Welcome to the final post of 2022!This year was my 10th anniversary as a BUTAOTOME fan, and to end this celebration in grand style, I’ve decided to review an album that is extremely important to me, and that turns 10 today. “What is your favorite BUTAOTOME album?”This question returns from the Kyou ga Saigo no Ichinichi 5th anniversary review. I… Read more »
Taking a break from the end-of-the-year review to write this! I will also include a couple of translated bits from the latest Ane post. Let’s start with Houkiboshi, the new Touhou album! Snow… Japan and snow… I thought about what makes the most coherent and strong impression on me.My greatest impression of “snow” is Kenji Miyazawa’s “The Morning of Last… Read more »
Comiket 101’s Touhou day will be on December 31, and BUTAOTOME will bring two new releases to their space 西あ22a! The first is the usual Touhou vocal album: Houkiboshi (彗, comet). It features 8 tracks, including the songs from the Hakuma EP and two re-arranges! The second is the Original Best of called… Best (ベスト). A meaty selection of 17… Read more »
C101 announcement BUTAOTOME will have big announcements on Sunday 18 at 4:00 CET!! They will announce the new releases for Comiket 101, as well as stuff for next year! The two new albums are already up for pre-order on various doujin shops. As usual, I won’t publish any news post until the official announcement. However, if you can’t wait and… Read more »
I’ve beaten Pokémon Violet, only the Pokédex and a few post-game things are left… But anyway, now I can focus better on stuff for this website. I’m almost done with providing… stuff for the official YouTube channel, only 3-4 videos are left to do. Afterward, I should start working on a certain review planned for the end of the year…… Read more »
Hi, I’m alive. The title says it all. Ranko is currently obsessed with Pokémon Scarlet. This game has chocomint icecream and umeboshi, so it’s basically her game. Plus other spoilery stuff… I, too, am busy playing Pokémon Me Violet, but I’m still working on… stuff for the official YouTube channel in my free time. I’ve also realized that Paprika’s birthday… Read more »
“There are so many endless worriesSettlement and deliverance are far awayMaitreya has not come yet” New release, new review! Wow, when was the last time BUTAOTOME gave us something actually new on an autumnal event? :checks: the Memorial Disc of Yuusei Hakurankai in 2018. But if we exclude event-limited remixes, then… Itanshinmon in 2013, holy sheep. Either way, I guess… Read more »
Yeeeee, I’m back from my holiday! Right now I’m busy providing… stuff for the official YouTube channel, but I should start writing a review for the Hakuma.EP soon (speaking of which, lyrics and translations for the two songs have been added for a while!) (also, good thing I’m doing this job and paying more attention to the PVs: I didn’t… Read more »
Autumnal Reitaisai went fine! BUTAOTOME has released a new single for this event, Hakuma.EP! You can purchase it on their BOOTH.I have transcribed and translated the two new songs, but I will publish them tomorrow since I still haven’t listened to them. In the meantime, their pages have been updated with the sample previews and Ranko’s comments from her latest… Read more »
I wanted to talk about this old album for a very, very, long time. And now, here it’s its review, with the “2021 format” you have seen in recent reviews! A peek into the depths of the heretical girls, and you’ll find decadence.A sweet and fetishistic Touhou full vocal album. Nobody expected the BUTAOTOME Inquisition! …okay, let’s start for real…. Read more »
