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IamaMedalHunter4 years ago

Well well... This entry is very interesting. Would maybe rank itself high if the theme was still "Pride + Identity" like last year.

Saying this because of the "Alter" characters in there. The "original" universe that gets stiched together with Gensokyo is comprised of OCs, but also self-inserts(?), fanon depictions of Touhou characters (Kazami "Youkai Moe" Yuka), depictions of of what some characters could have been (Rinnosuke maybe? Alter Rinnosuke is some kind of serpent with multiple hands who hoards items instead of "selling" them; and a diligent Alter Reimu who looks like PC-98 Reimu )and "hidden" Touhou characters (Ran and the youkai fox she possesses who goes by the name Daji in this VN). Not sure about Hartmann's.

And by the context of the story, these contrasts between the original Touhou characters (the "Externals") and their respective Alters are so big they could bring up the theme of identity, the identity given and perceived by the Touhou fandom to the Touhou characters.

But that's not the main point isn't it? This story is mostly about A Mokou whose character develops thanks to the fateful encounters in this VN.

I may have not undertood all the references and inside jokes (but am I glad someone enjoys ido & co's fangames too lol) but I got glued so much I read everything to the end. The pace really dies at the end and gets a bit wierd after Silent got defeated, but nothing more Gensokyo than a party with everyone met on the way, hahaha.



(where's satsuki rin)

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Pedestal4 years ago

Oh, thanks, this is such a wonderful comment!

Hartmann's is a bit of a difficult reference to pin down, because I'm not entirely sure that what lead to her creation even actually existed. A long time ago, I could swear there was a subsect of Touhou fanart that was sorta creepy and unsettling (black and white with heavy black shading and quite sketchy lines) and it was referred to as "Hartmann's Touhou", because it has spawned from "Hartmann's Koishi" (the name of which being based on Hartmann's Yokai Girl). Nowadays, I can't find proof of this ever being a thing, but Hartmann's is a reference to that (and I guess to stuff like Third Eye as well, generally just the creepier side of Koishi, except she's still just a kid who wants to do kid things)

The pace died at the end cuz I was tired, honestly ^^; Yonhiko's a brat, but considering what the crew had just been through, I couldn't figure out a reason that any of them would try and fight him, and anything he could do would be quickly stifled now that three entire people were completely unwilling to deal with his shit (Xian's entire situation was caused by him, A Mokou had just dealth with three fights in a row, and Fleurdelys was thoroughly tired of being lasered). If I ever do a rewrite, that's probably the part that would change the most

(Satsuki Rin is actually around somewhere! She's going to be a major character in one of the games i have planned based in this setting, so she definitely exists in this universe)

I'm glad you liked it!

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