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>>21238901
Oh shi

>>21238901
It took time, but we're finally here. Wouldn't have minded a release on Koishi Day though. In any case, I'm really happy to see her in a video by minusT.

koishi looks so adorably retarded in the trailers, I can't wait!

Really looking forward to this
I wonder what he's planning for next time?
I wouldn't mind an IN Reimu VS Marisa or a Sanae VS Byakuren video

>>21238991
Churchill vs. Napoleon

I don't think danmaku looks as impressive in 3D as it does in 2D.
Though he puts lot of effort in his content so that's cool to see

koishi will have to change her diaper halfway through the fight

>>21239016
What if she threw it at Reimu's face, that would be so funny, just as a joke haha.

>>21239016
>>21239027
Please stop ruining /jp/ for everyone.

>>21238901
Pretty sure Youkai Polygrap won’t work in 3D, but I guess I shouldn’ be trapped by common sense.

/jp/-approved walfas content

>>21239176
We caught a glimpse of it at the very end of Trailer 2, but if you haven't watched it, just wait for the full experience.
Excluding Twitter gifs I'm not aware of, the spells we have yet to see are the last four.

>>21239268
How about sanae’s spellcards? Will it display all 3 of them?

>15 hours

>>21239428
Subterranean Stars showcased all the SA bosses before the actual Utsuho fight and the new video description says that there's a Last Remote remix used before the Hartmann remixes, so leaving her out would be really strange.

>>21238901
I hate MMD/blender but, minusT's works are exceptions.
His 3D danmaku fights are more interesting to watch then 2D works by Manpuku.

>>21239027
Based hahaposter.

>>21239016
I thought Koishi just liked the feeling of the diapers, not actually using them. I guess she can't help it.

1 hr to go

>>21239016
Fuck off.

>>21238901
I can't believe Sanae is dead,

That was pretty neat.

I can dig the emotion and the story throughout the video, but somehow the fight itself ended up being a bit underwhelming.

Koishi's autism is very cute.

>>21244143
Reimu casually putting Sanae back into her place.

Koishi is cutest.

Next ~IN reimu vs marisa.
Who will win, /jp/s?

>>21244221
Eirin

>>21244221
Kaguya and Mokou.

>>21239016
Based diaperposter

Not as hype as Subterranean Stars imo, but still pretty amazing work.
Last Remote and Sanae's fight was great, and the spellcard transitions of Koishi was god-tier.

His animations are still getting better. Hopefully the next Marisa vs Reimu one includes Mokou and Kaguya... somehow.

News crow stole the spotlight.
Need more hag and drunk.

>>21239014
I think that depends on the danmaku script to be honest, and how it's interpreted.
Minust T did excellent job deciphering it previously, with high speed chase and grand amount of bullets, because it suited the feel of the bosses, but I think just copy-pasteing the formula to Koishi's fight didnt work so well. This nigga got it right even before the video >>21239176 where it turn into Reimu just avoiding lasershows instead of her methodically zigzagging through randomly appearing pattern. I also never thought "Ember of Love" would get buzzed like that, with Koishi spamming much bullets just obscuring the spellcard's ricocheting gimmick.
I can appereciate him making it more emotional with those focus on Koishi's interraction and those pocket dimension shenanigans, but mostly when the fight start, its just felt "samey" again, now with overspammmed brambles.

>>21244171
I wish the fights themselves were a bit slower. Some of these scenes felt way too fast.

Koishi is really cute but the fights felt like they were missing something.

>>21244381
This video was nothing more than soulless,

No knife and hollow eye...

Disappointed!

Koishi releasing her danmaku all over Reimu's pretty face!

Yeah i was there too, my Koishi fumo was very happy watching herself.

>>21244380
Hmmm.

>>21244394
It had a ton of soul, Koishi's little antics during the fight was really well made. Aya being a nuisance, Yukari pouring Suika sake, there's lots of little things that are pure soul.

The pacing of the video just felt a bit too fast.

>>21244354
>>21244380
Based. Are you making more?

No Suwako?

>>21244354
>>21244380
Please make one for the scene where Koishi jumps a little out of surprise and her hat almost comes off. It was very cute.

>>21244465
Yes. I want to do this scene of Subterranean Rose, but I'm not sure where to cut it.

>>21244467
Suwako's not in SA Extra Stage, why would she be here

>>21244502
Can you tell me around what time this scene is? I'm having a hard time finding it.

>>21244291
>>21244394
I thinks reimu is the one to blame.
She rarely interacts with koishi’s spellcards.
While marisa go
“Nice spellcard. Now, take this!”
reimu kinda acts like
“Interesting... l guess. Next~”

>>21244502
>>21244547
This scene?

>>21244543
>Suwako's not in SA Extra Stage
She is?

>>21244594
What, in the final scene? She doesn't even do anything outside of talk to the protagonists.

Who'd bother when the video has no dialogue.

That was pretty. He just keeps getting better.

>>21244623
>Who'd bother when the video has no dialogue.
He does bother animating characters talking to each other and is usually faithful to the details like this (he also added Rin in the Subterranean Stars ending), I guess he just wanted to make the video fully Koishi focused

>>21244547
>>21244591
Around 7:30, it's very short but I found it amusing.

>>21238901
He's becoming more technically proficient all the time, but still hasn't managed to beat the Flandre video in other aspects of design.

>>21244416 >>21244291
ンアッー!　(≧д≦)
Hmmng Ahhh!

>>21244684
Not sure if you really wanted a half second webm or not, but I'll post it anyways.

>>21244787

>>21244792
kek

>>21244394
Touhou - tea = soulless

No headsit on Sanny's 3rd spell?

Don't want to spam the thread, so last one unless somebody requests something.

>>21244953
Cheek kissing with Koishi!

Gratuitous nail polish bothered me enough to not be able to decide between a like for enjoyable execution and a dislike. Sadly.

>>21244996
I usually don't like nail polish, but I liked it on Koishi.

>>21244953
Koishi is cute!

Koishi was omega-cute

>>21238968
Finished watching it. Some thoughts:
Koishi was obviously adorable and all those touches about her wanting to get close to Reimu were heartwarming. The most memorable one was definitely the one where Koishi tries to hug Reimu, but Reimu pushes her away, triggering Super-Ego.
The spellcards, especially the ones that got a full view, were graphically stunning.
The backgrounds in Youkai Polygraph and Subterranean Rose really set the mood.
However, I can't help sharing some nitpicks of these thread.
First of all, everything just happens way too fast. We jump from a spell to another, with some barely getting enough screentime.
Speaking of which, while the stage portion had its purpose (Sanae's bossfight and Koishi getting interested in Reimu), it dragged on for too long (and frankly, I don't care about random fairies blowing up), compared to the focus of the video. Reimu doesn't meet Koishi until the 4:30 mark and her first nonspell roughly starts at 5:00. The story stops at 12:15, with the actual fight stopping at 11:50.
This means the bossfight itself lasts less than 7 minutes. Compare this with Utsuho's, which was less than 9 minutes.
The ending isn't hot stuff either: it's very short and, while adding Suwako and the whole explanation of Kanako's plan would have been really out of place, it shouldn't have skimmed over Koishi's conclusions, which got condensed in Koishi staring at her own Third Eye for a moment.
While I appreciate Koishi standing in solitude, I think the execution of Philosophy of a hated person was rather underwhelming, especially for its importance. It should have been about Koishi chasing Reimu while engulfed in thorny danmaku, which seems closer to how the spell is described in GoM. Actually, pretty much all the multiphase spells felt a bit underwhelming. I'm including here Embers of Love as well: in-game, the more time passes, the more the screen is filled with the phalli-like danmaku. But here, the pressure was almost nonexistent.
The music choice was good, but, since the fight was so short, there were no new Hartmann's Youkai Girl remixes. Those two were the same ones we had already heard in the trailers.

Now, as a Koishi fan, it's obvious that I'll find everything about her to be perfectible, but I can't help noticing some parts certainly could have been polished some more, especially after all this wait. Koishi carried this whole video for me, but I wish minusT's work had left more impact.
The next video seems to be Reimu vs Marisa from IN. I'll be brutally honest: it's a fun fight and a nice LLS throwback, but I've always found it pretty overhyped. I would have much preferred Byakuren or, when it comes to IN, Kaguya, but I don't think I'm going to check for updates for this one like I assiduously did for Brambly Boundaries.

Koishi was incredibly cute and I'm not even a koishifag. The last two spellcards were fucking beautiful and the ending sequence was pretty good. Post-credits has me stupid hyped as thats probably my favorite spellcard in the entire series, being one of the first that made me really appreciate danmaku as a whole.

>>21245304
>spellcard
Fight, not spellcard. I love that entire fight.

>Reimu Vs Mairsa
Nice I called it
Anyone got a webm of koishi trying to hug Reimu?

I still think Marisa vs. Okuu is his best work. Koishi is ultra cute and it's obvious he loved having her play around but someone, the second half of the fight somehow got a bit stale.
The part where Koishi enters Suppression "Super Ego" after being rejected was really great though and perfectly in character/lore, especially since she really IS trying to make friends with this fight.

>>21244380
this was the greatest moment
it's just so hype

>>21245508
Koishi just wants to eat some human guts, she says this post Marisa fight.

So what's the verdict?
Tops the Okuu fight? Mediocre? Shit?

>>21245956
can't you make up your own opinions?

>>21244394
I miss taking my fumos out. That koishi pic was back when I went to college.

>>21244394
Please don't bring /v/ buzzwords to /jp/, thank you

>>21245631
She just wants to eat Marisa's guts in particular, as it's well known that they're delicious.

>>21245956
Tops Okuu on a technical level, but I think Subterranean Star was the better video
Of course, I'm basically comparing a 9/10 to a 10/10
I think his next one will top it though since it looks like both characters will use their boss spell cards rather than just one

Aww, I expected him to do MoF/TD or even LoLK.
Not sure why he's going back to IN.

>>21246840
>Not sure why he's going back to IN.
Reimu versus Marisa is one of the most climactic fights in the entire series.

>>21246851
>most climactic fights
Really? How? I don't see any significance in Reimu vs Marisa except for a fact that they're the main heroines.

>>21246874
What if it was Marisa vs Mokou, would that make it better?

>>21246840
He skipped from PCB to SA in the first place, I figure he's not trying to stay in an order at this point
Still hoping for a Byakuren fight at some point though

Anyone else notice that the last shot is Koishi trying to open her 3rd eye, and then the credits open with an eye-opening wipe?

>>21246917
>Still hoping for a Byakuren fight at some point though
God knows when that'll be. Heck, by then, I would've lost interest in Touhou or something.

>>21246874
The two main heroines fighting each other is a pretty climatic moment, even if its happened before. Especially because it'll be one of the only fights where he could give both people spellcards and swap between who is fighting like a player controlled character on the fly.

>>21246917
You'll get that in the Meiling vs Yuugi series and that will probably be better like that than as a spell card fight anyway.

>>21246924
Yeah, it was done in a tasteful way, I liked the subtle twitch of the eye. Speaking of tasteful, rewatching it made me appreciate how Reimu grows closer to Koishi during the fight. Compare her aversion to Koishi at the very beginning or just before Super Ego with her acceptance just before Rorschach in danmaku and finally her serene smile while Koishi is inspecting her after Philosophy of a hated person.
>>21246928
Oh man, don't say things like that, that very idea saddens me as well, especially since I'd really love a Byakuren fight by minusT. Let's enjoy our moments and take it easy on The Jay.

That made me think, aren't each one of her spell based on Jung's cognitive functions ?

>>21247958
A lot of them are I'm pretty sure, but not all them. They're based on different psychological concepts.

>3D
lol

>>21247256
The issue is that the story is kinda irrelevant in this context. I get that MinusT made the fight around Koishi's development with diverse "confrontations" (can you like me? Can you perceive me as I am? Can you understand me?) but the problem is that the development is one-sided (Reimu doesn't interact much with Koishi) and goes against canon (the fight doesn't make Koishi want to open her eye to people in the game, it merely makes her a bit curious).
That makes me think that ZUN will probably never make Koishi open her eye.

Audiophile mix for your greatest pleasure (expanded dynamic range+high-frequency "excitation"+"normalization" to 89dB):
https://mega.nz/#!OdxnEQjY!TwEj8oHGH3OR47oIJZSAHkLVxD56yoG9IZAVDjPoLD0

Mux that your downloaded video or play it in sequence for those who have good audio setups. Note: some audio glitches might be heard if using really high-quality speakers as my dynamic expansion process isn't perfect.

Other than that, it was indeed a treat. Goes straight to the point and manages to create a credible universe of its own with very little, with you wanting to dive into. We're again very far from a simple skill showcase. This is, to my eyes, superior to many student films who end up very stereotypical.

The devotion MinusT has is also exceptional. Other animators/MMDers should really take lessons from him especially when dealing about the aspects I mentioned above. Sadly, I'm failing to find someone else as dedicated or producing with amazing his viewers in mind and inspiring them in return, or simply breaking the ground (Asatoshi? イルチヤロ? Ninose?). Breaking the ground is too hard of an exercise for other Touhou 3D (or even 2D) animators.

>>21248493
minusT is definitely one of the most dedicated Touhou creators. With how the Touhou fandom works, that's a very prestigious title.

There's also 卯堀, a relatively unknown 2hu animator. His animations aren't god-tier but despite not being prominent the work he does is really good.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCycN-vGYuVqy_A2WouqdxDA/videos

Who are the most dedicated Touhou doujin creators? Sanbondo is another one I'd like to mention. MAIKAZE is also another great example.

>>21248352
Idk I actually liked the development of her actually trying too throw conscious effort in for once, even if it was ultimately a failure.I mean shit may never change but the attempt itself was beautiful in its own right.

>>21248352
>(the fight doesn't make Koishi want to open her eye to people in the game, it merely makes her a bit curious).
I never implied otherwise: in fact, given Koishi's subsequent appearances, I don't think the slight shift of the eyelid she feels at the end holds much importance in the grand scheme of things.
If you're referring to how I appreciated the transition to the credits, I didn't mean to attribute narrative value (say, Koishi opens her eye offscreen or something) to it: it was just a thematic graphical motif I liked, nothing more.
>That makes me think that ZUN will probably never make Koishi open her eye.
I don't think anyone expects her to eventually open her eye in canon works, it's one of those plot points that will never get resolved like Junko getting her hands on Chang'e. "A satori who can't read people's minds" is integral to her character.
>the development is one-sided (Reimu doesn't interact much with Koishi)
Koishi is obviously the most interested one, but that doesn't mean Reimu mantains a constant distance during the whole fight. As I mentioned, just compare her attitude when she first arrives or when Koishi tries to hug her with the one she has in the cooldown between Philosophy of a hated person and Subterranean Rose. They both interact with each other by virtue of the spellcard duel itself (remember, the people of Gensokyo see them as something more than a mere exhibition of strength, there's a whole mental component of beauty to them) and by the fact that one won't stop trying to get closer to the other, so eventually Reimu can't help accepting Koishi's euphoria and playing her same game. You can see the turning point after Youkai Polygraph, with Reimu serenely sighing at her opponent's overwhelming liveliness and inviting her to continue with her spellcards. She was finally getting into it for enjoyment, not an obstacle in her way to deal with.

idk about you guys but i loved '514' but didn't like the song after that as much. Maybe if he changed up the second song, i think the video would of gone a lot better, but it was still really fucking good.

>>21248352
It is sort of a downside it was Reimu against her instead of Marisa who honestly probably would've worked better due to actually being friendly and actually probably having been the one to fight her in canon considering Koishi's subsequent appearances and interactions, but MinusT already used Marisa and friends for Utsuho. So naturally Reimu and enemies were to be used here. It makes me wonder a bit how it would've been the other way around, but there's already a fanon animation of Reimu vs Utsuho that had been around for a fucklong time so MinusT would've been retreading work if he did it that way.

Though it's not like MinusT is going to be developing a full canon or anything and actually trying to develop any characters beyond their videos. It's unfortunate thinking about Koishi getting a mostly cold shoulder, but she's getting a surprising amount of featuring in the fighting games and it seems she got a warm shoulder from Marisa instead.

I think though Marisa's sort of just more lively to animate and use overall. Her danmaku is more suited for a protagonist's while Reimu's is more suited as an undefeatable boss's despite being a protagonist. It also doesn't help that her cadre has 2 final bosses in it. Marisa vs Reimu should be a pretty interesting fight due to it though. The climax is very likely to be Reimu's Fantasy Heaven thinking about it.

How do I download video from niconico? Tried about everything and the download interrupts at 25% every time.

>>21238901
>Another MinusT masterpiece
Based

>>21239016
Good post

>>21249017
The thing is also that Reimu doesn't think much about Koishi, while Marisa actually likes her.

>>21249911
Based on what?

>>21251587
This time it's Subterranean Animism (Chireiden), Team Shanghai Alice's eleventh main entry in the Touhou Project.

>>21249911
Who are you quoting?

>>21248266
She farted

>>21252093
Hahahahahah totally ebic man :D

>>21247958
She's not the Hartmann's Youkai Girl for nothing.
Hartmann's theory of the unconsious inspired Freud and Jung theories.

>>21251571
Why is Reimu so afraid of having her mind read? What could she possibly be thinking about that has her so concerned?

>>21252615
Aside from the fact that pretty much everyone in-universe seems to abhor the idea and that Satori tends to be annoying in the way she reads thoughts aloud, Reimu is shown to be a bad liar and, as the Hakurei shrine maiden, she wants others to have a certain image of her. This discomposure occurs in SoPM as well, with another "mind" reader, Miko.
>Miko: Gensokyo's peace, hm.
>Reimu: What?
>Miko: So you say you want to exterminate youkai and create a human-only world. But you truly desire a peace that doesn't require violence, don't you?
>Reimu: Ugh. Th-that's not true.
>Miko: Hmhm, I can read your mind like an open book. Shall I offer you some advice on how to keep Gensokyo's peace, another time? Some "a-d-v-i-c-e".

>>21245278
And I for one, am not complaining because 99% of Touhou 3D videos are poorlyt executed MMD videos without any effort compared to his work, Mostly being voiced by yukkuri shiteite ne meme voicesynth, instead left off with a plain sub. (not dissing TouhouSubs channel work, don't get me wrong) The worst are the 3DPD resembling dance videos, I mean anyone browsing /jp/ and unironically liking that garbage should just off themselves.
If that's not ticking for you why don't you get a studioworthy pc, that will reder shit in latest game graphic engines and send it over to him. Because senpai. that shit costs a lot, renders even more and takes irreasonable ammount of patience, effort and time it took to learn. I realize you don't want to hate by any means, but don't give a one-man army critique this harsh, if we were to be calling names I have no idea what adjectives I would use because too many too list describing Memories of Phantasm series, it's release of a 12 minute average animation 3 being the OP / ED. And sound mastering on voices like a deaf person would do it, especially in early episodes. Bitch kudasai.

>>21238901
yukari vs marisa, reimu and sakuya is still his best video

>>21249017
Reimu being grumpy at first then opening up is perfectly in-character. I agree that Marisa would have been excellent (it would have been fun-and-fun throughout), but minusT locked himself with Reimu, and the story there is perfectly serviceable.

I mostly agree with >>21245278

It was too fast, too much time was wasted on fairies, many spellcards were through in seven seconds flat. Some spellcards were really beautiful, I liked the story and Koishi's character, but the choreography is a bit off.

Now that is still an excellent animation, a great one. But between Utsuho and Koishi lies the same problem imho than between Yuyuko's and Yukari's animations: Yuyuko was a masterpiece, Yukari is bloated and less so.

>>21244591
Not the same anon, he's talking about the scene where Reimu starts shooting her after dodging her red and blue heart bullets, right after the supress spellcard

>>21253188
Yukari vs Marisa was good but Reimu vs Sakuya was a lackluster.
Check the top viewed ones.

>>21238901
If only the actual games were as exciting as these videos. ZUN should hire this guy.

Koishi was so cute, maybe I'm a koishifag now.

>>21259348
Koishi in a diaper chu chu

>>21259368
I hope we'll get äa video in which Satori changes Koishi's diaper after the fight.

>>21259368
I hope we'll get a video in which Satori changes Koishi's diaper after the fight.

>>21259606
I'd rather see one where Reimu changes Koishi after the fight.

>>21259617
I think Reimu pushed Koishi away when she tried to her hug her because she smelled something.

>>21244394
Kill yourself

I always thought Mudspike had slightly cooler choreography and embellishments like the hand-to-hand combat in the Reimu vs Okuu video

>>21238901

>>21260939
Now this is a sweet ending.
As much as I like Koishi's Nendoroid, I wish it had more accurate colors. I can turn a blind eye (no pun intended) on the aquamarine hair, but the skirt lacking the rose pattern annoys me, since it's a recurring theme.

I hate it how common cyan hair is in koishi figs
just..... why?

>>21263726
It's probably due to her original artwork in SA, where her hair color was very light (in GoM it even became grey). This changed in the fighting games, where she was given a solid green.

>>21263726
>>21263884
If anything it shouldn't be any other color.

>>21263913
>>21263884
even in SA artwork it is CLEARLY green
maybe grey-ish and even white-ish, but absolutely nothing resembling cyan

>>21263726
>>21264327
Now that I think about it, the Fumo and the Nendoroid strap have a similar "problem" too.
I guess people really liked the idea of giving a cyan spin to her original light hair or something.

>>21245508
>Marisa vs. Okuu
It was worse than this Reimu vs Okuu
Can we agree that his Marisa vs Okuu was worse than this Reimu vs Okuu?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Tq0QLoOU
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2883wOheQA

Can we agree that his Marisa vs Okuu was worse than this Reimu vs Okuu?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Tq0QLoOU
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2883wOheQA

>>21269699
Only in dynamics and music. It's relatively uncreative - Itano circus repeats like 5 times and so do camera patterns, I said it has better dynamics, but It's main purpose is to mask how little animation there is. I give it additional points because I like to see characters fight rather than seeing faithful danmaku exhibition but other people may see it the other way.

Youkai Polygraph was gorgeous and the highlight of the animation.

I'm also impressed with how far Blender has advanced. minusT's videos, along with other projects like the yearly Blender movies, have shown that it is quite capable of producing a wide range of techincally impressive 3D animation once people are familiar with the UI.

At this point, it seems like the main thing preventing it from being the default tool for 3D animation (compared to Maya or 3DS Max) is its lack of official "Enterprise" marketing, associated customer support, and the existing workflows built strong them.
I haven't attempted 3D animation, though, so I may be missing something.

Blender is clunky piece of sh&t that crashes on every other click. The only people who think it's a good software are idiots who think GIMP is an acceptable alternative to Photoshop.

>>21275247
This.

>>21269699
Reimu vs Okuu is better at everything except polygon count. But imagine if minusT went and animated the KKHTA series instead of doing soulless 3d danmaku renderings

>>21275247
I'm behind you about GIMP, but watch what you're saying about Blender.

>>21244394
>soulless
>>>/v/

>>21275727
>the KKHTA series
Finale NEVER EVER.

>>21269187
I'll always give the hand to Impulse for not simply recreating the fight in 3D but giving it extra flair and making it feel like a fight in an anime, to give into my embarrassingly chuuni inner shounenfag. MinusT tends to be faithful to a fault. Also I just do not like how MinusT renders his characters.

>>21272947
>I said it has better dynamics, but It's main purpose is to mask how little animation there is

While you're right (assuming you're talking about Impulse's video), I think he manages to make up for that with his choreography.

No die

RIP Sanae

>>21279468
My wife will never die!

>>21279468
She does just vanish after you beat her, so can't say it wasn't accurate, I guess

>>21279468
Can't believe she died.

>>21279468
She'll comeback.

>>21298220
But will end up ded from HIV, what's the point?

>>21279468
I cant believe that sanae is fucking dead!

>>21275936
2020 mark my words

>>21238901
did her sneeze just sent raymoo to the shadow realm?

>>21309455
Naturally.