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The story doesn't really matter, you won't miss anything important.
Start with Perfect Cherry Blossom (play in Normal mode, playing in Easy won't help you improve)
The art is well...shitty

The games don't matter at all, you got to download the porn doujins first and then some Touhou metal and you're all set.

PCB is probably the best one to start at.
the fanart's better than zun's drunken scribbles.
the music is catchier.

The art is pretty bad, but you have to pretend to prefer it to fanart or ZUN himself will whine at you

Most people suggest starting with Perfect Cherry Blossom. I personally began playing Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. Don't worry about the story, it really doesn't matter.
The character portraits art is kind of poor relative to what you'd see in most manga, but it has its own charm and is better than stick figures. Again, that is irrelevant to the gameplay, so it doesn't really matter.
What you should know? Hold shift to slow down movement to make precise dodging easier. With the exception of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, it also shows you the size of your character's hitbox.

You could also give the PC-98 games (first 5 touhous before windows) a try just for the sake of it.

OP, I'm a bit of an obsessive compulsive, so if you're anything like me, you might want to do the whole series in chronological order, including the fighting games.

The art and the music are both much better than the games, but if you really want to try Perfect Cherry Blossom is your best bet.

The stories don't matter, nothing builds on anything, and they all end with the characters drinking tea together.

ZUN's art is actually pretty good.

>>2803198
not this guy but

ぴずや, みょん -The Grimoire Of Alice
Lix - SubZero
Kissing the Mirror - S.T.B. 〜Locus of the Eastern Dream
スカーレットな迷彩 - Land of the phantasm Perfect Edition

Probably top 4 touhou metal CDs imo.
The last one is not entirely metal though.

>>2803249
>All of those
lol

>>2803272
you could at least provide better examples if you're going out of your way, yeah?

lol&run wat

Hmm you seem like you actually want to give this a try. Meh I guess I won't be a fag today. Here's the wiki just in case you might need additional info about touhou in general.

http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Touhou_Wiki

>>2803286
Demetori - Il Mondo dove e finito il Tempo
Demetori - 闡提宗祀 ～ offering to the sukhavati
Demetori - 如臨深遠
CROW'SCLAW - Brutal Games For Reminding Of Death
Crazy Voltage - Drawing the Spell III
IRON ATTACK! - SAVAGE FLAMES
IRON ATTACK! - THUNDER CONCERT
IRON ATTACK! - SPARKING
まぐなむお～ぱす - 東方幻有夢境　～ depth psychology of unconsciousness ～
光収容の倉庫 - 君が見た地獄
THOUSAND LEAVES - GODS

IRON ATTACK! disclaimer: lolsweeppicking
inb4 DRAGONFORCE

Thank you all. I was a bit afraid to ask, but you don't seem to be bitches like my fellow /k/omrades.

I listen to the Touhou music, read something related (generally, I don't understand shit) and randomly scan through the Touhou Wiki, but my view of it is... well... "fragmentary" is an euphemism for it.

Anyway, thanks again, I'll start with the PCB (pic related).

>>2803354
I thought the earlier Touhou CROW'SCLAW albums were better than the new one.

>>2803388

>>2803402
Eh, can't speak for Frozen Frog but the arrangement in Crossfire Barrage came off as kind of weak compared to Brutal Games... There was a few good tracks though.

Just go to touhou.com and start reading the documentation.

Play Ikaruga and laugh about the kiddies in here.

>>2803433
But is it ENTERPRISE QUALITY?

>>2803354
ぴずや - SYMMETRY BURZUM is better than all of those.

>>2803451
>ぴずや
hahahaha, oh man.

>>2803403
Sorry, I know it was shitty, but I study military health sciences and the association with PCB was just too strong.

And thus, a magnificent secondary fan was born.

>>2803436
when i think about ikaruga, my frothing demand for the game increases.

>>2803496
You fold three white socks together and you get a chain.