Comiket 100 has ended! As you can see from the picture above, I got the Retake+ set! Special thanks to Banbeucmas (from Banbeucmas Hobby Lounge) for getting it for me! I will translate the contents of the afterword book as soon as possible. Regarding the album itself… I decided I won’t write a review. This is my form of protest… Read more »
Comiket 100 is on August 14, and BUTAOTOME will bring something… not so new!The only release planned for this event is Retake+ (りていく+), an album focused on re-recorded versions of old classics (basically 2010 hits + Hakanaki Mono Ningen). It also includes off-vocal versions. 幻想のサテライト 2022 | Gensou no Satellite 2022 [Tenkuu no Greenwich] 儚きもの人間 2022 | Hakanaki Mono Ningen… Read more »
Holy sheep, the Arcaea 4.0 update is brutal on many ways. I can’t stop thinking about it. The story, the new music… It solidifies its status of being my favorite rhythm game, and I still hope it will get a BUTAOTOME song one day. Anyway! During these past two weeks, Comp was playing bass for Nanase Aikawa’s newest mini tour…. Read more »
Touhou albums on streaming services We just got a new batch of Touhou albums added to Spotify, iTunes, and other services! It focuses on Reitaisai 19 releases, and it includes Hyakumannin no Heikou Hifuu and Juushin! All the relevant links have been added to the album pages. btwtheromanizedtitlesarebadasusual. Waizatsu Ideology PV Surprise! Doubt’s final track just got an official upload… Read more »
Today I bring you a piece of history! GENSO MOSH PIT was a Touhou music magazine published in 2013. It featured exclusive interviews, reviews, live reports, and more. The first issue had some BUTAOTOME contents, namely a long interview with the members (made during their Magical Gambler tour) and a report of their live at Gifu on April 6th, 2013…. Read more »
And welcome back to the usual review corner! Everything revolves around greed and economy, even if it is not human. A Touhou vocal arrangement album covered in the obsession of the powerful ones who rule the place. Concept Juushin is about greed. We have characters who are greed incarnate, those who are related to things like money and economy, or… Read more »
Let’s start with personal and website news: I will move out to a new home in September! I will probably take a couple of weeks of half-break during that month.In the meantime, the quest of translating every single BUTAOTOME album and song* is slowly reaching its end… and we are at the beginning! Touhou Kaiten Mokuba has been fully translated~Also,… Read more »
So, this post was sitting in my drafts since at least August 2019, and I finally decided to resume it now. Just to have something done while I’m still writing the Juushin review! Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are two of the most recurring characters in BUTAOTOME’s works, almost on par with the Hifuu Club people. It’s not hard to… Read more »
Happy birthday to our favorite polar bear! Following the trend of this year’s Ane and Ranko birthday posts, and as part of my “10th anniversary as Piggy” celebration, today we’ll talk about some of our polar bear’s works outside of the BUTAOTOME circle. The “songs with non-Ranko vocalists,” essentially. Comp doesn’t have a lot of stuff of that kind… at… Read more »
It’s yet another silent period in the World of BUTAOTOME… Ranko celebrated her wedding anniversary and recorded something today. Ane has posted some sketches (including “old stuff she doesn’t remember drawing“). The FANBOX has been updated with pictures from the OHISA April live. As for this website… I’ve been working on some upcoming posts (including Juushin’s review and Comp’s birthday… Read more »
