonight Stars an Easygoing Egoist th-cam.com/video/jqNlcflGaDI/w-d-xo.html 18:03 Demetori - 紅楼 ~ Eastern Dream (Acoustic Demo) demetori.xii.jp/products.html 24:35 Forest306 - 上海紅茶館 vgmdb.net/album/15932 Art featured: 03:20 LemonICE - www.pixiv.net/artworks/74253362 03:32 Chunlan (聰明嵐) www.pixiv.net/users/7930724 (original not found) 03:45 Iganashi (イガナシ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94199428 04:07 Aisis (アイシス) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/95181698 04:32 Bowstrings (O絃) - twitter.com/bowstringsmall/status/1428017188770770945 04:44 Rotarran - www.pixiv.net/artworks/88003930 05:35 Gruntyy - twitter.com/UltraGruntyy/status/1503448210546831364 06:14 Naufaldreamer - twitter.com/naufaldreamer/status/1495091534240182278 06:26 Nishikawa Sukenobu (西川祐信) - www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/671008 06:47 Katsuragi (葛城) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/89719444 07:02 Meido (めいど) - twitter.com/root8beat/status/1475202758450032646 07:19 Angel Cat (飞☆猫) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94017375 07:33 Syope (しょぺ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/91047492 07:57 Ariwara Miya (現原宮) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94202294 08:08 endlesscat - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90909489 08:24 fasnakegod - www.pixiv.net/artworks/96676626 08:38 Zatsuyo (ざつよう) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90417878 08:58 Kokita (小北) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/59045987 09:10 anao - www.pixiv.net/users/18455273 (original not found) 09:33 Hito Komoru - (ヒトこもる) twitter.com/Hitoimim/status/957243771837714439?s=20&t=mTcB8E7rb2oe4yE19DUgGA 09:53 Zounose (ゾウノセ) - twitter.com/zounose/status/1485558986623447040 10:08 Kushidama Minaka (櫛玉ミナカ) - www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/81811959 10:33 Niy - www.pixiv.net/artworks/68547434 10:53 Rotarran - www.pixiv.net/artworks/88003930 11:22 Ouka (黄瓜) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/69310530 11:42 Capura.L - www.pixiv.net/artworks/84857495 11:55 Mushoku (むしょく) www.pixiv.net/artworks/91913274 12:11 Hidaru www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/78775958 12:32 Naufuldreamer - twitter.com/naufaldreamer (original not found) 12:51 kariko - www.pixiv.net/artworks/83448580 13:18 Shoubu Tsuki (菖蒲月) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/80370588 13:55 Kirigawa Mika (霧川弥歌) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/77096355 14:24 kankan33333 - www.pixiv.net/artworks/84264964 14:51 Maachi (まあち) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/76930565 15:03 Arigato (ありがと) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/67539409 15:30 Syope (しょぺ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94224324 15:50 izha - www.pixiv.net/artworks/88341196 16:09 AKI_kikumugi - twitter.com/AKI_kikumugi/status/ 16:32 No-kan (ノ間) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/66796652 16:51 加速_AC - www.pixiv.net/artworks/68428894 17:14 U-Joe - www.pixiv.net/artworks/76629784 17:33 Sanmaru Ni (さんまるに) www.pixiv.net/artworks/91522113 18:03 Kihaji (きはじ) - twitter.com/kihaji140/status/1490977564181266432 18:16 Ko han Milk (小半みるく) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/61910713 18:50 Ichinose (いちのせ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/61910713 19:16 Uwazami (うわずみ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/85350938 19:46 HeikoKuru1224 - www.pixiv.net/artworks/75071251 20:10 Sakishima (さきしま) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90045702 21:35 fjsmu - www.pixiv.net/artworks/76408935 22:12 Koizumo (小出雲) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90149039 22:58 Shirosato (シロサト) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/50254795 23:29 Chii (ち) - twitter.com/ti_owo/status/1475488916887445504 23:50 Misohagi (みそはぎ) - twitter.com/misohagi7/status/1439928240265564160 24:19 SuZu - twitter.com/swing94139193/status/1410950863959433217 24:42 Vima - www.pixiv.net/users/546819 (original not found) 25:07 Naufuldreamer (ナウファル・ドリーマー) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/93417213 25:32 Cocoon (繭子) www.pixiv.net/artworks/35921781 Acknowledgements: I am aware that some details provided in this video are not sourced from canon Touhou sources. I have done my best to stay true to the spirit and story of Touhou, only adding details where provided by the source myths that inspired the Touhou Project. Additionally, the distinction between heavenly gods and earthly gods is a very hard distinction to retroactively write into these characters. Very few gods in the Touhou Project are specified to be one or the other, as modern Shintoism no longer makes a distinction between the two types of gods. Some characters may be wrongly categorized. I do not read or speak Japanese. Some names may be poorly pronounced. Japanese subtitles, where used, were machine-translated. Translations of English phrases and romanization of Japanese artist/musician names may not be accurate. This video has been in production for a very long time. I am aware its many flaws, and I am simply satisfied to be done with it.
The Kanako and Suwako story is good enough to be its own fan series. That art of the two of them sitting in the modern world slowly fading away though DAMN
I haven't familiarized myself with Touhou lore after 15, but it's nice to see that the mythology was expanded in such an interesting way. Thanks for the primer!
Same, I left the fandom a few years ago for the most part and now there's more games to get acquainted with. Not to mention, the given that I'll realize more things about it now that I'm older.
Great Happy to get more information espiecially on keiki. Edit : it's mostly that i knew keiki had control over the human spirits, but still no idea of the bad side of her relation with them.
Great Video! very informative! And the production quality ... very good! I wish you the best of luck to reach the subscriber count you deserve. with you and MegaPig there are really only a handful of people covering this niche of Touhou Lore content, right now.
Waited til the weekend to sit down and watch this and it was so worth that wait! This has to be a contender for the best video you've released yet, and the fact it hasn't been grabbed by the algorithm yet is a fucking SIN. Keep up the fantastic work for as long as it makes you happy, because everything you put out is incredible and just keeps getting better,,
The whole "religion brings existence to magic in Gensokyo" and "faith keeps youkai and gods alive" parts of the lore, as well as the Outside World's rising belief in science and atheism being unknowingly harmful, is a part of the lore that is honestly pretty hurtful. It makes me think; What if more Gensokyo-like pocket dimensions in other parts of the world could arise thanks to other gap youkai or goddesses fearing this rise of forgetting and unknown power of humanity? Does magic exist if everyone agrees to believe in it, giving a big downside to the rise of technology? It makes me feel terrible about the Outside World. How could a place sell its soul to technology, bringing all these wonderful youkai to near extinction without even trying to keep religion in place as compromise? Of course, even if a lot of youkai eat humans and cause trouble, others are beautiful and make the world so much more interesting. I can sympathize with outsiders staying in Gensokyo, like Sanae, Sumireko, and even Yumemi and Chiyuri; Even if they like science, they want to live in a world where youkai exist, so they agree to believe in gods and compromise. It makes me wonder if Gensokyo could expand not by changing its place to a realm not tied to Earth, but if Japan somehow reverted back to its ways, possibly even giving Gensokyo a sea it is known to lack. I would've skipped the start with Mayumi and Saki's argument, but I watched it with the rest and it was chilling. I never thought of Saki like that, but I feel like she would say such things. This, the chapter with Chimata having lost power due to the internet, and even the role of Kutaka made me realize how the newer games are going and how they're contributing to the lore. The newest games are less about whimsical places of religion and magic, and more about cheating, capitalism, despicable drama, and mainly; the evils of humans simply being more aware, though forgetting their belief makes things reality. I wonder if ZUN is okay, since it's really concerning, and sort of a dark turn for the series to simply just explain game gimmicks(though I'm aware they're introduce mainly for those). I love franchises that are basically playgrounds for fanwork with how much they have, yet so much they leave out. Touhou gives me so much inspiration, that I don't know where to even start, even if I have a fan character for it. Thank you for giving us this video.
Kinda odd you didn't mention Sanae. She's an arahitogami, a god who's also a human. Also I suppose you're covering Okina in a future episode. And Misumaru, although we knows pretty much nothing about her yet. Also you missed several other minor gods, although most of these are nameless, one-shot minor characters from the manga so it's understandable. - A tree that Reimu accidentally made into a god during a flower viewing party, then accidentally killed because she's a terrible shrine maiden. - A tree rat that the villagers started worshipping because it survived unscathed when the tree it lives in was burnt by lightning. - A traveler god that warned Reimu when she was lost. I remember this because Reimu's reaction was "wow gods are real after all" followed by Marisa and Kasen facepalm. - A hunger god that plagues worshippers to the Hakurei shrine. Maybe some others? Been a while since I last read the manga.
I'm glad you feel relieved after finally having finished and published this. I really enjoyed my time here (after I skipped the first part, which I sadly did not enjoyed at all even though you spend so much effort into making it. I am sorry for that.) The first sentence of your acknowledgments in your pinged comment is very important and should always be the very first thing to be shown and said on lore videos that go so heavily into interpretation/fanwork/fanfiction territory. So that people unfamiliar with Touhou Project know that majority of content shown is not very/or at all accurate. And not at the very end as a small remark. Please continue making your content as long as you enjoy making it. I will always watch even tho not always comment.🙏
Thank you! I am the creator. I commissioned the background art and the voice acting, and the music was composed by a doujin circle. The writing, editing, and composition were done myself.
MegaFrog well then great job then man I am still wondering if the yorigami sisters were always goddesses or if they were originally human just like how I assume at this point in time that Suwako, Kanako, the Aki sisters and all of the other well known goddess in gensokyo.👍🏻😅🤔🧐
Here's a theory I have that relates to this video(even if I made it before watching). Basically, I'd consider games starting at 16 to be in a whole new era, like with PC-98 and Windows. Of course, several characters from 6-15.5 are still around, but a lot of them are pushed to the sidelines like in 18's cards. Now, ZUN is changing the formula in each game with these huge gimmicks, and even things like character designs are drastically different. Plus, a lot of fan-work only extends to 15.5 by themselves, like the Touhoumon series and Walfas. Not to mention, older characters like Nitori are seemingly being replaced with newer characters like Takane, as you mentioned with the Kappa and Yamawaro. You could also argue Aya with Megumu. Again, like with PC-98 into Windows, this sort of repeats off of potential character replacements like Yumeko and Shinki with Sakuya and Remilia, or Meira with Yorihime. Of course, where you draw the line on "replacement" depends on opinion, but it feels like it's somewhat present to me. As for what I said earlier about character designs, it seems as if ZUN's art style stopped drastically changing game-to-game at 12. Before that, there was more present shading, and less of that blotchy texturing for the clothes. The faces in the newer games(around 14 and onward) are really flat to me now, and the clothing designs are less... Fancy? It's a little hard to describe, but I can really feel it subconsciously. I'm not the type to say his style new-or-old is bad, really, but it's another thing I'd say I should mention. Lastly, there's a lot more fighting games and other decimal-point sidegames. Like, almost every entry has a .5 to go with it. TL;DR, It seems as if ZUN is making another soft reboot of sorts, starting at Touhou 16. I don't know what to call it, and it's not as drastic as PC-98, but he's really starting to focus on different things now than he was from 6-15.5 or so. It seems bittersweet, really.
I'm not surprised there's been a big tonal shift after 15. LoLK was about as heavy as Touhou has ever gotten thematically, so bringing in an antagonist like Okina who's super powerful but very funny and ultimately just messing with you is like a return to form. Aunn fits in perfectly with the Hakurei Shrine's increasingly large collection of wayward homeless youkai. Also I've seen plenty of art of Okina and her assistants, Keiki, and Chimata, all of whom feel like highly celebrated new additions to the cast.
they're native gods, they probably became sisters due to their history together. Of the gods that were covered in this vid, only Kanako was originally a human, i.e. a Divine Spirit.
Joshua B oh okay thanks for letting me know because I was just curious about that. P.s so only Kanako was originally a human before becoming a goddess/ divine spirit then if that is the case than what caused Kanako to become a goddess/ divine spirit and what year did she stop being a human species wise?!😅👍🏻🤔🧐
@@Touhou20246 While her profile doesn't actually say anything or confirm that she was one, the wiki page for Divine Spirits says that she fall under this category so in truth we don't know what happened if that is the case.
Joshua B oh okay thanks for letting me know I guess we might have to wait for zun to answer the question of how Kanako became a goddess/ divine spirit then.👍🏻🧐🤔
So I have a question what would happen if there was a human born in gensokyo who had the ability to nullify supernatural abilities and also had a powerful weapons that made them physically stronger than characters that specialize in strength can this hypothetical human now just beat the entire touhou cast? Because I'm pretty sure there is no touhou character that resist their powers being nullified.
Interesting question! However, even ignoring supernatural abilities, there are many characters in Gensokyo who are physically very strong, such as the oni, the vampires, and the beast youkai.
@@MegaFrog there are some characters that can make you physically and mentally weaker and nullify supernatural abilities and there are other characters that can resist their powers being nullified both supernatural and physical so I wonder if there are any touhou characters that have resistance to their powers being nullified and it's weird because there are so many touhou characters that have cool abilities so you would think there would be at least one that had power null or someone that resisted power null but I can't think of a single one which I find funny.
Not too much of an expert on lore stuff, but I imagine Reimu as well as the hourai immortals could resist? Not too sure about how Reimu's ability works tho.
@@izzymosley1970 Frankly, I feel like Scarlet Devil Mansion would likely be the stronghold in that situation. Remilia's supposed ability to manipulate fate combined with Flandre's Destruction of Anything and Everything and Sakuya's ability to manipulate time and space... As a team, they outright win most confrontations that aren't bound by the Spell Card Rules. And, as MegaFrog said, there are many Touhou characters that could just strength diff most challengers (again, the Scarlet sisters, Yuuga, Suika, and Kasen come to mind in particular), ignoring the fact that this hypothetical character of yours is a complete Mary Sue if they can nullify innate abilities _and_ physical strength. Then there's also Yukari and Okina, who... realistically speaking, you wouldn't live long enough to nullify their abilities given all the hax they have outside of the Spell Card Rules. Yukari, in particular, would likely just _smite_ any invader as such with intent to actually kill instead of just engaging in Spell Card battles. She may be fickle, but she does care deeply about Gensokyo.
@@NightFuryis11Official I think there's another way to beat this character even if the character can nullify special abilities and make their opponent just as strong as they are they could still be beaten by someone who was skilled enough at fighting even without using their special abilities.
The script for part 2 is written and does not include Shinki. I have plans to include Shinki in another video alongside other similar gods. But nonetheless, she will be mentioned.
I'm assuming you're asking the source of what this is about? The video is an explanation of bits of character backstory and worldbuilding from a vertical shmup video game series/multimedia franchise called the Touhou Project! This video in particular is framed as if it's being narrated in-universe. Lemme know if you were wondering something other than that :D
I am confused if you are not going to do a part 2 then why did you title this video the pantheon of gensokyo part 1?😅🤔🤨🧐 p.s I am not try to offend you or make you mad I am just curious and confused.😅😑🤔🤨🧐
Music/art credits and acknowledgements below.
Music featured:
00:00 O-Life Japan - 挂甲のアレジアンス・アーミー nico.ms/sm36157670
03:01 Diverse System - Cinderella Cage diversesystem.bandcamp.com/track/cinderella-cage
06:14 Micha Elie - あの賑やかな市場は今どこに th-cam.com/video/WNkFt9kIhq4/w-d-xo.html
09:00 Sounds of Liberation - ピアノ協奏曲第1番"ミシャグジ様 th-cam.com/video/UwMDqb4PJw8/w-d-xo.html (original not found)
11:55 marasy8 - 偶像に世界を委ねて th-cam.com/video/CwaRT7d40ao/w-d-xo.html
14:52 Epretroll - Tonight Stars an Easygoing Egoist th-cam.com/video/jqNlcflGaDI/w-d-xo.html
18:03 Demetori - 紅楼 ~ Eastern Dream (Acoustic Demo) demetori.xii.jp/products.html
24:35 Forest306 - 上海紅茶館 vgmdb.net/album/15932
Art featured:
03:20 LemonICE - www.pixiv.net/artworks/74253362
03:32 Chunlan (聰明嵐) www.pixiv.net/users/7930724 (original not found)
03:45 Iganashi (イガナシ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94199428
04:07 Aisis (アイシス) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/95181698
04:32 Bowstrings (O絃) - twitter.com/bowstringsmall/status/1428017188770770945
04:44 Rotarran - www.pixiv.net/artworks/88003930
05:35 Gruntyy - twitter.com/UltraGruntyy/status/1503448210546831364
06:14 Naufaldreamer - twitter.com/naufaldreamer/status/1495091534240182278
06:26 Nishikawa Sukenobu (西川祐信) - www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/671008
06:47 Katsuragi (葛城) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/89719444
07:02 Meido (めいど) - twitter.com/root8beat/status/1475202758450032646
07:19 Angel Cat (飞☆猫) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94017375
07:33 Syope (しょぺ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/91047492
07:57 Ariwara Miya (現原宮) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94202294
08:08 endlesscat - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90909489
08:24 fasnakegod - www.pixiv.net/artworks/96676626
08:38 Zatsuyo (ざつよう) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90417878
08:58 Kokita (小北) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/59045987
09:10 anao - www.pixiv.net/users/18455273 (original not found)
09:33 Hito Komoru - (ヒトこもる) twitter.com/Hitoimim/status/957243771837714439?s=20&t=mTcB8E7rb2oe4yE19DUgGA
09:53 Zounose (ゾウノセ) - twitter.com/zounose/status/1485558986623447040
10:08 Kushidama Minaka (櫛玉ミナカ) - www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/81811959
10:33 Niy - www.pixiv.net/artworks/68547434
10:53 Rotarran - www.pixiv.net/artworks/88003930
11:22 Ouka (黄瓜) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/69310530
11:42 Capura.L - www.pixiv.net/artworks/84857495
11:55 Mushoku (むしょく) www.pixiv.net/artworks/91913274
12:11 Hidaru www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/78775958
12:32 Naufuldreamer - twitter.com/naufaldreamer (original not found)
12:51 kariko - www.pixiv.net/artworks/83448580
13:18 Shoubu Tsuki (菖蒲月) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/80370588
13:55 Kirigawa Mika (霧川弥歌) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/77096355
14:24 kankan33333 - www.pixiv.net/artworks/84264964
14:51 Maachi (まあち) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/76930565
15:03 Arigato (ありがと) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/67539409
15:30 Syope (しょぺ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/94224324
15:50 izha - www.pixiv.net/artworks/88341196
16:09 AKI_kikumugi - twitter.com/AKI_kikumugi/status/
16:32 No-kan (ノ間) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/66796652
16:51 加速_AC - www.pixiv.net/artworks/68428894
17:14 U-Joe - www.pixiv.net/artworks/76629784
17:33 Sanmaru Ni (さんまるに) www.pixiv.net/artworks/91522113
18:03 Kihaji (きはじ) - twitter.com/kihaji140/status/1490977564181266432
18:16 Ko han Milk (小半みるく) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/61910713
18:50 Ichinose (いちのせ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/61910713
19:16 Uwazami (うわずみ) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/85350938
19:46 HeikoKuru1224 - www.pixiv.net/artworks/75071251
20:10 Sakishima (さきしま) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90045702
21:35 fjsmu - www.pixiv.net/artworks/76408935
22:12 Koizumo (小出雲) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/90149039
22:58 Shirosato (シロサト) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/50254795
23:29 Chii (ち) - twitter.com/ti_owo/status/1475488916887445504
23:50 Misohagi (みそはぎ) - twitter.com/misohagi7/status/1439928240265564160
24:19 SuZu - twitter.com/swing94139193/status/1410950863959433217
24:42 Vima - www.pixiv.net/users/546819 (original not found)
25:07 Naufuldreamer (ナウファル・ドリーマー) - www.pixiv.net/artworks/93417213
25:32 Cocoon (繭子) www.pixiv.net/artworks/35921781
Acknowledgements:
I am aware that some details provided in this video are not sourced from canon Touhou sources. I have done my best to stay true to the spirit and story of Touhou, only adding details where provided by the source myths that inspired the Touhou Project.
Additionally, the distinction between heavenly gods and earthly gods is a very hard distinction to retroactively write into these characters. Very few gods in the Touhou Project are specified to be one or the other, as modern Shintoism no longer makes a distinction between the two types of gods. Some characters may be wrongly categorized.
I do not read or speak Japanese. Some names may be poorly pronounced. Japanese subtitles, where used, were machine-translated. Translations of English phrases and romanization of Japanese artist/musician names may not be accurate.
This video has been in production for a very long time. I am aware its many flaws, and I am simply satisfied to be done with it.
when do you think the next part is coming out
This has got to be one of the highest quality "Touhou documentary" videos I've seen. Props to you man.
The Kanako and Suwako story is good enough to be its own fan series. That art of the two of them sitting in the modern world slowly fading away though DAMN
I haven't familiarized myself with Touhou lore after 15, but it's nice to see that the mythology was expanded in such an interesting way. Thanks for the primer!
Same, I left the fandom a few years ago for the most part and now there's more games to get acquainted with. Not to mention, the given that I'll realize more things about it now that I'm older.
Suwako in thumbnail epic ❤
Holy shit this is high quality. Assuming this quality continues, you might be the next big TouhouTuber
Great
Happy to get more information espiecially on keiki.
Edit : it's mostly that i knew keiki had control over the human spirits, but still no idea of the bad side of her relation with them.
Extremely educational
I've always enjoyed informative videos revolving around touhou but this is by far the highest quality vid I've found yet.
Thank you! It's the kind of video that I wanted to see more of too, so I decided I might as well make it myself and make it as good as it can be.
Man, It's nice to see more Touhou lore videos! This is really underappreciated!
Great Video!
very informative!
And the production quality ... very good!
I wish you the best of luck to reach the subscriber count you deserve.
with you and MegaPig there are really only a handful of people covering this niche of Touhou Lore content, right now.
Waited til the weekend to sit down and watch this and it was so worth that wait! This has to be a contender for the best video you've released yet, and the fact it hasn't been grabbed by the algorithm yet is a fucking SIN. Keep up the fantastic work for as long as it makes you happy, because everything you put out is incredible and just keeps getting better,,
Now I want to hear MegaFrog make an audio book.
Anyone else up for a novelization of Mountain of Faith? Or any other game, really.
This is what i expect out of this channel! Amazing work
What an amazing video through and through. I was happily surprised by the dialogue at the start
Thank for this content, I've enjoyed the intro especially the voice acting :)
Kudos for the lore study.
u have a good audio voice, unexpectedly high quality for your channel size
Thank you! My audio quality has noticeably improved over the course of the last few videos.
This is amazing! I love what you do!
The whole "religion brings existence to magic in Gensokyo" and "faith keeps youkai and gods alive" parts of the lore, as well as the Outside World's rising belief in science and atheism being unknowingly harmful, is a part of the lore that is honestly pretty hurtful. It makes me think; What if more Gensokyo-like pocket dimensions in other parts of the world could arise thanks to other gap youkai or goddesses fearing this rise of forgetting and unknown power of humanity? Does magic exist if everyone agrees to believe in it, giving a big downside to the rise of technology?
It makes me feel terrible about the Outside World. How could a place sell its soul to technology, bringing all these wonderful youkai to near extinction without even trying to keep religion in place as compromise? Of course, even if a lot of youkai eat humans and cause trouble, others are beautiful and make the world so much more interesting. I can sympathize with outsiders staying in Gensokyo, like Sanae, Sumireko, and even Yumemi and Chiyuri; Even if they like science, they want to live in a world where youkai exist, so they agree to believe in gods and compromise. It makes me wonder if Gensokyo could expand not by changing its place to a realm not tied to Earth, but if Japan somehow reverted back to its ways, possibly even giving Gensokyo a sea it is known to lack.
I would've skipped the start with Mayumi and Saki's argument, but I watched it with the rest and it was chilling. I never thought of Saki like that, but I feel like she would say such things. This, the chapter with Chimata having lost power due to the internet, and even the role of Kutaka made me realize how the newer games are going and how they're contributing to the lore. The newest games are less about whimsical places of religion and magic, and more about cheating, capitalism, despicable drama, and mainly; the evils of humans simply being more aware, though forgetting their belief makes things reality. I wonder if ZUN is okay, since it's really concerning, and sort of a dark turn for the series to simply just explain game gimmicks(though I'm aware they're introduce mainly for those).
I love franchises that are basically playgrounds for fanwork with how much they have, yet so much they leave out. Touhou gives me so much inspiration, that I don't know where to even start, even if I have a fan character for it. Thank you for giving us this video.
This needs more views.
Kinda odd you didn't mention Sanae. She's an arahitogami, a god who's also a human. Also I suppose you're covering Okina in a future episode. And Misumaru, although we knows pretty much nothing about her yet.
Also you missed several other minor gods, although most of these are nameless, one-shot minor characters from the manga so it's understandable.
- A tree that Reimu accidentally made into a god during a flower viewing party, then accidentally killed because she's a terrible shrine maiden.
- A tree rat that the villagers started worshipping because it survived unscathed when the tree it lives in was burnt by lightning.
- A traveler god that warned Reimu when she was lost. I remember this because Reimu's reaction was "wow gods are real after all" followed by Marisa and Kasen facepalm.
- A hunger god that plagues worshippers to the Hakurei shrine.
Maybe some others? Been a while since I last read the manga.
That is one funny frog
The intro seems to follow splendidly explosition rules of Saxton Hale
Wow the beginning was so amazingly organized! Great job!🩵🖤🧡💛
I'm glad you feel relieved after finally having finished and published this.
I really enjoyed my time here (after I skipped the first part, which I sadly did not enjoyed at all even though you spend so much effort into making it. I am sorry for that.)
The first sentence of your acknowledgments in your pinged comment is very important and should always be the very first thing to be shown and said on lore videos that go so heavily into interpretation/fanwork/fanfiction territory. So that people unfamiliar with Touhou Project know that majority of content shown is not very/or at all accurate. And not at the very end as a small remark.
Please continue making your content as long as you enjoy making it. I will always watch even tho not always comment.🙏
Oooh nice new video
Always happy to see more Touhou lore videos.
I love Chimata all my homies love Chimata
That's an amazing video you just made there sir, thank you alot !
This is so cool, great video! Always love these kinds of videos
I am wondering who made that opening with the voice acting because I have to admit it is a pretty cool opening for a video.🥰👍🏻😅🤔🧐
Thank you! I am the creator. I commissioned the background art and the voice acting, and the music was composed by a doujin circle. The writing, editing, and composition were done myself.
MegaFrog well then great job then man I am still wondering if the yorigami sisters were always goddesses or if they were originally human just like how I assume at this point in time that Suwako, Kanako, the Aki sisters and all of the other well known goddess in gensokyo.👍🏻😅🤔🧐
Here's a theory I have that relates to this video(even if I made it before watching). Basically, I'd consider games starting at 16 to be in a whole new era, like with PC-98 and Windows. Of course, several characters from 6-15.5 are still around, but a lot of them are pushed to the sidelines like in 18's cards. Now, ZUN is changing the formula in each game with these huge gimmicks, and even things like character designs are drastically different.
Plus, a lot of fan-work only extends to 15.5 by themselves, like the Touhoumon series and Walfas.
Not to mention, older characters like Nitori are seemingly being replaced with newer characters like Takane, as you mentioned with the Kappa and Yamawaro. You could also argue Aya with Megumu. Again, like with PC-98 into Windows, this sort of repeats off of potential character replacements like Yumeko and Shinki with Sakuya and Remilia, or Meira with Yorihime. Of course, where you draw the line on "replacement" depends on opinion, but it feels like it's somewhat present to me.
As for what I said earlier about character designs, it seems as if ZUN's art style stopped drastically changing game-to-game at 12. Before that, there was more present shading, and less of that blotchy texturing for the clothes. The faces in the newer games(around 14 and onward) are really flat to me now, and the clothing designs are less... Fancy? It's a little hard to describe, but I can really feel it subconsciously. I'm not the type to say his style new-or-old is bad, really, but it's another thing I'd say I should mention.
Lastly, there's a lot more fighting games and other decimal-point sidegames. Like, almost every entry has a .5 to go with it.
TL;DR, It seems as if ZUN is making another soft reboot of sorts, starting at Touhou 16. I don't know what to call it, and it's not as drastic as PC-98, but he's really starting to focus on different things now than he was from 6-15.5 or so. It seems bittersweet, really.
I'm not surprised there's been a big tonal shift after 15. LoLK was about as heavy as Touhou has ever gotten thematically, so bringing in an antagonist like Okina who's super powerful but very funny and ultimately just messing with you is like a return to form. Aunn fits in perfectly with the Hakurei Shrine's increasingly large collection of wayward homeless youkai. Also I've seen plenty of art of Okina and her assistants, Keiki, and Chimata, all of whom feel like highly celebrated new additions to the cast.
So, all characters who were created before touhou 16 are going to rewritien, replicated or forgetten?
That intro...I guess Shoutoku didn't give Saki enough carrots or something.
Can’t wait for part 2!
I like Suaku's hat
Fun fact:many of the gods you probably mentioned were directly created by shinki
These videos are so comfy (。・ω・。)ノ♡
Hina the one who suffers the burdens of all humanity
Epic :)
I just want to quickly say that I am confused if joon and her sister were always sisters or if they used to be human or we’re always goddess’s.😅🤔🧐
they're native gods, they probably became sisters due to their history together. Of the gods that were covered in this vid, only Kanako was originally a human, i.e. a Divine Spirit.
Joshua B oh okay thanks for letting me know because I was just curious about that. P.s so only Kanako was originally a human before becoming a goddess/ divine spirit then if that is the case than what caused Kanako to become a goddess/ divine spirit and what year did she stop being a human species wise?!😅👍🏻🤔🧐
@@Touhou20246 While her profile doesn't actually say anything or confirm that she was one, the wiki page for Divine Spirits says that she fall under this category so in truth we don't know what happened if that is the case.
Joshua B oh okay thanks for letting me know I guess we might have to wait for zun to answer the question of how Kanako became a goddess/ divine spirit then.👍🏻🧐🤔
Think they're based on Lakshmi and her opposite
if kutaka is all of that then where was she during pcb
I wonder if the seco part is still in the works. Because i love this video and can't wait
The script outline is finished, but the full script is not yet written
@@MegaFrog Sick we are all excited. Love your stuff
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So I have a question what would happen if there was a human born in gensokyo who had the ability to nullify supernatural abilities and also had a powerful weapons that made them physically stronger than characters that specialize in strength can this hypothetical human now just beat the entire touhou cast? Because I'm pretty sure there is no touhou character that resist their powers being nullified.
Interesting question! However, even ignoring supernatural abilities, there are many characters in Gensokyo who are physically very strong, such as the oni, the vampires, and the beast youkai.
@@MegaFrog there are some characters that can make you physically and mentally weaker and nullify supernatural abilities and there are other characters that can resist their powers being nullified both supernatural and physical so I wonder if there are any touhou characters that have resistance to their powers being nullified and it's weird because there are so many touhou characters that have cool abilities so you would think there would be at least one that had power null or someone that resisted power null but I can't think of a single one which I find funny.
Not too much of an expert on lore stuff, but I imagine Reimu as well as the hourai immortals could resist? Not too sure about how Reimu's ability works tho.
@@izzymosley1970 Frankly, I feel like Scarlet Devil Mansion would likely be the stronghold in that situation. Remilia's supposed ability to manipulate fate combined with Flandre's Destruction of Anything and Everything and Sakuya's ability to manipulate time and space... As a team, they outright win most confrontations that aren't bound by the Spell Card Rules.
And, as MegaFrog said, there are many Touhou characters that could just strength diff most challengers (again, the Scarlet sisters, Yuuga, Suika, and Kasen come to mind in particular), ignoring the fact that this hypothetical character of yours is a complete Mary Sue if they can nullify innate abilities _and_ physical strength.
Then there's also Yukari and Okina, who... realistically speaking, you wouldn't live long enough to nullify their abilities given all the hax they have outside of the Spell Card Rules. Yukari, in particular, would likely just _smite_ any invader as such with intent to actually kill instead of just engaging in Spell Card battles. She may be fickle, but she does care deeply about Gensokyo.
@@NightFuryis11Official I think there's another way to beat this character even if the character can nullify special abilities and make their opponent just as strong as they are they could still be beaten by someone who was skilled enough at fighting even without using their special abilities.
Where would the Doom Slayer far if he walked through the Gensokyo lands.
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Just one last question out of curiosity if I were to be turned into an haniwa idol would I have the ability to resist Keiki,s commands and orders?😅🧐🤔🤨
Is it too much asking for Shinki for part 2
The script for part 2 is written and does not include Shinki. I have plans to include Shinki in another video alongside other similar gods. But nonetheless, she will be mentioned.
Oh and quick question wait the gods/goddesses in touhou project lore have the intelligence to understand the definition of politics?!😅😳🤔🤨🧐
not sure what this is. Can someone explain?
I'm assuming you're asking the source of what this is about? The video is an explanation of bits of character backstory and worldbuilding from a vertical shmup video game series/multimedia franchise called the Touhou Project! This video in particular is framed as if it's being narrated in-universe. Lemme know if you were wondering something other than that :D
Part 2 when owO
I'm planning to start part 2 some time next year. The script outline for all four parts is finished, but I have yet to write the script in full.
@@MegaFrog I'M EXCITED LOVE UR CONTENT
Well at least I won’t end up in the animal realm because I don’t abuse animals at all.😅👍🏻☺️😊🥰😂🤣
I am confused if you are not going to do a part 2 then why did you title this video the pantheon of gensokyo part 1?😅🤔🤨🧐 p.s I am not try to offend you or make you mad I am just curious and confused.😅😑🤔🤨🧐
There will be a part 2 when I have the time to complete it. That time is uncertain at this moment.
@@MegaFrog okay thank you for letting me know I was just wondering and curious.👍🏻