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Hello, since I will probably become more active on the forum from now on I decided that it might be good idea to introduce myself for the people who dont know me from discord. This is actually the first time I write something like this so bear with me. ABOUT ME As you might get from my writing I am not native english speaker and I come from central europe. Im currently studying economy/logistics with focus on railway. Im pretty rational person who saw stuff no-one else should see and escapes into phantasy form the issues that he has from that day. I love spending time with my friends, I´m also big fan of humor, fruit spirits, rum and wine. In my free time I read books, listen to music and go on hikes with friends. HOW I GOT INTO TOUHOU Since I dont remember when and what was my first exposure to Touhou content let´s say it was Unconected marketeers demo back in 2021. Then I went and learned a bit about the series, then I downloaded the pc98 games and EoSD. I had lot of fun playing them so I went searching for other games and then I stumbled upon Moriya Shrine around the september 2023. Later in march 2024 I made account here and then joined the discord server where I was active member untill about december. Since then I read all the official manga, Hifuu stories and fell in love with the characters and the interactions between them. My favorite character is probably Aya because I always loved making shit up :D. That´s probably all I have to say, if you want to know more about me or just ask me some stupid question feel free to DM me here or on discord. Take care y´all, and remember that life without phantasy loses its magic.

I cannot for the life of me get this whole shading think right. But I still like how it turned out :D

Nice to meet you Luki!

Hi everyone, I am pretty much brand new to Touhou. I have been listening to the music off and on for a few years but I honestly never knew it was an expansive game series with tons of other media as well so a friend got me into it! I have been trying out the games for like two weeks now. I am brand new to bullet hells and all I have done so far is beat Touhou 1 and 2 on normal. I do however love the fighting games so I have been playing a ton of 12.3 and 15.5 and find myself pretty decent at the game. Nice to meet yall, I am Ryu. I hope to be around for a while.

Welcome!

Lol, we love to make chaos >:DD

I'm famous!!!?? Talked in TF2 voice chat yesterday and people started saying my name and how much of a legend I am. I had no idea who they were I think they might've been trolling?? It was confusing but funny

Any specifics other than being a touhou fan? Are you looking for people to play touhou games with, talk about touhou, talk about life in general, or meet in person, etc.?

I read hifuu club and i'd describe it the same as you. It reminds me of brave new world.

After reading up on the Hifuu Club lore I certainly agree with the video saying this is just a way for ZUN to put out his thoughts. Nah I'm just kidding it's more than just that, but with how much the world is pretty much built as what ZUN might imagine a distopian future to be I can't help but think that way about it. It's like a world where humans just "figured it out" and most are now able to live in relative luxury thanks to increase in scientific discoveries that drastically improves quality of life to the point diseases are sort of a think of the past. But no matter how much it is insisted that this is a distopian future I can't help but think it's actually a better future with how life has improved but at the cost of how 'real' things are and the lack of needing to discover anything new. So much food is artificial like bamboo shoots, eggs, and strawberries (and probably more) but you still gotta ask, is it really that bad? If it tastes the same, looks the same, behaves the same, with the only difference is that it was grown in a lab or something, does it really matter? If such methods would actually be more cost and space efficient while also not having negative side effects, wouldn't that be a net positive if you consider how much animals are kept in pens only for their parts and other produces to be harvested and how much land is being used to produce crops. I've never eaten anything artificial before in my life and heck they're probably more expensive now compare to just buying the real stuff, but in a future where more efficient ways of producing them are found and are way cheaper it would be the optimal choice to go for them. But then again it feels weird eating something that tastes and looks the same as something else despite not really being it, like, imagine eating mantis shrimp where there is so little meat compared to the exoskeletons that are just thrown away (heck you probably paid more for the carapace than the meat itself), but if you can make the meat artificial and even increase the volume wouldn't that be better? But still there is still a lingering feeling I would have knowing all this is just lab grown whateverthefucks. Speaking of artificial, the whole 53 min shinkansen ride is pretty impressive if it were a real thing, like getting from one side of the country to another in that speed is so beneficial it's makes me wonder what's so bad about it. Well the tunnel of said underground shinkansen is actually one straight line and in order to do that they had to tunnel under Mt.Fuji and they had to go through a load of hooplas to change Mt.Fuji into an extinct volcano. Oh and they also dug through suicide forest but not disclose it to the puclic for obvious reasons... Okay now those are pretty scary stuff, like going underneath a volcano (they classified it as extinct but who know if it is safe or not since it is obviously just so they can get the greenlights for the construction) and who knows how much ghosts you're gonna piss off going underneath aokigahara. But still though that kind of high speed transportation has so much benefits for everyone it almost out weights the potential cons. But the highlight of the trip was the panoramic windows the hides the fact that the real ride is underground and the real world above is nowhere better. But still ignoring the very fake outside view, it still is a benefit to make life better, even if there is no fake view i imagine people would still take it due to how convenient it is despite looking so barren and dead without the fake outside views. But aside from the artificial stuff, it seems that the world of the Hifuu Club is one where rationality and truth are valued above all else and anything that can't be explained through science is considered to be false. And in a world where rationality is placed at such high regards and the means of accessing information is so readily available it pretty much killed creativity and ZUN really emphasizes that part, a world so rational that all the old beliefs tied to religions, myth, and folklores have been ignored (but no necessarily forgotten). ZUN used a term something along the lines of Japan being the "Graveyard of the gods" or something similar to paint the picture here, Japanese traditions and folklores are so vast and integrated into their lives and getting to the point that it all just get ignored is just sad. But there is this part about the Torifune station that broke down that carried a bunch of animals that ZUN called a sort of Noah's Ark and in it was a shrine dedicated to a deity of safe travels that was worshipped by people going to space which tells us the old gods and myths were never forgotten, just ignored when they're help was not needed but we still come back to them if the situation requires it. How I interpret this is not just people forgetting about gods, myths, and folklores because they don't believe in them or their existence have been disproven but rather they were used to explain the unknowns during ancient times, but since humanity has long progressed in technology, we soon find out answers for our questions that doesn't involve the supernatural as was with ZUN's will-o-wisp example. But when it comes to exploring the vast and still somewhat unknown outer space they still pray to a god for safe travels. And regarding ZUN's vision of a future of rationality with no room for creativity, I actually think we're already here just like what kymoh said. But I highly doubt we'll completely forget about them, I believe they'll still remain in our consciousness as a form of a meme (yknow the kind the magnet guy in MGR is on about), like me for example who doesn't really believe in the religion in our place but I still understand when they talk about it or joke about it and whether I like it or not, it is undeniable that whatever values I have right now were formed with the help of said religion as everyone around me taught me the same things. And beyond the people around me, medias have also had imageries and themes of that religion so even if I go away from this place I will still see references to it in the games I play and stories I read, and so in a way these creative works are also a way for us to spread our myths, folklores, and culture, just as Touhou increased interest in all things Japanese culture related. So I don't it will be forgotten as in erased from memory but rather just less believers, but the impact they have had on our cultures are so drastic its virtually impossible to get rid of and will be this ever present ideas the our collective consciousnes. Anyways I've yapped long enough Merry and Renko should've just kissed and be done with it

Hello! I am a high school student in Japan. I am currently developing a JRPG (Japanese Role-Playing Game) based on Touhou. I have almost succeeded in developing the game and will be able to release it in the near future, but the development of the English version is stalled, so I need your help. All you need to do is to teach us how to translate the spell cards we specify into English. If you would like to help with the development of the English version of the game, please let me know by replying to this message! Below is the game information and screenshots. If you have any questions, please ask! Supported OS: Windows, Mac OS, Linux (If you want to play on Linux, you need “wine” emulator software.) Playing time:5-7 hours Game size: 600MB

You know how ZUN always adds comments to his musical compositions? The Music Collection "stories" are told through those comments, a series of snippets that coalesce into a fuller (but still short) account. Since the Touhou Wiki documents these aspects of the releases, it's possible to read through them on that site, and as said in the video, they hardly take any time with how short they tend to be. Here is the link to Trojan Green Asteroid's comments as an example (I already had the page open for today's Musical Discoveries post): https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Trojan_Green_Asteroid/Story Forgive me if I presume too much replying to this, or if my response seems unintentionally pedantic. My understanding of myths and folktales is that they always originate from some real experience; the details will more often then not become corrupted over time, but there is still truth behind them, however obscured (consider the legends of dragons, supposedly mythical creatures resembling unusually large reptiles, and compare them to the relatively modern acknowledgement of dinosaurs, creatures similarly resembling unusually large reptiles). Furthermore, I believe in God; not in a relativistic sense, where God is my God and not necessarily yours, but in an objective sense, as truly God Almighty, Creator of all that is. Given this presupposition, it is impossible for me to conceive of His being completely forgotten. I also believe that creativity and imagination are reflections of God's character, an intrinsic part of every human being by way of the Imago Dei. Thus, regardless of inconclusive observations that might indicate the plausibility of a dystopian future devoid of such things, I understand (believe, if you prefer) them to be impossible to truly eradicate. I agree with the video essayist that Hifuu Club is entirely a way for ZUN to express his philosophical considerations, and I enjoy the stories for this purpose. Obviously I'm not going to agree with some of his reasoning, since he has a different worldview than I do. This also means I will consider some of his proposals lacking viability; this doesn't mean I don't appreciate them for consideration.

Nothing special, just a Cirno.