Another picture in which Reimu looks like she's not in the right mind, but it's still a good picture.
Going by the plot of LoLK, it seems like ULiL was just a buffer, to a much more intense plot for touhou 15! Seeing that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Touhou Project, some MAJOR shit is going down this time. The enemies are much harder, the tone of the game feels dark & eerie, talks about mass extermination(purification) of Gensyoko, Udonge is a playable character(which would never happen in a normal game), talks of leaders of the moon going insane, and all this is going down on the Moon. ZUN is not playing around this time, and it looks like things are going to get even more epic from here on out. Welcome to the 20th anniversary of Touhou folks, playtime is over!
Going by the plot of LoLK, it seems like ULiL was just a buffer, to a much more intense plot for touhou 15! Seeing that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Touhou Project, some MAJOR shit is going down this time. The enemies are much harder, the tone of the game feels dark & eerie, talks about mass extermination(purification) of Gensyoko, Udonge is a playable character(which would never happen in a normal game), talks of leaders of the moon going insane, and all this is going down on the Moon. ZUN is not playing around this time, and it looks like things are going to get even more epic from here on out. Welcome to the 20th anniversary of Touhou folks, playtime is over!
If I'm not mistaken the dialogue for LoLK seems to indicate it is a male character who has made the Lunar Capital go lunatic!
Someone pointed out to me on another forum that the word that was translated to "madman" is actually gender-neutral in Japanese.
Yes i've read this thing too. Still, given that as D The Man said, many "cemented rules" are being broken, i wouldn't be too surprised if the final boss is actually a man this time.
Yes i've read this thing too. Still, given that as D The Man said, many "cemented rules" are being broken, i wouldn't be too surprised if the final boss is actually a man this time.
Going by the plot of LoLK, it seems like ULiL was just a buffer, to a much more intense plot for touhou 15! Seeing that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Touhou Project, some MAJOR shit is going down this time. The enemies are much harder, the tone of the game feels dark & eerie, talks about mass extermination(purification) of Gensyoko, Udonge is a playable character(which would never happen in a normal game), talks of leaders of the moon going insane, and all this is going down on the Moon. ZUN is not playing around this time, and it looks like things are going to get even more epic from here on out. Welcome to the 20th anniversary of Touhou folks, playtime is over!
sauce? It sounds like something from Koishi's Heart Throbbing Adventure by your words.
sauce? It sounds like something from Koishi's Heart Throbbing Adventure by your words.
Backstory from the demo manual:
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Story (Reimu & Sanae)
When urban legends were manifesting in Gensokyo, a rumor started to spread that "Apollo never went to the moon".
At the same time, a metallic spider appeared around the mountain. The spider appeared to be slowly wandering around.
Reimu: "So, what's this weird machine you mentioned?" Sanae: "It happened when the morning mist was still covering the mountain."
It had a form with no imperfections, unbecoming of any other beast or monster. Mist faded away and trees withered in the places where the spider passed by.
Reimu: "So, a machine that looked like a spider?" Sanae: "I only caught a glimpse of it, but it definitely wasn't just some youkai that I mistook." Reimu: "Maybe it's one of the kappa's tools..."
Once the machine passed by, there were no signs of life. Tengu flew in the sky overhead, but for some reason they paid no attention to the spider. As the foothills came into the spider's view, it slowly clambered down the cliffside.
Sanae: "This is definitely interesting. I can't imagine that its appearance is just a coincidence."
Sanae began to grow restless.
Reimu: "What IS it? It's kind of irritating." Sanae: "That thing looked just like Curiosity."
Story (Marisa & Reisen)
---Eientei. Kaguya: "Seems the time has come for them to arrive." Eirin: "What shall we do?" Kaguya: "That's obvious, isn't it? I've already prepared myself." A natural and satisfying answer.
Eirin: "If they're making a move, no humans will possibly be able to compete with them. But if we stand against them, we'll be playing right into their hands. Moreover, the youkai of Earth likely can't even interfere to begin with." Kaguya: "So what do we do?" Eirin: "I made some medicine for just this occasion. Get Reisen to deliver this to the shrine maiden and her friends."
---Marisa's house, in the Forest of Magic. The seven Occult Balls that had suddenly appeared. Marisa had been investigating just what one of the balls had been; the ball of the Lunar Capital, to be precise.
Marisa: "Looks like this thing was somehow the cause of that whole urban legend uproar, but..."
As she sat bewildered, the moon rabbit Reisen appeared there.
---The metallic spider's march of purification cannot be stopped. The trees wither before one's eyes. Not one blade of grass was left in the spider's tracks. When Gensokyo is completely purified, it will be transformed into a perfect world.
Into a beautiful planet with no life on it...
Look also at the translation of the demo scenarios on the wiki.
When urban legends were manifesting in Gensokyo, a rumor started to spread that "Apollo never went to the moon".
At the same time, a metallic spider appeared around the mountain. The spider appeared to be slowly wandering around.
Reimu: "So, what's this weird machine you mentioned?" Sanae: "It happened when the morning mist was still covering the mountain."
It had a form with no imperfections, unbecoming of any other beast or monster. Mist faded away and trees withered in the places where the spider passed by.
Reimu: "So, a machine that looked like a spider?" Sanae: "I only caught a glimpse of it, but it definitely wasn't just some youkai that I mistook." Reimu: "Maybe it's one of the kappa's tools..."
Once the machine passed by, there were no signs of life. Tengu flew in the sky overhead, but for some reason they paid no attention to the spider. As the foothills came into the spider's view, it slowly clambered down the cliffside.
Sanae: "This is definitely interesting. I can't imagine that its appearance is just a coincidence."
Sanae began to grow restless.
Reimu: "What IS it? It's kind of irritating." Sanae: "That thing looked just like Curiosity."
Story (Marisa & Reisen)
---Eientei. Kaguya: "Seems the time has come for them to arrive." Eirin: "What shall we do?" Kaguya: "That's obvious, isn't it? I've already prepared myself." A natural and satisfying answer.
Eirin: "If they're making a move, no humans will possibly be able to compete with them. But if we stand against them, we'll be playing right into their hands. Moreover, the youkai of Earth likely can't even interfere to begin with." Kaguya: "So what do we do?" Eirin: "I made some medicine for just this occasion. Get Reisen to deliver this to the shrine maiden and her friends."
---Marisa's house, in the Forest of Magic. The seven Occult Balls that had suddenly appeared. Marisa had been investigating just what one of the balls had been; the ball of the Lunar Capital, to be precise.
Marisa: "Looks like this thing was somehow the cause of that whole urban legend uproar, but..."
As she sat bewildered, the moon rabbit Reisen appeared there.
---The metallic spider's march of purification cannot be stopped. The trees wither before one's eyes. Not one blade of grass was left in the spider's tracks. When Gensokyo is completely purified, it will be transformed into a perfect world.
Into a beautiful planet with no life on it...
Look also at the translation of the demo scenarios on the wiki.
Oh, how-- Wait, how the hell does Sanae keep up to speed on the outside world?
D_The_Man said:
Going by the plot of LoLK, it seems like ULiL was just a buffer, to a much more intense plot for touhou 15! Seeing that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Touhou Project, some MAJOR shit is going down this time. The enemies are much harder, the tone of the game feels dark & eerie, talks about mass extermination(purification) of Gensyoko, Udonge is a playable character(which would never happen in a normal game), talks of leaders of the moon going insane, and all this is going down on the Moon. ZUN is not playing around this time, and it looks like things are going to get even more epic from here on out. Welcome to the 20th anniversary of Touhou folks, playtime is over!
Oh, how-- Wait, how the hell does Sanae keep up to speed on the outside world?
They probably have internet access at the Moriya shrine.
And even if they don't, information like that should be able to leak through the barrier via some other means. This is how aqn found out about the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Soviet Union, although since she isn't from the outside world she misinterpreted it as shoddy engineering on our (outside world humans') part.
They probably have internet access at the Moriya shrine.
And even if they don't, information like that should be able to leak through the barrier via some other means. This is how aqn found out about the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Soviet Union, although since she isn't from the outside world she misinterpreted it as shoddy engineering on our (outside world humans') part.
Not only that, but it seems that they work with the Kappa on a regular basis, to get the modern conveniences that they would have had, in the outside world. Hell, there are actually claims within the games, that the Kappa & Tengu have a secret underground base that IS connected to the outside world.
