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13th Annual Touhou Project Popularity Contest
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http://toho-vote.info/
The Touhou Project Popularity Poll, held by the Japanese Touhou Wiki (http://thwiki.info) for over a decade, is a poll open to fans around the globe to vote on their favorite characters and music throughout the Touhou series. If you haven't been following the news this announcement might come as a surprise, but voting opens very soon!
Previous Threads
7th Contest - Voting (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,4966.0.html) - Results (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,5052.0.html)
8th Contest - Voting & Results (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,8445.0.html)
9th Contest - Voting & Results (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,12072.0.html)
10th Contest - Voting & Results (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,16317.0.html)
11th Contest - Voting & Results (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,18477.0.html)
12th Contest - Voting & Results (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,19185.0.html)
Voting
Voting Period: Sunday, January 15th 00:00 JST ~ Saturday, January 21th 23:59 JST
Voting is done similarly to the previous years. You will need to obtain a voting ID by submitting your email address to the site; you will receive an email with your voting ID included, and when completing any poll you will need to enter this voting ID. There is only one voting ID allowed per person.
Voting ID requests can be made half a day in advance of the polls opening. As such, they are already available as of this thread posting.
Please request your ID before the poll starts if possible, to help take some load off of the server during the voting period. Additionally, as you can vote anytime during the voting period, perhaps take care to save your votes until later during the week.
Please refer to this site for the clock / time by which the contest is operating. (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/japan/time/)
Five categories are available for voting :
In the same order as on the site :
Character Poll - Vote for your (maximum of) 7 favourite characters. Your top vote will receive 2 points as opposed to 1.
Music Poll - Vote for your (maximum of) 10 favourite songs. Your top vote will receive 2 points as opposed to 1.
Works Poll - Vote for your (maximum of) 5 favourite works. Your top vote will receive 2 points as opposed to 1.
Best Partners Poll - Vote for your (maximum of) 5 favourite pairings. Your top vote will receive 2 points as opposed to 1.
Voter Questionnaire - A questionnaire collecting voter data on demographics, game clear rates, game and manga ownership, etc.
Here is a translation of the questionnaire. (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20546.msg1312321.html#msg1312321)
Here (http://toho-vote.info/List.php) is a list of the candidates that you can vote for in each poll. The top four links send respectively to the list of characters, the list of songs, the list of works, and a list of arranges that will count as the same at their original.
With your votes, you can submit comments about your vote. These will be published on the website once the poll is over. Both your vote and comments can be edited until voting closes.
FAQ
General
Q. Can I vote from my cell phone?
A. You can vote, but support for phones is not guaranteed. If errors occur such that you cannot vote, please vote from a different location, such as a net cafe or a friend's PC, instead.
Q. Do I need to fill out the comment field?
A. Filling out the comment field isn't necessary.
Q. I don't want to fill out all the spots for votes.
A. Vote for as many as you would like, then leave the others unselected.
Q. Can people outside Japan vote?
A. Yes.
Q. Will it be okay if I vote from the same computer as my siblings, etc.?
A. While it's impossible to say with 100% certainty that your votes won't be mistakenly judged to be duplicate votes, if you include the voting reason in the comment, it should be fine.
Q. I have no choice but to vote using a free e-mail address; will it be all right if I fill out the comment field properly?
A. As long as it's not a duplicate vote, there won't be any problem.
Note: Recently there has been a surge in votes from one-time-use emails. In case using one is unavoidable they will not be prohibited, but please be aware that there is a higher likelihood that these may be marked as duplicates or invalid votes.
Q. What is the maximum number of characters allowed for comments at voting time?
A. 200 full-width characters. [or 400 ASCII characters.]
Character
Q. Can I vote for Lily Black?
A. She is included in the "Lily White" option. (Note: In the "Kare Radio" broadcast on Aug 21, 2010, ZUN commented that Lily White and Lily Black are the same character.)
Q. Can I vote for Rin Satsuki?
A. As a character which does not officially exist, she will not be included.
Q. There's no option for the character I want to vote for...
A. As Seihou/Uwabami Breakers characters/ZUN are not characters that have appeared in the Touhou series, they will not be included.
In addition, inanimate objects (Yin-Yang orbs, gameplay items, etc) except for the Shanghai Doll and UFOs will not be included.
Q. Story of Eastern Wonderland's Stage 1 midboss and Stage 3 boss are inanimate objects, so I can understand why they're not included, but can't I vote for other PC-98 midbosses?
A. Considering that they have no proper names and are very poorly known, we have decided not to include them.
Q. Regarding the fairy mooks, will there be separate options for fairy maids, etc?
A. Characters without proper names will be included in the options named after their race.
Q. Can I vote for the girl on the Dolls in Pseudo Paradise cover/label?
A. Taking her popularity into account, there are now votes for "Dolls in Pseudo Paradise CD Jacket Girl" and "Dolls in Pseudo Paradise CD Label Girl".
Music
Q. How will votes for arrangements of original songs appearing on the music CDs be handled?
A. Arrangements will be displayed as separate items on the voting screen, but votes for the arrangements and their original songs will be counted together during vote totaling. Please vote for the arrangement you like the most.
(You cannot vote for both the original song and the arrangement.)
Q. How will "Love-Colored Magic" and "Love-Colored Master Spark" be handled?
A. Please refer to the table of arrangements with different names which will be counted together with their original songs (http://toho-vote.info/List.php#COMMENT).
Q. Aren't "Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossoms ~ Border of Life" and "Border of Life" different arrangements of the same song?
A. In this poll, they are treated as different songs.
Best Partners
Q. Can I vote for 3 or more in a group?
A. You can only vote for two as one group.
Q. Does the order of characters chosen matter?
A. The order does not matter. "A and B" will be counted the same as "B and A". The name order when votes are released will be in order as listed in the Character List.
Questionnaire
Q. Regarding the voter survey questions on game clear status, aren't frame drop rates going to be included?
A. We're not being that hardcore in having such strict policies on counting clears.
Other
Q. Are there any plans to include the spell card poll?
A. It will not be implemented this time.
Q. Can I use pictures I've drawn on Pixiv, etc. as publicity images?
A. Publicity is welcome. In addition, including the hashtag "#toho_vote13" and "第13回東方Project人気投票" is recommended. Registered participants can put links to these works here (http://toho-vote.info/Shien.php).
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Voting ID requests are already open! (http://toho-vote.info/form/id_issue.php)
Voting Form:
- Email address
- Previous contest's voting ID (optional)
- Captcha
Including a previous voting ID is for data validation and statistics purposes, but is optional.
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Character vote
Top vote: Futo
Also: Sagume, Sumireko, Renko, Tenshi, Aya, Miko
Music vote
Top vote: Old Yuanshen
Also: Midnight Spell Card, The Lake Reflects the Cleansed Moonlight, Magus Night, Sky Ruin, Battlefield of the Flower Threshold, Dr. Latency's Sleepless Eyes, Unknown X ~ Occultly Madness, Magical Storm, The Instant is Shorter Than Planck Time
Pairings
Futo/Miko
Dore/Sagu
Sumi/Kasen
Ren/Mari
Futo/Ichirin
Works
Urban Legend in Limbo
Forbidden Scrollery
Ten Desires
Dr. Latency's Freak Report
Neo-traditionalism of Japan
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Character vote
Top vote: Sanae
Also: Reimu, Alice, Suwako, Yuyuko, Nue, Utsuho
Music vote
Top vote: Tomorrow Will Be Sunny, Yesterday Was Not (MoF Extra)
Also: Suwa Foughten Field, Gensokyo Millennium, Cosmic Mind, Phantom Ensemble, UFO Stage 5, MoF Stage 2, LoLK Stage 6, Hartmann's Youkai Girl, Eternal Steam Engine
Works
UFO
MoF
PCB
SA
Hisoutensoku
Partners for AoCF (I don't care too much regardless but here we go)
Reimu/Sanae (I doubt Sanae will be playable but I wanted to have her in a vote anyway)
Marisa/Nitori
Reisen/Kaguya
Koishi/Kokoro
Byakuren/Futo
Survey (the relevant part, but I can list more later)
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Time to vote in this year! Missed last years! Decided to vote for who is on my mind instead of numbered favorites, my list is too messed up to number any character. T^T
Top vote: Kagerou (I expect her to rise a bit in ranks, she's been getting more attention in the fandom since the last one)
Additional: Wakasagihime (fish princess is best princess!), Nue, Doremy sweet, Alice, Kogasa (Sorry Tewi! T^T), Sanae.
I love all of them for varous reasons..but struggled with alice, do i pick alice, satori, or parsee, who do I pick to represent my all time favorite...
Decided not to vote on music, far too many to pick, would end up picking mostly CD ones and never got a chance to hear ZUNs 2 new CDs recently so I can't give a fair assesment.
Who do you think might rise in ranks due to fandom?
EDIT: damnit forgot about Nazrin and Shou, this is why 7 feels so small T^T
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Alright, time to shuffle those favorites again !
Character votes :
-Hinanawi Tenshi (First vote)
-Moriya Suwako
-Fujiwara no Mokou
-Usami Sumireko
-Kochiya Sanae
-Kishin Sagume
-Toyosatomimi no Miko
Music votes :
-Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke (First vote)
-Ghostly Band ~ Phantom Ensemble
-Gathering the Mysterious from All Around Japan
-Retrospective Kyoto
-Japanese Saga
-Welcome to the Moon Tour
-Dr. Latency?s Sleepless Eyes
-Fall of fall ~ Eternal Waterfall
-The Fairies' Adventurous Tale
-Hangover of Bedfellows Dreaming Differently
Favorite work votes :
-Magical Astronomy (First vote)
-Retrospective 53 minutes
-Touhou Suzunaan : Forbidden Scrollery
-Touhou 12.8 : Great Fairy Wars
-Touhou 13 : Ten Desires
AoCF partner wishlist :
-Mokou & Sumireko (First vote)
-Kasen & Mamizou Last second modification to Reisen & Youmu happened
-Hijiri & Miko
-Koishi & Kokoro
-Shinmyoumaru & hopefully Seija
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Character Vote
Top Vote: Satori
Additional Vote: Clownpiece, Flandre, Tenshi, Remilia, Aya, Alice
Music Vote
...too lazy to do that lmao
Also I can't really pinpoint a favorite music track myself.
Works
SA, UFO, StB, DS, ISC
Partners
Reimu/Yukari
Marisa/Patchouli
Remilia/Flandre
Satori/Koishi
Aya/Hatate
Yes, all of these except possibly the first one is wishful thinking. I'm aware all of the ULiL playables (including Reisen) will be present in AoCF. Oh well, one can always dream...
Voter Questionnaire
1cc question:
Hard all, except for PoFV and LoLK Pointdevice (Normal, only played once).
What aspects of Touhou I like the most:
Games and characters.
When did I know of Touhou:
A while after LoLK release.
How did I know of Touhou:
Was looking for new games to play after quitting my long time MMO spree, this was one of the first things that popped up. Oh and also fanart and stuff.
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Character Votes:
Top Vote: Alice
Others: Koishi, Kogasa, Reimu, Remilia, Aya, Eiki
Music Vote:
Top Vote: Hartmann's Youkai Girl
Others: Plastic Mind, Romantic Children, Strawberry Crisis, Infinite Nightmare, Border of Life, Doll Maker of Bucuresti, Himorogi Burn in Violet, Casket of Star
Works:
UFO, TD, DDC, DS, LLS
Partners:
Reimu/Alice
Yuki/Mai
Chiyuri/Yumemi
Sara/Luize
Ellen/Kana
Too lazy to add the last thing. xdd
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Characters
Toyosatomimi no Miko (top vote)
Tenshi, Yukari, Kosuzu, Mamizou, Sagume, Seiga
Music (not really a particular order aside top one)
Theme of Eastern Story (top vote)
The Frozen Eternal Capital, Mystic Oriental Love Consultation, Battlefield of the Flower Threshold, Necrofantasia, The Gensokyo the Gods Loved, Walking the Streets of a Former Hell, Flight of the Bamboo Cutter, Cosmic Mind, Desire Drive.
Works
Ten Desires (top)
Forbidden Scrollery, Imperishable Night, Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, Urban Legend in Limbo
Partners
Reimu/Yukari (top)
Sanae/Kanako, Reisen/Kaguya, Koishi/Kokoro (would be hilarious), Kasen/Suika
Misc
1CCs
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I'm buying both FS and WaHH volumes + Strange Creators issues
Most attractive aspects of Touhou
Music, games, characters, story, worldview
When and how did I know of Touhou
June 2008, internet games/chat.
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Quick note that the pairings section is meant to be 'what teams you want to see in AoCF' not 'who do you want to smooch', so choose wisely.
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Quick note that the pairings section is meant to be 'what teams you want to see in AoCF' not 'who do you want to smooch', so choose wisely.
Is that so?
Oh, that's soooo sad.
Gonna need to edit them later lol
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Quick note that the pairings section is meant to be 'what teams you want to see in AoCF' not 'who do you want to smooch', so choose wisely.
Oh thank God. Thanks for the heads up.
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Characters:
Yukari (Top), Rumia, Seija, Kagerou, Sagume, Yorihime, Toyohime
Works:
PCB (Top), EoSD, DDC, FS, Three Fairies
Partners:
Rumia/Flandre
Ran/Mamizou
Junko/Eirin
Miko/Byakuren
Seija/Shinmyoumaru
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Quick note that the pairings section is meant to be 'what teams you want to see in AoCF' not 'who do you want to smooch', so choose wisely.
Well, having the Best Partner vote again is in commemoration of AoCF, so that's what would be implied, but I think it'd be a safe bet to say that shipping is most likely what it'll end up being anyways.
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Voter questionnaire
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Residence- [Various regions of Japan; you don't need these]
- Outside Japan: East Asia (China, Taiwan, South Korea, etc)
- Outside Japan: Southeast Asia
- Outside Japan: South/Central/West Asia
- Outside Japan: Europe
- Outside Japan: Africa
- Outside Japan: North America
- Outside Japan: South America
- Outside Japan: Oceania
4. On what difficulty can you 1cc each game? (Clear with no continues)- EoSD (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- PCB (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- IN (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- PoFV (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- MoF (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- SA (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- UFO (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- TD (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- DDC (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- LoLK Pointdevice (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
- LoLK Legacy (No answer, Not played, No Easy Clear, Easy Clear, Normal Clear, Hard Clear, Lunatic Clear)
5. Currently-subscribed publications:- Wild and Horned Hermit (No answer, Don't buy, Buy the tankobon volumes, Buy the serialization (Febri))
- Forbidden Scrollery (No answer, Don't buy, Buy the tankobon volumes, Buy the serialization (Comp Ace))
- Curiosities of Lotus Asia (No answer, Don't buy, Bought the serialization (Strange Creators of Outer World))
6. What draws you into the Touhou Series? (multiple answer)- Music
- Games
- Characters
- Story
- Universe/Setting
- Derivative Works
- Social interaction
7. When did you get into Touhou?- No answer
- Pre-Windows Era (2000/12)
- SSG* ~ EoSD (2002/08)
- EoSD ~ PCB (2003/08)
- PCB ~ IN (2004/08)
- IN ~ IaMP (2004/12)
- IaMP ~ PoFV (2005/08)
- PoFV ~ StB (2005/12)
- StB ~ PMiSS (2006/12)
- PMiSS ~ MoF (2007/08)
- MoF ~ SA (2008/08)
- SA ~ UFO (2009/08)
- UFO ~ FW (2010/08)
- FW ~ TD (2011/08)
- TD ~ SoPM (2012/04)
- SoPM ~ DDC (2013/08)
- DDC ~ ISC (2014/05)
- ISC ~ LoLK (2015/08)
- LoLK ~ Old Adam (2016/08)
*Shuusou Gyoku
8. How did you first discover Touhou?- School, Clubs, Family, or other offline connection
- Online game, Chat (IRC), or otherwise through online friends
- Personal site, Blogs, News sites, etc
- Pixiv, Nijie, TINAMI, etc illustration sites
- 2ch, Futaba, Shitabara etc online anonymous BBS
- Youtube, Niconico etc video sharing sites
- Twitter
- Magazines, TV
- Doujinshi events (Comiket etc)
- Doujin shops or other stores
- Rhythm games that has Touhou music in them
- Found while looking for an interesting STG
- Found while looking for an interesting FTG
9. If you attend doujin events like Comiket and Reitaisai, what are your main activities there? (multiple answer)- Do not participate (invalidates other options)
- Buy official works
- Buy doujinshi
- Buy doujin music
- Buy doujin games
- Buy doujin goods
- Buy corporate works
- Distribute works (as a circle)
- Staff
- Interaction with circles and friends
- Performing cosplay
- Watching/photographing cosplay
- Corporate collab events (for rhythm games, etc)
- Live concerts (when applicable)
10. Have you voted in the Touhou Series Popularity Contest before?- No answer
- First time
- Voted past 1~3 years
- Voted past 4+ years
Nearly the same as last year's. If you were smart enough to check last year's questionnaire you would've been fine.
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Quick note that the pairings section is meant to be 'what teams you want to see in AoCF' not 'who do you want to smooch', so choose wisely.
Good to know!
I'm still gonna put down Rinnosuke and Marisa as my top vote regardless :V
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Considering how shitty the opinions of the Touhou fandom are, i'm expecting to be disappointed with the results.
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Considering how shitty the opinions of the Touhou fandom are, i'm expecting to be disappointed with the results.
Yes because it's awful when someone likes a character for reasons that differ from your own. ::)
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Character Vote
Eirin Yagokoro (First)
Hieda no Akyuu
Iku Nagae
Komachi Onozuka
Tenshi Hinanawi
Kasen Ibaraki
Watatsuki no Yorihime
Music Vote
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend (First and ULiL > MoF > HM personally but they're all among my favorites in the series)
The Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum
The Gensokyo the Gods Loved
Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon
At the End of Spring
A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander
Voile, the Magic Library (Hisoutensoku)
The Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Girl (ULiL)
Spring Lane ~ Colorful Path
Eastern Heaven of Scarlet Perception
Works
Cage in Lunatic Runagate (First)
Wild and Horned Hermit
Forbidden Scrollery
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Team
Kasen/Komachi (First)
Eirin/Sagume
Nitori/Momiji
Noob/Smoke (Just kidding)
Reisen/Rei'sen
Koishi/Rin Kaenbyou
Yes because it's awful when someone likes a character for reasons that differ from your own. ::)
I disagree with the old guy's mindset in the sense that I find it way too harsh. Furthermore, this mindset would sort of means that every fanbases would be crap seeing how all popularity polls are heavily affected by things such as how well-known a character is (via official material, fan material, memes, videos, etc.), nostalgia, bias, appearance of a character, etc. and I think this is what's sort of funny about the popularity poll. Not funny in a mean-spirited way but... I think it's fair to say the Touhou fanbase is very creative. We got a lot of neat ideas and we're really good at putting our ideas into motion to make games, comics and all sorts of neat things. However, the Touhou popularity poll rarely changes in term of results which is a sort of funny "contradiction".
Anyway, it's a popularity poll and that sort of thing is just for fun and to collect information about the fanbase. It's neat to be able to vote and pick what we like and even if a favorite character, tune or work would be in like, dead last, it wouldn't alter that character in any way. There's no need to get upset about it. One should vote for what they like and take it easy. :V
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The only thing I'm concerned about is some people who are voting might still misinterpret "partners for AoCF" as "shipping pairings in general", so we can expect to see some skewedness in that aspect.
Otherwise, I'm fine with how things are, really. You can't really control what the fandom prefers. Remember, every fan is different and has differing preferences. I like seeing the slight variations in polling results after each popularity contest, I find it quite interesting.
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I love all the silly pictures of pairs that come out of these, how many sandwhiches will we get this time? Still can't beat the ultimate sandwhich Alice got a few years ago!
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Quick note that the pairings section is meant to be 'what teams you want to see in AoCF' not 'who do you want to smooch', so choose wisely.
Can we get a real source on that? All I found was this on http://toho-vote.info/Rule.php:
『東方憑依華』の発表を記念して、あなたが一番だと思うペアを選ぶ「ベストパートナー部門」を特別部門として設置します。
To commemorate the announcement of Touhou 15.5, we have instituted a special "Best Partner Group", for you to choose the pair which you find the best.
"Commemorate". It doesn't say that they will use the votes for 15.5, or that you should only vote partners for that game.
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Can we get a real source on that? All I found was this on http://toho-vote.info/Rule.php:
『東方憑依華』の発表を記念して、あなたが一番だと思うペアを選ぶ「ベストパートナー部門」を特別部門として設置します。
To commemorate the announcement of Touhou 15.5, we have instituted a special "Best Partner Group", for you to choose the pair which you find the best.
"Commemorate". It doesn't say that they will use the votes for 15.5, or that you should only vote partners for that game.
"Best Partner group" seems pretty clear cut on what it means. Talked with a few others and they voted in favor of 15.5 tag partners.
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Caring about the results is unnecessary. Placements barely change in the top 20, and themes/works barely change, as well. I predict this year that LoLK characters will fare much better, but that will be the only major change.
Also in regards to the poll, it were shipping, there would be so many pairings to sift through and it would all just be one gigantic mess. I would hope they're referring to AoCF partners, and I'm pretty sure they are.
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"Best Partner group" seems pretty clear cut on what it means. Talked with a few others and they voted in favor of 15.5 tag partners.
Voting in favor of 15.5, agreed. You can do that, voting a pair that you think makes great partners for the game itself. But if the voting was solely for 15.5, I believe they'd severely cut down the list, instead of letting you vote everyone.
For example, one of my votes still goes to Merry/Renko. Aside from being one of my favorite ships, they are canonically two of the strongest partners in the whole series. That doesn't mean they'll show up in 15.5 however.
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Well since the roster isn't set in stone the partners could be anyone (we all know not everything but still), it's just there if you want a pair that you think could work, like Reimu/Aya or Kagerou/Wakasagihime! (How that pair would work no idea, maybe we finally get to see a flying fish!)
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Here's my vote:
1. Character:
Top: Koishi Komeji (I like her randomness than any)
Other:
Suzen, Udongein Inaba (Her performance at ULiL really put her into the spotlight again)
Fujiwara Inuki (That supernova :) )
Ibuki Suika (Who doesn't like a drunk loli :D)
Marisa Kirisame (I always like her more than Reimu)
Yukari Yakumo
Soul and dreams (Isn't that sound like a band name ? xD)
2. Music:
Top: Let's Live in a Lovely Cemetery
Others:
Lunatic Eye ~ Invisible Full Moon (ULiL version)
Fate of Sixty Years
YouTube 跋扈 ~ Who done it! ( xD)
Necrofantasia
Border of Life
Flowering Night
History of the Moon
Gensonko gods love in Gensokyo (Isn't it sound like a Yuri title?)
Because Princess Inada is scolded
3. Work:
Top: ULiL
Others:
The Grimoire of Marisa
Don't know
LoLK
Fairy War
4. Best Partner:
Top: Flandre Scarlet and Koishi Komeji (Be honest... we would like to see this for years )
Others:
Kaguya Houraisan and Fujiwara Mokou
Yuuka Kazami and Four Season Princess Yamaxanadu (Oh how I love Google Translate, great conincidence though)
Soul and dreams and Rock of Horikawa (See? Band name)
Seiran and Ringo (It's too obvious that they would be in)
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Watashi no Votes (yes that sounds weaboo lol)
Characters
1 Koishi (best grill)
The rest: kokoro, yuyuko, suika, renko, tewi, reisen
Music
1 Satori's theme
The rest: eternal short lived reign,
sanae's theme,
miko's theme,
hecatia's theme,
reisen's PS4 theme,
raiko's theme,
IamP Lunar Dial,
Sagume's theme,
Sukuna's theme.
Partners
1 Koishi+Kokoro (Best ship, heart motif with a character named heart, expressive character whose impulses are no longer blocked by the consious mind with one who's initially unable to express herself. A nemesis to each other, more or less)
The rest: renko+merry
ringo+seiran
youmu+yuyuko
reisen+tewi
Well that's it. I like rabbits :D
Edit: I changed my mind on the partners vote. From heca+piece to seiran+ringo
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An ordered character list, in case someone needs it:
共通 - Protagonists
博麗 霊夢 - Reimu Hakurei
霧雨 魔理沙 - Marisa Kirisame
東方紅魔郷 - Touhou 6
ルーミア - Rumia
大妖精 - Daiyousei
チルノ - Cirno
紅 美鈴 - Hong Meiling
小悪魔 - Koakuma
パチュリー・ノーレッジ - Patchouli Knowledge
十六夜 咲夜 - Sakuya Izayoi
レミリア・スカーレット - Remilia Scarlet
フランドール・スカーレット - Flandre Scarlet
東方妖々夢 - Touhou 7
レティ・ホワイトロック - Letty Whiterock
橙 - Chen
アリス・マーガトロイド - Alice Margatroid
リリーホワイト - Lily White
ルナサ・プリズムリバー - Lunasa Prismriver
メルラン・プリズムリバー - Merlin Prismriver
リリカ・プリズムリバー - Lyrica Prismriver
魂魄 妖夢 - Youmu Konpaku
西行寺 幽々子 - Yuyuko Saigyouji
八雲 藍 - Ran Yakumo
八雲 紫 - Yukari Yakumo
東方永夜抄 - Touhou 8
リグル・ナイトバグ - Wriggle Nightbug
ミスティア・ローレライ - Mystia Lorelei
上白沢 慧音 - Keine Kamishirasawa
因幡 てゐ - Tewi Inaba
鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ - Reisen Udongein Inaba
八意 永琳 - Eirin Yagokoro
蓬莱山 輝夜 - Kaguya Houraisan
藤原 妹紅 - Fujiwara no Mokou
東方萃夢想 - Touhou 7.5
伊吹 萃香 - Suika Ibuki
東方文花帖 - Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
射命丸 文 - Aya Shameimaru
東方花映塚 - Touhou 9
メディスン・メランコリー - Medicine Melancholy
風見 幽香 - Yuuka Kazami
小野塚 小町 - Komachi Onozuka
四季映姫・ヤマザナドゥ - Eiki Shiki
東方風神録 - Touhou 10
秋 静葉 - Aki Shizuha
秋 穣子 - Aki Minoriko
鍵山 雛 - Hina Kagiyama
河城 にとり - Nitori Kawashiro
犬走 椛 - Momiji Inubashiri
東風谷 早苗 - Sanae Kochiya
八坂 神奈子 - Kanako Yasaka
洩矢 諏訪子 - Suwako Moriya
東方緋想天 - Touhou 10.5
永江 衣玖 - Iku Nagae
比那名居 天子 - Tenshi Hinanawi
東方地霊殿 - Touhou 11
キスメ - Kisume
黒谷 ヤマメ - Yamame Kurodani
水橋 パルスィ - Parsee Mizuhashi
星熊 勇儀 - Yuugi Hoshiguma
古明地 さとり - Satori Komeiji
火焔猫 燐 - Rin Kaenbyou
霊烏路 空 - Utsuho Reiuji
古明地 こいし - Koishi Komeiji
東方星蓮船 - Touhou 12
ナズーリン - Nazrin
多々良 小傘 - Kogasa Tatara
雲居 一輪 - Ichirin Kumoi
雲山 - Unzan
村紗 水蜜 - Minamitsu Murasa
寅丸 星 - Shou Toramaru
聖 白蓮 - Byakuren Hijiri
封獣 ぬえ - Nue Houjuu
東方非想天則 - Touhou 12.3
大ナマズ - Giant Catfish
ダブルスポイラー - Touhou 12.5
姫海棠 はたて - Hatate Himekaidou
東方神霊廟 - Touhou 13
幽谷 響子 - Kyouko Kasodani
宮古 芳香 - Yoshika Miyako
霍 青娥 - Seiga Kaku
蘇我 屠自古 - Soga no Tojiko
物部 布都 - Mononobe no Futo
豊聡耳 神子 - Toyosatomimi no Miko
二ッ岩 マミゾウ - Futatsuiwa Mamizou
東方心綺楼 - Touhou 13.5
秦 こころ - Hata no Kokoro
東方輝針城 - Touhou 14
わかさぎ姫 - Wakasagihime
赤蛮奇 - Sekibanki
今泉 影狼 - Kagerou Imaizumi
九十九 弁々 - Benben Tsukumo
九十九 八橋 - Yatsuhashi Tsukumo
鬼人 正邪 - Seija Kijin
少名 針妙丸 - Shinmyoumaru Sukuna
堀川 雷鼓 - Raiko Horikawa
東方深秘録 - Touhou 14.5
宇佐見 菫子 - Sumireko Usami
東方紺珠伝 - Touhou 15
清蘭 - Seiran
鈴瑚 - Ringo
ドレミー・スイート - Doremy Sweet
稀神 サグメ - Sagume Kishin
クラウンピース - Clownpiece
純狐 - Junko
ヘカーティア・ラピスラズリ - Hecatia Lapislazuli
東方靈異伝 - Touhou 1
シンギョク - Shingyoku
ユウゲンマガン - YuugenMagan
エリス - Ellis
サリエル - Sariel
キクリ - Kikuri
コンガラ - Konngara
東方封魔録 - Touhou 2
玄爺 - Genji
里香 - Rika
明羅 - Meira
魅魔 - Mima
東方夢時空 - Touhou 3
エレン - Ellen
小兎姫 - Kotohime
カナ・アナベラル - Kana Anaberal
朝倉 理香子 - Rikako Asakura
北白河 ちゆり - Chiyuri Kitashirakawa
岡崎 夢美 - Yumemi Okazaki
東方幻想郷 - Touhou 4
オレンジ - Orange
くるみ - Kurumi
エリー - Elly
夢月 - Mugetsu
幻月 - Gengetsu
東方怪綺談 - Touhou 5
サラ - Sara
ルイズ - Louise
ユキ - Yuki
マイ - Mai
夢子 - Yumeko
神綺 - Shinki
蓬莱人形 - Dolls in Pseudo Paradise
蓬莱人形ジャケットイラストの娘 - Dolls in Pseudo Paradise CD Jacket Girl
蓬莱人形レーベルイラストの娘 - Dolls in Pseudo Paradise CD Label Girl
秘封倶楽部 - Sealing Club
宇佐見 蓮子 - Renko Usami
マエリベリー・ハーン - Marribel Hearn
東方求聞史紀 - Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
稗田 阿求 - Hieda no Akyuu
東方香霖堂 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia
森近 霖之助 - Rinnosuke Morichika
東方三月精 - Fairy Manga
サニーミルク - Sunny Milk
ルナチャイルド - Luna Child
スターサファイア - Star Sapphire
東方儚月抄 - Silent Sinner in Blue
綿月 豊姫 - Watatsuki no Toyohime
綿月 依姫 - Watatsuki no Yorihime
レイセン - Reisen II
東方茨歌仙 - Wild and Horned Hermit
茨木 華扇< - Kasen Ibaraki
東方鈴奈庵 - Forbidden Scrollery
本居 小鈴 - Kosuzu Motoori
その他(ゲーム) - Other (games)
るーこと - Ruukoto
ミミちゃん - Mimi-chan
魂魄 妖忌 - Youki Konpaku
レイラ・プリズムリバー - Layla Prismriver
核熱造神ヒソウテンソク - Hisoutensoku
命蓮 - Myouren Hijiri
毘沙門天 - Bishamonten
嫦娥 - Chang'e
その他(書籍) - Other (print)
名無しの本読み妖怪 - Tokiko
ツチノコ - Tsuchinoko
酒虫 - Sake Bug
月の都の門番 - Lunar Capital gatekeeper
水江浦島子 - Mizue no Uranoshimako
岩笠 - Iwakasa
木花咲耶姫 - Konohana Sakuya-hime
仙台四郎(福の神) - Sendai Shiro (God of Luck)
運松 - Unsho (fisherman doctor)
座敷童 - Zashiki-warashi
ホフゴブリン - Hobgoblin
万歳楽 - Manzairaku
ヤマネ - Mouse
ケセランパサラン - Keseran Pasaran
小鈴の両親 - Kosuzu's Grandpa
煙々羅 - Enenra
チュパカブラ - Chupacabra
沓頬 - Kutsutsura
ウワバミ - Drunkard
易者 - Fortune Teller
抗鬱薬おじさん - Anxious Moustached Villager
なめえもん - Slug
塩屋敷の旦那 - Salt Merchant
その他(複合) - Other (multiple characters)
妖精(メイド妖精・ひまわり妖精他) - Fairies
幽霊(怨霊、神霊、化け化け含む) - Ghosts
毛玉 - Kedama/furballs
UFO(赤・青・緑、その他) - UFO
兎(玉兎、永遠亭の妖怪兎他) - Rabbits
狸(化け狸、野鉄砲他) - Tanuki
狐(妖怪狐、狐の子他) - Kitsune
カラス(地獄鴉、紫・文の使い魔他) - Crows
河童(山童含む) - Kappa
天狗(香霖堂の天狗、大天狗他) - Tengu
龍(子龍、邪龍他) - Dragons
アリスの人形(上海、蓬莱、大江戸他) - Alice's Dolls
華扇の動物(久米、竿打、雷獣、彭祖、人面犬他) - Animals
神降ろしの神霊(天照、伊豆能売他) - Gods
都市伝説の怪異(お菊さん、八尺さま他) - Urban Legends
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Here's my list of votes:
Characters:
Top: Kogasa
Others: Nue, Koishi, Clownpiece, Star, Alice and Sanae
Music:
Top: Little Princess (DDC)
Others: Pure Furies, Phantom Ensemble (PCB), Primal Scene of Japan, 3rd Eye, Pandemonic Planet, Sunny Rutile Reflection, Greenwich in the Sky, Lost Emotion (HM), Dullahan Under the Willows.
Works:
Top: DDC
Others: ULiL, MoF, Three Fairies Mangas, Grimoire of Marisa.
Partners;
Top: Kogasa/Nue
Others: Mokou/Sumireko, Cirno/Clownpiece, Shikieiki/Byakuren, Alice/Marisa.
That's it! :3
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Here are my votes. Music is always so difficult to pick... I didn't vote for works because I didn't really played them enough to choose.
Characters
Yuuka (+1), Shinmyoumaru, Mokou, Medicine, Suika, Kyouko, Yuugi
Music
Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms (+1)
Chinese Tea, Gensokyo Past and Present, Wind God Girl, Kid's Festival, Hiroshige n?36, Our Hisotensoku, Native Faith, Phantom Ensemble, Pure Furies
Best Partners
Suika/Shinmyoumaru, Mokou/Keine, Choujuu Gigaku, Yuuka/Raiko, Suika/Yuugi
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Character vote
Top vote: Houraisan Kaguya
Also: Flandre Scarlet, Reisen Udongein Inaba, Renko Usami, Hieda No Akyuu, Sumireko Usami
Music vote
Top vote: Phantasm Machine ~ Phantom Factory (From Changeability of Strange Dream)
Also: Voyage 1970, Lunatic Red Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon, Futatsuiwa From Sado, Night Falls ~ Evening Star, U.N. Owen Was Her?, The Purest Sky and Sea, Hiroshige no.36 ~ Neo Super-Express, Reach For The Moon Immortal Smoke, Retrospective of 53 Minutes
Pairings
Top vote: Reisen/Kaguya (OTP.)
Also: Mokou/Sumireko, Reimu/Marisa, Miko/Futo, Flan/Kaguya
The last one is just a personal vote, the others are related to the new fighting game, the top vote is both OTP and a wish for the fighting game.
Works
Top vote: Imperishable Night
Also: Great Fairy Wars, Forbidden Scrollery, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Shoot the Bullet
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Well, this is interesting! This is my first time. :blush:
Characters:
Top pick: Sumireko
Patchouli (Also best, but I had to pick someone, so might as well go with the newbie!), Koishi, Medicine Melancholy, Junko, Yumemi, Parsee
Music: (Though some have their places for a reason, I love the soundtrack too much and it's hard to like anything much more. As such, some are random.)
Top pick: Last Occultism ~ Esotericist of the Present World (I absolutely adore this one!)
The Sea Where One's Home Planet Reflects, Flawless Clothing of the Celestials, Fires of Hokkai, The Lost Emotion, Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes, Candid Friend, Enigmatic Doll ~ God Knows, Poison Body ~ Forsaken Doll, Green-eyed Jealousy
Works: (Does not reflect absolute favouritism)
Top pick: Urban Legend in Limbo
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, Forbidden Scrollery, Ten Desires, Great Fairy Wars
Partners in crime:
Top pick: Byakuren/Miko (That would be fun!)
Kokoro/Sumireko, Marisa/Shinmyoumaru, Koishi/Mamizou, Sekibanki/Nitori
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By the way, just noticed this on the first post...
Saturday, January 21th 23:59 JST
AAAAAA :V
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This was super difficult >A<
Character vote
Top vote: Hina
Also: Suika, Yukari, Tewi, Parsee, Reimu, Yuuka.
Music vote
Top vote: Green-Eyed Jealousy
Also: Broken Moon, 3rd Eye, Eternal Shrine Maiden, Flowering Night, Dark Side of Fate, Septette for Dead Princess
Pairings (I basically chose pairings I'd like to see happen in a game)
Yukari/Yuuka
Hina/Nitori
Suika/Yuugi
Mima/Marisa
Shinki/Alice
Works
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil
Highly Responsive to Prayers
Forbidden Scrollery
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Characters:
1) Aya Shameimaru
2) Reisen Udongein Inaba
3) Toyosatomimi no Miko
4) Iku Nagae
5) Eiki Shiki, San Andreas at Law
6) Kasen Ibaraki
7) Great Komachi Onozuka
Music:
1) Wind God Girl (BAiJR ver.)
2) Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon (IN ver.)
3) Doll Judgment ~ The Girl Who Played with People’s Shapes (PCB ver.)
4) The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky
5) Fires of Hokkai
6) Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator (TD ver.)
7) Eastern Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years
8) Cemetery of Onbashira ~ Grave of Being
9) Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO ver.)
10) Starry Sky of Small Desires
Works:
1) StB
2) PoFV
3) IN
4) TD
5) SA
AoCF Pairings:
1) Miko/Tojiko
2) Iku/Tenshi
3) Renko/Mary
4) Eiki/Machi
5) Aya/Hatate
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So here's a thing I made that people should try even if they've already voted:
http://drakeirving.github.io/touhoudict/
The site presents some javascript code that loads up an english↔japanese dictionary of Touhou character names, as specifically listed on the poll, and then translates all the character names in the dropdowns on the page. You have to copypaste the code into your browser's console on the appropriate voting pages and run it because it's the best way I figured to do it for now.
Translating character names and music titles etc is something that's a dumb issue every year and probably over 80% of people already push the site through google translate, so I'd really like to see a better way of handling this. Additionally this should aid the compilation of results both here and on the wiki.
So far this is just a test of interest and efficacy. I'd like feedback on how this process could be made easier; ideally this should be as browser-independent as possible, which is why I opted to just let you copypaste the code and run it. Userscripts are an option, but I have the impression that a large portion of people would not take the extra steps to download a userscript manager. At this point I don't really know a better way to present this outside of contacting the site managers and getting a translator function in the site itself (which honestly isn't out of the realm of possibility either).
Also if it doesn't work or if something should be made clearer then just pile it on me.
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Thanks Drake! You are seriouly awesome!
As a side note love to see people top picks of characters I couldn't pick, make me feel better that I was unable to choose them T^T.
EDIT: so I pasted it into the console tab, not sure where to go from there, I hit enter and get Undefined at the bottom. Pretty new to working with stuff like this so I know I'm doing something wrong. I should also say that I'm at the character voting screen when I do it.
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Voting is done similarly to the previous years. You will need to obtain a voting ID by submitting your email address to the site; you will receive an email with your voting ID included, and when completing any poll you will need to enter this voting ID.
How do I do that? I haven't gotten any farther than translating (https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://toho-vote.info/Shien.php&usg=ALkJrhjwPTn-lRo_1o6zU9z9dcX2D75FxA) what I was told was the registration page. I don't know where anything is, and I don't speak Japanese; I need to be carefully walked through this.
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http://i.imgur.com/glxnisP.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/glxnisP.jpg)
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here we go y'all
Fav Touhou
Top Vote: Hata No Kokoro (THE ONE AND ONLY)
Favourite Soundtrack
Top Vote: Necrofantasia
Other Votes: Ghostly Band ~ Phantom Ensemble, Bloom Nobly, Ink-black Cherry Blossom ~ Border of Life, Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon, Gensokyo Millenium ~ History of the Moon, Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess, Poison Body ~ Forsaken Doll, Hartmann's Youkai Girl, Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye, Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea
Favourite Title
Touhou 9 ~ Kaeidzuka
Best AoCF Partners
Marisa & Reimu (Protagonists!!)
Kaguya & Yuyuko (Final Boss Princesses!!)
Flandre & Koishi (Extra Boss Little Sisters!!)
Kokoro & Koishi (Ummh!!)
Miko & Byakuren (Religion Rivals!!)
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Fav Touhou
Top Vote: Hata No Kokoro (THE ONE AND ONLY)
Now that's someone who knows who they like! I salute you! ^-^7
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Top pick: Sumireko
Good, now Sumireko has 4 votes!
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http://i.imgur.com/glxnisP.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/glxnisP.jpg)
The pictures didn't help direct me (I had a friend help with that), but the list on the right was indispensable. Thanks for that!
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Thanks Drake! You are seriouly awesome!
As a side note love to see people top picks of characters I couldn't pick, make me feel better that I was unable to choose them T^T.
EDIT: so I pasted it into the console tab, not sure where to go from there, I hit enter and get Undefined at the bottom. Pretty new to working with stuff like this so I know I'm doing something wrong. I should also say that I'm at the character voting screen when I do it.
It should return undefined, and afterwards the dropdowns should have translated names. But maybe I'll instead return a confirmation message on success because more than one person thought it was weird. I might also put some visual feedback on the page itself.
EDIT: added a bit so the message displayed is more clear
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Now that's someone who knows who they like! I salute you! ^-^7
Thank ye!
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Thankfully, I haven't missed this one yet. It sucks to have an internet cut off for straight four days due to repair, but oh well.
Character Votes
Top vote: Imaizumi Kagerou (The one and only best 2hu)
2. Sekibanki (DDC Demo characters need more love)
3. Wakasagihime (Ditto)
4. Kijin Seija
5. Horikawa Raiko
6. Doremy Sweet
7. Ibuki Suika (Well, Hecatia and Clownpiece were already in the top 30, so I picked her)
Music Votes
Top vote: Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon
Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator (HM)
Primordial Beat ~ Pristine Beat
Romantic Escape Flight
Eternal Transient Reign
Bamboo Forest in Flame
Seven Orb Collection Showdown
Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (ULiL)
Last Occultism ~ Esotericist of the Present
Pierrot of the Star-Spangled Banner
Work Votes:
1. Double Dealing Character
2. Imperishable Night
3. Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
4. Legacy of Lunatic Kindom
5. Urban Legend in Limbo
AoCF Pairing Votes:
Top vote: Kagerou + Remilia (I want too see them interact!)
Sekibanki + Wakasagihime (Sekibanki as a Grassroot Youkai Network member must be made canon!)
Seija + Nue
Yuugi + Suika
Raiko + Yuuka
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It should return undefined, and afterwards the dropdowns should have translated names. But maybe I'll instead return a confirmation message on success because more than one person thought it was weird. I might also put some visual feedback on the page itself.
EDIT: added a bit so the message displayed is more clear
It just tells me it translated 0 instances.
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It should return undefined, and afterwards the dropdowns should have translated names. But maybe I'll instead return a confirmation message on success because more than one person thought it was weird. I might also put some visual feedback on the page itself.
EDIT: added a bit so the message displayed is more clear
Yeah same here as the post above.
Translated 0 instances.
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I post it in the console and hit enter and that what I get. Does it matter which browser you are using?
Character Votes
Top vote: Imaizumi Kagerou (The one and only best 2hu)
2. Sekibanki (DDC Demo characters need more love)
3. Wakasagihime (Ditto)
6. Doremy Sweet
Music Votes
Top vote: Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon
AoCF Pairing Votes:
Top vote: Kagerou + Remilia (I want too see them interact!)
Sekibanki + Wakasagihime (Sekibanki as a Grassroot Youkai Network member must be made canon!)
Holy cow you are my new best friend! ^-^ b
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TIL the innerText property is not supported in Firefox because reasons, but is supported in Dev Edition (which I use), which is why people have reported it not working on FF despite me totally using FF.
Fixed; for everyone having that issue on FF, it should work now. It should technically be faster now as well.
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TIL the innerText property is not supported in Firefox because reasons, but is supported in Dev Edition (which I use), which is why people have reported it not working on FF despite me totally using FF.
Fixed; for everyone having that issue on FF, it should work now. It should technically be faster now as well.
Works great! Sorry that I forgot to mention what browser I was using. (usually the first step >-<`) Thank you very much for doing this!
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Well here comes my Poll. I put the questionnaire here but i don't know if it's correct, so please excuse me in advance.
Character Poll
Top vote : Marisa
Also : Reimu,Koishi,Remilia,Yuuka,Suika.
Music Poll
Top vote : Last Remote
Also : Little Princess --- Battlefield of the Flower Treshold --- Voyage 1970 --- Greenwitch in the Sky--- Lunatic Princess--- The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood.
Works vote
Top vote : Forbidden Scrollery
Also : Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Imperishable Night, Wild and Horned Hermit, Retrospective of 53 minutes.
Pairings Vote
Reimu and Marisa (Topvote)
Koishi and Kokoro
Kaguya and Mokou
Yukari and Kasen
Questionnaire
Age : 19. Male. Residence : Europe.
I only cc'ed IN in Normal, once.
What draws me in the Touhou : All of the list, but in order : Music, Story, Universe, Characters, Derivative Works, Games.
I got into Touhou in late 2014. I discovered Touhou via Youtube and through doujin sites while looking for STGs.
I never attended to Reitaisais or Comikets (would love to, if I could). If i were to participate, i would Buy multiple things and perform Cosplay, i guess.
Also this is my first time voting.
Hope i did not mess up too badly.
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Characters:
1. Komachi
2. Nue
3. Nitori
4. Koishi
5. Utsuho
6. Byakuren
7. Suika
Music:
1. Heian Alien
2. Septette for the Dead Princess (EoSD)
3. Kobito of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess (DDC)
4. Necrofantasia (PCB)
5. Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)
6. Strawberry Crisis
7. Higan Retour ~ Riverside View (PoFV)
8. Oni's Island in the Fairyland ~ Missing Power
9. Beloved Tomboyish Girl (EoSD)
10. U.N. Owen was Her
I wanted to vote for my favorite stage theme (Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World) instead of Beloved Tomboyish Girl, but oh well, I forgot.
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I wanted to vote for my favorite stage theme (Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World) instead of Beloved Tomboyish Girl, but oh well, I forgot.
You have the possibility of editing your vote up to 3 times.
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The only interesting vote I made was suggesting Kanako and Shinki for a paring, because I see no reason not to aim for the stars.
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Results are in. (http://toho-vote.info/)
It says preliminary, but I think those are final.
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Well the results are in. Reimu 1st, then Marisa, then Koishi. Kisume is the lowest windows game character, going from 94th to 106th. Most of my choices lowered except Kagerou, who was 46th and rose to 43rd.
*Wow just noticed Youmu is in 4th! Great job Youmu!
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Results are in!
Character top 25:
1. Reimu
2. Marisa
3. Koishi
4. Youmu
5. Sakuya
6. Flandre
7. Remilia
8. Satori
9. Alice
10. Aya
11. Mokou
12. Sanae
13. Inaba
14. Yuyuko
15. Tenshi
16. Kokoro
17. Yukari
18 Momiji
19. Kogasa
20. Patchouli
21. Sagume
22. Yuuka
23. Rumia
24. Meiling
25. Renko
Notable spot:
60. Fortune Teller
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZzY5Anb.png)
...Sigh.
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZzY5Anb.png)
...Sigh.
Well, I uhh guess he is really missed?
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Well, I uhh guess he is really missed?
Nah, he most certainly has achieved Harambe status within 2hu.
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Quick glance at the results:
All hail the Queen.
Scarlet Sisters are dominating as usual in pairs in the music section. Stable for three years already.
Satori is being sandwiched by the Scarlet Sisters. (corrected by Flandre5carlet)
lol @ the Fortune Teller.
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He's a meme in the Japanese fandom, so I can see them voting for him on purpose.
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Satori is being sandwiched by the Scarlet Sisters.
Nope, she's below the pair.
Anyways, those results are pretty damn expected, especially so the character top. But I'm kinda sad about how low some of the characters/pairings are (or alternatively, how high some silly joke pairings are...)
The music in particular, I'm saddened by how low some amazing themes are ranked.
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Nope, she's below the pair.
I need to get my eyes checked. You're absolutely right.
No idea how I confused Alice for Remilia.
He's a meme in the Japanese fandom, so I can see them voting for him on purpose.
Quite curious for the exact reasons of this meme. Is it because he is badass for his thoughts and behaviour? Or is it purely a troll move?
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Sanae forever at 12. I don't mind at all.
UFO = Touhou 12, too. So based.
As for Fortune Teller, I guess his motives interested a lot of people? But really, he's just a meme.
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Pure Furies being 10th is one of the most beautiful things ever existed.
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YOUMU CONFIRMED FOR BEST SILVER HAIRED SERVANT GET FUCKED SAKUYA
But i am still mostly disappointed by the results, to quote a tumblr post on my dash:
this year?s popularity poll results are in and it?s time for your latest Daiyousei Popularity Watch: which characters are less popular than an unnamed fairy midboss with no dialogue?
BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOP PLEASE WAIT, CALCULATING RESULTS
characters less popular than Daiyousei include:
Tewi
Mamizou
Akyuu
Komachi
Kanako
Raiko
Yuugi
Shou
Doremy
Murasa
Rinnosuke
Source (https://rabbiteclair.tumblr.com/post/156174988387/this-years-popularity-poll-results-are-in-and)
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Sorry for my trivial question as this kinda odds me a bit, but will this result be the actual 'finalized' popularity ranking of this voting poll, or is it still subjected to changes? Since I noticed the result page says it's only a "Preliminary results" and was wondering would the finalize version be any different from this version
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It is indeed not a final result yet. Therefore anything can change. But noticing Reimu's major lead, she won't be moving around.
Marisa and Koishi on the other hand are quite close.
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YOUMU CONFORMED FOR BEST SILVER HAIRED SERVANT GET FUCKED SAKUYA
But i am still mostly disappointed by the results, to quote a tumblr post on my dash:
Source (https://rabbiteclair.tumblr.com/post/156174988387/this-years-popularity-poll-results-are-in-and)
I am very happy to see Youmu in the top 5, might see a bigger push for her on twitter next year!
B-But I like daiyousei!
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B-But I like daiyousei!
Well, apparently you're not allowed to.
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Well, apparently you're not allowed to.
T^T my dreams!
In seriousness I believe we need in increase in votes, more than 7, it just felt so restrictive when I want one character but also want to support another.
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Forget Daipai and Harambe the Fortune Teller, the true tragedy of this poll is Byakuren vaulting back ahead of Miko.
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As expected, most of the top 10 characters stayed the same. Youmu did rise a bit though.
And heh, the top 3 works are about what I expected as well.
Reimu/Marisa being the top partner choice is no surprise, either. By a considerable margin, even.
And of course the Fortune Teller gained spots yet again. He really is a meme within the fandom, it seems...
Also more votes for partners than Touhou works? WutFace
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Also more votes for partners than Touhou works? WutFace
Considering a good portion of the fandom don't really play the games very much...
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Forget Daipai and Harambe the Fortune Teller, the true tragedy of this poll is Byakuren vaulting back ahead of Miko.
Another religious war ahead! ^-^
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Does anyone know where I can get the full list of final results English Translated along with top AoCF Pairings?
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Does anyone know where I can get the full list of final results English Translated along with top AoCF Pairings?
Not done yet.
And they're not AoCF pairings. The category was added in celebration, but it has no link to the game.
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this year?s popularity poll results are in and it?s time for your latest Daiyousei Popularity Watch: which characters are less popular than an unnamed fairy midboss with no dialogue?
BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOP PLEASE WAIT, CALCULATING RESULTS
characters less popular than Daiyousei include:
Tewi
Mamizou
Akyuu
Komachi
Kanako
Raiko
Yuugi
Shou
Doremy
Murasa
Rinnosuke
Source (https://rabbiteclair.tumblr.com/post/156174988387/this-years-popularity-poll-results-are-in-and)
Damn, seriously? :( I like Rinnosuke, he was my #1 vote.
I also voted for the Fortune Teller, nice to see he's up in the polls lol :V
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Forget Daipai and Harambe the Fortune Teller, the true tragedy of this poll is Byakuren vaulting back ahead of Miko.
Look man, sometimes Byakuren likes to be on top and you should respect that.
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I also voted for the Fortune Teller, nice to see he's up in the polls lol :V
Did I missed something that I should know?
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By the way, I was the one who voted for Reisen ? Meira in the pairing poll.
Maybe Nitori will do better next year... ._.
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YOUMU CONFORMED FOR BEST SILVER HAIRED SERVANT GET FUCKED SAKUYA
But i am still mostly disappointed by the results, to quote a tumblr post on my dash:
Source (https://rabbiteclair.tumblr.com/post/156174988387/this-years-popularity-poll-results-are-in-and)
She was also in Fairy Wars.
Which the Three Fairies with their own Literature and Lily White were in too.
...
huh...
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I also voted for the Fortune Teller, nice to see he's up in the polls lol :V
Youuu are paaaaart of the probleeeeeem.
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If results are finalized while I'm not awake, note that you can use the touhoudict script to translate the results list
if you replace jp2en_all("option") with jp2en_all("td").
EDIT: Ok I've updated it to a find-replace thing so it works with the Best Partner list.
2 Renko Usami and Maribel Hearn
correct
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Woohoo, Kagerou went up by 5 spots! Good to see more ppl recognize her.
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Woohoo, Kagerou went up by 5 spots! Good to see more ppl recognize her.
Very happy! But Wakasagihime is still so low T^T, which is fine though I still love my KageHime duo.
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Very happy! But Wakasagihime is still so low T^T, which is fine though I still love my KageHime duo.
It's a shame that DDC demo characters are the only Flat Characters in the series. They have almost no personality except being the victims of the mallet. Also an extra shame cuz DDC was my first Touhou game that I was hooked on ever since its trial release. Hope that ZUN expands their character a bit more in later works.
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Momiji in top 20. I'm happy with that! :D
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This year, Lunasa took Yumemi's place as the filling of the Aki Sisters sandwich...
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What I find surprising is that Clownpiece actually placed lower than last year.
After the new Fairy manga, you'd think she'd go higher, but now both Sagume and Junko is higher than her among the LoLK casts.
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It's a shame that DDC demo characters are the only Flat Characters in the series. They have almost no personality except being the victims of the mallet. Also an extra shame cuz DDC was my first Touhou game that I was hooked on ever since its trial release. Hope that ZUN expands their character a bit more in later works.
I think that's why artists like them! They are mostly a blank slate and can be use to make their own story! Example being the grassroots network MMD, taking little knowledge and using that! Daiyousei is prime for creators, she is completely blank and is a canvas for those to work with! Daiyousei popularity comes from the fans, they like her for many reasons and not because she deserves it. Still happy for many of my favorites rank up this year! (Far too many favorites!)
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What I find surprising is that Clownpiece actually placed lower than last year.
Good. Shoehorning her into the new manga just made me like her even less.
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Curious what Drake, P-Man, monhan, and anyone else with their finger on the pulse of the Japanese fandom thinks of these observations (http://kilgamayan.tumblr.com/post/156199669086/yami-wo-kirisaku-no-desire), particularly as they relate to the games themselves.
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Maybe people like Ten Desires, just not as much as other games, so few people vote for it or its characters because you can't vote for everything.
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I understand that logically, some game has to be the least popular one. What is distressing is how long it takes for that least popular game to appear on the lists. There's a difference between a wide spread of game representatives in the Top 20 or 25 and, say, the entire spoken-word cast of one game appearing before the first character from another game. The latter suggests a much more notable lack of interest in the second game than the former.
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With so many characters, you could say even a character placed at 40 is still really popular,
The "downfall" of Cosmic Mind is also interesting, as well as most EoSD characters and music appear to slowly creeping up in the list each contest.
Also, Unknown X is listed twice in the music list.
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Also, Unknown X is listed twice in the music list.
This is probably because the NtoJ version is different from the Soku version.
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This is probably because the NtoJ version is different from the Soku version.
They've always been counted together. It's most likely a bug/oversight.
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It irks me a bit when I see "why did so and so score so low", it's popularity not who deserves it. TD just feels the most out of place to me, don't get me wrong I love Miko, seiga, and yoshika but I keep repeating myself... 7 I have to choose 7. It could also be the fact most of TD's characters we know a lot about already. Take Rumia for example, what is she? What kind of youkai is she? She still has mystery to her so people are still interested in seeing more of her. Wakasagihime scored in the 60s, but I love her! Her design... and that's it really... I mean she's nice and part of a group with Kagerou but there is nothing else I know about her, I want to know more about her and only the fandom can fill that need.
I don't know those are just my thoughts about TD.
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They've always been counted together. It's most likely a bug/oversight.
Actually, I think that is the remix that appeared in Urban Legend In Limbo PS4 Version, it plays when you're fighting Mokou in Reisen Story Mode.
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Actually, I think that is the remix that appeared in Urban Legend In Limbo PS4 Version, it plays when you're fighting Mokou in Reisen Story Mode.
That one is called Unknown X ~ Occultly Madness, whose votes counted towards Unknown X itself.
The track went from place 159 to 324, so it is a most likely a bug/oversight.
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Kilga, I think nobody can exactly explain why Koishi is still ranked third and her theme as well. There are no sense making theories that one can come up with. Sure, a popular character in general but how is a mystery.
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Kilga, I think nobody can exactly explain why Koishi is still ranked third and her theme as well. There are no sense making theories that one can come up with. Sure, a popular character in general but how is a mystery.
The truest words ever said! ^-^
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Kilga, I think nobody can exactly explain why Koishi is still ranked third and her theme as well. There are no sense making theories that one can come up with. Sure, a popular character in general but how is a mystery.
I honestly have no idea what this has to do with anything I said, but...okay? :wat:
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I honestly have no idea what this has to do with anything I said, but...okay? :wat:
Oh, well wasn't one of the reasons for some not liking the game was reused bosses? I don't think that's a bad thing but I do know a lot of people who just didn't like TD
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Wow, I didn't know it was already over.
I kinda nailed my vote, only voting for characters and music in no particular pattern :V.
EDIT: I can't really comprehend how Rumia, one of the blandest characters from Touhou and the blandest Windows one, got a 23rd position.
Yeah, that's me.
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Wow, I didn't know it was already over.
I kinda nailed my vote, only voting for characters and music in no particular pattern :V.
EDIT: I can't really comprehend how Rumia, one of the blandest characters from Touhou and the blandest Windows one, got a 23rd position.
Yeah, that's me.
There are many reasons for Rumia, I became a fan of hers after reireimu, for me I like her cause of the fandom which I will happily admit!
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Voting Period: Sunday, January 15th 00:00 JST ~ Saturday, January 21th 23:59 JST
Too late, too bad! :fail:
It's good to see Reimu still ruling over Gensokyo.
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EDIT: I can't really comprehend how Rumia, one of the blandest characters from Touhou and the blandest Windows one, got a 23rd position.
Bland is subjective.
She is the first midboss and boss of the most popular game of the series. She is also simple to remember design-wise.
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I kinda share that sentiment about TD. Mamizou hijacking FS is one thing, but the taoists have incredible interaction potential between a fabulous leader with an awesome ego, her naive but zealous right hand girl, her temperamental but friendly ghost wife who also has the bone to pick with the former and the trickster mentor extraordinare with her zombie pet.
Why is all that chemistry still so untapped, I don't know - considering the doujins at least as fun as those centered around SDM practically draw themselves. That is in fact, the reason I'm rooting for Tojiko to return somewhere in canon - so she registers as a legitimate and amusing enemy to Futo in the eyes of the fandom.
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I would like to see more stuff like what happens with the SDM for the Taoist group.
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Yearly reminder that you have all failed me, and I will not forgot this.
Also, I hypothesize that Miko and the Gang are a tad less popular because they aren't really folklore so much as historical/pseudo-historical figures? So they're kinda the odd cats out in that sense? Like if we had a thing that was all about jersey devils and bigfoots and UFO Cult alien messiahs, and then George Washington gets tossed in. Even though they're good and cool, they're kinda an odd man out.
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It irks me a bit when I see "why did so and so score so low", it's popularity not who deserves it. TD just feels the most out of place to me, don't get me wrong I love Miko, seiga, and yoshika but I keep repeating myself... 7 I have to choose 7. It could also be the fact most of TD's characters we know a lot about already. Take Rumia for example, what is she? What kind of youkai is she? She still has mystery to her so people are still interested in seeing more of her. Wakasagihime scored in the 60s, but I love her! Her design... and that's it really... I mean she's nice and part of a group with Kagerou but there is nothing else I know about her, I want to know more about her and only the fandom can fill that need.
I don't know those are just my thoughts about TD.
And I'm the complete opposite. I can't get myself to like characters with not much information about them, like Rumia, Kagerou, Momiji, etc. precisely because there isn't much I could like about them! Sure, there's all sorts of different interpretations by the fandom, but I'll use Momiji as an example here. A good portion of Momiji fans only like her for the Awoo, and I find things of that nature to be annoying. It's a similar reason as to why I don't like all the partner pairing shipping nonsense. Things like Doremy/Sagume have no logic behind them and I just don't see the chemistry in many of these ships.
On the other hand, I do like characters such as Marisa, Aya, Tenshi, the Komeijis and the Scarlets because it's clear enough what kinds of characters they are as well as the relevant plots and backstories involving them. Memes aside, I do see why these characters are very likable by large parts of the fanbase. There's also a reason why Reimu/Marisa is the dominating pairing - it's because they're both featured the most in terms of playables, and thus by looking at how either of them handle the incident through the various games, the logic is obvious. Pairings like Marisa/Alice (no, NOT the clingy Alice) and Reimu/Yukari also make a lot of sense due to this.
My favorite game is SA, by the way. I'm not saying the other games are strictly worse. In fact, I don't find any game bad, per se. It's just that I prefer specific games over others.
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What people like is different to each person (dumb thing to even point out lol), my top favorites are all part of the top 15 in polls, but as an artist and creator I appreciate what can be possible with the lesser known characters. Then again I'm a pleb who likes all characers almost equally so my opinion is usually considered trash. ^-^
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I was thinking that Parsee would probably lost some places with the latest new characters. Of course, she just won one place since last year, but I mean since three years, she stays around at the same spot of the poll. And she's now the third highest character from SA. So yeah, I'm really suprised.
Yuuka is now 22 but she's not a character I would worry about, I'm sure she'll be higher in a future poll.
As for Clownpiece I don't find it surprising. IMO it's a character you're somewhat interested at the first sight, because of her design and her fight. But then you see characters like Sagume as more interesting and intriguing as time passes. I never liked Clownpiece anyway, not because of her fight, I just don't think the character was that interesting. Also I don't like her design at all.
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Questionnaire results: http://toho-vote.info/result_questionnaire.php
You can also view detailed results on the characters. The comments are...interesting, to say the least. http://toho-vote.info/result_list_character.php
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Curious what Drake, P-Man, monhan, and anyone else with their finger on the pulse of the Japanese fandom thinks of these observations (http://kilgamayan.tumblr.com/post/156199669086/yami-wo-kirisaku-no-desire), particularly as they relate to the games themselves.
Here's a graph of the data from the past four contests (now incl. this year's) about when the voters got into Touhou:
(http://i.imgur.com/hU1pr69.png)
what is truly mind-boggling is how fan interest seems to simply pole vault from UFO to DDC
This comment is kind of on-the-nose because there basically was a slump in the newcomers during that period.
Probably important is that the voterbase is composed of 50% people who found out about Touhou either through video-sharing websites and 30% by offline relations. Assuming this holds in general, those 30% would then have been introduced 50% through videos and 30% other offlines, and continuing like this you converge to about 71.4% of people getting in by influence of the video culture (note: not at all rigorous). Considering that the golden age of Touhou video culture occurred with the peak of the introduced fans, it's pretty easy to see these are highly correlated. I doubt the gameplay contents themselves have much to do with it, really.
Besides demographics, utility of characters are a big deal. I'd propose that for a character to be "successful" in the fandom they have to fit certain characteristics, themes, roles, and so on, that makes them good candidates for playing with. People talk a lot about whether a character is already fleshed out or whether they're open for a lot of interpretation (as shown in the above posts) and I think that is important to consider, but I think this is a lot more relevant in the fandom's eye. Miko, while being a character I like, is kind of missing "stuff" to be popular with the fandom, and I think that's true of most of the cast of TD despite the thought put into them. Mamizou is a character I like quite a lot primarily coming from all of her post-TD appearances, but also doesn't really have a lot of "utility" as a character to make content with. There are definitely outliers, but even Rumia has the right stuff to be quite popular despite how many people find her bland. If you're cute and have the right design and a workable personality in some fashion you're good, more or less.
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This comment is kind of on-the-nose because there basically was a slump in the newcomers during that period.
Damn, and that appears to be true in the 13th poll as well, with the August 2011 option in the questionnaire having just barely above 7%.
Poor Taoists, being literal victims of circumstances and their own inherent greatness. :(
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Questionnaire results: http://toho-vote.info/result_questionnaire.php
You can also view detailed results on the characters. The comments are...interesting, to say the least. http://toho-vote.info/result_list_character.php
What the heck are those voter comments lmao. So many meme comments or breast comments or character is my goddess comments etc.
Also someone translated the questionnaire portion of the poll on here (https://maribelhearn.github.io/thvote), so if you want to see that part you can go to this.
The 1cc games thing is interesting, to say the least. There's both a percentage and a number of voters. I will include both here.
Not Cleared
Highest: LoLK (Legacy) - 49.7% (3516)
Lowest: IN - 8.32% (834)
Easy
Highest: SA - 24.18% (2146)
Lowest: MoF - 17% (1601)
Normal
Highest: MoF - 45.76% (4310)
Lowest: LoLK (Legacy) - 20.44% (1446)
Hard
Highest: IN - 15.31% (1535)
Lowest: LoLK (Legacy) - 5.36% (379)
Lunatic
Highest: IN - 11.05% (1108)
Lowest: UFO - 6.09% (493)
- As expected, the highest percent of people cannot beat LoLK on Legacy. Presumably because there are people who just beat Pointdevice and leave it at that (PD clears are always higher). IN has the lowest percent of people who cannot beat it due to its fairly forgiving mechanics, I'd say.
- For Easy, my best guess as to why MoF is the lowest is due to it giving a bad ending regardless of what you do. SA highest could also be the fact that many consider the game more difficult on Normal.
- For Normal, we have MoF highest, for a similar reason above and also because it's a fairly simple one to clear. LoLK Legacy takes the cake for lowest percent of clears, due to Clownpiece etc.
- For Hard, we have IN highest, which is generally considered easy for a hard mode. LoLK Legacy is once again lowest, and actually the lowest percentage overall!
- For Lunatic, once again we have IN highest. UFO has the lowest percent here, just like in many years, as people do say it's the toughest game to get a standard lunatic clear in.
Also, why the hell is "games" second lowest on what you like about Touhou. Grrr.
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Also, why the hell is "games" second lowest on what you like about Touhou. Grrr.
Well, the fact that they're really hard may have something to do with it... Or maybe because people thought the question was a "Choose one answer only".
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Well, the fact that they're really hard may have something to do with it... Or maybe because people thought the question was a "Choose one answer only".
The games aren't THAT hard, though...really.
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So, do we already have the final votes? Considering everyone and their mother is reposting them and yet they haven't been posted on the wiki. :V
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So, do we already have the final votes? Considering everyone and their mother is reposting them and yet they haven't been posted on the wiki. :V
Yes. Poll is done.
I don't know why everyone thought the character/music votes weren't complete. They were just compiling the comments and the survey.
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Well, the fact that they're really hard may have something to do with it... Or maybe because people thought the question was a "Choose one answer only".
I also have a hunch that a good portion of the fanbase are also quite anti-gaming, because of the aforementioned difficulty, thus seeing anyone who plays the game as elitists. There are even people who think those who primarily play the games don't even care about characters, story, or lore, which isn't true at all. A lot of my friends who play the games do in fact care for many aspects outside of gaming, they just enjoy playing the Touhou games a lot and have spent quite a bit of time on them.
Like, on someone's LoLK Lunatic 1cc I saw uploaded today (the comment's been deleted now), I see things like this:
TouHUN Project
TouHUN Project 24 minutes ago
You have such a nice fan base. all right i regret everything. It's obvious for me the Touhou project is nothin more than a bulett hell shooter to you all.
The same person who thought "you didn't 1cc the game because you didn't get the Legacy No-Miss ending", despite it being a 1cc, down to the definition.
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The games aren't THAT hard, though...really.
Said the one who can finish almost all the games in Lunatic...
But really, I think you're right. The games can give you a hard challenge, but the games also help you so you don't lose very fast (Bombs, You can see your hitbox, You can fly slowly, Characters have special abilities, etc).
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Said the one who can finish almost all the games in Lunatic...
But really, I think you're right. The games can give you a hard challenge, but the games also help you so you don't lose very fast (Bombs, You can see your hitbox, You can fly slowly, Characters have special abilities, etc).
Hmm, I'm of the opinion that anyone can at least 1cc a game on Normal. It takes some effort for sure, but everyone has the capabilities to do so. And like I said, it's Normal, so the games aren't at their hardest.
I'm always willing to help others, anyway. I love helping peeps with Touhou.
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The link to the 90%-translated results are appreciated. A few of the translations are off but it isn't a big deal.
Regardless I'm probably going to put something together myself as well. Some things like the 1cc clear ratios are better as a stacked measure (if you can 1cc Hard you can 1cc Normal, etc), and graphs are also more readable than numbers for some of them.
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I'm always willing to help others, anyway. I love helping peeps with Touhou.
I'll gladly ask for your advices, then if you don't mind.^^ Maybe I should create a topic about it, but you'll see where I'm coming at when you'll read me.
Well, that said, I want to talk about Koishi's popularity. I'll just express my opinion, because in touhou, giving a general opinion about a character is somewhat hard, since touhou is a little based on interpretation and that's part of why you get all the fanworks. I think that people like Koishi because she got a sad background while being carefree.(well, technically, she's not even carefree, she's kind of "nothing" since she closed herself from the world and erased her ego) People can relate a little to this kind of character, and when you can relate to a character, it oftenly leads you to appreciate him/her. As for me, I like her because her story is sad, and her attitude in hopeless masquerade totally made me feel more sad for her, even though she was influenced by the mask of hope, from what she said at the end of the extra of SA to Reimu/Marisa, and from the behavior she had in HM, she really felt like she wanted to exist, to open herself, that she was interested in other people. But reading the mind of people made her suffer so much that it's really hard. And even though I haven't gone that far in life, I REALLY can relate to this character, most of any character in touhou. That said, my favorite one is still Parsee since 6 years, even though Koishi is in my top 10.
For a more objective side, I find it hard to understand why she's very appreciated. But Koishi Komeiji's Heart Throbbing adventure is almost finished, the last episode should be coming this year. It probably impacted many people, and while it was kind of messy at the beginning, it developped itself into something very deep and emotional about Koishi's background and story. I will not hide you that KKHTA is something that made me like Koishi's character even more, even though I already liked that girl. What is true for Rumia with Osana Reimu/Reireimu can also be true for Koishi with KKHTA.
That said...being able to stay that high, I also can't explain the reason. Of course being at the top 10 is explainable, but I agree that it's still surprising to see her that high. It's like she's appreciated like a third temporary protagonist in a shooting game.
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I'll gladly ask for your advices, then if you don't mind.^^ Maybe I should create a topic about it, but you'll see where I'm coming at when you'll read me.
Alright, looking forward to it~ Lemme know anytime.
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Forgot to vote...Priorities... but I ain't disappointed by Character and Music Sides; nah,it's cool!Special Cool is the "Up" to the TH Series' (and "Touhousque" in Broad Sense)Good Influx and Influence in the ,OUTSIDE(R) AND INSIDE OF IT.... This includes the "Up" to the Competition too either Objectively Nice or Bad(Sigh);,More Good Than Bad even if they are both grown.Echoed Thanks (Kyoukooo!)for the Translation about the Questionnaire/Survey and the Comments( bit of unwinded but still jokingly , going by what a poster here wrote!)
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Um, so I just joined and I can't read any Japanese, so for the contest I can't tell if Seija Kijin is one of the characters available for favorite characters, since she's my favorite by a long shot. If anyone can tell me yes or no that would be useful, thank you!
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I believe the contest's already long passed, but next time, there should be translations to navigate by. Or, alternatively, you can run a Google Translate tab beside the tab you'll be using to vote. :)
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Come on man, I translated the voter questionnaire (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20546.msg1312321.html#msg1312321) and even developed a script (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20546.msg1312971.html#msg1312971) so that people could have translated names on the fly. What do you even want :c
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Come on man, I translated the voter questionnaire (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20546.msg1312321.html#msg1312321) and even developed a script (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20546.msg1312971.html#msg1312971) so that people could have translated names on the fly. What do you even want :c
I didn't see this sorry lol.
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Actually this is mostly my bad; I thought Papil's post was not in response to anyone, and instead making a suggestion for the next contest as though there wasn't a bunch of work already done to help people vote. But looking at it now they were just responding to your post and saying that when you do get the chance to vote next year there will be that help.
But yes those resources are available and will probably be improved for next year.
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Yup, sorry it wasn't clear. :)
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Ok, thanks!