Just wanted to point out this excellent essay exploring the aspects of the Touhou series and its incredible fan popularity. I must admit that it’s hard not to be swept up into the Touhou fandom - personally I quite enjoy the games and have a fair amount of the doujin music releases, but aside from that and a small chunk of fanart I’ve never really been into it as heavily as some people I know. Still, it’s an interesting series of games and its popularity is a fascinating achievement given that ZUN is a hobbyist programmer who I believe makes the games in his spare time. At this point I think the only thing left for him to tick off his list is an anime adaption. Which would be awesome. Make it happen, Japan.
Now if only I wasn’t so crap at the games. 