9th Annual Touhou Popularity Contest - RESULTS ARE IN

[Zil]

My impression is that the seemingly more interesting characters are less popular than Futo because they have established personalities already. Futo is kind of a blank canvas, so the fandom can sort of make her into whatever they want without directly conflicting with her canon personality.

[Helepolis]

My guess is that it is due to her ponytail and clothing.

Also, would've been funny if Seiga would've appeared/disappeared mid-stage through the "walls" or something to troll you during your stage run.

[Hatateru]

Something that may be relevant to the generally poor results for the Taoists- Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't [Taosim] one of the least popular religions in Japan, especially compared to Buddhism?

Well, it makes sense if you take their back-stories into consideration.  I mean, Miko was kind of a mean prick after all :V

[warpshadow]

My guess is that it is due to her ponytail and clothing.

Also, would've been funny if Seiga would've appeared/disappeared mid-stage through the "walls" or something to troll you during your stage run.

That's why I don't pay too much attention to special abilities of characters. It just turns into throw massive amounts of color bullets at Reimu.