Touhou References in Undertale

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It's no secret that Toby Fox took a lot of inspiration from The Touhou Project for both Undertale and Deltarune. But I want to talk beyond just the bullets and music. I want to talk about why there is such a strong intersection between the different works.
Music Used
Life is Beautiful - Deadly Premonition
Spider Dance - Undertale
Reach for the Moon ~ Immortal Smoke - Touhou 8 Imperishable Night
Your Best Nightmare - Undertale
Hartmann's Youkai Girl - Touhou 11 Subterranean Animism
Bad Apple!! - Touhou 4 Lotus Land Story
It's Raining Somewhere Else - Undertale
Undertale - Undertale
Beloved Tomboyish Girl - Touhou 6 Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Piano Sonata no.8 Pathetique, "3rd Movement" - Beethoven
Septette for the Dead Princess - Touhou 6 Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder - Dark Souls
Bonetrousle - Undertale
Death by Glamour - Undertale
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Undertale Footage by: World of Longplays
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0:00 Great Artists Steal
0:49 Undertale and Touhou Connection
1:32 Touhou References in Undertale
3:43 Presentational Similarities
5:13 Worldbuilding
6:22 Found Family
7:56 Music as Character
9:39 Bullets as Character
10:42 Legacy

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  • @GensouChronicle
    @GensouChronicle8 ай бұрын

    At 9:13 I say that Koishi's theme is Satori's theme reversed. This is NOT true! Koishi's theme is a partial musical palindrome, meaning it's similar to ITSELF reversed. I was conflating that information with the fact that their color palettes are inverse. (Oops.) Someone kindly pointed this out for me. Thank you, again.

  • @dushiido
    @dushiido8 ай бұрын

    "Something as simple as a loving family is fantasy enough" Damn. You've written something very profound. Love the scope of the video by the way, and the way you wanted to touch more into the subtler similarities between both series.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @fuecocomaster5463
    @fuecocomaster54638 ай бұрын

    Touhou is also a clone of the natural water cycle of rain precipitation, it is a crime that this social issue is rarely brought to light.

  • @ssharkiggo6432

    @ssharkiggo6432

    8 ай бұрын

    natural water cycle of rain precipitation is already a giant reference to the cycle of life, so honestly Undertale is a clone of mythologies

  • @Jaise0622

    @Jaise0622

    8 ай бұрын

    aw hell nah, how could touhou blatantly rip off the natural water cycle of rain precipitation like that?????

  • @notme8232

    @notme8232

    6 ай бұрын

    That could be the name of an Undertale song lol. "Clone of the Natural Water Cycle of Rain Precipitation"

  • @Hyper07777

    @Hyper07777

    5 ай бұрын

    Can you tell me what is natural water cycle of rain precipitation?

  • @dankl3ss194
    @dankl3ss1948 ай бұрын

    At least Toby is honest about copying his idol

  • @Fishnberg

    @Fishnberg

    6 ай бұрын

    honesty really is a award for him espicially the Danmaku Kagura collab

  • @anisyyxux
    @anisyyxux8 ай бұрын

    Tbh if it's not straight up taking someone else's creation and branding it as your own then it's not stealing, just taking inspiration, which is what everyone does in art and elsewhere. Great video as always!

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @fami5893
    @fami58938 ай бұрын

    i always assumed people compare the two games because anything with more than 3 bullets on screen at a time is a "boolet heck" and nobody knows the difference.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    This is also true.

  • @cornbeefcycles7336
    @cornbeefcycles73368 ай бұрын

    honestly, the more i learn about touhou, the more undertale (and deltarune by extension) really feel like love letters to every game that toby loves- touhou included. makes me appreciate it all the more. its been great getting to experience the inspiration for a big chunk of the game for myself.

  • @uboa8060

    @uboa8060

    4 ай бұрын

    Can't wait till we get touhou level patterns for like, the secret final gaster boss in Deltarune chapter 7 or something, lol

  • @Dukstless
    @Dukstless8 ай бұрын

    5:55 - "Marisa copypasta" the what now Anyway, my funny piece of trivia is that the reason why Remilia drinks tea so much is because what the West knows as "black tea" is called "red tea" by China and Japan, even using the 紅 kanji in Japanese.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say it's probably referring to an old 4chan copypasta about how much someone loves Marisa.

  • @gallalameblook9911
    @gallalameblook99118 ай бұрын

    7:32 "friends" "besties" probably "roommates" too

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    I bet they sit 5ft apart in the hot tub.

  • @atwistedb
    @atwistedb8 ай бұрын

    Nah undertale obviously copied YIIK: A post modern RPG

  • @diren_was_here

    @diren_was_here

    8 ай бұрын

    what is that

  • @atwistedb

    @atwistedb

    8 ай бұрын

    @@diren_was_here it’s Piik…. Undertale is just another game in the Yiiklike genre…

  • @davidmapping4041

    @davidmapping4041

    8 ай бұрын

    Hey, Undertale is a good game

  • @atwistedb

    @atwistedb

    8 ай бұрын

    @@davidmapping4041 I never said it wasn’t

  • @cherno8119

    @cherno8119

    8 ай бұрын

    I'M YIIKING OUT!!!!

  • @terrenceswiff
    @terrenceswiff8 ай бұрын

    BUT COULD SANS BEAT YUKARI?????

  • @Tribow

    @Tribow

    8 ай бұрын

    BUT COULD REIMU BEAT UNDYNE?????

  • @atwistedb

    @atwistedb

    8 ай бұрын

    IS SANS YUKARI???

  • @lpfan4491

    @lpfan4491

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@atwistedbSans is Okina, Papyrus is Yukari.

  • @axelthouin4389

    @axelthouin4389

    8 ай бұрын

    WHO ARE THE BIGGEST SLEEPER??????

  • @MinoruSanzuStarcel

    @MinoruSanzuStarcel

    8 ай бұрын

    IS REIMU UNDYNE!?

  • @Sakuyaizayoi1238
    @Sakuyaizayoi12388 ай бұрын

    he also got inspired by earthbound

  • @akiradkcn

    @akiradkcn

    8 ай бұрын

    There is more Earthbound and ShinMegaTen than Touhou in UT

  • @fellism
    @fellism8 ай бұрын

    finished the video and i just wanna say the editing is actually pretty engaging keep up the good work

  • @kittsuyokamekiri

    @kittsuyokamekiri

    8 ай бұрын

    It got me hooked until nearly the end It is a pretty good video indeed

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks. I finally learned how to use a few more basic tools in Adobe.

  • @lunaticrambler2593
    @lunaticrambler25938 ай бұрын

    Excellent analysis. It's sometimes been hard to explain to people why Undertale feels like a love letter to all the things that make Touhou so special. I'm definitely going to be pointing them to this video to explain it.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah, you can really tell how much Toby likes Touhou.

  • @TWLSpark
    @TWLSpark8 ай бұрын

    The answer was obvious from the get-go, but I definitely loved seeing a more in-depth look to the minute nuances that Toby drew from to give form to his little gem. It's inspiring to see someone who definitely has a lot of appreciation for a piece of work, to be able to replicate key aspects of it with both fidelity and originality. I don't mind him stealing his heart out, honestly. Touhou will outlive us all anyway (hopefully), so it can take it all that back once we're gone from this world.

  • @matt7399
    @matt73998 ай бұрын

    Another great video. I think you really hit the nail on the head with the found family part. Touhou has a huge cast of quirky and unique characters and Undertale lets you befriend its whole cast of quirky and unique characters. It doesn't matter if the characters have only 5 seconds in the limelight or if they're the main character, it doesn't matter if they're a cheery ball of fluff or if they're heavily flawed, both Undertale and Touhou have these diverse casts of characters that are so easy to love. Undertale's presentation of letting you directly befriend everyone is without a doubt a reason for its massive success and continued fandom. Touhou, like you said, doesn't directly have you interacting with the characters yourself, but the casual banter between the characters in the games and all their interactions in the print works give enough for you to fall in love with them. Definitely why the Cute-sokyo interpretation of the world is so popular amongst fans and why there will always be speculation over what happens to outsiders, the characters feel so lovable and inviting and you want to be a part of that. And in the end, what more can we ask for than loving friends and family?

  • @Tom-jg9de
    @Tom-jg9de8 ай бұрын

    Honesly I think deltarune is more Tohou that Undertale

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    I would say there's a lot more 'Touhou' in its style, yeah.

  • @axelthouin4389

    @axelthouin4389

    8 ай бұрын

    ho yeah?@@GensouChronicle

  • @Tom-jg9de

    @Tom-jg9de

    8 ай бұрын

    @@axelthouin4389 well they both have Super attak's [Magic and Spell card's] and gaze

  • @axelthouin4389

    @axelthouin4389

    8 ай бұрын

    ho yes true I was thinking of the large screen with bullets in undertale but yes@@Tom-jg9de

  • @Iguessilikefumos

    @Iguessilikefumos

    3 ай бұрын

    and also a fair bit of homestuck

  • @Chaoszwaihander3434
    @Chaoszwaihander34348 ай бұрын

    It's been a long while since I played undertale, and even thought I also played lots of touhou prior to Undertale, before this video I never realized how much of a big, enormous Touhou nerd Toby Fox was

  • @jirito7470
    @jirito74708 ай бұрын

    Short answer: No Long answer: This video

  • @kittsuyokamekiri

    @kittsuyokamekiri

    8 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @firemayro

    @firemayro

    8 ай бұрын

    true

  • @axelthouin4389

    @axelthouin4389

    8 ай бұрын

    yep

  • @nettle7057
    @nettle70574 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! :] I used to be into undertale as a kid and got really into touhou recently. Both of these franchises hold a special place in my heart, so having somebody explain what makes them both so good rather than just going ''ouhhh this kinda sounds like koishis theme'' is a breath of fresh air

  • @danii7120
    @danii71208 ай бұрын

    I could write a long essay about how Undertale and Touhou are both extremely special to me, and how your video perfectly encapsulates just what I adore so much about both, but I'm really not feeling up to it right now, sorry.

  • @SatoworiKowomeiji

    @SatoworiKowomeiji

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah, same. I love both of these games a lot, so it's a shame that the fans don't really get along all that much (And if they do, it's pretty rare.)

  • @M0mazosMissy
    @M0mazosMissy8 ай бұрын

    Touhou ⛩️ Project 🍔

  • @alexzander2211
    @alexzander22118 ай бұрын

    undetale doesnt steal from touhou. undertale IS touhou, a fan creation of what a fan depicts and like about touhou, mishmash and integrate their own story into thei likeness. and i find that to be fair. showing love to another franchise as a fan should always be the priority, and toby fox did so. he did it so well, in fact he talks with ZUN now. and that is kind of neat to be honest.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Yup. Toby is living the dream.

  • @mangoxmochi3205
    @mangoxmochi32058 ай бұрын

    it's always a good day when I see a new video from you!

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    It's a good day when the video finally gets uploaded for me too. lol

  • @teddyrichard1488
    @teddyrichard148814 күн бұрын

    4:00 Remilia lore: -Terrifying -Fuck the moon -bweh

  • @momsaccount4033
    @momsaccount40338 ай бұрын

    One of the best deep dive videos regarding both of these amazing game series. Love your channel!

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @solarissect6649
    @solarissect66498 ай бұрын

    Two things I want to point out in regards to Deltarune, that I think make some interesting notes to go along with the video: - Character depth does seem to have a larger focus in Deltarune, but it's still primarily through optional interactions. Even Kris has a lot more going to them, but you're not going to find out some of the most interesting things about Kris as a silent protagonist unless you explore what these worlds have to offer. I think this goes very much in line with Touhou's philosophy of how it expands its characters. - I think Deltarune puts the found family dynamic even more front and center, considering not only the design of its titular RPG party, but also the Recruit mechanic giving even more weight to ACTing and sparing. Really though I just want to highlight the ending of Chapter 2 where Toriel welcomes Susie in her home with open arms, clearly acknowledging them as a friend of Kris that deserves care that Susie doesn't normally get. It's a moment that speaks a lot to me.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I wanted to avoid talking much about deltarune because it's not fully out.

  • @lod4246
    @lod42466 ай бұрын

    Another reference: A small snippet of U.N Owen Was Her is what makes up most of the main doomy motif of Your Best Nightmare.

  • @MHF013
    @MHF0136 ай бұрын

    Next up, the parallels between Undertale and Monster Girl Quest (They're more evident than you might think)!

  • @TXFlyveon
    @TXFlyveon8 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the hard work you put into your videos, please keep them coming!

  • @SpaceMageRobyn
    @SpaceMageRobyn8 ай бұрын

    Posting before watching all of it so apologies if it gets mentioned in the video, but another thing that would be interesting to look at is how a lot of the world design of both undertale and deltarune takes a lot of inspiration from Homestuck, which would make sense as Toby Fox literally lived in Andew Hussie's basement while making undertale Some examples of this would be snowden being similar to The Land Of Frost And Frogs, with of course the cold location and the frogs being common enemies in the region preceding it, waterfall being similar to The Land Of Wind And Song, with the dark watery land lit by blue glowing plants with a piano puzzle, hotland and the core being similar to The Land Of Heat And Clockwork (with the song Another Medium being a remix of an unused toby fox homestuck song, Patient, which was remixed from Usagi Buzinkai's Doctor). Sans and Papyrus resemble Squarewave and Sinewave, with Sans also having some semblance to the character Caliborn (probably not actually connected, but both are short skeletal characters who become the final boss of their respective medias, have knowledge of or actively use multiple timelines, and power is conveyed via changes to the eyes (sans having a glowing eye for certain attacks, caliborns eyes being replaced by pool balls when becoming the more powerful Lord English) There has also been a niche theory that deltarune and undertale are pre/post scratch variants of each other, which would work with toby's previous statement that the two universes were related but seperate, as in homestuck 'scratching' a universe basically means resetting it, which explains why most of the npc characters are relatively similar in both games with the playable characters being the major difference Theres also stuff like how Jevils ambient theme is similar to gamzee's carnival theme, and spamton is similar to Lil Cal (mad puppet is also partially similar), and of course the infamouse admission that Alphys' glasses were based off John Egbert's Chapter 1's dark world being based on board games seems very similar to homestuck's 'early-game' where the carapacians are based on chess peaces, and the midnight crew + troll romance being based on card suits. Leaks for future chapters show mafia shadowmen, which are very similar to the Midnight Crew, and the weather forecasters having clouds for hair makes sense because of course, weather, but also it reminds me personally of the planet Skaia's clouds which can be used to foresee future events The lightworld-darkworld dynamic in Deltarune also feels sort of similar to Prospit and Derse in homestuck, with prospit (light world)being more stable between universes while derse (dark world) is more unstable and volatile to player control. This would make sense when you think about how every dark world is unique based on its surroundings (with the themes based on light world environment being akin to "prototyped" enemies in homestuck) Also King and Queen are reminscient of the prospit/derse royalty, with the King being larger, more violent, missing/concealing an arm, and having a tentacle present during their fight, while the Queen is slimmer, probably smarter, and backs down from conflict eventually (derse queen becoming Snowball in troll universe, prospit queen becoming the Windswept Questant in beta kids universe) Also during the kickstarter for Undertale, there was a payment option to have a fantroll implemented in the game. Only one person bought this package and If I'm not mistaken the character given ended up becoming So-Sorry Sorry for rambling and a lot of this is probably only tangentially connected, but its still noteworthy since Toby Fox was practically the lead musician for Homestuck and lived with the author while undertale and homestuck were both being worked on

  • @IndieCreate
    @IndieCreate21 күн бұрын

    Plot twist:the souls are that of touhou characters and the items from the shop is the stuff they left behind

  • @GlitchSaboteur
    @GlitchSaboteur8 ай бұрын

    Great analysis! I don’t really know much about Undertale besides funny skeleton man and some Touhou references, so I can’t really compare the two myself, but this video does shine some light on stuff I don’t know. Well said with Undertale doing its own thing with the Touhou experience just blended within it.

  • @sBoris_
    @sBoris_8 ай бұрын

    Nice video, as always

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks again!

  • @error.exehasceasedfunction
    @error.exehasceasedfunction8 ай бұрын

    Honestly I'm glad that Undertale and Touhou have so much in common, since otherwise I'd probably have never gotten into Touhou My first exposition to Touhou was through the Marisa vs Asriel fan fight and I still remember trying to make sense of what the Touhou characters were doing/saying.

  • @shadowreaperbg7759
    @shadowreaperbg77594 ай бұрын

    7:05 unless you decide to kill everyone 👀

  • @Bob-bs9ok
    @Bob-bs9ok3 ай бұрын

    My favourite Bethoven song got to be Zun's remix

  • @johnathansfacew8528
    @johnathansfacew85288 ай бұрын

    Nice thought out analysis. I appreciate Undertale for what it is even though I'm not really into it compared to Touhou. There's something more nostalgic about Touhou that draws me in more compared to Undertale.

  • @2hu_muzik_w_pic
    @2hu_muzik_w_pic8 ай бұрын

    if you take a listen to the final boss battle theme of pokemon scarlet and violet, which composed by toby fox, you would find something interesting

  • @Rqptor_omega
    @Rqptor_omega8 ай бұрын

    The unexpected F word bomb at the end really caught me off guard lmfao. But yeah I have to admit that while Undertale has lots of parts that are heavily inspired by Touhou, I won't necessarily call it stealing as Toby Fox is just putting in things he liked about his favourite games, Touhou being one of them, instead of just copying the ideas because he feels that by doing so it would make his game popular and that's the important distinction imo. When you like a game a lot and try to make a game, it's natural that you would end up incorporating some aspects of the games you like whether intentionally or unintentionally, hell I'll admit that I have a TON of shameless references to certain media in my DnD game like straight up having Subnautica aliens as a part of the wildlife the players can find and even a four armed skeleton quadruple wielding longswords and is named "General Grevious". My point is that when you make a passion project you are very likely to copy stuff from the series you love and thats fine since that's what you love, and passion projects are meant as a way for you to express what you love in some form of media. If you bar yourself from adding in something you really want to add into a passion project just because someone else has really done it then it defeats the whole point of even making a passion project since you would limit the amount of things you are expressing through the project

  • @MinoruSanzuStarcel
    @MinoruSanzuStarcel8 ай бұрын

    Both games is a masterpiece! 👊😎 And nice video!! 👏👏

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you 👍

  • @landydot6296
    @landydot62968 ай бұрын

    I had only ever thought of the obvious things (tsundereplane, undyne's theme in genocide route). Hadn't really thought about all the deeper connections. Great video!

  • @landydot6296

    @landydot6296

    8 ай бұрын

    Also, 4:30, nah bro

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    @@landydot6296 😏

  • @ERROR404DUSTSANS
    @ERROR404DUSTSANS4 ай бұрын

    BEST QUOTE 11:40

  • @billion2626
    @billion26266 ай бұрын

    You should make a video about zun view about our future

  • @devalous8281
    @devalous82818 ай бұрын

    4:55 I’m pretty sure this is a reference to Grayfruit’s second Touhou video Also do you have a link to where you found that Touhou iceberg in the video?

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    It was. The iceberg was made by YeahYeahBeebiss1.

  • @osakanone
    @osakanone8 ай бұрын

    4:30 Gonna need that Reisen x Tewi.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Same artist as the Waka picture in the Dating video. pixiv 84559431

  • @uboa8060

    @uboa8060

    8 ай бұрын

    Is it bad that I recognized it..?

  • @TheOneWhoCares.
    @TheOneWhoCares.5 ай бұрын

    That One Toby Oc Called Apple still waiting to be mentioned once

  • @EasternStory

    @EasternStory

    17 күн бұрын

    Apple Girlington also appears as the Stage 1 boss of the Touhou fangame called Wonderful Waking World!

  • @axelthouin4389
    @axelthouin43898 ай бұрын

    I love both franchise

  • @myon9431
    @myon94315 ай бұрын

    Toby comes across as an ironic weeb. At least he was in 2015. Idk how else to word it.

  • @BloxyReimu
    @BloxyReimu3 ай бұрын

    What I found interesting about Undertale is how replayable it is. I found a similarity about how replayable the game is compared to Touhou. Undertale is only about like 1-2 hours long on a good speedrun. Touhou is built with this same replayability that Undertale is made with. You see, Undertale has multiple endings, Genocide, Neutral, and True Pacifist. Toby wanted everyone to experience these endings all at once so he made the game pretty short to compensate. Touhou is a bullet hell or Shmup as us Touhou players call it so it must be replayable because of the difficulty. Deltarune isn't as replayable though because it is longer than Undertale. Individual chapters are shorter though so you can replay chapter 1 very fast, but that's a cool similarity I found.

  • @khidorahian
    @khidorahian8 ай бұрын

    what's the comic that features those panels at 6:19 called?

  • @NaokiP72

    @NaokiP72

    8 ай бұрын

    Rinnosuke with Laika on the right is from Curiosities of Lotus Asia ch. 35 Reimu on the left is from Grimoire of Usami

  • @khidorahian

    @khidorahian

    8 ай бұрын

    @@NaokiP72 ohh ok, thank you

  • @lpfan4491
    @lpfan44918 ай бұрын

    The truth is that Deltarune Asriel is ZUN if he never made Touhou. He has unfinished design documents for the angel of death from Undertale who is basically a hybrid of the final bosses of TH1 and 2. Also, who let Koishi cook? 🥶

  • @IBeforeAExceptAfterK
    @IBeforeAExceptAfterK8 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised you didn't really touch on the parallels Undertale has with Subterranean Animism specifically in terms of background and setting. I mean, Flowey/Asriel's backstory clearly takes cues from Koishi's, and the area progression in Undertale approximately correlates with SA's various stages.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    I'm not sure what parallels you mean with Flowey and Koishi. I'm not sure what progression correlation they have either outside of them both having lava imagery. There's no snow or glowing mushroom areas in TH11.

  • @IBeforeAExceptAfterK

    @IBeforeAExceptAfterK

    8 ай бұрын

    The main cues that Flowey takes from Koishi are the loss of part of their psyche (Flowey's empathy, Koishi's conscious mind) and the fact that they're an estranged family member of another important figure in the underground. It also helps that both Flowey and Koishi can only be fought if you beat the game the "right" way (True Pacifist Run/1cc). I'll admit the similarities between areas and stage progression are a bit rough, and not everything in Undertale has a counterpart in SA, but here's how I see it: The Ruins obviously parallel the Dark Blowhole/Stage 1 (where the player enters the underground and has their first boss fight). The Snowdin Forest is analogous to the Deep Road to Hell/Stage 2 (this is easily the weakest; all I've really got is that they both lead into the next area, and one ends in a bridge while the other ends with a bridge princess). Snowdin is analogous to Old Hell/Stage 3 (first real encounter with civilization in the underground). You're right in that the middle areas of the game don't really have any counterparts in SA, so moving on to near the end we have Hotland and the CORE as clear counterparts to Stages 5 and 6. Lastly, in a bit of a switch of the order, the Last Corridor and Asgore's Home are a loose counterpart to the Palace of the Earth Spirits/Stage 5. In writing this, I realize I might have oversold the connection between Touhou and Undertale's area/stage progression. I've admittedly shoehorned a few things, but I definitely believe there's at least a bit of connective tissue particularly with the later areas. That said, I 100% stand behind what I said about Flowey/Asriel and Koishi.

  • @user-lf7kd9ji1s
    @user-lf7kd9ji1s8 ай бұрын

    I usually like to be a silent watcher, but this kind of things fire me up good, because I really dislike how people are so reductionists, especially when they go straight for the music, if we start pointing fingers, I can assure you, there are too many similarities in a lot of old songs from diferents eras and Zun's music, and I'm talking stuff like baroque period to japanese 80s' music, just for giving an example, there is this piece call "Allegro Moderato" from a sonata by Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar, and it has a part that is not similar to a Touhou song, IT'S IDENTICAL, so now what? this dude that died in 1948 traveled through time and space to copy a little piece of Zun's "Last Remote", NO, then what?, did Zun copy this man?, NO again. People!, in some point in time ideas will repeat, and the beauty it's how we improve on them, or how we utilize them in a way to achieve something different. Undertale reeks of Touhou music?, yes (in my opinion), but still it's own thing, and I don't think that anybody could mistake a Touhou song for a Undertale song, and it's a very ugly thing to attack the composer (Tobyfox), because he's very creative and if you listen a bit of what he's doing, he has his own identity and improves a lot; and people that attacks Undertale usually forgets that Zun himself says he took a lot of inspiration from other places, no just musically, but from art, from books, etc, and again, that's the beauty of it!. You can grab any Touhou game, and say that it's a copy of an older story, then if everything is done? what's the point in making new things?. Zun, TobiFox, or any creator for that matter are standing on the shoulders of giants, so please be nice, it's okay if you don't like something, but it's not okay to be a dick about it. Anyways too much nerdy stuff, I really love the angle that you used to tackle this, nos just the superficial part that is 2hou music gud udertail music bad1!, as always you take it a step further and enrich the discussion with eloquence and grace. Sorry for not commenting that much, but, that's also a good thing, imagine how many bibles you would have on your videos if that would be the case wwwwwwwwwwwwww. Please keep god's work.

  • @pepperedbell7363
    @pepperedbell73638 ай бұрын

    7:33 -I see what you did there.

  • @kureo-liam
    @kureo-liam3 ай бұрын

    Toby fox #1 ascended touhou fan

  • @user_5999
    @user_59998 ай бұрын

    11:55 we all know Goku can beat them both

  • @MinoruSanzuStarcel

    @MinoruSanzuStarcel

    8 ай бұрын

    We all know that a simple froggit can lift a feather with 50% of its power😎

  • @NatetheNintendofan

    @NatetheNintendofan

    8 ай бұрын

    No the terrarian beats Goku no difference and then Kirby beats everyone though

  • @ThePhantomSquee
    @ThePhantomSquee8 ай бұрын

    I'm a big fan of Babylon 5, and a constant back-and-forth in the B5 community is whether B5 copied Deep Space 9 or vice versa (there's a legitimate argument to be made both ways, since writing and production time for both would have overlapped). My preferred tongue-in-cheek answer is "Sure, DS9 copied B5. That's why it's the best Star Trek." It's great to see someone understand what makes a series great and apply it to their own series in a way that builds on the strengths of the original. Still haven't played Undertale, I'll need to get to that someday.

  • @Readydaer
    @Readydaer8 ай бұрын

    Peak dropped

  • @moonmqn
    @moonmqn8 ай бұрын

    Damn, good video

  • @tdc3477
    @tdc34778 ай бұрын

    Honestly you could strap me to a chair and I would have a hard time NOT mentioning something from Undertale that relates to Touhou

  • @hyunwonchang1380
    @hyunwonchang13806 ай бұрын

    great artists borrow and then never return.

  • @fishingwithkirby3989
    @fishingwithkirby39898 ай бұрын

    We can't let Mr undertale get away with this

  • @AllVoiceHowdy
    @AllVoiceHowdy7 ай бұрын

    thank you for changing the title... it felt a bit clickbaity, and I felt like you intentionally made it to provoke :(

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    7 ай бұрын

    The whole point was to build off of the quote at the beginning. (Hence why I put it at the VERY beginning as to NOT have it appear like that.) But I was getting annoying comments from people who never intended to watch even the first second of the video. I only changed it to fit the new thumbnail in the mean time to see if the video does better. Right now, it's actually preforming worse lol.

  • @AllVoiceHowdy

    @AllVoiceHowdy

    7 ай бұрын

    @@GensouChronicle oh oof, dont video views naturally drop off after the first week? anyways you must revert, its bad business. baiting is not always bad, as long as you are able to deliver something goood i think

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    7 ай бұрын

    @@AllVoiceHowdy Clickbait is not inherently malicious/bad. It just means making the video enticing, but people typically use it in a negative connotation because back in the day, KZread rewarded clickbait, as view retention didn't matter. Now, it's silly to get on people for 'clickbait' because if you're tricking the viewer, they will click away.

  • @djeghnounsabrina5469
    @djeghnounsabrina54698 ай бұрын

    I love undertale and touhou

  • @poethewondercat7851
    @poethewondercat78518 ай бұрын

    You sure did swear a lot in this one. Not that I really mind. It just sort of stood out to me in a weird way. Still a good video.

  • @Yellowpikachu1

    @Yellowpikachu1

    8 ай бұрын

    So that wasn’t just me huh?

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    I am slowly becoming evil.

  • @Yellowpikachu1

    @Yellowpikachu1

    8 ай бұрын

    @@GensouChronicle Dear god.

  • @bensoncheung2801
    @bensoncheung28018 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @BaaarisaKirisame
    @BaaarisaKirisame5 ай бұрын

    It does make me sad how many Touhou fans dislike Undertale fans and how many Undertale fans dislike Touhou fans. I like both Touhou and Undertale, so it really confuses me.

  • @kittsuyokamekiri
    @kittsuyokamekiri8 ай бұрын

    To me the short answer is: of course not 😂 Cool thumb!

  • @spaghettiking7312
    @spaghettiking73128 ай бұрын

    Touhou steals from Jojo, and I'm not complaining.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    The entirety of Touhou 6 is just a huge Phantom Blood reference.

  • @MedsieLovr
    @MedsieLovr8 ай бұрын

    Don't care about what y'all say, making fun of Und*rtale as a 2hu fan will always be the funniest thing for me.

  • @cirnosnumberfan6449

    @cirnosnumberfan6449

    4 ай бұрын

    Dry ass sense of humor.

  • @MedsieLovr

    @MedsieLovr

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cirnosnumberfan6449 Se. Con. Da. Ry.

  • @cirnosnumberfan6449

    @cirnosnumberfan6449

    4 ай бұрын

    @@MedsieLovr I don't know wtf you just said

  • @MedsieLovr

    @MedsieLovr

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cirnosnumberfan6449 Yeah, just proves my point then.

  • @cirnosnumberfan6449

    @cirnosnumberfan6449

    4 ай бұрын

    @@MedsieLovr A point needs to be seen, you're just intentionally keeping it vague.

  • @mikubrot
    @mikubrot8 ай бұрын

    As a Touhou fan that was brought into the series from Undertale... I think it's ok :)

  • @buggedbeatle
    @buggedbeatle8 ай бұрын

    finally a good video and not just fans of each game dunking each other (a bit of an overexaggerating). They're both amazing games.

  • @notChocoMilk
    @notChocoMilk8 ай бұрын

    isn't undertale technically a fangame of mother 2 x touhou anyway?

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    It's not a fangame, but it takes heavy inspiration from Mother, Touhou, SMT, and Moon just to name a few.

  • @atwistedb

    @atwistedb

    8 ай бұрын

    No that’s obviously Touhou mother and The return of Touhou mother.

  • @MedsieLovr

    @MedsieLovr

    8 ай бұрын

    Und*rtale would've been better if it was a fangame staring the SA cast doe.

  • @primus6677
    @primus66778 ай бұрын

    "Good artists copy, but great artists steal." Gives me an excuse to steal more memes.

  • @514komeiji5
    @514komeiji58 ай бұрын

    Man i do like spaghetti

  • @IkaraPopsicle
    @IkaraPopsicle8 ай бұрын

    Undertale is Earthbound 5

  • @ft-ml8fc
    @ft-ml8fc7 ай бұрын

    4:30 Aristocrat levels of taste. Unfortunately I hate Undertale and it's the worst shit ever but I'll watch your videos always even if your subscribers pick the worst prompt from the poll list every fucking time. Your Tolkien-Touhou vids are S tier and I would share them with friends if I weren't the only one to intrinsically understand them.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    7 ай бұрын

    lmao. I appreciate it. Yeah... I'm always a bit surprised by the results of those polls. I'm not sure what to chalk it up to other than generational difference.

  • @ft-ml8fc

    @ft-ml8fc

    7 ай бұрын

    @GensouChronicle Super respectable for sticking it out if you wind up making something less preferable. You have people that love your videos beyond the topic don't feel stuck if you feel pressured to keep up with polls. :)

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ft-ml8fc I will say this. I feel that it is most beneficial for me to do videos that bring in more viewers now so that when I make the videos I really want people to watch, I will have a higher 'base' of viewers. Obviously, I won't do videos I'm inherently against, but I think this is the best way to accomplish my goals.

  • @myon9431

    @myon9431

    5 ай бұрын

    You get me

  • @cirnosnumberfan6449

    @cirnosnumberfan6449

    4 ай бұрын

    Damn, Undertale burned bro's house down or some 💀

  • @BanditZRaver
    @BanditZRaver8 ай бұрын

    "Good Artists Copy" "Great Artists Steal" "Bad Artists Plagerize" "Worse Artists Peddle"

  • @WuhHuh

    @WuhHuh

    8 ай бұрын

    the worst “artists” ai generate and do nothing else

  • @Sniper5875
    @Sniper587519 күн бұрын

    you sound a bit terse and mad throughout the video, maybe i am just misunderstanding your tone

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    18 күн бұрын

    Yes, you misunderstood.

  • @Sniper5875

    @Sniper5875

    18 күн бұрын

    @@GensouChronicle i guess its due to your lack of swearing, my bad

  • @irisillychno6189
    @irisillychno61898 ай бұрын

    as a music person..... all music steals, and that's OK

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    As a music and literature person, that's the case for all creative works.

  • @bainbonic
    @bainbonic8 ай бұрын

    I like the thesis of this video. Yeah, obviously there's a lot of Touhou's DNA in Undertale, but a theft that does not make. When we make art, we make it about ideas we like, and arguably will contain DNA from a lot of our favourite sources that led us to developing the tastes we do. Some people say "there's no such thing as originality," but I think that originality is just taking what you want and spinning it all in a direction unique to you and your creation, which Toby Fox does perfectly.

  • @PhantomGato-v-

    @PhantomGato-v-

    8 ай бұрын

    Meme theory!

  • @akiradkcn

    @akiradkcn

    8 ай бұрын

    He knows, the title is clickbait

  • @WuhHuh

    @WuhHuh

    8 ай бұрын

    @@akiradkcnit’s in the very first quote of the video, when artists talk about “stealing” they mean inspiration, not straight up plagiarism

  • @akiradkcn

    @akiradkcn

    8 ай бұрын

    @@WuhHuh ...and?

  • @shadowreaperbg7759
    @shadowreaperbg77594 ай бұрын

    Ok i agree that there are a lot of obvious similarities but some of your "proofs" are actually just commen writing.

  • @CerealKiller
    @CerealKiller8 ай бұрын

    Saying Toby Fox is stealing is just silly because he was always open about his influences and it's quite obvious how UNDERTALE/DELTARUNE is its own thing.

  • @basedcheese1

    @basedcheese1

    8 ай бұрын

    He didn't say Undertale stole anything. He said it was blended!

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    That's correct. I agree.

  • @NatetheNintendofan
    @NatetheNintendofan8 ай бұрын

    This is like saying terraria is 2D Minecraft

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    Actually, if you make it at least 30 seconds or so through the video, you'll see I relate Minecraft to Infiniminer.

  • @ElvenRaptor
    @ElvenRaptor8 ай бұрын

    Oh, my God! Is nerd culture really so bored at the moment that we're making THIS of all things into a thing? Nobody cares. Did Toby Fox steal from Touhou? Don't know. Don't care. Doesn't matter.

  • @GensouChronicle

    @GensouChronicle

    8 ай бұрын

    lmao. someone didn't even watch the video. If you actually watch it, you'd see I only have positive things to say.

  • @ElvenRaptor

    @ElvenRaptor

    8 ай бұрын

    @@GensouChronicleNo, I did. Apologies, I wasn't talking about your video, specifically. Sorry I wasn't clear. I'm just put off that people are even discussing this or feel like they have to discuss this. This is not something should have blown up enough for there to even be videos about it.

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