Touhou

Kasen explicitly questions the judgement of the Ministry of Right and Wrong.

Can I just say that Ministry of Right and Wrong sounds like it came from sore sort of comedy like Monty Python?

To give a bit of context on why we're trying to fit characters into the alignment system here: It's sort of a requirement that most characters in the Trope Pantheon, where TPPR is ascending Mamizou, have an alignment. The place is the offspring of the D&D Pantheon: Normal rules don't apply there.

I'd say that Mamizou was True Neutral... But that's based off of my very limited understanding of Mamizou in the first place.

I never understood the point of the pantheon

There was no point. it started off in Just for Fun and evolved into this mess of... things.

I would call Mamizou True Neutral, but whatever.

Well, Touhou is a comedy. It's sort of a running gag that the afterlife is run by an incompetent bureaucracy that keeps running into budget problems. They built a giant Hell that they had to abandon later, the Netherworld is overcrowded, so they have to outsource ghost-housing to abandoned hospitals, Tenshi's family got into heaven through the backdoor, thanks to nepotism, and of course the most famous is that Komachi's slacking caused an incident. In FS, the Ministry writes tour guides for Hell, because they desperately need money.

It's just... a thing that ZUN keeps doing.

edited 27th Apr '15 4:33:51 AM by Clarste

Myon Of The Dead.

So is Mokou the Nick Frost equivalent? Because that's kinda funny. (At least I assume she is: she occupies a space in that's occupied by a regular zombie in the Shaun poster, but she doesn't look zombified so...)

...I wonder who'd be who in the other Three Flavours Touhou films. Hmm...

I just learned that that's a thing, and there's 10 Yamas on the top.

I'm kinda confused a bit, though. Is Eiki one of those Yamas, or is she a lesser judge in the Ministry?

Speaking of which, I read on the Buddhist concept of the Ten Kings, and...

Afterlife underworld court drama. Yes.

Looks like someone in the afterlife needs to do some ~budget allocations!!~

Or something. I'm no economics expert.

edited 27th Apr '15 4:38:17 AM by BeholdTheTheremin

New non-camrip PV for U Li L is out

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-us2yE0s4

But there is. Mamizou Makes a point of showing it to mister new-snake-youkai. Reimu forcibly enacts it against divination youkai dude. The Yama laments that everyone's going to hell for some minor infraction.

There are laws. But they're ill-defined. Think like... the idea of tipping. You don't really sit down and learn proper tipping procedures. It's just something you kind of assimilate (Or don't, depending. I'm pretty sure I still don't get it) into your 'proper behavior' without really thinking about it too much.

But I am very tired and so very poor at making thoughtful discussion. Incompetant celestial Beaurocracy came up in Jade Empire, too, so I wonder if it's a fairly common thing (because I've seen it in 2 places? I'm tired, hush.)

@Mr. Duck: Many thanks for sharing! I found several new wallpapers!

Hellz yeah, good quality ULIL Video Awesomeness! Man, Futo's new Theme is swingin'! I like it! Marisa's surprisingly back to Ye Olde Master Spark Theme... but it again is relaxed instead of how it should be, so I'm not interested. Also: Nitori has massive speakers in her backpack! (Is that new or was it already in HM?)

Tasofro' site updated with HM characters and urban legends

http://tasofro.net/touhou145/chara2.html

http://tasofro.net/touhou145/chara3.html

Robo Nessie is a go!

Oh and Koishi is legit frightening

edited 27th Apr '15 8:47:39 AM by Zansnae793

A robotic lake monster? I...would make a Gravity Falls reference, but that would be a bit of a stretch, I think. Oh well.

...oh great now I wanna see someone make that crossover.

edited 27th Apr '15 7:26:04 AM by BeholdTheTheremin

Character profiles.

You know, the Yamas should really ask King Yemma for advice when it comes to this stuff; the guy essentially judges the entire universe, not just one planet, and he seems like he's got everything in order.

So...

• Ichirin = Kuchisake-onna
• Byakuren = ?
• Futo = The plate-counting ghost. Okiku?
• Miko = Red Cape Blue Cape
• Nitori = Nessie
• Koishi = Merry's call?
• Mamizou = ? Pokeball?
• Kokoro = ?

EDIT: Never mind. Already answered

edited 27th Apr '15 8:23:48 AM by TrueShadow1

Clearly, we now know the culprit behind these events.

Also, "Turbo Granny" is one of most hilarious, yet awesome, names I have heard.

I wonder what the fandom will do with that...

Mamizou's occult attack is a fucking Pokeball.

which sends out one of her tanukis transformed into an alien

mamizou you goof

I do think I need a crash course in urban legends. I think I recognize two of them? Maybe three.

hey im just happy that miko got red cape/blue cape

i mean it was pretty much a given but still

Thanks a lot for the info, atrican! <3

TURBO GRANNY. THAT IS ALL.

(Actually, that's not all: I liked this 4koma quite a bit, so I'm linking it here. Nice costumes, everyone.)

edited 27th Apr '15 9:55:27 AM by FellDeedsAwake

Hmmm, now that I can hear it clearly, Futo's remix is actually pretty great.

Yes, exactly! I already liked her HM one, but I like this one even more (It probably helps that I never cared for her original theme)

Legend of the Great Jazz.

My favourite remix is still the Okami one.