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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Could always be me, stuck with an impossible-to-obtain achievement at present becuse the detection is bugged. :)

Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Providing an updated version of this excellent meme after my discovery that Seihou 3's Extra Stage gives you 70 bombs to start off with.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Wait does that say 70 Bombs for this Extra stage? Surely that's a mistake..." "S-SPACE YUKARI?!!?!?!" "What the HELL ARE THESE ATTACKS OH MY GOD NO WONDER YOU GET 70 BOMBS"

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

After initially obtaining the require score but being stuck in a softlock, followed by two days of failed runs, I finally managed to get a 100+ score in Touhou Lensed Night Sky. Safe to say I have gotten my money's worth out of this game and then some. Easily one of my favourite Touhou fangames.

Final ending screen with 100+ score in Touhou LNS. Various censors are in place for spoilers.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you are curious, there are still a few secrets to discover. Apparently most of us have yet to find everything there is. One clue lies within this image.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One of the funniest things about Mouse Mode Touhou is that you are able to keep autocollect-triggered items on screen indefinitely due to how fast you can move. Ultimately, this ability leads to sillies like this after beating Remilia. :) Lensed Night Sky taught me well.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Flan may cheat here with her speed, but I have the power of Mouse Movement, so I can cheat this spellcard right back at them.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OK Mouse Control Mode in the Switch 2 Version of Touhou Koumakyou is GENUINELY one of the silliest and funniest things to ever happen to this series. Reimu B is basically a god with how much you can zoom around with wide spread, and then get right up to things with her shotgun in an instant

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

AAAAAAAA~ I FINALLY managed to beat Flan in New Classic with my 1st ever Ex clear. Then I got hit with THE THING. Then beat her ANYWAY in classic 0 lives - 0 bombs fashion. THEN just to be sure, I went back to v1.02 and BEAT HER AGAIN. I have struggled against this monster for SO LONG. WHAT A RUSH!

Final Clear Screen at the end of the Extra Stage in Touhou Koumakyou New Classic. Extra Phantom was activated on this very first clear, resulting in a 0 lives - 0 bombs finish.

Replay screen for my Extra clear attempt. The High Score matches the previous screen.

Final Clear Screen in EoSD Extra stage (Ver 1.02), in a similarly close 0-3 resource finish.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I would like to offer a small modification to @voxandra.gay's sagely advice image regarding the use of bombs in Touhou Koumakyou. Mainly because my mind couldn’t help but come up with a list of some examples to round out the meme format. I hope this is OK (will delete if not)

Modified version of @voxandra.gay's "JUST MASTER SPARK you can bomb!!!" image, with an added list of possible situations where one might use bombs in Touhou Koumakyou. The list was made to round out the template format to more closely match the original "JUST WALK OUT you can leave!!" meme image.

The added list includes the following (with some deliberate misspellings):

fairys (Fairies)
books
bad RNG
sirno (Cirno)
panic bee (Panic Bomb)
too hard spellcar (Spellcard)
eternal meek if your quick (if you’re quick)
eye tem collecting (Item Collecting)

The list uses the Comic Sans font type.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Can confirm; this is an excellent and faithful remaster of the original EoSD. Love how some charm of the original visuals was kept; there are still repeating tiles for background textures, for example. Modern QoL with boss indicators, permanent autocollect line, and visible hitbox are all great.

Final Results Screen in Touhou 6 EoSD New Classic (NC).

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Two big shmup miilestones recently: 1) Beat Suwako in Touhou 10/Mountain of Faith Extra Stage. She's been a pain for some months now, but I am glad I finally clutched a win. 2) A Original Mode 1cc in Mushihimesama (S-Power because of Needles, of course). This one's taken about 8 months on and off.

Final destruction screen vs Suwako Moriya at the end of Touhou 10's Extra stage.

Final Result Screen after clearing Touhou 10's extra stage, showcasing a Clear for the final result (Don't ask why it's not the top score).

Name Entry screen at the end of Mushihimesama, showing "Stage All".

Replay Save for Mushihimesama for a Normal/Original Mode clear.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Gensokyo Chronicles fan book by @anazel.bsky.social and @azulia888.bsky.social made for a very pleasant surprise recently (international shipping is always slow). Looking forward to sitting down and reading it! Oh… I also got a Yuuma Mousepad for some reason?

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Youmu when fans say they get to play with- wait a second THIS IS STAGE 5 IN TOUHOU YOUYOUMU PERFECT CHERRY BLOSSOM AND SHE IS KICKING MY ARSE! This danmaku is IMPOSSIBLE! Youmu is LITERALLY STEALING ALL MY LIVES WHAT THE HECK?!

Screenshot of Youmu's opening Spellcard attack (「二百由旬の一閃」/ <<Two Hundred Yojana in One Slash>> ), used during the Stage 5 boss fight in Perfect Cherry Blossom on Normal Difficulty.

Screenshot of Youmu's opening Spellcard attack (「業風神閃斬」/ <<Karmic Winds of Instant-Divine Severance>> ), used during the Stage 5 boss fight in Perfect Cherry Blossom on Lunatic Difficulty.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Danmaku are only a suggestion. They are not real. They cannot hurt you. Simply gap between the bullets when you want to. What are they gonna do? Come after your Phantasm clear?

Reimu casually slipping between two kunai bullets and living to tell the tale because I dunno boundary hacks or something I don't understand this game anymore.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New Personal Best for Touhou 7/ PCB Hard, hitting 0.9 Billion high score. I really should sit down and learn some proper strategy to get myself over the line...

Final All Clear screen in Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom. HiScore 914,732,100.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks to @richardeffendi.bsky.social's generosity, I had a great read through the English release of "After We Became the Hifuu Club". That said, I enjoyed it enough to pick up another copy anyway. :P My thoughts in the image below (w/ alt text), because post limits won't do it justice.

Text reads as follows:

"In the spirit of all good Hifuu fanworks, it reflects on the some of the emotional elements that make us human, and presents the tale alongside wonderful visuals and decent dialogue. The way Merry and Renko play off each other matches my own idea of how I see them banter at times.

Was the story all a dream made possible by Merry's powers, or something actually possible in the far future of Hifuu? Is Merry also being obtuse in communicating with Renko in the only way she can; a warning of things to come; or do we simply see what we want to see in potential parallels? These were just some thoughts I pondered reading through the story... and yet by the end of it all, it still found a way to make me smile. I love the twists and turns fans manage to pull off using the Hifuu setting.

Naturally, fans of Hifuu/Touhou will get the most out of this. Cursory research indicates a sort of ongoing through line with the "Thus, We Became the Hifuu Club" entries from the same circle, which have also been translated into English by @kangaerunamiyo.bsky.social! Prior knowledge isn't *strictly* required to appreciate this entry on its own, though I was a little lost initially. Having spotted some internal references to past entries from personal color, I suspect my enjoyment would be enhanced when I do read them.

Also features a bold choice by the translator to use the name
"Maéreverie" (from マエリベリー) rather than "Maribel", which has also been used in previous entries by this translation circle. I'm a fan of different perspectives when it comes to Touhou, so it's neat to see when these things do come up."

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Get the hell OUT of here, Strong Arms. Absolutely not.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Pulling off the Awlmun Den ultra skip with Junko from Touhou (@yokuyukihime.yuri.agency) has easily been one of the funniest duo moments I’ve had in this game so far. The fact that the devs anticipated this with unique dialogue wilds me.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

After seeing @yokuyukihime.yuri.agency's aerial E-Litre strat, the SplatOof crew were quickly convinced of its power. Here is a team of four of us running Junko's <<Pristine Danmaku to Splat a Salmonid>> with Ferment/Freeze/Ice Breaker combos on a Lv 80 Super Spicy stage. It's scarily effective!

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Splatoon Raiders might just be peak. Not gonna lie.

Clear screen for my first mission helping out other players. I ended up in a Spicy Difficulty Lobby on Chowda Buried Ruins, netting 5000 Crystals in the process. Lots of fun to be had.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Finished Cross the Boundaries. Incredibly biased as a Yukari/Hifuu fan, but quite enjoyed what this offered. Really liked the unsetling horror vibe they leaned into with this one. Choked up at the end and could not bring myself to finish it for a good few hours. Some great music choices as well.

Title screen for Cross the Boundaries, a Touhou VN/Puzzle fangame that makes use of the Hifuu Club setting for its story.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

New Personal Best of 2100 exactly in StarFox using Hard Route (minus Sector Z because Sector Z sucks). Definitely curious to see how much higher I can push if I had went with THE Route for score instead.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All medals (Normal and Expert) and all exits now done with Starfox (S2). Some personal annoyances with visual changes and some Boss VA delivery aside, it's still Starfox 64 and still loads of fun to play.

Overview map screen showing the "achievements" for each stage in Starfox (S2). All stages have both Normal and Expert medals unlocked, as well as all stage exits.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Speedkilling Star Wolf on Venom 2 so that Fox never delivers his introductory line until AFTER they have all been defeated makes Fox sound *SIGNIFICANTLY* more disrespectful than intended...

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"Can't let you do that, Star Wolf!" "...No, seriously. You don't get to play. You don't even get to finish flying in. Do not. You're done. Leave."

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Final Expert Challenge for Starfox Sector Z done. Now to never play this awful stage ever again. (I actually feel so bad for ROB here he sounds so scared)

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What's that, Pigma? Crash and Burn? OK!

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This isn't how I remember the Star Wolf opening banter...

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Due to the way HIT+ bonus works in Starfox (64), it is possible to earn HIT+1 on singular targets. By destroying targets from the blast of a charge shot without locking-on, it will count as an indirect & give HIT+ bonus; handy for high scores. Zoness searchlights are good practice (note the +2/+1).

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

VENGENCE for YEARS. No, DECADES of missiles being killstolen!

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Smart Bombs no longer instantly destroy friendly support aircraft on Katina; note how all enemy craft are destroyed whilst all friendlies in the same radius are unharmed. Friendlies not being easily downed by nearby charge shots on enemies makes this easier to get the "no friendlies down" clear.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Katina Expert Difficulty Experience™️

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Starfox Expert Difficulty clear using "THE" Route with a 2000+ score. Forgot how punishing Expert Difficulty is over Normal; I lost count of the number of mid-air collissions on Katina now that charge shots don't destroy friendlies. I may also have sommersault death'd myself into an A6 cruiser ^^;

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

YO?! Did they actually FIX teammates being able to killsteal the missiles in Sector Z?! Pretty sure Katt here lands the last blow of Missile 6. ACTUALLY goated change if true. Sector Z still sucks though.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

STILL GOT IT! First run after picking up Starfox, and it all just came back to me like riding a bicycle. EXACTLY 2000 Hits total score across, with a very clean 400+ in Meteo and 500+ in Area 6. Still one of the most enjoyable shooters I've played.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Reproduced the attack just for you:

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Yeah OK I forgot how important the HIT+7 chain on all the butterflies was during the warp startup segment, along with proper use of bombs and shooting down squads during the warp itself. 400 on Meteo feels very doable for me even now, but it's pretty strict.

Result Screen for Meteo from the Starfox demo, with a mission score of 392.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I love that you can still cut Slippy off mid-sentence here. Feels right at home.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Took a little bit of getting used to playing this on a Pro Controller but... yup. Starfox Switch 2 sure plays like Lylat Wars alright.

End Result screen from the Demo version of Starfox (Switch 2 version), with a level score of 346.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

No one: Absolutely no one: My brain: "Four-way Charming vs Straight & Curve"

Cheat Options screen for Blue Revolver. The currently selected option reads:
"Slow Bullets - 40% slower enemy bullets (Note: this doesn't always make things easier...)

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

At 720 resolution, the Last Day background seems to actually fill about a third of the frame. At 960 resolution, it seems to almost fill the frame (still off-centre?). I guess it wasn't being rescaled/repositioned for the resolution setting? At least now I know my copy isn't broken anymore...

Screenshot of the start of Scene 10-10 in Danmaku Amanojaku. The Background of the Last Day can now actually be seen in about a third of the frame with the game's resolution set to 720p.

Screenshot of the start of Scene 10-10 in Danmaku Amanojaku, now at a 960p resolution. The Background of the Last Day can now be seen taking up the most of frame, instead of being largely empty.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

For ages, I thought there was something wrong with my copy of Impossible Spell Card due to the background never appearing properly on the Last Day. Today I finally worked out why. It turns out that the background simply doesn't display properly when the game resolution is set to 640x480.

Window capture of Danmaku Amanojaku ~ Impossible Spellcard running at 640x480 resolution. The background on this stage is largely blank, save for a small portion of fog on the right hand side of the screen. The background is displayed correctly at higher resolution settings.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

LET'S GO SALTY RUNBACK WITH THE 0 LIVESA 0 BOMB BLUE REVOLVER FINISH GET OUT OF HERE

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

First time getting up to the final boss in Blue Revolver. This was my second ever credit after starting to play today. Absolutely on the edge of my seat right up until the end and- Wait... what the hell? Did I just get Kanako'd? ISC Yukari'd? Or is this closer to CAVE sillies? (Yes I had bomb orz)

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Reisen is not amused by this sideways nonsense in Lensed Night Sky, by the way.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Due to an extremely funny bug in the current version of Lensed Night Sky, I was able to play the entire main game sideways. It's surprisingly trippy playing the game in this orientation, especially when bullets "Bounce" left/right instead of up/down. Kind of want this as a silly bonus option now.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Another wonderful tapestry of Yukari Yakumo made by @cocoillust.bsky.social arrived recently. I always love their artwork; buying their goods feels like a great way to support them. Now I have something to visualise what it might be like for Yukari to pop in through the wall. Huh? That's just me?

Photo of a tapestry of Yukari Yakumo, made by illustrator Coco and sold at the recent Reitaisai. The image shows Yukari appearing through a circular gap, with her hand stretched outward toward the viewer. Due to perspective, her outstretched hand appears significantly closer than the image itself.

The smirking expression can only mean good things... maybe... probably... I hope.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A ZUN-style image of Melia Antiqua, using her outfit design from Xenoblade 3. Because the appeal of Xenoblade x Touhou crossovers still burns deep in my heart, and I miss her... Artwork made by @primariobruh.bsky.social (Shared with permission). Thank you once again for your excellent work!

Digital artwork of Melia Antiqua, from the Xenoblade series, using her “Hero” Design from Xenoblade 3. She is brandishing her staff (known as “World Ender”) whilst holding out her left hand towards an unseen subject. One half of her Light-based Telethia wings can be seen behind her.

The overall illustration style is reminiscent of that used by ZUN for mainline Touhou games.

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Toadsili T @toadsilit.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A ZUN-style image of Yukari Yakumo, based on the design used in "Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III" (a solid and enjoyable Touhou danmaku shooter fangame). Art made by @primariobruh.bsky.social (shared with permission). Many thanks for your efforts!

Digital artwork of Yukari Yakumo wearing a kimono-like dress (exact type unknown to me - any clarification appreciated) and sitting on a gap, whilst holding a parasol. The outfit is directly based on the design used for the same character in the fangame "Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival - Part III". Eldritch horror elements can be seen emerging from the gap (also based on design elements used for Yukari in FDF Parts II and III)

The overall illustration style is reminiscent of that used by ZUN for mainline Touhou games.

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