Possibly-crazy stuff you didn't notice for ages

[HyperGumba]

I don't know, but has anyone realized, that Master Sparks appeareance differs between the shmups and fighters? In IaMP/SWR/UNL (in b4 ITS NOT UNL) it is coloured like a rainbow, in the shooters it's plain white... (at least I noticed that in IN which I've been milking out with Marisa for a long time, but I still don't have Fantasy Heaven...oh, far off topic...  :ohdear:)

[Formless God]

Maybe it's just me but

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

I have no idea what that second image is. Therefore, it's just you.

[Formless God]

All you need to know is that they are also "sisters" and they share the same colors as the Prismrivers.

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

Not even whether they were created before and after PCB? Or indeed anything that tells me more than just "HURRR SIMILARITY TO TOUHOU WHICH PROBABLY FITS BETTER IN THE 'ADDICTED' THREAD"? :V

[Hideki]

I've kinda noticed that stage 5 bosses seem to have some kind of weapon that is associated with them.

EoSD: Sakuya's knives
PCB: Youmu's katana set
IN: Reisen with guns
PoFV: Komachi's scythe
MoF: Sanae's gohei
UFO: Shou's spear

The odd one out would be Orin's wheelbarrow, (and if you don't count it, Sanae's gohei).

[VIVItheFujoshi]

Maybe it's just me but

ah...that are the Moirae...Clotho,Lachesis,Atropos. three sisters who controlled the "thread of life" of every mortal from birth to death.
but i see some more relation with the things of their hats: Moon, Star, Sun. First, remind me the song "Instant Karma"...who have relation with buddism or shintoism, but im not to sure..XD. Exactly the same symbolism who have SUNny Milk, LUNA Child and STAR Sapphire, the faeries...

[Formless God]

Not even whether they were created before and after PCB? Or indeed anything that tells me more than just "HURRR SIMILARITY TO TOUHOU WHICH PROBABLY FITS BETTER IN THE 'ADDICTED' THREAD"? :V

Before PCB. Aaaand yes this is more "coincidence" than "possibly-crazy stuff", my bad :V

[Marin The Magus]

Is it just me, OR YUYUKO IS THE ONLY GHOST THAT ACTUALLY HAS FEET??

[Ryuu]

Is it just me, OR YUYUKO IS THE ONLY GHOST THAT ACTUALLY HAS FEET??

youmu, youki, the prismrivers...

[Marin The Magus]

Youmu and Youki  are half ghosts. The part we see with feet are the human part.
The prismriver are poltergeist, and I know, they are very similar, but they are different. 
Murasa has, too. But the post I did was from a thought from before I knew that UFO was released, so...um, sorry xD

[Myschi]

On the topic of ghosts (characters, not the myon-shaped balls of soul), isn't Mima the only one with a ghost tail?

[Marin The Magus]

I dunno, but it's odd... (for some reason, I just noticed that Yuyuko had feet...and for some surely weirder reason, I thought that she was the only one...)
If both of them are ghost...
why doesn't Mima have feet? Why does Yuyuko have?
Maybe it's because MIma is an evil ghost?
No, that doesn't explain anything...
Think, Mary, think...ugh *head explodes*
And the "myon-shaped balls of soul" are actually phantoms (see PMiSS)...So, yeah, Youmu is not half-ghost but half-phantom. And yeah, THERE IS DIFFERENCE xD

[AJS]

Has anyone really thought about what the "F" on those yellow boxes that appear when you lose your last life stand for?  A thought came to me that perhaps ZUN is sympathizing with frustrated players, as when you lose your last life, you're likely going "FFFFFFFFFFFF-" (verbally or mentally), as represented by the several "F" boxes that appear right before you see the game over screen.

[Myschi]

And the "myon-shaped balls of soul" are actually phantoms (see PMiSS)...So, yeah, Youmu is not half-ghost but half-phantom. And yeah, THERE IS DIFFERENCE xD

Really? Well that's cool, I'll have to finish reading it sometime.

And maybe it's just Mima trying to look more 'typically ghost-like,' or just showing off (Haha, bitches! I've got a /tail/.) ...or something.

*cough* I never claimed to know how Mima thinks. >>

And AJS, I think it's for Full. Although I love the way you think.

[Drake]

full

you're dumb

[Myschi]

I know, I know, Youtube comments aren't the best place to go for information, but just think about this...

"I saw what ZUN was trying to do with her design. She's a Karakasa; a one eyed living umbrella in Japanese myth.

ZUN made her over all design blue (blue hair, blue dress, blue eye) but gave her one bright red eye to distinguish it from the rest of her. He was trying to give the effect of her having one eye without literally giving her one eye."

"And one more thing I noticed in her design is that she almost always have one leg folded and one strait. Maybee to symbolyze being one legged."

That sound? That was my mind being blown.

[Something XutaWoo-y]

^That's mentioned in the wiki, actually.

Also, another thing I just noticed: the giant in 12.3's title screen has a smiley face.

[Myschi]

^That's mentioned in the wiki, actually.

Also, another thing I just noticed: the giant in 12.3's title screen has a smiley face.

Yeah... i really need to read the wiki more.

Also: there's a giant on 12.3's title screen?... *goes to check*

[Marin The Magus]

ALSO the face we have of Kogasa's head, she is closing an eye (karakasa's eye) and showing her tounge (DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?)

[Blitzer]

I know, I know, Youtube comments aren't the best place to go for information, but just think about this...

"I saw what ZUN was trying to do with her design. She's a Karakasa; a one eyed living umbrella in Japanese myth.

ZUN made her over all design blue (blue hair, blue dress, blue eye) but gave her one bright red eye to distinguish it from the rest of her. He was trying to give the effect of her having one eye without literally giving her one eye."

"And one more thing I noticed in her design is that she almost always have one leg folded and one strait. Maybee to symbolyze being one legged."

That sound? That was my mind being blown.

I read the same comment months ago. This comment is awesome.

[Hello Purvis]

Mima's an evil spirit, not a ghost. And so far, most of what we know about evil spirits comes from SA. So it might be that advanced enough evil spirits are like that.

[Myschi]

ALSO the face we have of Kogasa's head, she is closing an eye (karakasa's eye) and showing her tounge (DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?)

You might, because I'm a bit slow. More karakasa'd goodness?

[Azure Lazuline]

A karakasa only has one eye and one leg, and a long tongue. Kogasa usually has one eye closed, her tongue showing, and only one leg extended. Even when her eyes are open, it still has the illusion of only having one eye, because only one is bright red while the other one is the same color as almost everything else.

As for a new crazy thing I noticed: a friend of mine asked why the fairies were shooting at the main character, and although at first I dismissed it as "because there wouldn't be a game otherwise," it got me thinking. In most of the games, the first few waves of fairies either don't shoot at all, or just shoot sparsely and randomly without paying attention to where the character is. Maybe the rest of the fairies notice you shooting those ones, so they decide to shoot back because you (temporarily) killed their friends.

[Myschi]

... That makes a surprising amount of sense.

And, assuming I'm not totally mistaken, you could reason that the first fairies have a go at you in Fairy Wars because they all know Cirno's kind of a dick and/or they're tired of her (much-deserved in my opinion) boasting.  :V

[The Greatest Dog]

As for a new crazy thing I noticed: a friend of mine asked why the fairies were shooting at the main character, and although at first I dismissed it as "because there wouldn't be a game otherwise," it got me thinking. In most of the games, the first few waves of fairies either don't shoot at all, or just shoot sparsely and randomly without paying attention to where the character is. Maybe the rest of the fairies notice you shooting those ones, so they decide to shoot back because you (temporarily) killed their friends.

1. Mischievous fairies being mischievous.
2. Revenge for fallen sisters.
3. Out for a flying treasure ship.
4. Being guards.
5. Recruited by the three mischievous fairies to stall Cirno and prank humans.
6. Were blown up in stage one, comes back as a death fairy in Extra.

[Tengukami]

As for a new crazy thing I noticed: a friend of mine asked why the fairies were shooting at the main character, and although at first I dismissed it as "because there wouldn't be a game otherwise," it got me thinking. In most of the games, the first few waves of fairies either don't shoot at all, or just shoot sparsely and randomly without paying attention to where the character is. Maybe the rest of the fairies notice you shooting those ones, so they decide to shoot back because you (temporarily) killed their friends.

Fairycide has long been the sport of mikos and magicians, as has vendetta, amongst the fairies.

[Blitzer]

1. Mischievous fairies being mischievous.
2. Revenge for fallen sisters.
3. Out for a flying treasure ship.
4. Being guards.
5. Recruited by the three mischievous fairies to stall Cirno and prank humans.
6. Were blown up in stage one, comes back as a death fairy in Extra.

7. One of these reasons in EoSD stage 1, then the fairy army from EoSD stage 1 reappeared in all stages in the series afterward for revenge.

[Myschi]

1. Mischievous fairies being mischievous.
2. Revenge for fallen sisters.
3. Out for a flying treasure ship.
4. Being guards.
5. Recruited by the three mischievous fairies to stall Cirno and prank humans.
6. Were blown up in stage one, comes back as a death fairy in Extra.

7. Magic
8. Yukari's fooling around again
9. Eirin's shady drugs
10. Moriya Shrine conspiracy.

I'll shut up now.

[Tengukami]

Just fell down a wikihole and stumbled upon this. Shou's a Bishamonten. Do you think there'd be bad blood between she and Mokou?

Originally, the tiger was only somewhat related to Bishamonten, but became even more relevant when the Buddhist groups in Asuka period, Shoutoku taishi and Soga shi, subdued the anti-Buddhist group Mononobe shi because Bishamonten appeared in front to support them at the hour of the tiger on the day of the tiger in the year of the tiger (寅の年、寅の日、寅の刻) of the Chinese zodiac. [Emphasis added.]

The Mononobe clan (物部氏 Mononobe uji?) was a Japanese clan of the Kofun period, known for its military opposition to the Soga clan. The Mononobe were opposed to the spread of Buddhism, not on religious grounds, but more so as the result of feelings of conservatism and a degree of xenophobia. The Nakatomi clan, ancestors of the Fujiwara, were allies with the Mononobe in this. [Emphasis added.]