This is dedicated to Touhou Project!
I've been a looong time fan of Touhou ever since 2020, also known to me as Satan's year.
So many terrible things happened in that year, the start of the global pandemic, the acceleration of the division between people, etc. As that was occuring, I started diving deeper in osu! tournaments and Touhou content.
But before telling this story, I'd like to explain what Touhou actually is.
Touhou Project is a very popular Japanese indie franchise centered on challenging bullet hell shoot 'em up games. All the mainline games are created by one person, ZUN (Jun'ya Ota) of Team Shanghai Alice. It also has many official spin-offs, official manga, and music albums.
Touhou has a massive set of distinct female characters based on Japanese mythology. It's mostly known for being a massive goldmine of quality music and fanworks, due to ZUN's lenient rules for Touhou's copyright. Most Japanese artists got their start on this franchise, or was inspired by someone who took inspiration from it.
Continuing on from before, I dove deeper in Touhou content in the midst of the pandemic. I was very interested in a specific character here. She's silly, clumsy and sometimes stubborn at times, but she's also serious and disciplined. These seem like traits that really shouldn't mix, but it did for her and I was infatuated. Also, her design caught my eye and I instantly went to find fanart of her to admire!
Those who know Touhou probably already guessed who I'm talking about.
Konpaku Youmu
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