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[Maru]

Call me Maru. I've come across this place on occasion while seeking answers to my various Touhou questions, and am only just now joining

My story of how I got into Touhou is a rather long one...

You see, as many people have, I myself had gone through a very embarrassing "Japanophile" stage in my earlier years, and I had happened upon a certain Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga Medley

I began researching each individual, and upon approaching the infamous "Marisa Stole the Precious Thing", I was intrigued to learn that this was a remix of a song from a game called "Touhou" from a group called IOSYS

I did a youtube search of IOSYS and found 2 other fun videos, "Stops at the Diseased Part and Melts Quickly", or better known, "Overdrive", and "FOE"

the bunnygirl in the Overdrive video was an interesting one, and so I began doing some more research on this "Touhou"

Eventually I happened upon a topic for new Touhou players, which led me to a download of Imperishable Night, which was recommended as the game for beginners. I was also happy to learn that the bunnygirl from the Overdrive video was featured in this game, and I downloaded it without batting an eye

Now, upon downloading the game, I had learned that Touhou is a game akin to the classic arcade game Galaga, except with a lot more bullets. I was an arrogant guy at this age, and thought "Pffffft, I can handle it..."

So the download finished and I started up the game. As I said, I was rather arrogant at this age, and as you might have guessed, when I started playing, I went played on Lunatic difficulty...

Needless to say, I "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'd" at the game and tossed it away. I quickly learned that I couldn't handle it.

Nevertheless, my liking of this game persisted for a few years, and I continued to research it a little, finding more IOSYS videos, learning some fanon, and learning people's names, especially the bunnygirl, Reisen Udongein Inaba.

A few months back, I guess sometime in mid-late May, I was watching one of my newer discovered videos, featuring a certain frog-like girl we all know and love. My spark for Touhou had suddenly rekindled, and I quickly learned what game she was in. I wanted to fight her, and listen to the awesome original music.

So I quickly found a download of Mountain of Faith and started playing. This time I started out on easy mode. I had trouble of course, but over time, and a few continues, I finally made it to that blue haired woman with the rope around her back. I braced myself for a tough fight, but after about 20(yes, 20, give or take) continues, I finally gave up. I had failed to conquer the mountain of my childhood, and I never saw the elusive frog-girl.

But I was not down. I remembered Imperishable Night, and quickly searched for it. I remember it being a more noob-friendly game. I downloaded it and started playing, and I managed to beat it on easy, with a couple of continues of course. I was certainly better, but I didn't think I was quite ready for the blue haired woman...

So I did some more research on the games. Other than learning how many games there are and all that, I did some research on a bunch of characters too. I learned Kanako's and Suwako's names, Alice and Marisa, I learned more about the IN group...and I found it. My current goal. The music, the character, it sends chills down my spine just thinking about it...

Flandre Scarlet.

As soon as I saw her, as soon as I heard that childish insanity of a theme song, I knew I had to fight her.

But I wasn't ready.

Instead, I went on to download Phantasmagoria of Flower View and Subterranean Animism. I tried PoFV first and didn't really have too much trouble with it, and so moved on to SA. I got to Orin's stage, but never even saw Utsuho.

SA was certainly harder than MoF. It was at this time I went back to MoF, and after a few continues I finally managed to beat Kanako. I was excited. Finally, I get to fight Suwak-wait...credits? No, where's frog-girl? D:

It was only afterwards I learned that she was the EX boss, and the only way to unlock EX mode is to beat it on Normal difficulty with no continues

So I tried that, just to see how different it was...I managed to get to Aya before losing all my lives

Afterwards I turned my attention back to her. Flandre Scarlet. I searched for Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and had a little trouble finding it, but I finally got it and started instantly. Of course I tried it on easy first to get some practice. I made it to Patchouli without too much trouble...then had to continue. Then I got to Sakuya. and used ALL my continues. and STILL couldn't beat her

I could tell this was a tough game...

Ever since then I've been working on my game collection. I'm now only missing Immaterial and Missing Power, Double Spoiler, and Fairy Wars.

I've been practicing too. I'm able to beat IN on Normal, MoF on Normal with a few continues, and EoSD with all my continues, if I'm lucky...


tl;dr: Japan-obsession of my early years made me the Touhou fan I am today


But enough of that. How about my likes and dislikes?

Favorite Character: Reisen Udongein Inaba, Sakuya Izayoi runs a very close second

Least Favorite Character: Kanako Yasaka, because of the nightmare she was when I really started getting into it...

Favorite Game: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody/Hisoutensoku

Best Character(Danmaku): Reimu Hakurei, Homing Amulet type

Best Character(Fighting): Sakuya Izayoi

Goal: Beat Embodiment of Scarlet Devil on Normal with no continues


Recently Touhou has been a source of inspiration for me. A little too much, actually...

I have 3 OCs that are inspired by Touhou characters: Reizumi, a nine-tailed fox, inspired of course by Ran Yakumo, and a little bit by Yukari Yakumo too, Reliscia, a vampire, Remilia of course. Needs a little bit a name edit, and Paltoulei(big name change needed), an oni inspired by Patchouli Knowledge and Suika Ibuki


I suppose this turned into more of a "me and Touhou" thing than an actual introduction of myself...if you've got any questions feel free to ask and I'll try not to write a novel for an answer

[Hades]

Welcome marukazeryu and all I have to say is : WALL OF TEXT, OMG.
Hope you enjoy yourself here. Good to see your a Sakuya fan, cause I'm too. Too bad you don't like Kanako xD. And GOOD LUCK on 1ccing EoSD.

[Arsen]

Sounds like you've already had a blast with Touhou so far Maru. Normally I'd warn you about the incoming welcome wall, but I think that's going to crush anything we have to say.

So anyway, welcome to LR Maru! Be sure to have a look around, there's a lot of places to have fun~

[Maru]

walls of text are what tl;dr is for

thanks for the welcome!

and it's not necessarily that I don't like Kanako, she just made me rage a lot when I started playing

[DDdreamer]

Really, that's one heck of an introduction post!
Eh, so, you seem quite well versed in touhou already.
I've never seen a new person that's as into Touhou as you are.
So, welcome to the forums! There's a contest going on right now,
Er...you should try it out, earn some credits! It's lots of fun!
Now...any advice I can give you...

If you like art, head to the art section, I have a thread there.
Sefam has a neat collection of stuff in the merchandise section.

Mind Dango, he has a rock fetish.
All of us are lunatics :3
Don't be afraid to be nerdy, we are all nerds here!

Really, if you just prepare for the unexpected you'll be fine! ;D
Um..that's all, I think...
Nice to have you here! I'll look forward to seeing more of you!

D3

[Maru]

I like to think the skill I lack I make up for in knowledge

I actually have a few things that scrape the line between crap and art I might show off later...

[DDdreamer]

Great! I really wanna see it!
Oh, here's you mandatory welcome hug by the way. I forgot to include it in the first post...
*hug*

D3

[dango]

*walks by and see's a huge wall of text*
OH MY GOD, HUGE INTRO. I like this guy already :3
*throws a rock in the air*

I learned Kanako's and Suwako's names

AGAIn, HOLD IT!. I love every intro that states my waifu in it. Buut yeah, aside from that, you have had a HUGE story behind this touhou involvement don't you? I wish i had something that big. Well as you seen from the wall of text above... err more like posts cuz urs is longer lol, we're a very nice and active community xDD. And yeah, good job on dem achievements and good luck on the future ones haha. Also, soku? YES, you should join the LR Backup hamachi server and play several of us here (including me). I'll be looking to seeing you there. And MoF is the BEST Touhou game alive~ Well, get ready cuz you're about to jump into a world of fun at Lunatic Red~

*catches the rock*
*carves a UdongeXSakuya figure out of it*
*Gives it to you*
Welcome to LR ~ WhERe LuNAtEeiCz RuEl T3h W0rLd!!!!

EDIT: OH, i saw u in the sever already. Nevermind xDD i just saw the "maru" on it lol

[AJS]

*clap clap clap* Dang, your introduction was pretty much one of the longest and finest introductions I've read--even better than mine way back when.

I can see myself in you. I remember first encountering Flandre, and she promptly became my motivation to 1cc EOSD so that I could finally meet her. All I can say is do not give up hope. Do not stop trying. You WILL reach her eventually. And then you can revel in her awesome theme music while she effortlessly pelts you with elegant and deadly danmaku patterns.

I remember when I first played EOSD, I thought "Man, I'd be LUCKY if I could just get to Flandre!" Then a few months later, I finally reached her and died within the first few attacks. I was satisfied, as I had finally reached my goal of meeting Flandre. But I kept practicing with her, and eventually....I beat her!

Anyway, the point of that little rant was that I can appreciate how you're in a situation that's similar to mine several months ago, and that you should be encouraged to keep practicing Touhou, as it will eventually get easier for you, and you'll start surprising yourself by unlocking and defeating the almighty Extra Bosses.

Ahh.....I think I went on too long.......

Welcome to Lunatic Red! Enjoy your stay here.......no wait..........I already know you will.

Have fun! ;D

[thetreedude]

Yo, Maru looks like you had quite the journey with touhou.

Oh dear.
This will take a long reply to respond to.. uh.. um.. everyone loves tl;dr so I'll shorten it yea!

- Touhou MADs from Nico Douga were some of my first jolts of touhou fever.

- The lack of a visible hitbox bothered me in EoSD. Good luck with Flan when you get there~

- Check around the forums, you might find a certain something to help your touhou gaming needs/skills.

- Better yet join the achievement event and see how many you can do to test your skills.

- Once you get to know most of the characters try the touhou sorter/ranker located in the utopia so we can see how you rank all of the characters in all~

..uh. I'm tired.
Just take a look around yourself and you'll see why this place sparkles~ *shot*

[hazard28]

Wow, that was quite an introduction. I actually took the time to read the entire thing too but it was worth it; interesting story you have there. The IOSYS videos were some of my first introductions to what touhou was too so we have something in common (^_^). Nice to meet you and welcome~!

[Hades]

Maru is an artist? Damn, can't wait to see your works!

[Masatog]

You have probably typed up the longest introduction in LR~ Welcome, Maru.
Like some has already posted, it was interesting and enjoyable to read. I can relate to your situation to myself in some cases.
I hope Kisume didn't give you a hard time in SA~
Enjoy your time here, and good luck if you are participating in the achievement event!!

[IAAF]

dats one long wall of text.
anyways welcome to LR yooouu.
hope you enjoy your stay :0

[Gui90]

Geez I don't login for a day and walls of text pop up... But yea welcome, Maru~

As you've seen from the posts, we're pretty lively and active, so you're sure to like us. People have posted so much stuff, Idk what to do next, so here's a welcome spellcard:

Illusion Sign - "Lunar Red Knives"

A spellcard for you to use in case you ever face danger. Red knives appear and start a random pattern, which you can create fake clones of to illude the opponent. A very cool spell, indeed. Use it well.

But yea, welcome to LR~!