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I was trying to find something like this for a while. Searching "World's End" gives all sorts of answers instead of correct one. There is also a good theme in Touhou Mahjong, but I didn't find it anywhere else.

For me Lonesome Werewolf is overshadowed by stage theme, but this arrange made it incredible. Arrange Title: Howl for Mochi Arrange/Remix: LeiYunWolfy

Perfect Memento in Strict Sense is a good one to understand Gensokyo better. It'll also decrease your chances to become food for youkai.

I forgot when was the last time I used an umbrella... I tried Devil of Decline recently. This game is huge, but I enjoy its music. There is another interesting game called "The Outsider Who Loved Gensokyo". Author borrowed a lot of music from other Touhou fangames and other sources. This game is still developing (ending is ready though). After 11 years, BGM folder of TOWLG is a treasure room. By the way, I found about Devil of Decline because its music was in TOWLG. To download this game, the easiest way is to find the last video by author (link in the description). Author also has a playlist with music used in TOWLG.

Recent upload by Nick Nitro. An arrangement of "Maidens Capriccio ~ Dream Battle". The art makes a little harder to think about music though...

PCB medley by Sin X Nad was just uploaded. 53 minutes, wow.

It's already August 7 in Japan... So, what do we do?

An arrangement of Theme of Eastern Story. Sounds too good for a few thousands views.

Touhou 19.95 - Memories of Eastern Dream Photo game with PC-98 characters.

Original Hellfire Mantle already was powerful and ominous. It's different from what you hear in previous games. "What kind of final boss can live here?" This is one of my luckiest recent findings. There are a few more, but it's the first of a kind I found.

Part of the reason is relation to my road to lunatics. At least for top-4. Personal experience with danmaku is a major factor. After all, danmaku is a way of self-expression. For example, my first Extra clear was in PCB. Music and danmaku are getting surprisingly enjoyable when you are making actual progress. Although I liked Necro-Fantasy even before that. Normal 1cc took quite a few attempts back then. As for initial reason for my determination, I wanted to see Phantasm boss. I succeed. But in the end, Ran became my favorite. Normal 1cc in MS is kind of turning point, it's when I realised that I'm actually getting good. Shinki itself is impressive. Her danmaku is something special, and so her role and abilities. Aya is related to Touhou 11 and photo games. Firstly, Reimu+Aya is the best shot-type ever. And I enjoyed their story more than other's. I even got my first Lunatic 1cc in Touhou 11. Besides, I cleared all scenes in 9.5 and 12.5 and for some reason I liked how she does her job. I cleared all scenes with Hatate too, by the way. Raiko got pretty high because I like Touhou music. That's it.

Only one? I have 100. They are all cool in different ways. Seija is kind of top-1, by the way. I just couldn't think about better rank for her. As for actual top-1, it's very simple, I'm Reimu main. Started from Touhou 1.

In case you want to use my name, it's Ivan (イワン). I personally know why I'm here. A few years ago I reached a certain state of mind that allowed me to escape reality and to find Gensokyo. But I didn't lost connection to this world fully. At some point I started to search other people to talk about Gensokyo, games, music... Still not familiar with this place though. It doesn't look very active. I played Touhou games enough to become lunatic. What can I say about games? They are friendly, if you choose Easy Mode. However, don't expect effortless victory even on Easy. It may take 10-20 attempts to get your first 1cc, assuming you already learned how it works. With experience though, Normal 1cc can be achieved first try. Nice to meet you all. I normally don't talk much, but seeing this topic made me want to introduce myself too.

I guess, I have some findings to share. Sin X Nad. They create metal arranges of various Touhou themes. A lot of underrated ones. Perfect Cherry Blossom medley is coming soon (this is trailer).