Thread 49617679

Why is it that EoSD has such enduring popularity?

>>49617679 (OP)
DMCA strike soon™

>>49617679 (OP)
>PSO2 NGS
Woah! I don't give a fuck.

>>49617679 (OP)
Seniority. They have been around longest so naturally they have the most fans and fan materials.

Woah, very cool videogame

Loli vampire is just too catchy and enduring a concept.

K-K-KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Syndrome.

>>49617679 (OP)
Right time, right place, and available on a platform most people owned. It helps that the music was really good and the cast was likeable.

>>49617679 (OP)
It's become secondary bait for reason, so randos who decide Touhou is their new personality become obsessed with it.

>>49617693
That's not how Japan works, jackass.

>>49618930
Holy meirabroken

>>49617679 (OP)
/v/ermin thread

>>49619047
Of course the /v/igger felt called out.

>>49617679 (OP)
It basically acts as the gateway to the series thanks to the numerous fanworks involving the casts, new fans then get exposed to it more than other installments, which inspires more EoSD fanworks to be made.

Vampireloli ojousamas

>>49617760
>Seniority
By this token PoFV cast should be also more popular than SA cast, for instance.

>>49617760
What about the 98hus then?

>>49624107
Not canon

>>49624128
What does their canon status have to do with them being popular if popularity is based on age?

>>49624157
>>49624128
Also PC98 is canon

Because they were there during the peak of Touhou, when there were a lot of eyes on the franchise, and thus being remembered by more people
Even if ZUN conceived the best character design to ever be made right now, the fact remain that there just not as many eye on the franchise anymore to look at said character and spread it around

>>49617679 (OP)
>What is Touhou Project?
>[AI slop]
None of the characters have "intriguing backstories", and there is no "depth of lore". The key to Touhou Project's success is how much it leaves to fan interpretation.

>>49625415
Mentioning "muh lore" is kind of a prerequisite these days if you want the YouTubers' attention (and thus free marketing). How real or official it is doesn't matter. Just look at Dark Souls.

>>49625469
This is just part of a roadmap for people who play PS2 New Genesis though, not an attempt to get Touhou broadcasted by youtubers.

>>49625469
This is just part of a roadmap for people who play PSO2 New Genesis though, not an attempt to get Touhou broadcasted by youtubers.

>>49617679 (OP)
Everyone loves vampire lolis.

>>49624182
Where's Mima then

>>49625402
Touhou definitely did not peak in 2002.

>>49625415
And the fanworks have intriguing backstory and depth
So it’s the same thing

>>49617679 (OP)
it's the beginning of the series, as far as most people are concerned, and critically, it was the first game to really enjoy any larger amount of success. even more critically, that larger amount of success wasn't within a franchise-specific niche of a niche, because there wasn't a franchise yet. it being successful within the larger doujin PC software market is what made touhou what is now, because that allowed a community to grow up around it.

>>49627593
How popular are they vs the rest of the cast of their game? More than Meiling or Rumia for sure, but vs Sakuya, Cirno, or even Patchouli?

>>49637336
remilia and flandre arguably started the vampire loli thing, depending on who you ask, so i'd say they're pretty popular, even if it's just through their fountain of expys.

>>49637410
this, in japan they predate Evangeline AK McDowell.

>>49637410
Doubtful. Tsukiyomi manga is older for instance.

>>49637675
older? maybe. more well known? definitely not, every trope has earlier examples than the one that makes it a thing but they're only really recognized in retrospect after the trope gets properly established

>>49637809
As was said before, EoSD and Touhou as a whole wasn't anywhere near as popular in EoSD's day. The anime for Tsukiyomi was in 2004 and I'm sure a couple other things around the time came out before Touhou really took off. Even then it seemed like PCB was more popular at first, to me anyway, then EoSD started taking off probably from people coming in from Flan and Cirno memes. IN too was really popular in works. Anywho, Touhou's influence on vampires and loli vampires was definitely after known ones were established and vampires were pretty popular. It's about as likely as Touhou influencing the popularity of lolita fashion.

>>49629149
yeah more like 2009-2012

>>49643433
Good times.

flandre