Comments on post #1627000

@NWSiaCB on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-26T22:31:14-04:00

TarotProphet said:

Not even being playable can help Ichirin's popularity... orz

It hurts her that she's a character that appears as a gimmick pairing, rather than stand-alone. It interrupts having the chance to be better fleshed-out on their own, and is the reason why the Prismrivers tend to be near-rock-bottom among Windows games bosses. (Although poor Yamame...)

What she really needs is more doujin/4-koma like the Good Morning Myoren to give her some fanon backing, so that she's more fleshed out than "that girl who bundles up and holds a ring for Unzan".

@TarotProphet on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-26T21:04:41-04:00

Not even being playable can help Ichirin's popularity... orz

@NWSiaCB on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-13T20:29:18-04:00

23rd_Break said:

Okay. Here's enough reason: Without her, there wouldn't be TOUHOU.

Tell that to Shoot the Bullet and Great Fairy War.

For that matter, she's an incidental character in Hopeless Masquerade, and can completely sit out most of the games.

Besides, there are tons of animes/games/whatever that have their main characters place way below side characters, (especially the harem anime types,) where the main characters aren't as colorful as the side ones.

Most fan portrayals of Reimu are either fairly boring, a miser, or else portray her as a violent, villainous thug. For that matter, there are plenty of Touhou fanworks that Reimu never appears in. (Tons of Scarlet Devil and Hakugyokuro stuff, which explains those characters consistently scoring high.)

There are plenty of reasons people would vote for characters besides Reimu, so it's not something to just be assumed.

@23rd_Break on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-12T06:09:47-04:00

Gensokyo-Meltdown said:
Secondly...Reimu's always first. Why is that? I've rarely seen a series where the main character is actually the most popular. Reimu is in fact not even the most interesting character. She's actually rather flat and just has an "I don't care" attitude half the time. How is that appealing enough to outrank every single character in this huge franchise?

Okay. Here's enough reason: Without her, there wouldn't be TOUHOU.

@Improvman_Epsilon on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-07T13:13:16-05:00

When I first saw this I thought Sara looked angry this year. However since she has stopped sliding back in the polls, perhaps it is determination.

@PrincessBlackRose on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-06T23:41:59-05:00

I still find it amazing that if it wasn't for Reimu and Marisa, the main characters, Koishi would win the poll.

@Flandey on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-06T19:40:56-05:00

The hobgoblin from WaHH is more popular than a lot of PC98 characters?

what

(on a side note I will never understand character popularity within this fandom)

@fuzzygnome on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-06T12:26:15-05:00

Miko - Speed reader

AyaReiko said:

Interesting symmetry on 3 through 9; Komeiji - blades - Scarlet - Alice - Scarlet - blades - Komeiji

Speed writer - Miko

@PrincessBlackRose on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-05T16:14:31-05:00

Mirelia said:

Yuuka appears in 3 games, has 4 separate music themes, and is the final boss of her own game as well as being the only character that is both a final boss and a stage 5 boss in the same game.

Except that most people don't even know about the existence of those other two games.

(You forgot to mention Kioh Gyoku, btw)

@Mirelia on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-05T12:20:55-05:00

Gensokyo-Meltdown said:

But the biggest anomaly is most certainly Yuuka. Appears in the one game where characterization is even worse than usual, gets a perfect memento article and...somehow places higher than many repeaters with more appealing qualities and more personality than just "general douchebag youkai".

Yuuka appears in 3 games, has 4 separate music themes, and is the final boss of her own game as well as being the only character that is both a final boss and a stage 5 boss in the same game.

@PrincessBlackRose on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-04T22:57:56-05:00

Gensokyo-Meltdown said:
I'm a part of this (Admittedly now dying :() fanbase, but I'll never understand it.

Huh? Dying fanbase...? Why are you saying this?

@Quwanti on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-04T21:39:55-05:00

Gensokyo-Meltdown said:

Not to sound bitter or anything since it's just a fan poll, but I don't understand some of these placings. Flandre appeared in all of two games and has probably the least background and character of any ex-boss and yet she's top 5 consistently. Secondly...Reimu's always first. Why is that? I've rarely seen a series where the main character is actually the most popular. Reimu is in fact not even the most interesting character. She's actually rather flat and just has an "I don't care" attitude half the time. How is that appealing enough to outrank every single character in this huge franchise?

But the biggest anomaly is most certainly Yuuka. Appears in the one game where characterization is even worse than usual, gets a perfect memento article and...somehow places higher than many repeaters with more appealing qualities and more personality than just "general douchebag youkai". I don't know, it's just odd to me. I'm a part of this (Admittedly now dying :() fanbase, but I'll never understand it.

Because characteristics and backstory are not the only thing which bases a character's popularity. Also, at depends on various memes and popular things which could give a character a boost.

@Aldemotte on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-04T14:50:09-05:00

It seems Yuugi's place went down a bit this time :(

@Diabolicwave on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-04T01:23:48-05:00

Pointman said:

Flandre have been creeping up the poll for some reason despite not having been appeared in any game since StB.

not that I'm complaining, I'm a fan of the Scarlet sister, just think it strange.

I'm not surprised. Her theme is one of the first Touhou music that people get introduced to now. She is in the first windows game. Many of her fans are newly introduced for a lack of a better term Sin Sacks.

@Pointman on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-04T01:01:29-05:00

Flandre have been creeping up the poll for some reason despite not having been appeared in any game since StB.

not that I'm complaining, I'm a fan of the Scarlet sister, just think it strange.

@user_349538 on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-03T23:52:23-05:00

NWSiaCB said:

Also, WTF with Koishi shooting up so high?

Hopeless Masquerade gave her the boost. Next year, she'll be lower.

@NWSiaCB on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-03T23:40:56-05:00

I want to know why Renko and Maribel place so far apart... they're side characters that are never seen apart in the few places that the do appear, but Renko ranks above usual favorites like Chen or Suika in 37th, while Maribel is WAY further down the list at 62nd (right behind Chen).

Also, WTF with Koishi shooting up so high? I never thought she was that popular. (And thought Satori was more popular than her, for that matter...)

I'm kind of surprised with Yukari not placing so high, either. Sanae usually does better, too. Cirno's pretty far down...

I'm personally a Patchu fan first... She's popular-ish, but lucky to hit top 10 in these sorts of polls. The rest of my top 5, Sakuya, Youmu, Alice, and Marisa, are all placing really well, though.

@Gensokyo-Meltdown on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-03T23:27:57-05:00

Not to sound bitter or anything since it's just a fan poll, but I don't understand some of these placings. Flandre appeared in all of two games and has probably the least background and character of any ex-boss and yet she's top 5 consistently. Secondly...Reimu's always first. Why is that? I've rarely seen a series where the main character is actually the most popular. Reimu is in fact not even the most interesting character. She's actually rather flat and just has an "I don't care" attitude half the time. How is that appealing enough to outrank every single character in this huge franchise?

But the biggest anomaly is most certainly Yuuka. Appears in the one game where characterization is even worse than usual, gets a perfect memento article and...somehow places higher than many repeaters with more appealing qualities and more personality than just "general douchebag youkai". I don't know, it's just odd to me. I'm a part of this (Admittedly now dying :() fanbase, but I'll never understand it.

@Mirelia on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-03T11:42:34-05:00

The tag "enera" is incorrectly spelled. The creature is called enenra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enenra

@genshou on post #1627000 (hakurei reimu, kirisame marisa, remilia scarlet, izayoi sakuya, flandre scarlet, and 151 more (touhou and 1 more) drawn by kirai_shouen)

2014-03-02T19:26:59-05:00

I just realized that, if Kokoro and Yukari had switched places, we'd have an Old Maids Alliance at 13 thru 15.