/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Okay. Someone PLEASE explain this shit to me. I understand the basic premise of Touhou; difficult bullet hell games with flying cute girls instead of fighter jets or what have you. What I don't get is the INSANE fandom behind it. The waifu claiming, the arguing over said waifus, the music, the doujins, etc... How do danmaku games even have enough story to hold up this much fandom? Please enlighten me.

[Anonymous No.]

Don't think, feel.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207617
No one knows. Just go with the flow, and you'll find yourself doing the same thing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207617
>The waifu claiming, the arguing over said waifus
Ignore them, trolls or faggots
>the music
It's awesome.
>the doujins
I fap to them.

[Anonymous No.]

it is a mystery

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207631
/thread

[Yuyucow !izhBpjwbEg No.]

>cute girls

That's all. Also good music and fun games.

[Anonymous No.]

Armpits.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207658
No. As you can see, people still post here.

[Anonymous No.]

I play the games but usually ignore them after the first week or so after novelty wears off

I argue over powerlevel and waifu, but I have been coming to /jp/ alot less lately

I don't really fap to the doujins, I think I've fapped to like 2 of them total, both from the same group. I usually just read the nonH ones for story

You'll find that ppl love touhou for different reasons

[Anonymous No.]

I made a thread like this a hour ago

[Anonymous of Lithuania No.]

i play the games to pass time, and i enjoy the music, thats all.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207678
>ppl

[Anonymous No.]

It has a bright cast of cute girls most of whom are just distinct enough to be interesting, while at the same time just vague enough to allow generous room for personal interpretation and creativity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207617
I honestly don't know. If the fandom didn't already exist, what with it's music and doujinshi and fan-created content, I probably wouldn't have got into it quite this much in the first place.

I have no clue how it started in the first place, but now that it has gained momentum, it'll assimilate us all.

[Anonymous No.]

It now has BRO FISTS

The sheer amount of awesome might just be enough to divide by zero

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207727

[Anonymous No.]

OP here
Yeah... I was asking because that mouse girl that was on page 0 was so cute it finally made me notice and... dare I say it... play one of the games?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207743
want to try playing one of the games that is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207727
ZUN actually posts here and is a great amirer of BROFIST.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207749
I say, try them all. Even the PC-98 ones if you're feeling adventurous of course plenty like to ignore they exist, which is a shame. I would say start pre-UFO first because my impression from playing it is that it would probably the hardest for a new player (unless perhaps you have experience with other shmups)

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207749
I suggest starting with Perfect Cherry Blossom. I'd wager that's what most of the people here started with.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207699
>newfag still caring about 4chan "standard"

hurrr

[Anonymous No.]

Don't bother playing the games

Start with the doujins and music

If you ever get curious enough to see what listening to someone's theme music while fighting them is like, then you can try playing the games

Otherwise the games are nothing special

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207818
(″･ิ_･ิ)っ-̾ ...

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207818
<--- /b/

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207805
>>2207775
Well I found a torrent that has the PC-98 games and Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, Imperishable Night, Shoot the Bullet and some other stuff. I set Embodiment of scarlet devil to go first cause I read it was the first windows based game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207826
Don't listen to this faggot.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207841

Start with PCB or IN. Use the translation patches.

Then go read some of the backstory on the Touhou Wiki (Perfect Memento, etc).

Then go read some of the official manga (Inaba of the Moon/Earth, SaBND, etc). And then go raead all of the other manga on Gaku Gaku Animal Land.

[Yukito-san !zc0H41Z7mU No.]

I love it because it's all in one package. The games, like it or not, ARE good. For the most part they have superb music and addicting gameplay, which is something I miss from today's generation of games.

On the other hand, the story might not be it's strong point, but the setting and characters are. I gotta hand it to ZUN, he created characters that a lot of people identified with, and the setting of Gensokyo is also very well done for a fictional universe, let alone for a game.

Combine that with the enormous fandom and huge doujin scene and you got an awesome franchise to follow.


For those looking to start playing the games, I'd say play the Windows era ones but do them on order. EoSD, PCB, IN, MoF and SA. EoSD will teach you better habits since it doesn't have a visible hitbox and all, it will force you to learn where you character is without actually looking at it, which will help you a lot in later games. And it gets easier later on until you hit SA, so it should be a nice ride.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207617

It's like asking why people like Apple Jacks if they don't taste like apples.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207980
>ARE good

Sounds like Touhou was the only shooter you've ever played.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207991
Well, it's true regardless of whether HE has or not.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2207980

At first I played it because it didn't take up a lot of room on on my hard drive and I thought that if it wasn't good, I could quickly delete it... now my touhou folder is the biggest in my computer...

[Yukito-san !zc0H41Z7mU No.]

>>2207991

You talk like there are many other shooters around that I rather spend my time with. In reality, the genre is almost abandoned nowadays.

Before playing Touhou I did played other great shooters like the Treasure ones, R-Type, Gradius, and even some old ones back in Genesis like Thunder Force and so. But I've grown tired of them. The spell system of Touhou is unique and addictive, as well as its grazing system and game specific stuff (PCB border, etc). Plus its setting and music is on par if not better then most other shooters I've played.