【東方】Touhou Iceberg: Explained

I am aware that many names are mispronounced. I do not speak or read Japanese. List of corrections/additions (will continue to update) Thank you to everyone who helped me find more information! Stage 1: >4th heavenly king: refers to the 4 oni devas, only 3 of which are known, Yuugi, Suika, and Kasen. >Unidentified beast gang: beast spirits mentioned in Yachie's omake.txt in TH17. >Yukari/Merry: addition - when Lafcadio Hearn moved to Japan, he changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, meaning Maribel Hearn and Yukari Yakumo are both named after him. Stage 3: >Matarajin rabbit hole: many other characters have references to the Matarajin and its avatars. >Rinnosuke is ZUN's self-insert: in an interview with PLAYER1, ZUN showed a self-portrait that looks very similar to Rinnosuke. Stage 4: >UFO grey alien: in volume 5 of SCoOW, ZUN states that he once planned an alien boss for UFO, but canceled it due to worldbuilding issues involving the lunarians. >Alicesoft Eroges: Marisa's spell screen in PoDD seems traced from an Alicesoft game. Stage 5: >Quon Kisaragi: seems to have inspired the design of Yukari >Sarai: several characters in EoSD seem to be named after Sarai characters Stage 6: >Hourai Shoujo: refers to illustrations of unused characters on ZUN's website. Music featured: 00:00 - https://youtu.be/5m4yoYMSBNw 01:53 - https://youtu.be/eqhKHxQH3c0 08:14 - https://youtu.be/zdZtMJySQio 15:55 - https://youtu.be/uqX_oVuupzE 22:03 - https://youtu.be/ePWycN68sD4 28:15 - https://youtu.be/A86mBOubWUY 32:44 - https://youtu.be/AAllLFzV1jI 36:45 - https://youtu.be/6TAVFiq6MUk Links to content referenced: Chang'e fan video: www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm27528041 Merry/Yukari THwiki page: en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Contemplations/Maribel_Hear… Izayoi Phantasm Stage: www.bilibili.com/video/av844046/ Marisa mentions a nurse: https://youtu.be/BIOEfAytW-o?t=187 Anime Top Scholar discusses Touhou x Tenchou: https://youtu.be/VgI9tChGVoc EoSD Trial download page: www16.big.or.jp/~zun/data/html/th06.html Shrine Maiden Org music restoration: www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,18989.0… Angel Record: https://youtu.be/Tj0fu1_Iyqg Canni-Chan: dynasty-scans.com/chapters/canni_chan#10

Remember: ZUN did all of this while drunk. Imagine what he's truly capable of when sober

23:33 actually, there is a concept book, there is concept and even the storyboard of the TenchoXToho Ova! I just got it today and feels weird no one has updated it about the info

Sakuya's eyes turn brown not red though... Fun fact: even though Remilia says she's the second generation of vampires, ZUN stated that she is lying.

Minoriko's feet: it's speculated that Minoriko has 2 left feet based from her portrait. This might either be a reference to the one legged scarecrow or just ZUN that was particularly drunk (or sober)

Of all the icebergs, I'm surprised I hadn't previously sought this one out. Glad it got recc'd.

Someone did it. They made a Touhou Iceberg video. There really is an iceberg video for everything When is the Iceberg Iceberg

Chang'e is important in Touhou 15. In there, her husband Hou'yi shot down 9 suns... killing Junko's son and Apollo. Junko killed Hou'yi for this, and Chang'e was imprisoned and turned into a frog. But for Junko, that was not enough.

If you want a random theory, my headcanon was always that ZUN himself is the God of Hakurei Shrine XD If I have to expand on it, I guess I'd say that he incarnated as a mortal to tell the tales of the land he protects, to gather new faith on that land, and so make it exist for longer XD

“It’s nothing more than Urban legend” Oh no

Another thing to add about the Yukari-Merry Lafcadio Hearn Connection. When Lafcadio Hearn moved to Japan, he changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo. The full names of Yukari and Merry are Yukari Yakumo and Maribel Hearn. As for "Hourai Shoujo", it's an umbrella term made by the fans to refer to the unnamed characters drawn by zun. The shrine maiden from the Angel Record picture is one of these "Hourai Shoujo." Other hourai shoujos include "Jacket Girl" who has only appeared in the album cover of Dolls in Pseudo Paradise, "Label Girl" who only appears in the CD label of Dolls in Pseudo Paradise and finally, Rin Satsuki/C62 Circle Cut Girl. There are a couple more of these Hourai Shoujos however I don't know what the fans have named them

imma add some parts that may be missed or not too on point - Rumia's true form : this might be a fans misconception about EX Rumia or the adult rumia from Shinra-Bansho's animation (also includes the well known Hakurei Miko no Sendai, the buffed up shrine maiden said to be in place before reimu) - Matarajin rabbit hole : this also could connect to other character's background, if following their folklore - Rinnosuke is Zun's self insert : in the 20th issue of swedish game magazine namely PLAYER1 has an interview with them and Zun himself, which the article page shows a never before seen art that Zun says as "his self portrait", that looks suspiciously similar to Rinnosuke - Alicesoft eroges : missed the part where Marisa's spell screen on PoDD was traced from one of Rance series games - Quon Kisaragi : she's a character from the anime/manga series RahXephon, that she's speculated to be the inspiration for the design of Yukari and DiPP jacket girl, referencing to her arts in the manga (someone pointed a picture of the similarities but i lost it) - Hourai Shoujo : though i'm still unsure, someone pointed out that this is a term for the girls in Zun's misc arts/unnamed characters that's all i can point out, was surprised that you got the ORIENTAL085.jpg more accurately

There is an observation that ZUN underwent some interesting attitude changes towards his own works. He wasn't meant to build an influencing IP but to make things to heart's content back then, and probably only realized at around the time of PoFV that the Touhou fandom had grown so well that he was revered by the fandom as a sorta omni-divine-like existence over his 'Touhou Universe' (hence the name Hakurei Kannushi). Then all his works were related to Touhou Project. Hifuu Club was likely set in a different universe to begin with, but officially merged with the Touhou Project afterwards anyway.

You also forgot to mention.that rumias "hair band" is speculated to be a talisman seal the locks her power

Hourai Shoujo refers to the unnamed characters that don't appear in games, such as the dipp girls, the poster girl, beerko, the unnamed shrine maidens that only appeared in some illustrations, maybe rin satsuki could also fit in this group despite being named

I don't know if anyone knows this, ZUN's Twitter has the title:博麗神主 And onced I translate this, and it said The Hakurei God or something Is ZUN trying to say he is the hakurei god or is he just playing a joke over us

The part about Shinmyomaru possibly switching with her dream world counterpart is pretty spooky

the ominous music makes me regret watching this in a dark room a lot man

Unidentified Beast Gang refers to a fourth gang in the Animal Realm. Currently, there are three known gangs: • the Kiketsu Family (otter spirits, led by Yachie Kicchou) • the Keiga Family (wolf spirits, led by Saki Kurokoma) • the Gouyoku Alliance (eagle spirits, led by Yuuma Toutetsu) However, a fourth gang was mentioned, and not even the three leaders of each gang seem to know about who's their leader (or at least that's what I remember).

Humans ARE cattle in Gensokyo, but not in the way you think. Yokai are sustained by fear, which means the humans are fear turkeys. And as we've learned from Alucard's letter, sometimes you have to fuck the fear turkey.