LLS Gengetsu's Theme: Cute Devil ~ Innocence
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- This is Gengetsu's theme from Touhou 4: Lotus Land Story
Nothin' innocent about you, girl.
So, she comes out to kill you after her sister is defeated. This is basically like the first ever Phantasm stage, except it's during the same stage. I GUESS YOU AREN'T SO ORIGINAL AFTER ALL, YOU GODDAMN GAPHAX-ER YOU!! (I'm naming no names, she knows who she is ¬_¬)
The differences in difficulty between Yuuka and Gengetsu I think show their character quite a lot. One holds back, the other doesn't.
*Yuuka:* Haha, this is going to be fun, I'll go easy on you so lemme mess around.
*Gengetsu:* You just beat up my sister. I'm going to leave you as nothing but a pile of ash for that.
Even the themes seem to reflect that. Yuuka's two themes are powerful, but playful. This theme? Is quiet, and menacing.
If I remember correctly, Gengetsu actually has no idea what the hell is going on, and all she knows is she needs to beat you.
@@sanstheskeleton679Baka Devil ~ Unawareness
also remember that spellcard rules didn't exist in pc-98 so rape time being impossible to no hit so far makes gengetsu one of the strongest pc-98 touhou characters, with Yuuka and Shinki higher
@@Staris4117 it is technecally possible, but for a human to even have a chance the framerate bust be like, halved or quartered. and even then you have to be someone like Jaimers who is literally a god
Finally beating touhou 4 1cc, feel like a god gamer, then get destroyed by this stage
That hurt
Will finish it soon, just miss this boss
(Edit) i finally finished it
The intro of this song really sets the tone.. It's 'time'..
rape time
Zun should have put in a shepherds tone during the beginning section
@@kalecavanaugh4067 nah don't think that would have worked
Oh boy, just look at the time.
Oh god oh fuck
r a p e time
Now just think about this. An extended video of Gengetsu's theme for 10 minutes. That's approximately 3-5 minutes of dodging you-know-what.
@@kaisercalvin1742 Just don’t let anyone with Yuuka's ear hear you say that. You'll be making cattle-runs to New Reno 'til the end of time, pal.
Gengetsu is about as sweet and innocent as Mima on a killing spree.
So basically not so sweet and innocent
Awww
Adorable little genocidal girl
so...very bitter?
so genocide it is then
What were you on about 7 years ago, she actually was innocent in LLS. Think about it, you entered hers and her sisters world, and then beat up her little sister for literally no reason. I feel like gengetsu was pretty innocent.
ZUN was a genius at video game music even then.
@Advanced Koishi isn't his "group" still listed as a music group to this day?
ZUN's VGM skills slowly started degrading starting with 6 imo
@@marx4538
whoa, now that's an unpopular opinion. Not that I disagree, it certainly changed going right into ESoD.
@@marx4538 Nah not really.
Guess we're allowed our own opinions tho
@@blue_the_boy_kisser Alright then
Cute Devil ~ Innocence has honestly become one of my most favorite tracks in the Touhou games. It's a shame I can't seem to find enough, or adequate arrangements of it. It's just so good a tune that deserves more recognition. :c
Ey jynx remaster
Thoughts on the Jynx remaster then?
0:00 "sealed demon's finale"
0:17 "faint dream / those who live in illusions"
0:31 "pure land mandala / those who live in illusions"
1:22 "faint dream / those who live in illusions"
1:54 "lunar clock"
2:27 "sleeping terror / starbow dream"
2:53 "lunar clock"
genius.
at 2:27 doesn't it looks like ancient temple ?
@@exxiduss6859 no, it seems more likely the start of 'Sleeping Terror'
@@exxiduss6859 j’trouve pas mais son thème est cool 🌟
Luna Clock ~ Luna Dial.....or Vampire Killer >_>
th-cam.com/video/pLJhPvI-H9A/w-d-xo.html around 0:50
where’s doll maker of bucuresti
Gengetsu implies she & her sister are both children (the two of them together make a fully fledged adult according to her).
So now imagine if Gengetsu wasn’t a child and then what her final attack would be like
(also the protagonist still the one who barged into mugetsu’s world for literally no reason other than to beat the two, gengetsu is fully in the right to do that)
The only time you don't want to time out the spellcards...
What spellcards? They didn't exist back then.
blara2401 Attacks then ;3
Fledera
There was no timer, either.
blara2401 No timer per se, but regardless if you keep Gengetsu waiting you're pretty much done unless you have superhuman reflexes.
TheDisruptedMind
Er, yeah, that's true. XD
The simplicity of this theme makes it so much more intense somehow lol
yeah
If you don't beat her attack fast enough, you're gonna have a ... time.
Even sans fuckin' agrees yo.
Bad, I assume..
RAEP TIME
It's raping time
-bad
-terrible
-mado in heaven
-rape
Man, I just realized that this theme has parts of Sleeping Terror and Bad Apple in it...
It's not really Bad Apple, it's just the PC-98 leitmotiv (present in all title themes since TH2, also Shinki's theme and this one). but yeah lol
alpha theme of eastern story
Me personally, I hear bits of Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial, but clearly since this theme came first, maybe Gengetsu's theme was somewhat implemented into Sakuya's?
Fitting for the goddess of nightmares
I hear Youmus theme Mystical Oriental Dream-Ancient Temple at around 4:20
I feel like I can hear hints of Sleeping Terror in this. Very good song.
2:26 yeah, sounds good!
@@abarette_ I see you everywhere, every path I go, I see you
2:40 when this part hits during her timeout attack
The kick drum in this track makes primal love to my ears everytime
This intro...it's one of the best in the serie imo, threatening and powerful.
It's funny how many characters in the pc 98 have powerful or emotional themes while not having that much backstory or charisma. (And that's not a bad thing)
Best music from touhou series imo
Hello Gengetsu. It's good to see you.
>gengetsu name
>gengetsu pfp
Yep, checks out.
*[Demon]*
GENGETSU
Gengetsu (幻月) is the second Extra Stage boss of Lotus Land Story and an inhabitant of the mysterious dream world. She's the older sister of Mugetsu.
After the final events of Lotus Land Story the heroine stumbles upon another strange world which Gengetsu's younger sister Mugetsu claims to be her world. Once Mugetsu is defeated Gengetsu comes to her aid, even while admitting she doesn't even know why the heroine is there. Little is known about either her or her sister and they appear to have no importance to the story. (from TouhouWiki)
ZUN's comment about the track:
"The theme for the older sister Gengetsu, the most terrible, most fearful boss. I wanted for it to have a real Western feel to it, but ... ?
I was aiming for a song that was pretty similar to Mugetsu's theme.
Rather, I was really hoping to come up with a Mr. Dracula sort of song ... (;_;"
Gengetsu is, in my opinion, the single hardest Touhou boss. I can 1cc a few games on lunatic, and stomp through most extra stages, but Gengetsu is the only one that, to this day, I CAN'T beat.
let me guess? you tried to time out a attack (since there were no spell cards at that point i have to call them attacks) and got curve stopped by one of the 5 to 6 gengetsu rape times.
That's more or less the biggest reason. :p
Trust me, Mugetsu is hard as nails.
If I'm comparing Gengetsu to THAT, then I'm scared...
Maybe if you PLAYED AS REIMU
you would actually have a chance
@@TrappedBowyer9684
I beat her with Reimu b since it was my first touhou
Wasn't confident enough to clear it with marisa
This sounds really different from most touhou theme from modern game. Cuz Green Eyed Jealously sound so sad, Emotional Skyscraper sounds emotional, The Tiger-Patterned Vaisravana sound strong and intense. But this? It sounds manacing and more quiet and absolutely scary.
top ten largest chins in touhou
Number 15 Gengetsu
The last thing you want in your extra stage is a big chined angel
@@lazersfixall3939 But as it turns out, that might be what you GenGETsu.
i cant unsee that biggie chin
>Touhou
>Anime
*oh no...*
damn, she even rivals medic in the chin wars.
Despite the simplicity, repetition and the fact that there are many more brilliant Touhou themes out there, this...this is my favourite.
i can hear in this flowering night, bad apple, and sleeping terror
*lunar dial no flowering night ahahahadhahdhasdhashdashd dadncokc
Junko pls don stroke out your scare me
me too
Good memories of listening to this for revisiting Bloons Player Pack 4. Especially during a visit at my father's apartment. Felt like some nostalgic times where I had to rely on skills and confidence to complete the games.
Gengetsu is the best PC-98 character in my opinion.
Alice is better but Gengetsu is my second
@LazyMelly / ConfirmCLM lol me third too
Favorite of all
She's probably the most mysterious character with a name and who talk (eliminating all pc-98 mid-bosses and touhou1 bosses)
People keep forgetting that there is a third master spark user (and Mima is not one of them).
it's a short and small spark tho
Yuuka's double spark is also short and small, but there is two of them.
Isn't Yuuka the creator of master spark
Koro Gunso
Yuuka is the first person to use a giant laser against the protagonist. The creator of master spark itself is debatable.
Hmmm well I guess it's a basic move but I am not sure if this was a fan game or not I think yuuka says marisa stole her special move.
The exact reason it's my favorite extra stage, if not for the appeal of fighting 2 mysteriously powerful characters in a row. It's amazing how the stage feels so difficult and then all of a sudden you've cleared it. Everything is intimidating on a whole new level which is alot of fun IMO. (It's also amusing to imagine the mid-boss to be Nue.)
Well, the point is that the ominous and terrifying feeling of the theme is what makes it for me.
people thought that all stage 5 bosses and lunatic last words were bad, they clearly haven't suffered through gengetsu rape time...
Confirm Level Viewer It's not hard to get an emulator. Heck, it's probably easier than getting a Windows game.
@LazyMelly / ConfirmCLM downloading an anex96 or a neko project II is as hard as turning on a computer
Just search it, download it, configure it with help and boom, now you can play PC98 games
@LazyMelly / ConfirmCLM It's because most people don't know about PC-98 Touhou
@@Guacamole2408 I played HRTP and SOEW on an emulator in 1999. The old English patches
You know what time is it?
RAEP TIME
You are my favorite touhou even if you Raep me.
Can you get rid of certain pure Lunatic?
I can ressist your raep time just to listen ur theme¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
@Rumia So Nanoka Is that so?
I think extra is already a difficulty by itself
Jokes on you i was playing on slow mode the whole time
That moment when you play against her for the first time.. Just doing a random run after quite some time.. You don't remember everything but you manage to beat Mugetsu for the first time and when you battle with Gengetsu.. you get over the first half of her HP, and you die but you decide to practice.. and on the same day you clear that stage.. Damn I'm really telling my experience here now xD
But honestly this is the first Extra Stage I've cleared.. And Gengetsu is just.. Damn xD I don't want to time her out.. I certainly don't want to.
Confirm Level Viewer How are you gonna get it to her?
Congrats, I tried one day to beat her, but Mugetsu is already enough for me D:
After some months I actually perfected this EX, I might want to look into MS's now. Pretty cool that it happened in the same year but I guess it shows how much I love this EX :V
Holland Doll That's pretty darn impressive, but I don't have any tips for MS Extra because I can't beat Shinki to save my life.
Thanks! c: I see, well I got a no bombs EX clear, I perfected the stage portion but I was a little unlucky at little Alice. Atleast got a no bombs clear of it so I guess I'll work onto a perfect, the same follows for SoEW's EX actually :V
Even in september 2021, I always think that Cute Devil ~ Innocence is the second best Extra Boss Theme.
First being?
@@YuuyaKZMI tastes have already change :( I prefere Dark Pegasus, Necrofantasia, Pristine Beat, Immortal Smoke, Heian Alien,...
A very repetitive song, but not necessarily in a bad way. It's one of the few Touhou songs that borders on terrifying.
Even though her actual character is barely fleshed out, this song alone makes her very interesting. Though I guess that applies to a lot of PC-98 characters.
I consider her one of the top tier characters due to how incredibly hard she is as well as Zun saying she was the most terrible boss or hardest or whatever.
@@Chris_MarMar
Fearful, terrible
@@poledra4153 Appreciated.
@@Chris_MarMar
It's in the music comment
I believe like in LLS the extra stage bosses like went against usual Danmaku game rules or like the power scaling particularly in that game due to how it was slightly programmed or something made power scaling very different than it's next up (MS), which is why if you try to time Gengetsu out, as we all know the rest.... 😏 That's a real test of skill from "higher dimensions" hahah
So, according to the title, Gengetsu is a cute, innocent demon. Despise that, sometimes she became the most feartful and most powerful demon. Sometimes she will just tear you in the most horrible way, just because she can. And even, manage to do it maintaining her cute part.
Does it sounds familiar?
**WARNING: UNPOPULAR OPINION**
Gengetsu is just like Fannon Flandre, but x100 times better.
The fandom just completely ruins Flandre imo. I like how Gengetsu is considered terrifying though. Fits with what ZUN said about her being the most terrible boss.
Maybe Gengetsu is locked down
PS:Flandre isn't
She say it in one of the mangas
@@Chris_MarMar
she only got that said about her by ZUN because she's more like a CAVE boss than Windows and onward mindfucks
@@poledra4153 yeah I honestly don’t care
The beginning of this song is so intimidating, I love it~
And its perfect considering the hell hole you have to go too to get to Gengetsu! XD
2:33 Sleeping terror is that you?
And...
Where is my raep time *>:c*
When I think about this song, I'm like "how can a song that repeat so much the Bad Apple motif be so cool ?"
Then I listen it and I'm like "How could I ever doubt you"
Also, Gengetsu's my favorite
2:52
Best part
I don’t know which is better, Cute Devil or Faint Dream. They both are so good
Now that's a super introduction worth for such a powerful enemy and in-game status OMFG it's amazing and epic~
_You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?_
The theme "Cute Devil ~ Innocence" hides something in it. I think it's ironic to have the term "Devil" in her theme even though she looks like an angel(and her form might be one of her illusions). And the word "Innocence" isn't really that innocent, something that is unreal or fantasy with her and the scenario. Her theme may also sound terrorizing and mischievous, as her appearance can deceive your mind(why do you think there's a "Devil" in spite of her angelic appearance). Maybe the moon(I mean the extra stage background of hers') has to do with their (illusory) powers, and uhh...
...unfortunately, the points of the scenario are insufficient since we don't know why the heroes are there(in Mugetsu's Fantasy World), or maybe, ZUN intentionally concealed the story behind that world. As her name states "*Gen*getsu", she is still, somehow, considered a notable boss for Touhou Gensoukyou besides Yuuka.
Edit: (*sorry for my bad English, I'm not native to it)
She's certainly a cute devil. But everyone in the touhou series is cute.
MrTheboomboxer even Unzan?
Lugiafan0798 ESPECIALLY Unzan. Duh.
That's actually true, i don't there's an ugly character in the series
Even Genjii is one hell of a tortoise ngl
Thinking about it... Maybe i've set my standards wayy too low...
@@vyllix8546 nope, genjii is the highest one can go
this has REALLY strong Luna Dial vibes
Funny since it actually uses Lunar Clock a few times in the song.
3 people were raped very badly by Gengetsu.
And 422 evaded ultimate rape.
+Белый Герцог Make that 434.
Now 444
+Jadiel Fernandez Looks like two more people joined the party (even though I have never battled against Gengetsu, nor have I played Lotus Land Story (sadly) 😓 )
+Meta Bunny
Also 33 more people avoided Gengetsu's ultimate rape.
2:26 The funny thing starts
0:00 When a Touhou Character *removes* her hat to fight you...
Gengetsu, the most badass extra boss in touhou ever imo. Her "master spark" part just shows off power so well :o
Patrick And then her "Rape Time" shows that she has the hardest attack in all of Touhou.
@@SK-by6qd i would love to say this aged well, but she has been dethroned by momoyo
@@MemoiriaGodElcrin Momoyo doesn't have anything close to "Lunatic Impact" or "Boundary of Life and Death".
@@IvanBaAl961 she has an attack that is impossible to time out without getting hit
@@MemoiriaGodElcrin what attack?
Lovin' the old school feel
"Well, you know what time it is!"
I can hear some parts of Sleeping Terror and Bad 🍎 here!!!
the original rage phase
Gengetsu's rape attack is probably the best thing to ever happen in Touhou.
No, seriously, that shit's golden. Imagine everyone's first reaction when it happens.
i was having nightmares until i played the game
Eh, I think Yuuka's Master Spark in Stage 5 is quite memeful too lol.
@@abarette_ true, that shit is scary but still easy to dodge ngl
@@_carrotbon_4847 Yes, but I was talking about the "Imagine everyone's first reaction when it happens."
Also, I still have trouble dodging the shit she's throwing at me during the Master Spark lol
@@abarette_
In lunatic, if you go to a corner of the screen you're safe
Don't know if there's other conditions or if it works on another difficulty
Very menacing and evil-sounding final boss theme, I assume. (nope, it's the 2nd extra stage boss theme, lol)
I don’t know where my favorite parts are. A little repetitive like the last theme but I think I’ll say that it’s pretty good/great, I guess
Gengetsu is a devil with angel wings, i guess she might be a Fallen Angel.
Makes me think of Sariel.
Did anyone else hear some of that Youmu creeping in at 2:26-2:32? And some of that Yuuka at 2:32-2:39?
When you ask a person what they could hear in their near death experience.
Her theme is really menacing
0:31 reminds me of Luna Dial or even Kobito of the Shining Needle a bit and 1:34 does it even more.
Gengetsu is cute
*_Gen Tsukishi_* _限 月子_
¤ Devil
☆ Manipulating nightmares
Gen is a usual-demeanor naughty devil who drags her sister Mu around and even pushed her to create a world of dreams. But still, she loves her sister. Gen represents nightmares of the two.
Are you gonna do a Mystic Square version? These comments of yours are genuinely so interesting and fun to read :)
@@bleachedfly I'm...working...on...it!
@@angrysunflower222 Oh ok! sorry if i bothered you
@@bleachedfly no, i didn't mean anything other than "casual response with a jokey side"
tbh Nocti's video on Gengetsu made me change how I view gengetsu, i always view her as an evil twin sister of sort but nowadays i see her as a kind (and super protective) sister to mugetsu that will do ANYTHING even send you like a thousand bullets per second to protect her sister
Same here, after watching it i went and read all of her and mugetsus conversations in LLS, and they seem pretty innocent to me.
Fanon versions of characters can really change someone's perspective.
You would think that Gengetsu, Koishi and Flandre are psychopaths without a human heart. But you're just looking at them wrong.
Poor Gengetsu...
@noahgoldberg672 thats like oen of my reasons im actually writing a touhou fanon for myself lul
@@CDJAM-webm Yeah. Weather you want to do a character justice or you want to bring something new to the table without changing any of the lore, Fanfics are the way to go. It's always neat when someone does a Fanfic correctly. Looking at you KKHTA and Imperfect Metamorphosis.
Even though I liked the idea of Rin as a character, it had too much nightmare fuel to be fun. That's what I view Touhou as. A happier version of a myth that was disturbing at first. If people make a grimdark version of Gensokyo, sheading every last ounce of sympathy from the characters by making them psychotic or manipulative, why bother.
Good Luck making the world of Gensokyo I know we can make. With how many disturbing events there are in these Fics, we're going to need something to lighten the mood and to remind ourselves why we cared about Gensokyo in the first place.
Its
R A P E T I M E
When you put the mouth too high on your mii
*Teacher hands out assignment: 15 page packet.* "Due tomorrow...*This song plays. Also maybe Heian Alien.*
2:53 i will just put timestamp here ❤
My first thoughts coming back to this video?
"Damn, Shanghai makes a good Boss..."
Followed shortly by-
"Wai-HOLD UP!!!"
Needs moar arranges, like srsly.
Dont rape people because of yo-*Pichuuun~*
Listening to this and suddenly you see a whole pattwrn of impossible danmaku, in that moment you see that you fucked it up... it's "gengetsu raep tim"
The ultimate angel,
The penultimate maid
...I've never watched anything remotely related to horse semen and it's in my relateds...
i love thiis
I definitely prefer Mugetsu's theme by a long shot, but this one is really good too
Reverse the title and you're on the right track. Except for that "Cute Devil" part; that's definitely still true.
*RAEP* *TIEM*
I swear to god, the extra stage boss themes ALWAYS go faster past midnight! Not just this one, but ALL OF THEM! FROM EVERY GAME! The percussion at 0:16 that's supposed to start off slow and then quickly speed up starts at its regular speed right from the start! Am I going crazy?!
Feeling cute.
Might protect yuuka later
This theme is as ominous as the end is near
Bring me back :|
FeelsOldMan
She's is not a phantasm boss, she and Mugetsu is two boss in same extra stage, Mugetsu is short boss, plus with Gengetsu is a complete extra boss.
***** ...Which makes her a separate boss. She has dialogue and everything.
@@GarryDumblowski
Which basically makes her a Phantasm boss
@@sanstheskeleton679 No, I'd argue she's something else entirely.
Ahhh I love Gengetsu
Original title: Kawaii Akuma ~ Innocence
Not sure why, but I hear a bit of Flowering Night in this. Or to be more exact, a bit of this in Flowering Night.
Hearing this with only one headphone bud working is painful
You probobly can. Wouldn't be the first time one theme from the same game influenced another. See:
Charming Dominion + Charmind Dominion ~ Whodunnit
Necro-Fantasy and Necrofantasia
Extra Love and The Tank Girls' Dream
Gengetsu is secretly Crimson Chin
I was here,good jams
+Yarumi Chan
Only her hair is a little bit suika-ish
Wait why is there sleeping terror in this
i like this is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! , BTW i dont know a whole lot about this character
Hmm.
I don't exactly see why everyone thinks she's such a hard EX-Boss.
I think it took me less tries to beat her than it did Suwako. To put it in perspective, I've still yet to even get close to beating Alice or Rika, but Mugetsu and Gengetsu took me like 4 or 5 tries in subsequent nights to beat.
Ever heard of Gengetsu Rape Time?
she should be a stage 1 boss, exact same abilities, exact same difficulty.
make it happen, please.
i want a hard stage 1 boss pls.
oh and gengetsu rape time, you have to dodge survival, you can't bomb at all, and it isn't optional.
Ruins I hate you
I give up to surpass this extra stage, 'Cause I"(Managed)" to get pass Mugetsu with all my lives & bombs ~~
Azuma Himefuji You need to beat the raep time~
oh look time to send you to time-out
does anyone else hear that eeh sound at 00:18?
It gives you suggestions based on what you usually watch and may be of interest to you.
meaaan
it's more like Mugetsu is the first ever midboss to actually be a character. let's be honest, gengetsu is the true star of the stage dammit
That totally made sense.
Suddenly Sleeping terror sneaks in - -
150% Lunar Clock Lunar Dial vibe
why the fuck is a lesson on farming horse jizz in my recommended videos
What
WHAT!?
TH-cam everyone
THE POWER OF INCEPTION!