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Let's bring in our favorite girls from the Mountain, the ones who will kick rear end and take names. Give it up for Sanae and Momiji. And that leaves our remaining cost at 0.5, which means we're done here. Also really happy to see the streams die, and for Blitz and co back in business.
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Sep 15, 2015 16:47
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Tch, too late to vote. But anyways, yay, it's back! No more Stream Hell! Also I fully expected Keine to join there, with a 130-will ability to turn into her EX form or something. But I guess that didn't happen, huh?
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Sep 15, 2015 19:08
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I think we're all missing what's truly important. Keine drilled a hole through the Earth, and Mokou punches so hard that her fist explodes.
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Sep 15, 2015 21:16
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Clarste posted:Mokou punches so hard that her fist explodes. That attack is so hardcore and somehow cooler then the attack where she blows herself up or whatever and needs to regenerate her entire body.
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Sep 15, 2015 21:55
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Mokou having the most hardcore attacks makes up for her whining throughout the whole stage.
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Sep 15, 2015 21:59
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Mokou is one of the few Touhou's who's actually a bit angsty with her tragic backstory.
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Sep 15, 2015 22:15
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She's the only Touhou who's still mentally and physically Human while being over 1200 years old, so if anyone is going to be, it's going to be her. Every other ageless character is a youkai, god, or lunarian. And even then, she's honestly a little cheery in Urban Legend in Limbo (Because she was pretty excited about the possibility of finally being able to die and then met new and interesting people,) so she's gotten over it some.
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Sep 15, 2015 22:29
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Dr Pepper posted:Mokou is one of the few Touhou's who's actually a bit angsty with her tragic backstory. Yeah, but most of the time it's not about how she can't have any friends as they'll inevitably die on her, and more about how becoming immortal was a huge mistake and really pretty much all on her.
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Sep 15, 2015 22:59
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Yeah, but most of the time it's not about how she can't have any friends as they'll inevitably die on her, and more about how becoming immortal was a huge mistake and really pretty much all on her. To be fair, that first part is probably a reason for the second part.
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Sep 15, 2015 23:04
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It would be a little hilarious if Reimu immediately disabled her own training menu after realizing it was supposed to represent practice.
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Thanks to the amazing power of jetlag, I had to stay up for a whole day doing something involved enough to keep me awake. As it turns out, a game is good for that. ------  quote:House of Eternity Full Text quote:
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------  quote:The Eternal Cage that Hides the Princess  Music: The Arrows and Bullets That Enshrouded the Night  Reimu posted:You're not getting awa- Wait, where is this?!  What a huge moon! Are we in space?! If this were really space, we wouldn't be able to breathe.Clarste posted:How does Alice know this? Akyu, what does the radar say? It's showing absurd numbers! Something must be interfering with it! Oh? They really fell for that?Tewi and Reisen spawn in.  I never knew you were such a good actor, Reisen. I was seriously shooting to kill, though. Hey~, you're that rabbit who snared Lily and the others! So she ran back to her hideout. Just what I'd expect from a bad guy! When you live too long, you stop trying to push your limits. I could only manage an ambush. We've successfully trapped you in the pocket dimension we prepared! You're saying this entire space was created with sorcery?! Almost certainly, given what else they've done so far! ERROR NOT FOUND posted:You all must be the Earthlings I've heard about in the reports. Eirin makes her entrance.  ...! What an intimidating presence...! You must be the woman who hid the moon, in the flesh. Eirin Yagokoro. Oh, so you know my name...? Ah, you must have heard it from the Fujiwara girl. I'm pretty sure we don't have time to introduce ourselves. Or for a leisurely chat. So not only do you have a fake moon, but you also have an entire fake starry sky? What an elaborate decoration. Though setting up the spell seems like it'd be an awful bother. Hah! So you can tell that it's an illusion? Indeed, this is but a memory of the moon. A stale, old moon befitting for those who have been stained by impurity. You'll greet your final moments here, in the space between the fake moon and the surface. Speak. Why have you threatened Gensokyo's youkai by stealing the full moon? What you're doing is pretty much picking a fight with every last one of them. Give it up, or we'll do this the hard way. And what can some mere Earth youkai possibly accomplish? Before long, my Sealed Room spell will be complete, and the connection to the moon severed. Once that happens, no one will be able to pursue us to Earth. So our guess was correct, that's what you were aiming for. We'll NEVER let you get away with something so selfi- Hey, what're you doing?! Lady Yagokoro! You're Lady Yagokoro, right? ...That voice! You're the one I met back then! Master, that's the rabbit that got away. Oh? You came all the way out here to meet me? Lady Yagokoro, I'm a rabbit on the run from the moon! As fellow fugitives, please shelter me! Wh-What did you just say?! Wait, are you switching sides at the last second?! Why not? I only came here in the first place to meet Lady Yagokoro. I never thought it would go this well, actually. Not only are you from the moon, but you also want our help?! Are you KIDDING me?! Why do you think we're doing all this?! Whose fault do you think this is?! Now, now, Reisen, calm down. ...Very well, I'll listen to your request. ...! Yay! But first, we'll have to deal with these Earthlings. Hmph, you play the bad guy so well that it makes our jobs easy! Who cares what happens to the rabbit? You're not getting away this time. Now, prepare yourselves! quote:Victory: Defeat Eirin.  Twelve turns is actually a pretty generous amount of time for a regular playthrough. I might cut it a little close with voter-picked teams though.  This chapter introduces the blue-haired sunflower fairies, who have a whopping 11k HP. In early versions, due to a bug the blue fairies would magically change their hair pink while attacking.   Normally I have Border and Magic Teams clean house, but Reimu's sitting this chapter out. But by some stroke of luck I have almost all of MoF, so I may as well build a big friendship block.  The results are immediately apparent: Aya is completely unupgraded and eight levels behind, but she's still doing well for herself. The fact that Reimu lent her the Yin-Yang Orb probably helped too.  Meanwhile Magic Team wrecks face. This time I keep a closer eye on enemy HP count though; no need to use Malice Cannon when a Kick will do. I knew Lady Yagokoro would be on my side! C'mon, open the hatch. I need to go join up with her! Why in the world would we let someone who just betrayed us out? Grrr...! Lady Yagokoro, save me~! ...Udonge, try not to destroy the bridge, and capture that rabbit alive. You seriously plan on helping her, Master? If we can secure her, we might be able to learn something about the current state of the moon. We can worry about how to dispose of her afterward. Wait, what? Heh. So much for your benefactor. But didn't you say that you hid the moon to protect her? No way, of course not. Why would we do that? This was the obvious result. Surrender yourself quietly! I-Is this a joke, Lady Yagokoro?! You're not really going to dispose of me, right? Udonge, I'll leave this to you. No way... I take things a little slower on the next turn so I can form more distinct squads. Marisa and co will get their revenge on Tewi while the other side beats down Reisen.  Sakuya is forced for this chapter, and as a solo unit at that. Not having Meiling absolutely drops her survivability, so she won't be doing much. Also she got hit by that 11%.  Yuuka has Superior Flower on, so I decided to take the plunge and cast Drive. Having an actually useful MAP will definitely be helpful for this first phase too.  I did some experimenting, and turns out the Three Fairies' friendship gimmick doesn't work while they're combined. It seems like the only way to get the most out of it is to go full on SRX: decombine, use S-Formation twice, recombine and then attack with the combined form.  Tewi still has her decoy field, so these grunts have to go down before I can take her out.  I had Team Mediocre try to pull their own weight and help out. They couldn't.  Meanwhile everyone else has been having some incredibly bad luck. Momiji activated Shield Defense a whopping once, and Yuuka kept failing to trigger either of her defensive skills. If I let this many humans through, my reputation would be shot. What reputation? I've never heard of any long-lived rabbit. Your body is letting out a particularly wily sound. Please, wait. I think that's the lucky rabbit of the bamboo forest! Lucky? You mean she'll make me happy? Yes, although I can't begin to imagine how the leader of the rabbits became the Lunarians' subordinate. I'm no one's subordinate. What I've got going with the Master is a business arrangement. What are you talking about? She didn't want anyone to find her, so I lent a hand. In exchange, she shares her wisdom with us. How can you so willingly join hands with someone who harms Gensokyo? Can't you tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys? Hey. I wanna live a long time, and she depends on me. I've got plenty of things left on my bucket list. I can't deny that. You definitely need smarts to survive. But by that logic, you should accept us. After all, when someone stronger shows up, it's only smart to follow them. I was worried Tewi would finish off Nitori, but thankfully she went for Magic Team. She took more than 11,000 damage for her troubles. Thanks for earlier, that was some greeting. Why do you have to get in our way, over and over again?! This has nothing to do with any of you. Why couldn't you just leave it alone? On the contrary, I think it has a LOT to do with everyone who lives in Gensokyo. Why are you helping the moon people? You must have very complicated circumstances to be complicit in a plan like this. ...I ran here from the moon. Master saved me. You're a moon rabbit too?! Another fugitive? Then why not listen to Rabbit's request? Don't be ridiculous. I don't have the slightest obligation to help her! But- I finally get my chance to live in peace, and she just destroys everything I've worked for without even trying. You're a nuisance! If you understand, then stay away from me! Meanwhile Reisen tried to snipe Ran. Since I put the Portable Gap on her, her MP zeroed out faster than you can blink so she couldn't counter.  I may not have Koa, but this time I have Minoriko in position to refill people.  Tewi's field still counts as Support Defense, so Fury ignores it.  RIP. Tewi drops another Four-leafed Clover. Geh, they really didn't hold back. It's our win! Admit it! Hmm, it wasn't supposed to go like this. Maybe I could've come up with a better plan. You could try a million times, and it'd end the same way. If you're from the Earth, then think about how to protect it! If not, then you can just take off, like chicken off skewers! Yeah, yeah, I'm going home.Tewi ditches.  That's one down~. It's because we all put our power together.I didn't even deploy any of them.  ...It appears Tewi's retreated. As shrewd as ever, I see. How generous of you. A powerful caster like yourself is letting a chump youkai like her get away with that? I can't control the Earth rabbits the way she does. With that in mind, I can tolerate a reasonable amount of selfishness from her. How can you talk about your comrades like that?! You're so cold! If you only consider your own interests, you'll never be able to live in Gensokyo. What's really important is to support each other and let your hearts be filled with gratitude! Looks like we'll have to beat that into your head! I normally ignore this fairy since it's a little too out of the way to bother rushing down, but this time I have long ranged attackers.  Really long-ranged attackers. It survived because Nitori sucks and missed an 80%. I had to send Ran over to finish the job.  Reisen still has her Null Strike field, which makes her pretty annoying.  Getting closer to her also means getting in range of Eirin's arrows too. They have an insane 1-10 range, and an even more insane +50 accuracy modifier. And Eirin's pretty drat accurate as is! I already knew this, but you really are quite quick-witted. You were able to immediately determine that hiding the moon was your best response. As the Brain of the Moon, I find the best solution is always the most obvious. Don't tell me you consider yourself a match for me, as the Brains of the Earth? There can be only one answer to that. It's always worth trying out other options! Such an unrefined way of thinking. How befitting of an Earthling! But as you probably expected, in exchange the arrows aren't very strong.   Eirin has HP and MP Regen (L), so there basically no point trying to kill her before you get your entire army over. She also has the unique skill Genius, which boosts her accuracy and critical rate by 20%. She's also got Predict and Counter, which are the traditional SRW "this person is really skilled" indicators.  I spend the sixth turn working on my final formation.  Reisen may be naturally dodgy, but the MoF squad have so many stacked friendship boosts it doesn't matter. I knew you people weren't just anyone...! She's pretty special too, our powers don't work on her at all. I heard you gave Reimu a good fight, and I can believe it. I assume you've had training, to move that well. ...I was a soldier for the moon. I was conscripted and put through boot camp. They have soldiers...? A while ago, the Earthlings invaded the moon, as if they owned it. So they recruited us rabbits to fight that war. I think I've heard this story from Keine before... So you didn't like it and ran away? That's...! A deserter, huh? That's pretty cruel for such a babyface. I had no choice. If I hadn't, then I'd be- Was your life so important to you that you'd betray your comrades?! Shut up! What's wrong with trying to survive?! I'm going to live through this, even if I have to drive all of you insane! Watch out, something's coming! The wavelength of the moon can drive people mad! Do YOU think you can stand up to it?! quote:Stare of the Hazy Phantom Moon (Lunatic Red Eyes)  Lunatic Red Eyes is actually less annoying than Reisen's initial field since it just halves all my characters' hit/evade rates. Strike and Alert bypass it so I could not care less. But much more importantly... Music: UDON-ZAM  The animation is literally Gundam 00's TRANS-AM!  Reisen is The Best Character. Spells seem to be your specialty, but how's your speed? My speed? That's right. Can you catch me, the fastest in Gensokyo?! Hah! I'm sorry, but sealing an opponent's movements is my field of expertise. How about I fence you in, capture you... and then do as I like with you later? Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Even Aya can tank an arrow.  I was going to have Momiji finish Reisen off, but she zeroed out on MP from all the Support Attacks she's been doing. I didn't notice fast enough and just had her end turn without doing anything.   Oh well, the ship could use the levels. Reisen drops an Enemy Marker, which increases the range of all non-MAP or range 1 attacks by one. N-No way... Too bad. There's nothing wrong with your goals, but you lost your nerve. If you spend all your time focused on the past, won't your danmaku suffer? You won't be able to put your heart into it. ...How could this happen? Just a bit longer, and everything would have turned out okay... How so? Did you plan to keep running forever? Well I guess there's no way to lose when you don't even try to fight. Grk...!Reisen goes splat. So what now? You're pretty much exposed on all sides.Suwako has an alternate line if Tewi is still alive, incidentally. That's about what I was expecting from Udonge. She fulfilled the bare minimum of her duty. Hm, so you carefully assessed your subordinate's desperate battle? In that case, how about we test your own abilities next? By all means, go ahead. If a mere Earthling like you can, that is. Alright, four turns to take down two spells. So you're the one who created this space. I can't completely grasp the basis of your spell. It's pointless to just analyze it, it's protected on countless layers. No matter how many calculations you make, a mere Earth youkai like you would never be able to grasp it. In that case, I'll simply have to defeat you in a different manner. That's not an incorrect answer, but still impossible.Music: Mind of Space  Eirin has some snazzy animations. You're not concerned with the Earth at all. I guess that's a Lunarian for you. As gods of autumn, we're gonna show you some divine punishment! Gods of autumn? So there are gods that even the moon hasn't heard of. It's no wonder of course, since there are no seasons on the moon. Really? That sounds like a pretty boring place to live. Spring, summer, and winter are whatever, but you need to at least do something about autumn! Such hubris. Is this what the gods of the Earth are like? Sadly until she gets her spells up all I'll see is Game of Rising.  I give up, I just can't deal with you intellectual types. Oh, so the people of the Earth believe they can measure my intelligence? Nah, it's really easy to tell. You'd look pretty good in glasses, right? Not everyone can say that. ...I'll never understand these Earthling values. And that'll take a bit because...  Yeah, we got her! That one hit her hard! Now we can- Me? Defeated? Hah hah hah... You're laughing? Is there anything funny about this situation? Indeed, it's hilarious how worthless that all was. Mokou isn't the only one who can full heal herself. Wha- That light! It's the same as when Mokou's resurrected! Did she also drink the Hourai Elixir...? The Hourai Elixir was originally just something I made for the Princess. The fact that some other girl managed to drink some is nothing more than a fluke. In other words, both you and the princess are immortal? This will be quite a long fight, then. Even so, we've stopped the night. They can't win by just stalling. Heh, didn't I just tell you that your tricks are worthless? What?The screen shakes. ...! The moon's starting to move! This is another effect of this dimension. The Princess's power is advancing time. Are you beginning to understand? You're already out of time. Impossible! How could Lady Yukari's spell be forced back?! How irrelevant. I was already in a hurry. Patchouli posted:Sakuya, what are you planning? Against opponents like this, it's important to negotiate. Negotiate? Isn't it a bit late for-The screen flashes white.  Don't move. If you disobey me, this knife is going right into your throat. Oh yeah, Sakuya can do stuff like that! Now she'll have to listen to us! That technique..! Are you saying you can control time? I believe you just saw a sufficient demonstration. Now, if you don't obey me, then... Let's see...Music: Girls, Surpass the Carnage! Eirin slams Sakuya away. Sakuya! She doesn't care about the knife?!Well yeah, a knife to the neck isn't really threatening when you're immortal. I'm surprised. I never imagined someone on the Earth would have such a power. I suppose this means I shouldn't underestimate you. It's a trap! Get away from her, Saku- There, now I've taken away your freedom of movement. Even if you stop time, touch one of these lasers and it'll burn your flesh. I can't believe she saw right through the weakness of Sakuya's power...! Did you really think I would submit to something like this? Either way, it'll have the same result. Eirin starts opening fire. Nobody stops her because... cutscene?  Ngh! Ah, Sakuya! The power to control space-time is far too much for an Earthling human. I'll erase that power from the Earth, along with your genes. This is bad, she's gonna kill Sakuya! I was even entrusted with returning the moon for those two... My apologies, mistress. Sakuya! NO CLUE posted:Hold it! !Music: Emblazoned with an Eternally Young Scarlet  Lower your filthy hand, you red-blue. If you go any further, I'll tear you apart along with that disgusting moon. Who are you?! And that aura.... Lady Patchouli, that's- Good grief. You're late. How impertinent. Show yourself!Remilia spawns right next to Eirin,  I was going to anyway! and attacks! Okay, let's see what she's learned since we last saw her all the way back in the first ga-  Oh it's just one of her weakest attacks.   And it did 11,500 damage because reasons. This cutscene actually scales with the difficulty. Eirin will always start the next phase at half health.  Remilia posted:Hmph, think of that as a gift. Mistress! Why are you- I'm angry, Sakuya. Who gave you permission to be so reckless? What were you thinking? I don't remember giving you permission to die, either. My apologies, but I was trying to fulfill your order- Heh. That one actually stung a bit! I can scarcely believe that an Earth youkai's claws managed to scratch me! Hmph, it bothers me that you think I'm gonna settle for just that. First you take our moon, and now you want Sakuya too? You're getting way too full of yourself. Let me show you what it means to incur my wrath. Sakuya posted:Mistress.... I'll save the scolding for later. Get behind me. But, I should clean up my own mess- I'm telling you to spare me the theatrics. Now that I'm here, you're not allowed to shed a single drop of blood. Yes, of course...!The two form up into Scarlet Team.  And Sakuya learns Soul Sculpture which... is literally just Eternal Meek, but without the cooler parts of the animation. Man Sakuya kind of got screwed in this game.  Since her event is over, as normal Sakuya is free to die now.   Not going to lie, Remilia kinds of sucks considering she's a 3.5. But that's a discussion for the character analysis. Good, you at least still have all your limbs. Sheesh, you can be so reckless, Sakuya. ...My deepest apologies for troubling you. But is this really okay? Lady Flan is back at the mansio- Well, that's why we've got to deal with this lady first. I can make good use of this eternal night. Let's teach these villains that when we work together, we're invincible! Yes, Mistress! Most of my team is still ready to go, so Eirin's already crippled healthbar goes down immediately. Ugh, you people don't know when to give up. We're in better spirits than before. At this rate, we'll get her! Thanks to Remilia, our morale's improved!Yeah, sure. You know, this is as good an occasion as any to ask. Why did you hide the full moon at all? ...It would be a nuisance if the lunar emissaries arrived, pursuing that rabbit over there. Left alone, their search would inevitably lead to them to the Princess. I knew this princess of yours was involved in all this too. Indeed, this is my continuing atonement, for what I did long ago. The Princess was banished to Earth after drinking the Hourai Elixir I made for her. In the pure Lunar Capital, immortality is a grave sin. So that's why you took action to help her escape. Yes. Fleeing to Gensokyo, hiding the moon, everything was for her. Do you even think about what you're doing? You taking the full moon is a huge problem for all night-dwelling youkai. True... It's a shame. Just "a shame"?! You looking down on us?! Flan's suffering so much because of THIS jerk?! I'm deciding your fates, here and now. Hah, what can a diminutive, impure Earthling youkai possibly accomplish?! You people are nothing before us, the eternal. Burn this into your eyes! This is the wisdom of the moon, accumulated since ancient times! quote:Leading God "Omoikane's Device"  Omoikane's Device zeroes out the Defense stat of anyone in it. This, like so many other danmaku effects before it, would be a problem if anyone was actually getting hit. So you're the Lunarian who stole the moon. An Earthling youkai... Moreover, you reek of impurity. There's no way your power could reach a Lunarian. Heh heh, you Lunarians are so tasteless that I almost pity you. What do you mean by that? The flowers that bloom so vividly on the surface are a symbol of life, yet at the same time their transience makes them a symbol of death. You, who don't know the beauty of flowers, could never understand the beauty of the Earth. What sort of nonsense is that?! Yuuka illustrates my point.  Komachi does not because haha. Komachi dodging things.  Ran is in need of some MP. Good thing I loaded Nitori with restoration items just for this purpose! To think someone would invade us by ship... Still, this will save me some time. I'll simply take you all out at once. ...I know that we've been trapped, but we're ready for a fight too! The Palanquin Ship has the power of Gensokyo in it! Here, let me show you! There goes my last Sinking Anchor.  I was worried the Three Fairies were going to die, but then they triggered Open Fairy.   I'm near the end, so I have Sanae blow the rest of her SP on Miracle for the kill.  But Eirin just barely survives.   Yuuka has to finish the job. Impossible, I'M on the defensive?! Looks like even an immortal sage can still sweat. You shouldn't underestimate living beings who have their roots in the soil. Hurting someone with a thousand papercuts is hardly something to get conceited about! You know, for someone so arrogant, you're pretty desperate about this. Are the lunar emissaries really that scary? I've already told you, this is all my continuous atonement for what I did that day. Excuse me? I came to greet Kaguya, as a lunar emissary. But Kaguya chose not the moon, but this prison known as Earth. That being the case, I would share the same cage. Spending the same eternity with her was the least I could do to atone. That's the reason you killed your entire entourage and stayed here?! That's right, we two are eternal accomplices. ...I understand. You're quite self-righteous, aren't you? You wanted a cage, so you built one yourself. What did you say? Heh, I see. I almost feel sorry for that princess of yours, being used as such a cruel excuse. The Earth is a prison? The princess's great sin? You're the one who's locked away. Shut up! You know nothing, Earthling youkai! ...Enough. I need only rid us of those who would get in our way. Nothing changes, nothing CAN change... An eternal atonement. She's not listening anymore! Then I suppose we'll have to dispel that madness of hers. Dawn will break, and the spell will be completed. And then, the Earth will become a jewel, eternally protecting the Princess! quote:Esoterica "Astronomical Entombing"   This spell has a bunch of effects. First, characters can't cross the outer layers of the field. Second, Eirin is guaranteed to get a critical hit if she lands an attack. And finally, all characters in the inner portion can not move or attack. It's kind of like Elly's floor tiles, only  they can still use Bombs. I tried to have the Three Fairies split instead of wasting Ran's turn, but the field prohibits using Join/Split too.  I left the Akis next to Magic Team just so I could Final Spark through this spell. Give it up, Eirin Yagokoro! This whole incident is a huge pain for us humans too. The humans as well? Shouldn't suppressing the power of the moon be to your benefit? You're not getting it. You hid the moon, so it's your fault that Yukari stopped the night. And because of that, the surface youkai are going crazy. That's quite an accusation. But it doesn't change the fact that you're in our way. As a side note, Eirin's theme overrides The Moment Dreams Reach the Stars by default. You can mess around with music options to fix that, but eh. If you can hide the moon, you must have a vast amount of knowledge. I certainly hope you'll leave books behind, for future generations. Oh, but I have no interest in making records. All of my wisdom is in my head, and that's enough for my purposes. ...You may be intelligent, but your understanding is shallow. Astronomical Entombing has a cut-in.  Like Yuyuko, Remilia lost her original final spell, Scarlet Gensokyo.  But also like Yuyuko, the assets were recycled into a new spell, Spear the Gungnir.  Looks like I'll be winning just in time. Normally I complete this chapter much faster, around turn 8 or so. But normally I have Border Team.  I spend a while weakening Eirin so I can guarantee a flashy finish. ...There may be a fake moon, but it's still the night. You all should be thankful, tonight is a special occasion. I'll show you my true power. ...! Remilia's aura is getting even stronger than before?! I suppose it is. Remi's now releasing her inherent power as a vampire. What's that supposed to mean? You saying she wasn't being serious with her danmaku last summer? A vampire's strength lies in three qualities: their overwhelming power, speed, and magic. However, when you fought before, she only used each of these strengths separately. I was still spewing out the mist back then, so I couldn't do any flashy stuff. So, tonight you're finally going full throttle! Heh heh, how about I teach your body what a sin it is to rebel against the queen of the night? Your blood will paint the walls of my castle of the night! Watch the video!   Eirin drops Yagokoro's Remedy, which is a full heal to HP, MP, and somehow Ammo. Ngh, why?! You were quite a caster, but the battle's been decided. If there's a reason you lost, it's because you weren't aware of your own weakness. That's what happens when you live in a closed-off world. Did I ask for your opinion...?! But I highly doubt that you can interfere with the real moon. If I close this space, you'll be stuck here for-More shaking. ! The dimension became unstable...? Doesn't look like she can control it properly. She IS pretty exhausted. The spell's fraying at the edges. ...Now that it's come to this, I have no choice.Eirin exits stage right. Hey, she got away! If we head forward, it looks like we'll reach the inner chambers. My intution is saying that the mastermind's right in front of us. If that's settled, then let's charge in! I'll raise the output of the Buddhist reactor. Get back aboard, everyone! ------  Momiji, I'm counting on you to cover me! Leave it to me, Nitori. I'll be relying on your shield, Momiji. Understood, Aya. Momijiiii~, if I ever get hit you know what to dooo~. Indeed, but you need to be careful too, Hatate. Momiji, do your best! Of course. When the time comes, I'll protect you. ... Am I popular or something? Shouldn't you be a little more self-conscious...? Well if you look at chapter 40's formation, this is what it kind of seems like.
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We're being invaded!
Couldn't we just let them in? I haven't met anyone new since Mokou.
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------  Remilia Scarlet Personality: Resolute (Hit: +1, Miss: -1, Kill: +4, Get Hit: +2, Ally Killed: +2, Graze: +1) Character Skill: Vampire (On Night stages, character recovers 10% of HP/MP at the beginning of every turn. On Day stages, terrain ranks are crippled unless the Parasol item is equipped.) Personal Skills: Scarlet Charisma (+20 initial Power to all SDM members), Queen of the Night (increases Vampire's HP/MP regeneration to 20%), Devil Wing (Unfocused Move +2), Devil Guard (gives a -1000 damage barrier) Spirits: Sense, Accel, Spirit, Focus, Pressure, Valor (45) If Remilia were a 2.5 like the rest of her mansion, she'd be pretty incredible. But she's a 3.5, and at that Cost it's kind of expected you have some sort of gimmick going for you. And unfortunately, the only thing I could really say about Remilia is that she just sort of sucks. Her stronger attacks are gated at 130 Power, she's crippled on daytime stages unless you either waste her single item slot or pair her with Rumia, and she just... can't do much. She's not super dodgy, she doesn't have an amazing damage output, she can't tank, her spirit set isn't very impressive, and she doesn't have a particularly useful support role unless you're committed to deploying the entirety of SDM. I guess she could have been useful if she joined earlier, but she pops up one chapter before Imperishable Night ends. And spoilers: there aren't any Night stages in the latter half of the game. Every time I try and use Remilia she just sort of farts around all chapter then drops a finisher on the boss. And if I wanted someone solely for their finisher, Youmu is right there. Remilia would probably be better if Scarlet Shoot could actually do decent damage. All Attacks Battle theme: Emblazoned with an Eternally Young Scarlet (Septette for a Dead Princess, Dark Prison) While we're on the subject of Remilia, she and Sakuya make up the last of the four IN teams. And, um, they're not very good.  Visionary Scarlet Devil Team Youmu and Yuyuko can rest in peace because these two are the undeniable worst of the four canonical teams. Not only do you get them last, but they completely clash. From the Costs you'd expect to have Remilia in front and Sakuya in the back, but Sakuya is a pure frontline unit. She provides nothing but mediocre damage when she's in the back, and her entire defensive setup is completely wasted. But if you flip things and put Remilia in the back, what is she going to do there? Cast Accel, I guess, but I shouldn't even have to tell you that that's a total waste of a unit. Worse yet, there's literally no reason to use Scarlet Team over Servant Team. It's more costly, Remilia isn't as good as Meiling (both as a unit and as a partner to Sakuya), and, the kicker, if you're going to team Remilia with anyone, it's gonna be Rumia. Maybe if Remilia was around during the bulk of IN, Scarlet Team could have been kind of cool. But as is, if you want to use Scarlet Team you need to give up Remilia's item slot. Or deploy Rumia separately, give up one of Sakuya's item slots for a Firefly Gem, and run a full Night team, but that's just gimmicky. There is kind of a bright spot for these two, though. A future character really wants Meiling as a partner, and that sort of leaves Sakuya stuck up a creek. So for lack of a better option, you might decide to use Scarlet Team. Or you might just bench Remilia and Sakuya entirely since they're both kind of lackluster, but eh!  Tewi Inaba All Attacks  Reisen Udongein Inaba All Attacks  Eirin Yagokoro All Attacks BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 04:19
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Music: The Arrows and Bullets that Enshrouded the Night The most notable difference Lunatic makes is adding more enemies, particularly rabbits.  Some Rally spam later,  and Border Team is pumped enough to cover the entire main front by themselves. Everyone else is inching around the sides to the minibosses.  Eirin has Strike, so what little chance she had of missing earlier is completely gone now.   While her skills haven't changed, her danmaku field has. Now it gives her a passive 50% HP Regen on top of her HP Regen L, which basically means that if you don't kill her in one turn you're screwed. Eirin has the Guard spirit, but thanks to her regen she almost never uses it.  I'm not running a themed team this time, so I don't have any friendships to make Reisen easier to hit. Border and Magic Team (or rather Fantasy Seal Blink and Malice Cannon) can get high enough odds that I can steamroll her anyways though. Those movements... I knew you were no amateur! You're sharp. You must be a trained soldier too. So are you going to tell me the presence of my master doesn't scare you? Even if she were scary, I wouldn't be afraid! You cheeky little...! It's a tradition of mine to kill Reisen with Youmu on this chapter. Swords > Guns.  On Lunatic, Astronomical Entombing's field full on blocks you from doing anything. I think you're supposed to beat it by spreading out your units enough that at least somebody is in the outside rim and can bomb? Good lucking punching through 64,000 HP with only some of your units though. And forget the bonus, that's not happening. Eirin's final spell works on a "center the field around a random player unit" method, by the way, so it's not some static sequence you can memorize. It's honestly pretty dumb.  ------ I see you've stopped the game. Thank you for your hard work. ...We are now inside the inside of the Sealed Room spell. Awaiting us there are the true moon and Kaguya Houraisan, the princess of the moon. Kaguya is a Lunarian, the circumstances of Earthlings mean nothing to her. There is only one option available to us. Though with so many humans and youkai present, a battle was only inevitable! Chapter 43 of Fantasy Maiden Wars I: "The Five Impossible Requests". We absolutely MUST take back the full moon!------ Total Cost: 50.0 3.5 Mima (38) Remilia (39) Yuyuko (36) Yukari (36) Suika (39) Yuuka (39) Kanako (36) Suwako (37) Palanquin Ship (38) [Always forced.] 3.0 Reimu (39) Marisa (40) Ran (37) 2.5 Meiling (35) Patchouli (36) Sakuya (40) Alice (40) Youmu (36) Komachi (33) FA Nitori (36) Momiji (38) Aya (33) Sanae (39) Hatate (37) 2.0 Kurumi (32) Elly (35) Rumia (26) Cirno (27) Koakuma (36) Chen (36) Lily White (38) Lunasa (34) Merlin (37) Lyrica (36) Wriggle (37) Mystia (36) Shizuha (28) Minoriko (32) Hina (35) Nitori (32) Nazrin (29) Shou (27) 1.5 Daiyousei (28) Sunny (34) Luna (32) Star (33) Magic Team is forced, so you have 44.5. Note that the four canonical IN teams (Reimu/Yukari, Marisa/Alice, Sakuya/Remilia, Youmu/Yuyuko) have special dialogue on the next map. So do a few other "obvious" teams like Sanae/Kanako. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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It should be noted that Reisen's Trans-AM differs from the 00 Gundams' animation in one very important detail: The actual Gundams have their movement speed tripled so they leave behind afterimages when they move. Reisen doesn't actually move that fast - she just generates illusions of her shooting things to simulate zipping around at top speed, and that's also why the number of lasers that actually show up on the target side is way smaller than the number she 'fires.' It's a pretty neat detail. Actually, never mind. Let's go with the teams that get us more dialogue. Scarlet Team for 38.5 left over. Pureauthor fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 04:41
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I will take a break from the Akis to say we need all four teams, so Ghost Team leaving 32.5 because I am bad at maths. And yes, Remilia is really lackluster in this game, but at least this chapter let Reisen unveil (most) of her moves and they own. KnoxZone fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 04:43
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I changed my vote after a bit of consideration. Cost should now be 32.5 left over.
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Sep 17, 2015 04:47
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Komachi and Daiyousei for a remaining cost of 28.5.
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Sep 17, 2015 04:50
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I don't have a dumb team name for them but bring Cirno and Suika leaving 23.
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Sep 17, 2015 04:52
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Border Team might as well get some expositing in. 16.5
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Sep 17, 2015 04:54
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KnoxZone posted:I will take a break from the Akis to say we need all four teams, so Ghost Team leaving 32.5 because I am bad at maths. Taking a break from the Aki sisters? Madness! 12.5
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Sep 17, 2015 05:11
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Hellioning posted:Taking a break from the Aki sisters? Madness! 12.5 You are the hero this thread deserves.
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Sep 17, 2015 05:23
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As a note, a word that shows up a lot in this game's script is "地上". The most literal translation possible is "above ground", but in the context of Touhou it has at least three meanings, with the most general one being Gensokyo in general. But the other two are deeply tied to Imperishable Night and Subterranean Animism's settings, which actually might be why they were paired this game. In IN, 地上 is the term the Lunarians use to refer to Gensokyo, or more generally the Earth. And in SA, it's what the Underworlders call regular Gensokyo, since it's literally on top of them. What I'm going with this is that I basically just spent ten minutes editing this chapter to replace every instance of "surface dweller" or whatever with "Earthling". It's kind of a shame to lose the parallel between the two parts of the game, but I feel like Lunarians referring to the Earth as the surface just kind of sounds off in english. (This is probably the part where Clarste corrects me and I have to undo that.) BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 05:23
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As an aside, (since the plot points for this wasn't how it went in IN canon) Reisen has some nerve to be treating Rabbit this way when she did the exact same thing herself. Except, y'know, worse. Because she's a deserter. When there wasn't actually any fighting to run away from.
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Sep 17, 2015 05:30
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Sanae and Momiji will never leave your party if I have anything to say about it. The cost should now be 7.5 Had to get this out now, so I'm gonna read this now before any other votes are made.
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Sep 17, 2015 06:05
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Luna & Sunny, 4.5 left. If Aki sisters deserve every stage, so does the Three Fairies.
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Sep 17, 2015 06:18
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Eeepies posted:Luna & Sunny, 4.5 left. If Aki sisters deserve every stage, so does the Three Fairies. Agreed! Star, 3.0 left.
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Sep 17, 2015 07:21
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Ah. I'm just left with the leftovers to choose from I guess. So let's bring Mystia along, leaving us with 1.0 and no more characters left. I wonder why they waited so long to have Remilia join up, this didn't seem to have too much extra plot significance that couldn't have happened anyway. It seems like a strange choice. Anyway, i'm liking how the game is portraying Eirin and Kaguya. I always kinda liked how although Kaguya decided to stay on Earth rather than go back to the moon, Eientei is pretty much just exactly what the moon is supposed to be like anyway, and it's cool how Sanbondo tied that in to Eirin's character. And in to how it affects Kaguya, since more than anything she just seems to be incredibly bored by how unchanging her life is. SyntheticPolygon fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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BlitzBlast posted:(This is probably the part where Clarste corrects me and I have to undo that.) Nah, that's what I would have done too. I was kind of wishy-washy more most of the chapter, but by the end I decided it should just be Earth. SyntheticPolygon posted:I wonder why they waited so long to have Remilia join up, this didn't seem to have too much extra plot significance that couldn't have happened anyway. It seems like a strange choice. I think they just wanted Sakuya to do something, so they included this rather long-yet-irrelevant subplot about how dangerous this incident was compared to previous ones, and Sakuya kept triggering death flags. Like, every scene she's starred in this time around has been kinda sorta about how she's going to die. I guess the alternative would be to let her remain a total background character like Hina and have Soul Sculpture pop out of nowhere. ...Like Alice. BlitzBlast posted:Eirin Yagokoro Something that may not be immediately obvious about Eirin's finisher is that she creates the space background every time she does it. Except when you fight her she's already in space, so it doesn't stand out at all. I really like that animation, actually. She creates a pocket dimension, blows you up inside it, and then traps your corpse inside if you die (a fairly subtle dynamic kill animation). So... she's literally entombing you in the stars. Astronomical Entombing. The name actually makes sense, sort of! Star burial.
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Sep 17, 2015 12:53
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Alice is just kind of a funny situation because her plot is Certified Endgame Material. So despite being in almost the entire game (she is the only non-protagonist to have almost perfect attendance, only missing 1M and 13M), she can't have any big scenes. They've kind of gotten around that by having her act as Marisa's sounding board to help drive a lot of the Marisa route's bigger scenes, but it's still kind of sad. On that note, despite Keine being Alice's counterpart in FMW E, Sanae actually took her place as Reimu's number two. Reimu, Sanae, Marisa, and Alice are effectively the main characters of the game series.
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Sep 17, 2015 13:33
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And in the remake, Keine will be entirely replaced by Kasen. Because she's literally in the exact same role that Kasen would later come to play (reasonable person who nags Reimu to do her job). Wow, this series is old, isn't it?
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Clarste posted:I think they just wanted Sakuya to do something, so they included this rather long-yet-irrelevant subplot about how dangerous this incident was compared to previous ones, and Sakuya kept triggering death flags. Like, every scene she's starred in this time around has been kinda sorta about how she's going to die. I guess the alternative would be to let her remain a total background character like Hina and have Soul Sculpture pop out of nowhere. ...Like Alice. Alice gets consistently more to do than virtually every other character not named Marisa or Reimu. She's basically been the 2nd most prominent character in the Marisa route since the first game and has been tied in well to the things going on with her, even if you disregard that she's likely gonna be really important come game 4. Comparing her to Hina is just too cruel.  An actual character who's under-utilised and mainly background would probably be Suika. Only one map for her game, and just a single spell card without a cut-in, and that's despite being a final boss and fairly important character outside of that. Now that's a bit disappointing.
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Sep 17, 2015 14:06
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I wasn't comparing Alice to Hina, I was just noting that Alice learned a new move in this game with no fanfare whatsoever.
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Sep 17, 2015 14:08
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Clarste posted:I wasn't comparing Alice to Hina, I was just noting that Alice learned a new move in this game with no fanfare whatsoever. Alice's new attacks are probably from her new form that got cut. One of the new attacks was a map which is probably why the form got cut because Sanbondo hates players having usable maps.
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Sep 17, 2015 19:25
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I think if I were to remake this from the beginning, I'd give every character a map attack, but make them cost bombs to use. They'd also come with the bonus of overwriting danmaku fields for a turn.
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Sep 17, 2015 19:31
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That would be really cool with some characters like Lily with her map that actually moves her on the map, but I feel like most characters would have nonsense map attacks like Ran that would be basically unusable in most situations.
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Sep 17, 2015 19:39
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Remember those two chapters where Youmu had a map attack? That was nice. I miss that.
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Sep 17, 2015 23:47
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Remember when Ran's MAP actually hit everywhere the swastika spun, and not just in an inexplicably static area? Oh wait, that was when she was a boss, and it sucked.
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Sep 18, 2015 04:22
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This is about the point in the series where Sakuya gets booted out of the PC role for a long time and it sucks. At least she's getting something to do in FMW...
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Oops. I noticed a major mistranslation from two chapters ago. When Remilia makes a promise to Flandre, I put "watch the real moon together through the window" when it was supposed to be "go see the real moon together, not just through the window." Which is the total opposite and demonstrates a major problem with burning through the translations so quickly. Anyway, that's foreshadowing, wink wink nudge nudge.
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