what reason has made you stay in your touhou era?

[koakumas]

kind of explanatory similar to that of my characters forum.

 

was the reason why you stayed is because of the characters, the fact touhou is still ongoing and wait to see more? or maybe just the fact its all a banger soundtracks and remixes?

for me, this era of mine came after my nintendo era, its the fact they copyright everything and take down everything in sight, but touhou? the copyright is almost not there, just follow ZUN's rules and youre sailing, the amount of freedom is amazing with doing whatever we want as long as we follow ZUN's rules, yknow? but yeah, everything from touhou is a banger and there's something for everyone in touhou.

plus crossovers too!!

 

how about you?

[kymoh]

It's not a phase it's my life!

Joking aside, the reason I remain a touhou fan is because of the community :)

I always see so many talented fans -artists, musicians, writers, game developers, and on and on- making amazing fanworks that never fail to blow me away! I love being able to search "touhou [insert genre here]" and see tons of cool remixes! And when I'm not watching all kinds of touhou content, there's big touhou events like Touhoufest where I can meet fellow touhou fans in person :D

[Sun.]

I've met too many people and made too many friends to leave my Touhou era, besides there's just so much content available for me to CONSUME that I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. Also patchouli is in touhou so

[スカーレット大鎌]

well for me is not really much to say, i still enjoy touhou due to it unique gameplay which i like danmaku type game, same too with the OST that somehow better for such old game like EoSD or lower for example, after becoming fan for long time i not realized i just became fan of the most popular thing which that first time i discovered bad apple which i realized it touhou, even IOSYS and even arcade game like Pump-it-up contain touhou music beside bad apple, well stuff that related to touhou making me feel comfortable with it due that i'm not just attracted to a girl in the game but i able to find a friend in same interest with me but too bad in my place i never meet any person who even know what touhou is, some of them laugh or anything else

[ReisenFanatic17]

if i leave touhou then i'll have no reason to live :(

[Idioms21]

Gameplay is just up my alley and I love seeing what the community cooks.

Was never a bullet hell guy but I like games that tests my skills and knowledge and see my improvement over time. But beyond gameplay I like seeing passionate people use their skills and talents to show their love for something by making creative works or creating discussions. This community just have so much years worth of lore that I can't help but be intrigued

[Dinatoc]

Is a combination of gameplay / lore / community / and inspiration.

I have always felt fascinated with the whole rabit hole that touhou is. I like games that can add something to my life. In this case touhou serves as an inspiration to my art, my writing, and a lot of other hobbies and projects that I have, examples of other games that inspire me and my art are GD. I have always liked how ZUN gives to the community the possibility of creating artworks and derivate works. I like how touhou shows it´s lore and the story of the games and its characters. So yeah, touhou is probably one of my favorite things in this life :D

[nitorii]

big boob anime women...
nah in all seriousness, probably just a bit of character lore and design. major part was music and art, to be frank. the other like 20% was just because there's a lotta cool fangames based on touhou out there that I had fun with (like luna nights, which was my first "touhou game")
since I never liked shmups the games didn't interest me, so I didn't touch them as much as I wish I could've.

writing this fully aware of the fact I was like "yo dude these anime women look awesome!!!" and then it's a girl with a hat

[Ken Hisuag]

Perhaps it's obvious in my case, but it was music that brought me in, and it's music that keeps me here. There was a time in the middle where I was more engaged with the community aspect; the remix tournaments facilitated interaction in context of my pre-existent interests, and the various music threads we have today came into being around the same time. Garison DeCrick (who deleted his account some time ago) had several threads up of a style similar to CountVonNumenor, and those of us who were active at the time had a few non-music related discussions which are now lost to time (I remember an especially interesting thread about potential educational applications for the franchise). In many ways, CountVonNumenor filled the gap of engagement instigation left by Garison, just in time for the sudden boost in members incited by the DMCA incident of 2022. Inevitably, interests shifted, both of the community general and of its specific members. Nowadays, the older members are more lurkers, in much the same way as the oldest members were when the older members were new. I suspect this is the normal cycle for a fandom, and arguably should be; fictitious franchises should not be the core of life, and online relationships can only go so far without opening up to more direct communication. For now, I'm still here, and I appreciate the interactions when they occur.

[Witch Hunter Siegfried]

I'm fairly new, but I like the world and the breath of fan made stuff for it, and asides all of the Western shit I like has gotten bad so became more of a weeb lol. I'd say it and the Nasuverse are my 2 favorites for the moment (If my PFP didn't give it away)

[Yuuki7]

I was brought in by the overwhelming amount of memes, but the music of the franchise is the ONLY thing that is keeping me around this fandom since the pandemic. It's oddly satisfying in a way that other music from other games unable to do (except the Katamari series).

The games are okay however they're too punishing for me and the bullet hell genre is pretty stale for my taste so I eventually quitted after 2 years of playing the games continuously. Though I need to give them credits for immersing me with the awesome music, it's like it's an album with a game inside of it.

The canon lore I've acknowledge during my time of being in this fandom is also pretty interesting and sometimes outright funny (haha futo arsonist) but I don't feel motivated enough to dive deep in it.