When Renko started going "according to the laws of physics..." I was expecting her to continue "...there is no way an ice fairy should be able to fly. Its wings are too cold to get its little body off the ground without melting." And Maribel would respond "The fairy, of course, flies anyway because fairies don't care what humans think is impossible."
For about half a second I was thinking “wait... this isn’t an april foods joke? Okay good it is.” I think the best part was Merry’s name. maeribari. HOW MUCH ZUN, HOW MUCH ALCOHOL?!
It's not that it's weird, there just isnt a L sound in Japanese. It wouldnt be wrong to translate Maribel to Japanese into Ma e ri be ri (each sound here being part of the katakana characters used at 6:31 It also ouldnt be wrong to also make it Maereberu, which is most likely how Maribel's name might be translated by the Japense if they were to speak it. Of course, Zun wanted it to be difficult, so he went with the former
This doesn't make sense when you remember that the Japanese word for straightman (in the comedy sense) does not contain the components 'straight' or 'man'.
The Touhou M-1 Grand Prix is what really made me get into Touhou so seeing my favourite youtuber making videos inspired by that is like a dream come true. It feels more like a perfect Christmas gift rather than an April Fools joke. I also just realized that your birthday just happened recently, so Happy Birthday!
You, both of you, your grasp of these characters and the whole universe of Gensokyo behind them just never ceases to amaze me. Or make me laugh in the present case.
Oh! May I recommend "Outside World Occultism"? I don't participate in it, but I work as their transcriber (I'm literally transcribing their own April Fool's episode right now, and it's hilarious). Maybe you meant a podcast done in-character, as Touhou characters, which I'm sorry to say I haven't heard of any. But OWO is done by fans who analyze the series and stuff, and they're very funny and clever. And they put quite a lot of emphasis on the Sealing Club CDs, if you're into that.
@El Limon It’s because on average, their eyes are smaller than those of white people (technically, everybody’s eyes are the same, it’s the eyelids that are different), and their skin is slightly tanner than white people.
As much as I love your amazing lyrics, this too was excellent. It's really one of the most fun things I've listened to in a while. In fact I wouldn't even mind seeing more of this, if this had actually become your new passion. Seriously, this was really impressive! The animation, the dialogue and voice acting, everything. Thank you so much for making this!
Grand Prix? That's a throwback. I guess the April Fool's Day joke was making me realize how much time has passed since then. Jokes aside great video Lyrica! Keep up the great work! Edit- I should add that I laughed quite a lot
But Merry, Dreams and reality ARE different, that's why we can change a dream into reality, with great effort!~ :sek: On a side note these jokes are really good. Your pacing is fantastic and Lori plays such a fantastic straightman! I also adore how you say "mochi" it truly is amazing! You're portrayal of Renko and Maelsybaery are always the best. Thank you so much for this amazing treat on April fools! Stay safe and good luck with your new manzai Career the Judges give: 10, 8.7, 9, 5.3, Shiro!
Mythbusters has been on tv for us lately and this feels so appropriate. I like the chuckles as a throwback to the grand Prix stuff. Wasn't expecting that sudden transition between languages with merrys name, but I liked how she called her Merry. The ending puts a smile to my face.
_"Great job out there, you two! You're really helping to spread word of the Hifuu Club. Maybe you could invite the club founder next time?" ;)_ -Srsly tho good job, i honestly wouldnt mind if this did become a full series.-
Honestly like, I know this was for April Fools but... I'd be down for more of this. From references of your songs to just the funny nature of it all. It was truly fantastic! Well if you continue it or just stick to doing music, keep up the amazing work!
What a shame most weren't interested in this godlike piece of comedy, I guess in general not many are into this sort of creative outlet of performance, but I loved it, sure wished to see more, hah.
I can't believe how much I liked this, you did a wonderful show, Merry's voice is so soft and cute, just like I imagined, and Renko is such a teaser, is beautiful. Thank you for making it, I rarely even post in youtube, but had to say something. Also the final part made me realize Mae-ri-Bery, does sound as a bad translation of Ma-Ri-Bel (which is a common name in spanish).
I wanted to say thank you.through all the beautiful music and videos that you post about Touhou it really makes me think that I’m actually in Gensokyo so I wanted to thank you. keep shining like a star 💫
Ah, man, what I wouldn't give the just to be able to see the originals properly captioned and organized... I never thought I'd see an English manzai! You really captured their style!
I expect it to be an april fools joke, but with all this quality it has been done with, I'd say I'll be okay if this is not a joke! 'Cause most of jokes here are perfectly nice.
I know you may have made this for April fools day, but this is real good. i would love seeing more of these. You have great talent for lyrics and sing with your partner and that skill translates well to this.
I was wondering why Renko had a tan... Who did the animation? I found funny how she thought that Maribel was the worst attend, because that is how we call her! Her name is from somewhere in the west, but it was never clear the exact translation, so fans kind of guessed that it was something like Mary... Maeribari... Maeri=Mary? Bari=Bal=Bel? (Hecatia Lapislazuli=Hekātia Rapisurazuri)
Lyrica did the animation for this video. It resembles her art style and it was tagged as "fanart" on her blog, which can be found within the "About" section of this RUclips channel. I also find it odd that Renko looks more tanned here than in Lyrica's previous drawings of her. Of course, the video is still charming even with that odd detail. I wouldn't mind it if she decided to make this a side series. (By the way, if you are reading this comment section, Lyrica, I am a lurker who is a big fan of your work. I don't mean to offend you by my comment!)
That was really funny! You did a great job in making sure that it looks like m1 Grand prix! I still love the music, but I wouldn't be bothered with having this on the channel too ^-^ (and I know this was a April fool's joke but it's still good)
Well that was unexpected, fantastic, and dare I say, surprisingly fantastic! ...Wait. Well, anyway, as much as I want to beg for this to be a side series, I wouldn't want you to have to divert any attention away from the lyric videos. Though, if this joke were to become reality, know that you would maintain my full - and completely emotional - support. Also, I swear, every time I start to think "Hm, I wonder if Lyrica is gonna release something soon?" something is suddenly out. It's been like this since Clownpiece, what the ████? Now if you'll excuse me, I still need to watch M1. (I might even have to try writing Manzai myself... Could be a fun exercise.)
I'll admit I usually don't understand manzai skits entirely but I still get a good few chuckles out of them. No exceptions here, it was just really funny. I wouldn't mind seeing more of this when April rolls round again.
I so loved this skit! Bravo, bravo! This actually helped me think of Maribel's personality for my 2nd Touhou fanfic. The first one was a short story about Maribel's father and how they're related to Yukari. The 2nd one if I imtend to write it would be about Maribel. This Maribel and her voice gives me some good idea for my story. For more info, you can search 'The Tragedy of Mr. Hearn' in fanfiction.net
This is one club I could join in, as well, if I’m part of the club I thought of some ideas for the rename, like... 0:30-0:38 all of your name ideas are nice, yet, if we make you feel more smart and curious about everything, you can call us the “Border Theorists! (club)” -background game Theory jingles plays- and, since counting me in there make us three, maybe we can be the Truth-looker Triplets Club!... -I think I need a better name for it though... soo I’m gonna find which t words fits with the club naming and stuff- ... -also... i wonder if in the future you will still be doing manzai with Renko and Merry?, please?-
Counting thumbnails that you are yet to pixilize: 1 - reverse ideology 2 - yokai girl at the gate 3 - great fairy wars 4 - primordial beat 5 - candid fren 6 - hartmann's yokai girl 7 - impeccable heights 8 - the concealed four seasons 9 - egotistic flowers 10 - crazy backup dancers(wait, didn't it already have the new thumbnail?) 11 - pierrot of the star-sprangled flag 11.5 - magical astronomy
hey, hopefully i got the right person...im so happy to see youre still making content! when i was younger, i came across your rayofhope3579 channel and noticed you used windows movie maker to make your videos...as a kid that wanted to animate but didnt have the money to buy programs, i was SUPER EXCITED to see that it was possible to make pretty damn decent animations with such programs. its been years since i had embarked on any animation ventures, and while i haven't really gone far since then with my animation hobby, i did want to come back and thank you for your dedication to putting out thoughtful, creative videos. it really inspired young me and led me to get into video making as a teen. keep up the good work pal!
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When Renko started going "according to the laws of physics..." I was expecting her to continue "...there is no way an ice fairy should be able to fly. Its wings are too cold to get its little body off the ground without melting."
And Maribel would respond "The fairy, of course, flies anyway because fairies don't care what humans think is impossible."
Missed opportunity
I wish
For about half a second I was thinking “wait... this isn’t an april foods joke? Okay good it is.”
I think the best part was Merry’s name. maeribari. HOW MUCH ZUN, HOW MUCH ALCOHOL?!
He deliberately wanted Maribel's name to be hard to pronounce.
pgj1997 i think he just had too much sake
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Hooooly shit
It's not that it's weird, there just isnt a L sound in Japanese. It wouldnt be wrong to translate Maribel to Japanese into Ma e ri be ri (each sound here being part of the katakana characters used at 6:31
It also ouldnt be wrong to also make it Maereberu, which is most likely how Maribel's name might be translated by the Japense if they were to speak it. Of course, Zun wanted it to be difficult, so he went with the former
@@misspurdy27288 hes more of a beer guy
If this wasn't an April Fools Joke, I'd actually be ok because that's a solid manzai there.
“Well I know I’m not a man”
...”or straight”
I DIED
Same
The whole video was comedic gold.
But yes, that part and the names at the end were my favourites.
Right.
@@reimuhakureiforsmash6115 did you mean reimu as your name Or did you do remiu on purpose
This doesn't make sense when you remember that the Japanese word for straightman (in the comedy sense) does not contain the components 'straight' or 'man'.
The Touhou M-1 Grand Prix is what really made me get into Touhou so seeing my favourite youtuber making videos inspired by that is like a dream come true. It feels more like a perfect Christmas gift rather than an April Fools joke.
I also just realized that your birthday just happened recently, so Happy Birthday!
Despite this being an April's fools joke, it was well executed and made me laugh. I think you can find success in doing more of these.
You, both of you, your grasp of these characters and the whole universe of Gensokyo behind them just never ceases to amaze me. Or make me laugh in the present case.
Wow, Maribel calling Renko out on not being straight
Pot and kettle
Everyone's gay in Gensoukyou.
@@GrahamChapman THIS.
@@GrahamChapman guess i am in gensoukyou?
to be fair, unlike most of the fanon pairs, i would not be suprised if Merry and renko are actually gay for eachother.
3:44
"I mean, i know i'm not a man"
"Or straight"
"Right"
*Ok i'll give you that one, that made me legit choke on my chips ahoy from laughter*
I think a new tradition has been born!
"I'm not a man"
"Or straight"
Bwahahaha
This felt like a podcast I missed out on and now I want a touhou podcast...
Oh! May I recommend "Outside World Occultism"? I don't participate in it, but I work as their transcriber (I'm literally transcribing their own April Fool's episode right now, and it's hilarious).
Maybe you meant a podcast done in-character, as Touhou characters, which I'm sorry to say I haven't heard of any. But OWO is done by fans who analyze the series and stuff, and they're very funny and clever. And they put quite a lot of emphasis on the Sealing Club CDs, if you're into that.
@@lyrica-live hm. I'll have to check it out soon. Thanks for the recommendation!
You know what?
I think this could be its own series.
Totally agree with you
Tanned Renko is blessed
She must of traveled to an island or something, I don't believe they have that much sun in Japan.
@El Limon It’s because on average, their eyes are smaller than those of white people (technically, everybody’s eyes are the same, it’s the eyelids that are different), and their skin is slightly tanner than white people.
Oh, wow, the Touhou M-1 Grand Prix! A delightful and charming homage to a classic. Outstanding stuff, and a real treat to enjoy!
As much as I love your amazing lyrics, this too was excellent. It's really one of the most fun things I've listened to in a while. In fact I wouldn't even mind seeing more of this, if this had actually become your new passion. Seriously, this was really impressive! The animation, the dialogue and voice acting, everything. Thank you so much for making this!
I forgot Manzai are a huge thing in Touhou
there is the Touhou M-1 Grand Prix
Despite this being an April fools video. I love this-
In today's episode, Lyrica teaches us how to read katakana
Five minutes before April fool's day is over.
4:34
Renko: First we get to the International Space Station...
Merry: Uh huh...
Renko: And then we ********.
Merry: Wait...
Me: **dies laughing**
Grand Prix? That's a throwback. I guess the April Fool's Day joke was making me realize how much time has passed since then. Jokes aside great video Lyrica! Keep up the great work!
Edit- I should add that I laughed quite a lot
reference is everywhere, and I love it. Happy April fool Lyrica and Lori-hime
But Merry, Dreams and reality ARE different, that's why we can change a dream into reality, with great effort!~ :sek: On a side note these jokes are really good. Your pacing is fantastic and Lori plays such a fantastic straightman! I also adore how you say "mochi" it truly is amazing! You're portrayal of Renko and Maelsybaery are always the best. Thank you so much for this amazing treat on April fools! Stay safe and good luck with your new manzai Career the Judges give: 10, 8.7, 9, 5.3, Shiro!
When she said someone was flying toward her, I was thinking it was Rumia. Don't know why...
Mythbusters has been on tv for us lately and this feels so appropriate. I like the chuckles as a throwback to the grand Prix stuff. Wasn't expecting that sudden transition between languages with merrys name, but I liked how she called her Merry. The ending puts a smile to my face.
Ahhhhh you did april fools day too!!! God I love you lyrica
_"Great job out there, you two! You're really helping to spread word of the Hifuu Club. Maybe you could invite the club founder next time?" ;)_
-Srsly tho good job, i honestly wouldnt mind if this did become a full series.-
1:31 Cirno reference
2:15 Wakasagihime reference
5:12 Lunar Capital reference
Honestly like, I know this was for April Fools but... I'd be down for more of this. From references of your songs to just the funny nature of it all. It was truly fantastic! Well if you continue it or just stick to doing music, keep up the amazing work!
Really, this quarantine is the perfect opportunity to rewatch all the Touhou M1 Grand Prix seasons!
Show stealing club - secret sealing club
Good feeling club - ghostly field club
Double dealing club - uhhh double dealing character?
You joke about this being your new avenues in life, but I'd sure pay top dollar to hear a set of you two doing Touhou and Merry-Renko jokes lolz
What a shame most weren't interested in this godlike piece of comedy, I guess in general not many are into this sort of creative outlet of performance, but I loved it, sure wished to see more, hah.
When they were "planning the space trip", it was very clear that Renko wanted to explore a *_different_* kind of space...
I can't believe how much I liked this, you did a wonderful show, Merry's voice is so soft and cute, just like I imagined, and Renko is such a teaser, is beautiful.
Thank you for making it, I rarely even post in youtube, but had to say something. Also the final part made me realize Mae-ri-Bery, does sound as a bad translation of Ma-Ri-Bel (which is a common name in spanish).
This is a really piece of gold, I love the Maeribeli and Renko's voice
"Or straight-" I SCREAMED HAHAHAHA
I-
I need more of these...
They're perfect...
I wasn´t really expecting an english version of touhou grand prix. You also got the lore of them right. I loved it
I need more now!!!
I wanted to say thank you.through all the beautiful music and videos that you post about Touhou it really makes me think that I’m actually in Gensokyo so I wanted to thank you. keep shining like a star 💫
Renko Usami and Mirabel Hearn cool video
I didnt expected that!
And also rip 69 videos.
Well, this was entertaining. If this was just for april fools then I enjoyed the joke, but you could seriously do more of these and they'd be a hit.
This is so well written. I haven't laughed like this in a long time.
The only bad thing about your channel is now i can't listen to Touhou theme music without singing along! or thats a good thing lol
That was actually hilarious. I hope you consider doing more stuff like this in the future, I think you'd be really good at it.
Ah, man, what I wouldn't give the just to be able to see the originals properly captioned and organized... I never thought I'd see an English manzai! You really captured their style!
It's been 2 years. We still need more-
Merry: I wanna see the moon rabbits!
Lunarians: Its treason than.
This is pretty good.
Marieberie's name really is a tongue-twister...
I expect it to be an april fools joke, but with all this quality it has been done with, I'd say I'll be okay if this is not a joke!
'Cause most of jokes here are perfectly nice.
I know you may have made this for April fools day, but this is real good. i would love seeing more of these. You have great talent for lyrics and sing with your partner and that skill translates well to this.
..... Let me be honest, I want to see more of this... Like no joke, I need more comedies and this is pretty much perfect
You two are legends.
Actually the best April Fools video I've seen this year. Great job.
So, this was by far the best April Fool this year. Loved it! XD
I never knew I needed more of this stuff in english...
NO WAIT KEEP DOING THIS
This is like Touhou themed standup comedy. And I LOVE it, lmfao
I really enjoyed this haha. It was a lot of fun and I can see how much passion is in it, even for a silly April Fools Joke.
VERY NICE
I was wondering why Renko had a tan... Who did the animation?
I found funny how she thought that Maribel was the worst attend, because that is how we call her! Her name is from somewhere in the west, but it was never clear the exact translation, so fans kind of guessed that it was something like Mary... Maeribari... Maeri=Mary? Bari=Bal=Bel? (Hecatia Lapislazuli=Hekātia Rapisurazuri)
Lyrica did the animation for this video. It resembles her art style and it was tagged as "fanart" on her blog, which can be found within the "About" section of this RUclips channel.
I also find it odd that Renko looks more tanned here than in Lyrica's previous drawings of her. Of course, the video is still charming even with that odd detail. I wouldn't mind it if she decided to make this a side series.
(By the way, if you are reading this comment section, Lyrica, I am a lurker who is a big fan of your work. I don't mean to offend you by my comment!)
@@yellowgallow1102 She did it?! Wow! She is really talented!
Oh man, I miss those touhou grand Prix stuff. Looks like it must be fun to make, and I'm just 18 seconds in
That was really funny! You did a great job in making sure that it looks like m1 Grand prix! I still love the music, but I wouldn't be bothered with having this on the channel too ^-^ (and I know this was a April fool's joke but it's still good)
this is my absolute favourite! i come back to this every now and then to rewatch, and it makes me chuckle every time!! love you guys ^^
I like this, even if it was just a joke, you should do another one! It was funny
You can just use "cut that off" as the end of video, like the others said that
Anyways, great video. Keep up! :)
This was so cute, great job!!
Well that was unexpected, fantastic, and dare I say, surprisingly fantastic! ...Wait. Well, anyway, as much as I want to beg for this to be a side series, I wouldn't want you to have to divert any attention away from the lyric videos. Though, if this joke were to become reality, know that you would maintain my full - and completely emotional - support.
Also, I swear, every time I start to think "Hm, I wonder if Lyrica is gonna release something soon?" something is suddenly out. It's been like this since Clownpiece, what the ████?
Now if you'll excuse me, I still need to watch M1. (I might even have to try writing Manzai myself... Could be a fun exercise.)
Renko and Merry is so cute!
I stay home and learn English with ”萌え”
Maribel's Dream: Everyone! It's time for Cirno's Perfect Math Class!
I need a part 2 no joke
2022 April Fools please.
Same
@@captain5977 you should watch the touhou m1 grand prix then. It's basically just more of this
Even though this is April Fools, I hope to see more of this stuff, it's entertaining.
I mean, this is a fine comedy show if you ask me. Totally gonna blow up if you actually keep up with these.
God, this style is so damn cute! I wanna hug them!
Bless you, bless you, and bless you some more. Absolutely hilarious and love the references. You can see amazing work put into it!
Art style is really cute!
I'll admit I usually don't understand manzai skits entirely but I still get a good few chuckles out of them. No exceptions here, it was just really funny. I wouldn't mind seeing more of this when April rolls round again.
now we need the full competition just the touhou m1 grand prix does.
Your covers were magnificient! No matter what will both of you do we lov u!
I absolutely loved this! And I got every single refrence you two made!
I so loved this skit! Bravo, bravo!
This actually helped me think of Maribel's personality for my 2nd Touhou fanfic. The first one was a short story about Maribel's father and how they're related to Yukari. The 2nd one if I imtend to write it would be about Maribel. This Maribel and her voice gives me some good idea for my story.
For more info, you can search 'The Tragedy of Mr. Hearn' in fanfiction.net
this is incredibly well written and well performed! your content always finds a way to amaze me
Omg this is so good!!! Ngl having an English M-1 Grandprix would be so cool!
This is one club I could join in, as well, if I’m part of the club I thought of some ideas for the rename, like... 0:30-0:38 all of your name ideas are nice, yet, if we make you feel more smart and curious about everything, you can call us the “Border Theorists! (club)” -background game Theory jingles plays- and, since counting me in there make us three, maybe we can be the Truth-looker Triplets Club!... -I think I need a better name for it though... soo I’m gonna find which t words fits with the club naming and stuff- ... -also... i wonder if in the future you will still be doing manzai with Renko and Merry?, please?-
I laughed several times during thing. I love thisssssssssss :) ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Counting thumbnails that you are yet to pixilize:
1 - reverse ideology
2 - yokai girl at the gate
3 - great fairy wars
4 - primordial beat
5 - candid fren
6 - hartmann's yokai girl
7 - impeccable heights
8 - the concealed four seasons
9 - egotistic flowers
10 - crazy backup dancers(wait, didn't it already have the new thumbnail?)
11 - pierrot of the star-sprangled flag
11.5 - magical astronomy
Woah, that was awesome! I wonder who would have been the judges and the points. xD
This is amazing ! Keep doing those until the end of times !
wow
posted on my birthday
thanks!
Stop making lyrics? Please if im gonna get april fooled-
2:29 counter arguement what does that make Nixies? Or the what's seen as the freshwater equivalent
hey, hopefully i got the right person...im so happy to see youre still making content! when i was younger, i came across your rayofhope3579 channel and noticed you used windows movie maker to make your videos...as a kid that wanted to animate but didnt have the money to buy programs, i was SUPER EXCITED to see that it was possible to make pretty damn decent animations with such programs. its been years since i had embarked on any animation ventures, and while i haven't really gone far since then with my animation hobby, i did want to come back and thank you for your dedication to putting out thoughtful, creative videos. it really inspired young me and led me to get into video making as a teen. keep up the good work pal!
This was amazing! Keep up the great work!
Ok the description joke almost fucking killed me
I unironically would be fine with more of this.
"Or straight" wait What?!
They're lesbians. It's Touhou Project, remember?
@@joannamysluk8623 but Zun stated in his speech they are not gay or lesbians ,the touhou girls are not lesbian nor gay period.
@@zachjohn3217 If you're talking about that one article, it's fake.
@@joannamysluk8623 OK boomer
I want another one
Please become a series