/jp/ - Otaku Culture

This all still feels fishy to me.
https://twitter.com/melon_tsuhanbu/status/889500556468858882

>>17370934
chinese kaguya

Kikuri with a full body?

>>17370971
Chinese Kaguya is a frog now, she can't do anything.

Someone make 3 Mima silouhettes please.

>>17370934
Mima with legs.

Three 2hus?! This might be interesting.

I can feel it in my bones.

>>17370971
I want to believe, if only because I want there to be more junkoposting

>>17370961
If it's from melonbooks page, I'll bite.

I think it's actually 4 characters! Maybe 4 season goddesses.

Speculated to be Matara-jin

>>17371585
Sexual. S/he's also probably related to Kokoro in a way.

some sort of princess/bigshot with her two sidekicks.

>>17371684
Likely to be a japanese god with two lesbian underlings

>>17371684
>>17371585
lines up

>>17370934
>>17371684
Does anyone have this without the lineart?

>>17371741

>>17371736
Looking likely to be Matarajin.
Facts about Matarajin I found while googling.
>Matarajin is praised at the rear of the temple where exorcism ceremonies are performed.
>Matarajin was introduced to Japan from China by Ennin as a protector deity of the Amida Sutra. >Some say he is also the secretary of Emma, the main deity of the Buddhist Hell.
>A deity who afflicts humanity with disease, praying to him will help avoid disease. (Reimu has dealt with these kinds of gods who force worship with disease in CoLA)
>He holds a drum and is accompanied by two dancing children.
>Can predict good and bad fortune.
>Sometimes depicted with 3 faces in red, white, and gold.
>A yashka

>>17371787
The question is what are they doing with the seasons and nature going out of whack?

>>17371787
Emma exra boss confirmed

>>17371834
I figure it's Matarajin's presence that's making nature go out of whack. He's a malevolent deity who can ruin your day if he feels like it. He seems to be related to black magic and sex, and was worshiped by cultists.

>>17371749
Thank you anon.

>>17371787
What does he have to do with seasons, though?
I'm holding out on making any serious guesses, we all thought LoLK was going to be Chang'e, and we were all wrong about that.
In fact, has anyone ever actually predicted a final boss of a Touhou game?

>>17371834
>>17371864
>>17371862
>What does he have to do with seasons, though?
I misspelled it before, he's a Yaksha. An Indian forest spirit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaksha

>>17371887
>In Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist texts, the yakṣa has a dual personality. On the one hand, a yakṣa may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; but there is also a darker version of the yakṣa, which is a kind of ghost (bhuta) that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travelers

There's the fairy and nature connection

>>17371834
the seasons stuff will probably be resolved in the extra stage as usual lately

IT'S MIMA

Oh boy I almost didn't recognize her with that make up, but that's surely Mima

>>17371898
>inoffensive nature fairy
>Fairies gained unfathomable strength and are going berserk.
This makes a connection to Etarnity.

>associated with woods and mountains
Makes a connection to Nemuno

>In Buddhist literature, the yakṣa are the attendants of Vaiśravaṇa, the guardian of the northern quarter, a beneficent god who protects the righteous. The term also refers to the Twelve Heavenly Generals who guard Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.

Makes a connection to Aunn.

>>17371864
>In fact, has anyone ever actually predicted a final boss of a Touhou game?
The only game where the final boss isn't a new character was SoEW, and that was released the same day as HRtP, so no.

From the Reddit counterpart.

>We've got three characters on show. Two on the side can be counted by their heads, and while the middle character's head is less distinct, their legs are quite clear.

>Traditionally this would be the stage 6 boss. I don't know of any examples of multi-character portraits in the series before, so we don't have any precedent to judge if this is one large portrait or three separate ones mashed together.

>There's an odd frame backing the characters. It could either be a distinct entity or part of the central character. Knowing the answer to the above point would help in figuring that one out.
The two at the sides seem to be a matching pair.

>Those strange shapes on top of their heads would seem to be some kind of hat or hairstyle, as being part of the frame but also at head height for both seems too large a coincidence.

>The character on our left appears to be carrying what looks to me like an olive branch, though that's with the biases of a westerner. I suppose the leaves of bamboo are similar in shape.

>There also appears to be a hand extending to the left edge of the image, though I don't think it can be one based on the positioning - too far away from the centre, and too level to connect up with the left character's left arm.

>Some fire effects around the bottom - could be venting from the main character, but due to there not being that much and being around the ankle area of the two side characters, I'm guessing it's another matching element of their designs.

>ZUN didn't want to make this easy - the cloud effects break up the outline a fair bit, meaning I've had to rely on squinting and educated guesses at times.

>>17372002
Going after Reimu's job, are you?

>>17372002
Where'd you get this ZUN art?

>>17371899
What if the real one who started the incident was the extra boss and the stage 6 boss was just fought due to a misunderstanding?

Momo, is that you?

>>17371898
I don't think he has anything to do with the the dark interpretation.
On his Japanese wiki page apparently he's considered a Yaksha of the Touji in Kyoto, and this one guy writes about how he's respected there as a god who brings good fortune and defends against disaster.
http://travel2.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/kyoto/1112441148/l50
Here's a 2ch thread about him. Looks like the 32nd post predicted his starring in a touhou game.

maybe its etarnity larva

>>17372613
Noted.
I'm juggling both this thread and the post on the Touhou subreddit; if anything important catches my eye, I'll pass it along.

Not sure if I like this Mima redesign

>>17372645
The Jacksonville Jaguars will win the next Super Bowl before Mima is brought into the "New Testament". (EoSD, PCB, IN, etc.)

>>17372671
My brother says "Sure".

>>17371864
Someone predicted 13 and 14's final bosses correctly.

>>17372741
prove it nerd

>>17372741
Care to educate us on it?

It's not gonna be three different final bosses, or three bosses at the same time, or GFW-style assists. All three of them are gonna be part of the same sprite. Also, stage 4 once again does not have shot-unique patterns.

>>17372813
If it looks like a Lunasa, walks like a Merlin, and quacks like a Lyrica...

>>17372645

>>17372835
Two more mainline games to go.

>>17370934
Obligatory i can feel it in my bones joke

>>17372885
It says 78, anon.

>>17370934
I've felt it in my bones the last four times. It's definitely going to be true this time.

The true final boss

>>17373071
Seems legit.

>>17372590
Those are some really nice legs.

>>17372787
Don't have solid evidence, since it is a long time ago, but for 13, someone either had insider info or guessed correctly that the boss is based on Prince Shotoku. For 14, it was predicted that the boss is related to Little One Inch.

So will having sex with this newhu be an automatic foursome?

>>17373533
That's probably because the silhouettes had that shotoku stick for miko and shin's midgetness.

>>17373543
we already have hecape for that anon

>>17373549
Correct deductions, nonetheless.

>>17373533
At least it's not as bad as Junko's silhouette that only covered 2/3rds of her in the boxart.

>>17372613
It's hard to get a clear picture of Matarajin. He seems to be surrounded by mystery and contradiction.
He's known as the dancing God, and was worshiped in the middle ages as a guardian deity of public arts, especially sarugaku and noh theatre.
However he was also feared as a God of anger and curses and according to some apparently eats the innards of the dead.
He's an ushirodo kami, which means images of him are hidden from the general public. For example, at motsu-ji in the Iwate prefecture, the 'Jogyodo 20th Night Festival' is held where worshipers dance before Amitābha who is the principal object of worship at the temple, but really they're honouring Matarajin who is out of view.
Here's a video of the festivsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J096iXHBaEg

>>17373995
A chickenshit god? That's a first.

>>17373533
That's some nice evidence.
I've correctly guessed every touhou final boss ever made, from 1 onward. I have no proof but please believe me.

>>17374071
Okay. Who is the final boss of Touhou 17? Respond to this post within 5 minutes.

>>17374071
Maybe search the archive and find the thread where discussion took place.

Meanwhile, futaba people are making their own speculations.

>>17374136
http://dec.2chan.net/55/src/1500961108484.jpg

>>17374136
http://dec.2chan.net/55/res/9081382.htm

>>17374071
Believe whatever you want.

>>17374071
People deduced Shinmyoumaru or rather Issun Boshi pretty quickly based on her unique silhouette.

Also kys

Can't it just goddamn be Mima for once?

>>17374071
miracle happened that time
someone from twitter correctly guessed before the demo released
http://sorane880.blog47.fc2.com/blog-entry-301.html
-----
14 is probably the most easiest one
anyone would be able to recognize that BIG BOWL HAT

>>17371787
>yashka
Guess Konngara is back

>>17373995
Seems like he's the god of whatever was convenient for his worshippers at the time

>>17374710
To be blunt and rude, it's highly unlikely that Mima will return in an official game.

I solved the case

>>17374783
Cool, thank you for actually posting a source.

>>17375621
Change Shinki to Yuuka and Yumemi to Letty and that's basically all the the dumb predictions covered.

>>17375676
>Letty
I want a cute Yukinbo instead
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2014/01/08/7-types-of-yokai-japans-snow-monsters/

I'm sorry for posting this but the headaches stopped when I resolved to do so.

>>17376043
Legendary

I can't wait to see how far off I actually am

>>17376635
Cute 2hus dude.

The two soldiery girls are the final boss, and center is the extra boss.

O LAWD
https://touch.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=64046895

https://youtu.be/8QI0EDNwGwY

I saw this in a Chinese Touhou forum, they had touhou crossovers with an emperor of the Ming Dynasty due to the his name's last character (朱元璋),

It's Mima and her underlings.

So do people want the final boss to be happy go lucky or serious and edgy?

>>17377383
Pipe down, son- I'll take care of the bad jokes.

>>17377389
An honorable bad guy

Seija in the silhouette when?

>>17377389
Since when are 2hu villains "serious and edgy"?

>>17377394
Junko

>>17377394
This anon is right>>17377407

Junko feels weird in the 2hu universe

>>17377394
"Lord Yatagarasu, the Black Sun. Thank you for giving me your power. The sunlight that rains down on the Earth is a nuclear furnace that will create new atoms. My ultimate nuclear fusion will burn up every body, heart, phantom, and fairy!"

>>17377437
>Okuu
>Serious

She's Cirno on steroids

>>17377437
That comes off as being a chuunibyou than anything.

>>17377437
Nah, birb is just mad stupid.

>>17377437
so Putin?

>>17376043
Shit Marisa is now a monster.
REMOVE YOUKAI !!!

>>17370934
cirno will be very different...

girlfied Zhao Zheng and two of her terra cotta soldiers

>>17377714
Hang on a moment, sport...

>>17377717
You mean the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, right?
The Wikipedia article's too long to cut & paste.

>>17377706
Smiled so hard that it started to hurt.

>>17377374
here is a more historical version of that

>>17370934
So...No Yuuka?

>>17377706
Inaccurate cosplay, Cirno would never use a broom

>>17377374
That must be Emperor Hongwu and her two officals /servants right?

>>17377774
EXTRA
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A

>>17371935
well if it's true this stuff !kongara will take the spotlight so maybe !mima could be the 5th boss

>>17377774
Possibly as a stage 4 boss or extra midboss.

>>17378431
Letty stage 4, Yuuka extra

>>17377774
The silhouette is actually just a very weird sunflower

I tried /jp/ but some parts are just too obscured.

>>17382094
Looks like they are doing a home invasion through a window.

>>17382112
Whatever they look like, I fully expect a drawing of them that looks like this upon release

>>17370981
>the silent constant screaming within

>>17373089
THey look tired, but at least alive.

>>17382094
I have high hopes for the one with a shoe on her head.

>>17383606
One?

>>17382094
THAT'S MIMA'S HAT

https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20728.msg1354940.html#msg1354940

>>17386223
>This also makes him the patron of ushirodo, the space at the rear of the temple complex. Among other purposes, the ushirodo was used for Noh and related theatrical performances. This should be why Matara-jin became a patron of the performing arts associated with the Hata clan.

6 Boss + Kokoro art when?

>>17386223
>The second half of HSiFS will betray your expectation. It will make you feel uneasy, maybe creep you out. You will see it from the artwork of the fourth boss.

I'm really hyped now

>>17386302
>creep you out
>uneasy
>betray expectation
I can feel it in my bones.

>>17386369
Tsurara Onna for stage 4 please

>>17386302
There is going to be a bunch of edgy 2hus isn't it. I like it.

>>17386401
If you look into Matarajin, who is the likely contender for the 6th boss, he's already pretty creepy/edgy.

>>17386302
>>17386369
Can it be?

>>17386302
Remember when ZUN said the original story for the PS4 version of ULIL was gonna be "Shocking and Controversial"?

Now that I think about it, Aunn's omake hinted at the creepy factor

>>17386419
Because Reisen was PS4 exclusive.

>>17386460
The dream demons.

When's it coming out?

>>17386492
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20170811T10&p0=248&msg=Touhou+16&ud=1&font=sanserif

>>17386460
>Deliberately concealed in Gensokyo
Don't tell me that the LoLK or ULiL incident caused some shit to be unsealed.

>>17386514
Fucking Lunarians and their robot spiders

>>17386514
Who knows how many ancient evils are sealed in Gensoukyou

>>17386534
How many grains of sand are in the Gobi?

>>17386575
>How many grains of sand are in the Gobi?
"Gobi area: 1,295,000 square kilometers. Average diameter of a grain of sand is 1mm therefore best estimate is 1645 million billion grains."

>>17376635
Nice, but they're clearly lacking in smugness.

>>17386587
But that's only for a 2d desert assuming no grains are stacked on top of one another.

It's obviously going to be this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadore_Sharp

>>17386520
About Lunarians, I wonder if ZUN plans to do a game about a full scale war between Lunatic Kingdom and Gensokyo and/or our world

>>17387437
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS9kNLOP_h0

>>17386302
The only thing that would betray expectation, make touhou fans uneasy and creeped out would be a male character in a game.

ZUN can create any creepy youkai and fans will love it regardless as long as it's a cute girl.

>>17387928
You're right, although I was slightly put off by Nemuno for a second, what with her face and that knife.

>>17387975
Hey, her cleaver is even adorned with a cute bow.

>>17387928
>a male character in a game.

>>17388027
What I mean is a male character by himself, no girl and whose form is humanoid.

>>17386302
>read this
>expect some grimdark, bloodied youkai
>"betray your expectation"
>It ends up being a blond, red eyed, red ribboned, usual young girl, at most it would had blood in its hand or something.
EVERYTIME

>>17388118
What is that object on the fake 2hu's hand? A human heart?

>>17388118
I want to make babies with that 2hu

>>17388118
SHE'S GOT A GUN

>>17388185
Agreed, that 2hu looks like pure sex.

>>17371585
What if it's still Matara-jin, and he's still a dude?

>>17388179
It's just a pistol.

>>17388118
Check out my new danmaku
*whips out gun*

>>17388439
Literally Reisen

>>17388439
I hope ZUN adds some new, innovative spellcard related to this gun instead of full auto machine gun fire covering the entire screen (which comes from a single shot fan revolver)

>>17388467
Gun Sign "Crouching Ocelot, Hidden Dragon"
Bullets are fired one at a time, but bounce off the edges of the screen continuously. Survival card.

Web demo when?

>>17388538
Sumireko?

>>17388538
So basically Rainbow Danmaku?

>>17388118
Where this come from?

Sorry for newfaggotry but how can I buy HSiFS without waiting ages or going to Japan?

>>17388118
>that tail
weird

>>17389002
Forget the tail, more importantly that 2hu isn't wearing a hat.

>>17389039
>not wearing a hat
>has a gun
This is a disturbing 2hu indeed

>>17388118
>horns
>western clothes
obviously a devil
makai confirmed

>>17389082
>Makai
>in Mystic Square you went to makai to fight shinki
>one of the servants kinda has shinki's hair
>you could play as 4 people in MS including Yuuka
>you can play as 4 people in HSiFS
Mima confirmed guise!11!!1!1!!!!

>>17388118
notice that there isn't winter in the background, therefore its stage 5

>>17388118
Zun would never make a design that uninspired. Also, what's wrong with her leg.

>>17389213
It's probably a ghost tail or something.

>>17388118
That Gray Garden looking demon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULaE6-P2gEs

>>17388118

>>17389542
I think I'm in love, /jp/... I want to cum inside of her so much.

>>17372693
My headache says "Shut up."

>>17387251
>Captain Keeta, is that you!?

>>17389542
S_ank__ Ama__

My wife!

>>17389597
Siunkai Amane?

>>17389629
Oh. That's what the kanji read as.

>>17389628
>Single Action Army Revolver with a Muzzle Booster on
Reimu. Remember the basics of CQC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBQ2mflwnEU

>>17388118
make it more blurry so it will be more legit

>>17388983
J-List, if it's still up and running.

>>17389213
>>17389221
Amane seems to be firing warning shots at Reimu while jogging towards her.

>>17389628
>>17389542
>>17388118
https://twitter.com/mem8120/status/866703603179823104
https://twitter.com/mem8120/status/865942148595597313

>>17389791

this newhu "leak" is making my poor, hung-over head hurt

>>17389969
You can't seriously believe it's real.

>>17388118
Wasn't that picture confirmed to be fake?

>>17389695
I'm disagreeing with this troll less with each passing minute.

>>17390037
obviously, but just looking at it was making my head hurt because of all the traits of ZUN art that he either nailed or fucked up

Amane is my wife and there's nothing you can do about it. We're going to have three children.

>>17390401
You like shitty OC'ｓ？

>>17390559
It's not "shitty", but it's all the same to me if we all were briefly taken for rubes.

>>17387979
The bow is actually there to absorb blood so that the handle doesn't become wet and slippery. This is true in real life, actually.

>>17388118
>>17389542
Likely not real, but I hope she is because of how cute her design is

>>17370934
There are three of them. Who could they be?

>we live in an era where people make fake newhus again
I guess 2hu isn't reclining anymore.

>>17388118
My dick is in love.

>>17392900
The one on the right is my big sister.

>>17391604
It's fake. >>17389791

>>17393323
Drat

>>17392900
This designs are not actually bad and now I'm kinda sad that they're not real.

>>17389542
>>17389628
>text art isn't even the same as the first three bosses
Well they tried, that's for sure.

>>17392900
Loli Mima!

>>17393972
Same

Stage 4 screencaps fucking when?

I hate browsing shrinemaiden, but sometimes they have good information. I just hate having to sift through a bunch of "I JUST KNOW [insert old character] WILL COME BACK!" posts. They always seem to feel the need to show that they know who old characters are in a superior-fan-than-thou sort of way.

>>17387928
Would be neat if it's actually a dude in the end. A dude that really likes fairies.

>>17400391
20 days from now.

What if the final bosses are actually Ant, Fang, and You?

>>17401506
if you would be in the game would i get special thanks from him

>>17400437
Is that really any different from this place?

>>17400437

That forum's got some lovely people but it's also got a handful of retards who think they're lelfunny by overusage of 6 year old memes.

>>17402525
We don't like them either, you just have to ignore them for the sake of civility. If we had more users with good insight rather than shitposts the unfunny kids would eventually get drowned out as noise, but it's not exactly a very active place to begin with.

>>17401506
The final boss is Mima.

>>17388118
What if 2hu had a gun?

Hmm......

>>17402814
can comfirm i am ZUN

>>17404267
BAKANA!

>>17401191
If not before full release they will be available just a couple of days later retard.

>>17404267
I can't decide which looks worse, Jynx's new artstyle or ZUN's.

>>17408216
Definitely Jynx. Since BPoHC, his art style has gone downhill.

>>17404267
Wow look at that FAT GHOST

consider the following:
lord tenma

>>17410683
Has any of the pc98 remasters ever come out by the way? Will they ever?

>>17412816
Consider him considered Mr. Stan Lee sir!

>>17389628
Porn when?

>>17413026
His PoDD remake came out recently, but all the music is gone unless you buy his album from some place that isn't bandcamp. He also changed a bit of gameplay, like adding len'en bullshit midboss avoidance, making it a race instead of survival, and removing any and all story.

>>17417360
Well that sent my hopes to shit. The most i wanted was the chiyuri theme remake as well has her pre battle theme.

>>17418213
You can probably find that in here.
https://mega.nz/#!D9l1AYQR!AT03tg2RmtuQn0SDYj0h5qX-wpdXq7YxwgavkNHXXco

>>17370961

Why does that say August 31st? I thought the game comes out on August 21st?

>>17421970
I thought it came out on August 11th. What's the truth here?

>>17421970
That's the date when the game will be available for sale on Melonbooks. They are taking preorders.
And HSiFS actually comes out on Aug 11th, the first day of C92. ZUN's already done making it.

>>17401506
Who are those people anyway? His friends?

>>17419431
BOI SHE BE DABBIN

>>17382124
AWAKEN MY MASTERS

>>17382094
Whenever I need to hype myself, I just come back to this thread and check this image.

>>17426120
AYY AYY YAAA

>>17419431
2 questions
How you use that in his game (if is possible)?
Do you have the others albums?

ZUN「I think TH16 is a game you are happy during the gaming but depressed after gaming.
Ah - Maybe that's ture.You may feel a negative feeling when you see the bosses' illustration from Stg.4~6」

>>17431498
As long as I don't have to draw my Beretta on my monitor, I should be okay.

ZUN「I think TH16 is a game you are happy during the gaming but depressed after gaming.
Ah - Maybe that's ture.You may feel a negative feeling when you see the bosses' illustration from Stg.4~6」

From the latest web radio program starring ZUN.

>>17431498
>>17432607
Mima is an evil spirit that does bad things, causing negative emotions.

>>17431498
>>17432607
So it's gonna be like Mother 3 like final boss?

>>17431498
>>17432607
So now ZUN wants us to drink after playing as well?

>>17432610
That's enough, son.

>>17432611
Please no. My heart couldn't handle something like that happening to a main character.

>>17431498
>>17432607
Stop hyping me up more than I already am, ZUN

>>17432607
I'm already depressed because ZUN won't give us a continuation on Junko.

>>17432607
>You may feel a negative feeling when you see the bosses' illustration from Stg.4~6

Just what the fuck did ZUN draw that'd make people feel uncomfortable?

>>17435687
She will appear in fightan or manga. Who knows.

>>17435793
your dick

>>17435793
2hus without a hat.

>>17435793
Maybe the designs aren't "disturbing" so much as they are zany, like Clownpiece and Hecatia.

>>17435687
You should have expected as much. Remember all the continuation Nue got? Or Raiko?

>>17435793
Boyhus incoming.

>>17435864

>>17435793
He went full Grimsokyo.

>>17436660
We WH40K now?

>>17435793
He likes to joke around, afterall he says every now and then in interviews he's making the last touhou game.
They probably have two silly hats or something.

Will someone stream the game on Twitch? Anything but nico's shitty streaming service.

>>17437093

How about you just play the game yourself?

I bet stage 4 is going to be a nice mix of blue and white bullets and background blending hell

>>17437190
Do you not know about the time honored tradition of some jap buying the game, running home and streaming it a few hours after the game is released?

>>17437275

I know the tried and true tradition of downloading the game and finding out shit by myself instead of watching someone else have fun.

I'd understand your point if it wasn't something you'd have access to a few minutes after the streams start popping up.

>>17437269
Don't forget red, purple and yellow

How long will it probably be before the game gets translated?

>>17437285
Sometimes the game is uploaded quickly, sometimes not. If the game is uploaded first, I play it. If they stream is up first, I watch that.

>>17437399
It won't ever be translated. It'll have some bad mistranslation that people will hold on to for years like the past games and use in arguments about the characters.

>I know the tried and true tradition of downloading the game and finding out shit by myself

Too bad. Everything will be spoiled before you even start downloading it..

>>17437585
Any examples of that?
I only recall people thinking Junko was a Lunarian because of wiki editing crap but that got resolved within a week.

>>17435793
Take a knee, buddy. I've got to explain something to you.

Have you played RE7 and/or Layers of Fear?
What about the Outlast titles?

If your answer is "yes", you already know that there isn't a damn thing that ZUN can throw at us that will make us unplug our computers.

Bring it on, I say.

>>17437656
He's just being a retard. There will be complete, if really rough, translations within a day. Shouldn't take longer than a month to finalize everything, or at least it hasn't for DDC or LoLK.

>>17437656
The "Bitch get out of the way!" from Marisa in Imperishable Night.

>>17438124
I don't think ZUN is competing with creepiness on the level of RE, it will probably be creepy/depressing in the context of Touhou.

>>17438124
Except there is. Including designs extremely out of place can make the average fan unplug their computer out of sheer anger because they might take it as a sign of ZUN jumping the shark.

https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20728.msg1357111.html#msg1357111
>ZUN "I've been getting comments that for C92 the 樂 in 上海アリス幻樂団 has become simplified (楽), but really that's been the case with Comiket for a while now"
>U2 "Can't they read?"
>ZUN "Maybe it's that they can't use the old-form characters so they're just all changed. In all of them I've participated in it's turned out that way so if someone could please verify that"
>ZUN "It's become more of 'Did he change the circle name?', but when some other people see it they just call them secondaries"
>Okonogi "Isn't it fine, being a secondary...?"
>ZUN "I'm happy there are secondaries. Saying 'secondaries' is a bit much, but I'm happy there are new fans"
Primaries destroyed by the man himself.

>>17435793
It's fucking nothing. Zun wants to hype a game that won't live up to expectations. Why do you think this is the first touhou game after IN to not have a second demo released after Reitaisai?

>>17438421
>>ZUN "I'm happy there are secondaries.
Well yeah, who else would be drawing the porn?

>>17438421
It won't stop the arguments though

>>17387928
>>17435889
Are people even ready for male touhous? I imagine it'd cause a lot of backlash.

>>17438881
And that's why ZUN is giving us a warning.

>>17371353
I'm starting to think it might be only ONE, working TWO marionettes via an elaborate control rig.

I'm not intending to write this as a concrete statement.

>>17438881
We already got Wriggle though.

>>17438881
Not happening, at least not in a game with art by ZUN, unless you count non-humanoids like Unzan. I'm pretty sure the decision to make Miko a girl was because ZUN doesn't know how to draw boys.

>>17439179
>ZUN doesn't know how to draw boys.

>>17439250
its funny because zun says he doesn't know how but if you take Miko and gave her pants that's a male touhou right there.

>>17439383
Every 2hu works as a boy when you can just say they're a trap/otokonoko.

>>17439179
>ZUN doesn't know how to draw boys.

>>17439771
we have enough with jynx and her ambiguous gender characters to put more fuel in the fire

>>17440425
Jynx refusing to give genders to her characters is insufferable.

>>17439179
ZUN can't draw girls either.

Which is your current favorite and how will she be replaced when the full version comes out? あうんちゃんかわいい～

>>17440546
I'm a Fairy's man, but I like Nemuno too,

>>17440621
You like dumb fairies?

>>17440631
I usually like the bright and clever ones.

>>17440640
Clownpiece is pretty nice in this manga but the fandom tends to portray her as evil for some reason

>>17440646
Chuunis are misunderstood

>>17440546
Eternity has the better design, Nemuno has the better song and Komano has the better fight.

>>17440621
>I'm a Fairy's man
Excellent taste.

>>17440646
She allied with Junko in attempted genocide

>>17440646
She acts like a devilish imp at times (generally because she is), but she also has a good heart. Even Hecatia knew this.

>>17440546
Aunn, the design, the fight AND the song
The fight is easy as piss but at least has some good looking patterns

>>17440546
Etarnity is cute! She'll probably show up in the fairy manga. However, her patterns are pretty boring (which is expected from a stage 1 boss) and her theme is decent, but nothing to write home about.

Nemuno is prime boobhu or /ss/ hag material due to her kidnapping and mothering boys and also being the first 2hu to have a considerable rack in ZUN's art, but I'm afraid that she'll ultimately be forgotten due to how remote her location is, how normal her design is, and how her fight isn't very unique. Her theme has some good spots and iffy spots in my opinion. My prediction is that she'll end up like Junko - excellent potential, but forgotten both by ZUN and fans in the end.

Aunn is my favorite out of the three. Her theme, stage, danmaku, and design are all so pleasant. She's cute and might even become the Hakurei shrine's "mascot" if ZUN doesn't pull some bullshit and make her wander over to the Myouren temple. Reimu even APOLOGIZED after the fight, so I have very high hopes for her.

>>17440796
Aunn's theme is good except for the subtle DDC guitars coming back. After LoLK I was hoping we were done with that bullshit

>>17440796
Junko's pretty popular, dude. Dunno what you're on about

>>17440425
>her
Is that why the games are so terrible?

>>17440546
Aunn is best, and she will always love Mibs.

>>17440929
She's decently popular, but I don't think she's come back in any official work. Plus, nobody really associate her with the other "hags", despite fitting in there pretty well, being one of the only 2hus that's a confirmed mother.

>>1744196
The hag "fad" seems to have died out, so people don't really care about giving it new members anymore.

>>17441957
>but I don't think she's come back in any official work.
To be fair, there've been barely any since LoLK. For all we know, Junko will be playable in AoCF.

>>17441957
You do realize there hasn't been a new game since 15, right? So saying she hasn't returned yet doesn't make sense...

TWO

>>17444079
It's been two years, which is plenty of time for her to at least have some actual appearance in a manga. I don't think that she's had a speaking part in anything since LoLK.

>>17444572
That doesn't say anything about her popularity. The fan base is what determines the popularity, and she has lots of fans.

>>17445466

Exactly. If fan popularity = appearances in canon works, Flandre and shit would be in every manga chapter and game ending.

>>17444572
>to at least have some actual appearance in a manga.

>>17446976
Wasn't that just a cameo from the issue that Clownpiece was introduced to the fairy manga? Sure, she appeared, but she wasn't fleshed out or even given a speaking part at all.

>>17447167
Yes. Maybe don't claim she never appeared in a manga when you know she did you dumb shit.

>>17447239
I wanted to say speaking appearance, but that sounded awkward and I decided on saying actual appearance, which I assumed would be perceived as something more than a mere cameo. I'm sorry that my phrasing upset you.

>>17444126
But where's THREE and FOUR?
>Hello to you as well, Brazil - why?

>>17444572
>>17447167
I feel like ZUN must be saving her actual reappearance for something important at this point.