Outside World Occultism

Episode 33 - Ms. Not Appearing In This Series

This week(!), the Outside World Occultists take a look at youkai who haven't appeared in Gensokyo. From invisible walls to giant combining skeletons, we talk about some examples we'd like to see as well as some gameplay concepts that might work with them. We might do another episode like this in the future, so if you have anyone you'd like to see, feel free to send it to our tumblr mailbag!

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Thanks to barukowo for our new opening/closing theme, an arrangement of Satellite TORIFUNE from Trojan Green Asteroid.

Episode 32 - Unsealing Club: Ghostly Field Trip

This time on the Unsealing Club, the Outside World Occultists do a read-through and analysis of the first Sealing Club CD, Ghostly Field Club, in which Merry and Renko hang out at a graveyard without stealing any bones.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Thanks to barukowo for our new opening/closing theme, an arrangement of Satellite TORIFUNE from Trojan Green Asteroid.

Episode 31 - Shrugged Atlas

This week, the Outside World Occultists try their hand at cartography, producing our best-guess estimation of what a map of Gensokyo could, given what we know, look like. We begin with core landmarks such as the Hakurei Shrine and the Human Village and continue all the way to the unexpectedly large number of nameless hills.

The map itself and the rough draft can be found on our tumblr page here!

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Thanks to barukowo for our new opening/closing theme, an arrangement of Satellite TORIFUNE from Trojan Green Asteroid.

Episode 30 - Side-Effects May Include Large Structures, Taller Than They Are Wide

This (week? month? epoch?), the Outside World Occultists take a look at a longer-term solution to our scheduling problems and delve into Touhou's various methods of immortality. From eluding the Death IRS to taking three sips of moon juice, we walk through the options before revealing which ones we, personally, would choose.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Thanks to barukowo for our new opening/closing theme, an arrangement of Satellite TORIFUNE from Trojan Green Asteroid.

Episode 29 - The Youmu Effect

This week, the Outside World Occultists look back on the latest in a long line of THWiki popularity polls. Congratulations to this year's first-place dark horse, Konpaku Youmu! Other topics include a comparison to last year's results, the relative importance of first-place votes, major poll voting blocs, and questions you should never ask a mathematician.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Thanks to barukowo for our new opening/closing theme, an arrangement of Satellite TORIFUNE from Trojan Green Asteroid.

Episode 28 - Philosophy of the Despised

The Outside World Occultists rise from their hibernation to delve deep into the youkai mind. Following up a prior listener question about youkai neurodivergence, we analyse what we know or can infer of youkai psychology and how it differs from humans.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Episode 27 - The Cool Ranch Theory of Literature

This week in the vicinity of Outside World Occultism, we take a step into the abstract to talk about the concept of "deconstruction", and what it's come to mean in media and in fandom. We start by determining our definition of the term, followed by an analysis of how it's used in Touhou fan work for good and for ill. And occasionally we remember we're supposed to do them in that order!

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Episode 26 - Last Word "Touhou Will Never Die"

This week a couple months ago, the Outside World Occultists delve back into the mailbag to answer more listener questions. From favourite fighting-game characterisation and fanworks to our thoughts on the 25th anniversary (informed somewhat notably by it being February when this was recorded), we answer everything you've asked us that we'll answer!

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.

Episode 37 - Reintroduction of Scarlet Devil

This week, the Ochre Mansion Obsessed set aside contentious issues to return to their roots, with an introduction of the major characters of the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil franchise. From the belovedly absent Satsuki Rin to the almighty Kurenai Misuzu, we review the cast of EOSD1, the game that started it all.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is the property of ZUN and Team Seoul Bob.

Episode 25 - Hi Mom!

This [period of time], the Outside World Occultists seek to harness the mystical form of power known as "mom energy", and examine its history in Gensokyo and elsewhere. In short: Here is an episode where we talk about what Touhou characters we would like to be our moms, and a second copy of that episode in case you throw it in the garbage.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit fan-made podcast. Touhou Project is the property of ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice.