/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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nobody here actually plays touhou

>How do I get into Touhou?
It's not called Touhou, it's called Gensokyo, and you must kill yourself to get there.

Just play the games, listen to the music and fantasize about dying and going to Gensokyo.

You don't get into touhou, touhou gets into you. In the butt.

Why would you want to? The only time I actually enjoy playing Touhou is when I'm neglecting responsibilities

Only fucking nerds play video games.

>>10305844
I find the image funny, the games are alright but they don't really seem like something that sets it from other schmups.
Let alone something that has whole conventions dedicated to it.

>>10305924
Curious. I can't come to /jp/ without seeing Touhou.
Can't go on Danbooru without seeing Touhou.
What's the addiction for?

Play the games in order from 6 to 13.
Read the entire wiki after that to understand the plot and the characters.
Read it again.

And then you just browse the internet for random doujinshis, games and music.

>>10305966
Start with PCB if you're new to touhou.

I don't know shit about the touhou universe, but play the games for the gameplay. The games themselves have no story.

Best tip I can give is keep at it and play at a harder difficulty than you can manage until you get comfortable. Thereafter reduce the difficulty and breeze through normal.

Also keep at it every day, improvement is slow.

>>10305991
Why?

Mountain of Faith is the easiest

>>10306013
Good difficulty curve.

>>10306000
> The games themselves have no story.
I still don't understand why people keep saying this.

I must say I enjoyed playing most games for the story, as lighthearted and senseless as they might be.

If you ask me, I'd say Touhou is the best slice-of-life story with the better character designs I've ever seen.

>>10306013
Because it's actually good.

>>10306036
It's nothing special compared to the other games.

>>10305991
>>10306000
Like I said, there's hardly any story aside from a statement or two before you fight the boss of the level.
For example the threads on /jp/ like, "Isn't it ironic that her body is as tough as diamonds when she a masochist?"etc. etc.
How would you know these things? Why is there such a huge fanbase following each of these characters.
If that makes any sense.

There are many books and mangas that complement the stories of the games. Don't speak about what you don't know.

>>10306060
It's a blank slate. You can do whatever you want with it, that's why people like it. BTW sanae is a slut.

>>10306029
What story?
The only thing I keep seeing when I attempt to play is that one character goes and attacks others for seemingly no reason

Not OP but what really makes it unplayable for long sessions for me is that it seems like they could be a huge setting/story but it's not really talked about at all

>>10306093
no she isnt

>>10306095
Oh, well, you see, someone replaces the moon, you go flying and attacking some flying girls, you fly to some places, eventually reach a mansion, try to get in, fly through some endless corridors and more skirmishes and silly and laid back conversations.

What's there not to like? I mean, they might not be Type Moon deep shit, but they're entertaining. Also, the places they visit are interesting.

>>10306068
>>10306068
>>10306093
Is that what has everyone following Touhou on such a high level?
Doujins? So, Touhou is just purely fanmade?

Also,
>>10306095
I strongly agree. This is where Touhou disconnects for me.

>>10306095
>Blank slate
Stop this and go read print works lazy!

>>10306108
>>10306108
Is that what's happening in the first one?
Can I just skip to 6 and do the first 5 later?

I don't know I've never felt so lost trying to enjoy a game series

>>10306113
>>10306095
How about you play for the gameplay instead?

>>10306120
if you want gameplay then go play mars matrix or something

gameplay is definitely not the strong point of the series

>>10306120
In that case he's better off playing Blue Wish Resurrection or Eden's Aegis. Or Bike Banditz. Bike Banditz is awesome.

>>10306060
Tenshi has a spellcard named Diamond Hardness and since SWR has many playable characters, she has a lot of dialogue.

>>10306113
No, it has official manga and light novels. The gameplay isn't that fun since it's about memory and not skills.

...each game has a prologue that explains the current incident, character descriptions, extra story, and endings, that build the plot of each game.

If you ignore all that and go by in-game dialogue alone, sure you miss most of the goddamn story.

...I'm more and more convinced most of you never even played the games.

(and that is outside of all the worldbuilding and wealth of character information in all the print works.)

>>10306133
>>10306142
Well, shit maybe I should play some shooters that aren't touhou. Thanks for the suggestions!

>>10306100
For someone who isn't a slut, she sure likes dicks.

Who the hell plays Touhou for the story? There's no fucking story, and the nearly nonexistent dialogue is awful.
You play Touhou for the gameplay, because you know, it's a fucking game.

>>10306133
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv5w26n_hBo

READ THE PRINT WORKS!

READ THE PRINT WORKS!


READ THE PRINT WORKS!

Do you understand?

>>10306145
Could you offer a link, I feel like Touhou has lots of side manga for it's official, and differentiating arcs.
Where would I read it and where would I start?

>>10306148
I played EoTSD, even reading the prologue it was pretty plain. I'll give it another go though.

I play the games and couldn't care less about the lore... and you weebs thing I'M the secondary? yeah sure.

>>10306176
Print work a shit, raymoo is a slut.

>>10306176
where

This is thread is VIP quality

>>10306179
raymoo is a pure maiden though.

I can proudly say I don't give a flying shit about the games and I have the balls enough to say I tried SA once, for like an hour and gave the fuck up because:

a) I don't like danmaku games
b) It's too damned hard for a stupid American like me

However, I love the art. The fan art done for these games is what makes me love the characters so much. Some of the greatest talent in the world goes into the fanart for them.

>>10306195
For a pure maiden she sure enjoys the pleasure of being cummed inside.

If you want to learn more about the characters and enjoy some laid back endings, go play Phantasmagoria of Flower View.

But yeah, the main appeal of the series for newbies is probably the music and character designs, getting into the gameplay takes a while and may seem intimidating at first but once you do there's quite a lot to do.

>>10306205
Reimu is actually a lot saner and easy going in the print works, in the games she's the fucking Rambo.

>>10306203
Yeah, I play a few of the games but I'm mostly in it for the drawings and dumb jokes.

>>10306148
I don't want to seem retarded but where?
Do I just wait at the main menu or something?

>>10306172
en.touhouwiki.net

Does anyone happen to have that /jp/ synopsis of the touhou games, and would you be willing to post them? They were basically a single sentence about how the player went around fucking things up for others. IIRC the synopsis for Scarlet Devil Mansion went something like:

>Alice puts a little vampire girl and her maid under house arrest.

They're all pretty much like that.

>>10306222
It's not the same thing, bu it's similar.

>>10306232
No, that's pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I must have remembered them incorrectly. Thanks.

Play them only if you want to end up with nervous system problems.

>>10306217
In the html manual, you can find a translation at the wikis.

>>10306148
The actually good players never read the endings or dialogue though, it's just an old style videogame after all, the story is just an excuse to shoot things.

i think its just something you force yourself into

>>10306293
/thread

>>10306271
Thank you
though my html manual looks messed up so I'll use the wikis

I know this won't be a very popular comment, but reading derivative doujins really helps visualizing the story better.
I remember playing SA when it came out and thinking the storyline was random nonsense, now that I can understand the plot better Koishi and Satori are probably my favorite Touhous.

Just keep in mind the author was drunk when he wrote all of this.

Stop right the fuck now.

If you need to ask someone else why X is so good, then you're doing it wrong. Grow some standards and try things by yourself. Asking other people about your likings is not the smartest thing to do and you know it.

>>10306381
A : Why are fighting games so good? I've just been playing against others, the pattern is constant, win, lose, win, lose.
B: Well, for me I feel they're the epitome of a competition between you and another. Rather than ducking and hiding, playing a game of who can shoot the other first(opinion). It also can require some strategy and technique, hence the training modes that exist in most, if that makes sense.
A: Ahh, I didn't think of it like that.
B: Ha! Yeah you didn't !
A and B: *highfive*

Although I do partially agree with you it's also good to explore the perspectives and reasoning of the other. Rather than just flat out going "fuck dat shit"

This thread is so secondary it's unreal.
I bet the majority of you who are saying "Touhou has no story" or "I don't see the point in Touhou" haven't even played the games, or at the very least have only played through the first few levels of (the poorly translated) EotSD and couldn't 1cc the whole thing.

Why don't you all just fuck off and leave touhou alone if you don't like it?
It's obviously not for you, and you don't need to convince yourselves otherwise simply because you want to "fit in".

>>10306631

I like you.

>>10306631
But everyone else likes it!

>>10306631
>This thread
If that was the case it wouldn't bother me, but it's been the prevalent attitude on /jp/ for a while now.

>>10305762
spooked the fugg out of me

Why?

Why can't we move touhou games discussion to /vg/?

The "STG" thread here is full of people who are ONLY HERE for the god damn STG thread, and then you have idiots like OP shitting up the board.

touhou is fuggin dumb

>>10309439
Better move the idol thread too then numb nuts.

>>10309465
Better suck my asshole dry, homonerd. Of all the things that are least /jp/ (apart from the OC thread, bunch of nobodies using /jp/ to get a leg up) it's that bunch of circlejerking faggots.

>>10306029

that's it, a nice slice of life to appreciate calmly, between furious colorfull pattern. The story is really one of the central point of touhou in my opinion, that's why i think ZUN has made it so relaxing... and that's why i really hate all doujin and the fanbase which spoil the core of each character and trample over ZUN's work, although i might admit some draw well, so fan-art are ok, but the fan-made stories are just prism-distorded Gensokyo description through author's viewpoint.

No gameplay ? you have obviously not played many STG, or only manic... it has a very particular feeling to it and allows to feel quite relaxed while avoiding a monstruous ball-wall... some other manic are the real deal though, touhou is surely not somethingto spit at concerning the gameplay.

I advice you to start with either the 6th or the first (though it's a completely different genre), The 6th for windows game is the best to begin with due to the fact that with basic gameplay, you learn the feeling and behaviour to adopt to a much wider range of situation compared to getting used to some special mechanics