It wasn't really a war. Americans showed up, planted their flag, and left without even realizing that anyone was there, but the Lunarians viewed it as an act of war, as impure beings from a fallen world sullied their Celestial seclusion. There was also a different Lunar War in the distant past involving Youkai invading and being repulsed which was more of a "real war."
It wasn't really a war. Americans showed up, planted their flag, and left without even realizing that anyone was there, but the Lunarians viewed it as an act of war, as impure beings from a fallen world sullied their Celestial seclusion. There was also a different Lunar War in the distant past involving Youkai invading and being repulsed which was more of a "real war."
That was just the cover story fed to the press.
In (Touhou canon) reality, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew exactly why they were on the moon, and the Apollo 11 mission was analogous to Gaius Julius Caesar having a Century build a bridge across the Rhein, going across the bridge to hold a formation, then having them dismantle the bridge and return -- Armstrong and Aldrin were the Centurions and the part of Caesar was played by Nixon and/or Khrushchev, who were working together in humanity's war against the Lunarians. The war in Viet Nam was a great big "Hey, look over there!" to keep prying eyes away from the Spec Ops mission.
This act of war is why Eirin set up the trap which would eventually lead to the Apollo 13 disaster, and this war was the one Reisen fled in 1969.
Glad you set the record straight, Cliff Edge. Elon Musk, with his longstanding dreams of permanent Lunar colonization and the funds and know-how to pursue his ambitions, poses perhaps the greatest threat to the Lunarian menace. He's already fought off multiple Lunarian assassins.
Blue_Stuff said: So I looked at the Touhou Wiki to confirm all that, but where'd you get the parts not mentioned? Namely the parts with Buzz and the Vietnam war.
The War part is as vague as possible, the rest of how it was developed is pure fandom speculation. One of the Touhou books does mention the lunar rabbits moving the mirror NASA put on the moon to measure the distance between Earth and the Moon with a laser.
But nothing about open warfare between NASA and the Lunarians, but then Touhou's war definition is a bit different from ours, after all the Remilia's rocket in Silent Sinner in Blue was considered a war of sorts.
Glad you set the record straight, Cliff Edge. Elon Musk, with his longstanding dreams of permanent Lunar colonization and the funds and know-how to pursue his ambitions, poses perhaps the greatest threat to the Lunarian menace. He's already fought off multiple Lunarian assassins.
Glad you set the record straight, Cliff Edge. Elon Musk, with his longstanding dreams of permanent Lunar colonization and the funds and know-how to pursue his ambitions, poses perhaps the greatest threat to the Lunarian menace. He's already fought off multiple Lunarian assassins.
Not just Elon Musk but also Jeff Bezos and Robert Bigelow. The the most dangerous of all though would be the Chinese and Russians.
So, Kennedy was assassinated by the Lunarians. Makes sense. And Udonge is a weapons exper- holy shit, dude! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
Eientei Conspiracy in the making:
Tewi: Go back to Genesokyo, was Udonge with you at Eientei? Reisen (II): She was with me the whole time. Tewi: Are you sure? Reisen (II): East, we went east. Fairies, *Sigh* we were shot down. Udongein even survived that.
Tewi: You can't trust Udonge. Reisen (II): Udongein is my friend. Tewi: Udonge is not who you think she is.
Tewi: Reisen! Listen to me! Udonge was never there! She died on the moon back in the Lunar War. You went rogue and shot Sanae, not Udonge! Only you escaped the moon Reisen! Not Udonge! Reisen (II): No! Udongein and I... we fled the moon together! Reisen is with me!
"My name is REISEN Udongein Inaba, and I will have my revenge!"
"In the lunar capital, we are all sisters"
"Reimu... Marisa... Sanae... ALL must die (for my playable status)"
Tewi: Go back to Genesokyo, was Udonge with you at Eientei? Reisen (II): She was with me the whole time. Tewi: Are you sure? Reisen (II): East, we went east. Fairies, *Sigh* we were shot down. Udongein even survived that.
Tewi: You can't trust Udonge. Reisen (II): Udongein is my friend. Tewi: Udonge is not who you think she is.
Tewi: Reisen! Listen to me! Udonge was never there! She died on the moon back in the Lunar War. You went rogue and shot Sanae, not Udonge! Only you escaped the moon Reisen! Not Udonge! Reisen (II): No! Udongein and I... we fled the moon together! Reisen is with me!
"My name is REISEN Udongein Inaba, and I will have my revenge!"
"In the lunar capital, we are all sisters"
"Reimu... Marisa... Sanae... ALL must die (for my playable status)"
Tewi: Reisen! For the last time! WhErE.iS.tHe.NuMbErS.sTaTiOn!?
Reisen (II): HOW MANY TIMES!? Sanae was at the Shrine, we had to kill Sanae!
Tewi: We? Reisen "Udongein" Inaba?
*Flaaat*I cut it.Stop it Reisen!!You're flat-chested as if you were cursed, Reisen.I don't want to hear it, Reisen!!But I guess being light-weighted is an advantage in battlefields.--So I cut them off.What?Just stop it!!That time I prepared beforehand and set up inside my hole with a metal-- I didn't know which one they would use, so put one per each in both....When you get captured in a woman's body, it will end up worse than death.Even so, I got captured anyway.