Game Composer Hears TOUHOU MUSIC for the First Time - Hartmann's Youkai Girl 

This was wild. I wonder if all Touhou music is like this... Maybe I'll make more videos to find out! In the meantime, check out the videos I've done on Undertale music: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bS7Dh_-6yys.html

Ah yes, Koishi's theme! Unsettling, intense, and madness filled are great ways to describe her theme. Koishi is a mind-reading youkai called a satori, and both humans and other youkai fear her and her sister for it. Koishi closed her "third eye" that allows her to do said mind-reading because she wanted to be loved. As a result though, she became a being of pure subconsciousness. She's impulse and baser instinct, living in a waking dream state, and able to manipulate the subconscious minds of others. And she lacks presence. People forget about her as soon as she leaves their sight... except children. Koishi is the imaginary friend to many children. She's a character that is both tragic and yet heart warming. She is loved now, but is doomed to be forgotten as the children get older. But she has no conscious mind to care.

3:24 "Someone who stands out" is literally the most ironic description you could have given koishi since her main power is the fact that people can't even realize that she's there unless she allows them to, and even if they do manage to notice her, they forget about having seen her as soon as they look away.

The only way I have to describe Touhou's music is.... Touhou. ZUN has a very distinct style, in anything I recommend you listen on your own to the ost of the franchise (if you don't have time for videos) I'm not an expert on music, but Touhou has some extremely interesting peces and is worth listening to.

A little context. This franchise began with a college student named Jun'ya Ota who released his first game in 1997 under the pseudonym ZUN in order to share his music. He created five games with his student group over the course of the next year, then graduated. 4 years later, he tried his hand at developing another game, which would not only become immensely popular, but also served to revitalise the bullet hell genre. For the next 20 something years, this man would continue to develop his bullet hell games, and occasionally release other titles in collaboration with other parties, as well as write several manga taking place in the universe of his games. There are 31 games in this series, 6 of which were developed in collaboration with Twilight Frontier, most of the aforementioned being fighting games. Those that he were the sole developer of usually consist of 6 stages of top-down shooting, each with a boss at their end, followed by an unlockable 7th Extra stage and corresponding boss. As such, you can imagine the original soundtrack is quite expansive. It is however a journey I would recommend undertaking.

It would be super interesting if you could analyze Necrofantasia ! Definitely one of the more "unique" touhou songs around.

"I love not thinking!" -actual quote from Koishi, being very literal as her mind is broken and her body now moves on instinct

The comparisons to Undertale are often made because for one Toby Fox openly stated that Touhou was a big inspiration for him but also because Undyne's theme plays homage to Touhou's signature trumpets (also called ZUNpets by the community) in one section. Good examples of these would be Aya's theme, Keiki's theme, Byakuren's theme, Reisen's theme, Prismriver Sister's theme, Ran's theme and many, many more. It's both the combination of the sound of the trumpets as well as them carrying the main melody that is very signature Touhou and if you give a listen to Undetale's "Battle against a true hero" afterwards, the homage becomes really obvious.

Oh god he's going down the rabbithole guys...

"This is Koishi Komeiji's theme. I tried to make it eerie and have the aura of a broken girl. I think the eeriness is fitting for an extra boss. Actually, I think a garden with roses strewn all about where thorns can prick you is really fitting for a battle, but for some reason it's the shrine this time." - ZUN, 2008

There's one really fascinating part of this song: aspects of it are a musical palindrome. A lot of the melodies and stuff, when played in reverse, are the exact same or become melodies used in other parts of the song. (I'm not good at music terminology I just know I've watched other videos talking about this)

Oh he's in for a wild ride. Touhou music is GODLIKE.

YES FINALLY! Please do more, Touhou is more known for its music than anything else, most people find it through rhythm games than the actual games they come from. It's BEGGING for more music reviews. Personally I recommend anything from the games Subterranean Animism (Like the one you just reviewed), Imperishable Night, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, and anything from the PC-98 era of games. But to be honest all of the games have amazing music, just try not to get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of songs.

5:39 evidence that music can tell a story. Koishi as a character is quite an interesting one. In the game she is a satori, a type of Japanese mythological creature that can read minds. Acording to the game’s lore she chose to close her third eye /hearth because of her ability of reading minds and the hatered towords her kind. By closing her hearth she acts as her subconcious tells her to. We as people have the capaciy to question our subconcius, to don’t let the intrusive thoughts guide our every action. In the case of Koishi she is generally playful and free-spirited, being guided by her subcouncous thoughts. This goes in acordance to her first part of the theme, being all over the place, unsetteling, care free, being a reprezentation of the chaos in the thought process of someone’s subconcious. The second part, the one that sounds more peaceful gives the listener a feeling of bitter-sweetness. You can feel a bit of sadness when listening to this part. This could represent that beside her care free atitude, there is still a bit of sadness, of bitter memories of the past, a little bit of concoiusness that has been left after she closed her hearth

Lore fact: The red clothes in the background are actually his pants

It's always fun o see composers get surprised by zuns "unique time signatures"

i really don't know how you did it- but you absolutely nailed explaining koishi without even knowing what she is about

I hope he’ll do more Touhou music ! That was a great video, I love hearing his opinions. I can’t imagine him reacting to U.N. Owen was her

And this is why Davi's interpretations are so good. We've been listening to remixes of this theme, and hundreds more, for over a decade and a half, and it's easy to take for granted how much effort ZUN puts into characterizing his creations through music. And Davi, having absolutely zero context to draw from, NAILS it. Koishi is a disturbing character, capable of existing only in the subconscious, a creature that has a fundamental sense of *wrong* about her when you abruptly notice her -- and you can ONLY notice her abruptly. She's a walking jump-scare. Yet for all that she's not a bad PERSON. She closed her third eye because she didn't want her perception to be burdened with the little evils floating around in everyone's head; she wanted to see them for their actual value. That positive, heroic sequence is more on par with this side of her personality -- and it's a powerful one, because that's what drove her motivation. And yet, tragically, it's only that one sequence -- the moment you glance away and back, the monster of the subconscious is there again. I, and I'm sure many others, are absolutely craving future Touhou music interpretations on Davi's part. I deeply hope *Necrofantasia* has been recommended, though for a proper change of pace, from the alarming to the heroic, we ought to have *Idolatrize World* or *Broken Moon* , or the absolute tapestry that is *Gensokyo Millennium* .

Hearing this music immediately put me on edge! Like I was dropped into an intense fight and I need to be prepared for anything at any moment. I was almost panicked. Just heard the slow part It almost sounds like the hero is prevailing!

Great video as always! I like the frantic yet sad vibes of this piece, it's very fitting to express the instability of the girl (Koishi). I've never played Touhou series myself, but I have a friend who's a big fan and I often watch her play. The music for Touhou series has an instant impact that draws you in, an addictive quality that lasts forever, and the characters and world-building are so precisely and beautifully put into it. The movement and colour of the barrage in the game is so beautiful, it almost looks like a kaleidoscope, and matches the music so well! I've started playing Undertale and I'm very excited about the Touhou influence on it! (Especially on Undyne music) Thanks Davi :)

Glad I could send Davi down this rabbit hole, as a Koishi fan. My interpretation of the calm part is the manifestation of Super-ego in the madness governed by Id. Since by lore Koishi doesn't have conscious mind i.e. Ego, and the whole lore and character design revolves around psychology concepts, mostly Freudian. (The "Hartmann" in the song title refers to the psychology expert too.) I like to imagine it as a rose blooming in the deep underground, as described by the name of her last spell card "Subterranean Rose".

For reference, "SA" is short for Subterranean Animism (Touhou 11), Koishi is the name of the character the music is for (it's the theme song for Koishi), and "Hartman's Youkai Girl" is the name of the music track itself. The word 'youkai' is a bit of a catch-all term for creatures from Japanese folklore, from the massive Daidabarochi or Omukade to the wildly varied Tsukumogami (inanimate objects that have come to life). Not all youkai are hostile, either, with the Hakutaku, for example, being quite explicitly friendly to humans. As for the track... It being a bit unsettling is _perfect_ for Koishi's character. She's an extremely tragic character who closed her third eye (which was essentially lobotomizing herself) to get rid of her ability to read minds, as said ability caused people to resent her. As a result of said lobotomy, she became able to manipulate the subconscious mind of anyone around her, but at the cost of losing her conscious mind, and becoming unable to be remembered. With a few exceptions (such as young children, who will forget her as they grow older), anyone who meets Koishi will be unable to remember her. Furthermore, she completely lacks a consciousness, acting entirely subconsciously. Someone who acts entirely without thought, and who you can't remember meeting would definitely come off as creepy. The most tragic part is revealed- or, perhaps more accurately, pointed out to the player- in a later game. Koishi is a satori- a youkai. Youkai in Touhou are literally born from the fears of humans. A Youkai that cannot be remembered- that nobody knows? Well... How are you going to fear something if you don't have any idea there's anything to fear. In other words, she is literally fading away from existence. Fortunately for her, in Hopeless Masquerade, she obtains a magical mask (which is technically part of a different youkai) which lets people notice her... Even that, though, is bittersweet. Being separated from it's original owner, the mask of hope will eventually lose it's power, leaving Koishi to simply... fade away, forgotten.

To enlighten some people about the character you fight in this song, her name is Koishi komeiji, she is a satori youkai, and younger sister to satori komeiji. Satori youkai are infamous in touhou for their ability to read minds, this causes even strong youkai like onis to fear and hate them. Having seen her sister getting bullied for her ability, Koishi decided to seal her ability to read minds. This, however, had an opposite effect. While she could no longer read people’s conscious minds, she could read their subconscious minds. Additionally, sealing away her ability made it almost impossible for anyone to see or remember her. Without having prior knowledge of her existence, you would forget about her the moment you looked away from her. Despite this, Koishi is portrayed as a very happy and excitable person, with many of her attacks using heart shaped bullets. If your interest in her, but don’t want a deep dive into touhou, I would recommend a video called bramble boundaries by minus t. It is a 3D animation based off the events and attack patterns used in this stage and has great characterization of Koishi.

What I like most about this OST is the fact that it can be played backward and the original melody is still recognizable.

You have just opened Pandora's Box to a realm of fantastical tunes. I do hope you will stay a while. A vast treasure awaits you.

Now that he's done done Koishi's main theme I would love to hear his thoughts on Last Remote, while Hartmann's Youkai girl is her more iconic disturbing battle theme I feel like Last Remote conveys feelings with Koishi as a character, it sounds tragic and depressing at points but happy and uplifting at other parts.

Don't forget, that coding, visuality and MUSIC for those touhou games made 1 person. Thank you ZUN

I would like to suggest four tracks, two from a much earlier installment, and another two more recent. Each of these for the final bosses of their respective games. •Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossoms ~ Border of Life (Game: PCB) I would also recommend the in-game arrange titled "Border of Life". •Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being (Game: MS) •Last Occultism ~ Esotericist of the Present World (Game: ULiL) •Entrusting This World to Idols ~ Idolatrize World (Game: WBaWC)

Hi people from the stream !

Have you seen that your translated Touhou videos are becoming somewhat popular on the Japanese side of RU-vid?

Oh man, you’ve just entered an INSANE rabbit hole of awesome music. ZUN has basically said he’s a musician first and a game developer second. XD As for the character this song belongs to- Koishi Komeiji is a satori who has closed her third eye, destroying her conscious mind. She is thoroughly insane and extremely dangerous, with absolutely no control over her actions, and put simply is the embodiment of the phrase “no thoughts, head empty”. This is why her theme is so, for lack of a better word, schizophrenic. Most of her Spell Cards are references to Freudian psychology. Some recommendations from me: •U.N. Owen Was Her •Necrofantasia •Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind •Kobito of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess •Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart

Yes! More Touhou please! ZUN has a really distinct style that you can immediately tell "yep, this is a touhou song", adding in the fact that each one is connected to a character. And just like they say, there is no bad Touhou music. If you're taking recommendations "Necrofantasia" or "Entrusting this world to idols~Idolatrize World" would be a good listen!

Hehe funny easter egg eh stream watchers?

Great, now listen to it backwards Seriously not a joke u gotta try it

4:07 誰もが憧れるシーン

Another interesting thing about Hartmann's Youkai Girl is its designed to sound similar when played backwards

We need more! More Touhou! There is a gold mine of music composition waiting.

Touhou! Can’t wait to see you listen to more.

You're actually fairly accurate with the idea that this song can be described as "madness". Koishi was once a Satori; she could read minds, but she ended up sealing her own third eye by literally stabbing it with a knife. Because of that, she essentially stabbed her own heart & mind as well. In the series, she's portrayed as someone rather unhinged, but with tidbits of the delicate girl she once was. Probably also why the song has many sad & disturbing chords. Koishi is one of the saddest characters in Touhou, but she's also one of the most terrifying at the same time. She's also got quite the happy, carefree, chipper attitude. But because she's so unhinged, that generally comes off as scary more than anything. Though it can sometimes be funny.

Yes indeed her theme is quite fitting, Koishi might even be THE most dangerous person in 2hu due to her unique qualities. In the past, during a confrontation with a particularly old and powerful youkai, Koishi out of nowhere and without a hint of remorse, irony or fear told her to her face "I know! it's because you have no friends, right? So sad..." Yukari never recovered 😔

Yes. Pants on couch 👍

_“I don’t exactly think…_ _Therefore I ain’t exactly.”_

I was also amazed by the uncommon time signature used in _Hartmann's Youkai Girl_ , and also by the time signature switch. It would be interesting to also see this dude's first impressions on _The Maid and the Pocket Watch Of Blood_ . That music is really underrated despite it's uniqueness (..if that word exists)

Omfg, he's doing touhou music! I always love it when people get to experience this franchise and its vibe. And u started off with the theme for my favourite character. It's quite a chaotic thing with a little spice of tragedy; its the perfect reflection of literally no thoughts, head empty. Hoping we'll get to see more reactions to the music in this franchise cos there's a lot and its all banger. Great vid and analysis as always!🙌

Oh no. HARTMANN'S was your introduction to touhou music? The mournful and kooky theme of Koishi? Goodness... You know her theme sounds remarkably similar backwards too, right? Its an audible palindrome... and Yeah the time signature swaps to a 7/8. Each song defines the character. Koishi is a mind reader who ripped out her own abilities and kind of inverted them. If you know The Silence from Dr Who... Yeah, that's her power. Your eyes can see her and your ears can hear her but your brain can't understand that she exists so your brain edits her out. But it affects her too. She lives in the moment, never thinking or worrying about the past or future. But when she sees something she wants or sees people (especially children) having fun she wants so badly to be a part of it. And later during the events of Hopeless Masquerade she got her wish to a degree. She made such a ruckus and drew so much attention to herself that people remembered her. She became more than just... an imaginary friend. I will say that this song is from Touhou 11 and the music from both Touhou 11 and Touhou 14 are a bit different from the music in the rest of the series. With 11 when taken as a whole the vibe is super different from the other collections and 14 uses very unique sounds compared to the other games.

Id love if you were able to listen to This Is What You Are from Warframe!

I would absolutely love it if you gave "Last Remote" from the same game a try! it's almost like a prelude to this song thematically and it's such a wonderful song with even harsher contrasts than this one!

8:05 Welp Touhou is one thing that inspire Undertale

I noticed it part way through, but is this song used as the base tune for Unconscious Requiem?

I haven't actually played any Touhou games yet, but I'd recommend listening to U.N. Owen Was Her from the sixth game. It's one of the most well-known songs in the series. The "Death Waltz" remix by Cool&Create was also a really popular "impossible piano" trend in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

YES! my favorite OST from Touhou! FYI, the Touhou games are mainly Bullet Hell games (like certain minigames in Undertale but way harder) and each game has 6 levels for the main story. Then, there is an extra stage that is more demanding than the base game (depending of which Touhou game, of course) and guess what? Koishi is the Extra Stage boss of her debut game... AHHHHH (yeah, sorry. I'm a huge Koishi fanboy). I'm looking forward to seeing you react to other themes. There are A LOT.

Woah, I couldn’t ever expect this. I don’t even know if I can do this here, but, if I can, I will recommend some more musical masterpieces from Touhou: -Suwa foughten field -Faith is for the transient people -Last remote -Heartfelt fancy -Satori Maiden ~ third eye (this and the previous should be listened to together) -Solar sect of mystic wisdom -Heian Alien -Shoutoku legend ~ true administrator -Reverse ideology -Exaggerated castle keep -Kobito of the shining needle (again, a pair) -Pure furies ~ whereabouts of the heart -Hidden star in all seasons -Electric heritage -Entrusting this world to idols ~ idolatrise world (these are a pair too)

I hear Touhou, I scramble over. So, the songs I suggest you listen to areeeee: Fujiwara No Mokou's theme, (forget it's name) Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye (Satori Komeiji's theme, she's Koishi's older sister actually!) Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom (Utsuho Reiuji's theme) True Administrator (Toyosatomimi no Miko's theme) Border of Life (Yuyuko Saigyouji's theme) Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (Byakuren Hijiri's theme) Legend of the Great Gods (Mononobe no Futo's theme) Love Colored Master Spark (one of Marisa Kirisame's themes)

Sound like the theme of a girl who wants to go fishing

Touhou!!!!! Who else is here right from the stream?

Oh man, you're doing Touhou. Good luck LOL. I would recommend looking at some other iconic tracks of the series like Dream Battle ~ Maiden's Capriccio, Love Colored Master Spark, among others. If you have time, of course, totally up to you :3

where's the easter egg!!1?!??!1?

2:00 Someone probably already explain it, but Touhou is a Bullet Hell Genre (aka Danmaku), which is similar to those arcade-like space-shooter game where you dodge projectiles while shooting at incoming enemies, -but take it several dozen level higher in the difficulty scale- And yes, Koishi Komeiji is a Stage Boss. Specifically an Extra Stage Boss, which is unlocked after clearing the main game.

Touhou got so damn many good music, including the fighting games, which I think has some of the best music

俺の推しの曲だ！！！

do not ask a Koishi fan what he was doing on the 21th of august 2015

Less common Touhou track suggestion: "Mary, the Magician". I think it would be really interesting to analyse this track. (although it's not from a game but from a stand-alone spin-off musical CD).

Shocked that someone recommended Touhou music and it wasn't U.N. Owen Was Her?! or Flowering Night. Maybe I'm just biased and my boomer-ness is showing though. I'd love to know how Davi reacted after seeing the footage for the game during the editing process.

If you want to listen to and deconstruct Touhou music, be prepared for around 200 pieces for characters and ~700 for everything else, from menu to credits So it's up to you if you want to make a career from that, or just stick to most popular themes But it's hard NOT to fall into a (moon) rabbit hole as ZUN is just great in music Aside from that, check also Homestuck music.

I hope you checkout the Rabi-Ribi OST, game inspired by touhou in many ways but also has amazing music, i would recommend a single track but there's too many good ones to choose from

I see a bunch of comments talking about the origins of the series and the character associated with the track and such, but nothing about why the composer's style is what it is: he has no formal education in music composition. He's a genuine savant when it comes to this, often putting the tracks together when lightly buzzed on alcohol.

"Now I'm confused." Welcome to Touhou. This is a feature, not a bug.

I think you had a pretty accurate final analysis. Koishi's character is someone who has sealed their third eye and has lost their conscious mind, being ruled by their subconscious. And because of that they can control and manipulate the subconscious of others: the part of the mind that instinctually controls so much of our lives and how we think, but that we are never actually aware of. Because of that her attacks often form patterns that mess with the player's instinct or replicate optical illusions. She's also supposed to be somewhat tragic, as she sealed her third eye because it let her read the minds of everyone she met and it was driving her crazy. Now the old person she was is basically gone, and no one can remember that she exists when they're not looking at her.

Ooooooh my gods he's listening to Touhou music Ooooooh my gods this is such good news Keep at it, I love your videos, it's always so interesting to learn a composer's perspective on the musics I love

Touhou! Very nice, and a good choice for a starter. Stage 6 bosses and Extra bosses themes are usually incredible. Btw, my favorite is Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye, and Satori is the sister of this character

He was thinking EXACTLY how this song should make you think. ZUN is a genius yeah

Pleasure to see you, invisible friend! You think you can see me? It's only pretend! It's funny, 'cause no one is keen to my kind. So maybe the truth is, you're losing your mind~ Pleasure to be here, impossible friend! So long as you see me, I'll stay till the end. I'm meeting myself, too, with every day. Promise to make sure you don't look away~ Who are you? (Who am I?) What are you? (What am I?) Look at me. (Are you blind?) Look again. (Never mind.) Are you there? (Stay away.) There you are. (Stay away.) Here I am. (Stay away.) Come with me. (Take it away...) Tell me your secrets, in case you forget! And I'll be your back-up, the faithfullest pet! As cute as a kitten, as smart as a crow. Got nothing to hide here, and nothing to show. Turn off your worries, and leave it to chance! We'll turn up the white noise and go for a dance! Your favorite tune? It's my favorite too! You follow my lead. I'm following you! Give in to nonsense! There's nothing to fight. I step with my left foot, and turn to the right! So what's coming next? That's a total surprise. Join into the game now. Look straight in my FACE! Who are you? (Who am I?) What are you? (What am I?) Look at me. (Are you blind?) Look again. (Never mind.) Are you there? (Stay away.) There you are. (Stay away.) Here I am. (Stay away.) Here I go. (No, I mean, stay...) (We may never know each other all that clearly. Really, will it matter when we drift apart? For as long as we can feign another moment loving dearly, I don't think I'll ever need to see into your heart.) (Memories are burning to a fading ember, Fragments of the feelings that were up to me. I'm sick of feeling sorry, sick of trying to remember; Cut my heavy conscience, I am ready to be free.) (I'm a little figment of imagination!! Nothing but the sort-of person no one knows. For a face to be forgotten is the fate of every face, Then every pretty smile withers over like a rose.) (Then again, with wide and happy eyes, you see me, Play with me again upon another day... And believing you believe in me is making me believe That maybe I'm a thing that doesn't have to fade away...) Pleasure to see you! I waited a while. You look like a grown up, but still like a child! Don't worry about me. I think I've been fine. I remember your face. You remember mine? What's with the mood now? You're frozen in fear. Like you’ve seen a stranger inside of a mirror. This isn't at all like the face that you showed, The first time we met on the side of the road. Sooner or later was anyone's guess. So maybe a new start would be for the best! You look in my eyes, yet you're looking too far. "Pleasure to see you"... whoever you are. -Lyrica Live Oh, btw, remember the FLowey Fight? The music of the Green soul is Koishi's theme and the Yellow one is Bad Apple.

Welcome to our own mad side of the border.

Every sound track of the game is based on the character's appearance and personality

06:55 Davi Vasc : "I wonder if she is dangerous..." Me : [*KKHTA flashbacks*]

Regarding Undertale, see the video "Toby Fox Touhou Improv" As for which Undertale song is most influenced by Touhou, it's definitely "Battle against a true hero". You can hear it in the trumpets.

If you thought this song could be summarized with madness, you haven't heard of Monad-1 - Memory Pursuit from Len'en 4.

Cliffnotes version: Touhou Project is a series of (predominantly) 2D vertical shooters under the sub genre of bullet hell. The creator, Jun'ya Ota (more commonly referred to as ZUN), started the series in 1997 officially with the release of Highly Responsive to Prayers and Story of Eastern Wonderland in the Summer Comiket of that year. Ota has continued to build on the series, rebooting it with Embodiment of Scarlet Devil released in the Summer Comiket of 2002, with other media such as stories included with music CDs and official print works. Koishi Komeiji is the Extra Stage boss of Subterranean Animism. She is a satori, a youkai typically depicted as a monkey like creature that lives in the mountains and is capable of reading minds. Her design, and the design of her older sister, Satori, is based off of the painting by artist Frida Kahlo, "The Two Fridas". Unlike her sister, Koishi made the decision to close her third eye, effectively sealing away her metaphorical heart. In the process, she gained the ability to manipulate the subconscious of those around her, and experienced a shift in personality, now mostly acting on whims without fully thinking through the consequences.

I'll explain a little bit about Koishi and Touhou Subterranean Animism (SA) She is my favorite Touhou character. All Touhou games happen because of some incident, and Touhou 11 is no different. Reimu and Marisa notice that geysers are erupting near the foot of Youkai Mountain, so they build a spa with hot springs. But they realize that earth spirits are coming out of the underground. With that, 2 playable characters, with 3 characters for each to make a team. Reimu's route with Yukari is when Yukari sends Reimu underground with one of her gaps. The cause of the incident is Utsuho Reiuji, who with his power given by Kanako Yasaka, made a second sun in the underground. Koishi It doesn't show up at all, you know? That's because she's an extra boss, which has a higher difficulty than the Lunatic difficulty. With about 10 Spellcards. She can read minds just like his sister Satori Komeiji. But Koishi Komeiji didn't want to be hated for that power, so, she closed her third eye and gained the power to manipulate the subconscious. No one notices her anywhere, even seeing her. The story of the extra stage is when Koishi goes to the Moriya shrine to ask Kanako Yasaka to give powers to her pets.

Here from the stream to check out the pants xD

Oh man, there are so many good tracks from Team Shangai Alice. Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms, Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17, Mystic Oriental Dream, Shanghai Teahouse, Greenwich in the Sky, and of course ZUN's finest work Necrofantasia. I could go all day with this stuff, he is so good.

Welcome to the rabbithole, Touhou is an insanely wholistic franchise and most of it is because of its stellar themes. Also, I really recommend checking out Necrofantasia, Border of Life, Extend Ash ~ Hourai Victim, Whereabouts of the Heart ~ Pure Furies, Septette For the Dead princess, Gensokyo Millenium, Emotional Skyscraper ~Cosmic Mind, Where is that Bustling Marketplace ~ Immemorial Marketeers, The Venerable Ancient Battlefield ~ Suwa Foughten Field and Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion. Touhou's music in general is absolutely fantastic, there#s a reason it's been more or less dominating the Japanese self-published music industry for more than two and a half decades.

"Madness" isn't too bad of a descriptor. Without getting into too much detail for someone unfamiliar with the lore: The character who's represented by this theme is someone who tragically lost her consciousness. She can't actively think in any capacity anymore and is instead now left only with her subconscious mind remaining. Without a conscious mind, she can't process anything she isn't actively engaged with, so she is indeed prone to complete 180 turns as she's exposed to different stimuli. Basically she roams around on pure subconscious, with everything around her being impossible to grasp. It's not classic vanilla madness, but it counts.

if you know koishi.. you know why the time signature is weird as hell...... actually wait I still dont know why you should do more touhou stuff frfr

Hehe~ The time signature for this one oscillates between 7/8ths and 4/4ths, with the melody for those "tenser" bits containing a lot of chromatic notes that jump up and down, adding to the mish-mosh of paranoia... leading into the transition from E minor to A minor (a very large jump). I'm astonished you got the time sig so quickly, nice job!

If you still do Hollow knight songs I would like to hear your opinions and observations about Failed champion.

ZUN's comments on this song in the game "This is Koishi Komeiji's theme. I tried to make it eerie and have the aura of a broken girl. I think the eeriness is fitting for an extra boss. Actually, I think a garden with roses strewn all about where thorns can prick you is really fitting for a battle, but for some reason it's the shrine this time."

the theme is about "you are fighting your own imagination" well she is manifest of all imaginary friends demon

Very interesting video. I find Touhou music to all be really good (or at least the ones I’ve listened to). If you’re taking recommendations for tracks, here are some of my favorite: - Flowering Night - UN Owen was her? - Border of Life - Phantom Ensemble

Koishi was the first Touhou Extra boss I ever beat because I loved her theme so much. (also because you can cheese her last spellcard lol)

If if you play this song backwards it pretty sounds the same as if you play it normally.

I know you recorded this video with your pants off 😏 those without context would be really confused.

Ohhhhh man, this is a precipice, dude. Touhou is the longest-running independent game series of all time (going back to 1997), and its music has been a cornerstone of its appeal for the whole time. Its community is home to the largest fandom music scene of all time as well, with thousands of musicians paying homage to creator ZUN's compositions in endlessly creative and transformative ways. (If you're familiar with the titles _"Bad Apple"_ or _"Night of Nights,"_ then you actually *have* heard Touhou music before!) And yes, Touhou is commonly cited as an influence on many elements of Undertale, although musically it probably has stronger ties to the Mother franchise. Some Touhou influence is clear in tracks like _Battle Against a True Hero_ or _THE WORLD REVOLVING,_ though!

東方が海外の方にもこんなに愛されているなんて……。嬉しすぎる……！

Every Touhou Game is a very difficult SHMUP-style game that's divided into 7 Stages. 6 normal Stages and an EX Stage if you do well enough on the first 6. Each of them has a miniboss and then a Boss Battle and all of them are cute girls inspired by folk lore or myths. EVERY SINGLE BOSS has a theme associated with them, so you can already see that music is a big part of this series. My recommendation for a song you can listen to is Nue Houjuu's theme. She's a Shapeshifter akin to The Thing or The Imposter. Though a big difference is that she's an adorably cute girl that's interested in human culture unlike the other examples that only know violence. All the Boss Themes fit what the character is like, so once you find a character you enjoy, listen to their theme to get an idea of their personality or ability. It's common to have music associated with a certain aspect of a character. Not just having a certain song as that character's theme.

Could you react to Primal Dialga’s theme plz

"Hartmann's Yokai Girl" is a popular song on the Japanese Internet, and I have heard it many times since I was a child, but I was surprised that I could make such an accurate character study just by listening to the song without any prior knowledge of the character, and I was also surprised at the creator of Touhou Project (Mr. ZUN) who incorporated the character's characteristics so well into the song. Thanks for the great video! Sorry for my poor English! With love from Japan!

YOOO TOUHOU MUSIC!!!! Zun's compositions are amazing!!! I'd love to see more

The nice part about touhou besides the game........ Is the fandom dedication