/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Shame they aren't more popular.

I don't usually listen to Touhou music (or weaboo music for that matter), but a friend of mine showed me some arrangements on youtube that were pretty neat. Can anyone here suggest a good album or two to start off with?

Hello /jp/! You may not remember me, but I'm that guy that made the thread about beating the Prismriver sisters in PCB, then having an amazing run and getting to Yuyuko, etc. I wasn't planning on playing PCB today, but when I saw the 4chan train thread, I figured the board would be too shitty to browse for a couple of hours, so I decided to give it a go. And, lucky as I seem to be, I beat it. There's one thing that bothers me, though. Yuyuko's last spellcard caught me entirely by surprise as I only had 2 bombs left and no extra lives. I somehow survived it, though. Is it impossible to die to it, like it's some sort of a bonus, or was I just really lucky? Also, I wasn't playing the translated version of the game because of the vpatch, so what exactly went on in Good Ending #4?

Anyway, a big thank you goes to you for your kind words and support. I'll keep playing and hopefully getting better.

my endscore was still 40 million points lower than the one on my previous run

Hello /jp/. You probably don't remember me, but I'm that guy who made the thread about losing my last life on the Prismriver sisters and immediately gaining a new one, thus saving me from a Game Over. Well, I've been practicing hard the last few days, and tonight I felt ready to finally 1cc EoSD on Normal. However, I foolishly died to Icicle Fall and did disappointingly the rest of the run, and since I had very little experience with Remilia's spellcards, I lost my last life on her last spellcard. I was so damn close. I still cracked open a beer and promised myself I'd do better the next time.

Later in the evening, I felt bored, so I decided to do a relaxed run of PCB, being content with however well I did. I wasn't expecting much, maybe getting to the Prismriver sisters again, if I'm lucky. Hell, I hadn't even maxed out my lives and started with the default 3. But then, things didn't quite work out as I expected. I did magically, /jp/. I avoided every single bullet with ease. It was as if the hand of God was guiding me as I flew between the complicated danmaku patterns. I perfected Alice, /jp/. I beat her without dying or using a bomb once. I had never done that for any boss tougher than Cirno. By the time I reached the Prismriver sisters, my 3 lives had grown to 6. It was absolutely amazing. I even deathbombed quite a lot of times, something I had rarely done before. I then beat the fifth level, having never gone further than miniboss Youmu. Reacing the final level, I felt a happiness I thought I'd never feel again while playing a video game. Of course, I knew by then I wouldn't actually beat Yuyuko, as I only had 4 bombs and no lives remaining. In the end, I died after taking her first lifebar. But I've grown, /jp/. I'm becoming better and better and feeling superb while doing it.

Something absolutely amazing just happened to me, /jp/. I absolutely suck at Danmaku, but I've been practicing hard. I was playing PCB on Normal, and I got up to the Prismriver sisters, being absolutely certain I'd lose for sure. I was dodging as hard as I could, and it was an utterly enjoyable battle all the way through, their amazing theme helping a lot. I was down to my last life and no bombs, however, and the last spellcard seemed impossible to survive through. Then, a miracle happened. I was breezing inbetween the bullets, not one of them hitting me. It was as if I was guided by the hand of a merciful god. I had no idea how long I had left to endure, but I didn't care anymore. I was mesmerized by the beautiful music and the thrill of facing death. I was ready to accept defeat. Then, I got hit.

At that very same millisecond, however, I beat the Prismriver sisters. This gave me a life, which I immediately lost, but this allowed me to keep my continue. I could not believe my eyes, then I laughed, paused the game, and cracked open a beer before getting utterly destroyed by Youmu in the next level.

Is this what Touhou is all about, /jp/?