I've been trying to get a friend of mine to try the game, but apart from our times not on the same frame (my free time isn't his and vice versa), but I did try to send him an email and stuff about it (music, games, etc), even sending the cracked.com article about it (you guys should read it when you have the time). Though he never really tried the game yet, I fear he may never try it unless I force him physically. He was a Shmup fanatic (used to play games like Strikers and Aero Fighters), as well as being Japanophile and an anime lover, but his preferences are more on guns (girls with guns, etc) and sci-fi, rather than Mahou Shoujo (to which he initially assumed Touhou is, given the amount of myths and magic stuffs in there as I explained).
If I can get him to play, I'll tell how it goes.