So my backstory with Touhou is a bit weird. I think I first came across videos in 2007 but I was very young there, and having never seen Bullet Hell Shmups and knowing neither enough english nor japanese, I had no idea what was going on. So all the specific terms like “spellcard capture” and the like flew over my head. In retrospect, I think it was a video from Perfect Cherry Blossom. Then fast forward several years and in 2012 I actually knew what Touhou was thanks to some top lists by a Youtuber called Green Scorpion. Then fast forward two more years, now in 2014, and I came across a Let’s Play of Imperishable Nights by a guy called RoahmMythril and that got me hooked. Then I started playing from EoSD onward.
My favorite character overall is Satori, although that’s partly thanks to a fan interpretation seeable in this song:
Favorite in-game theme is currently The Sea where the Home Planet Reflects, also known as LoLK’s stage 6 theme. I’m not that knowledgable on fan arranges though.
Recently, I was banging my head against the second part of Ran’s “O-daishi-sama’s Arcanum” in Shoot the Bullet, although looking at a video, it seems I wasn’t aggressive enough. I am however proud that I cleared the first seven levels of that game. I still have to face the nightmare that is “Seamless Ceiling of Kinkaku-ji” though…