I go to sleep, and then wake up the following morning afternoon to find Aya losing by a painful margin of over 100 votes. This is quite the sad dilemma given how I’m particularly attached to this tengu, so go vote for her. There’s still roughly 4 hours left, so 30 or so people voting for her every hour should do it.

nice shot!

No post yesterday since there wasn’t much to vote for; Reimu slaughtered the competition as usual. But I’ve got to muster some form of support this time around seeing how it’s Marisa that’s at stake here, so get on down and vote for her already. While Touhou without Reimu isn’t Touhou anymore, the same could be said of the good ol’ black and white magician.

I have a confession to make. Marisa was my first: by first I mean like character played in the series of Windows games, seeing how I didn’t really like Reimu as a character all that much. Marisa seemed a lot cooler and less easy to play, what with her Master Spark, straight (and somewhat more powerful) lasers, and slight advantage when it came to boss fights.

the ridiculous amount of pictures (2.7K) and the fact most of them have Alice in it means that the selection is somewhat risque; details after the cut

Presenting Touhou Seimoe 2007 — The only *moe of 2007 that you should be really bothered to vote for, because the process is less complicated, everything’s in English, your loyalties to multiple shows aren’t tested or stretched, and no matter who wins, it’s still Touhou. Which is what really counts. Also, this allows me to actually put the newly-made Touhou tag over at Anime Nano to good use.

Alice’s dolls are getting my vote this time around, but only because there isn’t anyone I’m really keen on voting for, aside from the Magic team, and maybe Youmu, then Aya

There’s also the possibility of vote stuffing for you sore losers since the voting process isn’t that secure to begin with. I digress, though. A few reasons to vote for Shanghai after the cut, with three mildly questionable, although SFW pictures as an incentive.

…wait. There isn’t any “fun” in “Touhou” to begin with. Which is soberingly true, but besides the point. I put my brand-new, 120GB Seagate 2.5″ external to good use today by bringing it over to the house of J, a close friend of mine, and passing him two seasons of Honey & Clover, Code Geass, and Touhou.

Guess which game I showed him first? No prizes for guessing.

now made over 9000% more fun with pictures like these, too

Through the combined powers of WWWJDIC, Google Translate, rikaichan, and limited Japanese syntax knowledge, I summon you, makeshift translation! ZUN updated his blog again with three more screenshots of Touhou 10, and substantial news regarding the demo (or what I can make of it).

I assume no responsibility for any misunderstandings or rumours that might stem as a result of reading this, so if you like your information accurate and error-free, DIY. It’s also more natural than literal, so there might be nuances lost in translation that I’m not aware of. Notes are italicised in brackets.

and it wasn’t a comfortable thought. Let me clear possible misconceptions and state hard facts first: It wasn’t a h-doujin, just like all my Touhou doujins are. It was Reimu x Marisa, which obviously wasn’t yaoi. The author was Aki Eda — one of my favourites and a damn good artist — and it was the recently translated 5th volume, from the Pestermom archive over at TouhouWiki, called “Yellow Flower that Blooms in Chest”, which I’ll assume is a euphemism for yuri.

Ever had one of those moments hit you and you get a sense of perfect empathy? Your senses are heightened, your feelings are in sync to an extent where you’re now like the proverbial mech pilot with a harmonising rate of over 90%. You are the mech, the mech is you, there is no mech. Well, yesterday’s realization was nothing like that. I kid. But damn, was it close. Too close, in fact.

That’s right, ZUN updated his blog with relevant news at last. This is a translation by Aelya from this thread. Italicised comments in brackets [ ] aren’t mine, obviously. Via Maidens of the Kaleidoscope, who are finally back after their long downtime.

The 10th Touhou series game [Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith] [Thanks to Solamarle for pointing out it would be Fuujinroku] is going to be released. In the summer.