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Title: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Vicks on June 28, 2010, 03:19:23 PM
What would it be? By clearing up, I mean asking him a solid question about the Touhou universe, like "How old was Myouren when he died?", "What was Sakuya's real name?" and (what I assume to be everyone's favourite) "Is Maribel related to Yukari?"

i.e., in the interview where he stated that Sakuya's current name isn't her real name. Assume that he will give a direct answer, not a cryptic response. Also, Touhou universe only, not stuff like "When will TH13 be released?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: 日巫子 on June 28, 2010, 03:24:38 PM
"Is Konngara one of the 4 Devas of the Mountain?"

That's what I would ask.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sen on June 28, 2010, 03:26:59 PM
"you're never bringing mima back, right?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Vicks on June 28, 2010, 03:29:39 PM
TBH, I think he's already stated he won't be bringing back any of the PC-98 characters other than the ones he already has. Stated somewhere that "you can pretend they don't affect the current series" or something like that.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Tamer Anode/Cathode on June 28, 2010, 03:34:23 PM
"When specifically from the future do Maribel and Renko come from?"
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Post by: orinrin on June 28, 2010, 03:47:57 PM
"How does Remilia's manipulation of fate work?"
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Post by: KrackoCloud on June 28, 2010, 03:53:28 PM
"Is Byakuren's hair gradient?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: shadowbringer on June 28, 2010, 04:01:28 PM
I'd be more careful about what to ask (http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF210-Wishing_Well.gif).. especially if it's about an answer only, not a request
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ubiquitial on June 28, 2010, 04:23:09 PM
what religion is Reimu anyways? They say she's a Shinto miko, but then why does she use Ying-Yang Orbs? For that matter, she acts more like a Taoist as well, all nonchalant and shit. It just doesn't make any sense!
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Bias Bus on June 28, 2010, 04:36:42 PM
What do you think 'bout those western guys? Fuck that. Part of me knows he doesn't give a shit about us.

Are Shinki and Alice actually related?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Formless God on June 28, 2010, 04:40:59 PM
Are Byakuren and Shinki related to each other in any way ?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: nintendonut888 on June 28, 2010, 04:53:00 PM
What is Yukari's ultimate goal behind manipulating Gensokyo?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Solais on June 28, 2010, 05:43:32 PM
Can I be in the next game? I brought beer, too!

...Naah. Possibly just something about the Renko=Maribel=Yukari=Sana thing.

Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: 8lue Wizard on June 28, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
Are Sakuya's powers based on lunar technology?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on June 28, 2010, 06:43:21 PM
Is Marisa gonna turn into a Youkai eventually?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on June 28, 2010, 06:46:42 PM
Can you be my man of honor when I legally marry _insert Touhou Character_?

No seriously. Under what circumstances did Sakuya agree to become Remi's maid.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin on June 28, 2010, 06:49:53 PM
I'd want to ask him exactly why Eirin was surprised to see Sakuya.

I have a feeling, though, that he's completely forgotten about that Douglas Adams-style (given that this was entirely nonexistent in SSiB etc apart from a completely unrelated goddess being named "Sakuya").
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: OkashiiKisei on June 28, 2010, 07:28:19 PM
I'm going to have a field day with this one.

Most important one. Will probably ask this if I get only one try:
- "What is Shinki exactly? Is she a normal goddess, a ludicrously powerful youkai that only claims to be a goddess or something else entirely?"
If the answer is the first option: "Then how did she get enough faith to create an entire world with sentient, intelligent life?"

Alternate ones:
- Did Eirin drink the Hourai Elixir?
- How old is Sakuya truly? Also, is she Lunarian, half-youkai or human, and can she stop her own aging with her time power?
- Could Yukari and Suika take on the Lunarians if they truly tried?
- Will Reimu and Sanae become goddesses/Celestials?
- What is Yuuka's secret ultimate magic?
- Is there more than one magical land like Gensokyo?
- Can Ran shapeshift like a traditional kitsune?
- Is there something in existence that can permanently kill an Immortal?
- How old does Yukari look and act like? Is she eternally young?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: RainfallYoshi on June 28, 2010, 07:41:50 PM
Will Marisa eventually become a Youkai?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Drake on June 28, 2010, 07:42:16 PM
Marisa is already a Youkai, isn't she?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on June 28, 2010, 08:01:10 PM
Marisa is already a Youkai, isn't she?
You mean while shaking Zun's shoulders? ISNT SHEE!!!!!!
Marisa doesn't want to be a Yokai though, because then she has to place a new deadline on when she returns her "borrowed" things
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: axman36 on June 28, 2010, 08:58:38 PM
Do you have any plans or do you think you will ever plan to have a stand alone male character as a boss?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: あさらぎシジェ on June 28, 2010, 09:37:40 PM
If Yuka's and Gengetsu's mansions are in dream worlds, just how the hell do Reimu and Marisa get there? By sleeping?
And furthermore, how did Yuka come out of her dream world into Gensokyo to participate in the events of PoFV?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Doomsday on June 28, 2010, 09:52:13 PM
Was Reimu's natural Hair Colour Purple or Black?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Chronojet ⚙ Dragon on June 28, 2010, 11:25:31 PM
What happened between TH05 and 06?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sabino on June 29, 2010, 12:44:33 AM
"Is Byakuren's hair gradient?"
He already answered that in one of his interviews.
And yes it is gradient.

What I'd ask, hmm...
"Can' I marry you?"  Beer sign "5 pitchers at once" *pitchuun*
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on June 29, 2010, 12:53:14 AM
He already answered that in one of his interviews.
And yes it is gradient.

What I'd ask, hmm...
"Can' I marry you?"  Beer sign "5 pitchers at once" *pitchuun*

Psh, I can brew my own beer. There's no way he'd take you over ME *puffs chest*.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sabino on June 29, 2010, 12:58:36 AM
Psh, I can brew my own beer. There's no way he'd take you over ME *puffs chest*.

Fine, I get dibs at being his lover  :derp:
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sana on June 29, 2010, 01:24:26 AM
Does Renko ever get to go to Gensokyo?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Esifex on June 29, 2010, 03:30:32 AM
You ever gonna let a Touhou RPG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP1uAmUb3y8) get off the ground?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Patorikku on June 29, 2010, 03:33:46 AM
Are Nazrin and Shou married?

What connections do such characters as Marisa, Maribel, and Yukari have?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sen on June 29, 2010, 04:37:56 AM
He already answered that in one of his interviews.
And yes it is gradient.

Wait, really? Where? He didn't say anything about it in the UFO character interview.

Actually, he barely said anything about Byakuren at all...
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Phlegeth on June 29, 2010, 05:15:14 AM
What does Mystia taste like?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: N-Forza on June 29, 2010, 05:30:10 AM
What were you thinking when you made Cirno's name? Did you just happen to forget the "h" or what?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Alfred F. Jones on June 29, 2010, 05:53:34 AM
Are you going to bring Yumemi back?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Helepolis on June 29, 2010, 06:22:54 AM
The 3-sizes of all the touhou girls.

This is vital information.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on June 29, 2010, 06:39:15 AM
The 3-sizes of all the touhou girls.

This is vital information.
The answer is simple enough. (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/689546/) (NSFW, Ao Usagi, Danbooru, etc)
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: An Odd Sea Slug on June 29, 2010, 08:56:25 AM
"If you ever decided you wanted voice acting in your games, who would you cast?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on June 29, 2010, 10:11:43 AM
"if Amusement Makers gave you all the rights to all the PC-98 characters, would you bring them back?"

"Why is there a "Satsuki RIn" in EoSD's code?"

"Of all characters to bring back, why Reimu, Marisa, Alice, and Yuuka?"

"Where do you get your inspiration?"

"Are you married? *shot*"


Also...

What does Mystia taste like?

Chicken. Depends on how Youmu prepared her.

You ever gonna let a Touhou RPG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP1uAmUb3y8) get off the ground?

I'm pretty sure he would, judging by how there are hundreds of (shareware) fanmade games by now.

Are you going to bring Yumemi back?

Sadly...not.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: StainGlass on June 29, 2010, 01:45:19 PM
I'd like to know if the character from Dolls in Pseudo Paradise's story is Alice or not.
The real reason why Rumia cant touch her ribbon / amulet.
What's the deal with the tiny doll / fairy that accompanies Medicine Melancholy.
How old Yuuka actually is, rather than just 'suggested to be very old'.

Pretty boring stuff, but I want to know  :3
And I'd be curious to know about Maribel / Yukari, but it might be better to leave that open.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on June 29, 2010, 02:23:31 PM
'Do you put any actual thought into the plot for these games, or are you just looking for an excuse to produce music?'
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Helepolis on June 29, 2010, 05:04:09 PM
The answer is simple enough. (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/689546/) (NSFW, Ao Usagi, Danbooru, etc)
That doesn't really answer me.  I want solid facts from the man himself. Not some artist.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Solais on June 29, 2010, 07:21:58 PM
"Why is there a "Satsuki RIn" in EoSD's code?"

Oh yes, I want to ask that too. Huh I forgot about Rin. How ironic.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: orinrin on June 29, 2010, 07:32:48 PM
Oh yes, I want to ask that too. Huh I forgot about Rin. How ironic.
Who?   :V
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: VIVItheFujoshi on June 29, 2010, 08:12:41 PM
-about the Youkai side of Rinnosuke and his misterious past.And how he is capable to make a Mini Hakkero but no want do spellcard battles. He is more than he looks!
-the relation Maribel-Yukari.
-where is Youki.if he dissapered,that means who no is dead.
-relative of this,Youki said who he saw the Saigyou Ayakashi in bloom before (not in full bloom), but in that time,Yuyuko was a ghost (she dead 1000 years ago,and Youki was the gardener of Hakugyokurou only the last 300 years) that mean who the seal of Yuyuko was weakened for something...who was that?
-exactly who shape have Gensokyo,the barrier Hakurei and how are distributed some locations.
-all about Satsuki Rin.
-relation of Alice-Shinki.
-Where is Mima.
-About the tecnologic advances in Gensokyo,and the social living there. is like the period Edo,Meiji,Taisho,Showa? (is important for the social restictions and all. How the humans looks the youkai and other species, for example,the traditions,discrimination problems,politics,economy, etc.)
-% of males and females (and other variants, if exist XD)
-sexual orientations of youkai,half things,ghosts etc.i want know his opinion XD

no forget: where he found all that wonderful hats, specially the lotus one. And his glasses,Kourin-like.

I'd like to know if the character from Dolls in Pseudo Paradise's story is Alice or not.


For me was a combination of diverse characters who live in or next the Forest of Magic (Reimu, Marisa, Alice, Rinnosuke) and their points of view about their lives in Gensokyo.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Blackraptor on June 29, 2010, 10:07:06 PM
Only thing I really want to ask ZUN is this...

"When will Sakuya be a playable character in ths shumps again?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on June 29, 2010, 10:35:11 PM
Only thing I really want to ask ZUN is this...

"When will Sakuya be a playable character in ths shumps again?"

I really doubt she ever will be until Zun decides to make one like IN where you get a crapton of playable characters...Or another phantasmagoria game.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on June 30, 2010, 12:04:21 AM
Also...

"Will Nazzy-rin be a playable character soon?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Tiamat on June 30, 2010, 02:44:12 AM

For me was a combination of diverse characters who live in or next the Forest of Magic (Reimu, Marisa, Alice, Rinnosuke) and their points of view about their lives in Gensokyo.

That's the "Popular" version.  The "C64" version, however, has a story about the murder of 8 honest men (actually 7 men and a woman).  Circumstantial evidence, symbolism, and implications points to Alice being the killer (including of herself... twice), since the deed was done by the "most cowardly" (Alice is officially stated to be a coward at heart) blonde woman who used to be human but lost her humanity (Alice is stated to have once been human in Perfect Memento), lives in a western house (Alice's house is described as "Western" in Perfect Memento), killed one of the men by nailing him to a tree despite how he was indoors (Alice's article in Bohemian Archive in Red), felt as if the entire thing was a nightmarish dream (Alice is taking Eirin's dream medicine to stave off nightmares in Bohemian Archive), and hanged herself (Alice is described as looking like a doll in Perfect Memento, and her defeat portrait in PCB includes a hanged doll.  As well as her spell card, hanged hourai dolls, and "Hourai" is analagous to "paradise", which was Gensokyo in the Dolls in Pseudo Paradise story.  IE, Alice, the hourai doll, hanged herself).  The murderer in the story also did it all because she (subconsciously, probably, since it felt as if it were a dream) just wanted them to go back to the days when they were thieves (which explains Alice's subconscious attraction, platonic or otherwise, to Marisa, a thief).  Alice's last name being based off a murder mystery (Margatroid.  Dolls in Pseudo Paradise is a murder mystery) as well as the title of the CD (DOLLS in Pseudo Paradise) kinda give it away, too.  The blonde woman on the cover of the CD jacket even wears clothes similar to Alice (but not exactly the same.  ....kinda like Maribel's clothes being similar to but not exactly like Yukari's, I suppose).

Finally, at the end of the story, the blonde woman heads to the exit of paradise.  IE, she leaves Gensokyo.  Alice, when first seen, is in Makai, which is generally not considered a part of Gensokyo.

That's the general gist of it, simplified.  It's probably way more complicated than that, though.  For example, Mokou was involved somehow, as revealed in her spell card descriptions in Imperishable Night.  She was likely the blonde shrine maiden that was spotted... exactly what role she had, I'm not sure.  I think she feels guilty about allowing some of the honest men to die to the clown youkai, but at least made sure to keep their corpses safe from the youkai (and possibily even killed the wisest honest man, herself, in order to end his misery)... if that's what actually happened  Note that the blonde shrine maiden and the shrine maiden at the end are two different people (also, "the fastest" and "the earliest" honest man is the same person, too.  Both translate from the same word in Japanese.  ...and the most beautiful died twice for some reason.  Maybe there were two most beautifuls.  "Pierot" translates as "clown", too, by the way).  Alice also seems familiar with Mokou in Imperishable Night, but it's hard to tell for sure.  ZUN has officially stated that the latter Shrine Maiden (the one at the end) is "probably Reimu".  Reimu doesn't even remember the blonde cowardly homest man woman at first despite apparently seeing her before the story began, which might be a reference to how she never remembers Alice in general for a while.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on June 30, 2010, 03:29:45 AM
I haven't read the touhou books yet, though I plan to. But Alice responsible for murdering all those people would kinda fit in with her "witch of death" title =p.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Alfred F. Jones on June 30, 2010, 03:49:49 AM
"Is there a connection between Shou and Shikieiki, apart from ABSOLUTE JUSTICE?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: MysTeariousYukari on June 30, 2010, 04:13:11 AM
> Who or what is the God or Goddess of the Hakurei Shrine?
> Is Yukari, the seemingly strongest being in Gensokyo, meant to represent you, the creator of Touhou and thus Gensokyo?
> Where would Gensokyo be in the world?

Stuff like that I guess. This is like being given a bag of 100 billion legos and being told to take one and only one from the bag, you can't decide which one you want!
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on June 30, 2010, 05:26:11 AM
> Is Yukari, the seemingly strongest being in Gensokyo, meant to represent you, the creator of Touhou and thus Gensokyo?

I hate fictional character power debates.. Hell i hate real character power debates. I have no interest in power levels at all really. But I think Eiki is supposedly the de-facto strongest (next to Cirno of course). I've kinda mused to myself that Yukari is supposed to represent "RL's views on a Phantasmagoria" or something. It's especially true with Touhou in the sense that Zun lets his fans make fanon turn into Canon sometimes too.
dun dun dun!!!!
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: RainfallYoshi on June 30, 2010, 05:30:04 AM
When are you going to admit that Gensokyo being land-locked is a lie and give us an ocean-themed Touhou?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Dasher-Crash on June 30, 2010, 05:31:09 AM
Why all but one Touhou characters are girls.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: orinrin on June 30, 2010, 06:09:21 AM
Why all but one Touhou characters are girls.
I'm pretty sure theres more than one male character.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Silent Harmony on June 30, 2010, 06:26:55 AM
So far there's at least 3 alive (Rinnosuke, Unzan, Genji). Also there's Youki (missing) and Myouren (dead). Arguably Shingyouku as well... Yeah, definitely more than one.

Humanoid males, though, is indeed another story.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sophilia on June 30, 2010, 06:34:31 AM
> Who or what is the God or Goddess of the Hakurei Shrine?

Tenshi was technically god of Hakurei for about ten minutes before the shrine got wrecked again.  Also in SSiB/CiLR it's mentioned that Mima was god of Hakurei at a point as well before she was annihilated disappeared.  As for a "permanent" god, all signs point directly Yukari-wards, but nothing has been officially said yet.

As for the one question that I would have...

"OK, the Mary thing is pretty clear.  So, who's Renko?"

Then I'd hit him if he said Sakuya or nobody, hug him if he agreed with my personal crack theory, and try to figure out how the hell that's possible if he said someone else.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Mounting Jaggis on June 30, 2010, 07:11:44 AM
Is Gensokyo real?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Tiamat on June 30, 2010, 07:20:42 AM
If the one thing I could ask was really specific, I guess I'd ask ZUN either how Sakuya came to work for Remilia or what Maribel and Renko saw at the Netherworld.

If I was allowed to ask a more broad question, it'd either be about Sakuya in general or Maribel/Yukari (I'm almost sure about the latter, but if it's going to be on the record, it'd be nice to have confirmation)

I haven't read the touhou books yet, though I plan to. But Alice responsible for murdering all those people would kinda fit in with her "witch of death" title =p.

Oh, right, good point.  The thing that poisoned the most beautiful one is called the Witch's Love Potion.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: OkashiiKisei on July 01, 2010, 02:28:32 AM
Here's another one which I'm pretty sure I'm going to ask:

"Did Yuuka, Gengetsu, Mugetsu, Yukari and Shinki create their own worlds themselves with their own power? (Mugenkan, Dream World, Gap World and Makai respectively) If not, how did these worlds come to be?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: NLTM on July 01, 2010, 02:45:28 AM
-So which part is actually Kogasa, the umbrella or the girl?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ghaleon on July 01, 2010, 02:53:40 AM
-So which part is actually Kogasa, the umbrella or the girl?

Pretty sure the umbrella, the girl is astral projection or something.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Blackraptor on July 01, 2010, 09:15:53 AM
Pretty sure the umbrella, the girl is astral projection or something.

So...a stand?!
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on July 01, 2010, 11:08:41 AM
I thought we were under the agreement that she's like a Tsukumogami version of Youmu?

It's the Umbrella AND the girl.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: GhostReaper on July 01, 2010, 11:15:07 AM
What is Yukaris relation to Reimu or for that matter the Hakurei family.
I would also like a map over Gensokyo.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on July 01, 2010, 11:19:50 AM
What is Yukaris relation to Reimu or for that matter the Hakurei family.
I would also like a map over Gensokyo.

She made the border around Gensokyo.
The Hakurei clan built a shrine to protect said border.

If Reimu is killed by Youkai, said border (might) collapse, Gensokoyo gets destroyed, everyone panics, they lose existence.

Also, there is no definite map of Gensokyo, but, you can find a list of locations in the Touhou Wiki.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: AgeBlader222 on July 01, 2010, 02:01:17 PM
Will Flandre ever be in a fighting game?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: MegaMarissa on July 01, 2010, 04:22:50 PM
I remember reading that Sakuya only gets involved in an incident if it has a relation to the mansion or Remilia so why did she get involved in Perfect Cherry Blossom and Phantasmagoria of Flower View? As far as I've played them, there was not really that much threat to the mansion.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Polaris on July 01, 2010, 06:10:12 PM
I remember reading that Sakuya only gets involved in an incident if it has a relation to the mansion or Remilia so why did she get involved in Perfect Cherry Blossom and Phantasmagoria of Flower View? As far as I've played them, there was not really that much threat to the mansion.

Actually, both of those have already been answered. For Perfect Cherry Blossom, it's mentioned in the prologue of the game (http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Perfect_Cherry_Blossom:_Prologue): Sakuya gets involved because she was running out of supplies, and wouldn't be able to survive the winter if she completely ran out. For Phantasmagoria of Flower View, it's mentioned in her character profile (http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Sakuya_Izayoi#Phantasmagoria_of_Flower_View_-_.E3.82.AD.E3.83.A3.E3.83.A9.E8.A8.AD.E5.AE.9A.txt): she had just heard that something was happening, so she went to take a look.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Hieda no Aya on July 01, 2010, 06:54:56 PM
Who's the god of the Hakurei shrine and why are they so completely forgotten, what happened to the rest of the Hakureis, who (if anyone?) raised Reimu... Something like that. I'd take time to phrase it very carefully, for fear that ZUN, like a genie, would twist my words at any opportunity.

"Will Nazzy-rin be a playable character soon?"
Only if she turns human soon.  :V

Not-Edit: Re: Sakuya's involvement in incidents, I sort of think her PoFV ending implies -- or at least I infer from it -- that she's actually fairly interested in solving incidents, it's just her duty to Remilia that keeps her from doing it more often.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on July 02, 2010, 09:09:14 AM
I'm under the impression that the shrine doesn't really have a god, but is built to protect the border that envelops Gensokyo.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Hieda no Aya on July 02, 2010, 04:13:26 PM
Nah, there have been a few things (particularly this chapter of CoLA (http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Curiosities_of_Lotus_Asia:_Chapter_24)) making it clear that the Hakurei shrine does have a god, but even Reimu has no idea who/what it is.

...Supposedly it's kinda pissed off by now. That poor god.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Sapphire Flame on July 02, 2010, 04:32:08 PM
"What exactly is Mima and Marisa's relationship?"
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: NLTM on July 02, 2010, 07:10:11 PM
Quote from: reimu on Stage 1 of MoF
That was pretty weak, for a god. I wonder
if my shrine's god is any stronger?

yeah, I'm pretty sure the Hakurei shrine has a god, Reimu just doesn't know who it is.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Netwarrior on July 02, 2010, 09:47:09 PM
I certainly would ask ZUN which algorithm did he use to control the movement of the shots and enemies on Touhou 12...

I would also like to know the algorithm of the AI of PoFV enemies...
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: MegaMarissa on July 03, 2010, 02:01:52 PM
Another question since mine was answered.
Why did Sanae takes Sakuya's place as the third playable character? was it to satisfy the fans growing thirst for armpit fetish or simply because Sakuya is becoming obsolete? I personally prefer Sakuya and all the meme's surrounding her including the pa-*KNIVED*
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Chronojet ⚙ Dragon on July 03, 2010, 03:34:24 PM
Another question since mine was answered.
Why did Sanae takes Sakuya's place as the third playable character? was it to satisfy the fans growing thirst for armpit fetish or simply because Sakuya is becoming obsolete? I personally prefer Sakuya and all the meme's surrounding her including the pa-*KNIVED*

Ever played through PoFV with Sakuya?
In her ending, Sakuya said she loved to resolve incidents, but she felt that it was better if a miko (Sanae, Reimu) did the job. Then she left and went back to tending to her Mistress.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on July 04, 2010, 03:21:22 AM
Nah, there have been a few things (particularly this chapter of CoLA (http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Curiosities_of_Lotus_Asia:_Chapter_24)) making it clear that the Hakurei shrine does have a god, but even Reimu has no idea who/what it is.

...Supposedly it's kinda pissed off by now. That poor god.

Perhaps it's the Dragon God?
Oh lulz, I remember Ol' Shota Dragon.

"What exactly is Mima and Marisa's relationship?"

Mima was her master during the PC-98 generation.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: hyorinryu on July 04, 2010, 03:45:41 AM
So far there's at least 3 alive (Rinnosuke, Unzan, Genji). Also there's Youki (missing) and Myouren (dead). Arguably Shingyouku as well... Yeah, definitely more than one.

Humanoid males, though, is indeed another story.


It seems there are a bunch of humanoid males, it's just that they don't get much screen time. I wonder if there's any in-story reason for all of Reimu's adversaries being female though.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: game2011 on July 05, 2010, 04:36:47 PM
I'm going to have a field day with this one.

Most important one. Will probably ask this if I get only one try:
- "What is Shinki exactly? Is she a normal goddess, a ludicrously powerful youkai that only claims to be a goddess or something else entirely?"
If the answer is the first option: "Then how did she get enough faith to create an entire world with sentient, intelligent life?"

Alternate ones:
- Did Eirin drink the Hourai Elixir?
- How old is Sakuya truly? Also, is she Lunarian, half-youkai or human, and can she stop her own aging with her time power?
- Could Yukari and Suika take on the Lunarians if they truly tried?
- Will Reimu and Sanae become goddesses/Celestials?
- What is Yuuka's secret ultimate magic?
- Is there more than one magical land like Gensokyo?
- Can Ran shapeshift like a traditional kitsune?
- Is there something in existence that can permanently kill an Immortal?
- How old does Yukari look and act like? Is she eternally young?
Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth seems to have confirmed that she didn't take the Hourai Elixir.  Kaguya nearly strangled her with a leek, and after that, Eirin claims to have saw a bit of the world on the other side.

Back on topic...

Who is the real Kogasa?  The umbrella or the girl?

But then, I think the everyone seems to agree that the umbrella is the real Kogasa...
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Teewee on July 05, 2010, 08:36:36 PM
List all the touhou girls that have boobs you would not mind meeting in real life were there a real-life equivalent.
Does utsuho drink powerthirst?  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs)*shot*
How does reimu survive with little to no donations?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Tengukami on July 05, 2010, 09:50:27 PM
Excellent thread. I hope some aspiring journalists are taking notes here. As for myself, the first question that springs to mind is:

What, if any, is the reason behind the date of the creation of the sealing off of Gensokyo?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Shizzo on July 06, 2010, 03:16:02 AM
The reason Reimu has a smaller hitbox is because she can eat candies and not getting fat?

It kindda makes sense..
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ubiquitial on July 06, 2010, 03:24:40 AM
Hmmmm.... Ever banged a cosplayer?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Solais on July 06, 2010, 08:36:12 AM
What, if any, is the reason behind the date of the creation of the sealing off of Gensokyo?

I read somewhere, that the date of the sealing was the year when they first introduced paper money in Japan.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: atoms2ashes on July 06, 2010, 09:24:31 AM
But then, I think the everyone seems to agree that the umbrella is the real Kogasa...

On with the possibilities:

a) It's the umbrella.
b) It's the girl.
c) It's the girl AND the umbrella. Think Youmu.
d) The umbrella and the soul of a girl merged. Think Drifloon.
e) She is just an illusion.

and the most accepted possibility...

f) Zun doesn't give a f**k, he was drunk when he made her.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: orinrin on July 06, 2010, 11:04:30 AM
f) Zun doesn't give a f**k, he was drunk when he made her.
Isn't he also drunk when he makes everything else too?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Iryan on July 06, 2010, 11:13:14 AM
Isn't he also drunk when he makes everything else too?
Indeed, ZUN's work is so great because he keeps himself permanently on the Ballmer Peak (http://xkcd.com/323/).
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Kinzo the Astro Curious on July 06, 2010, 11:48:37 AM
Hmmmm.... Ever banged a cosplayer?

haha this is the best question yet.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Tengukami on July 06, 2010, 01:41:06 PM
I read somewhere, that the date of the sealing was the year when they first introduced paper money in Japan.

Yes, that's on the Touhou wiki page about Gensokyo, but it doesn't expressly say, "ZUN chose the date of the sealing of Gensokyo to coincide with the introduction of paper money to Japan." It's just a factoid some random wiki user put in there. Correlation is not causation, in other words.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Miasma Melancholy on July 06, 2010, 02:12:18 PM
Are you God, and is beer the source of your power?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: orinrin on July 06, 2010, 02:14:28 PM
Do you plan on commissioning a Touhou-themed alcohol brand anytime soon?
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Doll.S CUBE on July 07, 2010, 09:10:28 AM
Is there a map of Gensokyo? if not, will you ever make a map of Gensokyo?

Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Tengukami on July 07, 2010, 09:13:39 AM
Is there a map of Gensokyo?

Yep. (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/601890/) (Danbooru)

Needs updating though.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Firestorm29 on July 07, 2010, 03:55:11 PM

It seems there are a bunch of humanoid males, it's just that they don't get much screen time. I wonder if there's any in-story reason for all of Reimu's adversaries being female though.
I think I remember ZUN stating at one point that males don't quite have the nack to make the beautiful type of danmaku that most the Touhou cast does. Since the spell card rules seem to require that sort of finesse, that could be why we haven't seen a male character. Wonder what a male character would be like in Touhou that could work with the spell rules and still be able to hash out some sort of living in the human village or elsewhere. Kinda interesting thought there...

http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Perfect_Memento:_Draft_of_Spell_Card_Rules (http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Perfect_Memento:_Draft_of_Spell_Card_Rules) Linky for convenience.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Esifex on July 09, 2010, 02:40:47 AM
Wonder what a male character would be like in Touhou that could work with the spell rules

He would of course be incredibly FABULOUS.

That, or some sort of artisan.
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Azure Lazuline on July 09, 2010, 04:19:49 AM
I think I remember ZUN stating at one point that males don't quite have the nack to make the beautiful type of danmaku that most the Touhou cast does.
ZUN himself is male and made all those spellcards, which is a bit of a contradiction. I think that he decided to have an all-female cast just because he wanted to, then made that up as an excuse why. (Nothing wrong with that, though.)
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Firestorm29 on July 09, 2010, 04:48:15 AM
ZUN himself is male and made all those spellcards, which is a bit of a contradiction. I think that he decided to have an all-female cast just because he wanted to, then made that up as an excuse why. (Nothing wrong with that, though.)
Canon explanations of things isn't always things that make sense. :)
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Blackraptor on July 10, 2010, 07:33:40 PM
Hmmmm.... Ever banged a cosplayer?
He was young and drunk! The Reimu cosplayer had very sexy armpits for a man! He couldn't have known!!!
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: ?q on July 10, 2010, 09:25:08 PM
It seems there are a bunch of humanoid males, it's just that they don't get much screen time. I wonder if there's any in-story reason for all of Reimu's adversaries being female though.
I remember reading someplace that it's because females are in touch with the anima, i.e. spirits and magic and h4x and etc.  That's why they can {read minds, manipulate fate, shoot giant magic lasers}, and that's what makes them remotely interesting or powerful enough to be in million-bullet wars.
Considering this sort of thing has always been a part of animistic religions, this actually makes sense by ZUN standards.

I'm surprised this question didn't come up:  How did Byakuren get spell cards?  Mary Sue Reimu (maRei Mu) canonically created the system long after Byakuren was stuffed into Hokkai, so...
Title: Re: If you could ask ZUN to clear up one thing about Touhou...
Post by: Ubiquitial on July 11, 2010, 01:02:52 PM
He was young and drunk! The Reimu cosplayer had very sexy armpits for a man! He couldn't have known!!!

The guilt is keeping him from putting men in Touhou.
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