Me vs Fujiwara no Mokou (IN Extra Boss)
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Published 2009-04-13
(One of my favorite fanmade phrases Mokou says)
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• Me vs Fujiwara no Mokou (IN Extra Boss)
A video of me fighting and slightly less barely defeating the immortal phoenix girl, Fujiwara no Mokou
Fujiwara no Mokou (even her name depicts greatness) is the ex-boss of the game Imperishable Night, the 8th installment of the Touhou Project. The Touhou Project is a series of danmaku shooters. Danmaku is a term than can be loosely translated (and quite aptly in my opinion) into "curtain of fire" or "bullet hell", thus denoting game were high density in bullet is more important that a lot of enemies. The series was created and is managed by the one man team Team Shanghai Alice, composed only of ZUN.
A little Touhou/Japanese folktale history lesson: Mokou is the disliked daughter of an aristocrat. Said aristocrats was humiliated by Kaguya Horaisan, a "commoner", when he asked for her hand in matrimony and she responded by giving him an impossible request. Kaguya, being actually a Lunarian princess, went back to the moon and left behind with the emperor the Japanese version of the fountain of youth, the Hourai Elixir. This elixir was scheduled to be destroyed by the emperor's order, but was stolen last minute by Mokou, who had made her objective in life to avenge her father and kill Kaguya. This is how Mokou achieved her immortality and created a bitter rivalry with Kaguya, who happens to also be immortal due to the elixir, therefore creating a vicious cycle. [Kaguya's story is HEAVILY based on a Japanese folktale called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter". Wiki for it]
Back to Mokou. Some fans argue whether she is really possessed by a phoenix or not. Personally, I believe she is possessed. This would explain how she gained the ability to manipulate fire. You can clearly see in her spellcards this manipulation, as well as her immortality after each spell since you technically kill her each time...
Another thing about Mokou's fight is that her non-spellcards are, IMO, more difficult than most of her spellcards. They move at such an insane speed is absurd. I had captured both Honest Mans Death and Fujiyama Volcano before, but I had never survived without bombs her last non-spellcard. I believe shes unique in that department. Still, out of the three ex-bosses I had battled, I enjoyed this battle the most. It keeps you in your feet with fast paced action. She wasn't as difficult as I expected... but not by much.
More info about the Touhou series can be found in this wiki page:
touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Touhou_Wiki
All Comments (21)
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To answer your question about "Nazi Symbols"; Although we all recognize it as the symbol used by the Nazis, before that, and still to this day, in Buddhism, it is a symbol of good luck. This being a game about Japanese/Buddhist Folklore, it makes sense when you think about it. (Note, if it was sarcasm, and I Failed to realize it, please, disregard this)
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The conversation at the end cracked me up so hard xD Reimu: ok we won. Yukari: now, rip out her guts and eat them! Mokou: wait, wut?
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"why are nazi-esque symbols so famous?" In this spell especially it isn't a nazi symbol, its a buddhist symbol. Its only a nazi symbol if it is slanted. ZUN makes a lot of references to buddhism in the touhou series.
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okay, this game was actually made only by 1 person And it's not only the gameplay but also the story, song, etc
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Are we all gonna ignore how good the art for Mokou is? Like, it's one of the best drawings ZUN has made, at least in my opinion.
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2:23 never ask mokou what was her pastime from 1941 to 1945
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fandom mokou: Big angry tomboy that doesn't have fear of nothing. canon mokou: "Jelly nuts are so scary"
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You: press shift Ran:SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn!
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Apparently Mokou is scared of jelly donuts. Who knew? I love the things!
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I don't know why I would say this, but mokou must be like a glass cannon. She unleashes fast attacks, but every time after a spellcard she needs to be resurrected, but other people/youkai don't need to be resurrected after every single spellcard...
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3:55 Probably the easiest spell card name to remember. Woo!
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"My god jelly donuts are so scary."
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8:39 Best moments in Touhou history
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I just beat Mokou now... I feel like a god.
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She fires yugioh cards With creeper faces on them gg
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“Reimu, I promise I won’t get political” A couple of drinks later Mokou: 2:25
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3:10 tentacles
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Times for each card Iwakasa's Moon Curse :16-:35 Fire Bird: Flying Phoenix :51-1:23 Flaw of Forgiving Shrine 1:43-2:03 Xu-Fu's Dimension 2:25-2:51 Honest Man's Death 3:09-3:38 Hollow Giant "Woo" 3:57-4:37 Phoenix's Tail 4:55-5:22 Fujiyama Volcano 5:41-6:12 Possessed by Phoenix 6:16-7:31 Hourai Doll 7:36-8:32 If anyone wanted it lol. I like to watch them
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予想通り徐福時空をナチスと結びつけてる人が多くて悲しくなった。。。 日本語だけど説明しておきます 卍「まんじ、manji」は簡単に言えば仏教のシンボルでありナチスのハーケンクロイツとは全くの別物です そして卍はナチスが誕生する前から存在しました、その歴史から日本の地図でお寺を表す記号は「卍」です そして藤原妹紅がナチス式敬礼をしていると言っている人もいますが完全に誤解です、日本では右手を挙げるのは至極一般的なことです、自分の意見を主張したい時に相手にアピールするために使います 彼女は右手から弾幕を出していると考えるのが普通でしょう そしてZUNさんが過去の戦争犯罪などに作品で言及したことは一切なく、加えて東方二次創作ガイドラインで東方projectを使って政治的な発言をすることは違反であり、過去にあるゆっくり実況者がそのガイドラインに違反し動画の削除を要請されました 日本人の東方ファンとして、冗談であってもナチスなどの犯罪を犯した組織と結びつけられることはとても悲しいです
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Does yukari have a tiny ran yakumo that attacks nearby enemies and doesn't stop until it dies?
