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I can't wait for their Lost Word designs. Egyptian girl will convert a lot of fans, her design is very interesting.
 
The guy stalking my KF accounts says that this thread is proof that Touhou is loli. I guess he doesn't know that the thread is also full of fans lol

I like all of the new girls, but I want to know what's up with Chimi Houjuu! Her hair is really funny looking, and I googled her name, and found this Youkai:
Chimei (魑魅)(Chimi in Japanese) is also called Kui. Born from the strange atmosphere of the mountains and forests, they are spirits transformed from wood and stone. Characterized by a human face and an animal body with four legs, it is very charming.
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Which...idk might be her? It matches her weird design.
 
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anliteralidiot said:
The guy stalking my KF accounts says that this thread is proof that Touhou is loli. I guess he doesn't know that the thread is also full of fans lol

I like all of the new girls, but I want to know what's up with Chimi Houjuu! Her hair is really funny looking, and I googled her name, and found this Youkai:

Which...idk might be her? It matches her weird design.
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That guy is retarded. As for the Chimi theory, it sounds fairly accurate, to the point where I'm sure you're correct. As her profile goes:
A youkai of unknown identity. It is generally thought to be a monster with long ears. An ancient spirit that existed before the modern concept of youkai was born, she has always lived in the sanctuary. If you encounter strange phenomena in the mountains or forests, there is a chance that she is nearby. It is not that she is trying to play pranks, but rather that strange phenomena occur when she is hiding. In that sense, she is more like a spirit or a god than a youkai. She can only live in places with a lot of nature, such as mountains, forests, and rivers, and is destined to disappear as development progresses. It is not a coincidence that she appeared this time within the anomalous barrier of the sanctuary. This is because she only appears in places with few people and other youkai.
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She also spins, but it's a much stronger spin than Hina or Ran.
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In unrelated lore discussion, the third stage theme's name is "Golden Border of Prester John" (or Prester John's Golden State depending on the translation), which is a reference to a mythical Christian patriarch/presbyter (think a minister of a church)/king that ruled a Christian kingdom full of riches, marvels, and strange creatures that was eventually lost. It was speculated his kingdom could've been in India, then somewhere in Central Asia, and then Ethiopia. Whatever the case may be, with the outside of the pyramid which we see in stage 3 being golden, could that be the "Golden Border"? Would that mean we'd see Prester John, or at least Touhou's interpretation of him, in the game? Pretty neat if we're getting more Christian Touhou references. Hasn't happened really since PC-98 (in terms of games, we got some in WaHH).
 
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Valstrax said:
Does anyone miss when the designs were frillier? Like, the over the top frilly dresses were really appealing to me back then. Now, especially with Modern 2hus, there's little to no frills.
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I feel like frills were being slowly killed as ZUN went from his old style to his new one, but they really died in Touhou 15. Not a single newhu from that game had frills in their design at all besides maybe really tiny ones that look more like elastic banding scrunching up on Seiran's clothes. Not sure if I'd want them now considering the flatter shading he does now would make them look much worse. Ran's 19 appearance is a good example of that. Shame, because if he could just scan in his traditional art instead of his digital stuff, I'd like the look of the characters a lot more.
 
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Tenshi Eating A Corn Dog! said:
CDS spoilers for the second to final chapter.
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The jp thread for that chapter was pretty fun with an Anon having a spergout.
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I'm not sure who he is, but the points he talks about vaguely remind of a former jp writefag, now moved to thp and its Discord called, Impaler. He's probably the doomer in the thread who's much less of a lol cow and keeps mentioning how he writes fanfiction, in a previous thread he also mentioned he plays Mutants and Masterminds.
People call him the korean, or cannon Anon, due to hoe he used to bring up North Korea and Nazi Germany. As well as an Anon in a previous thread last year(?) posting a screenshot from some Korean forum, although I'm not sure they're the same person. There's at least one other Anon who's a writer that also dooms in the threads, as well as one Anon who apes the posting style of the above guy but with a lot less substance and success since he doesn't have the same mixture of arrogance and autism that makes him think he's correct about everything, instead just being a low effort troll aping.
 
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Tenshi Eating A Corn Dog! said:
I feel like frills were being slowly killed as ZUN went from his old style to his new one, but they really died in Touhou 15. Not a single newhu from that game had frills in their design at all besides maybe really tiny ones that look more like elastic banding scrunching up on Seiran's clothes. Not sure if I'd want them now considering the flatter shading he does now would make them look much worse. Ran's 19 appearance is a good example of that. Shame, because if he could just scan in his traditional art instead of his digital stuff, I'd like the look of the characters a lot more.
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We've failed as a society when Touhou is no longer known as the "girls in frilly dresses" game series.
 
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Tenshi Eating A Corn Dog! said:
maybe really tiny ones that look more like elastic banding scrunching up on Seiran's clothes.
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She's got a small petticoat ruffle. Like, yeah it's markedly less pronounced than the previous girls, but she's got some!

I miss the big ruffles, but I like his more modern designs, of trying to get an idea across with their clothes.
 
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anliteralidiot said:
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She's got a small petticoat ruffle. Like, yeah it's markedly less pronounced than the previous girls, but she's got some!

I miss the big ruffles, but I like his more modern designs, of trying to get an idea across with their clothes.
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I know what must be done. To make the ultimate Touhou, we have to combine ruffles and thematic outfits.
 
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this demo is awesome, honestly
chaining makes stages much more interesting, and the early game doesn't seem like the snoozefest it is in WBaWC and UM
music is still great (thankfully, i didn't really like anything from UDoALG), and the new girls are charming asf
ZUN only needs to iron out the bugs (:optimistic:) and this'll land into one of my fav touhou games tbh
 
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Rango Dango said:
meanwhile my ass ova here still tryna 1cc pcb lmaoooo
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Some tips for PCB
Sakuya A is by far the strongest shot type. Her focus shot has damage comparable to Reimu B'a unfocused shot without the weird firing pattern alongside homing that's better Reimu A, a high damage high spread unfocused shot that grinds through stages, and a strong offensive focused bomb. The only issue is that she slows down so little in focus mode it can fuck up your dodging and her unfocused bomb is mediocre. The homing can seem worse at first since it works at odd angles, but that combined with her speed makes it so collecting point and power items is way easier, compared to Reimu A who has a hard time powering up while also having bad matchups against all of the bosses.
After that the second strongest shot type is Sakuya B, but the only reason its the second strongest is due to requiring more skill compared to Sakuya A. Both her bombs are really strong defensive options and her shot type is all odd angels but is really strong.
Third is Marisa A, fast, strong, generates tons of cherry score, great defensive unfocused and offensive focused bombs, with her focused bomb being very strong against the Prismriver sisters. All around really solid.
Fourth is Marisa B, a lot of the same advantages of Marisa A but hugely nerfed from her EOSD appearance, makes up for it with two really strong bombs that are both high offense with great defenses. Overall only slightly weaker than Marisa A.
tied with Marisa B, you have Reimu B. It's a pretty weird shot type, doing more damage unfocused for some reason while her bomb is the opposite. So her unfocused bomb is a stronger defensive tool while her focused bomb is not as strong on the defensive (relative to most Reimu bombs) but does way more damage and can shred bosses up close. So there's a lot of risk reward with her, but if you can be aggressive and nimble you can effectively take advantage of both her offensive focused bomb and her aggressive unfocused shot, which is really good against Yuyuko.
Finally, also Reimu A is just kind of bad. The other shots are based on relative strength, while this shot type is just too slow to take advantage of homing shots on stages, has too little damage to deal with tanky stage enemies, and with a garbage focused bomb. Honestly her one saving grace is that her unfocused bomb is actually pretty good.
 
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twinArmageddons said:
oh like heir conditioning having beloved tomboyish girl leitmotif
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Yeah, and you can hear some Hartman's Youkai Girl at 1:45 in Terezi's theme:
At 2:00 it's also got a hint of UN Owen.

I don't count the alberti bass as a reference, even if Toby Fox meant it as one, since alberti bass patterns are so common.
 
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