What is Touhou?

[F9|Chibi]

I dunno man, Touhou fanart is easily the best fanart of fucking anything out there.

And I mean that of quality, there's a huge amount of amazing work.

[mauve]

I dunno man, Touhou fanart is easily the best fanart of fucking anything out there.

And I mean that of quality, there's a huge amount of amazing work.

Yeah, there are a fair amount of gems in there. Won't argue it.

But on the whole... Ugh.

[f-wlen ice loop]

Touhou is what stopped the first FG I was actually good at from being accepted on a large scale.

[LoliSauce]

I dunno man, Touhou fanart is easily the best fanart of fucking anything out there.

And I mean that of quality, there's a huge amount of amazing work.

I think it's more that the quantity of fanart is so fucking huge that there's a higher chance you'll see a lot of really fucking good art and forget about all the hoards of shit art.

Touhou is what stopped the first FG I was actually good at from being accepted on a large scale.

Meditate under the thundering waterfall of your tears and transcend into the god of US melty.

[mizuki]

A pile of shit, also a good source of cirno rape doujins

[ShinMasaki]

A pile of shit

There's a fan work for that too.

[Bonkler]

It's gay.

[ShinMasaki]

well, when you make a world where the only three males in the universe are a turtle, a grumpy reclusive shopkeeper, and an old half ghost gardener/swordsmaster who has gone missing for the past XX years, it's not too hard to make a lot of gay pairings in Touhou. MeixSaku = <3

[Bonkler]

True dat. (Of course, if everyone in Gensokyo is gay, that means everyone is gay, including certain grumpy reclusive shopkeepers, and if the only other available male is a turtle... it's doujin time.)

I too support MeiSaku (and ReiMari, but I'm probably one of the only ones).

[Van_Artic]

well, when you make a world where the only three males in the universe are a turtle, a grumpy reclusive shopkeeper, and an old half ghost gardener/swordsmaster who has gone missing for the past XX years, it's not too hard to make a lot of gay pairings in Touhou. MeixSaku = <3

what? he got fucking Marisa and Yukari on his branch
damn MANnosuke.

[Alfonse]

Reimu fought Patchouli twice in EoSD? Really? I really got to play that game again 

[ShinMasaki]

Reimu fought Patchouli twice in EoSD? Really? I really got to play that game again 

Patchouli is the stage 4 boss in the regular game. She is also the mid-boss in Extra. Apparently, her asthma has cleared up by Extra.

[LivingShadow]

Actually, it does have an anime. But there's only one episode. If I remember correctly, it didn't have enough backing to continue.

[ShinMasaki]

It does sort of have an anime. One episode was created and that was it. The artwork and seiyuu that they had were quite good, in my opinion. However, from what I understand, ZUN was upset with the production of this and requested the team working on this anime to stop production. Part of him getting upset about this had to do with the possibility of Touhou getting licensed, which was a big no from ZUN, so the show stopped. I personally liked it, from the one episode, that is.

[Bonkler]

Yeah, fan-done anime by a circle called Mai-Kaze (I think?).

They had some pro seiyuus doing it (pro as in professional). The fight between Reimu and Patchy was pretty pro (pro as in awesome) too.

Loli Aya was pro (pro as in loli) as well.

[grandlordzero]

Reimu fought Patchouli twice in EoSD? Really? I really got to play that game again  

Patchouli is the stage 4 boss in the regular game. She is also the mid-boss in Extra. Apparently, her asthma has cleared up by Extra.

I thought it was Anemia? that's what it says in my translation patch i use for EoSD anyway... "*sob* I'm so anemic I can't even recite the spells...."

Either way, doesn't really matter. Just.. FUCK those lazers of hers. The ones she opens up with at the beginning of the fight. harder then her fucking spellcards. Ive cleared every card in the game (other then Remilia's Scarlet Gensokyo, Scarlet Meister, or the Extra Stage cards) on hard with Marissa B without a bomb at least once, but i cant deal with those FUCKING lazers of hers. At all. Every single time i have to blow a spark.

FUCK YOU Patchouli. You deserve whatever fucking diseases you've got. ):<

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNHgmjJAp-M

stupid bitch. -_-

[ShinMasaki]

I thought it was Anemia? that's what it says in my translation patch i use for EoSD anyway... "*sob* I'm so anemic I can't even recite the spells...."

Now, why would anemia make you not able to recite stuff? It's a given that Patchy is asthmatic already. While it does say 'anemic', that doesn't make any sense. I'm thinking that when the script was written, ZUN mistook asthma for anemia and wrote the wrong word in.

Anyway, at the start of her Extra fight? You mean with Silent Selene? Royal Flare is the one that pisses me off so much.

Me, I've never caught QED either...that spell is a bitch at the end...

[grandlordzero]

Silent Selene is easy. I mean patchouli in regular arcade mode. On hard/lunatic, those spinning lasers. Its the first set of attacks she uses, before she even pops a spellcard. For some reason i can never get the positioning right for that and i always get caught between a solid wall of red bullets and a giant blue spinning lazer coming at me. Naturally, the only option left at that point is to bomb.

Royal flare is hard, but not impossible. Philosophers stone would be harder then flare if it weren't for the fact that you can burn her down fast with Marisa.

I wouldn't know about QED, ive never made it past "And then there will be none". Ive been focusing what time i spend on touhou trying to 1CC EoSD hard mode, then lunatic. Havent really practiced Flandre much. Was planning on finishing her off after doing Lunatic 1CC.

Honestly, patchy's hardest spellcard is Emerald Megalith, not Royal Flare IMO. Lazers are just annoying as fuck because im guaranteed to lose at least 1 bomb every damn time i do it. Megalith isnt cheap-stupid, its just really, fucking, hard. like remilia's scarlet meister, only not quite as bad. From what ive seen, alot of people choose there characters for the sake of avoiding megalith when trying to do 1CC. O_O

[Alfonse]

Damn, you guys appear to have cleared Lunatic with little trouble. I'm struggling on Normal myself, using Reimu. I can't use Marisa for the life of me because half the time I have to put myself in the line of fire to blow up enemies as opposed to Reimu's very convenient homing talismans.

[grandlordzero]

i dont know about shin, but lunatic is anything but a walk in the park for me. Im more comfortable on hard,  Lunatic took me all 3 continues.

I only prefer Marissa for 4 reasons.

1, she moves faster, which is great for dealing with some of the boss attacks in the game. Cirno and Meiling come to mind.

2, Sealing needles suck. There just a shitier version of magic missile, and reimu moves slower to boot. MM gives you damage AND speed boost, AND a better bomb. (stardust reverie > Sealing Circle, just because it lasts longer) Choice seems obvious to me.

3, Marisa's lazer shot-type pierces through and hits multiple enemies, and can be used to sweep the stage and elimate all the weak enemies on it in just second or two. It can also be fired during her already ridiculous master spark bomb to increase the damage of it even more. This can be used to skip entire spellcards if you want since your fully invincible and do enough damage to take down almost the entire spellcard even when its near 100% of its HP. (thats usually how i deal with cards like Emerald Megalith and Scarlet Meister)

4, I hate homing amulets. They make the stages way to easy, and then when you get to the boss, your not only at a disadvantage from lower damage, but your mentally unprepared after being able to laze through the levels. (or at least that's how it always goes for me when i try homing amulets.) I'll admit though, fantasy seal is a damn nice bomb. Definitely second best in the game, behind the master spark.

[Bonkler]

Lol, Marisa is too good in EoSD. I like Reimu more (I pick her for non-gameplay related reasons), but I had a significantly much easier time clearing EoSD with MarisaB.

Master Spark is just too good. And laser... laser is love.

[Alfonse]

3, Marisa's lazer shot-type pierces through and hits multiple enemies, and can be used to sweep the stage and elimate all the weak enemies on it in just second or two. It can also be fired during her already ridiculous master spark bomb to increase the damage of it even more. This can be used to skip entire spellcards if you want since your fully invincible and do enough damage to take down almost the entire spellcard even when its near 100% of its HP. (thats usually how i deal with cards like Emerald Megalith and Scarlet Meister)

Wouldn't bombing cause you to lose the spellcard score bonus you would otherwise get, though? Or is that exactly what you meant by skipping?

[mizuki]

omfg stop it guys nothing good comes with touhou talk

[ShinMasaki]

omfg stop it guys nothing good comes with touhou talk

fix'd

I have cleared 6, 7, 8, and 10 on Lunatic. 11 wont recognize my USB controller, so I can't make an honest attempt since I play with pad. 12 is damn hard...I can't 1cc the game on Lunatic because Shou's fucking lasers are a bitch... That said, I haven't given it a real attempt on Hard, but Shou's lasers still curve around as do Byakuren's regardless of difficulty. This sucks because I really want to beat up on Kogasa in Extra.

I've cleared Extra on 6, 7 (and Phantasm...Yukari's streaming shots are lols), and 8 (yay for safe spots against Mokou). I've seen people who can't clear 10 on normal 1cc clear Suwako...for some wtf reason though, I can't seem to beat her. Koishi can go to hell with her heart shaped shots. Oh wait...she already lives there.   Nue looks damn easy.

In Touhou 6, I actually prefer Reimu B and her Sealing Needle shots. Her Homing Amulets make some stages easy, but it does make bosses go a bit slower. I prefer Reimu over Marisa because of smaller hitbox, more control than Marisa, and I like her dialogue better than Marisa's. I prefer Reimu moving slower, since you can get more micrograzing possible when in heavy danmaku. Sealing Needles > Homing Amulets for damage and slower speeds are vital when you don't have a visible hitbox (if you don't activate it with the patch). When you bomb, you autocollect which is great for the opening of stage 2 for both points and power, which are both important as this will get you extra lives faster and attack power max sooner. Reimu's bombs are much better than Marisa's in that they stay active for a good while, but you can still move while bombing allowing for more auto-collection and positioning for the next set of enemies, whereas Marisa is stuck in place with very little movement available.

Touhou 7, use Sakuya B. Touhou 8, Team Reimu/Yukari is broken. Touhou 9, Youmu or Reimu, because they are top tier. Touhou 10, Marisa B is broken. Touhou 11, Reimu/Yukari is broken. Touhou 12, Sanae B is lols.

[Alfonse]

Just attempted a run with Marisa B and Reimu B with EoSD on Normal. I'm never going back to amulets again.

Needles are boss killers, while beams are insanely good at clearing entire waves of mobs clean of the screen.

Shin, how is Youmu top tier? Her hinderance bullets are nowhere as good as Reimu's yin-yang orbs, and her shots have below average firing rate. I know that Charge 1 can destroy bullets, but when your screen gets flooded by a mass of bullets, hinderance and (curses) Lily White, your slash doesn't keep up and you have to blow a bomb to get out of the situation. It's a little hard for her to outlast another opponent IMO.

I would pick Marisa or any of the Prismriver sisters as top tier over Youmu in Touhou 8.