worth the wait

yeah, this is about as accurate as it gets. remember, class: normal mode or your glory never existed

DON'T WORRY PELO I WILL CONSUME YOUR DELICIOUS CONTENT

Sakuya's face when she completely missed Reimu's hitbox despite stopping time is gorgeous

5:04 i love how Marisa walk

Spellcard "Gun" is the most quick and effective way of getting rid of your enemies

Remillia: *Smokes* Sakuya: *"My dissapointment is immeasurrable and my day is ruined"*

Perfectly featured Reimu's canonical personality.

I am Japanese and I am not good at English, so I am writing this comment using translation, but this video has no dialogues, so I think people who do not understand English can enjoy it. And I love the characters drawn with this distinctive touch. Thanks for the very funny video😊

this is adorable

the fact that he included Patchouli's canonical asthma is hilarious

この人の描く絵は表情豊かで可愛いけどたまに狂気も混じってるの好き

So after actually playing the game and reading the lore these are all references I could catch. 0:03 It’s what kicks off the events of the game, Remilia causes a mist to flow over Gensokyo and block the sun since she’s a vampire. Here though it’s just weed smoke. 0:19 Rumia says in game that she eats humans. 0:33 That’s Daiyousei, the midboss of stage 2. She doesn’t come back though and is thus overshadowed by Cirno soon after. 0:40 Cirno doesn’t actually have a spell card called Brainfreeze, but it’s supposed to mock the fact that she’s canonically an idiot. She’s described like that by the author in one book and is labeled as ⑨, which is where the number in the milkshake comes from. 0:57 That’s the gate of Scarlet Devil Mansion, which is guarded by Hong Meiling. 1:18 All the poses for spell cards in the video more or less replicate the ones from the game. This one is Reimu’s iconic pose doing the hand thingy. 1:38 Whenever you defeat an enemy they drop points that can increase your score and attack power. 1:49 That’s Koakuma, Patchouli’s assistant and the midboss of stage 4. 1:55 In stage 4 there are some book enemies that shoot stuff at you. 2:26 Patchouli canonically has bad health and asthma. 2:45 Sakuya is the maid of Remilia in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, she spends most of the time just cleaning the place. 3:22 That’s ZUN, the creator of the series and the guy that does most of the stuff in the games. I don’t really know who is that other girl before him though, if someone knows please tell me. 3:42 That’s a funny callback to Touhou 1, the first game in the PC-98 era, since there you can get killed by your own yin yang ball. 4:08 Sakuya’s main power is time control. She can do pretty much anything she wants with it, like stopping, reversing, erasing… 4:21 Master Spark is Marisa’s signature spell card, and the sound effect here is the same as in the game. 4:35 Graze is when you barely dodge an attack in the games. Reimu’s actual hurtbox is a circle much smaller than her sprite, which is why it seems like the knives just go right through her. 4:40 In the game Marisa teases Patchouli by saying she’s going to steal one of her books. 5:02 One of Patchouli’s spell cards uses fireballs just like these. 5:50 Sakuya comes back on stage 6 as a midboss right before the Remilia fight. 6:20 Remilia doesn’t have a spell card called Devil’s Dessert, but in many of her attacks she fires energy balls that do look a bit like donuts. 6:23 When you die in the games you just spawn right back in the same place, if you have lives of course. 6:41 Not really a reference to anything, but if you slow this part down by a lot you can kinda hear Remilia trash talking Reimu. 6:51 That’s the “fake” ending of the game. When you beat Remilia without using a continue you unlock the extra stage with Flandre as the boss, where the game actually ends. 7:00 Flandre is the most feared character in the game, even though she isn’t actually crazy, that’s a made up personality by the fandom. She has an ability that pretty much allows her to destroy anything she wants, which is what happened here. Edit: It's with extreme satisfaction that I come back here one year later to tell you all that I finaly beat Flandre Edit 2: It's with even more satisfaction that 3 months later I beat Flandre without using bombs

4:53 i love how there's one sound effect per second

its nice that Touhou gets the attention it deserves, good animation

7:40 I NEED to see more of Sr Pelo's true art style. It looks super unique!

凄く気に入ったよ、絵柄が好きだし、描写が原作に沿ってるところが多いし。後早苗とzunさんがいるのも芸が細かくて好き。作ってくれてありがとう

yes very good!!

A character: slightly moves neck The sound: neck breaking

I like how most of the bosses went down hilariously fast except for Sakuya , who managed to last almost half the video before going down and still came back afterwards.

The way Pelo drew Marisa’s head reminds me of Rayman

6:20 ah yes, I always thought she was shooting donuts as well lol

this is art

0:03公害 0:19ワンワン 0:35バカ 0:49⑨自爆 0:56寝る紅美鈴 1:04油断 1:09圧倒的油断 1:12油断大敵 1:16じばく 1:37痛み 2:24物理的方向性の違い 2:26病弱 2:41一般通過妖精メイド 3:05しゃーねーな 3:23神主 3:33ホームラン 3:35そーなのかー 3:39い　た　だ　き　ま　す 3:42デッドボール 3:50～4:04無視される⑨ 4:09不正パナかなった 4:21慈悲はない 4:35自 機 判 定 4:42永遠に借ります 4:46「おい！そこの白黒！」 5:07むきゅー 5:23ガチギレ 5:29不正しかなかった 6:02カリチュマ(笑) 6:08メンタルブレイク 6:20多分ノンシュガー 6:40早口 6:58狂気 6:59戦慄 7:06だいばくはつ

3:40 I re-watch this every so often, and this incredibly clever reference to Highly Responsive to Prayers gets me every time

I don't know much about Touhou except that its music is pretty banger. This vid is all the other knowledge I need.

I can’t get over the little details. Like Cirno’s eyes and eyebrows forming a pair of 9’s. And Reimu autocollecting the points when she moves “upscreen” from Meiling’s corpse.

I like how patchouli is just a very dedicated librarian who agrees to leave her alone when reimu agrees to be quiet. ...until she starts making helicopter noises.

途中のZUNさんにも感動したしクオリティが高すぎてびっくらぽん。

This is probably the calmest video you’ve ever done, Pelo.

Normal audiences: lol whats this Touhou fans: *wheezing intensifies*

3:38 that face of Rumia LMAO 🤣

原作ストーリーと東方醍醐味の二次創作を上手く組み合わせてあって面白い！！最高に大好き

I like how they are serious against characters that barely do damage, and barely lifts a finger against characters that meant to do harm lol

See the last 5 seconds : SO THAT’S WHAT TOOK PELO SON LONG

Sr_peloさんが書いた東方紅魔郷のアニメーションは色々な東方のネタがあって面白かった、他の動画にも東方のキャラクターを出したりしてるから本当に東方の事が好きなんだと伝わって来た。いつか東方妖々夢も描いてくれる事を期待してる。

こんなにふざけてるのにそこら辺の知ったか東方好きより合ってるの面白い 曲も原曲だしこう見えてもそんなにキャラ崩壊してないし愛に満ち溢れてて好き

>silence >takes a tiny step Floor: *makes the loudest sound known to sr pelo*

I've never played this game so I'm gonna believe this is 100% accurate

Happy 20th anniversary, _Embodiement of Scarlet Devil!_

まっじで神……！何回も見てる……

All of Pelo's little nods to Touhou has led to this, ever since seeing Reimu in his sans fight I knew this day would come. Fantastic work man

I honestly never understood why this game put the strongest boss on the second stage out of six

今回は日本語に翻訳されててすごく面白かったです。いつも面白い動画をありがとうございます。大好きです。

I have watched this video so many times I can literally recreate every character's movements and facial expressions in every scene from memory.

Flan killing everyone by choosing rock in rock paper scissors perfectly sums up her power

The Great Hakurei Barrier is the boundary of common sense, repelling anything mundane or logical from entering Gensokyo while letting in whacky shit or things that are lost Sr Pelo lost a bunch of his projects roughly 8 years ago. Marisa found that book randomly. Think about it.

こういう場面カットが弾幕勝負をシューティング東方ゲームの良さ、日本だけど幻想郷のような異世界はないのに自分の解釈で広かったキャラクターの存在する幻想郷があるのは作り込み者として最高な気分。他の国と同じように東方の人気ぶりは知名度抜群。こういうサウンドとクセ強の個性が何でもあう東方はきっと無い。ペロス氏に感謝。

これは…凄すぎる…

I love how you even included the Cirno 9 reference. I love you señ or Pelo.

The day Marisa stops stealing my books, my asthma will finally go away

When I first watched video when it first came out, I was still a non-Touhou fan and my reaction was "Haha, funny". Now that I'm an Touhou fan, rewatching this makes me realize this is peak comedy.

i like the touhou 1 ~ Highly Responsive to Prayers referance and the fact that u had put ZUN in the animation there. really great stuff man. keep it up.

Aight let's do this! If you're unfamiliar with Touhou or the memes in this video, I will attempt to explain most of the gags. 0:04 - The scarlet mist incident that menaced reaching all the way to the outside world was the trigger for the events of the game 0:09 - Reimu can just fly without wings or a broom, it's normal in this world. She heads out first as the main character while Marisa hangs back at the shrine. 0:19 - Rumia, who is the first boss, introduces players to the idea that the enemies aren't just cute girls, but also man-eating youkai 0:24 - Reimu's shrine maiden accessories are more than suited to handle youkai 0:32 - Despite being a mid-boss, poor Daiyousei gets no portrait nor spell cards to her name in this game, and quickly exits the stage for Cirno 0:42 - "Brainfreeze" here doesn't refer just to the effects of crushed ice, but also to the fact that Cirno is canonically an idiot, as said by ZUN in the manual of Touhou 9. She is labelled on the manual's legend's 9th entry as "Baka", and because of that has been nicknamed (9) ever since. Said circled nine can be seen on the cup. 0:48 - Also Cirno defeating herself with her own spell is a bit reminiscent of one of her spell cards on Easy mode offering her no protection from just standing in front of her (which contributed to her "idiot" labelling). 1:00 - Hong Meiling, the third boss, is commonly described as sleeping on her job of gatekeeper, allowing people to slip into the mansion. Sometimes she's also described as waking up right in time if someone actually tries. In this video she somehow does both. 1:22 - Reimu using a Grenade might be a reference to the "death bomb" mechanic of using a Bomb right when a projectile hits you. 1:23 - (found by Codex Marsema) - Meiling makes this sound in the game every time she moves around. every. time. 1:34 (by Fadillah) - This gag might refer to the fact that Meiling is one of the only characters who canonically use close combat techniques while everyone else uses ranged danmaku. It doesn't help her all that much here. 1:38 - These are the power ups and point collectibles left by defeated enemies, including bosses, and also the noise they make when you pick them up. 1:40 (addendum by @pokechao196) - Instead of going to the items to pick them up, Reimu walks away and crosses the "point of collection", which in the game lets you automatically collect every collectible on screen as can be seen here. 1:48 - Koakuma is the assistant of Patchouli, helping as she can with the library. 1:56 - The books are actual enemies in this stage 2:28 - Patchouli has a weak constitution, has asthma, is anaemic and has vitamin D deficiency from staying inside the library at all time 2:41 - As a professional Youkai exterminator, Reimu has no remorse bullying and exterminating weak fairies. 2:51 - Likewise, as Remilia Scarlet's head maid, Sakuya has no remorse disposing of humans or processing them into meals for her mistress. Oh and she can stop time like Dio. 3:13 - As Marisa gets tired of loitering and enters the stage, Sanae tries to sneak in, but ZUN sends her away, which is funny for several reasons. First off, she didn't exist at this point in the story, she might not even be in Gensokyo yet. Secondly her shrine is a competitor of Reimu's, and she'd love that the Hakurei Shrine become assimilated into the Moriya Shrine. 3:23 - ZUN also liked calling himself in official artbooks as one of the priests of the Hakurei Shrine, which makes him fit to keep the shrine in Reimu's absence 3:35 - "so~ nanoka~" floats over Rumia's head, which is her catchphrase. The Yin Yang orb also flies quite far when hit as seen in the first Touhou. 3:42 - Ok this might be my favourite gag. It's a callback to Touhou 1 "highly responsive to prayers" where Reimu can be hit by her own Yin Yang orb, causing her to lose a life and die with those same particle effects. 4:23 - Marisa's "Master Spark" Bomb attack. It's a big awesome laser that does the job. That's about it. 4:35 - Touhou being a danmaku, Reimu's sprite is much larger than her actual hitbox, allowing to easily dodge the knives without moving. Coming close to projectiles like so is called "grazing" and lets the player earn additional points (points let you get extra lives) 4:42 - Marisa stealing books from Patchouli is a recurring gag in fan works. 4:49 - So is Patchouli having feelings for Marisa (who only has to say her catchphrase "da ze" or just "ze"). Of course it's more of a love hate relationship as she'll chase Marisa when she tries to steal her books. 5:10 (hinted at by SrPelo himself) - Patchouli's boss theme is titled "Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room". Here Patchouli ends up being literally locked-in! 5:31 (by Fadillah) - Getting hit by one of the boss' projectiles AFTER defeating them and dying is a real risk in Touhou, watch out for that knife Reimu! 5:39 - Reimu and Marisa are rivals, and even used to be enemies early in the PC-98 games. But by that point they've already become friends, also since Marisa is one of the few people to visit Reimu at her shrine. 5:50 - Despite being defeated at the end of Stage 5, Sakuya comes back as Stage 6's midboss to try and shave at least one Bomb off the player before they meet her mistress (yes she literally breaks the 4th wall in the game) 5:55 - Marisa eating bread is a reference to her dialogue with Remilia when they meet in the game, which itself is a reference to Zeppeli and Dio meeting in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. ("Do you remember how many breads have you eaten in your life?", to which Marisa replies 13 because she usually eats japanese food). Ironically, in this video it looks more like a Melon Bread, which is more of a typical japanese food. 6:01 (by Use Moar Meemz) - Remilia smoking is a reference to the fan animation "Silent Stoner in Blue" which is a short parody of the official Touhou Manga "Silent Sinner in Blue" 6:10 - Remilia is the culprit behind the scarlet mist incident. Her plan was to have the mist block the sun so she could come out during the day. Here though she just seems to be having a good time. Also Sakuya becomes distressed whenever her mistress displays a lack of charisma. 6:20 - Well many of her projectiles in the fights do look like big donuts. 6:24 - Reimu and Marisa finally die once, but they had some extra lives it appears. 6:34 - Marisa throwing a star is most likely a reference to her other Bomb attack called "Stardust Reverie" 6:43 - In most Touhou games, Reimu basically go beat up the ass of powerful youkai to set them straight. They usually have good relationships afterwards. Also her pose when crying is her crouching/guard position in the fighting games, which is also hilariously nicknamed Charisma BREAK. 6:58 - Beating the game without using any continues (aka, doing a "1CC") unlocks the Extra Stage and its Extra Boss, Flandre Scarlet, the little sister of Remilia, aged of barely 495 years, and still canonically (one of) the most overpowered character in the franchise lore-wise. To attempt to describe her power, she can move her opponents' weak points to the palm of her hand, and then crush it, instantly destroying them. I say opponents but it also works with inanimate things, like a big meteor. She's basically Shiki Tohno from Tsukihime except she doesn't even have to reach you to destroy you. 7:37 (by 彼岸花) - the art style of this sequence is reminiscent of Fantasy Kaleidoscope, a big Touhou fan animation project by Manpukujinja 7:38 (found by @Zinji) - People and items that disappear from our world tend to end up appearing randomly in Gensokyo. The animation that SrPelo lost all those years ago was therefore possibly found there. (because, since the events of Touhou actually occur in the present, Genskyo is hidden from the outside world by a magic barrier somewhere in Japan) 7:57 (by Codex Marsema) - That text-to-speech voice line and those heads are references to the Yukkuri Shiteitte ne! (Take it easy!) meme that stemmed from a lousy ASCII fanart of Reimy and Marisa's faces. I think I got most of it, please let me know if you got other Touhou references I didn't get. I didn't list the obvious modern references like the BONK or Snoop Dogg.

Patchouli's quick and sudden blush after meeting Marisa just made me lol. Also, that ending really shows just how much you love Touhou. Keep being awesome, Pelo.

Cheers to everyone celebrating EOSD's 20th anniversary!

英語分からない人にちゃんと日本語で書いてあるという親切設計

I like how Sakuya acts like a dissapointed parent when she sees Remilia smoking

旧作要素も入っているのに愛を感じます！！ とても面白かったです！

東方を愛してくれてありがとう。 ファンとしても嬉しい。

Flandre : Let's play paper - scissors - 『Bite the Dust』 6:57

5:10 This reference 👌 Patchouli's theme: LOCKED girl

Rewatching this almost 2 years later, and it’s just as good as the first time I saw it. Hope one day ya make the other games, if you so choose!

I literally know nothing about Touhou outside some of the cool music, but I just wanted to say that despite my lack of knowledge on any of these characters or anything this is about, this has been my favorite video on KZfaq for about a year running now. Still inspires me to sit down and draw some fun stuff every time I see it, so thanks for that 👍

So, Patchouli's asthma is because Remilia smoking inside the house. Well done, Sr Pelo.

I'm so proud of you, Mi Amor~! Keep making what makes you happy~! :3

Gracias a este video conocí un poco más de Touhou y le di una oportunidad a sus juegos y me quedé maravillado, ¡Gracias Pelo!

素晴らしい作品をありがとう！

A beautiful love note for all the Touhou fans around. Whether you came from Bad Apple, the massive amounts of fan arts on your favorite characters, or even from the Team Fortress 2 vs Saxton Hale community like me, we've all grown to love and cherish this community for what it was and what it is until now. Worth the wait and beautiful job Pelo!

3:15 for non touhou fans, this character is Sanae Kochiya from Mountain of Faith. Sr Pelo puts her as an joke cuz she is compared with reimu in some fan work. 3:21 Thats Jun'ya Ota (ZUN) the creator of Touhou project. and in fanworks he always appears as an touhou character but in reality the main developer of all the official Touhou project games.

やっぱり好きだはこのギャグ漫画感

もう2年前になるのかこの動画...時が経つのは早いねぇ とても東方を愛しているとわかる動画だ...

0:36 we need a loop version of this part

4:34 Perfect explanation for Reimu's hit-box

海外アニメ調の東方見れるの嬉しい

素敵な作品をありがとう

Where the budget went: 20%: Gags, screams, slaps, punches, and over the top faces 5%: story 10%: Explosions and fight scenes 65%: The last 25 seconds

love how sakuya just drops the garbage bags, looks at reimu and automatically within not even a second just has the look of “you know the drill”

4:10 that punch tho💀

As someone who is new to Touhou, this is exactly what I got so far from the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.

4:34 Reimu and her smol hitbox.

Honestly I appreciate The Fact He Used The Original Soundtracks And Sound Effects Thanks For It!

Can’t wait to see your animation on perfect cherry blossom! This is amazing!

クオリティが高くて、面白く最後まで見られました

6:56 is literally "Why do I hear boss music?"

2:26 this is a slight nod to the fact that Patchouli is fucking anemic and dying

I've come back to this every once in a while since last year and I feel bittersweet every time

素晴らしいクオリティです。 続編をお待ちしています。

*Green Reimu appears. Zun: no! Its not the time yet.

Ahhh yes Ive been waiting for this!! Happy you finished it Pelo :))

2 years ago??? feels like it just came out. Still, love the tribute to Touhou here and all of it's lore and character references

4:49 one of my favorite scene in this

Hello. I am a Japanese high school student who love Touhou Project. This video is surreal and very interesting! Your love for the Touhou Project has come to me. Other videos are also interesting! I am looking forward to it.

I like how everyone's faces are like shoes and Reimu's face is a square

The love put into this animation always brightens my day as a Touhou fan... ;v;

Don't think I've ever seen a Pelo animation that's chaotic yet so quiet

I'm sad that most people will miss the post-credits scene since it really shows how far Sr Pelo's artystyle has progressed. EDIT: I wasn't talking about whether or not it looked like anime. I was just referring to the fact that it looked good.

7:00 Sakuya face just deadass say "that's your fucking sister"

5:38 の魔理沙の笑いかた、ﾄﾞﾅﾙ◯じゃねえか

Zun様だ！！早苗さんに命令してる強キャラ感が半端じゃない… 最後ww 声w何気に私のイメージにあってるのがww