Oddbean new post about login | logout @Ardainian Right I think the Japs just went nuts making fanart and hentai of them, also, some of the songs are legitimate bangers.
@Christi Junior So their popularity is entirely driven by fanart/hentai? I get that that helps characters like Pyra and 2B a lot too, but they at least have actual well-regarded games to go with them.
@Ardainian Right @Christi Junior God I hate ignorant ass zoomers. Almost everything you know and love about modern japslop culture is a direct result of the mass popularity of 2hu
@merchantHelios @Ardainian Right I was quite surprised to learn that Remilia Scarlet was actually the original Vampire Loli, or at least the one that inspired all the most popular current ones.
@Christi Junior @Ardainian Right @merchantHelios There's some older vampire loli characters, such as Miyu from Vampire Princess Miyu. As for 2hu, it mainly took lots and lots of inspiration from JP myth and folklore, though it did contribute a lot to popularizing various character archetypes in anime and video games.
@merchantHelios @Christi Junior I'm not a zoomer, but nobody in the West actually plays that shit.
@Ardainian Right I mean, there ARE a lot of Touhou games as well, hell, the Switch has a bunch of them now, but I'd assume that the bulk of their "mainstream" Western popularity is driven by art, music and memes.
@Christi Junior @Ardainian Right And, especially, hentai
@b8ed4588 @Ardainian Right Already covered that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6lFkOg7ko
Correct answer, the tracks are fucking fire in those games. Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is a top 5 game OST