TOUHOU URBAN LEGEND IN LIMBO REISEN SERIES
TOUHOU URBAN LEGEND IN LIMBO REISEN WINDOWS

TOUHOU URBAN LEGEND IN LIMBO REISEN SERIES

Some say it's the best thing ever happening in the series and want more versus shooters in the series, others shudder at the possibility every time a new game is announced.

The Phantasmagoria games probably can cause an even bigger rift in the fandom than Ten Desires.

Broken Base: The fandom will never stop arguing as to what's canon, whether Touhou is canonically grimdark or not, or over popular interpretations, especially in regards to new changes to Nitori and others in Hopeless Masquerade.

This seems to be primarily a Western thing, as in Japan she's one of the most popular characters in the series. Some believe her blunt, slothful, apathetic personality makes her a more interesting hero. This is a bit alleviated by not appearing in games between Ten Desires and Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, with mostly positive response about her reappearance in the latter (it helps that she appeared alongside Youmu and Reisen as playables respectively).

TOUHOU URBAN LEGEND IN LIMBO REISEN WINDOWS

While detractors dislike that she is very similar to Reimu in appearance and job, her constant appearances during the Windows Two era, especially since many believe she replaced fan favorite Sakuya (despite the latter actually having more appearances and having been retired as a playable character for a while before Sanae took the third heroine position), and her focus in fan-art and works as well. Some like that she is a potential Foil for Reimu, a recent Gensokyo newcomer with connections with the outside world, and her increasingly eccentric behavior throughout the games. Nowadays half of the fandom still loves her, while the other half considers her overrated and wishes she would just go die in a hole somewhere. She became overwhelmingly popular, which eventually led to a large backlash of people who got sick of seeing her absolutely everywhere. Cirno probably tops the list, but honorable mentions include Remilia and Miko.

Awesome Ego: A number of characters are beloved not just in spite of their arrogance, but because of it.

Angst? What Angst?: There are a fair number of characters with grim or even tragic histories, and hints that a few others have their troubled sides, but very little angst occurs onscreen (with a few exceptions, mostly involving Mokou), and the tone of the series tends towards carefree.

This is played for laughs, especially by the fandom.

Angst Dissonance: Parsee's entire existence revolves around her being miserable.

Americans Hate Tingle: In Japan, Reimu is consistently the most popular character in the series by titanic margins, but in the West, her Good Is Not Nice tendencies render her a Base-Breaking Character (where she is 'merely' top 10).

There are so many, it's become commonplace to consider each artist's interpretation as its own self-contained fan canon, not affecting the others, so that fans get to enjoy each interpretation for its own merits. We have a forum thread dedicated to collecting them.

Alternative Character Interpretation: Since 80-90% of material related to the series is fan-created, this happens quite a bit.

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