Optical 東方 Touhou Unplugged/Classic 43

[daemocoles]

The apostle Paul saw the unifying power of a single universal God. Now that we have reunited as a single species the concept is no longer relevant. We are now in the process of harmonising the human race - or in Neon Genesis Evangelion terms, about to undergo complementation... hehe

[Dscvncnvmvbnm]

This is great, which of the other classics are just acoustic guitar like this one?

[AvalanchCXVII]

I guess the impression one recieves from this music is dependent on Glass half full or empty kind of person.

But this music to me is really nostalgic and wistful.

The picture doesn't help.

All I can see, with Suwako's hat perched upon one Kanako's pillars, is one day in the future, with the Moriya shrine lost past memory even within Gensokyo, the last reminders of two gods who, garnering no faith, hold none for more worshippers.

Consenting to slowly fade away in the Eastern Fantasy.

[shingshongshamalama]

This really does feel like a folk theme for Gensokyo itself, if anything. This is the tune they all think of when they remember what it was like, visiting this strange, rural otherland of mysticism and magic.

[AdamFSmith]

the description says The Gensokyo the Gods Loved, but I hear a LOT of Septette in there.

[McDodgerMan]

That's some nice hat on log action there.

[HawaiianEskmo]

I love the acoustic in this song. It's just... peaceful and soothing.

[1ApertureRealist]

Needs some more cucumber >:3

[dlwk1988]

i bet that bird there is atcually tengu

[VasaraKaisui]

Sanae's rod thing is in Nitori's Backpack

[elARTEdelPOOP]

Why is 4chan related to this?

4chan sux.

[WxIxZEGUY]

I love this song. To me, it gives a calm sense of strength, of history, of what is and what was and what is to be. Mixed with the picture, i hear a story of a traveler, walking across the mountains and rivers, seeing the little footprints of the past mixed with the current of the future, Dreaming of the ever-flowing future. And along the journey, she find an unassuming wooden pole and an odd hat. Knowing there is an infinite amount of meaning behind it, a past that spans eons.. A past now dead.

[Axetylen]

Nitori is thinking :"God of Moriya, Where Are They Now ?"

[x0kamix]

"Brightly colored vegetables are insufficient"

That may be an answer, when people referr to patchy's anemia and suggest her to eat more healthily.

It could mean, that sche has'nt become a great magician by eating veggies and jumping around in the outside and thus does not feel in teh need to feed healthily, if she has to eat at all...

[Gerryk003]

i love the way it sounds... this is what i call pleasant music, i felt peace while i was listening this,

[4Freddz]

I like to listen to this and similar while doing math, it makes me concentrate.

[NOLISTENTOME]

Is there a bigger version of this picture?

I must have it!

[MrTheFoolish]

I love the atmosphere of this. The original had an amazing atmosphere as well, and this respects that, though it's different, more calm I think. I think I figured out what "Brightly Coloured Vegetables Are Insufficient" refers to. I think it refers to Patchy's anemia and how veggies won't be able to fix it. She needs Iron!!! (lolwut)

[littlebro05]

Does anyone know what the three chords that are played in this song? I managed to learn the song by ear. But chords are little harder to pick up :(.

[JeanejeanTou]

Why is Suwako's hat is in this setting?

[RevnaVarea]

I can't forgive myself for not having heard of this yet. Incredible arrangement.

[xX3rdDegreeBurnXx]

Haha, well, its an amazing song! I love it so much, that I've been transcribing it! Got most of it done, too ^_^ If anyone wants the tab, just PM me and I'll send what I've got to you.

[keyuo]

Lol i agree with every positive comment on this video

and I'm not sure how many others' have tried doing this but im gonna try and learn how to play this song on my guitar sense it seems like a simple tune and it doesn't seem to be so hard to learn by ear so wish me luck ^ ^

besides by "Brightly colored vegetables" would the the title be talking about the green trees'?

[Extraintrovert]

This a theme that one should play sitting next to a river or a lake, watching the fish and kappas swim and play... now I feel relaxed.

[bass99gspl]

Amazing arrange and really good pic, but It gives a sad feeling (wich I love, its really hard for a song to make me feel sad), like those two disapeared, the amazing and beautifull guitar plus that pic its really emotive

Really thx for the upload

[HiroCascade]

I just had this sad kind of conclusion. I keep reading how gods get their strength from people believing in them. SO what if people started to forget/not believe in Suwako and Kanako? WOuldn't that mean that their power fades, thus they fade? Looks like Nitori is doing a bit of asearch. Man, I'm sad now. :<

[KakashiMr]

Well I'm not very religious myself, but I have made various thesis on religions, etc...

It'd be too long to post them here so I'll make it short and simple.

I believe that all gods in general originate from humans, be it to explain facts that seem somewhat unreal to our eyes, or for other reasons.

But then all this logic falls apart when we look at the fact that ZUN is a Buddhist (I'm pretty sure about that), meaning he has different beliefs then your normal Christian or Hebrew.

[KakashiMr]

Meaning maybe ZUN wanted to represent a different religion, like maybe Christianity by creating the Moriya Shrine, since in Buddhism isn't about Buddha gathering faith from humans or whatnot.

D:

Anyways, thanks a bunch for watching.

[kotohime26]

@KakashiMr or he's referring to Shintoism which is polytheistic

still haven't found out whether he's a Buddhist or Shinto, maybe he's a bit of both like I read many Japanese are nowadays

[kotohime26]

@KakashiMr but still, the idea of gods losing their powers when people stop believing in them/gaining powers by gathering more believers is a good one 0_o

[OtakuyaroDono]

@KakashiMr Isn't it Shintoism -- or in Japanese culture that there are shrines and deities that are prayed to?

I'm pretty sure it's not Christianity.

[animemasterrick]

@KakashiMr Conclusion, Believe in zun and his power will never fade. Zun forever. Lock and load!

[AzureMetreu]

@KakashiMr

I have always thought that ZUN was more of a Shinto person, where all that is you know?

Mainly because of Reimu having a Shinto Shrine, Moriya Shrine is as well. But bringing it more modern, there is now the Buddhist temple of Myouren and the Taoist religion that followed in TH13.

(i know this is an old old post but I felt like replying anyway.)

[Shintear]

@HiroCascade Kanako and Suwako moved to Gensokyo because they were losing faith in the outside world and wanted to gather faith in a place where the supernatural...was expected (in other words, Gensokyo).

[HiroCascade]

@Shintear

Whew, this was from a year ago? Anyways, the comment I posted was originally in context of the image shown here. The "research" I had read were small explanations of deities and the like needed the faith of followers or they would 'die'. I wasn't focusing on the story of why the two had moved to Gensokyo, but rather the concept of Suwako and Kanako fading and how this picture could relate to it.

[arahman56]

@HiroCascade Well, at least according to Manosuke, things exist in Gensokyo because people don't believe in them, which means that if people started believing in them, they will no longer exist in Gensokyo.

[HiroCascade]

@arahman56 Do know the Moriya's moved from our time/reality to Gensokyo. So... I'm trying to understand your point then. And to me it's not really working lol

[Ceth]

@HiroCascade

This reminds me of one quest in Baldur's Gate II - I was tasked to deal with a haunted tomb, where there were undying, ageless people guarding a god's crypt. Their problem was, they had long since forgotten the name, status or purpose of the god, so their praise had turned to resentment. Having now received such a sizable "anti-praise", their god was rendered helpless and could no longer appear to them, so that they could regain their faith. Who knows how long the chain kept going.

[animemasterrick]

@HiroCascade Then believe not in yourself, nor the you who believes in others nor the others who believe in you, believe in the you that believes in those who believe in the you who believes in them!!

[kouhii020]

nice boat

[theshippfan22]

the frog hat......

[KakashiMr]

Is Suwako's, the Onbashira (piece of wood that the hat is on) is Kanako's. Yet where are the two goddesses?

[theshippfan22]

ok and yeah i know about the hat im just wondering why did she leave it there? and yeah where are they questions that can't be answered i guess

[Memphismastermind]

Other side of the rock, enjoying the sun and the water?

[BlanFan2O]

@KakashiMr They're off having, y'know, fun.

[JoinerofSonicFans]

I like this song. Nice and mellow throughout. With it, you can simply close your eyes and easily envision yourself relaxing somewhere around that area.

[ForswornNasci]

=NeutraL= always had some good arranges. This is no exception ^.^

[ElMisionero96]

Oh my, such a gorgeous song... is just amazing

[theshippfan22]

beautiful