History WebVideo / TouhouBaseballInHeatStar2007

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[[caption-width-right:350:A typical day in the "Not-the-usual" incident in Gensyoko, resolved through non-orthodox means: Baseball... [[note]]Gensyoko Turtles starting Lineup in their first game, in batting order: 1. [[IntrepidReporter Aya]] (Center Fielder), 2. [[NinjaMaid Sakuya]] (Shortstop), 3. [[WindsOfDestinyChange Remilia]] (Right Fielder), 4. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Flandre]] (Left Fielder), 5. [[AsianFoxSpirit Ran]] (Third Baseman), 6. [[CherryBlossomGirl Yuyuko]] (First Baseman), 7. [[KidSamurai Youmu]] (Second Baseman), 8. [[YukiOnna Letty]] (Catcher), 9. [[CuteWitch Marisa]] (Pitcher)[[/note]] ]]

** After the first season, Alice's former teammates in Gensyoko Turtles leave her team to join Sanae's Team, Moriya Frogs, and [[FightingYourFriend sometimes even play games against her team]].

** It is implied that [[{{Shinigami}} Komachi Onozuka]] is this. She has the best hitting accuracy of all of the batters, but sometimes won't show her best performance regardless. Justified when she is in poor condition.
** [[ThinkingUpPortals Yukari Yakumo]], the Youkai of Boundaries, despite being the most capable closer pitcher (most of the time), occasionally leaves other save situations to [[{{Poltergeist}} Lyrica Prismriver]] or [[FertilityGod Minoriko Aki]] instead.

** [[SmallNameBigEgo Cirno]], both for being a side-character in-story, and her relatively weak abilities [[CripplingOverspecialization aside from a very strong throwing arm]], usually is slotted in as a bench player.
** [[BoisterousWeakling Mystia]] also suffers similar issues to Cirno as stated above, though specifically through the food jokes. She's a relief pitcher who is fairly often put into difficult situations during her mound appearances.

** [=TBHS7EX=] also adds Momiji, who isn't as exactly weak in contact or power, but is still emphasized on speed.

** In terms of batters, [[CuteBruiser Suika]] in the original, who doesn't have a legitimate fielding proficiency but is a very powerful batter. It is implied that she would been put as Designated Hitter, if not for the fact Turtles play in Central League instead of Pacific League.
** [=TBHS7EX=] also adds [[AtomicSuperpower Utsuho "Okuu" Reuiji]], who has the same power but is even more inaccurate when at bat, compared to even Suika.

** In [=TTBHS7EX=], after the player exchange, Tewi and

** [[CleverCrows Aya]], again as usual in part with her canonical self. She even plays as part of the team in the baseball games, then congratulates players of the match after a victory and interviews them.

** On the pitcher side, [[TheMedic Eirin Yagokoro]] has good all-around pitching stats and good stamina recovery at the end of every inning, and while not as strong on batting, is skilled at bunting in non-DH games.
** [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] also counts as this as she has relatively high stats on pitching, although she's leaning towards StoneWall due to having non-existent batting abilities.
** On the batter side, there's [[KidSamurai Youmu Konpaku]], who's rather average at all batting abilities. She is also a switch hitter, meaning she can switch on either side of the plate for advantage against specific pitchers.

* JackOfAllTrades: [[GateGuardian Hong Meiling]], while not the best in any fielding position, ''can play in any'' fielder position, despite being registered as an outfielder. Bonus points for being [[JackOfAllStats well-balanced in most stats.]]

** Mugen Queen Bees (first appearing in [=TBHS7 SPECIAL 3=]), composed of mostly, if not entirely PC-98 era charaacters, co-leaded by Mima and Shinki.

** Shou is also a downplayed version of this, as her stats are similar to Ran, with the exception of her lower speed being exchanged for better contact and throwing arm, and better third baseman compability.

** [[PintSizedPowerhouse Suika Ibuki]] takes this to the extreme as she has the highest hitting power and could easily hit ''home runs'', but she also has low hitting accuracy.

* ShoutOut: A fair amount of references from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' are used in this Fan Video series, such as:
** [[TimeMaster Sakuya's ability to speed up time]] (specifically used during the massive CurbStompBattle against Swallows).
** Even the spell cards show up in some cutscenes, such as when Marisa finds the Chunichi Dragons' mascot and looks at them suspiciously.
** Merlin Prismriver's portrait in the original series has the "Merupo" face. Also, the first time she's seen in the dialogues, the first thing she says is "Merupo".
** Episode 14 in the original series, during the "Red and Black battle", when Marisa (while batting) faces-off against Reimu, references to the last times they clashed in ''[[VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight Imperishable Night]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]''. It's also worth mentioning after the former is mentioned by Marisa, Reimu mentions that she isn't with a partner this time, [[CuttingOffTheBranches implying the Barrier Team's story events are considered canon for this specific reference.]]
%% Probably YMMV for being meta example.
%% ** Aya's {{Catchphrase}}, "Ayayayaya", is used when either she's out, or she makes a somewhat good catch on the defense.
%% ** Sakuya's "Elegant!", whenever she lands a base hit, a reference to her [[RedBaron epithet]], "Perfect and Elegant Servant".
%% ** Youmu's "The pitches that cannot be hit are close to none!" is based on her famous BadassBoast quote from [[VideoGame/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom Perfect Cherry Blossom]].
%% ** When Meiling successfully gets a base hit, the [[WebAnimation/TouhouM1GrandPrix "JAAAOOOOOOO" battle cry]] accompanies it in the comments.
%% ** Every time Mokou hits a home run, her spell card "Fujiyama Volcano" from [[VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight Imperishable Night]] gets referenced.

** [[NinjaMaid Sakuya Izayoi]] doesn't have much power on batting, but her contact ability is great, she easily reads pitches, and she is also a switch hitter that can change her batting side to take advantage. She's also great in fielding as the shortstop, and is the most skilled shortstop out of all Touhou characters, in general.

** [[TheLeader Alice Margatroid]] doesn't throws pitches at high speed, but is [[ConfusionFu unpredictable with having seven breaking ball types]], where other pitchers usually only have up to five.

** Reisen Udongein Inaba, as on par with canon and fanon. It gets even worse since [[ThoseTwoGuys she often appears with]] [[{Troll} Tewi Inaba]].

** Gensyoko Turtles' first game, against Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In fact, [[https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4528588 the bottom of the seventh inning]] was [[TimeSkip skipped into summary]] by [[TimeMaster Sakuya]] due to taking very long with Turtle's batters scoring a lot of runs during this inning.

* AscendedExtra: While Alice Margatroid is a fairly significant character in the Touhou franchise by the standards of non-Main characters, here, she is the [[TheHero main protagonist]] of the series and the manager of the Gensyoko Turtles.

** Conservely, Gensyoko Turtles vs Yokohama [=BayStars=] was a disaster, because Turtles didn't have some of the better players due to the SDM residents (except Meiling) sits out of the game due to Remilia and Flandre being
[[WeakenedByTheLight unable to play in daytime]], and the starting pitcher, Eirin, [[WorfHadTheFlu was in poor condition]], [[spoiler:to the point of giving up six runs, ''in two innings'']].