Line #95 Fanfic/TouhouTheIronOfYinAndYang


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4	Aka ''Touhou Onmyoutetsu'', a [[FanVid fan made]] [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist//35945272 46 episode video series]] by hiro on Nico Video ([[http://mmcafe.com/nico.html which you may view using this tool here]]). English speaking ''Touhou'' fans mostly know it through [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/729 Mr. Pavlov's fan comic]], while those who don't are left wondering why an [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elvaan]] keeps being [[CrackPairing paired with]] Gensokyo denizens in [[FanArt fan art]].
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6	The latest disturbance in [[Franchise/TouhouProject Gensokyo]] has connected it to another [[MagicalLand fantasy gaming world]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Vana'diel]]. Buront, a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold brash]] Elvaan paladin and [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker unusual]] [[MessageBoard 2ch]] [[AscendedFanboy celebrity]], is literally [[TrappedInAnotherWorld tossed into the thick of things]]. Landing at the Hakurei Shrine and unable to go back, he joins [[strike:iRenmu]] [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] in her job to quell the new monster-related problems. And [[HilarityEnsues general shenanigans]] with ''Touhou'''s large cast.
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8	Things don't stay simple for long as the darker forces of both worlds begin to [[DisasterDominoes play off each other]]. [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide Hostilities resurface]] across Gensokyo [[FromBadToWorse combined with outside threats]] from Vana'diel. As the new outbreak causes old tensions to resurface and the heroes band together to face them, they find themselves reexamining their ties, as well as the full consequences of [[StatusQuoIsGod solving the problem]].
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10	The videos are a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie parody playthrough of a game with no plans for release]]. Made with [[GameMaker RPG Maker]], the sprites and music are taken from many sources. Featured most prominently are the main characters' spell animations using Tasogare Frontier's fighting game sprites.
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12	The series is currently untranslated and [[ImpossibleTask may have to stay that way]].
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15	!!Contains examples of:
16	* AdaptationDistillation: Most of the boss battles in fan comic ''[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/729 I turned Iron of Yin and Yang into a comic because I felt like it]]'' are considerably shortened due to the originals being over 10 turns (50+ actions) long on average and featuring many hard-to-draw [[BulletHell bullet clouds]]. Some are even skipped, such as the first [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Dirty Ninja fight]] and [[CoresAndTurretsBoss Patchouli]].
17	* ADayInTheLimelight: Keine, LS Team Boomerang, and A Very Unlikely Man, as a team. The artist of the comic made a side story of the SDM arc with Meiling and Naitou.
18	%%* AffectionateParody
19	* {{Angrish}}: Some conditions make people type(?) worse.
20	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Most other Final Fantasy XI adventurers are memetic personifications of their jobs. Usually [[TheLoonie loonies]] with wrong approaches to their class, like Naitou (Knight) the [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Paladin who does not tank]], Tsuufuu (Theuf) the Thief too busy stealing to be useful, and Usuhime the [[InNameOnly White Mage]] who [[BoisterousBruiser clubs enemies on the front line]]. Several of them are known for their misadventures in the LS Team Boomerang.
21	* AscendedExtra: Various pieces of the Buront meme play a bigger role. Most notably The Gluttony Sword has become an inverted SwordOfPlotAdvancement.
22	* CensorBox: Used on the {{Ninja}}'s face as a joke, it disappears when he's not being dirty. The comic uses [[SpeechBubbleCensoring other]] things.
23	* ConflictBall: Just because the party learns the [[PowerOfFriendship value of working together]] does ''not'' mean they have outgrown habits like [[DeadpanSnarker starting]] [[BloodKnight fights]] [[BullyingADragon at]] [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu the]] [[JerkAss drop]] [[TooDumbToLive of]] [[FalseReassurance a]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ZUN]] [[ArrogantKungFuGuy hat]].
24	* ContinuityNod:
25	** It takes place before Undefined Fantastic Object and when it comes time, [[spoiler:[[RefugeInAudacity interrupts it offscreen and blows it off]]]].
26	** Buront and company become the reason for Sanae's memetic mean streak.
27	* {{Crossover}}: ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' crossed with tourrette syndrome and just a touch of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''.
28	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Buront. He might be [[SmallNameBigEgo mostly talk]] and his [[UnreliableNarrator talk]] [[InherentlyFunnyWords ridiculous]]. But when it mattered, truly the Paladin was in a [[CrazyEnoughToWork class of his own]]...(serious)
29	* DarkIsEvil: If a paladin holds dark power things [[YinYangBomb light and darkness come together]] and look unstoppable. If a [[TheDarkSide DRK]] holds it its the opposite and they [[BrownNote go crazy and die]].
30	* DarkIsNotEvil: Nor a horrible job class under [[TheGrimReaper Komachi]]. Here she's as [[TeamMom mature and dependable]] as she is laid back. Until someone [[TemptingFate mentions]] [[RuleOfFunny the trope]].
31	* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: A [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity side effect]] of coming into contact with a [[SevenDeadlySins Gluttony Shard]], making the holder lose restraint and become TheUnfettered. Which is bad news considering Gensokyo is held together by its inhabitants knowing when to [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum hold back]]. Things become worse if the host has the right power and motivation to [[DemonicPossession resonate]] with [[FinalBoss something]] from Vana.
32	** [[spoiler:The Fallen Italian Doll]] just wants to leave a stronger impression on her creator. Even if it means hurting her or being destroyed in the process.
33	** Sick of the {{Fandom}}'s [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire adorable interpretations]] of her, [[spoiler: Remilia breaks the Vampire Contract and resumes her predatory [[YoungConqueror conquest]].]] Anyone not useful to this purpose is now [[KickTheDog disposable]].
34	** [[spoiler:Yuyuko's [[GhostAmnesia living memories]] revive, and with them her desire to end her own existence. The [[EldritchAbomination Saigyouji Ayakashi]] can go back to being [[OhCrap everyone else's problem]].]]
35	** Just when [[spoiler:Mystia is getting along with humans, her singing falls back into being a BrownNote, only [[NotSoHarmlessVillain amplified]] and [[PowerIncontinence unable to stop.]]]] She's not strong enough to survive under the shard's influence for long, but what's one more negligible youkai?
36	** A place to belong to can be fleeting, and even Gensokyo is not immune to change. Especially from the perspective of an [[spoiler: [[TimeAbyss eternal being]]. Guaranteed stability would require [[GroundhogDayLoop drastic measures]], and unfortunately one of the most [[{{Immortality}} formidable]] Lunarians has gained that option.]] The odds are quickly stacked against Gensokyo having a future.
37	** [[LowerDeckEpisode Away from the main story]], a group of [[spoiler:"Stop Having Fun" Guys gains a shard. Sometimes the climb to the top of an [=MMORPG=] gets ugly.]]
38	* {{Doppelganger}}: The characters point out there's something similar about Buront and Rinnosuke.
39	** Later, Final Tatsuya arrives in Gensokyo. He uses the [[YouALLLookFamiliar same Elvaan paladin character model]].
40	* FanVid: Aside from the standalone videos, it really says something when a fan vid series spawns other entire fan vid series. The [[GameMaker RPG Maker]] {{Gaiden Game}}s modeled closely after ''TIYY'' are especially impressive.
41	** Most popular is the one focusing on Nitori, ''Touhou Kawasoubi,'' aka ''River-Equipped [job class].'' It is basically an ongoing series of side stories, often featuring the characters who did not get the spotlight in TIYY.
42	** Buront x Touhou {{Crossover}}s in general fall under the category of Touhou Uchouten (Touhou Ecstasy), often featuring [[DistaffCounterpart the other troll from the sky]]. The Iron of Yin and Yang was among the first and most popular. There are currently almost 2000 such videos on Nico.
43	* {{Fanservice}}: The comic's designs of the Touhou. While not excessive or NSFW, they are quite eye catching. Best examples are Reimu and Aya thus far.
44	%%* {{Flanderization}}: Invoked in-game when [[spoiler:[[BigEater Yuyuko]] is exposed to a Gluttony shard]].
45	* GenreSavvy: Buront and Reimu are well acquainted with their respective genres. So the experience lives (admiration)
46	* GenreShift: A BulletHell {{SHMUP}} and {{MMORPG}} have [[{{Crossover}} merged]] into a traditional {{JRPG}}. It's even key to the story, as the ''Touhou'' characters must approach problems differently.
47	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Buront and his speech come from the posts of a real life individual. His frequent praising of the Gluttony Sword and hate of {{Ninja}}s boosts their importance, to the point of turning them into plot elements.
48	* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[SquishyWizard Patchouli]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Suika]] have attacks they can get caught in. [[{{Moe}} Cutely]].
49	* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: Subverted. It's Gensokyo, and given the [[GenreShift RPG format]] even the familiar abilities are not [[CharacterLevel immediately available]]. But as things escalate...
50	* JustIgnoreIt: [[NoFourthWall The characters' attitude]] to any obvious in-game flaws or plot holes.
51	** If you're [[MST3KMantra seeing problems]] your [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind eyes are pointless]] want me to poke them [[LudicrousGibs from the]] [[YourHeadAsplode back]]?
52	* LostInTranslation: [[FanNickname Burontisms]] are a strange beast to translate. They are [[JiveTurkey Japanese slang]] and figures of speech gone wrong, chat speak, gaming terms, and especially butchered English filtered through Japanese typos. Combined with [[ReferenceOverdosed references]] and [[MemeticMutation memes]] that never caught on here, the series skirts QuirkyWork territory.
53	** Mostly averted in the comic which also tones down the Burontism. It still takes a lot of {{Woolseyism}}.
54	* McGuffin: The shards of the [[spoiler:Gluttony Sword. Which [[EmpathicWeapon actively attempt]] to affect more of the setting]], and whose effects can [[DisasterDominoes spread]] beyond the holder.
55	* MinMaxing: Averted in the playthrough. Trying to show off all the features and not [[CurbStompBattle kill bosses too quickly]] can become grating at parts, however.
56	* {{Munchkin}}: The [[CombatPragmatist Dirty Ninja]], always ready to take a hostage or otherwise put his opponent at a disadvantage. In his [[GaidenGame own game]] he's [[SympatheticPOV presented as]] more of a BrokenAce.
57	* NunsAreMikos: Or rather mikos are {{White Mag\|ic}}es. The various Touhou main characters [[RunningGag get associated with the closest FFXI class over]], using [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/751256/alice_margatroid-buront-final_fantasy-final_fantas their equipment]] and filling [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/529896/alice_margatroid-animal_ears-armor-bard-black_mage their roles]] in the party.
58	** Making Marisa a {{Black Mag\|ic}}e sub [[StickyFingers THF]].
59	** Being a magician foremost, Alice is a [[TheRedMage Red Mage]] sub [[MarionetteMaster PUP]]. Which leaves the door open for Nitori to fill the full Puppetmaster class in her own [[GaidenGame series]].
60	** Nitori takes this a step further. Rather than maneuvers based on classes, her machine simulates other Touhou characters and their Spell Cards. Animated character sprites included.
61	* OnlySaneMan: Alice is the only one focused enough to remember objectives. Or notice they have formed a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption horrible]] [[GenreSavvy party]].
62	* OppositesAttract: One theory introduced for the current incident. Gensokyo is a world with serious stakes, but with everything reduced to [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness fun and games]]. Vana'diel is supposed to be fun and games but [[TakeThat forgot how to do that]].
63	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The [[TheRival Dirty Ninja]] forms his own, overly literal RagtagBunchOfMisfits enlisting [[spoiler:Parsee, Medicine, and Hina]] to repeatedly challenge the party. How well they [[DysfunctionJunction function as a party]] is up to debate.
64	* RapidFireComedy: Delivered mostly in dialogue and in-battle text, where every other line is a gag and zooms by quickly. Most {{Random Encounter\|s}} enemies, their attacks, and what they cause are also jokes or references to something. Hope you can read fast.
65	** Luckily they are [[Administrivia/BrevityIsWit snappy exchanges]] rather than WallsOfText, unless [[CharacterFilibuster Buront is rambling]].
66	* RuleOfFunny: The series runs on RefugeInAudacity and CrazyEnoughToWork. Though it also sneaks in [[RuleOfDrama dramatic moments]] and the warm and fuzzies, it's mostly about [[CrossesTheLineTwice crossing lines]].
67	** Some attack animations get into ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' territory, but since the [[SpecialEffectFailure engine has its limits]], an intentionally conspicuous [[PoorMansSubstitute stock character]] must take the beating instead.
68	* RunningGag: Suwako's [[NightmareFuel Zun Hats]]. Courtesy of a [[ShoutOut bizarre 4koma series]].
69	** All Burontisms. Occasions when they [[ChekhovsGun become relevant]] can [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments catch you off guard]].
70	** [[Manga/{{Akira}} That's]] [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Mr. Buront]] [[Manga/{{Akira}} to you, punk!]]
71	*** Alice trying to sneak past it.
72	** MegatonPunch!
73	** Characters ending up with somebody else's meme whether they [[ButtMonkey like it or not]]. Infections include [[spoiler:[[VerbalTic Final Tatsuya]] -> Sakuya -> [[BaldOfEvil Buront]] -> Meiling.]]
74	** [[{{Comics}} Weekly Buront]]. It has since [[AdaptationDistillation become real]], except for the release dates.
75	* ScheduleSlip: The comic series has recently entered this with its future unclear. The original video series isn't so clear as Video 46 ends with a message from Hiro suggesting to watch the side videos and no signs of later videos. He even made the original Nico Mylist private (with someone making a new one to replace it, which has replaced to the pervious link on this page). The possible final video has been added to it.
76	* ShoutOut: It might be easier [[ReferenceOverdosed listing parts that aren't references]]. The series has its own wiki for a reason.
77	** Other Touhou [[{{Doujinshi}} fan works]], {{fanon}}, and [[MemeticMutation memes]] are naturally referenced everywhere. Namely, Letty and her battle is one big reference to ''VideoGame/TouhouSoccer''.
78	** A [[NoIndoorVoice Very Dirty Man]] from ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', in homage to the ''MUGEN'' original where he represented dirty ninjas with the [[GameBreaker broken]] ''[[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Strider Hiryu]]''.
79	** The monster sprites come from many different games.
80	** Buront's exploits as a [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol player]] fending off against a shameless Ky player.
81	** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''
82	** [[{{Shonen}} Shounen mangas]] old and new.
83	* ShownTheirWork: Never mind the [[{{Canon}} overwhelming]] [[{{Fanon}} supply]] of [[ShoutOut material]] used to make a surprisngly believable game, it's hiro's ability to convincingly emulate the [[LostInTranslation speech patterns]] of the vast cast that gives the dialogue-driven series its charm. I admire that it is a great job but there is nothing wrong with that. However, when you realize that this is one of the oldest fanmade works, many of the character's speech patterns in many later fanworks derive from here.
84	* SpritePolygonMix: Blatantly polygonal [=FF11=] characters in an otherwise sprite-drawn world. They find something that [[ChromaKey fits worse]] later.
85	* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Buront speaks in run-ons with typos and generally mangled phrases. It starts to spread to the others as well. Examples of [[FanNickname Burontism]] include (but [[RuleOfFunny may be translated differently from]])
86	** "What you talking to me for all of a sudden?"
87	** "A [[KnightInShiningArmor knight forged from a golden ingot of iron]] would never fall behind a leather-equipped job class"
88	** "I'm a {{Delinquent\|s}} so I'm good at fights and even ride a [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/666589/buront-crossover-final_fantasy-final_fantasy_xi-ha motorcycle without wearing a helmet]]"
89	** "If you keep it up you'll regret it [[RealLife irl]] eating hospital food in a hospital"
90	** "[[TakeThat See that]] I totally reversed it with a splendid counter that's what you get for being cocky"
91	** "I'm a [[ThatOnePlayer first class burnout]] and you're [[{{Noob}} weak casuals]] who can't hold a candle to me. Because of casuals talking high and mighty to a first class burnout like me my rage has hit rapture and shall know no peace for a while"
92	** "You should apologize immediately [[BullyingADragon otherwise]] you will quietly [[DeadlyEuphemism close curtains in the seedy underworld]]"
93	** "A cheap LS is an LS that doesn't deserve to have a paladin in the party paladins shouldn't bother with cheap [=LSs=] either it lowers your personal rank
94	--> Luxury HNMLS → equipment is perfect → heart swells so great personality → [[InsaneTrollLogic gets a girlfriend]]
95	--> Cheap LS → equipment is small fry → [[BeautyEqualsGoodness heart narrows and shows on face]] → never heard from again"
96	* StatusQuoIsGod: {{Invoked\|Trope}}. The cast is aware that solving the incident ultimately means [[spoiler: dissolving any new bonds made as they [[ResetButton resume old roles]]. The possible final video shows this has been adverted to a degree.]]
97	* TakeThat: That GameOver screen must have been chosen by a ninja... [[{{Scrub}} Dirty ninjas always playing dirty I hate ninjas now]].
98	* TheOneGuy: Aside from [[GuestStarPartyMember Ryu-san]], Buront ends up heading an all-girl party that only keeps growing.
99	* TheChewToy: [[AnIcePerson Letty]], [[IronWoobie Meiling]], [[ButtMonkey Sanae]], and [[AwesomeButImpractical Ryu-san]]. If you came to [[JustHereForGodzilla see them get good parts]] [[ComedicSociopathy your melancholy will]] [[HulkingOut hulk out]]. [[NotNowKiddo Youmu]] starts as one but gets better. [[HandsomeLech Naitou]] becomes one later on.
100	** To make up for their lack of highlights, ''River-Equiped'' features a party with Letty, Meiling, and Sanae.
101	* ThemeSong: Shinku by Shimatani Hitomi. Used for the title screen.
102	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: In Japan our hero is so thoroughly referred to as ''[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Buront-san]]'' that anything else prompts a reflexive ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' quote, [[RunningGag usually from Marisa]]. In other words, "That's ''Mr. Buront'' to you, punk!"
103	* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: How a lot of the touching drama is diffused.
104	** Any time Burontism invades a serious moment. Which is always.
105	* TroubledButCute: Troubled but Pretty. At one point a fight indirectly breaks out over Reimu between two [[{{Bishounen}} handsome]] [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]]. It would be a flattering situation if they weren't so... yeah.
106	* {{Tsundere}}: Mainly Alice, though Reisen and Reimu have their moments.
107	* VerbalTic: Final Tatsuya, transfered to [[spoiler: Final Sakuya]].
108	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Players who think they're still playing an MMORPG in Vana'diel just don't care what damage they wreak.
109	* SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}: [[spoiler:"[[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome I'll]] [[MemeticMutation be here]] [[IronicEcho when you need me]]."]]

Context Fanfic / TouhouTheIronOfYinAndYang