https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vrPQPk9lLE
>>51324563We're never finding out what kind of youkai Meiling is are we?
>>51324886She's chinese
>>51324886Well he downright says she's just a "chinese kind of youkai" and nothing else, he didn't think too much about historical sources when making the old characters.
>>51324893It still had the 'wacky fun' style the PC98 games had. Not much thought put into it.
>>51324886She's a youkai. That's it.Youkai don't actually need special specifications, there are some that are just youkai. Just like how we have fairies, and then we have more specific types of fairies.Yukari and Yuuka are also "just youkai" but you don't see people getting antsy about them.
>>51325444Yuuka is a moe youkai
>>51325444Yuuka was officially named a flower youkai, wasn't she?
>>51325444Yukari is a human-turned youkai.
>>51325444Chinese Youkai!
>>51325444I NEED to know
>>51325444Yukari is the gap woman
>>51325444Yukari is just a very old woman
>>51324886She's the man-eating kind.
>>51325717So, just chinese?
>>51325444>>51325669And Yuuka is just a very old fairy!
>>51325444Rumia too! However some experts, myself included, define her as a "cute youkai"
>>51324563>ZUN doesn't even know why Patchouli lives in SDM or how she met RemiAnd there's people out there who think official Touhou canon is worth giving a shit about lol. Truly a series of vibes and aura
>>51325792how come not every bullshit question has its answer
>>51325787I beg to differ, I define her as the "perfectly pale cunny" yokai!Just look at those thighs...
>>51325805Basic character backstory is bullshit now? Okay
>>51324563Weird that he didn't talk about Rin
>>51325792>>51325821It's the type of detail he intentionally leaves vague for fans to fill in. It's been a common trend in the way he writes the lore and getting pissy about it is kind of silly.>>51325976It's interesting how there's a cultural divide, where English fans really pride themselves in knowing about what is ultimately a string of debugged text and have built a mythology around it (when in reality she doesn't even have any art assets, the design attributed to her by Western fandom was just a mascot ZUN came up with that's entirely separate).He didn't talk about Rin because she doesn't exist.
>>51325792Anon him leaving that kind of stuff vague is what piques interest to the IP in the first place
>>51325792Yes. It's just in good fun and always has been that way. This is why lorefags are retarded.
>>51326001I think there's some Japanese fans who are curious also. At the very least, if it's just some useless string of debugged text, ZUN should have enlightened the community on what it meant and what he was trying to do with it before scrapping it
>>51326001I wouldn't think it's an east/west divide. Spoiler warning for Touhou LostWord of all things but the player character is strongly suggested to be Rin with Circle Girl's appearance. It shows that perception of her is prevalent enough in the Japan side of things to make it into the game.
