Could you SURVIVE in Gensokyo? | Touhou Theory

You have just been sent to Gensokyo with no knowledge about the youkai infested world you find yourself in. We will be going over a survival plan to conquer Gensokyo as an ordinary human, and how plausible it is for you to do so.

Timestamps
Intro 0:00
Hakurei Shrine 1:49
Muenzuka 2:46
Human Village 5:31
Terakoya 8:41
Magic 9:52
SDM 12:44
Where to Live 14:04
Moderate Danger Areas 15:13
High Danger Areas 17:11
Impossible Areas 18:25
Phantasm Stage 19:36

Music Used
The Gensokyo the Gods Loved
Argue for and Against
Reincarnation
Plain Asia
Bibliophile with a Deciphering Eye
Love-colored Master Spark
Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room
The Mystery in Your Town
The Dream Palace Great Mausoleum
Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon
The Sea Where One's Home Planet Reflects
DANCES with WOLVES

[theBaka]

Change "Gensokyo" with "real life" and this would be a guide every touhou fan should consider watching.

[cornbeverly]

no way this isn't secretly a just a pitch for an adventure rpg

[kyaksachan]

Love the fact this guide just understands the implementations of language barriers.

[landydot]

I believe in myself. I WILL make it to the village. I WILL learn magic. I WILL low diff Rumia. I WILL colonize the Moon

[shinysnivyds]

Another smaller danger that could be an early run killer is the fairies. Sure with luck, one could avoid the youkai, but the fairies are just about everywhere. Imagine getting lost and twisted around trying to escape Muenzuka or exploring Gensokyo early on because some fairies are pulling a prank and making you lose your way. This could make you an easier target for youkai, not to mention that they sometimes play "pranks that go too far" with examples shown of humans falling from cliffs due to their antics.

Now if you excuse me I am going to lead the biggest fairy army in Gensokyo to do what the fairies of light couldn't do, terrorize human society.

[MrSasukeSusanoo]

"Nah, I'd win", I back long jump enough to bug myself out of bounds and speedrun leave gensokyo

[ItsGamein]

Only problem I have with this is Marisa is basically a prodigy, you can't expect someone to learn magic at a comparable pace to her

[cupulate]

I want to add some points:
- Learning how spell card system works could be a huge step up in your survival as the rules in perfect memento in strict sense states that the opponent can't kill the human opponent when they lose, and no matter how powerful a youkai is in gensokyo they must adhere to the spell card rule, so you can have some chance even against someone like Yuuka. Just be skillful enough to put up some fight so whoever you fight can have some sense of excitement when they win.
- Like in planescape torment, faith, or rather, belief is power in Gensokyo. If you could gaslight the population of Gensokyo you can do a certain thing e.g. fixing things that falls from outside world, you will eventually able to do that thing e.g. fixing things from outside world even if you have zero idea how it works. Be warned to not do this to upset the powers in Gensokyo or a certain shrine maiden will come visit you.
- Follow up to above rule: Do not teach science to the human villagers. Belief is power in Gensokyo, and the more humans learn how the world actually works, the risk of them disbelieving things will be greater, as how yamabiko almost extinct when the rumor how sound echoes spreads in the village. If you disturb the primary source of faith for youkai, ALL the youkai will come for you, and the gap hag will kick you back to the outside world at best.

[metaphobic]

My man lowkey just made a "how to get your act together" guide by disguissing it as a touhou video 😂.

[Mimagito]

Probably not the easiest goal to work towards, but pursuing blacksmithing as a profession in Gensokyo sounds kinda cool. You could even find ways to extend your lifespan so you can keep polishing this skill indefinitely - with enough time, you could even become proficient enough to make weapons to just about rival mythical weapons, assuming you put all your focus into that area of crafting.

I kinda like this pitch. Someone should work this into some kind of tabletop-esque game and give it a shot, honestly.

[IamaMedalHunter]

If one of your goals isn't to visit Mystia's restaurant at least once, then you're not surviving Gensokyo.

[LunarCruxOfficial]

Plot twist: You find a box full of Spell Bombs the first day you enter Gensokyo.

[oceandash]

From what I remember, Rinnosuke remarks that Gensokyo uses currency, but it's just whatever drifts in from the outside world. What would drift in is likely yen since it's Japan, but only small amounts people have lost over small amounts of time.
You have to be around Gensokyo's barrier to enter, so even if you're a tourist, you should be carrying some yen on you.
We can assume these yen notes are more valuable than normal in Japan because not much yen would pass through the barrier.
Therefore even a tourist may have a very high amount of cash when entering Gensokyo.

[gemraldkid]

As a computer science student, the idea that spells can do anything if you know how to construct them makes me wonder if the broader concepts could be likened to coding and if that would give me a sort of small advantage in hypothetically learning magic.

Sounds like a conversation I’d like to have with at least one of the local magic users.

[cornykind]

Imagine being depressed then randomly teleporting to Gensokyo to see Rumia running up to your ass to have a feast

[BeefMeisterSupreme]

Despite reimu's famous actions regarding a certain author, becoming a yokai on accident would likely result in her just escorting you out of the village or chasing you out, becoming a yokai because you felt out of place or because you never felt human to begin with would probably just inspire pity in her.

[Nyodkwhtal]

This video not only connected me to Gensokyo, but also gave me the opportunity to learn English through touhou as a Japanese person. Thank you.

[Arugula--Child]

0:12 IM NOT A NORMAL PERSON, IM AUTISTIC!

[komeiji]

If youkai eats you then you eat yourself first . To defeat your enemy you must act like your enemy

[DR-]

Did i just watched a 20 minutes tutorial on how to survive in a fictional world...? From a game i barely know anything about?

Heck yeah. And it was fun