Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
"Oh noes, the teasing doesn't stop!!"
Happy New Year... again. With this video I officially mark the beginning of the Cherry Playthrough. Fun playthrough to do. I will never get tired of saying that Perfect Cherry Blossom is ZUN's masterpiece. Saying the games doesn't have its shortcoming would be a lie, but nevertheless it is a game that masterfully tether each of its pieces.
Background art? Beautiful.
Character Art? Yeah right, this is ZUN. He gets a free pass in this department.
The music? The best in the series.
Characters? Memorable.
Gameplay? Relatively easy, but damn, those patterns.
Story? Easily the most powerful one in Touhou's history.
To each one, its own, but for me PCB is the epitome of the Touhou series. In my opinion, the top five games in the series are as follow:
1. Perfect Cherry Blossom
2. Subterranean Animism
3. Imperishable Night.
4. Undefined Fantastic Object.
5.Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Yes despite being the easiest game, IN's music and spell cards (particularly the Last Words) as well as the time mechanic were amazing. Truth where truth is due:
PCB is, how to say... a very well crafted experience. Although it lacks some parts of the gameplay, I find that it defined what is Touhou today, ever more than what EoSD did for the series. It also has one of the most complicated score mechanics in Touhou, but one I really like even though I don't play for score.
SA is, just as PCB, very well crafted and an extremely challenging game. PCB had superior story, spellcards design, and overall atmosphere, but SA gameplay is one of the most fun in the series. In part thanks to the power mechanic Mountain of Faith adopted and it's grazing mechanic.
IN is an easy game, but the extremely large cast and its spellcards make the game feel... alive. I can pop IN and be consistently amazed by all the content the game offers and how lively the atmosphere is.
I suppose all that can be summarizes into this:
PCB excels in story, visuals, and atmosphere
SA excels in gameplay.
IN excels in sheer quantity of content and mood.
On another note, check this arrange of Who done it! :
youtube.com/watch?v=yBBDxcJhpXQ
I wanted to use it for this video, but the length and the fact it wasn't Necrofantasia stop me. I'm just saying it here because the arrange is... wow. Ex-Stage songs are always underrated, but both Charming Domination receive a special mention.
Anyways, let's wrap this description up:
Music:
Circle: Demetori
Album: Il Mondo dove e finito il Tempo
Original: Necrofantasia
Artwork:
Letty: 砂雲
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Chen: honokan (No gallery found)
Alice:kinsenka (No gallery found)
Prismriver: 乾ぬい
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Youmu: ぎヴちょこ
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Yuyuko: Yi殿下
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Last three picures of the Yakumos: かなりあ(30円引き)
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For more information on the Touhou Project:
en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki
"Oh noes, the teasing doesn't stop!!"
Happy New Year... again. With this video I officially mark the beginning of the Cherry Playthrough. Fun playthrough to do. I will never get tired of saying that Perfect Cherry Blossom is ZUN's masterpiece. Saying the games doesn't have its shortcoming would be a lie, but nevertheless it is a game that masterfully tether each of its pieces.
Background art? Beautiful.
Character Art? Yeah right, this is ZUN. He gets a free pass in this department.
The music? The best in the series.
Characters? Memorable.
Gameplay? Relatively easy, but damn, those patterns.
Story? Easily the most powerful one in Touhou's history.
To each one, its own, but for me PCB is the epitome of the Touhou series. In my opinion, the top five games in the series are as follow:
1. Perfect Cherry Blossom
2. Subterranean Animism
3. Imperishable Night.
4. Undefined Fantastic Object.
5.Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Yes despite being the easiest game, IN's music and spell cards (particularly the Last Words) as well as the time mechanic were amazing. Truth where truth is due:
PCB is, how to say... a very well crafted experience. Although it lacks some parts of the gameplay, I find that it defined what is Touhou today, ever more than what EoSD did for the series. It also has one of the most complicated score mechanics in Touhou, but one I really like even though I don't play for score.
SA is, just as PCB, very well crafted and an extremely challenging game. PCB had superior story, spellcards design, and overall atmosphere, but SA gameplay is one of the most fun in the series. In part thanks to the power mechanic Mountain of Faith adopted and it's grazing mechanic.
IN is an easy game, but the extremely large cast and its spellcards make the game feel... alive. I can pop IN and be consistently amazed by all the content the game offers and how lively the atmosphere is.
I suppose all that can be summarizes into this:
PCB excels in story, visuals, and atmosphere
SA excels in gameplay.
IN excels in sheer quantity of content and mood.
On another note, check this arrange of Who done it! :
youtube.com/watch?v=yBBDxcJhpXQ
I wanted to use it for this video, but the length and the fact it wasn't Necrofantasia stop me. I'm just saying it here because the arrange is... wow. Ex-Stage songs are always underrated, but both Charming Domination receive a special mention.
Anyways, let's wrap this description up:
Music:
Circle: Demetori
Album: Il Mondo dove e finito il Tempo
Original: Necrofantasia
Artwork:
Letty: 砂雲
pixiv.net/member.php?id=295604
Chen: honokan (No gallery found)
Alice:kinsenka (No gallery found)
Prismriver: 乾ぬい
pixiv.net/member.php?id=10619
Youmu: ぎヴちょこ
pixiv.net/member.php?id=745461
Yuyuko: Yi殿下
pixiv.net/member.php?id=2737916
Last three picures of the Yakumos: かなりあ(30円引き)
pixiv.net/member.php?id=180460
For more information on the Touhou Project:
en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki
