worth the wait

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

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

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

DON'T WORRY PELO I WILL CONSUME YOUR DELICIOUS CONTENT

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😊

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

A character: slightly moves neck The sound: neck breaking

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

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

this is adorable

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

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.

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

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

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.

yes very good!!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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。

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。

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

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

3:38 that face of Rumia LMAO 🤣

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.

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

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

Happy 20th anniversary, _Embodiement of Scarlet Devil!_

Cheers to everyone celebrating EOSD's 20th anniversary!

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

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

まっじで神……！何回も見てる……

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。

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

東方を愛してくれてありがとう。 ファンとしても嬉しい。

海外アニメ調の東方見れるの嬉しい

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

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

やっぱり好きだはこのギャグ漫画感

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!

Gensokyo: Become Helicopter

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!

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

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！

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

素晴らしい作品をありがとう！

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

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...

素敵な作品をありがとう

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

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.

これは…凄すぎる…

クオリティが高くて、面白く最後まで見られました

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

4:34 Reimu and her smol hitbox.

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

The graze part was *WAY TOO ACCURATE*

Hello everyone who doesn’t know anything about Touhou! Here is a basic explanation of everything you need to know to get the funny and get sucked into the eternal rabbit hole that is Touhou! Don’t worry, this won’t take long. Touhou - Is a series of top-down shooters (think Galaga), - Specifically “bullet hell” shooters (exactly what it sounds like) - But with anime girls (and awesome music, neat setting, etc.) - Also a titan of the early internet, spawning memes, fan works, spin-offs, and much more - One advantage of getting into Touhou: you will literally never run out of new content, the fans have created mountains of manga, fan games, videos, memes, even an actual anime - Touhou is set in Gensokyo, a land cut off from our world where all the things humans don’t care about/believe in anymore go (so basically it’s full of youkai (monsters) and old stuff) - The plot this time: an old mansion ends up in Gensokyo, and the mansion’s head decides to try and assert dominance by throwing mist everywhere, so our hero Reimu goes to beat up the mansion’s owner and get them to behave THE CHARACTERS (in order of appearance in video) Reimu Hakurei (the shrine maiden) - Keeps up the barrier between our world and Gensokyo - Responsible for dealing with whatever stupid things the youkai do - Does not have the patience to deal with their garbage - Probably poor Marisa Kirisame (the witch) - Literally just a human who knows magic (massive laser) - Kleptomaniac - Best friends with Reimu - May or may not be at the center of a love dodecahedron Rumia (arf arf bark) - T-posing machine - Can manipulate darkness, very bad at it - Canonically eats people Daiyousei (waving fairy) - Name is just “great fairy” - Pretty great - Also pretty irrelevant Cirno (ice fairy) - Absolute moron, little weak baby fairy - Still the strongest - Associated with the number 9 for reasons I won’t get into here - Very cool Hong Meiling (The asleep one) - Gate guard at the Scarlet Devil Mansion - Legendarily bad at guarding the gate - Knows martial arts - Associated with China Koakuma (the devil girl) - Name is just “little devil” - Has basically no actual lore, fanbase has gone wild Patchouli Knowledge (librarian) - Magician with a big library - Does not care about you - Living embodiment of asthma - People keep stealing her goddamn books Sakuya Izayoi (maid) - Maid at the Scarlet Devil Mansion - The only competent one - Can stop time, throws knives - Yes the DIO jokes are everywhere Sanae Kochiya (the one who gets kicked out of the video) - Does not appear for another 4 games ZUN (dude on the porch) - Creator of Touhou - Likes beer - Entirely self-taught somehow Remilia Scarlet (the high one) - Mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion - Actually a 500 year old vampire - Smug - Can control fate Flandre Scarlet (blows people up) - Younger sister if Remilia Scarlet - Also a vampire, still basically a psychopathic toddler - Has been banished to the basement for hundreds of years for being the worst - Has the power to literally just destroy anything - Never shows up again, still a fan favorite And that’s everything! Now go forth and get addicted to this goofy little franchise, not like you have anything better to do.

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

素晴らしいクオリティです。 続編をお待ちしています。

5:38 の魔理沙の笑いかた、ﾄﾞﾅﾙ◯じゃねえか

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

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

オーマイガーやばすぎ、東方や日本へのリスペクトがすごい。面白かった

日本の最高のゲームを愛するメキシコ人!!!東方！！！！ああああああ

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.

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.

日本語､､､!! 東方も忠実に再現されてて凄いです！

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

0:36 we need a loop version of this part

I can Imagine some kid in dodge ball using Touhou logic to justify why he isn’t out because the ball slightly grazed him

4:10 that punch tho💀

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。

As someone that doesn't know anything about Touhou's lore this video is just so hilarious and confusing.

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

東方大好きなんですね ありがとうございます😊

I finally understand it after buying a copy of the game and playing it.