This is a small update. I have a couple of news and I don’t want to spam Twitter with them! First of all, as you can see in the picture, the C98 albums arrived at Robin! I’ve updated the two album pages, and lyrics for the Shoujo Rengoku 5 songs will arrive during the evening (European timezone). Then I’ll start… Read more »
So, this week doesn’t have any relevant news from the World of BUTAOTOME, but we have various updates from this website! My C98 albums have been shipped, so I hope I can update the pages for Shoujo Rengoku 5 and Nekokeban 20 next week! Yesterday was Tewi’s lyrics dayIn the morning I got the lyrics for Tensai to Sagishi thanks… Read more »
Violet’s (dis)adventures with doujin albums orderingSo, my original plan for the C98 albums was for them to be shipped to my boyfriend, in the USA. However, Japan’s posts announced that they suspended nearly all the shipments there. And since I prefer to not receive packages until this pandemic is over (I live with people who can greatly risk from the… Read more »
After losing my soul on Touhou Cannonball’s latest event (there is a new Pig instrumental, woohoo!), and dissing on the newly released Touhou Lost Word because it doesn’t work on my phone as well as 50 android emulators and most of its music is not new/made for the game (the BUTAOTOME tracks are basically random Nekokenban songs), I finally have… Read more »
The news of Paprika leaving BUTAOTOME (my comments about it are here) overshadowed pretty much everything else, but we still have some brighter (?) news for this week! Shoujo Rengoku 5 and Touhou Nekokenban 20The new albums are already up to preorder on BOOTH and all the coolest doujin shops! The TC pages have been updated! Shoujo Rengoku 5 |… Read more »
So, my original plan was a plain Shoujo Rengoku 5 commentary in the similar vein of the one I wrote for Ese Souretsu Shinan. But a piece of sad news overshadowed the new albums. Paprika will leave BUTAOTOME this year. You can read her translated message about this here. It’s news that greatly shocked me, and I’m still shocked now…. Read more »
First of all, a very important and sudden announcement: Paprika leaves BUTAOTOME [Translation]. The reason is that, after 10 years of activity non-stop with the group, she wants to move on, continue as a solo pianist, and go abroad. Because of this, Nekokenban 20 will be the last chapter in the series. It’s unknown what BUTAOTOME will do from now… Read more »
The Air Comiket releases are done! This time we’ll get only two albums! The announcement will arrive later this week, but Ranko no Ane posted the cover for the Touhou vocal album already. It’s Shoujo Rengoku 5! Meanwhile, the pandemic doesn’t stop Melonbooks to release a new Touhou compilation full of new songs and related arts! Touhou Tamatebako (東方玉手箱) will… Read more »
Welcome back to the usual review corner! Wow, when was the last time the review title had one single album? So, as I mentioned in a previous news post, I don’t have my physical copy with me. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, I decided to ship my order to my boyfriend Scott in America. We will probably do the same… Read more »
So, the big news of the week is that Reitaisai 17, planned for May 17 (after being postponed from its original March 22 date) has been ultimately cancelled.In the meantime, BUTAOTOME members are recording and writing lyrics for the Air Comiket albums! Today Comp posted a small acoustic Machibito wa Kozu. clip, directly from the studio! We can’t meet each… Read more »
