And when I say prolific, I mean it: besides the heaps of fanart and comics (being the most popular series on most art sites by a massive margin), there are, for instance, several hundred artists and bands dedicated entirely to recording cover albums of the series’ extensive soundtrack and selling them at events. Despite him doing everything on his own – his drawing skills in particular have taken their time to develop – the series has become an indie game juggernaut over its 20 years of continued publication and one of the absolute largest, most prolific fandoms in Japan.Įven more so than the gameplay itself, people are drawn in by the characters, soundtrack and ZUN’s quirky brand of worldbuilding. Touhou is developed by a one-man studio named Team Shanghai Alice, manned by Jun’ya “ZUN” Ota. Each game typically features a new "incident" occurring and the girls heading out to solve it. The games primarily follow Reimu Hakurei, the shrine maiden tasked with maintaining the barrier and peace within Gensokyo, as well as Marisa Kirisame, a young witch and Reimu’s best friend or occasional rival. Touhou Project takes place in the modern day, though Gensokyo has seen little to no technological progress due to its isolation. This world is known as Gensokyo, the Land of Illusion. The rest of the world could do whatever it wanted, but this little pocket would stay in stasis and become a safe haven for those who cannot exist outside it. To avert their impending doom, in the year 1885 some gods and youkai known today as the “sages” erected the Great Hakurei Barrier, a metaphysical boundary that sealed off a chunk of Japanese countryside into its own parallel dimension. However, youkai are dependent on human fear and belief, and gods on faith and devotion: as science developed and people started believing in natural explanations as opposed to supernatural ones, they started to weaken and fade. The youkai, gods and other fantastic creatures of Japan used to live alongside humans – not peacefully, mind you, as youkai in particular were dangerous monsters first and foremost. Lunasa, Merlin & Lyrica Prismriver (PL 8) For my other build thread, see Levander's General Gallery of Goons. I'm building Touhou Project characters in Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition! Those familiar with the series might think this is a bad idea. Welcome! I'm new to this particular board, but I've spent way, way too much time building characters and reading Roll Call threads here and elsewhere, so I figured I'd finally make my own.
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