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[VLP] The Disappearing of Gensokyo - For Touhou, fandom is canon?

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Gesh86: 28 days later, we do not have a zombie outbreak but the concluding Episode 19 for our adventure. Will we create a future that we are happy with? Or are we just picking between two types of poison?     The playsession isn't the same as last time (obviously), but we do carry the same perks and settings as we did before. You could pretend this to be the continuation of episode 17, at least for a little while. It's time for a few words to end this playthrough on: Anyone who gave this series a watch, either thoroughly or in a sense of zapping through the episodes: Thank you very much for your time and I hope you enjoyed what you saw! The 36 minutes of this part can be a little daunting, I'm sure, so if you're low on time, the most crucial segments would be minutes 0 to 7 and 31 to 36. I think the message and moral of DoG is quite special and I'd really love to reach folks with my analysis of it, taking place in the last 5 minutes of the video. On the production of this series: I thought I would have a lot more trouble gathering footage I'd be content with. DoG does become a lot easier to handle when you're at least somewhat experienced with it. Could I have made the playthrough on Hard Mode? Difficult to say. Even if this doesn't get me the greatest bragging rights, I hope this was an intriguing venture for everyone. Can't stress enough that if you haven't played DoG yet, you should try it out as soon as you can. I'll take a small break no matter what (at least one week), but you can still expect some bonus content appearing in this thread soon. Please wait warmly.

commandercool: I kind of missed the bus with this series due to some personal circumstances around when it started, but now that it's just about done I'm gonna have to catch up. It looks like a neat game and I really enjoy your content, so I'm looking forward to watching it straight through.

Gesh86: --- Quote from: commandercool on May 10, 2019, 03:07:16 PM ---I kind of missed the bus with this series due to some personal circumstances around when it started, but now that it's just about done I'm gonna have to catch up. It looks like a neat game and I really enjoy your content, so I'm looking forward to watching it straight through. --- End quote --- 5 hour binge-watch, go! That reminds me, I should also link the playlist in the first post for good measure... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've recently read some very interesting news regarding to a comment I've made within the last few minutes of episode 19: I've namedropped Nintendo as a company that handles brands and copyright very differently and much more possessive than ZUN. That isn't factually wrong at all, but there are some unusual and unforeseen changes underway with that dinosaur of a company. Nintendo has allowed an indie studio to work on a Zelda title (Cadence of Hyrule). While the developer's pedigree of having made Crypt of the Necrodancer has undoubtedly helped in getting the o.k. for the project, this isn't really too different from how Touhou Doujin games get made. I gave the example of Nintendo in regards to the removal of AM2R and Pok?mon Uranium, obviously, but it looks like those years of notoriously rigid and protective Nintendo are coming to an end. Never thought that would happen... That intial tangent out of the way, I wanted to make some bonus content in the form of post-game conversations within our hub. Since I don't like making videos that feature not even an ounce of action, I've had the idea to just switch to Screenshot Let's Play format for that purpose. Let's go: After getting the bad ending (Sealing Gensokyo) and loading up your game: We spawn next to Iku where we usually do: Tenshi: Ah, thanks... Iku: You don't look well. Tenshi: Heaven...seems so desolate, as if nothing happened. Iku: Isn't it exactly what you wanted? Gensokyo is still a paradise, no one's been hurt, and nobody has to change their way of life. Tenshi: Maybe you're right. I should feel strange to have a crowded heaven. So where's White Tenshi and others? Iku: They went to other planes with their phantoms. Tenshi: Well, nothing changed in Gensokyo! But everything changed for me! I'm not the arrogant Tenshi any more. Iku: Oh, you're not changed that much, my lady! We virtually had nothing done after our struggles. Tenshi: Nothing done? Emm, well, maybe doing nothing generates a good result. Ignorance is kind of happiness sometimes. If some of the dialogue sounds very Engrish-y to the point where it would be hard to understand, I won't auto-correct it, but perhaps interpret it afterwards. Who knows, maybe I would be wrong and someone else gets the intended meaning? Speaking to Iku once more after this forced, initial conversation leads to the exact same exchange. We do some exploring around our base after that. Who do we meet first? Nobody. Absolutely nobody. Apart from the throwaway Celestials as well as Kogasa and Byakuren to access their services, there's not a soul around that would have anything unique and meaningful to say to us. I think the emptiness of our sanctuary is another instance of DoG communicating to the player. It's screaming "Hey dummy! Go back, beat White Reimu and get the good ending! This isn't how you want this story to end!" And so we do exactly that. After getting the good ending (lifting the barrier to the human world) and loading up your game: Iku: Well, some people went back, while some still like to live here. Tenshi: Seems as if my heaven will be crowded all the time. Other celestials, may have issues with that. Iku: We have been complained about those things, such as hosting parties and building an orphanage in heaven... Tenshi: You mean...Already? Will that put us in trouble? Iku: Not at all. White Tenshi has beaten those celestials and officials up, so there's nothing left for us. Tenshi: Sounds good. Iku: If they really want to make trouble, we can just say we were forced to do so. Then we will not be the target. Tenshi: But you are betraying your allies! Iku: Oh, don't get me wrong! You need to believe in her. She will settle down all the affairs. Tenshi: I'm afraid trust in friends shouldn't be wasted here... So if Heaven's bigwigs are not happy with our decision of letting the real world into Gensokyo, they get smacked up and at the end of the day, we blame that on someone else as well. Lovely. Nothing is ever our fault. Talking to Iku manually repeats the exchange and gets us into the character menu. Scrolling all the way down reveals... ...Reimu. We do have her should we decide to keep playing. The price of 6480 point icons (80 more than I remembered) is a completely meaningless programing relic. In both screenshots we can see Reisen lying face-forward on a house porch. Let's check if she's dead or not: Tenshi: Hi bunny, why are you lying here on the ground? Tenshi: Oh, OK. I'm feeling tired too, after this tiring incident. Reisen: ... Tenshi: Are you OK? (Takes out a vital sign monitor) Does she have one of those just stuffed in her dress 24/7, hoping for a situation it'll be useful in? Our theory that everyone is a Looney Toon is sounding more and more sane... Tenshi: That's a miracle that she's still alive! We leave her with no additional medical attention and turn left on the northernmost point of the map. Tucked in a corner, we find Marisa: Marisa: Hi Tenshi! What a nice day, isn't it? ^_^ The bossfights couldn't defeat me, but if those smilies in dialogue keep coming, I'm not sure I'm going to make it... Tenshi: Don't pretend to be a good guy! What's in your pocket? Marisa: Emm, Tenshi, you see, you promised to lend me some materials... Tenshi (her artwork draws her sword at this point): I will never give stealing a green light! Marisa is being hit... Tenshi: Heaven is not your home, you're doing robbery! I will not let you go with this kind of behaviour! Just as Iku said, punishment become justice when someone's against law Marisa: Damnit! I shall never be caught stealing again. Run! Tenshi: You want to steal again? Wow, she's fleeing fast! That white guy, please kill that mouse for me! Tenshi: Oh my god, she's getting away! I hate you, White Tenshi. You totally ignored me! Tenshi the Angel (that's the displayed name now): If you called me by a wrong name again, I will make your sword into fly-knives for my maid. Tenshi: Eh, please don't do that. I don't have a backup! Same old story with thieving Marisa. Plus, a White Tenshi cameo who I can already tell you is also hanging around the Azure Fortress somewhere. Near Kogasa's smithy, we run into Hata no Kokorokorokoro: Tenshi: Please let me take a break, OK! Kokoro: No, you need to start, now! Tenshi: Never, I'm tired now! Unless you beat me up! Girls are Fighting... Kokoro: Hmm...you lazy celestial! Tenshi: Haha...I'm stronger than you thought! But I really feel tired now ~ Don't worry about the progress, I will memorize them much better after a good rest! So, bye ~ I assume the "Hmm" and "Haha" is meant to be both of them panting. So to avoid dance practice, Tenshi did something that was probably equally exhausting. Her worst enemy has to be her own stubborn head. We get to Kogasa after that, who has a little bit more to say than usual: Kogasa: Hello, need to upgrade your weapons again? You can just pay the service with your points~ Tenshi: Oh, come on! The incident is over, so I don't need to upgrade weapons...But why are you still here? Tenshi: So you may still stay here in heaven...Several days longer won't matter for me. Kogasa: But there's a tough guy in heaven now, the maid in black. She looks so frightening! Tenshi: That's out of my duty. You're on your own now. Would Black Sakuya truly have such a heart of stone that she would bully our favourite blacksmith? Maybe we'll ask her when we inevitably run into her. Our next conversation waits in the east and should scare the cowardly umbrella even more: This continuity seems to believe that you have made only one choice and that it was the right one. Also, "Reimu the Harbinger?" This game just loves handing out new and edgy titles to its phantoms. Tenshi: Stop! Why shall we fight on first sight? I want to live. Dark Reimu: What? Do someone fighting around like you need a reason to fight? Tenshi: Maybe that's true for me before, but now I'm different! Dark Reimu: You mean you've grown up and won't hit someone without reason? Tenshi: No, I want to say, I just feel tired today after the incident was settled. We can fight tomorrow. Dark Reimu: So what you want is still a good smack, ha? Tenshi: This is my place, the heaven. Would you mind to be a little polite? Silly Tenshi, you can't tell the Touhou fandom to behave in the way how you prefer it. That was the whole message of this game. Weren't you paying attention? We continue the route we always take throughout our hub. Too bad, the "secret zone" where we once found Reisen hiding is deserted, as so often before. Once in the southern part of the map, we see someone standing under the bridge spanning the teleporting lake: It seems a nerdy programer has found his way into Gensokyo. I've got to wonder if they had someone from MyACG specifically in mind for this guy. Sinsack: There's still an Easter Egg (funny bug) in my program remain unsolved. What should I do? Tenshi: Wow, this shall be the first normal GuiltyBag. Why are you here? Sinsack: I have been coding and debuging for 3 days...Wait, are you Tenshi? Tenshi: I can't believe I'm so famous! Sinsack: Yeah, I'm in Gensokyo, finally! But I need some rest before looking around. I'm working on fan-made Touhou games everyday without high salaries...maybe I suffered a sudden death already! Ah yeah! (Fainted) Tenshi: He's sleeping with happiness. I felt his love for us...And we need to thank him for my standing here. Well, give him a chance to play with the maids. The sinsack must be mixing up the wonderlands of Touhou and Konosuba. You're still live and kicking, buddy. West of the teleporting lake, we run into two loveable wimps: What's very surprising here is that you can't interact with them at all. Mystia and Cirno are on a two-person-hangout and don't have time to include us in their activities. So much for "Tenshi sister is best friend forever"...I've tried repositioning myself, thinking that I might not be in the right spot to talk with them. Not a chance. Guess they're just part of the scenery. Moving on, Byakuren is next: Tenshi: Why are you still around after the incident resolved? Tenshi: Oh, you are welcome. But why is your ship still parked here? Byakuren: Because my temple is not ready yet, and I've got some phantoms to clean up where I'm living. So could you... Tenshi: Sorry, but I feel too tired now. You can turn to Alice and her phantom for temple repairment, and Reimu with her phantom for phantom clearance. Yeah, I like it when there're many friends to share my responsibilities! Byakuren: And they are definitely more reliable than you chav celestial. So please remember to lend your place to park my ship. Tenshi: As your wish. But would it be so hard for you to show better attitude towards me, since I have found so many magic fragments for you... Byakuren: Tenshi, you are welcome to our temple for better education, on manners. Tenshi: Haha you said manners? You are not behaving that well when racing motorbikes on roads. Byakuren: That's so impolite of you! I'm playing noble sports, OK? Tenshi: Then what would you like to say about the guns? Byakuren: Flying Bowl ~ Flying 9mm pebbles. Tenshi: Let alone the diameter and fire rate...What's in you hand right now? Byakuren: Are you kidding? You should know that spellcards are something physical, and of different shapes. Tenshi: OK, I see. So the motorcycle is also one of them? Byakuren: Not at all. It's only a common vehicle. It's a nice bike that worth $4000! Whenever facing a target, I will get down myself, hit the enemy away, and then get back on. Tenshi: I was just wondering why this bike is always shining brand-new. That's really, unbelievable. Byakuren: So riding bike is still a good way to keep healthy. Quite a lengthy exchange. I'm asking myself why the temple needs repairs, when Myouren Temple and the Palanquin should be the same construct, just magically altered. When she finally plants the temple somewhere, I hope it's not on top of some Taoists' mausoleum again. Where Byakuren is, Yoshika can't be far. Just a couple of steps north, she is staring onto the world below: Tenshi: Why are you guy still here? Yoshika: Ouch! Tenshi: What's wrong with you? Sounds to me like you're living in rigid hell rather than rigid paradise. Tenshi: Will zombie have a neck sprain? By the way, you know human languages, right? Yoshika: My master taught me that it's really cool to mock somebody in his/her own words... Tenshi: So you learn our language just for teasing others. That's...ridiculous! Yoshika: Mind your own business, my dear chav celestial bastard! I made it possible for you to make friends with me! Tenshi: No, I don't eager to become your friend. Plus that friends deserve better names, OK? Yoshika: Tenshi, your weakness doesn't deserve ignorance. And that's when a friend will help! Tenshi: No, I don't feel like improving myself now, thanks. Always quarreling those two. I don't think that will ever change (it hardly can, there's nothing left after this segment). The festival from last time has introduced a certain Satori to the story, but the talks with her didn't lead anywhere. Let's wind that subject up again. A few stepts north from Yoshika, we spot a peculiar trio: Tenshi: Hey, why did I stop here for no reason. White Tenshi: Take that! (White Tenshi thumps Tenshi suddenly from the back.) Tenshi: Ouch! You are hitting my soul out! What on earth are you doing? White Tenshi: Don't be afraid. I have good control of the strength, so you should be just half unconscious now. Tenshi: Ah! I see the long river, and this time with a girl with green hair, not red like before! Koishi: Wow! So you can see me now, Tenshi? Tenshi: Ah, so you are the new boatman here! Please do take that guy in white together to the underworld this time! White Tenshi: Tenshi, this is actually Koishi, the girl who is always unconscious! Koishi: I met you on the dinner party last time! So I'm here according to our promise. Tenshi: Wow! You look like this! Why can I notice you now? White Tenshi: You know, you have to be unconscious first, to see someone always unconscious. Good idea, ha? Tenshi: That's not good at all, what if you killed me? White Tenshi: Then I'll ask Yoyoko to send you back. That's not a major problem. "Yoyoko" is probably Yuyuko. Hard to say how a typo of that magnitude came to pass. The ghostly princess is the highest official when it comes to life and death, alright. Tenshi: Though terrifying, it turned out to be effective. So nice to meet you, Koishi! Koishi: I met you on the dinner party last time! So I'm here according to our promise. Tenshi: Welcome to heaven! I guess I can put up with this unconscious state. Koishi: So what's the difference between celestial and human? Can I slice you up and have a look ^_^ Yandere Koishi. If you recall the murderous things she says in the official games, it's not a completely unfounded joke... Tenshi: No, never! It's not possible to initiate a conversation with White Tenshi separately, she was meant to be part of the one with Koishi. And partially Marisa's, too. Therefore, it's Black Sakuya's turn... Tenshi: Have you ever noticed that your maid uniform is of dark color? Will that have some bad effects on small children? Frigthened crybaby Kogasa would be one such small child. I think the main idea is the orphanage, though. Tenshi: Well, that's great. But White Tenshi seems to be faced with trouble ever since she's here? Black Sakuya: Ah, that's true. The building we managed to move here were labeled as unauthorized, so she was so angry...that she argued with them fiercely, and I need to work out for the solutions. Tenshi: But I thought it was she that settled this affair...from her words. Black Sakuya: Well, this is not a Gensokyo incident, and you cannot settle that just be beaten everyone. So I made some compromises with the celestials. Tenshi: I don't care about the details...But will White Tenshi obey that? Black Sakuya: I will save us by running away, well, as long as I can stop the time. To be serious, White Tenshi's being much more experienced than me, so she shall know what to do. Tenshi: White Tenshi believes you can beat them all. Black Sakuya: But why shall we fight if we can avoid it? Tenshi: White Tenshi's thinking why shall we flee if we can win the game :) Quite amazing that you can put up with each other and run the orphanage well... Knowing DoG's version of Gensokyo, any situation that could lead to a fight will lead to a fight. So good luck to White Tenshi and Black Sakuya. At this point, it seemed like we had combed our hub for every single NPC. I was doing another round to make sure I wasn't being a fool and wouldn't you know it, it paid off! There was one more character around that had camouflaged herself a little. In the southwestern corner of the map, a monocoloured maiden is staring into the distance... Tenshi: I thought you would like the idea to stay in your shrine. So how's your staying here? Reimu the Savior, huh? Based on her actions, did she deserve any such honorary titles? She wasn't bad to the core, but still the main antagonist if you argue there even was one. White Reimu: Emm...don't want to move now ~ If you had chosen to close this area, I wouldn't have struggled so much. Tenshi: So you want to live on me? No way, as we're having a limited budget. White Reimu: Oh, come on! I will clean out the annoying phantoms for you, which should be your responsibilities! Tenshi: OK, I don't feel like working either! White Reimu: ? Tenshi: So, welcome to heaven, accommondation available! And that should do it. Those are all of Heaven's residents you can discover if you decide to load up your game instead of jumping head-first into New Game+. I hope you found this little addendum to our playthrough enjoyable. There's still a chance that I'll make a supercut of unused characters, including those you can get through DLC. That one will of course be in Video Let's Play format again, as we need to see their abilities in full motion on the field of battle. Until then!

Gesh86: One last time (unless questions or input from you come up that I want to comment on) I get to add something to this thread. We have another Bonus Episode and it's about... --- Quote ---There's still a chance that I'll make a supercut of unused characters --- End quote --- No, Emperor Palpatine is not a DLC character in The Disappearing of Gensoukyo. The video will inform you who is and who you will get the most use out of. See you next Let's Play! I do not know what game it could be or when I will start it. Inspiration always knocks at one's door at some point.

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