i thought touhou was dying

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Anon08/29/26, 22:05No.51219048

>42.68% since WBaWC Pretty good. I think the best counterargument would be that a greater amount of people have left Touhou in that time than have joined, but this would be very hard to prove. On the contrary, in 2019 there were 23,883 valid character votes versus the 64,454 votes that were placed this year. In fairness, 2016 had 42,419 valid votes.It would look like Touhou is seeing a massive resurgence, and is bigger than ever before. I think the EoSD remake shows a strong demand for a more accessible franchise, which indicates a large following. Although the new games are shit, I'd say the future is looking pretty bright for Touhou!

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Anon08/30/26, 01:47No.51219426

I was first exposed to Touhou when I was a kid and got into it when I was 16. Current polls reflect this, with the highest density other than 18 (which I'm certain is propped up at least a little by kids lying about their age because they're embarassed about it or something -- 20 has a noticible uptick compared to what it's around as well). Maybe not in Japan but global zoomer populations exceed gen X and prior ones. Moreover, globally teenagers have much more access and exposure to otaku culture and its output than they used to. As older Touhou fans either lose interest, move to Gensokyo, or have other more important things going on, sure they will decrease on polls but just because the original fanbase is slowly decaying doesn't mean it's completely gone, nor that the fanbase as a whole is. Moreover, teenagers are very vocal about things they haven't spent much time with, and their attentions usually quickly jolt other things as they become actual adults. How many teenagers did you know that loved Haruhi and Code Geass, then still liked them but not as much in college, then fast forward to now where they in all likelihood barely remember them? But at the same time, how many kids now are learning about and getting into them, on top of the true diehard otaku who haven't literally died yet that hold them as dearly in their heart as when they were brand new?

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Anon08/30/26, 02:09No.51219461

>WBaWC triggering a resurgeance era Clear indication ZUN needs to stop being a pussy and go back to putting Youkai women with youkai features in everything, and focus more on the stage 6 boss themes being a memorable highlight of the games. ZUN also always peaks when he backs off a bit from the raw shinto fanboyism a bit. Just look at EOSD with the western themes for the last 25 years and WBaWC with the characters of blatant Chinese origin.

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Anon08/30/26, 06:16No.51219827

There's still at least 72 chads who were there since PC-98. If they are honest and not trolling, then I fucking kneel.

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Anon08/30/26, 15:11No.51221292

Yeah, I mean, look at the ages of the people that voted. I have to admit it's impressive that Touhou just keeps getting new fans, and the fanbase isn't populated with just 40-somethings.

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Anon09/05/26, 01:15No.51233779

How many teenagers did you know that loved Haruhi and Code Geass, then still liked them but not as much in college, then fast forward to now where they in all likelihood barely remember them?

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Anon09/07/26, 09:12No.51238750

I also joined 2hu late in 2019, I remember WBaWC coming out a few months after I started playing, but it wasn't thanks to the new games. I remember watching a Lunatic clear of LotLK and thinking Junko's fight was the coolest thing ever so I started with PCB and played all of them in order (EoSD a bit later because I was intimidated of the no visible hurtbox lol) and SA is my favorite still

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Anon09/07/26, 10:27No.51238840

No wonder it has gotten so bad.

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