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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46715119/chapters/117653653 Fen Cheng]]'' by Arnold_Kolmogrov
* Recommended by: Troopers/{{Zepherim}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': In the year 192X, an immortal who seeks death meets a magician who seeks immortality. It has been half a century since youkai were driven out from the cities and banished into the wilderness. To unravel the mystery of what it means to be human, the two embark on a new life and journey to the West in search of the city upon a hill – the Eternal City.
* ''Tags'': Philosophy, Existentialism, Angst, AU
[=[[reviews:Fen Cheng]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6316842/1/Alices_Glorious_Homestead_Defense Alice's Glorious Homestead Defense]]'' by X to the Zoltan
* Recommended by: Tropers/{{Selryam}}, @/{{Jiven}}, Tropers/{{Vrock8}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A look into Alice's mind and life when she has to put up with playing hostess to Marisa for a day.
[=[[reviews:Alices Glorious Homestead Defense]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/162569.html Animating Gensokyo]]'' by !ZAL5aj48Pg
-->[[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/163501.html Thread 2]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/165203.html Thread 3]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/167252.html Thread 4]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/170942.html#170942 Thread 5]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/173993.html#173993 Thread 6]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/177232.html#177232 Thread 7]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/182085.html#182085 Thread 8]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/184798.html Thread 9]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/186758.html Thread 10]] (Keep following the threads for updates, or go to the /th/ board where this story resides).
* Recommended by Tropers: THP Anonymous
* ''Status'': Abandoned
* ''Synopsis'': -->"A Necromancer forces his way into Gensokyo, searching for a particular Lovecraftian tome. Necro Anon is rather different from most in his profession. He's trying to recover what a loved one lost and Gensokyo just might hold the key. Now only if he'd stop putting his foot in his mouth when talking to pretty nuns and terse shrine maidens."
[=[[reviews:Animating Gensokyo]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6599809/1/Average_Joe_in_Bullet_Hell Average Joe in Bullet Hell]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1324149/Magnificent_Sasquatch Magnificent Sasquatch]]
* Recommended by Tropers/Flash Of Sonic, Tropers/{{Kerreb17}}, Nightmare Syndrom
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': Follow the misadventures of a shameless semi-self-insert as he attempts to make heads or tails of this new crazy world and its even crazier inhabitants! There is fantabulous adventure to be had! (From author's fanfiction.net description)
** It has its own tropes page, [[FanFic/AverageJoeInBulletHell here]].
[=[[reviews:Average Joe in Bullet Hell]]=]
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14279868/chapters/32938752 A World Without You]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Pikablukachu/pseuds/Pikablukachu Pikablukachu]]
* Recommended by Tropers/Dattix
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Even the most powerful youkai take things for granted sometimes. What if, one day, someone who was truly special to Yukari Yakumo suddenly didn't exist?
[=[[reviews:A World Without You]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/54956.html#54956 Being Meiling (Thread One)]]'', by Keymaster.
--> [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/161976.html#162111 Prologue One]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/163837.html#163853 Prologue Two]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/55386.html#55386 Thread Two]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/55803.html#55803 Thread Three]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/56153.html#56153 Thread Four]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/56497.html#56497 Thread Five]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/56844.html#56844 Thread Six]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/57149.html#57149 Thread Seven]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/57460.html#57460 Thread Eight]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/57814.html#57814 Thread Nine]] [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/58102.html Final Thread]]
* Recommended by: Tropers/{{HatFancier}} and {{colBoh}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A slice of life comedy (for the most part) starring the one and only Hong Meiling. Things start looking up after she manages to pull one over on a certain black-white witch, and it only escalates from there. The series has two sequels in ''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/others/res/51333.html Pleasant Meadows]]'' and ''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/youkai/res/22769.html#22769 Tengu of (Mis)fortune]]''.
** [[FanFic/BeingMeiling Now with its own Trope page! (under construction)]]
[=[[reviews:Being Meiling]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4918856/1/Between_Life_and_Afterlife Between Life and Afterlife]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1747358/ Snail-Ice-Cream]]
* Recommended by Selryam
* ''Status'': Complete
* "Synopsis": A bright red higanbana was blooming at brink of the Sanzu River. /one-shot/
[=[[reviews:Between Life and Afterlife]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9663412/1/Boundless-World-of-Danmaku Boundless World of Danmaku]]'' by Terrarian Creeper
* Recommended by That Random Guy In the Corner
* ''Status'': Complete
* Synopsis'': Following Darius Loyhrs, who finds himself forced into Gensokyo against his will by Yukari to distract and escape from an angered Reimu, he ultimately decides to stay. As time continues, an old friend of his awakens her locked powers and loses control, instigating not only a war for Gensokyo itself, but the awakening of an ancient entity hell-bent on the destruction of all.
* [[FanFic/BoundlessWorldOfDanmaku Comes with a trope page]]!
[=[[reviews:Boundless World of Danmaku]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10049161/1/The-Dollmaker-s-Daughter The Dollmaker's Daughter]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4970666/UnmovingGreatLibrary UnmovingGreatLibrary]]
* Recommended by Dr4gonia
* Status: Complete
* ''Synopsis'': From the author's summary: One of Alice's lifelong goals is fulfilled when a Shanghai doll works its way up to sentience. But how exactly does one raise a doll? And are two teenage magicians really ready for parenthood? Pairing: Alice and Marisa.
* ''Notes'': A heartwarming story about a doll gaining sapience and learning about the world.
* ''Tags'': Family
[=[[reviews:The Dollmakers Daughter]]=]
''[[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,6913.0.html Dolphin Rider Koishi]]'' by Roukanken
* Recommended by: [=GuyYouMetOnline=], {{@/banjo2E}}, {{@/Prime32}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': An AU story staring Koishi as a dolphin-riding MagicalGirl.
* [[FanFic/DolphinRiderKoishi Has its own page]].
[=[[reviews:Dolphin Rider Koishi]]=]
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15938177 Eientei Clinical Record 385-A]]'' by Ciryes
* Recommended by: [=Dattix=]
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': From the author's summary: "Enclosed is a summary of this week's patient visits to Eientei and pharmaceutical allocations for archival purposes. When reading this document please bear in mind the importance of doctor-patient confidentiality. (Yes, Tewi, that means you.)" One-shot.
[=[[reviews:Eientei Clinical Record 385-A]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8204499/1/Ephemeral-Light-of-a-Cherry-Coloured-Innocence Ephemeral Light of a Cherry Coloured Innocence]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3765230/Mind-the-Gappy Mind-the-Gappy]]
* Recommended by Rising Tides
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': From the author's summary: Being a shortlived human's not fun, especially when you're as shortlived as Akyuu. Being a youkai must be so much more fun! Or so this little Hieda thought...until an unlikely chain of events ends with her wish coming true. But there's no time to settle in. Gensokyo is in dire need of a new heroine and she's going to have to learn on the job. Watch Out, Gensokyo! It's Akyuu's turn! Personal Synopsis: A very empathic tale with a central theme that many touhou fans should be able to relate to - the wish to become a youkai and become a part of that wonderland that is Gensokyo. Thus was Hieda no Akyuu's wish when death finally came knocking on her door at the end of her most recent incarnation. However, Seiga had other plans for her, one that involved making Akyuu her personal undead Jiang-Shi servant. Her plan didn't account for one thing - the appearance of Satsuki Rin. Akyuu's wish was granted, but not quite in a way she could ever have imagined possible.
* ''Notes'': Contains a lovely depiction of a zany cloud cuckoo lander Satsuki Rin as Akyuu's personal youkai mentor.
* ''Tags'': Action-Adventure, Drama, Comedy
[=[[reviews:Ephemeral Light of a Cherry Coloured innocence]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/28203.html A Fairy's Tale]]'' by Princess Tepes (another writter name of U. N. Owen)
--> [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/28692.html Thread 2]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/29518.html Thread 3]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/30877.html Thread 4]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/33875.html Thread 5]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/36567.html Thread 6]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/37913.html Thread 7]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/39980.html Thread 8]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/41130.html Thread 9]]
--> [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/38898.html Small Tales & Tall Tales]], to read after the main story
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Megaolix}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A completed {{Gamebook|s}} Pre-Gensokyo story at the Scarlet Devil Mansion with some interesting characterization. A Fairy's Tale follows a fairy maid in the Scarlet Devil Mansion who's normal day leads to a fateful encounter that changes her life forever. The narration starts off somewhat simple as to reflect the development of the character. Starting off nameless, she eventually gets a name and over time there is a paradigm shift as she learns and develops, breaking down simple views that we see in the beginning as she learns more about the world and the others in the Mansion.
[=[[reviews:A Fairys Tale]]=]
''[[https://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/28086.html Forest Mix]]'' by [=KChasm=]
-->[[https://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/28601.html Thread 2]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/29124.html Thread 3]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/29615.html Thread 4]], [[https://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/30521.html#30521 Thread 5]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/forest-mix-a-touhou-quest-transcribed-from-thp.33348/ Sufficient Velocity mirror]]
* Recommended by: skooonD
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Synopsis'': A slice of life quest about Christie Christoferson's adventures in Kourindou after waking up in Gensokyo.
* ''Comments'': Notable for featuring Rinnosuke and Rumia, as well as the OC's very unique and colorful way of speaking. If one wants a low-stakes story about an Outsider in Gensokyo, this is the one.
** [[{{Fanfic/ForestMix}} Now has a tropes page]]
[=[[reviews:Forest Mix]]=]
''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-fox-in-paradise-touhou.588297/ A Fox In Paradise]]'' by Erien
-->[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-fox-in-paradise-touhou-thread-two.702973/ Thread 2]]
* Recommended by: Tropers/{{Hymn}}
* ''Status'': Completed
* ''Synopsis'': A Fox in Paradise is a Touhou Quest focusing mostly on Slice of Life and Incident Resolution. It follows Ayumu, a five-tailed fox who has decided to move to Gensokyo rather than fade from existence. Shortly after he meets Sanae, who is looking for a worker to help repair Moriya Shrine in exchange for room and board. An agreement is struck, and Ayumu takes up residence in Moriya Shrine.
* ''Comments'': Notable for its quality, as well as consistent and regular updates. Strong character voices and backgrounds, especially where the Moriya are concerned.
** [[{{Fanfic/AFoxInParadise}} Now has a tropes page]]
[=[[reviews:A Fox In Paradise]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/157288.html Favors Owed]]'' by !ttRabBit9s
--> [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/159525.html Thread 2]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/160944.html Thread 3]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/162381.html Thread 4]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/162381.html Thread 5]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/164702.html]] (Keep following the threads for updates, or go to the /th/ board where this story resides).
* Recommended by Tropers/{{THPAnonymous}}
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': -->"Poor little rabbit. Made a deal she shouldn't have, for people that really didn't deserve it. Poor, stupid little rabbit. Made a deal and didn't think of herself. Didn't think of her kin. Poor, naive little rabbit. Three favors owed, for three lives traded. For a life thrice, a poor little rabbit must repay in kind. Poor little rabbit." - Introduction Reisen made a bargain with an mysterious group to help Eirin complete the Hourai Elixer. Three Favors done, Three Favors owed, and her contractors are cashing in by having her assassinate three targets in Gensokyo. You control Reisen's actions, make sure she succeeds.
[=[[reviews:Favors Owed]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5846903/1/ Flandre's Playtime with Her Sister]]''
* Recommended by Tropers/RN452
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': "Remilia never plays with her little sister, who lives alone in the cellar of their mansion. Sakuya tries to fix this..."
[=[[reviews:Flandres Playtime with Her Sister]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9174826/1/ Flight of the Steel Butterfly]]'' by Tropers/{{Spaztique}}
* Recommended by @/BlueBird
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsys'': Brett is a middle schooler who gets gapped to Gensokyo by Yukari, but this is not his story: this is the story of his sister, Sara. Desperate to save her lazy brother, Sara travels all the way to the Japanese wonderland of Gensokyo, forgetting that she might not be so perfect herself...
* Comments: An atypical take on the usual gapped into the Gensokyo formula. It shows what happens back on the outside world when someone gets gapped into Gensokyo. The sister aren't fully free of faults herself, but is still much, much better than many Gappies. Not that she's one herself.
[=[[reviews:Flight of the Steel Butterfly]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6434305/1/Functioning_Alcoholic Functioning Alcoholic]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2552873/Solblight Solblight]]
* Recommended by BigB, 71TheRoman, Tropers/SpiriTsunami
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'':Ibuki Suika is a permanent guest at the Hakurei Shrine, but does Reimu know exactly what Suika does when she's not around? Or even when she IS around? Join Suika on her misadventures as she uh... she uh... Hic! What was I doing again...?
[=[[reviews:Functioning Alcoholic]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/94836.html The Game]]'', by Fell
* Recommended by: Your Everyday NEET, lilmissfangirl
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A little runaway youkai... tortured for six months... by the Green Girl... A little runaway youkai... along with her friends... tries to hide... from the Green Girl... while keeping her sanity.
* The catch is that due to constant torture and curse, the protagonist Kabuki[[spoiler: which may or may not be Kogasa Tatara]], is mentally insane. So, she has trouble describing things and cannot bring herself to mention the actual for a person and will use nicknames. For example: Silverman = Rinnosuke, The Green Girl = obviously Sanae. You must sure The Green Girl doesn't capture the Protagonist, but that's easier said than done since all the choices is really confusing (and reflecting her mental state)
[=[[reviews:The Game]]=]
''Fanfic/GameOfTouhou''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9543149/1/Game-of-Touhou ]] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2100515/Duwee-Davis-II Duwee Davis II]] and [[http://festasim.deviantart.com/ Festasim]]
* Recommended by Tropers/RN452, @/FengLengshun
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': The Touhou cast as one has never seen them before. Honor and justice, peace and prosperity, freedom and glory, chaos and strife, and a mere reunion with a lost sister... all these ambitions and more lie in the land of Noros. However, the only way to make these ambitions reality is to play the Game. The Game of Deceit, Treachery, and most of all, the Game of Thrones.
** Also available in comic format, [[http://fav.me/d6jyl9r first page here]]. It also has [[http://duwee-davisii.deviantart.com/gallery/45627678 extensive side-material]], detailing the traits of all factions, a map of the continent, among others.
** An amazing story, with a high amount of tension that makes you want to just keep reading it and hope it update fast. Fortunately, it does. Although there are certain canon characters that are deliberately made to be different, it has used all of them very nicely. Though there are [=OCs=], all of them are interesting, which is quite an achievement. Very much recommendable. -- Feng Lengshun
[=[[reviews:Game of Touhou]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/6162.html Gensokyoland Saga]]'' by Norseman
* Recommended by Chronopolize
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': Having been unwillingly transported to Gensokyo, our warrior-bard Viking weaves both his weapons and his words as he embarks on an great quest seeking his revenge against Yukari.
* ''Note'': Here is the full [[http://www.touhou-project.com/storylist.php?title=Gensokyoland+Saga&author=&board Chapter List]].
[=[[reviews:Gensokyoland Saga]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6226597/1/The_Girl_in_the_Cave The Girl in the Cave]]'' and its sequel ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6408512/1/The_Girl_and_the_Oni The Girl and the Oni]]''
* Recommended by Timeskipper
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Parsee's best friend was the dripping water, and she hated it.
[=[[reviews:The Girl in the Cave]]=]
''[[http://einhalden.deviantart.com/#/d2bo1qe The Gold, Blue, and Red-White]]'' by Einhalden
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Cirno}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': An "origin story" of Gensoukyou - why it was separated from the rest of the world and by whom.
[=[[reviews:The Gold, Blue and Red-White]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5037246/1/Human_of_the_Other_Side A Fool's Reality]]'' by Heraklinios
* Recommended by kiriakoen
* ''Status'': Dead; last updated December 2016
* ''Synopsis'': A normal male human arrives to Gensokyo. At the beginning, it seems like a regular self-insert, but avoids being a Marty Stu by being almost automatically hated by everyone. Plus, he's really unlucky and tends to [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] a lot, making him likable. He manages to get their trust with time, but still behaves like a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk]]. After some chapters, it starts getting influences from ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
[=[[reviews:Human of the Other Side]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5829008/1/Imperfect_Metamorphosis Imperfect Metamorphosis]]'' by Tropers/TakerFoxx
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Makuta9999}}, Extraintrovert, Guy You Met Online, Tropers/{{Zudak}}, Tropers/{{Jiven}}, Tropers/RenaTheArchmage, Tropers/RN452
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Synopsis'': It's the first day of spring, and Cirno and her friends are once again up to no good! But after stealing a strange box from Marisa's house, they soon find themselves over their heads as they discover some things are meant to remain locked up.
* [[FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis Has it's own page]].
[=[[reviews:Imperfect Metamorphosis]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7290175/1/ I Negative Bullet]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3157908/SorrowfulReincarnation Sorrowful Reincarnation]]
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Patcheresu}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Awaking without memories,neither of who he is or what he is, a youkai tries to find his lost past in the land he awoke in. Doomed to be a walking enigma, he roams Gensokyo for his past, present, future and purpose...
[=[[reviews:I Negative Bullet]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6920325/1/Keys_to_the_Heart Keys to the Heart]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/451111/Wrathkal Wrathkal]]
* Recommended by aetherlight
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': From author's summary: An OC finds himself in Gensokyo courtesy of Yukari, and decides to make the most of it. Can he survive and grow stronger despite being just a normal human?
* ''Notes'': It follows the same format Outsider-getting-gapped-into-Gensokyo-by-Yukari like other fics. This fanfic focuses on relationship of him and the inhabitants of Gensokyo.
* ''Tags'': Harem, Romance, Action-Adventure
[=[[reviews:Keys to the Heart]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/24891.html The Last Stand of Cirno the Valiant]]'' by U.N. Owen
* Recommended by Echo 13
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': Cirno has grown powerful- enough to make the other residents of Gensokyo wish her gone. Exiled, she makes a last stand to save the few allies she has left.
[=[[reviews:The Last Stand of Cirno the Valiant]]=]
''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10833483 Le Tournesol Rouge]]'' by [=DraconicHex=]
* Recommended by Tropers/{{rmctagg09}}
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' A sunflower field peacefully grows, millennia in the past. However, humans cannot leave well enough alone.
* ''Notes:'' A oneshot fic that gives an origin story to Yuuka Kazami as just an odd red sunflower growing in what is implied to later become the Garden of the Sun long before the events of the ''Touhou'' series, how she gained sentience as a youkai, and how she earned her fearsome reputation.
[=[[reviews:Le Tournesol Rouge]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8475931/1/Mind-the-gap Mind the Gap]]'' by ChibiChen
* Recommended by [=Calamity2007=]
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': "Written as a bet between me and the Walfas station wagon. What happens when a normal mechanical technician gets sent to Gensokyo, without being gaped in? Finished, and being made into a feature length Walfas film by the creator of WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou, Tropers/{{Spaztique}}!" -ChibiChen's description of the fic
* ''Notes'': Written as response to the depressing {{Deconstruction}} fic, ''Diamond in the Rough'', this fic, written by ChibiChen who went seeing DitR blind and didn't know much about Touhou, is a {{Reconstruction}} of the type of fics labeled "Gappy Sue" fics, where an outsider is transported to Gensokyo. Instead of treating Gensokyo like he is on holiday and gaining power, like many Gappy Sues, the main character, Isaac, is mostly just interested in getting back home, or at least living a quiet life if he can't. When ChibiChen asked Spaztique to read it, he actually really enjoyed it and decided to adapt it after ''[=DitR=]''.
[=[[reviews:Mind the Gap]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6403057/1/A_New_World_Book_1 A]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6564866/1/A_New_World_Book_2 New]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7222819/1/A_New_World_Book_3 World]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2028203/Iced_Fairy Iced Fairy]]
* Recommended by mysterykcad, Sakura Rurouni
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Set 300 or 500 years (the author says 500 years, but all in-story references say 300) after the events of the main Touhou games, time has changed Gensokyo for the worse. The boundaries within Gensokyo have become more difficult to cross, as has the Hakurei border. In addition, the Lunarians have been growing tense due to human colonization of the false moon.
* Main trope page [[Fanfic/ANewWorldIcedFairy here]].
[=[[reviews:A New World]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/forest/res/26223.html No Such Thing As Fairy Tales]]'' by Luminous
* Recommended by Tropers/RN452
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': AlternateUniverse. In this Gensokyo, Lucas Adler is spirited away to serve as a pet from a Fae, [[spoiler:Wriggle Nightbug]], and has to struggle to keep his mind.
* ''Crossover with'': ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' and ''TabletopGame/WorldOfDarkness'' in general.
* ''Notes'': Has a sequel, ''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/166200.html No Such Thing As Magic]]''.
[=[[reviews:No Such Thing As Fairy Tales]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10788111/1/Rumia-s-Past-Alone-in-the-Silence Rumia's Past: Alone in the Silence]]'' by A. Magpie
* Recommended by Tropers/{{SpiriTsunami}}
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Author's Synopsis'': Before she became a youkai, Rumia was somebody else. Sold to a wealthy man by an abusive father, the nameless girl realizes that the mansion holds many secrets, including the ones of the first Rumia.
* ''Recommender's Comments'': A delightfully macabre origin story for Rumia that will keep you hooked right until the very end.
[=[[reviews:Rumia's Past: Alone in the Silence]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/19439.html A Scarlet-Stained Memoir]]'' by U. N. Owen
--> [[http://www.touhou-project.com/storylist.php?title=A+Scarlet-Stained+Memoir&author=&board%5B%5D=0&status%5B%5D=any Full chapter list]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/sdm/res/26641.html Q&A thread]] made after the end (contains much information not in the story, including the meat of the epilogue). Threads do not contains links to each other.
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Brickman}}, Tropers/{{Chronopolize}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': An ordinary peasant farmer stumbles not just into Gensokyo, but to the gates of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. The mistress invites travelers in and offers hospitality, but once inside it's not easy to leave. Can such an ordinary man hope to uncover the mansion's mysteries? Can he even survive them long enough?
* ''Notes'': Contains three original characters including the AudienceSurrogate main character. Of the other two, one feels fairly at home in Gensokyo and the other seems to be written to be as jarringly unfitting for Gensokyo as possible [[spoiler:(for good reason)]].
[=[[reviews:A Scarlet Stained Memoir]]=]
The ''Shrine of Gensokyo'' series by wrathie.
* Recommended by Tropers/{{slain}}, totlmstr
* ''Status'': Complete
* Composed of three parts:
** [[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=279.0 Shrine of Gensokyo: Prologue]]
** [[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=236.0 Shrine of Gensokyo]]
** [[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=362.0 The Miracles of Gensokyo]]
** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5125582/1/ Completed version (Fanfiction.net)]] (His page on there also has a tie-in.)
* ''Synopsis'': Reimu has left Gensokyo, leaving behind her memories. Now, as an adult, she must return, and not only face off with her own past, but the consequences of leaving the youkai and humans of Gensokyo without the Hakurei maiden for so long.
[=[[reviews:Shrine of Gensokyo]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7918362/1/Sublime-Soliloquy Sublime Soliloquy]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3020900/Luminous-Beginnings Luminous Beginnings]]
* Recommended by Rising Tides
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': From the author's summary: Multiple expositional monologues from various Touhou and Seihou Characters. Semi One-Shot Series, with Alternate Character Interpretation and playing loose and fast with canon. Personal Summary: A lovely tale told from the viewpoint of various touhou characters, exploring very original and highly emotive interpretations of the various characters, all while very subtly following the journey of one unnamed human whose passing interactions with the various citizens of Gensokyo and its surrounding realms sparks seemingly-small yet far-reaching changes in those he meets.
* ''Notes'': So good it has even spawned a sequel.
* ''Tags'': Drama
[=[[reviews:Sublime Soliloquy]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9467397/1/The-Tale-of-Rumia-Hero-of-the-Shadow The Tale of Rumia - Hero of the Shadow]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2892956/Raikaria Raikaria]]
* Recommended by Ultralight4, lilmissfangirl
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': What starts out as a simple good deed to appease Reimu, unwittingly begins Rumia down a path of discovery and development, which will transform not only herself, but Gensokyo and all those in it. Freindships form, enemies are made, but not all in the shadow is to be feared...
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11159638/1/Teeth-and-Claws Teeth and Claws]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4970666/UnmovingGreatLibrary UnmovingGreatLibrary]]
* Recommended by: Tropers/{{WatcherCCG}}, Tropers/{{Durazno}}, lilmissfangirl
* Status: Complete
* ''Synopsis'': "When Reimu is fatally wounded during a youkai hunt, Yukari binds her as a shikigami to save her life. The only complication: it makes Reimu a youkai in every way that counts. No longer fit to be the Hakurei shrine maiden, she has to find a new place for herself in Gensokyo, guide her headstrong successor... and deal with some [[ImAHumanitarian unique new dietary requirements]]."
* Comments: A very deep take on a common theme in Touhou (Yukari making Reimu a youkai). Reimu's initial struggle with things like her place in the world, her standing with Yukari and her friends, and of course her issues with her new diet are handled in a very thoughtful manner, and the Yakumo clan is presented as a family just like any other. Mild Reimu/Yukari, but it flows well with the story as a whole and is mostly an afterthought compared to Reimu's struggle to adapt. We are also presented with Shiko, Reimu's replacement as Hakurei Miko, who takes her job [[KnightTemplar far too seriously]] and must be taught the value of the spellcard system before her aggression gets her into trouble.
[=[[reviews:Teeth and Claws]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6046989/1/Touhou_Chronicles Touhou Chronicles]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2393814/Etherdrone Etherdrone]]
* Recommended by NightmareSyndrom
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': Actual Summary: A newcomer arrives at Gensokyo after a great battle. Damaged, with low reserves of power, he tries to find his place within this strange, new world he has been introduced to.
[=[[reviews:Touhou Chronicles]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7404720/1/Touhou Touhou Doujin Dawitsus folly]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2100515/Duwee Duwee Davis II]]
* Recommended by Patcheresu
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Flandre's Laevateinn has been stolen! A mysterious pair of newcomers seem to be to blame- and Reimu naturally is picking up the pieces. But, there's something unique about one of the newcomers... A fanfic conversion of my hand-drawn doujin.
** It has its own trope page, [[Fanfic/TouhouDoujinDawitsusFolly here]].
[=[[reviews:Touhou Doujin Dawitsus folly]]=]
''[[http://www.usuallydead.com/stories/storiesnav.html Touhou Ibunshu]]'' by Usually Dead
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Kalle}}, Tropers/RenaTheArchmage, Extraintrovert, Tropers/{{Selryam}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A collection of stories, including retellings of the games (from ''[=EoSD=]'' to ''[=IN=]'') and side-stories, told from differing points of view as the writer slowly exposes the reader to an AlternateUniverse Gensoukyou.
** It has its own tropes page, [[Fanfic/TouhouIbunshu here]].
[=[[reviews:Touhou Ibunshu]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9910242/1/Touhou-Strikers-The-Silver-Lining Touhou Strikers - The Silver Lining]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3350584/SynchroXyzStriker SynchroXyzStriker]]
* Recommended by: hyperlimitsorant
* ''Status'': Dormant
* Synopsis'': Over 600 years into the future, humanity is on the verge of extinction by the mysterious invaders known as CANY. In a desperate gambit to fight back, Frank Shinka Kizuna is sent back in time, bringing something that will determine the fate of not only humanity, but also for the supernatural beings in the land of fantasy, Gensokyo.
* ''Comments'': This is a unique ScienceFantasy story, despite suffering from a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the early chapters. However, the author continuously improve on his writing stories and has begun GrowingTheBeard chapter upon chapter.
* ''Tags'': Action-Adventure, ScienceFantasy, TimeTravel
[=[[reviews: Touhou Strikers - The Silver Lining]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7109325/1/Undying_Gensokyo Undying Gensokyo]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1990476/WillieG_R WillieG.R.]]
* Recommended by Tropers/{{Makuta9999}}, Tropers/{{Kerreb17}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': A selfish experiment works only too well and Aya and Satori find themselves surrounded by those that cannot die. Can they solve this incident on their own before losing their minds?
** A sequel has begun [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10273189/1/Undying-Gensokyo-2-Eternal-Paradise here]].
[=[[reviews:Undying Gensokyo]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6543360/1/Unparalleled_Ayakashi_Incident Unparalleled Ayakashi Incident]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2140770/Xavic Xavic]]
* Recomended by Tropers/{{Bstarman}}
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': A centuries-old evil is stirring, and Yukari is worried about the poison it's beginning to spread. When a teenager with no memory is thrust onto the front lines, how will he fight it?
[=[[reviews:Unparalleled Ayakashi Incident]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6536130/1/Vintage Vintage]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2608592/Logan_not_here Logan not here]]
* Recommended by Selryam and TwoGunAngel
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Sakuya and Murasa discover they have a common love of the fine and well-aged. "Even if that sounds a little gushy for me, I hear ya, Izayoi."
[=[[reviews:Vintage]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6232956/4/The-White-Rose-of-Chireiden The White Rose of Chireiden]]'', by Tropers/SakuraRurouni
* Recommended by the Tropers/{{Nolrai}}.
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Synopsis'': The Ancient City being recast as a rebellious former client state of Makai. It tells the story of Makai's failed attempt at reconquest and the after affects.
[=[[reviews:The White Rose of Chireiden]]=]
''[[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/123033.html A Wizard Is You]]'' by Demetrious
--> [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/124226.html#124226 Thread 2]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/124917.html#124917 Thread 3]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/125518.html#125518 Thread 4]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/126187.html#126187 Thread 5]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/126955.html#126955 Thread 6]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/127594.html#127594 Thread 7]], [[http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/128755.html#128755 Thread 8]], etc... (the next Thread link is provided at the end of each Thread).
* Recommended by: Tropers/{{Shockz}}, @/{{Jiven}}, Shinji117
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': "One morning you abruptly appear in Gensokyo, 357 feet above the ground, along with half of a flaming airship, the better part of a clock tower, three wyverns, four giant eagles and a gigantic red dragon." So begins A Wizard Is You, a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure story featuring a high-level ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' wizard with far more spells than common sense as its protagonist. Thankfully(?), he's landed in one of the few places in the Planes where the average resident has even less common sense than him, and he ends up making fast friends with a local were-hakutaku and her ice fairy student. Now, if only he could figure out how the hell to get home...
[=[[reviews:A Wizard Is You]]=]
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6016045/1/Speak-the-Truth Speak the Truth]]'' by [[https://m.fanfiction.net/u/1355471/?a=s&s=0&cid=0&p=5 Grand Phoenix]]
* Recommended by RobHas
* ''Status'': Complete (status only). No information about sequel despite the obvious SequelHook in the last chapter published.
* ''Synopsis'': Always look beneath the underneath. What you know and what you don't know can often be dangerous and misleading. Both Sakuya and Eirin will be forced to remember, and in the midst of the storm the truth shall be set free. /AU; retcon/
* ''Tags'': Drama, AU
[=[[reviews:Speak the Truth]]=]
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14121241/1/Touhou-Myriad-Scrolls Touhou: Myriad Scrolls]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/15342001/yellowkitsune00 yellowkitsune00]]
* Recommended by OrchidInk
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': In an isolated dimension far away from Gensokyo there was a nation named Hakoniwa trapped in the Warring States Era. A hermit librarian named Vạn Thư escaped from Hakoniwa after a series of incidents in order to live in Gensokyo as a normal villager. Yet troubles just keep coming at her no matter what. This is the story of a librarian who wished to find a peaceful life at Gensokyo.
* ''Tags'': Adventure, Fantasy
[=[[reviews:James Birdsong]]=]
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