EoSD Stage 1 Theme - A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry

[Inodeathdragon]

Did someone noticed Mystia's hat ? Bad Rumia ! You ate her !!!! D:<

[burningkid25]

such a good game, unlike anything i ever played

[swinsan]

Wtb that pic



[anubis3290]

This was the first Touhou game I ever played. Nostalgia doesn't even begin to summarize this feel.

[pickyrish]

a lil creepy

[KuroSakuraDA]

Isn't that mystia's Lorelei Hat? O___O

[SoulOfRandomness]

@KuroSakuraDA Omnomnom

[JinGitaxias]

@KuroSakuraDA Wat? No, that's Mystia Lorelei's hat. Mystia hsa no Lorelei Hat.

[KuroSakuraDA]

@JinGitaxias Wow, I didn't even knew that you can "oew" a hat, since Mystia "hsa" no Lorelei hat. 0_0

[JinGitaxias]

@KuroSakuraDA Typo. :P

Erata: "That's Mystia's hat, Rumia has no hat"

[KuroSakuraDA]

@JinGitaxias Mine was a typo too, so please don't make fun of people if you don't want them to make fun of you. :)

[JinGitaxias]

@KuroSakuraDA Did I make fun of someone? I don't even remember who I wrote to and why, but if I did, I apologize. xP

[JadeEmbodient]

zuns music is the kind that really grows on me

the music just screams "welcome to the world of gensyoko....-watch out for bullets!" to me :)

[sitien14]

@JadeEmbodient Until the third stage,you shouldn't read "watch out for bullets!".

Rumia and Cirno are the easiest bosses in Touhou series.

[KennytheHedgie]

@sitien14 I consider Letty and Wriggle easier than Rumia, but that's not really saying much I guess.

[Mespritroth]

@sitien14 I find Cirno harder than Chen and Mystia. Maybe Parsee too if you don't count her midboss. Kogasa and Hina always get me though. Kyouko is kinda meh. But yeah, Cirno makes me panic more than Meiling does lol...

Then again, this is coming from someone who says Flandres easy which 99% of the fanbase disagree.

[sitien14]

@Mespritroth Ironically,her hardest spellcard IS Ice sign "Icicle fall"(Normal mode).

I argee about Mystia,but Chen can be annoying.Hina is easy,but not at the first time,Kogasa's non-spellcard is annoying.And Flandre,you must be a very good player to call her "Easy"...And Meiling spellcards are hard.(But her non-spellcards are easier than Cirno or Rumia sometimes)

[CzMDavid]

@sitien14 Icicle fall *normal* aint hard at all once you get accustomed to hitbox sizes. Cirnos nonspells are way more deadly than that.

[sitien14]

@CzMDavid I said "it's her hardest spellcard" not her hardest attack,and her non-spellcards are very easy.Perfect freeze and the last one are aslo very easy.

[ShadowTheHeavy]

This song WILL eventually get burned into your head forever.

[GThomas1502]

Oh, now I have an urge to play EoSD again...too bad my computer's at my mom's house.

[kiki902143]

OHGOSHMYSTEENU.

That is adorable, though.

[renirenifan1]

SO EFFING CUTE!!!!!

[umigainsborough1]

so nano ka?

[shaamat00]

mystia is on the botttom of the gensokyo food chain rumia in middle and yuyuko on the top

[MetalMephiles9000]

@shaamat00 Forgot Miyako there.

[android16B]

that picture still SCARES THE FUCK OUT OF ME!!!!!!

[rafaomegax]

I remember the first time I payed touhou... in this order TH6 TH7 TH1-5 TH 8 TH9 TH 10.5 TH11 (TH12.8 TH12.3 cant remember if this is correct) TH12

All of this flowed back to me after hearing this song..... its been months

[BM309K58SMERCH]

@rafaomegax I've cleared my First Touhou game just 7 Months back, and It feels like 7 Years back. :S

The nostalgia is so Powerful, I cried humming to this D':

...first use of ZUNpets <3

[Ritsuioko23]

I never used to like EOSD's music until I actually played the game. UFO was the first game I played in the Touhou series. Weird right?

[vampirepichu4]

MYSTIAAAAAAAAAHHH

[siverfanweedo]

-sigh- she ate mystia realy ruima hwo many more times must i tell you -_-

thsi song rules :D

[shrodu]

@siverfanweedo M-Maybe she's chasing Mystia and this picture is from Mystia's POV?

[siverfanweedo]

@shrodu o.o

god poor Mystia

[shrodu]

@siverfanweedo Hey, they could be playing tag, you know. DX

Besides, I'm part of the fandom of Mystia X Rumia. >w<

[siverfanweedo]

@shrodu yues tag

^^;

i liek Mtiysa XWriggle moar

[xaina222]

seriously...how many more times will mystia get eaten ?

[xxYakumoYukarixx]

Wow, Rumia's up so high I can see the curvature of the earth... Mystia must have flew for a while before she met her end.

[zelda3002]

@xxYakumoYukarixx Maybe Gensyoko's a miniature planet inside the border?

[xX9CiRNOXx]

Mystia tastes like Yuyuko.

I sampled both of them.

[PokeNaruBleach]

The very first Touhou stage I played.

Ah, memories.

Oh wait, that was a week ago.

[Yum0987654321]

Isn't a ground cherry brown/orange-ish?

[ilovecoffeev]

@Yum0987654321 maybe shes talking about maraschino cherries

[zelda3002]

@Yum0987654321 Maybe they mean ground-up, like crushed?

[yachiru37564]

Mystia is delicious.

[SukakuSisters]

Must everyone eat Mystia?!

[ultimadragon88]

@SukakuSisters following the IN dialogue, Yuyuko also ate Wriggle and tried to eat Keine

[LaughingPickleProd]

Where have I heard this before?Maybe 'Destiny'

[mamushi72sai5575]

This song reminds me of the Chinese lanterns my mother had in the garden of my childhood home. I moved out in about 3rd grade. I miss that place.

[MrSmegheneghan]

0:49 You can now hear the countdown noise manually.

[Eyedol829]

Is it me, or does EoSD's music have a different feeling than all the others?

[MariaBernkastel]

Mystia- a perfect substitute for chicken. Rumia and Yuyuko agree.

[BM309K58SMERCH]

0:07 First Mobs Ever encountered

0:33 Rumia Steps in as a midboss

0:46 damn time-out clock starts ticking (but i kill her quickly :D)

1:02 more mobs

1:20 no mobs for now..

1:25 "But...It's so Romantic at the temple courtyard at night (<-Carefree)"

omg...Memories ;(

[Hawelo92]

@BM309K58SMERCH The Carefree thing kinda made me rage a little the first time :<

[htfkid2000]

@BM309K58SMERCH Post 1:28: First to use the spell card system!

[sitien14]

@htfkid2000 Wrong,she uses her first spell card in hard or lunatic mode in her mid-boss battle

[htfkid2000]

@sitien14 I mean in terms of the person playing this on easy or normal mode in 2002 T_T

[sitien14]

@htfkid2000 Ohh...Easy mode...I never played easy.

[Kirbyluver2]

Touhou 6 is probably the most famous touhou game, and this is one of the first impressions music wise people get from the series. I've probably heard this song more than any other song in the series and it never gets old :)

[bigred2989]

When you listen to the music from EOSD it seems like ZUN was just starting to figure out how to use MIDI. The music in this game is great and I love it but the music in PCB and beyond is way superior in quality.

[momokun90]

Looks like Rumia ate Mystia ==

[mezhciemniece]

The first game I played as the real touhou bullet hell... Jesus christ this stage was hell at first!!!

[NekoNekoKitty7]

AH MAH GAWD SHE ATE MYSTIA D:

Rumia: Fried chicken is yummy! :D *points to mouth and drools*

[bigred2989]

@NekoNekoKitty7 BAH GAWD MARISA HIT HER WITH THE MASTER SPARK!!!! THROW IN THE TOWEL!!!! BAH GAWD!!!!

[skeez86]

Oh my god I've crossed the point. I can picture the stage and hear the attacks in the back of my head while listening to this song. I think I need help.

[GensokyoGal301]

when i first played touhou i was like "nice music... dadadaaaaaaaadum..."

then rumia came up and I was like "uh hi... BANG! mwahahaha!"

THEN she came a final boss and told me I was bird-eyed so I was like "you're gonna f***ing get it you BITCH!" then i killed her, tried Lunatic mode... and didn't sleep for months T 3 T

rumia ate meee :'''''(

[MokoziWorld]

She ate Mystia.

[TheMidna]

I think of GIR from Invader Zim when I hear the "doo do do dooo" sounds start at 0:08

[GentlemanAeon777]

This was my first Touhou game I ever played...

My am I crying?

[tshibuta]

I think that, the reason why, no matter how many arranges I listen to, I come back to ZUN`s version is that, i feel that he composes all song with unmeasurable elaborateness.

this is only "Stage 1 Theme" and yet, listen to the Drum Pattern! Determination he puts in all his work is worth the respect that his works receive now.

[wanderingRumia]

YES!!! PRAISE ME MOAR!!

[Laralarala]

Everytime i hear 0:48 i cant´help but listen the clock XD

[Narufreaka]

I have reached a conclusion. A touhou theme is no touhou theme without a trumpet.

[pizywizy506]

@Narufreaka FALSE! Tiny Tiny Clever Commander has no trumpets, and it is probably the best stage 1 boss theme in touhou.

[Narufreaka]

@pizywizy506 Please. The only exception for lack of trumpet was Cirno's theme. And by PoFV standards she's a stage 1 boss, and I think the church of Cirno would definitely agree that she has the strongest theme.

c:

[pizywizy506]

@Narufreaka As you are totally off topic atm, I would like to also say that the PC-98 games could not handle the godliness of the ZUN Trumpets, therefore he had to use FM synthesis, or else your computer would implode do to over sexiness.

[roial99]

ah my first tohou level i remember going to lunatic and getting pwnd by the bonus boss now i only di on that flandre biatch

[NamelessLegacy]

When I played EoSD (and Touhou) for the first time, I really was surprised that it's soundtrack had this particular style I always wanted to listen to, but never had any chance to.

Others may find EoSDs instrument samples to be low quality and dragging down the soundtrack, but for me, they always had this nostalgic touch which enhanced the atmosphere extremely. And this is the track which benefits the most of that, and being the first stage theme, it also adds yet another dimension of nostalgia~

[vampirepichu4]

0:48

I know, this is where the timer on midboss Rumia starts ticking down.

[tigerblade79]

@vampirepichu4 lol yeah exactly! :D

[9CirnoTheStrongest9]

Silly Rumia, Mystia is only for Yuyuko!

[Uhiwaka82]

Mystia is lookin' like a calliflower down there

[UTAU53Yui]

...For some reason,I like the NES version better...Still an amazingly awesome theme,and the best to start the series with!

[AlertLowBattery]

Why is everyone eating Mystia?

Thats it,

The first thing I eat when I get to Gensokyo is a singing night sparrow.

I wonder if I get to keep the hat...

[Kingofeurope]

This reminds me of the first time I played Touhou. WHO'S WITH ME?

[superdarklink]

@Kingofeurope i am!

[0PyramidHead]

lol at that picture cute.

[GentlemanAeon777]

Aww isnt she cute-

Wait. Isnt that that face she makes before she eats somebod- *eaten*

[AkatsukisBluNinja]

Rumia like ; GET IN MAH BELLEH!:

OAO

[ZeroTheUltimate0]

Is that Mystia in the background?

[SorceressKyrsty]

This was my first Touhou too. And I totally died at the midboss. :D

[ToonGeno77]

Look at her face closely...

Rumia: I EAT JOO!

Me: O.O

[MegaKnuckles777]

Her face says it all:

"You look delicious! :D"

... D:

[Barrylocke]

Is Rumia...drooling?

[Cyberleader12]

@Barrylocke looks like it lol.

[LittlePshycoPuppy]

PineappleDisciple

Louchan2

and Atfynt are the most famous Touhou music uploaders.

[CarefreeCat]

@LittlePshycoPuppy Although PD hasn't been active in a year.

[LittlePshycoPuppy]

0:48 is when you gotta hury up and kill mid boss rumia. (9 seconds left)

[zebrin]

@LittlePshycoPuppy

Yeah, the song just sounds wrong without the countdown in place huh?

[Synssia]

This song gives me some sort of nostalgic feeling, since it was the first Touhou game I've ever played way back in time.

[ShiranuiMidna]

Silly me! I can't believe I ACTUALLY THOUGHT that the red flowers on her collar was blood. What a stupid thought of mine. xD

[Tagglink42]

@ShiranuiMidna Well, i bet its supposed to symbolise blood xD

[Tagglink42]

@ShiranuiMidna I just found out that its an amulet, not a ribbon on her head... i had no idea...

[ShiranuiMidna]

@Tagglink42 i learn something new about Touhou everyday as well. xD

[gameboi9321]

omg you notice she is 90 feet above earth!!!! wtf

[MasterboySSBMgod]

Looked as if she was saying:

"Oh srry i have sum Mystia stuck on my teeths ill come to kill you later, brb."

[kookybird234]

rumia is flandre! you see that ribbon? it sticks out of flan's hat because there is a hole in her hat to make it look like its part of the hat but its really rumia's ribbon which is supposedly stuck in her hair so she can't take it off!

[Novad]

Oh shi, you might be onto something.

[borotiu87]

LOOK MA! NO REMAINS!

[StarryBumbleBee]

It's as if Rumia's looking at you to say "I WANT YOU FOR MY DINNER"

[XDTOXD]

looks like she didn't have enough having Mystia for Dinner

[MedicalChew]

three words:

sour pickled cherry

I dunno, that was random but befitting somehow.

[HimeeeSama]

THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED TOUHOU

YES.

[UpsidePickle]

@HimeeeSama AGREED.

[groudonsbest]

@HimeeeSama me too :D

[Melylareputamadre]

@HimeeeSama same here T^T

[anihilator100]

@HimeeeSama *brofist*

[MugenOverlord]

She noticed you saw the Mystia hat floating slowly downwards.

"You're next," Rumia says.

What do you do now?

-Run like hell

-Say "Can I has hug before dinnar? =3"

-Dive for the hat

[DimJim12]

I would probably wonder why the hell I'm floating.

[MugenOverlord]

Err... Uh...

You're standing on a cliff?

No, even better - Cirno's holding you by your shirt collar.

Wait, then "Run like hell" doesn't work...

You're standing on a cliff? /:3

[SuperSoaker321]

Dive for the hat!

*Slow-motion* Noooooo!

[DimJim12]

Oh, I know.

I'd make her have an inferiority complex by showing off my TEN FINGERS.

[Apoc2K]

She'd promptly resolve that issue by biting of your hand.

[DimJim12]

I don't think she would be able to act due to the severity of that inferiority complex.

[OperationAnime262]

I wanna hug before Dinnar

[BestKHparodies]

I like option two, Rumia is such a huggable character!! <3

[MugenOverlord]

Until she bites your freaking head off. :P

[BestKHparodies]

Who cares! She's so cute! Even cuter than Flandre....

[06cloud]

I think she is only as cute as Flandre...

as maybe Rumia=Flandre.

[AquaDragon76]

@MugenOverlord

"Can I have a hug, Rumia-chan? :3 Pwease?"

[grodan13]

Mmmm, good memories from the time I played Touhou for the first time.

[metalgearsolidfan112]

why do fictional characters always get the good stuff? time manipulation, fate manipulation, manipulation of darkness, magic etc...

[LightningLord2]

Don't worry about the darkness manipulation - Rumia can only use it to create darkness around her, making everyone in the area unable to see - mainly herself xD

[metalgearsolidfan112]

but she can still manipulate the stuff.... even if it does blind her XD. its something we cant do...

[LightningLord2]

Sometimes, fictions tell about the real world to have abandoned magic in order to develop technology. And in that world (Gensokyo), it was vice versa, even if some very few characters care for science.

[metalgearsolidfan112]

Magics more fun then science...

[xcrono1321]

but if they can do magic, it wouldnt be magic for them because they can do it.

Like if we could fly, everyone would be used to it not being magic since everyone can do it

[DrAWily]

but we can fly... that's the magic of science ( and areodynamics)

[lucillelovefereydoon]

she saw what you did there.

[SNoRRo]

i love this pic :P

i take it that rumia likes to eat people, amirite?

[DevilBaby626]

Rumia!...

Is that Mystia i see down there?!

[PCJedi6]

It's a bit hard to tell, but I think so.

[Azureman012]

Apparently Rumia just ate Mystia. Or at least, that's what it looks like to me.

[GrehamAdelphis]

Poor Mystia. First Yuyuko, now Rumia. Night sparrows must be good eating.

[Nasta98]

Yes!Its Mystia!

[burnfireburn]

So...a goofy forest fight on halloween?

[Vikusen]

Lol, for some reason, to me, this song has a really goofy feel to it. I like it.

[laughingfurry]

To me, it feels more like a halloween type of song.

[VolOpt2]

kinda sounds like your fighting her in the woods