Of course Kanako would be the one to sell Suwako NFTs just to gain more faith, especially if Sanae was transported into Gensokyo during the time NFTs were trending.
nice detail of aya catching sight of sanae at 10:15 and then you can actually see the bullets in sanae's hand when she grabs them from reimu's ribbon at 10:17 if you go frame by frame anyways id write an actual essay about reimu and aya's relationship in this series and how this entry proves that reimu even has a soft spot for her, but i have finals due today, so instead i will offer pieces of evidence: 1. in the previous entry (StB), reimu is teaching aya to use a gun properly instead of just using it for signaling race starts in PoFV (though this comes at a cost of severe ptsd for aya). 2. aya tries to deescalate the situation and prevent an outright fight until she remembers her orders from tenma (again, nice detail with the kanji and the furigana (i think?)) and psyches herself up to fight. 3. despite aya being one of the few characters in the series to actually manage to make reimu go pichuun (within the animation, the only other people to do this are sakuya and yuyuko iirc), reimu doesn't actually harm aya that much. she's still able to move and she doesn't even look all that hurt when reimu lets her go. 4. aya tags along and assists reimu in her fight with sanae (great fight btw, actually the best one in the series so far). reimu even saves aya from kanako's first attack. extremely cool video, well worth the wait, see you again in december 2027 for the next installment!
The path towards Merth’s Touhou 10 video has been a journey of time and his personal problem. All of it has been necessary. When the video of Merth starts in RUclips... All of Touhou communities will know that Merth has comeback to the face of the earth.
A wise man (in the comments section of another video) once said that "Pizza Tower is just 'Mountain of Faith but Italy.'" At first I didn't get what he meant by that, but this video more or less explained where the connection came from.
@nintendork9207 For a more in-depth explanation: Both Pizza Tower and Mountain of Faith center around a broke protagonist (Peppino Spaghetti in the former, Reimu Hakurei in the latter) whose livelihood is threatened with literal destruction by the sudden arrival of a mysterious competitor (Pizzaface for Peppino, Sanae Kochiya for Reimu) waiting at the top of a large vertical structure (the Pizza Tower and the Youkai Mountain, respectively), and has the protagonist kicking the asses of just about everybody that tries to keep them from ending the threat at the source. Each of them is assisted in some way by their friend(s) Gustavo (for Peppino) and Marisa Kirisame (for Reimu), though Marisa only gets involved if Reimu can't be bothered (read: the player chose to play as Marisa); by contrast, Gustavo has 2 dedicated levels where controlling him (and a giant rat named "Brick") is mandatory to progress. Upon finally reaching the top of the Pizza Tower/Youkai Mountain and beating the hell out of Pizzaface/Sanae Kochiya, Peppino/Reimu then encounter the real source of the game's conflict. For Peppino, this would be Pizzahead (who was apparently operating Pizzaface as a vehicle), while Reimu (or Marisa) encounters *a* god of the Moriya Shrine, Kanako Yasaka. Immediately following that is where the plot similarities stop, as Peppino still has to flee the Pizza Tower before it collapses, followed by Gustavo & Brick, Mr. Stick (a recurring NPC), -glorified power up- guest character Mort the Chicken, and most of the game's bosses in that game's final (and not to mention, completely mandatory) escape sequence. By contrast, Reimu (or Marisa) has more or less accomplished what they set out to do, and the plot is considered finished as soon as you clear the game's final "regular" Stage; the aptly-named "Extra Stage" is completely optional and accessed separately from the rest of the game's Stages to my knowledge, containing an additional battle with *the* god of the Moriya Shrine, Suwako Moriya.
This dude definitely did improve the Touhou (insert) is a pretty funny game series the much more smooth animations and very expressive characters And definitely a shit ton of references Absolute Cinema👏👏 Bravo
Somehow this does a better job at it than Memories of Phantasm did. As in the bosses are competent. They obviously can't overcome Reimu's plot armor but you feel they each went into this situation with a functional plan. Sanae even shows up with a counter to the "pull out a handgun and shoot them" gag. And given this thing has a total length of 18 minutes with a lot of it being gameplay footage, it really leaves MoP with little excuse.
You know, it’s scary when you get so angry you just sort of enter this pseudo-mellow state where you don’t look or feel pissed but in reality, you have the rage of a thousands suns. Calm anger is scarier than actual anger. Anyway… and thus, Kanako proceeded to cause the next 3 incidents in this series. Maybe 4.
Dear meddling shrine maiden. The youkai and I have taken over Youkai Mountain. The faith of Gensokyo is now a permanent guest at one of my seven Moriya Shrine stages. I dare you to reclaim it if you can.
my man you've done well the shoutouts sprinkled throughout are great as always and the animation during some of the fight scenes are nearing to Youmu tier quality, I appreciate the ever increasing ambition and I'll be looking forward to watching the next Touhou saga during the heat death of the universe 👍 AyaGODS we won
Beyond all the amazing gags and animation, one thing I always love about Touhou animation is how they interpret things like Reimu’s relationships, it’s always fun to see. Just personality interpretations in general are interesting, honestly- like Aya’s!
@@anueutsuho7425 tbh brief summaries make it feel like reimu is the violent hand of god that will instantaneously materialize within your location if you dare start shit
@@percher4824 Remember remember the most unfortunate teller. Reimu is the violent hand of god that will instantaneously materialize within the general vicinity if you break the Rules of Gensokyo. It's not a meme or a joke. She legitimately will just murk you if you do so. If she's feeling lazy, she can also put a fucking bounty on your head and let Gensokyo go nuts to kill/capture you. Incident solving is her still playing around in the confines of the rules she makes everyone adhere to. If you are a legitimate threat to Gensokyo's continued survival, she will put you in the ground or have someone else do it. She's done it before.
THAT WAS EPIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!! A FREAKING MASTERPIECE MAN, you truly outdone yourself and your Touhou videos were already great to begin with so this means. you surpassed my expectations by a lot, the references (can't believe someone else knows abour Ruukoto), the extremely fluid animation, the comedy, the continuity nods, everything I LOVE EVERYTHING, you not only made justice to my favorite videogame but also created one of (if not THE) the greatest tributes. PERFECT WORK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH 🤩🤩🤩🤩🎉
0:43-0:46 Don't think I didn't recognize that Genealogy Arena Entrance theme, Merth. 7:28-7:31 Oh no! Momiji got Yamacha'd! But seriously Merth, wasn't expecting to see *two* DB references back-to-back! 14:37-14:48 Seriously, just *HOW* do you get out of this type of situation without having to die?! It really has been a year since the last PoFV, huh? Worth it!
@@DouglasStewart99 for Kanako's spellcard, the trick with the aimed streams is to suddenly jerk to the side to give yourself a gap you can stream back to the other side.
So happy you pushed through this whole time Merth. And it payed off so well the animation is so stunning and the “ touhou is a pretty funny game” series is so enjoyable to watch and never fails to make me smile. I always look forward to your content and THIS IS AMAZING TOO LIKE WHATTT!! (Also never feel rushed make sure to make time for yourself :))
All the references I could catch: 0:00 Nintendo opening for majority of first Mario(and yoshi's island) games . 0:50 The trade meme (obviously). 0:53 Spongbob the movie's new manager ceremony(Sandy & Ms. Puff) 1:13 AMONG US 1:21 Spongebob watching NSFW 2:12 Yoda lol. 2:30 Mario CDI 4:22 The whole sequence is Mario RPG 6:12 Sonic Idle animation from Sonic Advance I believe. 6:39 SrPelo Touhou Animation. 7:29 I know this one but I don't know the name. Is a classic. 8:18 Brawl Pit's side B. 8:37 Fire Emblem for some reason. 9:26 Another classic I can't where it's from. Reminds me of COD MW3. 13:06 Are you winning Kanako? 16:15 Spongebob dying for pie 17:04 I actually read all this shit. Hi Michael. I can tell how much work you put into this. Great video
I missed the premiere, but it's really funny to see Sanae actually being serious for once and not getting beaten up like a flash! Great funny Touhou video as always! (Mostly kinda me.)
I love that the first time Reimu ever felt enthusiastic about an incident is when a new gang showed up and tried to encroach upon her territory. She was not gonna let that shit slide.
See you all next year
Same time?
YESSS TOUHOU TENNN
I haven't showered since last year
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody ?
Have fun.
"After 1 year in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait."
- Merth Newell
Yes this is just a masterpiece with a lot of Lore. And i Will say WHY IS SR. PELO HERE , i Love this collab
Merh: "..what is this button? "Earthquake and radiation"?"
"Thanks, and have fun."
"We hereby declare *your* bankruptcy."
- The Moriya Shrine to Reimu
She didn’t care and whoop Moriya shrine
Hakurei Shrine has lots of money donations from Scarlet Mansion’s trust funds for years.🤔
I hope Aya with PTSD continues to be a running gag in this series. It was worth the wait. Good job Merth!
3:03
Simply shifting to a calm smile is way more terrifying than if she looked angry.
"oh, I get it now. it's an INCIDENT."
@@Levyafan duh!
It's a lot of fun. Thank you for making a good animation.
17:07 "Never forget what happened in 1999" I mean of course I won't, I was born!
same here
Me too
Old
idk I thought it was about Yugoslavia
Shyguymask? On a video without Youmu?!
The baby cry before selecting Normal difficulty is still my favorite gag by far.
@@sparkxii. for me too
Of course Kanako would be the one to sell Suwako NFTs just to gain more faith, especially if Sanae was transported into Gensokyo during the time NFTs were trending.
nice detail of aya catching sight of sanae at 10:15 and then you can actually see the bullets in sanae's hand when she grabs them from reimu's ribbon at 10:17 if you go frame by frame
anyways id write an actual essay about reimu and aya's relationship in this series and how this entry proves that reimu even has a soft spot for her, but i have finals due today, so instead i will offer pieces of evidence: 1. in the previous entry (StB), reimu is teaching aya to use a gun properly instead of just using it for signaling race starts in PoFV (though this comes at a cost of severe ptsd for aya). 2. aya tries to deescalate the situation and prevent an outright fight until she remembers her orders from tenma (again, nice detail with the kanji and the furigana (i think?)) and psyches herself up to fight. 3. despite aya being one of the few characters in the series to actually manage to make reimu go pichuun (within the animation, the only other people to do this are sakuya and yuyuko iirc), reimu doesn't actually harm aya that much. she's still able to move and she doesn't even look all that hurt when reimu lets her go. 4. aya tags along and assists reimu in her fight with sanae (great fight btw, actually the best one in the series so far). reimu even saves aya from kanako's first attack.
extremely cool video, well worth the wait, see you again in december 2027 for the next installment!
The path towards Merth’s Touhou 10 video has been a journey of time and his personal problem. All of it has been necessary. When the video of Merth starts in RUclips... All of Touhou communities will know that Merth has comeback to the face of the earth.
Thank you fede valverde from real madrid
Mountain of faith. 🚫
Peak of faith. ✅️
"In terms of faith. We have no faith."
A wise man (in the comments section of another video) once said that "Pizza Tower is just 'Mountain of Faith but Italy.'"
At first I didn't get what he meant by that, but this video more or less explained where the connection came from.
Huh. I never made the connection til just now, and MAN, it makes infinitely more sense than i am comfortable with lol
@nintendork9207
For a more in-depth explanation:
Both Pizza Tower and Mountain of Faith center around a broke protagonist (Peppino Spaghetti in the former, Reimu Hakurei in the latter) whose livelihood is threatened with literal destruction by the sudden arrival of a mysterious competitor (Pizzaface for Peppino, Sanae Kochiya for Reimu) waiting at the top of a large vertical structure (the Pizza Tower and the Youkai Mountain, respectively), and has the protagonist kicking the asses of just about everybody that tries to keep them from ending the threat at the source.
Each of them is assisted in some way by their friend(s) Gustavo (for Peppino) and Marisa Kirisame (for Reimu), though Marisa only gets involved if Reimu can't be bothered (read: the player chose to play as Marisa); by contrast, Gustavo has 2 dedicated levels where controlling him (and a giant rat named "Brick") is mandatory to progress.
Upon finally reaching the top of the Pizza Tower/Youkai Mountain and beating the hell out of Pizzaface/Sanae Kochiya, Peppino/Reimu then encounter the real source of the game's conflict. For Peppino, this would be Pizzahead (who was apparently operating Pizzaface as a vehicle), while Reimu (or Marisa) encounters *a* god of the Moriya Shrine, Kanako Yasaka.
Immediately following that is where the plot similarities stop, as Peppino still has to flee the Pizza Tower before it collapses, followed by Gustavo & Brick, Mr. Stick (a recurring NPC), -glorified power up- guest character Mort the Chicken, and most of the game's bosses in that game's final (and not to mention, completely mandatory) escape sequence.
By contrast, Reimu (or Marisa) has more or less accomplished what they set out to do, and the plot is considered finished as soon as you clear the game's final "regular" Stage; the aptly-named "Extra Stage" is completely optional and accessed separately from the rest of the game's Stages to my knowledge, containing an additional battle with *the* god of the Moriya Shrine, Suwako Moriya.
This dude definitely did improve the Touhou (insert) is a pretty funny game series the much more smooth animations and very expressive characters
And definitely a shit ton of references
Absolute Cinema👏👏 Bravo
What's touhou is a pretty funny game series?
And there were no further incidents involving kanako and everyone lived happily ever after
*cough cough* nuclear bird*cough cough*
@@mickaelrocher8121*kick shrine door* did anyone wanna convert to Buddhism!?
@@mickaelrocher8121 cough cough fuckin' jesus in motocycle cough cough
A Saga closed with Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
Mountain of Faith is the start of a brand new saga!
and oh boy, I can't wait for chapter 2 to be adapted
I swear i read "Sega" instead of "Saga" i think im cooked 😭
@@LimaBr_ No no Segia isn't until 13
@@gunmunz the hell you talkin about brother, i was talking about that i read it as sega, like the company
@@LimaBr_ That one flew right by you
Thank you for giving momiji the most screentime she's gotten since her birth 🙏 I want to draw this momiji in my style ♥️
Welcome back Merth~
Congratz for releasing the MoF animation, it was great :D!!
3:06 Reimu got so pissed she came back around to *absolutely fucking livid*
Somehow this does a better job at it than Memories of Phantasm did. As in the bosses are competent. They obviously can't overcome Reimu's plot armor but you feel they each went into this situation with a functional plan. Sanae even shows up with a counter to the "pull out a handgun and shoot them" gag. And given this thing has a total length of 18 minutes with a lot of it being gameplay footage, it really leaves MoP with little excuse.
Reimu just having a old ass CRT TV on the floor fits perfectly for her
can't wait for touhou 11, when Reimu finds out Kanako gave a random crow nanomachines
It was worth waiting for an year.
You know, it’s scary when you get so angry you just sort of enter this pseudo-mellow state where you don’t look or feel pissed but in reality, you have the rage of a thousands suns. Calm anger is scarier than actual anger.
Anyway… and thus, Kanako proceeded to cause the next 3 incidents in this series. Maybe 4.
@@ShockInazuma maybe 5 or 6, if we count hisoutensoku and gyokku ibun
I loved every second of this and it was definitely worth the wait. Also, SrPelo being a VA was a great add!
I'm so proud. :)
#2:20 RUUKOTO, she is very forgotten, but i think she deserve more attention and she is heavily underrated
I'm glad 7:29 made it in, because that gif we keep sending is so god damn funny.
I also just realized you did the Bojack meme, very good.
16:42 THEY UNKILLED REIMU'S GRANDPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 😂
14:06 REIMU, GET OUT OF THERE! THAT’S AN EXTRA BOSS! REIMU! REIMUUUUUU!
glad i finally got to be part of a premiere of a video as legendary as this
you're getting really good at these. PLEASE keep making them
2:29 nice of the princess to invite us over for a picnic, eh marisa
Dear meddling shrine maiden. The youkai and I have taken over Youkai Mountain. The faith of Gensokyo is now a permanent guest at one of my seven Moriya Shrine stages. I dare you to reclaim it if you can.
1:51 i love lazy reimu
my man you've done well
the shoutouts sprinkled throughout are great as always and the animation during some of the fight scenes are nearing to Youmu tier quality, I appreciate the ever increasing ambition and I'll be looking forward to watching the next Touhou saga during the heat death of the universe 👍
AyaGODS we won
The smoothness of the animation!
PEAK HAS ARRIVED
WORTH THE WAIT
It is unfathomable how much joy this video brings me
Ive waited generations for this moment.
This is Merth's best work yet,the animatrion is amazing,the references are gold and the quality is great.THIS WAS SO WORTH THE WAIT !!!
This is the perfect excuse to see all the other videos again
Beyond all the amazing gags and animation, one thing I always love about Touhou animation is how they interpret things like Reimu’s relationships, it’s always fun to see. Just personality interpretations in general are interesting, honestly- like Aya’s!
Most Touhou parody animations portray Reimu as just this unstoppable psychopath and I'm glad this doesn't.
@anueutsuho7425 I’m alright with her being powerful, but I agree that she’s too often portrayed as either completely nuts or completely dead inside
@@anueutsuho7425 tbh brief summaries make it feel like reimu is the violent hand of god that will instantaneously materialize within your location if you dare start shit
@@percher4824 Remember remember the most unfortunate teller.
Reimu is the violent hand of god that will instantaneously materialize within the general vicinity if you break the Rules of Gensokyo. It's not a meme or a joke. She legitimately will just murk you if you do so. If she's feeling lazy, she can also put a fucking bounty on your head and let Gensokyo go nuts to kill/capture you.
Incident solving is her still playing around in the confines of the rules she makes everyone adhere to. If you are a legitimate threat to Gensokyo's continued survival, she will put you in the ground or have someone else do it. She's done it before.
This was worth waiting a year!
I enjoyed it! Thanks for making this absolute masterpiece!
Damn! The animation and art style have improved! I'm kinda feel proud seeing your drawing skills getting better and better
THAT WAS EPIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!! A FREAKING MASTERPIECE MAN, you truly outdone yourself and your Touhou videos were already great to begin with so this means.
you surpassed my expectations by a lot, the references (can't believe someone else knows abour Ruukoto), the extremely fluid animation, the comedy, the continuity nods, everything I LOVE EVERYTHING, you not only made justice to my favorite videogame but also created one of (if not THE) the greatest tributes.
PERFECT WORK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH 🤩🤩🤩🤩🎉
Touhou 8 Wriggle do be playing peak gaming.
Almost 2 years. Worth the wait
the pulling-out-gun running gag is always fnuuy
fuck yeah, we're finally here
2:30 IN Extra Stage lore "Nice of the princess to invite us for a trial of guts gay Marisa?"
respect for using the canon momiji design and not the popularized version with wolf ears
I've been waiting for this animation for a long time....
I’ve HAD IT with GENO- I mean, HINA’s MAZE!
Anyway, I think that final spell card Kanako throws at you is actually pretty funky
MOUNTAIN PEAK CINEMA
MY LIFE IS YOURS MERTH!
OH MY GOD IT'S FINALLY HAPENNING!!!!
Kanako my beloved
I knew it was Sr Pelo when I heard Nitori’s voice
Same lol
2:12 THEY KILLED REIMU'S GRANDPAAAAAA 😭
I didn't realize there were some of these on steam. This video made me decide to start this series.
0:43-0:46
Don't think I didn't recognize that Genealogy Arena Entrance theme, Merth.
7:28-7:31
Oh no! Momiji got Yamacha'd! But seriously Merth, wasn't expecting to see *two* DB references back-to-back!
14:37-14:48
Seriously, just *HOW* do you get out of this type of situation without having to die?!
It really has been a year since the last PoFV, huh? Worth it!
@@DouglasStewart99 for Kanako's spellcard, the trick with the aimed streams is to suddenly jerk to the side to give yourself a gap you can stream back to the other side.
@@Wizzard220 Gotcha. Probably isn't challenging as it sounds, right?
ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🙌
Now this is a thanks giving gift, the action grown man you really are becoming a great animator. Also I love the gun becoming more then a joke.
This was worth pausing my cybersecurity test, see you next year and take that well deserved break!❤
I loved all the references! Great and funny animation as always :D
So happy you pushed through this whole time Merth. And it payed off so well the animation is so stunning and the “ touhou is a pretty funny game” series is so enjoyable to watch and never fails to make me smile. I always look forward to your content and THIS IS AMAZING TOO LIKE WHATTT!! (Also never feel rushed make sure to make time for yourself :))
banger animation man, holy shenanegans. you really outdid yourself with this episode
Thank you so very much for everything that you do, and especially thank you for all of your hard work!!!
Since I discovered your channel, I loved your animation since the very beginning. Please keep up. You have a lot of potential.!❤️❤️❤️
All the references I could catch:
0:00 Nintendo opening for majority of first Mario(and yoshi's island) games .
0:50 The trade meme (obviously).
0:53 Spongbob the movie's new manager ceremony(Sandy & Ms. Puff)
1:13 AMONG US
1:21 Spongebob watching NSFW
2:12 Yoda lol.
2:30 Mario CDI
4:22 The whole sequence is Mario RPG
6:12 Sonic Idle animation from Sonic Advance I believe.
6:39 SrPelo Touhou Animation.
7:29 I know this one but I don't know the name. Is a classic.
8:18 Brawl Pit's side B.
8:37 Fire Emblem for some reason.
9:26 Another classic I can't where it's from. Reminds me of COD MW3.
13:06 Are you winning Kanako?
16:15 Spongebob dying for pie
17:04 I actually read all this shit. Hi Michael.
I can tell how much work you put into this. Great video
So basically Nitori disguised herself as a background sprite to escape?
This is your most outstanding work and the best video related to touhou project this year. Thank you for your hard work and wild imagination.
I missed the premiere, but it's really funny to see Sanae actually being serious for once and not getting beaten up like a flash! Great funny Touhou video as always! (Mostly kinda me.)
No MarisaB?
What kind of sick person would make a Mountain of Faith video with no MarisaB?
Your animation and storytelling has improved tremendously. Absolutely stellar work. The Sanae is my favorite scene of yours to date. Hyped for SWR
quality dun did upgrade tenfold DAMN! Looking forward to how much more better this can get with the years to come
Don't tell me for next SA plot is just due Kanako need power source for cripto mining?
I’m so happy you finally made this
I love the reference to the Lupin iii part 1 intro, lol
Thank you,I love you stuff😭✨✨✨
10:44 That's Reimu's backflip kick from Touhou 1 - Highly Responsive to Prayers
17:47 SWR reference!???! is the celestial coming down from paradise.
SWR probably just Tenshi playing "is just prank bro" and get beaten up by everyone.
This is sick, i love this videos
Kanako is my favourite final boss in the series; she might not have the most difficult spell cards, but she makes up for it by being so relentless
NOT NOW BABE MERTH JUST UPLOADED
I love that the first time Reimu ever felt enthusiastic about an incident is when a new gang showed up and tried to encroach upon her territory. She was not gonna let that shit slide.
AAAAAAH NEW VIDEO, I LOVE IT!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Damn, how did Lupin's influence manage to slip into Gensokyo with that intro? 😳
“Stop interacting with bait posts online”
Excuse me, I enjoy my endless amounts of frustration very much actually Thank You.
13:18 wriggle wtf are you PLAYING
(Genso)4kyo
このシリーズ結構おもしろくて好き❤
Was looking forward to this after how good the Touhou 9 one was, gotta love that familiar MoF title music
With each new video you improve your skill more and more, great job!
welll..that was a nice adventure and lovely video....and my sister tenshi appear soon for...the toho 10.5 adventures~
I agree, that Yuuka gif is hysterical
this video reminded me why I even like touhou enough to have Mononobobe no Futo as my avatar after all of these years ago :))
I was honestly expecting during the Hina bit we were gonna get jumpscared by her deranged facial expression
This’ll be fun
Yeah, it was worth the wait. Good job!
can't wait for either valentia or touhou 11 is a pretty funny game
Hell yeah, finally
1:20 ...is that Samurai Shodown music I hear?
But anyway, welcome back, Merth. You're a real one.
I've been looking forward to this ever since you teased it, totally worth the wait