Info[]
PC SHMUP game series made by one gigachad Taito game programmer Jun'ya Ota (known usually as ZUN or "EL ZUN")
Common elements involve a light hearted story, a enormous love for traditionalism and nationalism, cute girls with silly hats, amazing music and challenging gameplay.
There's been various doujins, fan games, and a few animated producion made off of this series.
Note: The McRoll stole the theme from Touhou!
Note: Always play as Sakuya, she's the perfect-est
¿Is this a Twitter sakuya reference?
See Touhou Wiki for more info.
Topicality[]
As of 6/5/2011, Touhou is officially on-topic at OT. Use this screencap if they say otherwise!
How To Get Started[]
Every Touhou noob asks how to get started into the great world of Touhou. Well let me tell you how.
Way 1, Retro Always Wins: If you want to start as nearly every oldfag did, Download Embodiment of Scarlet Devil or Perfect Cherry Blossom and play it. There are sites that have links to it and other doujin-style (hint hint) games.
Way 2, Retro Always Wins 2:Gigachad boogaloo: Start at the very beginning of the franchise, and instead of EoSD, start with Highly Responsive to Prayers.
Way 3, elitist mode: Do you wanna start with the best entries of the franchise, play Phantasmagoria of Flower View and/or Imperishable Night.
Way 4, consulting real touhou fans: Touhou became extremely popular since 2015 for some reasons regarding one simple tumblr user who did a shitty game plagiarizing elements of various videogames to make explicit left wing propaganda. *cof cof Toby cof cof*, so because that, is kinda hard to find a Real touhou fan on the internet that can guide You, You can try on the place where occidental touhou fandom borned, 4chan's /pol/ board, the thing is that also 4chan become affected negatively by popularity (and other reasons) so there's the chance of finding posers, both coomers and left wingers. So the most effective way to find one is researching touhou communities and investigating in them who are "bad users" and for the specific reason of "being nazis" because that's the common characteristic that any real touhou fan has. If you don't want to investigate check the part of Youtube Accounts Dedicated to Touhou.
Way 5, le eternal coomer: Do you like porn? yes?, ok, for not particular reason just play Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, and only on lunatic if you want to prove yourself, if you quit, please, never come back to touhou :DDDDDDDDD.
PD: OP and StoneCold2010 are posers so they can go to shitty franchises made for them like Fate or Taimanin series, instead of ruining the beauty of Touhou fuggin duo of cumbrains.
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(a.k.a. Random Badassery)
YouTube accounts dedicated to Touhou
http://www.youtube.com/user/rozenmystica (famous for the video on the right)
http://www.youtube.com/user/dgreater1 (a few subtitled Touhou M-1 videos)
http://www.youtube.com/user/atomicpuppy (lots and lots of Touhou MADs)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Regris (contains Touhou Soccer videos, grouped by character/move. Because Touhou Soccer is awesome.)
http://www.youtube.com/user/STMTmatti (more Touhou Soccer, condensed. Because it's that awesome.)
http://www.youtube.com/user/MagnaMausoleumDeFideEtRatione (THE ONLY real touhou fan channel in Youtube that dedicates it's content to touhou, so check it out)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Arkantxi (Holeymeister's account. Currently attempting to upload every single Touhou GST soundtrack. Isn't doing too well with it because he's lazy but he'll finish one day >_>)
Touhou PVs
(somebody pick a video from the ones with search queries, I'm too lazy/obsessive compulsive)
6-minute, 92 song medley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T_tjA0MKrE&fmt=18
Artificial Children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ0Rwt-uwKc&fmt=18
Bad Apple!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY50o9KmbSo&fmt=18
Border of Death: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=border+of+death&aq=f
Border of Extacy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHindeuNmYg&fmt=18
Cirno's Perfect Math Class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wFDWP5JwSM&fmt=18
Futatsu no Tsubasa (subbed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVZ_xCAm7A&fmt=18
Help Me, ERINNNNNN!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMPB8iVK20Q&fmt=18
Kero (9) Destiny (subbed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUBbigtfCWs&fmt=18
Marisa Stole the Precious Thing (pick a video): http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=marisa+stole+the+precious+thing&aq=f
Over Drive! (because Stops at the affected area and immediately dissolves - Lunatic Udongein is too long of a name): http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=touhou+over+drive&aq=f
Optical Cellophane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgawzoXXFA&fmt=18
Oyome ni Shinasai (Make Us Your Brides!, subbed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPZZYYTSIY&fmt=18
Power of Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1sWedgjP4&fmt=18
Taboo Tears You Up: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=taboo+tears+you+up&aq=f
Tsuru Pettan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUe2eckPFQ&fmt=18
The Feast Never Ends!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XrGO6vsFPQ&fmt=18
Usatei: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfoRxp7YNS4&fmt=18
You Should Drink Cucumber-Flavored Beer!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXkqJxYdbdg&fmt=18
Touhou MADs
1000% MASTERSPARKING: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgMeBpmoHMY&fmt=18
Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle and Love-Colored Master Spark (awesome remix) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXO8i6u-B4k&fmt=18
Megamari x Omoide wa Okkusenman!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzkZXOAKITw&fmt=18
Touhou version of Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1e3qyrweac&fmt=18
Touhou version of Nico Nico Douga Ryuuseigun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6mIywULaTs&fmt=18
Touhou x Kyouran Kazoku Nikki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upNK_sY4NFQ&fmt=18
Touhou x Little Busters! 100%: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQQWmQafyA&fmt=18
Touhou x Little Busters! EX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH8eSadKwkw&fmt=18
Touhou x Makai Tenshi Djibril 4 OP
U.N. Owen was Her!? (one-man performance): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTU84uwyN5w&fmt=18
Yukkuri yodeling (say what you will about the species, but this is still hotblooded awesomeness): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKrTGBq74wg&fmt=18
Miscellaneous
Touhou Motion Picture (NOT Musou Kakyou): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrD1MoKeGs0&fmt=18
Lol, U Metal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7aJdiV9h3U&fmt=18
Because one Captain Falcon parody isn't enough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA3EJ5Fi4GE&fmt=18
Reimu + Gespenst Kick always equals awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t75b62v_nvA&fmt=18 (trivia: the same seiyu plays both Patchy and Kusuha)