Author Archives: VioletTiramise
Lost and unreleased BUTAOTOME Media

I started to write this article a couple of months ago after I was mindlessly browsing the Lost Media Wiki. Then, the other day, I found out that lost and disappeared media is extended even to gacha games and thought about finishing it. Because even the small doujin circles have their own share of mysteries! Here is a list of… Read more »
One Week BUTAOTOME 164: new promo pic and logo, new (old?) song on NOSTALGIA, various updates!

TC updates! First of all, the list of songs has been updated! Changes I made over the course of the time: Removed the English-friendly list because it was bothersome to update Moved all the re-arrangements tracks to a separated table Added Ranko’s songs with other arrangers (it will look prettier once I’ll add all the links) Added a few notes… Read more »
One Week BUTAOTOME 163: website updates, Air Comiket 2 and more

I’m running out of ideas for the TC Crew pics. I need a holiday. I want to move out. Website stuff First of all, I have updated the Comp and Paprika’s guest works page. Notable changes are adding Comp’s commercial works from 2008-2011 that have been added on the official site and moving Paprika’s stuff to the bottom (she has… Read more »
BUTAOTOME’s official website has been updated – Comp’s old stuff revealed!

OMG, I always thought this could have happened only in dreams, but yeah, the official website has been updated!! It doesn’t have a redesign, but some sections have been updated! DISCO has been finally updated to include all the albums released in the last couple of years. Neko no Anmin and the photobooks are missing, however. The Download section has… Read more »
One Week BUTAOTOME 162: let’s go peacefully this week

The most important news of the weekFor those who live in the Northern hemisphere, the sea cucumber is finally available in Animal Crossing New Horizons as a sea creature! Catch one and think about Paprika. A polar bear in HokkaidoComp went in Sapporo, Hokkaido! He posted various pictures on his Twitter, and he also resumed his Instagram. Some of these… Read more »
One Week BUTAOTOME 161: slow news, etc.

It’s another slow period of news. I’m still busy saving all the posts from the old fanclub blog on Butaotome.net. I should be done before the next month starts. It’s still unclear if the fanclub terminating its service at the end of November means that all of its content will be lost forever, but better safe than sorry. Once I’ll… Read more »
One Week BUTAOTOME 160: Touhou Danmaku Kagura, Autumnal Reitaisai 7, etc.

Most of the news were already reported in previous posts, but anyway… Today Touhou Cannonball has been shut down, and it’s no longer possible to login. But next year we might get a good substitute… Touhou Danmaku KaguraThis new mobile game was announced last weekend, during the giant Touhou 25th anniversary streaming. Touhou Danmaku Kagura is a rhythm game with… Read more »
Yume no Hanashi – review and post-translation commentary

It took one month, but I’ve finally translated Yume no Hanashi (Ranko’s collection of Touhou stories based on her lyrics) in both English and Italian. I consider it to be my most ambitious project, and one of the BUTAOTOME-related things I’m proud of. To celebrate it, here is a review! The book is small, as you can see. There are… Read more »
New mobile rhythm game: Touhou Danmaku Kagura

A new Touhou derivative game for iOS/Android has been revealed! Touhou Danmaku Kagura (東方ダンマクカグラ) is a rhythm game developed and published by AQUASTYLE and DeNA. The game will be released in 2021, and it will be free to play with in-app purchases/gacha elements. The gameplay looks extremely similar to Bang Dream: Girls Band Party, so I think the gacha part… Read more »