Author Archives: VioletTiramise

About VioletTiramise

Professional BUTAOTOME fangirl. All too familiar with Touhou and its arrangement world. Low-level amateur translator (IT/EN/JP).

2016/2017 live stats

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Why people are interested on setlists? I think they are a way for hardcore fans to keep an eye to the activity of their favourite artists, outside of the usual “listen the music, analyze it, discuss it, find something to do with their work while still respecting it”. Or for simple curious people, who want to know what to expect… Read more »

Weekly recap 25: waiting for the C93 announcement, etc.

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First of all, today there was Compachi’s super-mega-ultra-hyper-radical-uber-( ¨̮ ) livestream, where Comp’s alter ego replied to the fans’ problem submitted on the secret form accessible from the QR Code on Melonbooks’ free sticker for those who purchased Trauma Recorder. I jokingly exaggerated with the adjectives, but this whole streaming lasted almost 5 hours and half, with about one hundred… Read more »

Weekly recap 24: working on the C93 releases, Trauma Recorder tour goods, etc.

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First of all, BUTAOTOME are almost done with the C93 albums, which will be probably the usual Touhou vocal + Nekokenban 15! Comp said that he made a devilishy cool song that he wants to play during the tour! The bear also tweeted that the album has lots of variation in the songs. Today Ranko tweeted that she is done… Read more »

[OLD] Trauma Recorder (and more) – review

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And welcome back to the usual review corner! When Trauma Recorder was available on iTunes (one week before its physical release date), I immediately purchased it. I also bought it on OTOTOY to test that store, but they are still money that go to Buta! However, my reviews need the physical copies: I feel they are a necessary part of… Read more »

Two Melonbooks compilations for Comiket 93

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Melonbooks will release two compilation albums for December 29 (C93), and both of them have new BUTAOTOME songs!! The first one was announced yesterday and it’s Touhou-themed. It’s named “Suiseisou” (萃星霜) and BUTAOTOME have the first track of the first disc: Te no Naka no Aozora (手の中の青空), an arrange of Tomorrow Will Be Special, Yesterday Was Not. Each song of… Read more »

Weekly recap 23: end of Compachi’s Melonbooks tour, new how-to-buy guide, etc.

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First of all, congratulations to Comp, who ended his second Melonbooks tour! Will it become a staple element for the major albums’ promotion? A couple of days ago, Trauma Recorder managed to enter the top 100 of Google Play JP! Even more congratulations! On Saturday, Ranko randomly tweeted “MokoSumi… Aa…”, followed by a tweet where she said that she was… Read more »

Weekly recap 22: Tour badges, Furubokko karaoke, etc.

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A good portion of this week’s news were already reported on this update, including the most important news: Sis lost with Animal Crossing!!111 The DREAM 5 DAYS radio feature is ongoing and today there was the third day!! Here you can read more about it and how to listen to it live. I’m recording it and I’ll upload a single… Read more »

DREAM 5 DAYS radio feature

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As I previously reported, starting from tomorrow BUTAOTOME will be the artist of the week for the DREAM 5 DAYS feature of the Japanese radio station FM Hirakata. For five days, they’ll broadcast BUTAOTOME songs and comments, and the contents will be different for each day. Hours: Monday 27~Friday 1 from 7:30 UTC Sunday 3 from 10:30 UTC (recap edit… Read more »

Donations are on

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I thought about this since a lot of time, mostly due to my situation. And today I finally decided to make this step. On the left sidebar, you can now see a donation button. If you like this site and my work on it, you are free to send me a small donation! It’s up to you. And now let’s… Read more »