"Perfect" Cherry Blossom Trio! [SUPER Touhou Character Profile!] {Part 1}

Hey guys, it's been a while since we've seen a Touhou Character profile, and this time is guaranteed to please! Skipping right along to another random (group of) character(s) in the world of Gensokyo, we have the Ex/Phantasm Trio of the 7th installment, Touhou Project ~Perfect Cherry Blossom~! Without skimping a bit, let's go up the ranks of the Youkai Heirarchy!



Chen
Chen, adorable Chen! Cute, sweet, delightful Chen! Pitiful, foolish Chen! *hey you, how did you sneak up on us?!*

Alright alright, enough praises. Chen is a black cat youkai, and is Perfect Cherry Blossom's (from now on called PCB) stage 2 boss. As well all know, stage 2 bosses are more or less pathetic, but at the same time adorable. Chen is the perfect example of a stage 2 boss. Her spell cards relate to occult magic (i.e. "wizard sign", "ying yang sign", "heaven sign", etc.) but even on Lunatic any versed player has a chance of survival.

Chen may seem like a pushover, but along with being a youkai she is also a shikigami, or summoned spirit. She can harness amazing powers while a shikigami, but folklore has it that shikigami are weak to water... and being a cat makes her doubly as weak.



Chen almost always wears a green cap, red and yellow Chinese dress, and a large gold ring-like earring in her ear. She also has a forked tail, representative of ghost cats. Of course she has nekomimi as well, but they're real! Don't pull, or else you'll regret it! Chen's attacks also rely on her feline reflexes and nimbleness. So don't even consider running away after you start a fight!

[Check out Chen's awesome dancing, er, battle skills! It's... contagious! ]

Chen spends most of her free time curling up under the kotatsu during the winter, and meeting with stray cats for unknown purposes...



Chen is always loyal to her master, Ran, even when Ran herself is a little... over the top at times. But because Ran herself is a shikigami to a youkai, Chen's power is, well, scoffable. But everyone loves her adorable nature! In fan depictions, Chen is always the tiny, cute follower that is very close to Ran. And because she doesn't have a last name, like Cirno, she's usually given a childish aura of innocence and niavete similar to Cirno's.


...

Wait, you pulled her ears? Didn't I just say-- Oh no, Chen's gonna attack!!

*BAM, POW, WHZZ*


*5 minutes later*

Oh wow, I can't believe you were able to beat Chen in combat! Even though she's only a medium on the threat scale, a human beating a shikigami is unprecendented...

" How could you do that to my adorable Chen!?! Don't think you'll be off the hook so easily!"

... Oh no, looks like you got her master angry! Stay tuned for Part two!



-chansu

'Twas the Night Before Christmas ... In Gensokyo

It's the day before Christmas,

and all through the Gensokyo
every creature is bullet-dodging
as is the nature of Touhou!

But today is quite special
Today will be the best!
Today is the day of
The Great Gensokyo Santa Contest!

Without further ado
Let's begin this moe-fest!



Marisa & Nitori
The contest begins
with the kappa and the thief.
These Santas would cause more trouble
than any Extra stage chief.



Suwako
It's Kero-chan Santa
with presents for all!
But please watch out for Pyonta,
as he wants to deck your halls.



Yamaxandu
Her looks may deceive you,
she may look short and sweet,
but this straight-and-narrow Santa
will convict you in a heartbeat.



Flandre
It's the Scarlet devil santa!
Her wings always glowing
like Christmas tree lights.
But... was she U.N. Owen?



Okuu
An adorable bird-brained Santa
is not one to dismiss.
Run to your bomb shelters,
it's gonna be a nuclear Christmas.



Alice
A tsundere Santa
obsessed with her dolls.
Her precious thing stolen
until Marisa calls.



Ran
The nine-tailed fox
dons the jolly red suit.
When she's not streaking
she's actually kinda cute.



Youmu
Half-ghost and half-human
she sure can do santa's job.
But watch out for Yuyu,
she'll eat Kon like corn on the cob.



Yuyuko
Sorry Youmu,
looks like you've been demoted.
While this gluttonous ghost princess
has been unanimously promoted.



Houjuu Nue
The legendary monster.
The UFO alien.
Makes a mischeivous Santa
on the Star Lotus ship sailing.



Byakuren
The pure lotus saint
will bring happiness to Christmas.
A beautiful Santa
that naughty kids will miss.



Reimu...
...wait stop the press!
This contest will now be graced
by Gensokyo's strongest!!

Cirno
Her smarts are unrivaled
Her power, immense.
Our favorite snow fairy
passes the Santa test!



She brings us great joy
and is pure of heart.
She is Gensokyo's herald
of Christmas' start!



Reimu
But wait, it's Reimu again!
and what's that on her back?
Our red and white miko
is carrying Santa's sack!

She'll fly to each house
late Christmas eve night,
giving presents to good children
overnight on her flight.

~~~

The battle was amazing,
the Santas, moe.
Our love for Touhou and Christmas
reached it's peak today!

I hope you enjoyed
our little celebration here.

Otaku Reviewers
Wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

-chansu

In Comes The Cold! Winter and Our Love for All Things Otaku! {RSP}

{RSP} means "Random Stuff Post"... mostly pictures and videos pertaining to recent things like seasonal changes and Otaku-like miscellaneous et cetras! Enjoy with wonder and speculation in your tiny hearts!!

Hey guys! As we are endlessly dragged forward by the relentless flow of time, we see the many colors of life come alive in all seasons… and winter is no exception! We had our fun summer times, and are currently in Autumn (technically)… depending on where you live it could either be freezing cold or brisk and tropical! But either way, winter is an enjoyable time of the year, and what better way to celebrate than with our love for anime?!

But before we get into winter, a short tribute to Autumn in all its otakudom greatness...

As it gets colder and colder, don't you just feel like sitting next to something warm? We all don't have that kind of free time but of course whenever it's possible it's very enjoyable..

[⑨ , I think you're doing it wrong...]

Nothing beats the cold air of the winter! I bet none of you would agree, but it does make for some "breathtaking" pictures! (Get it? … Not funny huh? I don't care >_>) Who'd've thought just standing outside in the cold would look so great?

[As the wise RPGHero once said... "MOE!!!" ^^]

And everyone knows Winter = Christmas! In America Christmas is mostly about the gifts and the tangible franchise of buying everyone you know extravagant merchandise for the sake of living on in Jolly old Saint Nick's name. But in Japan Christmas is mostly about caring for other people (since it has even less of a religious connotation as it does in America… even in America it's dwindling…) and Christmas Eve is even called "Lover's Day"! It may be a long time until Christmas but you can still show the love, right?

Winter is a great time to watch anime. It's always too cold outside to do much and anime is the best thing to do/watch inside right ? Well other than have fun when it snows!!

[Uguu's and Auu's for everybody!]

So as you get ready to enjoy the cold wintry weather, keep your love of anime in mind! It'll keep you warm in the coldest snow storm :P

-chansu

Happy Halloween from chansu!

Well if it isn’t the 31st of October. Halloween! The scariest day of the year, when children run around town begging for candy and everyone dresses up as their favorite… wait. We’re otaku, what’s so great about Halloween? Is it really just another excuse to cosplay as our favorite anime character?


I think that's both right and wrong; Halloween is mainly about celebrating scary stuff, don't you think? And (as much as I wish this wasn’t true) anime can convey "scary" very well. Anything from suspense to gore, you can find plenty of heart-pounding, freaky things in anime (if you look for it). Hey, you want examples? That’s why I’m here! To give you a full dose of Vocaloid and a little Touhou inflicted fear!


I'm not too fond of frightening anime, so I can't guarantee this'll satisfy your urge for horror. But I can guarantee you'll at least be entertained. Without further ado, let's begin!



Imagine a Vocaloid fairy tale gone utterly wrong. That would be Alice Human Sacrifice. Who would’ve thought Meiko, Kaito, Miku, and Len would be so fantastically insane? And of course we already knew that Rin is something of a maniac from the start…

Meiko, Kaito, Miku, Len, Rin - Alice Human Sacrifice

Vocaloid and… Reborn crossover?! Yes, your eyes are working properly. This song “Trick or Treat” by Rin and Len has a KHR twist to it in the PV. The song's great, but I feel a little bad for Tsuna… Chrome and Mukuro are pretty sadistic.

Kagamine Len & Rin - Trick or Treat [Version Vongola PV]

Classic Vocaloid song! Joker is amazingly catchy, and both the Japanese and English lyrics rhyme! The beautiful dame and the mischievous magician (both played by Miku) in this PV explore a complicated relationship in this first generation MMD PV!

Hatsune Miku - Joker

Yandere. The fearful yet to some cute personality type defined by murderous intent one second and kind sweetness the next. Yandere characters scare the life out of me (you can tell I’m not a School Days or Higurashi fan) but this song sort of sheds a better light on them. After all Flandre makes a great Yandere! Pay close attention to the lyrics! There's no PV but the picture is so great!

Nayuta - U.N. Owen Was Her [Vocals Remix]

Okay, time for something a little more light-hearted! Shows of affection! In the form of faking your death every day! I wonder if a new Moe has been invented? O.o This is probably just the first session of relationship therapy between Miku and Kaito ;D

Kaito - When I Get Home My Wife Always Pretends To Be Dead

Can't leave on a happy note, now can we? Flandre wants to say good bye to you! If you look into her eyes she'll grant your every wish...

[Share the scare :D]

。。。　セイーノ

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

-chansu

Touhou 12.8 Announced!!

ZUN, our loveable drunk and creator of the Touhou series of internet stardom has announced that Touhou 12.8 ~ Yousei Daisensou [The Great Fairy Wars] will be released at Japan's Comiket convention! Since Touhou 12.3's release last year, it felt like 2010 would be the year without a danmaku, but our prayers have been answered.


And that's not the best news by far. The star of Touhou 12.8 is none other than the strongest fairy in Gensokyou, our beloved genius Cirno!!

The story of Touhou 12.8 is supposedly based on the manga "Touhou Sangetsusei ~Strange and Bright Nature Diety," written by ZUN himself. The gameplay of Touhou 12.8 is different from integer installments in that Cirno has the ability to freeze bullets.

I would assume that dodging bullets or attacking bosses isn't even necessary either, seeing as Cirno is most powerful. All you need to do is unleash some Maru Kyuu Fever!

Touhou 12.8 (AKA Touhou 12.⑨) is scheduled to release at Comiket 78 in August.

-chansu