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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133951: Jun 30th 2016 at 5:32:09 PM

Youmu + Yuyuko

I really love the idea of a half-human half-ghost, but while half-youkai and half-demons are common, I've still never heard of any other half-ghosts. What's up with that? Actually, I've had that basic idea for a long time now, but as time went on people developed a much clearer picture of what exactly ghosts and the dead actually are, so it's a pretty difficult-to-grasp idea these days. These days ghosts don't have bodies at all, and maybe that's the way we normally talk about them, but Yuyuko is a ghost with substance. When did all ghosts lose their legs, anyway?

edited 30th Jun '16 6:22:05 PM by Clarste

MetaflarePrime Yubi yubi! from Bed Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#133952: Jun 30th 2016 at 5:36:09 PM

ZUN seems to have made most of these characters on whims :V

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#133953: Jun 30th 2016 at 5:38:15 PM

She gives Mystia a 9/10 for the gimmick though.

Groundbreaking musician, entrepreneur, trendsetter, wears sunglasses at night, and rated 9/10 by the Hakurei Group.

Things sure are looking up for Mystia Lorelei.

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133954: Jun 30th 2016 at 5:40:05 PM

Yukari + Ran

I wanted to make Yukari for entirely meta reasons that go beyond PCB itself. Starting from EOSD's "red", then came Chen ("orange"), and then I suddenly skipped a bunch of colors and made Ran ("blue"), and just like that I slowly changed the color to Yukari ("violet"). That was how I created these characters. It had nothing to do with the story.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#133955: Jun 30th 2016 at 5:48:12 PM

Skipped a bunch of colors or had Alice handle them all?

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133956: Jun 30th 2016 at 5:50:40 PM

Kaguya + Eirin

On the way towards IN, I had released a lot of works that gradually built up the world, so I was finally able to make a character like Kaguya. Obviously, she's from the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Eirin let me reach back even further than Kaguya-hime, to ancient times,which ties the world of Touhou to Japanese mythology. She's based on Omoikane, the god of wisdom, which broadens the scope of the setting and lets me write deeper stories. Also, she uses medicine so she has a bit of a nurse motif. It's kinda like "this is how a nurse would show up in Touhou!" (lol)

edited 30th Jun '16 5:50:50 PM by Clarste

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133957: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:02:18 PM

Tewi + Reisen

Tewi comes from the fact that back in EOSD everyone was so hungry for characters that they pounced on the midbosses who I hadn't put any thought into. I thought I couldn't let that happen again, so I made Tewi. Koakuma and Daiyousei were pretty much just "they drop power-ups and aren't fighter jets." PCB had Lily, but I wanted to do something more with Tewi. There were both Moon Rabbits and Earth Rabbits, and the moon rabbits were connected to Japanese mythology through the Lunar Capital, so I connected the Earth Rabbits to the White Hare of Inaba. As for Reisen, I just kinda felt like having giving her crumpled ears. I gave her a uniform because I got the feeling that I didn't have anyone who was a bunch of things lumped together.

edited 30th Jun '16 6:02:29 PM by Clarste

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133958: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:15:26 PM

Mokou:

Storywise, I wanted someone who was the dark side of the main story, and the opposite of Kaguya. An "Uncouth Eternity." Kaguya is a "princess", so she feels a bit showy, right? So I expanded on the opposite of that. I chose her name from one of the Four Great Houses (Genji, Heike, Fujiwara, Tachibana) to give her a feeling of past glory. Mr. Fujiwara's done an amazing job of leaving his name behind. Not so sure about his dependents though.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133959: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:20:33 PM

Alice:

The trial version goes up to stage 3, but I didn't want to give away what would show up in the subsequent stages, or the final boss. So I brought back a character from the past just to make the players feel like it might have something to do with that (lol). The fact that the demos have 3 stages has had a huge effect on the setting and characters, and how I present them.

MetaflarePrime Yubi yubi! from Bed Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#133960: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:26:02 PM

he brought back alice just to provide a red herring

what a guy

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#133961: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:26:26 PM

...is ZUN a bigger troll than Kubo now?

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Zansnae793 Since: Apr, 2014
#133962: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:44:16 PM

[up][up][up] Would explain why DDC's first three monster patterns (western-eastern myth fusion) doesn't carry onwards to later stages.

As always, thank you for the translations, Clarste.

WestTxTapper Certified Chocoholic from Texas Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#133963: Jun 30th 2016 at 6:45:36 PM

[up][up][up][up]So is this the first confirmation that PCB Alice is Mystic Square Alice? I can't remember if that has ever been discussed here.

edited 30th Jun '16 6:45:48 PM by WestTxTapper

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133964: Jun 30th 2016 at 7:19:12 PM

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edited 30th Jun '16 7:23:31 PM by Clarste

MetaflarePrime Yubi yubi! from Bed Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Yubi yubi!
#133965: Jun 30th 2016 at 7:22:56 PM

oh my god reimu you asshole

also marisa really likes rumia('s danmaku), surprisingly

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#133966: Jun 30th 2016 at 7:31:11 PM

"It's like she thought all she needed for Bullet Hell was the bullets." There's a point to that, especially if you compare Touhou with many other games. Played too many games where the bullets were just bullets.

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Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#133967: Jun 30th 2016 at 7:51:46 PM

Reimu: Grade-A asshole

Marisa does have a fair point about Rumia; the tone of that fight is great

What Sakuya says about Meiling doesn't match the score. Tsundere?

edited 30th Jun '16 7:52:21 PM by Hylarn

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#133968: Jun 30th 2016 at 7:53:42 PM

[up]I was wondering when someone would mention that (about Sakuya).

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133969: Jun 30th 2016 at 7:59:24 PM

[up][up]The implication seems to be that she has a better opinion of Meiling than the fight actually demonstrates. She was disappointed in her showing, basically.

edited 30th Jun '16 7:59:41 PM by Clarste

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#133970: Jun 30th 2016 at 8:13:45 PM

ESOD Part 2, minus ZUN commentary.

edited 30th Jun '16 8:14:23 PM by Clarste

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#133971: Jun 30th 2016 at 8:24:46 PM

Reimu, what the fuck?

Reimu and Sakuya agree on Patchouli. Which is fair; that fight's just unpleasant (also, Sakuya being passive-aggressive)

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#133972: Jun 30th 2016 at 8:37:50 PM

The return of the Reimu who just wants the world to burn

and shatter.

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TheMageofFire Magical Girl in Training from A Warehouse Out by Sea Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Magical Girl in Training
#133973: Jun 30th 2016 at 8:38:37 PM

No it's fine, Reimu's just taking the logical stance against the Lunarian problem.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#133974: Jun 30th 2016 at 8:39:36 PM

I can't really fault her.

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MetaflarePrime Yubi yubi! from Bed Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Yubi yubi!
#133975: Jun 30th 2016 at 8:44:07 PM

marisa there is more to life than danmaku

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