bla bla stuff i like in BPoHC so far. Big Spoils

-I like how Yaorochi and Shion are apparently guaranteed to show up on Unlost Woods and Frontline River stage 6, respectively? Since the ritual chamber and Halcyon flower were found at the far reaches of those areas in EMS and RMI. It's a cute detail.

-Phantom ROAD for best stage 5 theme ever oh my god. i nearly cheered as soon as i recognized the tune & was humming it constantly

-Spirit of Nagara for top 10 final boss themes also. wait, no, top 5

-pagoda s6: everyone's reaction to the mirror is just "uhh the thing broke??" "ya it broke" "wasn't me" lmao

-mitori rattling off a long list of people they righteously executed including the old royal family, a bunch of corrupt conservative politicians, heads of discriminatory religious sects, law enforcement who brutalized their own citizens, etc, etc, aaaand oh yeah also that one ice cream man who charged too much. not the leader we deserve......... but the leader we need

-mitori has an allowance. mitori refuses to misappropriate government funds and spent all their allowance on candy. oh my god this baby

-castle s6, emperor team: Fumikado!! Apologize to Chouki and Para properly!! Oh my god!! I feel so bad for Chouki!!

-castle s6 & ending, kindergarten team: Like!! Tenkai just walks on up and is like 'hey the castle that crowned you as masakado's successor? actually that whole legend is fake and the castle's only using you as bait to attract its next true owner and it originally belonged to tsurubami anyway. k bye'. Poor?? Chouki??

-castle s6: speaking of which im gettin some big "secretly a hyperspace vessel" vibes from this castle. the throne room's called "Chamber of Ukifune" in the stage title? dunno what that's meant to foreshadow (if anything) but still... the plot thickens...

-kindergarten team in general is The Most Adorable Thing. boss convo w/ yabusame just turns into an impromptu lunch picnic... sese and sukune declaring that they'll protect tenkai from the mean city scouters... oh my god...........

-secret boss, kuroji convo: hooaka just casually drops a mention of the Wings of Magritte??

 the         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg9B7Zp3CnA

 wings of    https://twitter.com/mugen_Jinx/status/786847108905041920

 magritte??

 This Is Not A Drill?? Hello??

-HOW are you supposed to capture Xeno a's survival cards without a million upgrades. this is nuts. this is the worst. i mean i love it but it's the worst

-xeno a's profile gives me a beautiful mental image of tsurubami just throwing a giant fit and flipping tables in a casino & i love it

-I LOVE LOVE LOVE Yago, and their bangin' theme song, and their liquid-metal danmaku, and their mythological source material, and their whole Aesthetic, and, they're just, really cool

-haiji on the other hand. haiji. haiji. HAIJI!! HONEY!! make your own spell cards for pete's sake!! "Whatchamacallit of Hirokawa"?? "Ripples of About 500-ish Years"?? oh my god!!

-character profile says Tsurubami's the *second*-generation head priest, and the one who invented the Spell Card system. So who's the first, and where did they go...?

-(also is it just me or does everyone keep talking about tsurubami like they're dead instead of on vacation... 'もういなくなった' etc. Ominous)

-also speaking of the spell card system, one of the suzumi ex convos (don't remember which, w/e) makes it sound like if you don't comply with the winner's request you just straight up Die...?? tsurubami pls

-u.aaaaaaaauuuuuuugh i spoiled myself on Turbo Suzumi and still got really freaked out by the end of the post-boss convo. props to jynx for somehow making a conversation about /putting sauce on ghosts/ into the scariest thing in the world

-kuroji convo: "Suzumi was with us when we came to Mugenri, right?" "What? No they weren't." "...I feel like they were?" "Yeah, they totally were." "Are you guys sure?" this frickin!! creepypasta of a character!! aaaaaaa

-i love that the series has both A) the usual touhou-style history and mythology stuff, plus also B) Vaguely Foreboding Sci-Fi Plot Twist Hinting. what's up with the shrine road! what's up with the pagoda! what's up with the castle! what's up with tsurubami and mugenri as a whole! what was up with everyone back in the outside world! what is all the birds and birdcage imagery leading up to and how dramatic of a Tweeest is it gonna be