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How did Touhou get so popular? Why did it get so popular?

>> No.9787807

Many different reasons. I'm sure someone's written an essay about this at some point.

Also; do you want to start a discussion, or do you seriously not know?

>> No.9787814

>>9787807

I seriously don't know

>> No.9787827
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>>9787807
Wasn't it because of the McRoll?

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doujinshi market and little girls

is also a decent danmaku

>> No.9787897

Danmaku got popular because lel i'm so hardcore xDD i can play on expert mode!!!!!!!

Touhou in particular got popular because little girls only cast.

Now it's popular because of the sheer amount of fanart it's spawned.

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>>9787799
Because people like explosions

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>>9787799
>Shameimaru

>> No.9787942

Hypothesis: A minority of Touhou fans have actually beaten the game, on any difficulty

I estimate about 40%

>> No.9787945

>>9787942
I've only beaten one game on any difficulty.

Ten Desires on easy.

>> No.9787953

>>9787942
i thin less, i beat EoSD PCB and IN on normal, nut many fans just dont play the game... guck them

>> No.9787976

>>9787912
Shut it, sean.

>> No.9788002

>>9787942

im wokring on beting SA in hard

already beat IS and EoSC in hard

>> No.9788008

>>9788002
What's IS?

>> No.9788241

>>9787897
some fans like touhou because of little girls characters and some fans like touhou because of CHARACTERS
i think calling them little girls is inappropriate, touhou characters are consisted of teen, young adult, or adult, but because of ZUN's art and the fandom(otaku) like to think it that way, so yeah.......

Also, the fandom is shit sometimes, and lot of fans dont play the games

>> No.9788255

>>9788241
But most of them are actually younger than what the fandom think.

>> No.9788330

>>9787799
Same reason TF2 got popular - lots and lots of hats.

Only, touhou's are way cuter.

>> No.9791130

I am a new Touhou fan. I like the music, I like the characters, I like and play the games.

I was very pleased to learn that ZUN shares my love of FM synthesized music.

>> No.9791151

Mainly because the music.

>> No.9791170

same reason my little pony got popular.

lets all stop and think about that for a moment.

>> No.9791210

>How did Touhou get so popular?
Japanese have bad taste. The only good thing about Touhou is the music, some non-h doujins and some canon manga. Everything else (like 99.9%) is not even worth mentioning. No, the characters aren't good.

>> No.9791226

>>9791170

touhou fans don't want to fuck horses though.

>> No.9791228

>>9791170
Get off our turf, pal. You are very easy to spot by your lack of punctuation. Best try to remain transparent or you will get dropped the fuck down, got it?

>> No.9791231

>>9791210
I always find it hilarious to see posts explaining opinions by trying to state their own opinions as facts.

>> No.9791235
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I would say that touhou is not popular at all.

Touhou fan art and fan fiction is very popular. This is not touhou and what you will read or see in the works created by fans is so different from the source material that it's arguably not even set in the same universe that is presented in the games.

I can think of no other example in modern fiction where the source material is almost completely ignored by most of its fans, yet the fan created works are extremely popular.

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>>9791231
Shut up.

>> No.9791250

>>9788241
Oh hey, I remember you from another thread.

>Also, the fandom is shit sometimes
You're only contributing.

>> No.9791265

because there are a lot of kissless virgins who NGGHHH at little girls

>> No.9791269

>>9791210

>canon manga

This doesn't really exist. ZUN can endorse something and even say that it's canon, but that doesn't mean it's canon. It can only be canon if he creates it himself.

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>>9791269
>ZUN can endorse something and even say that it's canon, but that doesn't mean it's canon

>> No.9791284

>>9791269
>ZUN can endorse something and even say that it's canon, but that doesn't mean it's canon
Could you people at least attempt to make sense?

>> No.9791293

>>9791235
>I can think of no other example in modern fiction where the source material is almost completely ignored by most of its fans
This is how Japanese fans work. What about Madoka? Or Fate series? Doujin (non-h) personalities are completely different or simplified.
It's like the worst kind of fanfiction.

>> No.9791316

>>9791235
Who cares.
I like Touhou.

>> No.9791317

>>9791280
>>9791284

If you create a story and then someone makes a story which is based on the story that you have made then it's not canon because it was created in the imagination of someone other than the original creator.

The original creator can point at this and say that it's canon, but he still didn't create it, it didn't come from his imagination, and it's not canon.

>> No.9791323

>>9791317
Do you even know what "canon" means?

>Could you people at least attempt to make sense?

>> No.9791330

Because Touhou is FUCKIN DEEP BRAH

No, really. The canon is actually pretty well thought out and in depth about a lot of things, and the fans have some indirect input on how future material pans out (See: Cirno).

>> No.9791328

>>9791317
>The original creator can point at this and say that it's canon
>it's not canon
Your post is a perfect example of a contradiction. I'll remember should I need to explain it to someone.

>> No.9791332

>>9791323

>Canon definition:
>the authentic works of a writer

The writer of touhou is ZUN. If he didn't write it then it's not the "authentic works" of ZUN and it's not canon.

>> No.9791337

Feel free to prove me wrong on this, but isn't all official Touhou manga written by ZUN?

>> No.9791338

>>9791332
And if that writer says that something is canon, is because it is.

>> No.9791339

>>9791332
He did write the stories for the manga, though.

>> No.9791342

>>9791337
It is, but some nerds likes to think otherwise.

>> No.9791343

>>9791337
All except for Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth.

>> No.9791345

>>9791235
>I can think of no other example in modern fiction where the source material is almost completely ignored by most of its fans, yet the fan created works are extremely popular.

Sherlock Holmes
Shakespeare
Lord of the Rings

All of the original works have been long ignored in favor of their more modern incarnations which would amount to nothing more than a fan's re-imagining.
The main difference here is that Touhou is still in the works and will keep expanding as long as ZUN doesn't die of liver failure and he will in your lifetime, just a reminder

>> No.9791350

>>9791337
>>9791339

He only approved the stories that were written by other people, he didn't actually write it himself. Approving something for production does not mean that you created it.

>> No.9791356

>>9791343
>All except for Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth.
I knew there was something strange about that filth.

>> No.9791366

>>9791350
If he approves it as canon, is canon. Stop.
Also, most of the official mangas are WRITTEN by ZUN.

>> No.9791377

>>9791332
>原作: ZUN

What the fuck more do you want?

>> No.9791394 [DELETED] 

>>9791345
Please don't misuse spoilers.

>> No.9791407

>>9791394
Please stop spamming.

>> No.9791410 [DELETED] 

>>9791394
o-ok...
;_;

>> No.9791415 [DELETED] 

>>9791410
Please don't misuse spoilers.

>> No.9791433

>>9791415
[spoilers]b-but I'm shy...[/spoiler]

>> No.9791501

>>9791433
You don't have to be shy, this is /jp/. We're all Tou-Bros here so just remember to be yourself!

>> No.9791506

>>9791501
>Tou-Bro
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A THING EVER I REFUSE

>> No.9791509

>>9791506
It is pretty cheesy.

>> No.9791543

>>9787912
>not romanizing しゃ to sha

>> No.9791603

The games have an amazing atmosphere. There are better STGs around but Touhou is just damn nice. ZUN is the reincarnation of da Vinci.

>> No.9791752

>>9791506
Tou-bro
Bro-jou
Bro-nen Jump

>> No.9791790

I personally got into it because I was into rage-inducing difficult shmups and cute girls, and it gave me the best of both worlds.

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