/jp/ - Otaku Culture

You're a fool to believe touhou was anywhere near as less artificial as kancolle. ZUN had a ton of connections from college (private one and that should tell you a lot about his origins considering the japanese education system) and is personal friends with hiroyuki and the nicovideo owner(s) whose name I forget.

The best thing you can say about touhou is that it was a calculated move from people who were at most in middle-management positions within the same companies who are now blatantly exploiting the doujin market (guess why it took them this long? Because promotions and seniority by age still matter) and whose author has been relatively faithful to the original spirit of his work, which is commendable. It was a test for what was to come.

Some of the circles who were reluctant to tread the company line and called it like they saw it were pressured into assimilation. Where do you think the meme about a conspiracy theory about ZUN stealing his idea from a korean (you know, "muh jews" of the japanese internet) comes from?