Hi OmegaDiamondX, Thanks for trying out my game~ To answer your question~ Yes! I have heard of the Touhou project.
My main source inspiration was Ikaruga's polarity system with my other inspirations being "Dodonpachi", "Just Shapes & Beats" and "Touhou", mainly for screen the layout, the idea to have fairies trap the player in a forest came from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's dream". I Played through Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers expansion recently so when the theme "Illusion" was announced that play was one of the first things that came to my mind ~
sorry for using your comment as a place to discuss my interests~ I should probably find a way to fit my inspirations into my page's description