Cirno's Existential Crisis 

cirno just went on that 4th grader existential journey of being told the sun was going to explode in billions of years

why does the stupid funne ice fairy have one of the more complex stories in all of touhou lol

Crazy to think that the 9-Baka memes hail from the game that fleshed Cirno's character out the most

The thought that someone as caring as Shiki gave Cirno, the happiest being in Gensokyo, depression is something to think about.

There's really a lot of stories that are hidden within Touhou due to not being fished out by fanworks. Can't believe that Cirno of all characters has such an interesting one. We often just point and laugh at the fairies but they really are quite complex creatures. Being the manifestation of nature will do that, I guess. Also, Chur-no? For some reason I thought you were a sir-no guy.

Never knew Cirno would be confronted with such scenario, it really hits hard when you find out about your life span. Best to live life while you still can.

Oh dang, I just thought Cirno was basically just the comedy funny haha fairy in the games. And while that’s still mostly true, it’s cool to learn that’s there is actually quite a lot of substance behind it and the way she acts. Thanks for sharing!

It's actually kinda nice that Cirno did have a character that goes deeper than "Idiot who thinks she is strong." It's awesome.

This gives a lot deeper meaning to "Think twice? I don't even think once"

I was not expecting to get depression for Cirno on Cirno day

When it comes to sentimental Cirno, the one that always sticks to me even now is "Thank you, Cirno", a manga about Cirno learning about pollution and climate disaster in the outside world and her reactions to that

It is pretty sad that the legendary baka herself has a better grip on her mortality than you do.

How is it of all the characters, Medicine, the Prismrivers, and Cirno get to have the crazy emotional PoFV arcs?

I bought Touhou 9 some months ago, and although I can't really play with someone in pvp, I still liked the game for the stories that the single player mode has. Thanks for making a video about one of the most interesting stories in the game, and happy Cirno day! ⑨ Edit: I actually managed to play this game with some friends a few days ago. It was fun to see their reactions as non-touhou players

What a nice video! This story was always so interesting to me because it's strange to think Fairies can be just as introspective as any other person but their ability to get absorbed by simply joys is too powerful so they never do for the most part, in the end Cirno realizes that's actually a strength and Aya is the perfect character to relay that kinda mindset too.

Touhou 9 truly WAS Cirno's Game .

This was one of the most interesting stories in official touhou

What I've always wanted to know is, "If there are no busses in Gensokyou, how does Cirno know what they are?"

I really liked this video. Most videos related to Touhou are about memes, gameplay, or characters and end up ignoring the actual stories and lessons found in Zun's works that I think needs to be explored more often. I would love to see more videos exploring those stories within Touhou that many fans often overlook to learn a thing or two about Zun's view of the world he shares with the series. Maybe next year we could get a video on Cirno's campaign in Touhou 16 which to my experience is one of the most amusing campaigns in all of the series.

Out of ALL the characters from touhou, Cirno was the last one I was expecting to have a morbid twist yet bittersweet end to her campaign. Even brings like Faries in Gensokyo won’t last forever, and Cirno’s fate of going to heaven or hell is still unknown, but she might as well live doing what she loves while time Is still there Otherwise, it’ll just drive her to madness.

This was surprisingly heartwarming.

all i did when i did cirno route in touhou 9 was laugh at her antics... the true fool was me for underestimating an ice fairy and her capacity to understand... that ending hits differently now...

I was about to give this a like, but it already had 9...

Funny to think how a fairy like cirno excepts the thougth of one day dieying meanwhile erine is so scared of it she became imortal to avoide it

There is theory that says maribel visits gensokyo in past because gensokyo in future doesn't exist actually,but because maribel and renko are from a far future that everything is dystopian,we can still have fun with our little fairy and relax,because thinking about death to much make the death even closer to us.so yeah,cirno will die,gensokyo will fall,but not for now or a long time.also if gensokyo dies.new places will born,such as after an entire forest burns in fire,the plants will come and reanimate the forest.:)

I feel this connected with Hidden Star in 4 Seasons, the Three Fairy mangas, and maybe even Cirno's own game, that Cirno will die one day like humans, and most Youkai, unlike other fairies cause she will become too powerful, she will lose her eternity, maybe straight up die or turn into some kind of life-bound mortal youkai similar to Yuuka or Medicine in that way, kinda like how it's inevitable Marisa will become a youkai Magician like Alice/Patchouli, Cirno is developing, and advancing as a person to the detriment of her natural immortality but she won't let that stop her from being Cirno, and living her life to the fullest, in a way her innocence will be lost, Cirno becomes one the most interesting characters in Touhou due to this, as she is one of the few Touhou girls that have character development, alongside Kosuzu, Kasen, Miyoi, and of course main characters like Reimu/Marisa.

Finally someone who pronounces Cirno correctly.

"Maybe I'm not the strongest."

I can't... I actually can't believe that my entire bloody outlook on life changed just from this video. A BLOODY ICE FAIRY CHANGED MY BELIEFS, THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDE ON LIFE?!

HSiFS was my first Touhou game, and Cirno+Aya had the best dialogue/character imo. I played through PoFV, but think I was rushing to see all the character interactions/endings and didn't get a good look at this scenario. Glad I got a chance to revisit it here. Too often Cirno and Aya get flanderized into " 'strong' idiot" and "sleazy reporter" This was a good showing to more sides of both their characters.

Cirno video released Algorithm: Sleeps 9 months pass Algorithm: Ok time to start recommending this

i love cirno even more after this, cheers to the strongest fairy

For all of the *canon* character interactions in Touhou, I had no idea Aya would be so sweet to Cirno like that. And, with a point. Two characters overlooked as naïve, sharing a moment of sentiment together. It's actually a nice feeling.

Yuuka and Cirno's confrontation has a subtle narrative when Yuuka compares Cirno to the sun, circling back after the full development of Cirno's sense of permanence. Zun's writing is so joyful the way elements from ancient and distant lands cross seminate Touhou and give it life. Distinctly European concepts, similarities and more have direct or vague tie ins to the world. The passage of time and influence between namely Europe and Japan reveals itself to those who are astute and well read with the topics Zun explores. In itself Touhou is a mythical reflection of Japan, which unlike the real world so rapidly industrialized and grew into advanced modernity when another side of the world tested the waters long ago and ironically seeks remedy in something primeval and now foreign. To me that is the most fascinating and meta appeal to Touhou. I think religion has become vacuous and detached from the body whilst the crux of Touhou's spiritual themes appear more human and the spirit and soul actually lives in nature and begets itself. At the same time Touhou's hyper fantasy is like a very strong reflection of how life and nature have lost its grounding in reality in favor of the real life, modern world we have now. Maybe not the most evident theme in Touhou or most coherent but it without question exists throughout the series and is a tear jerker.

Maybe I should've played Cirno in PoFV sooner, this is another example of PoFV's story being one of the best ones in Touhou.

Dang, I remember when i beat this game but didn´t care the story too much. however, I kinda remember the ending with her and Aya was a bit emotional and cute, but after hearing how you explained it in this video, it hits different. nice work!

I struggle thinking about the future and where I'll end up, i'm afraid of the unknown and most of my life isn't planned, things bad or good happen and I just go along, so most of the time my perspective is in the present, to a fault sometimes, this story was very near to me in a sense, it made me love Cirno more and appreciate her for more than "haha shitpost fairy", thanks for sharing this unexpectedly touching story in Touhou!

this actually made me very happy

I didn't think I'd learn an important life lesson from Cirno but here we go!

I wonder how the other Fairies feel about that

Just wanted to say... I watched this video around 7 months ago. I just watched Sr Pelo's Touhou video and I one of the songs stood out to be: it was this cute dorky fairy's one. I started watching more and more videos, especially videos with Cirno. Then I stumbled upon this one... And it definitely made me fall in love with the game. I said to myself that I will clear every Touhou game. Mind that I have a full time job and some social life so yea, it would take a lot of time. I started with Touhou 6 (which I couldn't beat so I gave up after two months and used hacks to watch the endings), then with Touhou 7 (which I beat with Reimu A on normal and it was such a great feeling when I did) and just now I cleared Cirno in Touhou 9 in normal. I really wanted to see the ending by myself and I just did it after more than half a year. So yea, thanks for the video!!

What if Cirno wasnt just the strongest fairy but just the strongest in Gensokyo ? Just imagine she's actually just an Ice god but doesnt know it yet.

Cirno day 2024! Hope that Cirno gets to enjoy freezing frogs for a long time.

What thinking does to a mf

This could make into an interesting picture book

wow, you really covered this existential crisis well, your brain sees much more than your eyes even if you see bright colors every day

Cirno is one of the few characters with an arc

lesson learned: don't think about death, it takes away your life (you should enjoy life no matter how painful it is)

The scary thing about death is that there was someone there before, now there's not.

⑨k views,⑨ days ago, ⑨th of the ⑨th . Its all adding up perfectly... 🧐

I like how this video was uploaded ⑨ months ago from right now! *June 25, 2023*

please do more of these, touhou character analysis's are nonexistant rn

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Cirno had an existential crisis knowing she may one day die. Mokou has an existential crisis knowing she will never die. Tenshi has an existential crisis knowing she already died and made it to heaven. Suddenly, going to hell doesn't seem so bad.

ah yes, Tomboyish Girl in Depression

Happy ⑨ day, great video as always :D

I love it when people pronounce cirno the same as me

I think stuff like that, and I also thought everyone thought the same. This video makes me alot happier, especially the part at 9:49.

i think it really says something that, out of everyone, yuuka was the one to scare cirno even before she had to comprehend her eventual death and she's right to be scared. stage 8 yuuka is no joke

Algo brought me here. Surprisingly deep. Happy Cirno Day!

i like touhou informative-type videos lol

thank you very much for the video it gave me a lot of information about the character and allowed me to see something new

Why doesn't zun want us to see the endings like

So this where all that Cirno x Aya ship come from..

Could we get more videos like this i loved this

Hug The Tidd. ❤️ She Must Live. ❤️

Wow, nice video

Im guolty of not finishing this one yet but this is an amazing story.

haha fnuy iec fairey go brr meanwhile cirno lore:

amazing video :m

Let's goo

Pretty iconic Touhou 9 Was Mean To Be The Finale Of the Seriers that might also Explain line like the day for remiu and marisa they were they die so it was really make this game really important so because fans was a lot use to the seriers the seriers Conture so that well this pretty important!

Happy Cirno day!

Zun doesnt like endings being shown? the series is so tough for a newbie though.

Cirno will become the doom slayer

I have deduced that Cirno is weak against short green haired characters. She should probably stay away from Takane.

bro she just like me fr

whoisthisgit type thumbnail lol. man i havent watched that guy in ages

This is why I said months ago on the TH9 steam release video you made why I think its a great starter game. Not so much with the gameplay but its so full of character developement and ZUN shows sides of characters from his point of view. It's not some out of universe wrongly written fanfiction by someone that isnt ZUN. (yeah I dont like fanfictions, sorry). You should make a video like this for every character arc from that game by the way. Because they are all this great.

As impactful as this video essay is, I find it too funny to abruptly end the video at "she decided to stop thinking." Also obligatory was that a Jojo reference?

God dam so being the strongest always seems to have its down side Saitama: Never has any fun fighting Goku: Always surpasses his rivals too quick Obsly cirno isnt nearly on their lvl but her own strength could kill her God id hate to know that if i was mega strong that its the thing that could keep me from coming back

And then one day the people in gensokyo will try to extend the life of nature as it gets older and weaker. As the fairy's on life support watch them trying their hardest. Or yukari just do magik to keep balance.

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Lol happy Cirno day! ⑨

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Next time, talk about Touhou 10.5's story and how every campaign creates one whole story!

Iove you cirno, i always will you stupidly funny fairy

people keep talking about the endings in touhou and the only ones i've seen are the bad endings... woulda seen atleast beating remilia or eirin if they werent immune to bombs...

How the video about Cirno, get to the depressive talk about life?

I have a theory: Cirno was died as human and reincarnate as fairy but she forgot her human life and death.

What are those yellow things Shiki Eiki shoots during her boss battles?

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Wait Cirno is pronounced chur no and not sir no?

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hehe touhou ⑨ created ⑨

I think it’s a bit of an overreaction to not include any footage of the endings in a transformative video like this one. I think the rule in the guidelines is more about direct uploads of the endings, even then, ZUN probably wouldn’t care if a video like this one included footage of the ending being talked about

moral of the story: stop global warming for cirno :)

I can't believe that an idiotic ice fairy somehow gets the most character development in the entire series than any other characters in a 20+ year old franchise with 100+ characters