i recall there was a comic about how when ZUN’s child plays their father’s games, the child complains about how there’s no guys in it, and what do you know, ZUN features a guy (as a playable character no less!) in Touhou 20 after Touhou 1 was the last Touhou game featuring a male opponent
but yeah, it’d be interesting to see a shmup series featuring mostly guys like how touhou features mostly women and len’en features genderless people/enbies
Last I actively paid attention to the fandom (it was something I got jumped into by the anime heads at my school as a teen, and then I fell out save occasional pokes back in where someone made a BALLER 3d animation of a fight I actually remember playing or IOSYS remixes) y’all were still on like-- 16 or 17; shows you how frequently I update on ‘whats the most current’. I’d never heard of len’en though; I’m going to have to poke my head in and see what that’s all about.
lucky. i found out about touhou through online exposure. my peers irl don’t know about it, despite being into anime themselves lmao. i do wonder what was this 3D animation you’re talking about.
also tbf i pretty much only cared about it up until 16. while i did take a peek onto what 17 and 18 was about, can’t say i really care what happens past them, although 19 just released.
as for checking out len’en - you definitely should! len’en deserves some love too, especially as how its creator also remade the pc98 games for pc in his own artstyle; also len’en being enby representation thanks to the characters not having a canon gender. it’s wayyy harder than touhou, but the recent len’en game (Len’en 0: Book of the Cafe) isn’t a shmup but a barista game
i mostly pay attention to what the fandom is building, i really liked oil fire from the most recent game, but i’m still making my way through the games. i’ve been stuck on 10 for about a year, but i’ll get there one of these days
i recall there was a comic about how when ZUN’s child plays their father’s games, the child complains about how there’s no guys in it, and what do you know, ZUN features a guy (as a playable character no less!) in Touhou 20 after Touhou 1 was the last Touhou game featuring a male opponent
but yeah, it’d be interesting to see a shmup series featuring mostly guys like how touhou features mostly women and len’en features genderless people/enbies
Last I actively paid attention to the fandom (it was something I got jumped into by the anime heads at my school as a teen, and then I fell out save occasional pokes back in where someone made a BALLER 3d animation of a fight I actually remember playing or IOSYS remixes) y’all were still on like-- 16 or 17; shows you how frequently I update on ‘whats the most current’. I’d never heard of len’en though; I’m going to have to poke my head in and see what that’s all about.
lucky. i found out about touhou through online exposure. my peers irl don’t know about it, despite being into anime themselves lmao. i do wonder what was this 3D animation you’re talking about.
also tbf i pretty much only cared about it up until 16. while i did take a peek onto what 17 and 18 was about, can’t say i really care what happens past them, although 19 just released.
as for checking out len’en - you definitely should! len’en deserves some love too,
especially as how its creator also remade the pc98 games for pc in his own artstyle; also len’en being enby representation thanks to the characters not having a canon gender. it’s wayyy harder than touhou, but the recent len’en game (Len’en 0: Book of the Cafe) isn’t a shmup but a barista gamei mostly pay attention to what the fandom is building, i really liked oil fire from the most recent game, but i’m still making my way through the games. i’ve been stuck on 10 for about a year, but i’ll get there one of these days