Zenryaku
HSoB Hikarikos Theme: Noble Green Cinderella
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The soundtrack comes from バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market, the 18.5th Touhou game. Building on the "Ability Card" system from Unconnected Marketeers, this game revolves around adventuring through randomly generated stages while collecting money to purchase and eventually permanently unlock ability cards.
Song: The Hundredth Black Market (100回目のブラックマーケット)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 無名之妖
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/96293940
I was going to complain about Sanae doing that thing she does, but in the end I think Suika gave me the most trouble because I couldn't figure out her last spell for the life of me. At least a decent chunk of the spells in this game are new.
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The soundtrack comes from バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market, the 18.5th Touhou game. Building on the "Ability Card" system from Unconnected Marketeers, this game revolves around adventuring through randomly generated stages while collecting money to purchase and eventually permanently unlock ability cards.
Song: Take Thy Danmaku in Hand, O Bulletphiles (弾幕を持て、パレッドフィリア達よ)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 藤原あおい
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/98395155
Also, it was around this point in the game I got distracted and started farming the big fairies for lots of money. The magic circle really brings out the power of the mallet.
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The soundtrack comes from バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market, the 18.5th Touhou game. Building on the "Ability Card" system from Unconnected Marketeers, this game revolves around adventuring through randomly generated stages while collecting money to purchase and eventually permanently unlock ability cards.
Song: Black Markets Can Happen Anywhere, Anytime (闇市場は場所を選ばない)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: たったに
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/89094000
It's kind of short, but granted you probably won't listen to these songs very long because all the bosses at this point only use one spell card. At least, unless you've found a way to grind for money. (Hi, Minoriko.)
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The soundtrack comes from バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market, the 18.5th Touhou game. Building on the "Ability Card" system from Unconnected Marketeers, this game revolves around adventuring through randomly generated stages while collecting money to purchase and eventually permanently unlock ability cards.
Song: Youkai Hook-On (妖怪フックオン)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 安德小骸
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/99934467
I'm not saying the music is bad or anything—I just find it funny how that used to be mainly a fan problem until now. If anything, I think it's cool how even with so little to work with, you can still accurately place songs as belonging to early-, mid-, or late-game stages or bosses.
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The soundtrack comes from バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market, the 18.5th Touhou game. Building on the "Ability Card" system from Unconnected Marketeers, this game revolves around adventuring through randomly generated stages while collecting money to purchase and eventually permanently unlock ability cards.
Song: An Exciting and Familiar Gensokyo (ワクワクする見慣れた幻想郷)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: PPP怪
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/94613382
I know it's a bit of a reach, but this title theme feels like it shares some vibes with Magician's Melancholy. Like, musically, and not just because they both have "melancholy" in the title.
Either way, it's a very laid-back theme to listen to while deciding what cards you want to equip.
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The soundtrack comes from バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market, the 18.5th Touhou game. Building on the "Ability Card" system from Unconnected Marketeers, this game revolves around adventuring through randomly generated stages while collecting money to purchase and eventually permanently unlock ability cards.
Song: The Collector's Melancholy Afternoon (コレクターの憂鬱な午後)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: Sheya
Image source: twitter.com/dingkuang1/status/1313088804182355970
...And with that, I've finally caught up with everything that needs to be uploaded. I still need to re-add artist name attributions to all the images from AoCF, VD, and WBaWC, though... I'll get to that some day. But aside from all that, see you next dream!
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Eastern Strange Tale of Avarice (東方剛欲異聞)
Composer: ziki_7
Image artist: 牛土
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/86459961
I suppose taking control of the oil to hide it away from... whatever is going on in the real world... counts under some definition of a noble cause.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: The Laws of Heaven and the Desires of Man (天理人欲)
Composer: ziki_7
Image artist: ON
Image source: twitter.com/______l0_______/status/1253396602426986496
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Memento of All Organisms ~ Memory of Fossil Energy (有機体全てのメメント ~ Memory of Fossil Energy)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: Sachisu
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/93696149
Since I still can't quite get used to the controls of this game, I'm holding out hope for a Phantasm-style Danmakufu script with her as the boss...
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Memento of an Avaricious Beast (強欲な獣のメメント)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 依末
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/93668380
I like how everyone talks about oil as a "cursed liquid" and something that can bring great wealth but will bring great misfortune. Between AFiEU, WBaWC, and this, ZUN has really been getting to take potshots at issues in the real world.
Also that is a great reprise of the title theme.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Depths of the Earth, Ocean of Avarice (大地の底、剛欲の海)
Composer: ziki_7
Image artist: Naufaldreamer
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/93662746
Also, strangely this is the only returning theme that didn't lose the English part of its title.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Tonight Stars an Easygoing Egoist ~ Egoistic Flowers (今宵は飄逸なエゴイスト ~ Egoistic Flowers)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: カタケイ
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/85027011
Interestingly, she seems to only be a part of this story because Okina started opening a bunch of doors to essentially sic her on whoever she felt like, which... I guess is a valid strategy? Of course Okina of all people would deal with her problems like this.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: U.N. Owen was Her? (U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか?)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: calpis126
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/93539173
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: The Centennial Festival for Magical Girls (魔法少女達の百年祭)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: Tonan
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/86682951
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Seraphic Chicken (セラフィックチキン)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: 糸麦くん
Image source: twitter.com/AKI_kikumugi/status/1397950214317559811
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Everlasting Red Spider Lily (不朽の曼珠沙華)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: ひそな
Image source: twitter.com/Hisona_/status/1202551078849433601
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Captain Murasa (キャプテンムラサ)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: 餅千歳あぐり
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/92108578
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: The Venerable Ancient Battlefield (神さびた古戦場)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: 山中梅
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/86655426
Thankfully Gensokyo isn't going to be running on fossil fuels anytime soon. Probably.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Cemetery of Onbashira (御柱の墓場)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: 狸猫子
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/54989036
(Also yes, the entire reason I call 17.5 "SHoSS" is because all of my videos have started with a game acronym and it felt weird to break that pattern. Sue me.)
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom (霊知の太陽信仰)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: Rached
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/69102668
Anyway, the music. It's a lot more suspenseful and dramatic than the original, which was more on the loud and intense side of things. It's no longer got that "final confrontation" feel, which makes sense because this really isn't the final confrontation. We still get a nice soft piano part, though.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Hellfire Mantle (業火マントル)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: Zuomerika
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/93161682
I wish this was longer...
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: A Rainbow-Colored World (虹色の世界)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 柚木
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/92251160
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Sunday After the Storm (嵐の後の日曜日)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: べにしゃけ
Image source: twitter.com/benisyakedon/status/1440279092025126915
I'm a bit confused, though. I know this is an anoxic zone and the protagonists have a magatama card to use as an oxygen tank. But how is Momoyo doing fine here without that card? Does she not need oxygen? Do magatamas just have oxygen tank powers? Can I stick one in a spacesuit and be fine?
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Princess Who Slays Dragon Kings (龍王殺しのプリンセス)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 友部キヌコ
Image source: twitter.com/kinuk/status/1451976193884839940
Then Tsukasa comes in no longer trying to act nice. "Die like the pitiful human you are!"
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Great Fantastic Underground Network (幻想の地下大線路網)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: Sachisu
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/90130576
Also, the song feels like it doesn't have a single climax, instead continuously mini-climaxing and building up forever. Continuous growth, just like the marketplace demands! Ability cards to the moon! Yeah!!! (It does fit her well, though. I like it!)
...Why do so many of the recent maingame bosses have fire auras, anyway?
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Where Is That Bustling Marketplace Now ~ Immemorial Marketeers (あの賑やかな市場は今どこに ~ Immemorial Marketeers)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 鮪丼
Image source: twitter.com/2013__0812/status/1425429469053865984
Also Tsukasa is somehow even more rude here than she was last stage. Meanie.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Lunar Rainbow (ルナレインボー)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: はマる
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/90897738
So this whole thing happened because she wanted to profit off of a magatama-powered trading card game? Sounds about right for the course.
Her laser spell is really scary for me because I have basically no trust when it comes to Touhou hitboxes. I've been scammed too many times while playing as Marisa.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Starry Mountain of Tenma (星降る天魔の山)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: Gaff
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/90940444
That's one thing, but the other thing is Tsukasa. I can't deal with that kind of sweeping pattern in her nonspells for the life of me. And to think it only gets worse from here... she really is a jerk, isn't she?
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Long-Awaited Oumagatoki (待ちわびた逢魔が時)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: ゾウノセ
Image source: twitter.com/zounose/status/1389886183606349828
We don't talk about the Jumbo Indestructible Menacing Bully Orb, though. At least that's what I think it stands for.
Also, I'm back! Okay so I was busy for maybe more than a few weeks and miiiiight have forgotten about this. Shotcut is way better than DaVinci Resolve, the file sizes are no longer ridiculously huge for doing the same thing. I went down from 800ish MB to 50 MB.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Obsolescent Industrial Remains (廃れゆく産業遺構)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: O絃
Image source: twitter.com/bowstringsmall/status/1402595213474885642
Also come on Sakuya. The girl who knows about thorium decay products doesn't know what oxygen is?
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Ore from the Age of the Gods (神代鉱石)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: はマる
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/90154292
Her trading card is pretty good too, by the way. I don't seem to get many lives in this game; having the dragon smoke card really helps cover that. Although you kind of have to beat the trial for it, so you only get it when you prove you don't need it.
Also what even are those nonspells they give me anxiety.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Smoking Dragon (スモーキングドラゴン)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: cheeseroll
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/88606673
...This pandemic is doing things to me, isn't it.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Perpetual Snow of Komakusa Blossoms (駒草咲くパーペチュアルスノー)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: DanGo
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/56935727
I know the lore says you're supposed to only buy one card at a time... so naturally, there's a bug that lets you purchase more than one card by pausing at the right time. Ah, the struggles of programming. I think it'll be fixed, though.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Banditry Technology (バンデットリィテクノロジー)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: Naufaldreamer
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/88609407
I've never gone hiking to mountains before, so it really is kind of an otherworld. It's something I'd like to try someday. But I'm lazy. More importantly, though, there's still a pandemic going around as I upload this. Let's all stay safe!
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: The Cliff Hidden in Deep Green (深緑に隠された断崖)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: velocitron
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/51179276
When the game was announced, I couldn't help but think about those news articles talking about how everyone's been buying Pokémon cards and driving up the prices.
Also, Mike's lore is great. She's living her best life in the mountains as a calico maneki-neko.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: Kitten of Great Fortune (大吉キトゥン)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: 羽々斬 / u_u_zan
Image source: twitter.com/u_u_zan/status/1373119272759685122
I like the rainbow appearing after the rain at the end of the stage; it's a really cool touch and plays off of the rainbow theming right off of the bat.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: A Shower of Strange Occurrences (妖異達の通り雨)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: ReA
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/72764504
...Okay, seriously now: new Touhou, now with a deck building system! It's really cool seeing all sorts of characters and in-series items show up again through these trading cards.
Do get yourself the wolf card as soon as you can, though. The enemies are *really* tanky this time around. Overall the game seems balanced around making good use of the cards.
Also, music! It's a really laid-back, lazy sort of theme. It's really like that post-rainfall laziness that ZUN mentioned in the comments.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方虹龍洞 ~ Unconnected Marketeers, the 18th Touhou game. Featuring Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, the game centers around "Ability Cards" that can be purchased over multiple playthroughs and equipped onto your character to grant various skills.
Song: A Rainbow Spanning Gensokyo (虹の架かる幻想郷)
Composer: ZUN
Image artist: Naufaldreamer
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/88120508
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Meridian-Splitting Reverse Scale ~ Dragon's Dream (子午線を割る逆鱗 ~ Dragon's Dream)
Composer: Ichita (壱太)
Portrait: ANMITA
Seriously. Her Overdrive spell is so ridiculous that my knuckles actually hurt from capturing it.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Ley Lines of the Underworld (根の国のレイライン)
Composer: Mace (めいす)
Portrait: ANMITA
Speaking of which, it's nice to see some characters from the MoF-UFO era pop up again. Not all hope is lost for the characters who weren't part of the religious wars!
...My bets are on Murasa.
2021/10/24 Edit: HEY GUESS WHAT (AGAIN)
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: The Sealed-Away Youkai (封じられた妖怪)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: SunnySideUp / サニーサイドアップ
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/85320745
I did hear they added a tutorial system but removed the water healing thing, so... I might have a tough time at this.
At least we're getting some nice remixes out of it, though.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方剛欲異聞 ~ 水没した沈愁地獄 (Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow), the 17.5th Touhou game. Instead of a fighting game, the game is a single-player beat-'em-up based around fighting enemies while collecting water to perform hyper attacks.
Song: Maiden's Capriccio (少女綺想曲)
Arranger: ziki_7
Image artist: ZIHO
Image source: pixiv.net/en/artworks/84419129
Also, no more obake! Please! I can't handle the three-frame deathbombs!
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Player's Score (プレイヤーズスコア)
Composer: NED
Portrait: ANMITA
I like the reprise of the stage 4 theme; are credits themes in these fangames going to start doing that, just like they do in the mainline Touhou games? I wish this theme could have a proper loop though...
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Oktoberfest in Naraka (奈落のオクトーバーフェスト)
Composer: khirio (古山智之)
Portrait: ANMITA
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Fortune Arrives With an "Oni In, Too!" (鬼も内よで福来たる)
Composer: Hishimottie (緋子望)
Portrait: ANMITA
I still can't figure out how to consistently clear her final spell on the higher difficulties without clipping into the icicle bullets. 10/10, great theme to die repeatedly to in spell practice.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Rebel of the War God's Five Weapons ~ REBELLION God Force (軍神五兵の反逆者 ~ REBELLION God Force)
Composer: Wanwan
Portrait: ANMITA
Also many sacrifices were made to make the image here. You don't want to know what I used to mockup the platform.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Steel is Born from Flame, and Returns to the Earth (鋼は炎より生じて大地に還る)
Composer: Yoko Yasha (夜狐夜叉)
Portrait: ANMITA
Apparently at one point she was intended as the final boss of Tri Focuser, along with the body of a seto-taisho?
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Legend of Kikyouzuka ~ Black Ventus (桔梗塚伝説 ~ Black Ventus)
Composer: Wanwan
Portrait: ANMITA
Also it was at around this point that I put a little bit too much effort into trying to make these images. The walls you see here were actually concrete pillars on a sky backdrop.
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Tatara the Furnace (タタラ・ザ・ファーネース)
Composer: NED
Portrait: ANMITA
Not that I can, either. What on earth is that final spell, and how am I supposed to shoot anything when the hands block all my bullets?
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The soundtrack comes from 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion, a Touhou fangame by Kaisendo (海鮮堂).
You can download the game here:
freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Song: Starve Calamity (スターヴカラミティー)
Composer: NED
Portrait: ANMITA