What is Touhou? A Brief Introduction

A short look into the Touhou series explaining what it is and the aspects that allowed it to become so popular, as well as detailing what this channel is aiming to do.

[AspreyFM]

Couple things to mention here. 5:13 the two books marked by an asterisk aren't written entirely by ZUN himself. One contains a short story written by ZUN (Top) and the other credits ZUN but his actual involvement in it is pretty loose, making it questionably Canon as a whole (Middle.)

The other is that you CAN see the Good Ending if you beat the game on Easy Mode (except Touhou 6.) I don't know if the Extra Stage can be unlocked, but at the time of recording I didn't know this was the case on Endings.

EDIT I put the clover on the wrong game OOPS. Violet Detector isn't the latest Twilight Frontier collab, it's two to the left, Antinomy of Common Flowers. I can't believe I didn't notice that

Other than that, I hope you enjoyed it.

[ster_joke]

Touhou fans crying in the shower because they are dodging all the water drops

[ftorididk]

-Is Touhou an anime?
-No, Cirno, Touhou is not an anime

[DoctorTex]

“What is TouHou?”
*Sees the first thing of the video* Nothing I’ll be able to beat.

[DoomPickle]

“Although Touhou is regarded as an easier game in the genre-“
Me, as I’ve spent a good portion of the video jaw dropped at the screen how people even do that: WHAT

[MerderMarderInMyHead]

Touhou is that one game or show where everyone has ultra instinct

[Fannintendociccio]

Finally an actual good SERIOUS and not cringey introduction video to touhou, an actual useful summary of what the series is about. Thank you very much, and the rest of your vids are real good as well!

[Schtyn]

Touhou have been spread across the internet so much that the references and remixes I accidentally encountered is the reason why I'm here in the fandom.

[HexterXD]

I never played Touhou, and I have never understood the story... but MAN I would love to have this music in smash.

[monochromeenigma]

At this rate, touhou become more like a culture itself.

Yup, touhou reference can be found almost anywhere lol. As goes with a famous comment that says, if anything exist there will be a touhou parody of it, and the presence of touhou hijack memes

[SubwaySandwichBossIngo]

The thing I don't understand is why the fandom is so large and dedicated. I see so much well-made Touhou art almost daily. I am not complaining! I simply want to know what about it has people so invested. For as long as I can remember I have seen countless Touhou fan videos on YouTube as well.

[nepdisc]

Zun is credited as the "creator of touhou" but the popularity of the series doesn't come from him alone, with an incredibly large portion of the fanbase never having even PLAYED any of Zun's actual original Touhou games. Touhou isn't just a game series made by an indie developer, it's a doujin phenomena that spans decades and millions of people expressing themselves through it. At this point Touhou is "a video game series" as much as maybe something like Marvel is a "comic book series"

[Kameeho]

For me Touhou has always been about the music.
Been playing some of their games but bullet hell games arent really my thing. Enjoy the fighting games though.

But the one thing that transcended the games is the Music, as it has a very distinct yet very recognisable sound, once you listened to Touhou music long enough you can easily identify a touhou song even if you never heard it before.

[abellsatime]

-touhou
-eargasm music
-nothing more
-nothing less

[JacF]

"I thought you were giving me the short version?"
*"This is the short version."*

[twistedrubygrimdarkrose]

this Poor guy didn't sleep due to hype and worry may you rest well

[gbc-cgzw]

Just started learning about this franchise about a week ago by watching your streams and I'm interested in learning more about it! Keep up the good work!

[smellyvomit]

When I first started playing touhou, I couldn't shake an extremly strong feeling of deja vu. Turns out i had heard almost all of the ESoD soundtrack without having ever known it lol.

[jamzee_]

I read through Zun’s rules, and dear lord he’s lenient. He’s completely okay with the nsfw content made alongside everything.

[ShiriusuNH]

Finally googling "What is Touhou" after seeing characters and songs from it online for years and then subsequently finding a YouTuber I used to watch a lot when I was big into Pokémon on a smurf Touhou account describing the series was quite the surprise.
"A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one."