How Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom Tells Its Story

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom had the most complex story of any Touhou game at the time of its release. How does Touhou 7 manage to balance its arcade roots with a more complex narrative? Join me as we analyze what Touhou 7 does to tell its story.
    This video was made for #PCBirthday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Touhou 7! Make sure to check out all of the other Touhou 7 related content people make today!
    Huge thanks to Kasa for drawing the thumbnail to today’s video!
    Kasa: / _kasa0
    My Community Discord: / discord
    Outro Music arranged by Wookywok: ‪@wookywok‬
    My Patreon: / megapig9001
    Perfect Cherry Blossom Widescreen Background extended by Dai Karasu.
    #touhou #touhouproject

Комментарии • 51

  • @Shyguymask
    @Shyguymask Год назад +86

    8:54 One thing that no one gives credit to is how Youmu's theme fits her straightforward personality & tone especially in the context of the game. The rest of the soundtrack is serene including the boss themes, but Youmu's theme sounds intense right off the bat and closer to boss music you're used to. Hell, with how it's grouped with the especially calm and beautiful Ancient Temple, it plays further into Youmu's dualities.

  • @Zackylorin
    @Zackylorin Год назад +40

    happy birthday pcb

  • @WishMakers
    @WishMakers Год назад +27

    I really like the literary analysis lens approach to Touhou storytelling, I think it's quite interesting. I always wonder about how intentional ZUN is with a lot of these elements, but if nothing else scrutinizing it with a magnifying glass like this makes clear that regardless of author intent, Touhou's good design elements extend past just "cool music" and "fun characters" alone

  • @GlitchSaboteur
    @GlitchSaboteur Год назад +29

    Happy 20th birthday to PCB! I enjoyed and had lots of fun contributing to #PCBirthday!

  • @BenersantheBread
    @BenersantheBread Год назад +5

    11:41 "Surprisingly easy spell"
    Meanwhile I've never managed to clear it without bombing...

  • @CrystalChris21
    @CrystalChris21 Год назад +15

    Always love it when people explore the story structure of Touhou games and you nailed it in this video. Here's to 20 years more!

  • @zozotruc
    @zozotruc Год назад +7

    truly a Perfect Cherry Birthday

  • @sulphurspanic26
    @sulphurspanic26 Год назад +11

    Happy PCB Day!
    #PCBirthday

  • @Lengored
    @Lengored 4 месяца назад +1

    ❤thank you for the analysis

  • @Dreigonix
    @Dreigonix Год назад +4

    There were two cut-ins for just before Resurrection Butterfly, depending on the translation patch you used. Before it was changed to “My life might have ended knowing nothing of my misery, were this a world without the custom of priestly retreat”, it first read “Remembering the melancholy of human existence, even ghosts stray from the path of righteousness”.
    I like the old one better- it basically outright tells you the reason Yuyuko went bad, that being that she wanted to return to her human life even if she had to kill all of Gensokyo to do so. The new one is obscure and doesn’t make much sense.

  • @ChaosRagnell
    @ChaosRagnell Год назад +3

    HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY PCB!

  • @happy0911
    @happy0911 Год назад +3

    Yo, it's my favourite touhou game! Thanks for the video, happy PCB day! ❤

  • @Suwawako
    @Suwawako Год назад +6

    That's cool and handy but the Prismrivers are the type to argue over if they would rather have unlimited bacon but no more games, or games, unlimited games, but no games

    • @hux0rd
      @hux0rd 6 месяцев назад

      Noooooo 😂😂😂

  • @untipocualquiera6551
    @untipocualquiera6551 Год назад +1

    Happy birthday PCB, glad i got the Extra's and Phantasm Stage clear

  • @thepanman674
    @thepanman674 9 месяцев назад

    PCB is probably my favorite touhou game. Its soundtrack is my personal favorite.

  • @M84-b4w
    @M84-b4w Год назад +4

    Happy PCB Day! Sometimes I still can't believe how long has Touhou been out there, wish that ZUN continues to make games for atleast 20 more years. 😁

  • @Bucking_Fastard
    @Bucking_Fastard 6 месяцев назад +1

    The only thing that Youmu's sword cannot cut in half are the GPU prices.

  • @PunYT
    @PunYT Год назад +2

    My favorite touhou game is 20 years old? Good lord. 20 years of thiccsune, and extra EXTRA stage, and some utter bangers 9f songs.

  • @cinder-squad
    @cinder-squad Год назад +1

    An awesome video for one of my favorite games of all time 🥳

  • @Fannintendociccio1
    @Fannintendociccio1 Год назад +2

    I've really been loving your recent videos, keep it up!

  • @HondoDogman
    @HondoDogman Год назад +1

    This is my first touhou game and I wanna say that it was worth it I'm glad to have started with it, it story tells well and yet allows challenge and replayability

  • @beeternity
    @beeternity Год назад +1

    amazing video, keep up the good work

  • @slayerism
    @slayerism Год назад +1

    HAPPY PCB DAYYY

  • @borederlands5387
    @borederlands5387 Год назад +1

    Touhou 7's music, art, and storytelling make it one of my favorite games

  • @spaghettiking7312
    @spaghettiking7312 Год назад +2

    Yuyuko is actually one of the best characters in all of Touhou.

  • @PE_Shark
    @PE_Shark Год назад +1

    PCB has the most character I liked (5, Yakumo family, Yuyuko, and Youmu), and it is also one of the first Touhou games I knew about. I also love this game's music, one of the best though out the series, the game really has a special place in my heart. Anyway, Happy #PCBirthday #!

  • @Youmukonpaku0
    @Youmukonpaku0 Год назад +1

    Youmu is my favorite character

  • @abd-animation-22
    @abd-animation-22 Год назад +1

    I absolutely love these types of videos
    Do one for every game please

  • @artisan2906
    @artisan2906 9 месяцев назад

    AAAAAND CAPTIONS???? YEAAAAAAAH!

  • @shourikaen.
    @shourikaen. Год назад

    Happy Birthday PCB!

  • @yukariyakumo9407
    @yukariyakumo9407 Год назад

    happy pcb!!! my first touhou game i ever played!!

  • @yo-yokirby6663
    @yo-yokirby6663 Год назад +1

    a good video for a great game. your voice is kinda dorky but your enthusiasm is infectious lol 👍

  • @mewity
    @mewity Год назад +1

    happy pcb day!

  • @PaukKsta
    @PaukKsta Год назад

    Happy Birthday, my favorite game of all time...

  • @systemrestart120
    @systemrestart120 Год назад

    This was the game that introduced me to Touhou Project, way back when........ thank you ZUN, happy birthday PCB ❤️🌸

  • @dyingscarlet
    @dyingscarlet Год назад +1

    Can't wait for INiversary lol

  • @KowoishiKowomeiji
    @KowoishiKowomeiji Год назад

    Happy 20th anniversary to PCB!
    #PCBirthday

  • @-psilo-9071
    @-psilo-9071 Год назад

    This is the first touhou game I ever played and is still my favorite to this day. It's also the only one I've gotten even close to 1ccing on lunatic.

  • @THE_INFECTED
    @THE_INFECTED Год назад

    Hey man good vid, is it possible to add my vid to your PCB playlist I just feel left out😢
    Happy birthday PCB 🥳

  • @yamjay5613
    @yamjay5613 Год назад

    Letty deserves so much attention

  • @blockeontheleafeon
    @blockeontheleafeon Год назад +1

    "With those Endings done, so ends Touhou 7."
    You forgot one tiiiiiny detail. There's 2 more Stages after you get the Endings. This is one of the few Touhou Games that gets a Phantasm Stage. An even harder Stage than the Extra Stage, which is already pretty difficult.

    • @Yellowpikachu1
      @Yellowpikachu1 Год назад +1

      He didnt forget that detail. That's something else according to him.

    • @blockeontheleafeon
      @blockeontheleafeon Год назад +1

      @@Yellowpikachu1 Fair enough then.

  • @PikminBak
    @PikminBak Год назад

    Ayyy, the first Touhou game I ever beat!

  • @UCmDBecUtbSafffpMEN3iscA
    @UCmDBecUtbSafffpMEN3iscA Год назад

    Can you do Touhou 8 as well?

  • @BurpBukowskiHearn
    @BurpBukowskiHearn Год назад

    Happy day or your birth #PCB

  • @heiwuniao7550
    @heiwuniao7550 Год назад

    the DLW slander OMFG 💀💀💀💀💀

    • @Megapig9001
      @Megapig9001  Год назад +1

      I actually asked one of the developers ahead of time if it was okay to use footage for it in the dialogue pacing section. Appreciated their willingness to accept criticism lol.

    • @heiwuniao7550
      @heiwuniao7550 Год назад

      @@Megapig9001 it's just funny lmao