There's more to the comparison. Like how Twilight is totally Patchy. I mean she's a shut-in living in a library with a cute pet/familiar, has a color-scheme dominated by purple and is known for her incredible skill with magic.
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There's more to the comparison. Like how Twilight is totally Patchy. I mean she's a shut-in living in a library with a cute pet/familiar, has a color-scheme dominated by purple and is known for her incredible skill with magic.
I am tempted to get a Yukari Pony avatar, even though I am not a MLP fan.
Oh, and Celestia is a nicer version of Yukari. They're both huge trolls, they both created the setting and they are both beings far beyond the norm in their respective settings. And did I mention the trolling?
Note to self: Do more trolling.
Not really :P I only troll my best friend IRL
Fan version of Celestia is a troll. Show version of Celestia is just plain nice and the closest thing to trolling she's done is playing a couple friendly jokes.
There's a reason what I asked for with this avatar was basically a Byakuren/Celestia mix :smalltongue:.
Weirder moment of insight re: Vaarsuvius.
I will be trying to Livestream DynaMarisa 3D today at 3pm GMT(-7 hrs) at http://www.livestream.com/thymeparadox.
edit: Canceled.
And I know that it has been quite a while, but...Ten Desires is out and translation of the levels not in the demo is already well under way!
Also, I personally just love Seiga's design, it's simple but cute. I'm less fond of Mimazou's, but fanartists have done good stuff with her already, as well as an inexplicable amount of porn and ecchi. In general I like all their designs, though, and the music is pretty good I think. I'll report back with more once I, you know, actually play the game
Huh, sounds like the game is based on quite a bit of history, if the wiki's character descriptions are to be believed. Of course, the supposed notables some of the characters are based on have been lolified.
SpoilerAnd sad face, looks like all that Mima speculation turned out to be false. :smallfrown: Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. No idea why several older characters have shown up again though.
Either way, I'll have to go look around for it eventually.
Well hey, look what I found.
No vocals, and the subtitles are in Japanese, but hey, it's still pretty cool.
Edit: here is a version with English subs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQzpHkiahAI
Yeah, it was purely a typo. I had seen the Madoka crossover art already and cringed at the pun. Still, I welcome the new girls, like I said I find their designs quite cute. What their personalities will end up being is everyone's guess, though.
Well, tried the new game. Almost 1CC'd it, but lost due to overconfidence on the last spellcard - it starts so pathetically easy it caught me by surprise when it got harder and I lost twice in fifteen seconds.
Have to say, the game's left me a tad cold. Music's nothing special or memorable (and sounds way too reminiscent of older games in many points), and most of the new characters' designs haven't wowed me the way Shou or Byakuren did. Miko's in particular I rather dislike.
I do like Futo, though. I think it's the hat :smalltongue:. She also seems to have the coolest patterns. Also, a good point for the game is the aimability of Master Spark! :smallbiggrin:
I can't quite agree with Drascin on this. I find the music pretty memorable, especially Welcome to Youkai Temple and Rigid Paradise, and generally without the somewhat annoying tracks that most of the other games have had. I also find the somewhat simpler, cleaner designs of many of the characters appealing, though I will agree that they aren't as good as Shou and Byakuren's. Those two have some of the best designs from a purely visual perspective, though.
I also like that the game isn't as brutal as the two immediately preceding it. I will be able to actually play and enjoy this one, unlike UFO. So currently I have a good impression of this one. I also look forward to seeing how the doujin community reacts to the conflict between youkai Buddhists and anti-youkai Daoists. Myouren and the Daoists are clearly being set up in opposition to each other from what translations I've seen. The game seems generally more concerned with plot than most Touhou games given how all of the last three bosses have substantially longer profiles than even Yuyuko or Byakuren.
The final boss (and lackeys) get in-battle speech bubbles, too.
But yeah, quite fond of this game, though the soundtrack in parts isn't really to my liking. In any case, it's good. Certainly worth the purchase, though that's hardly surprising. And I do like parts of the soundtrack, too. The stage 4 theme and the theme for... what'shername the stage 4 boss are amazing.
Also? Normal no death run complete. On my first try. Wheeeeeeeee.
You mean Seiga Kaku? Her and Miko have my favorite designs of the new characters, actually.
Also, I'll admit I can't really remember the tracks for stage 4-6 and their bosses. I haven't gotten that far and only got a brief look at them, but I did enjoy hearing them in the clip I saw.
Yeah, severely disagree. Toyota in particular has a design that made me go "really?". Ad the game is just... average in general. Nothing that wowed me, no character that really made me think "damn, she looks so cool", nothing. I just went through the game, in and out, and ended with a shrug. A few cool patterns (mostly on Futo, but the 4th stage boss as well), a music that the best I can say about is that it's not obstrusive... I dunno. Just... bleh.
Stage 4 boss was the funniest thing since BROFIST Unzan. I approve of zombie meatshield.
Other things I found amusing were that the new Taoist characters use arrow projectiles, and that the Extra stage boss uses foxes (Ran), red birds (Mokou), and frogs (Suwako) as projectiles.
The full translated transcripts are up on the wiki. A few things catch my eye:
Youmu lacks two of the ten desires, which means a few things. For one, it means Miko can't predict her future as she can for the other heroines, because she doesn't have the full set of ten to work with. It also means that Youmu is apparently one-fifth enlightened (no desires at all being the state of buddhahood). In addition, "attachment to life" and "envy of death" are usually the last two to be abandoned. No wonder the crew judged Youmu so highly.
Mami (Yes, I'm calling her Mami for short. This will totally not result in confusion in the future.) apparently came from the outside world, as she mentions crossing a great sea. She herself says Nue called her, whereas Nue says "we" (the youkai as a collective, presumably) brought her in. My guess would be that Yukari decided to bring her on behalf of all youkai to balance the scales - after all, the human side just got themselves a Taoist, a hermit, and a saint in one go. No wonder Yukari sleeps all the time. Must be tiring having to keep growing the place.
Incidentally, while Miko doesn't have detatched sleeves, she still flashes armpits, as is proper for a miko.
As for Mima... I won't say I told you so, because I'm pretty sure I didn't (except to Prime on AIM). But I was sure thinking it.
Except that according to Komachi, enlightenment is overrated. :smalltongue:
I don't remember this. It's from chapter 4 or later, right? So where did you find it?
Some guy posted translated versions.
Chapter 4, in which Marisa misunderstands the concept of zoos.
Chapter 5, in which Reimu complains about still being poor.
I keep meaning to get around to trying to decipher chapter 6. I can't translate by any means, but I'm confident enough that I could get at least a rough understanding with a lot of looking up.
So...how long until we get an official war between Miko and Byakuren? Seems like everything is building up to that. Of course, I'm firmly on Byakuren's side. She just has a better theme and prettier spellcards.
Let's also throw in Kanako for good measure in this religious war.
Also: Futo vs. Murasa. Nice Boat vs. "The Power to Sink Ships"
Make love, not war. I advocate ByakurenxMiko shipping.
Failing that, I find Miko's spellcards plenty pretty. And she made the constitution into freaking laser beams.
Charge up the First Amendment Laser! Declaration of Independence Artillery, go!
Is it wrong that I am cackling madly right now?
Byakuren is already being Flanderised into a bully.
Don't forget, it's Kanako's fault that she has more rivals in the first place. In WaHH she also manages to flood the path to her own shrine, preventing her worshippers from getting there. Moriya Shrine Conspiracies suck. :smalltongue:Quote:
Let's also throw in Kanako for good measure in this religious war.
Touhou canon seems to be becoming more and more coherent lately. First UFO references "an antique shop", then Fairy Wars used characters from a manga, and now Ten Desires has Reimu mentioning she once visited the moon (Silent Sinner in Blue) and Marisa saying she needs bodily conditioning to stay healthy (Wild and Horned Hermit).
But Byakuren is Youkai Jesus, she can't be a bully!
Besides it's Miko, not Byakuren who is portrayed as not really having mended their ways and done nothing to make up for the crimes of their past.
Religious conflict seems imminent and would be an excellent topic for a doujin game I think. It would have at least three faction since there's no way Moriya would stay out of it, though I guess they might ally with the Daoists.
Neither had exactly selfless reasons for becoming what they became (in fact, in the end both had the exact same reason), but Byakuren does seem to have mended her ways better than Miko. I guess we'll see how future works end up characterizing them further.
I can see it now. This should totally be a Mirrinus LP if and when it is done.
Just noticed that Kanako was responsible for building Byakuren's temple (directly over Miko's mausoleum, which woke her up). So either she's really bad at conspiracies, or she wants the Buddhists and Taoists to wear each other down so she can step in and take over.
What?
No, seriously, what?
Damn it, fandom. And people ask me why I rarely read doujins anymore :smallsigh:.
Well, IIRC, Kanako helped because Byakuren asked for help setting down. I always did find it strange that Kanako did actually help, though - she's not much of a helper, normally. So this does explain a bit. It seems most likely to me that they both figured out, and agreed to put the Temple on there to try and reinforce the seals that kept Miko and company sleeping there.
The way things look, the Taoist faction is by far the weakest right now. They've only got 4 real members, whereas Myouren Temple has twice their number (including TWO extra-stage bosses) and Moriya Shrine might end up calling in Utsuho (who does seem to be working with them as of TH12.3). And let's face it: the Taoist folks are just bad at danmaku. They're just so much easier than their counterparts in the other factions. Stage 5 of TH13 is easier than Stage 3 of TH12, IMHO.
Well, five if you count Yoshika... which brings up an advantage the Taoists have over the Myourens, persistence. Most of them have displayed at least some capacity to reanimate, so they could probably stage a pretty formidable war of attrition ("How many times do we have to defeat the same people?")
Then again, the fairies can do that too, and their lack of power means they're mostly just a nuisance.
On a slightly related note, have you been following the progress on a translation for Genius of Sappheiros? If you're looking to do another Let's Play, they seem to have it in workable enough condition to get started.
I could see Kanako teaming up with the Daoists, actually. They get political power and let her have the religious power. Both are also opposed to youkai. That should even the odds quite a bit, even if it would make the situation less complex and interesting.
Not only that, but things kinda snowball. Notice how portrayals evolve pre-and-post the advent of the one meme people latch on for the character. And people already obviously were trying to find a meme to slap on Byakuren to simplify the character, this might just fit the bill for many people.
I'm interested in this as well, as I recently got my hands on it on a whim and have been trying to get it to work. Could you point me to that translation project?
Also, I'm trying it under Windows now, but does anyone know if it also works under Linux with Wine?
Given that their schtick is anti-youkai, I can see the Taoists trying to get the human village (and with it likely Keine, with added irony in that she's herself a werebeast; with her possibly Mokou too) as an ally too.
I'm going to guess they're going to be moderating the anti-youkai thing a bit. Because Gensokyo is especifically made to be primarily a haven for magical creatures and things, which include youkai, and starting breaking stuff and yelling against youkai in here is really not unlike coming into the house of someone and demanding that they change it to fit your tastes.
And I don't think Yukari would like a full-on human-versus-youkai war of turf disputes in her little haven.
Sure, here's the link to the translation project.
On the subject of the war, I can't help but think that Tenshi would want to get involved. Partly because the Celestials would have a stake in a holy war, and partly because Tenshi's just meddlesome like that. Of course, she doesn't really have enough allies to start her own side, so that makes things more complex. And come to think of it, on the subject of denizens of the afterlife(s) getting involved, that means Yuyuko, Satori and Shikieiki would be paying close attention too.
Out of the Windows games, that leaves only... the Scarlet Devil Mansion and Eientei without a dog in this fight? Well, the SDM has had lots of exposure anyway, and Eientei doesn't seem to care much what happens in Gensokyo as long as they're not inconvenienced by it.
I thought the memes were Purity Sue and constantly misunderstanding things?
Byakuren is far too active to be a purity sue in most portrayals I've seen. I also haven't seen people obsess over her due to traits such as innocence or beauty. Also, she kind of really isn't innocent.
Yeah, there's not been much obsession over her innocence. Mostly it's been over either her supposed ditziness or her boobs.
Though, I must say, I have not seen that many portrayals of Byakuren being anything that could be considered "active" instead of reactive.
So, only a couple months ago did I finally beat Imperishable Night on easy (my first Touhou game). I was WAY happy to have beaten the game, even though I used the maximum number of continues possible.
The, yesterday happpened. I am currently at my cousin's house, haven't played a Touhou game in 2 months, and have been working hard every day. I get up in the morning, do 7 hours of work, and then we hit a progress wall and have about an hour or so free. So, I sit down to fix one of their spare computers. While running spybot I plug in my flash drive and give Imperishable Night another spin. Reimu/Yukari, Easy (still not good at this game).
Then, in no time at all I find that I have beaten Marissa, and realize I had not used a continue yet, a feat that I had never done (I only lost one list on Marissa actually). She always had me losing a continue or even two to beat her. I was in the groove.
Long story short, I plowed through the rest of the game, and successfully 1cc'd a Touhou game. I feel great!
Congratulations :smallbiggrin:
There is a link to a story that I was considering posting here for a while now, but I feel like I've told everyone already.
Thanks guys.
Currently looking for remixes of this song now.
Some nice music here. Including Ten Desires and even Madoka tracks
EDIT: That channel does not have all of them.
This video never fails to bring me from zero to Touhou obsessed in 90 seconds flat.
So, I really need to find time to post about all my recent musical discoveries. I literally have about 12 hours of music to share.
Oh, and on top of that I discovered that FELT has published two new albums. Their first two were absolutely amazing. There are only three albums ever made where I like every single song on the album, and FELT made two of them. Very excited to listen to their new ones.
Oh hey, look what I found! Someone finally put up an English dub of Memories of Phantasm! Part 1 here.
I don't always troll. But when I do, I prefer Team Fortress 2 dubs.
So I discovered that FELT had produced two new albums since I looked at them last, and now am in love with this song.
What music have you guys discovered recently?
Sound of Carnation. Probably my new favorite. :smallcool:
Vocals. Vocals everywhere. Fleeeeeeeeeeee.
Ah, the curse of actually understanding Japanese I guess.
Hey, how about this Cog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTMR2HFXSos
90 straight minutes of music, no vocals.
Heard it before, and again when you linked it in IRC. Thanks, though. Still rather good.
Oh, and while we're linking incredibly long medleys...
50 minute medley by ALTERNATIVE, who are the bestest at percussion.