Touhou 18: Unconnected Marketeers - Final Stage 

I like how tsukasa is petting the shanghai doll during the prefight dialogue.

You know, I've seen Chimata's design a couple of times, but I've only just now noticed that her cape is a JPEG of a cloudy blue sky. Not quite as impressive as Utsuho's galaxy cape, but I'm happy to see the tradition of dropping IRL images into character designs is still going strong.

So Chimata was a god that was basically on her deathbed due to lack of faith, and if it wasn't for Megumu approaching her with her card idea, she probably would've disappeared completely. Many fans have interpreted Chimada's ordeal as representing ZUN's views on the COVID-19 pandemic bringing physical marketplace activities to a screeching halt. In some way, you could also say her slowing regaining her strength through the cards also represents all the lockdowns being lifted and physical trading slowing returning.

About Chimata's outfit. I don't whether it is implied or explicitely stated, but the idea is that she is a god of unowned, aka things that were thrown away, so her dress is made of discarded pieces of cloth stitched together. Don't let that distract you about her pose though, no idea about that.

Even if Chimata Is Not that hard now, The first Time battling against her sure was an experience, The first spellcard that makes you think Is a survival but actually Is half-survival, The final Spell Is Very cool cause The more You move The More bullets you Will have you deal with Maybe Not hard but sure Fun

I don't know why, but I really love Chimata's design. She may become my new favorite Touhou girl for her design alone, to be honest.

That "perfect clear" is like when I record a par on a golf hole, conveniently ignoring the mulligan I took when my first tee shot went careening off into the woods.

5:12 My thoughts on the whole NFT debacle, and how someone could just take any images/steal anyone's digital artworks off the internet and sell the virtual rights to something that can be shared indefinitely anyway. No one ever commented on how Chimata's non-spells are basically Koishi's Rorschach in Danmaku spellcard, which tbh are much harder than her earlier spellcards. I do like how the colours of the danmaku in the non-spells corresponds to the colour spectrum, starting with colours with shorter wavelengths earlier and those with longer wavelengths later, ROYGBIV style. Even An Offering to the Ownerless follows this ordering, starting with purple and ending with red before cycling. First non = purple and blue; second non = purple, blue and cyan; third non = cyan and green; final non = yellow and red. Anyway, congrats on your first NMNB on a main game Omega!

In this episode: Rob bribes Eiki in order to get his first official NNMNBNA.

So I guess I would say it might be cheating death because of Eiki's card that helped you get a "perfect run" in that way huh.

When I first saw Chimata I thought that ZUN being a Jojo fanboy the design came from Sticky Fingers. Final Fantasy style would have belts made of belts instead

ah yes, finally beating ceo of RG(ay)B I think it's funny her design is (necessarily) disastrous and messy yet still just feels like your everyday touhou character, damn zun's charm. I am biased with rainbows and vibrant colors so she, along with IN yuyuko and Keiki are my favorite designs

When i saw her silhouette in the game cover, the first thing that came into my mind is someone related to Sumireko. Its interesting that were actually getting introduced to possibly lore heavy characters, and the last 4 games introduced at least one god or a powerful character. Chimata's patterns have interesting concepts, like the semi-survival spell. All of her nonspells and her penultimate are static, so you can do the same thing everytime. This is probably by far the easiest stage 6 boss once you practice her fight a lot. Good luck on the extra stage (**sees dying at first spell** oh no). The stage portion isn't too hard from my experience once you route it. The boss is pretty fun, but as a Marisa main myself, I do have to face that one "you know what" pattern.

Damn no one really does own anything "Bullet market" is just "Overflowing Blemishes" / "Refinement of Earthen Impurity" but with two circles and not just one

All of Chimata's spells remind me of attacks we have seen in the past: First Spell - Ran's Austerity Sign "Eighty Million Holy Boards" (StB) Second Spell - Okina's Secret Ceremony "Matarah Dukkha" (HSiFS) Third Spell - Junko's "Overflowing Blemishes" (LoLK) Fourth Spell - Meiling's Colorful Flower "Rainbow Taijiquan" (StB) Fifth Spell - Keiki's "Oni-Shaped Sculpting Art" (WBaWC) Final Spell - PoFV's focused/scope Mechanic Have spell cards been bustling around the market? Or is Chimata another Touhou who violates copyright laws? We may never know.

Well uh... this is something alright! Just like in Stage 5, Tsukasa's nonspell can be misdirected. I dunno about you, when I first saw Chimata I was like: *points* "Yumemi recolor" As a character she's... ok. Chimata's nonspells are much faster on higher difficulties. I was comparing them to Junko when I first faced them since my first run was on Hard lmao Fun fact, the gap in the amulet wave on An Offering to the Ownerless is aimed at Chimata when she enters the screen. Also yes, this spell is completely trivialized by Okina's Back Door. And so is Danmaku Hoarder's Obsession. Although if you don't have that card, on higher difficulties, doing the strat Omega did here is not recommended, instead run a circle around Chimata. Yes, it takes longer, but it's a simple pattern nonetheless, and as long as you don't lose resources, that's what matters, right? Bullet Market becomes interesting on Lunatic. Chimata will actually move left and right on the screen instead of staying still. This also means she'll stay where she was when the spell ended for the fourth nonspell. Rainbow Ring of People is literally free after one attempt. Bullet Dominion becomes mainly just faster on higher difficulties. Giving me Geometric Creature vibes ngl. Meanwhile Asylum of Danmaku is... kind of an uncomfortable pattern to dodge for me. On the fourth phase, there's also a line coming from the bottom on Hard/Lunatic. Also if you take out phase 1 with just the right timing, Chimata may end up firing two waves of rings at the same time which is very ungood. Overall, Chimata is now widely considered the easiest final boss in the series. And I can see why. Some people even say she feels like an Extra boss. Anyway YOU GOT A NORMAL NMNB BECAUSE OF THE EIKI CARD?! Goddamnit. ("Perfect Clear" isn't an NMNB achievement, by the way, it's just for getting No Miss.) So next time... well uhh... hope you don't encounter one too many bugs, if you catch my drift. (Extra is so mean to Marisa in this game btw...)

11:02 *YES!!! YOU DID IT!!! BY BRIBING THE JUDGE!!!*

It's interesting to hear that rainbow bit of trivia, because I remember hearing from Chuggaaconroy's Okami LP that rainbows were a bad omen in Japanese mythology. I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong, though.

2:49 ive read someone comment that her dress could actually be unused cloths stitched together Due to her being the Goddess of the Unowned

Was that a perfect chimata or did I miss something?

Rainbow Capitalism is forever. Honestly her design has grown on me. It looks so messy but it stands out and she has the nicest smile. Also does anyone else notice Reimu is fighting a lot of gods recently?

chimatas theme is the best theme of touhou 18 change my mind (i wanna listen to more touhou music but i can't find any myself)

thank you so much, i just got the 1cc thanks to your video!

Did you hear the news that there's gonna be a Touhou game developed by CAVE itself? What do you think about it?

I heard that the reason Chimata's dress is covered in zippers is because they're supposed to be bridges representing trade routes. I forgot exactly where I heard that, though, so take it with a grain of salt.

Chimata is most likely the first character in Touhou to have all spellcard titles that don't have words outside the " "

You may or may not have noticed this, but Chimata is making a $ symbol with her arms Also we missed fighting the rainbow boss in Pride Month by a week, so sad

Are you doing the extra stage soon? By the way, will you play Ephemeral Unnatural Balance?

Touhou canon= gods that wants some attention, some girl with a mallet, aliens trying to invade... a nuclear bird Touhou fan games= deaths, gods trying to destroy everything, epic fights between angel and demons, gensokyo extermination. More blood... Looks like fans wants touhou to be more edgy

I’m actually impressed that you NMNB this game! I wonder if you can keep that up for the extra...

Obra maestra

Good luck with the extra stage

well I just 1cc'd this game with sanae, and can say it was pretty fun. Edit: I also beat sanae blank card and sakuya. I stayed up all night doing this. WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES CHIMATA'S BULLETS ARE RIGHT THERE!

Ohhhh, if you're going to stick with Marisa, then that means you'll have to fight Momoyo with Marisa... This is going to be interesting. Because I've heard that Momoyo is nearly impossible to beat with Marisa.

Are you okay? You haven't posted anything for over a week, now.

Funny that Eiki card can still give you a perfect clear, maybe Eirin's card does as well... Sadly death cancel doesn't work for the EX boss card though lol

Next up, we've got Minecraft Centipede (and the most amount of characters I've ever seen in a Touhou game in one conversation) Note: For all you Marisa players, yes that includes you Megamanomega, GOOD FREAKING LUCK

Lunarians during pride month:

Damn , first perfect clear thanks to eiki card

Where do you find the "extra story" bit that you always helpfully edit in during the credits? I tried to look for them but I couldn't find them myself (apart from places like here or the wiki)

I /think/ Chimata's clothes being stitched together pieces of random fabrics might be a reference to asian market-goers, though I'm not too sure if this is a thing in Japan too. You see, in the more rural parts of asia, or in asian countries with a lot of old people, there's still a lot of older people who make their own clothes and recycle old fabrics, as they aren't too fond of wasting cloth that can still be put to use. The result is clothes made up of an amalgam of other clothes (though usually with some uniformity unlike Chimata). You see this a lot in China, and in the west, most of the old asians are hanging around your various chinatowns, and in those asian markets is where you'll see a lot of these kinds of clothing. I'm really trying to make a reason for Chimata's fashion style but this is quite a reach ;;;;;

書き文字までしっかり訳されてるとは思わなんだ

At long last, we fight the god of capitalism!! Chimata's probably one of the easiest final bosses in the series in my opinion. A HUGE breath of fresh air after Stage 5 and the nightmare that is Stage 4. She's not really my favorite, since I'm not really connecting with her design that much and her spells are a bit plain overall since they're more gimmicky, but she's still pretty fun. "Asylum of Danmaku" in particular might be one of my favorite final boss spells, though! I feel the same way about her theme. Definitely bombastic and fits the fight, though not too memorable. Then again, it's really hard to match up when the previous game's final boss was Keiki, who was fantastic. ... still doesn't mean I've 1cc'd this yet though lmao. Still gotta get to that and finally stop Stage 4 from ruining all of my runs!!

With Chimata, now we have 3 final bosses in a roll who is a god (4 if you count Junko).

Nice. Now do the centipede run

Got a Perfect achievement on Lunatic too, just with Eirin card instead Also, that Spell 2 strategy is very risky, you're better off moving around the screen to spread out the bullets Also, also, Survival spell, just stick close to the green wave, as that would make it so you only have to go through one wave each time it changes direction Also, also, also, for the final spell, that strat of don't move much is extremely risky for Phase 2 onward Activating the blue waves from the side as soon as you can is better as that would make it so the knives don't surround you Hm, I wonder what your card setup would be for the Extra stage?

The cape is epic but idk about the rest of the design Yeah it’s cool I guess

is there any chance that you could orginise all your playthroughs into playlists? I'm a relatively new fan and it's pretty anoying to find the series I want to watch

Yes, finally. An opponent worthy for the (9)… Minecraft.

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Duude will you play TH18's EX soon? I am in need of your guidance and dank commentaries lmao

Congrats on that No Miss No Bomb! Woooooo! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ･: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ) (Oof, no Perfect EX, tho oh well lol)

I love Chimata, shout out to gay fail women 😍

The zippers are meant to represent different places with the things connecting them being transactions, or market roads, or something like that. I'll be honest and say I really don't like her design (the only other design i didn't like instantly was Hecatia), although fanart that ditches her zippers and dims her colors usually makes her look way better. Honestly with the recent fangame rainbow final boss trend, she kind of looks like she walked out of a meme fangame mocking that trend. Also she kind of looks like Yatsuhashi (cause of the hair and hair band). Danmaku wise, not gonna lie I was extremely underwhelmed when I first fought her (especially since the rest of the game was really good IMO). Most of her fight has grown on me now (except first and fourth spells), definitely helped by the really good music. But honestly IMO she is a puzzle boss that should be the Extra Boss instead of being the final boss. I really like the themeing on her 3rd spell though, the pattern itself is pretty basic but you are essentially trading bullets that spawn around you for bullets that spawn around Chimata.

Fumofumo. Why couldn’t have Zun put Cirno in this game too.