What's up with purple bosses in Touhou?
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- A smaller yet still pretty filled subject for you to ponder, why did some characters who used to wear purple get their colours changed?
Hopefully you'll enjoy the potential answer! #touhou
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This really made me appreciate ZUN's designs even more than I already did
Well to be honest, there's not a single ZUN design that I dislike either.
I remember when I was studying art, shades of Purple and Blues were used in a majority of religious art to show divinity or just a way to portray a higher power. So I suppose characters like Yukari and Kanako having different purples in their designs was a *big brain* choice from ZUN
...or he did it unintentionally, the drunk madman.
Either he did it unintentionally, which wouldn't be surprising since character design also asks for a bit of knowledge regarding art, etc. Or he knew about it, which wouldn't be surprising either, seeing the play on words that he did with Chen, Ran and Yukari.
It’s really hard to tell sometimes ^^; I think he has a really strong artistic instinct when it comes to most things, but it’s also clear that he has a broad knowledge of various forms of media to draw from.
ZUN being drunk is always a part of his geniuses
I always think of it as unintentionnal, but maybe it's all thought up
People hate on ZUN's drawing style a lot, but he clearly puts a lot of love into what he does regardless of the quality of the finished product. Also, his backgrounds and sprites are pretty gorgeous tbh.
Hate? I've seen some people make a few jokes and that's it, not straight up hate.
I think you are confusing hate with proper criticism, is a fact that he is a little bad at drawing, people just are sincere about it instead of sugarcoating. Heck, ZUN himself said the entire reason why 2hu has only girls is because he sucks at drawing male characters. But in the end, ZUN still pretty good when comes to haracter design, in other words. Why the characters wear certain colors, accessories, the whole simbolism behind their design. Plus, he is visibly improving and WBaWC is actually a significant sign of progress. We still like his drawings, we just are sincere :)
@@sylvierose2799 The first Touhou wasn't a girls only game. It had a male character in it name SinGyoku.
@@sylvierose2799 I mean, he's done everything in his games for decades now. He's inevitable going to improve beyond noseless Sakuya.
I think that ZUN's drawing style is unique. It gives the characters an mystical air.
One example you missed is Sumireko, who technically is wearing a different outfit in VD, though it arguably _added_ more purple.
Oh I didn't miss her, I knew she wore purple, she even does wear purple since her debut in ULiL.
The thing is that...I wasn't going to go over each character who wears purple, I chose the one that made sense to try and demonstrate my point.
I agree with almost all of this (the uniqueness, vitality, elegance, and royalty stuff), but also...
Zun: I really like the color purple.
I think it'd look good on this character!
(That's just what I imagined happened for some.)
I mean, it's also perfectly possible for ZUN to think that way and splatter some colours on the characters because he thinks they look good on them.
But since character design is also a thing, it's also possible that he thought about all of this.
@@Surnist Yeah, I agree. I was just stating my own thing/joke.
But also, I love these design/lore/ect. videos you do! It wasn't meant to be a put-down, and I hope you make more in the future!
Plus, I learned some new things about the color purple today! I can't say that too often.
@@taylorwright7428 Yeah, don't worry about it! I didn't mean to look vexed.
But thank you a lot! Even if it's not much, I love doing these, so it's nice knowing that you enjoy them as well!
@@Surnist It's ok! It was probably just me, I sometimes have a hard time with tone online, and I wanted to be safe rather than sorry, lol!
Think this can definitely be extrapolated further, ZUN absolutely loves to play with the rainbow. For the majority of the time he simply just uses purple and the rainbow as a sign of power.
Chen is orange, Ran is yellow/blue, Yukari is purple. In ascending order to their power and relationship to each other.
Alice has 7 colors in her dress, and even references it in her dialogue in PCB (Silly shrine maiden, your two-colored powers are a mere 28.5714% as powerful as mine!)
Tenshi has her "belt", which is rainbow colored. Her rival in her game being Yukari, her color scheme being blue reflects how great her power is but cut short in comparison to Yukari.
Patchouli is the seven day magician, and her crystals all have the color of the rainbow with them.
There's more examples of this, but these are the most prominent examples of it. ZUN simply likes his rainbows.
True, though to go over that, someone would need to go every single colour and well...I doubt someone is ready to sit and talk about colours in Touhou all day, even if it sounds interesting. :)
Not touhou related, but Waluigi actually displays many traits of purple. He is somewhat gloomy, as he is mentioned to have low self confidence. He is also aggressive and arrogant at times.
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(They said it was purple a divinity color)
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thanks waluigi, very cool
@@Cure_Diarrhea Waigi is better
Okay, but what if it was purple?
And also this video has reminded me about the topic of "Is Indigo a purple or a blue?" in my brain and will now proceed to haunt my dreams forever. Thanks Snurt.
I don't know about this video, maybe I should look at it to see what's so haunting about it and...you're welcome!
@I SELL SALT That's what some people may say. But if I were to put in the hex code for Indigo. I would personally see a more purple tone.
@@TaiNoire the heck. Indigo is a deep blue colour. Confusing this with purple is kinda impossible.
Not even the darkest purple is anywhere close to Indigo
@@Luke0193 MAMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN
@@Luke0193 But for the clarification sake: The dye of Indigo is different from the hue. While the dye itself (commonly found in India) you'll notice it's a deep blue. But the hue itself is the center ground of violett and ultramarin. As such it's really hard to differentiate for most people.
There some more wavelength gymnastics going on but I'm not going to try entering into the Asimov/Newton zone here.
The thing about Reisens redesign. I think she changes out of her shirts depending on the season, as shown in Inaba of the moon and Inaba of the earth. Sure, those comics are shaky canon-wise, but it makes sense, considering one is long-sleeved and the other is short-sleeved.
It's definitely possible, though as you've said, IoM&IoE is pretty shaky when it comes to lore. But the fact that we haven't seen the purple shirt in the games since...can also mean she doesn't forcefully want to wear it that much anymore.
Being partially colorblind made this video extra interesting to watch, lol
Me: I don't get why some people hate Touhou, it has something for everyone
Touhou fandom: Let's appreciate colours!
the common thing between marisa and reisen is that they're both high
it took me until half way through the video to realize that this wasnt a shitpost
Well I'm...not always into shitposting, in fact I believe I'm pretty 50/50.
Medicine is the absolute easiest to explain, as purple is the colour of poison in Japan. In fact, I'm surprised she's not *more* purple, as her shirt is basically black.
You'd expect her design to either be very purple, or very white to resemble a lily of the valley.
Well the thing with lily of the valley is that the plant is entirely green with white buds.
But it's true that purple is the colour of poison, not only in Japan but pretty much everywhere. I mean...when one needs to represent poison, they usually go for purple first.
@@Surnist That's not entirely accurate, actually. Most western countries afaik associate poison with the color green. That is why poison is green in so many videogames.
@@Metahodos Mmm...it's true, maybe that's because I most often see poison as purple. Guess playing too much japanese games got me thinking that way.
Either way, good point.
Or maybe ZUN was just staggeringly drunk when he made them.
1:42 - Wearing too much purple also indicates that you're a pimp, a trait that can be 100% found in Yukari.
But really, the deal with purple is that it's a cool colour, that's probably why ZUN chose it. Not that I mind that, I love purple.
"Whats up with purple bosses? Yeah that old hag fight was-"
Breaking news, a person sudden dissaperance thought to have been spirited away!
Now...
Get in the gap, fuccboi!~
Maybe purple is just ZUN's favourite color lol.
I find it cool that, purple can bring out so many feelings, and even more depending on where it is. For instance, a certain purple in the environment might make it seem corrupt or sick, but that purple on a person gives a different feeling.
Yeah, I had a feeling the purple hair and robes in PC-98 were color standins for that reason. Interesting vid. =)
Well at least my hair is Still purple ;3
And you can keep it purple, it looks pretty nice like this! :)
@@Surnist I still remember the time of me being a royal pet to the Watatsuki Sisters before I flee to earth.
Alvi Syahri lunar capital found out she was the bunny behind the slaughter
Alvi Syahri carrot
@Alvi Syahri No slaughter, they are just stating a "meme" because, it's "funny".
Either way, some people say she had to flee because of the first Lunar War, others say it's because of what Kaguya and Eirin did, I don't remember if there's a concrete answer.
Holy shit it's like purple was a whole conspiracy theory.
Zun: I just thought they looks good together
The man behind the slauther
One thing I noticed about Reisen’s design changes in particular, is how we *see* that Reisen has changed herself.
When we first encounter her, she’s wearing a black blazer with a moon pin, signalizing that she’s a Lunarian soldier, and being a big blob of dark color on a rather light palette, it takes most of the attention from her light purple hair (and as mentioned in the video, light purple symbolizes uniqueness).
It’s as if, her identity is overshadowed by her being a Lunar Rabbit, uniformed and trained to be exactly the same as the rest.
However, when she takes off that blazer and swaps the moon pin with a carrot one, not only does she rebel against the moon’s order as the self-proclaimed Earth Rabbit, it also makes her hair pop more on the new design, highlighting her individuality.
As a side note, all the red in her old design became more pinkish as well. I see that as her going from aggressive to just passionate.
An interesting hypnosis. And if it's true, it's given me a new appreciation of Reisen's redesign. I'm partial to the purple blazer, but I'm a bigger sucker for subtle character development like that.
Purple is also seen as a royal or wealthy colour due to purple dyes being rare and expensive and hard to make. (At least in olden times. That’s why most flags don’t have purple they’d be difficult to make at the time)
Even Mima has purple inside her Blue attire in SoEW
i honestly never thought about purple in touhou designs (except observing the pc98 designs) but now you actually made me think a little regarding it
love your content!
ZUN: I didn't think that much
I kinda already knew this with Marisa , but to take on another characters specially the bit obscure ones like the benben sisters is really interesting and a very informational video, you never cease to amaze me with this lore/fun facts about touhou, great vid fam
We need more Touhou content like this
Just noticed yuyuko and you, surnist, have purple too.
Surnist is actually a cute 2hu!
*Mindblown*
Ain’t Yuyuko pink?
@@NerfMaster000 her hair yes but I think her clothes are purple-ish
As being said the purple color represents a divinity sense
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Waluigi
(They said it was purple a divinity color)
*Waluigi and thanos bean being a God confirmed*
This Also Fits With kirbys meta Knight sense also fits this role of second to last boss being purple colored before only really have Blue being a main color with only purple shoes also Meta Knight have MK like Marisa Kirsame but sense it toke 2002 for meta knight being the first main playable character besides Kirby if your Ignore Gooey And the Helpers wait Touhou 6 came out around then and Nightmare in dreamland a Remake of Adventure but Meta Knight I known as the speed run type in the Kirby games and Marisa Movement speed normally the fastest in the main games so The Ordinary magician & The Masked Swordsmen shocks same in many because there came form the second game that became the norm of there series?
Teacher: the blue curtains symbolism the sadness and isolation the protagonist secretly carries.
Author: the curtains are blue because I like the color.
I see Sagume, I like.
Iku also has purple hair
Marisa became black and white from Mystic Square onwards actually
This is also sort of the reason why Rayman's clothes were blue in Japan
Surnist: As we look at the shades of purple you associated char behaviours with different shades etc.
ZUN: I just think purple is cool...
Moral of the story: ZUN likes purple
You again
Idk man, both be looking like the man behind the slaughter
Purple just looks nice.
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Purple is always seems as a color of evil and villainy, I suppose.
Good video, makes complete sense tbh
This is too much i cant handle
That moment when you realize Surnist has purple hair too
I'm surprised no ones made a purple guy comment.
Then you didn't read all of the comments.
purple is a sign of evil in many japanese games and anime, i'm not japanese, so it might even be a thing in greater cultural significance. i always thought they were purple to show they were significantly malevolent
in curiosities of lotus asia, rinnosuke notes that gods are different from youkai in that they have two forms, a malevolent and a benevolent form. all the aggressive gods in touhou wear purple, while the ones you start a fight with seem to have little or no purple.
My hair is blue. Iku hair is purple
So i guess i should say; Meira has purple hair cause she is a samurai, and that is to show her authority and that she is in a higher caste
And Clownpiece... just has purple cos it’s a mix of red and blue
And I shouldn’t have to explain why red and blue are important to Clownpiece’s design
Touhou 15 is the last game where the boss has purple color, I think this tradition is over.
八云紫literally have the kanji character of purple in her name
Yeah, I also literally showed it in the video.
I would have liked for you to touch on Byakuren's purple on the top of her hair, I remember reading something about having a clouded vision with purple cloud on a character info website, also the shading of her hair a little particular as it goes from purple to yellow which are opposites in the colour wheel and I wouñd really like what that means.
I think I've watched too many animeniaks videos to expect a similar tone here..
Literally anything with Purple: exists
FNaF Fandom: *T h e M a n B e h i n d T h e S l a u g h t e r*
The youkai behind the slaughter
I thought they were purple just because ZUN liked purple, I dunno.
I mean...maybe that's the case too, it would just so happen that the colour meanings match, then.
A drunk genius, indeed!
Me an Aqw player: *C H A O S*
So Yukari is the woman behind the -slaughter- incident.
What colours have meanings and artist do not just use random colours for lulz :V ?
Anyway nice video :3
But I still think, most of the newest changes are really just some visual changes without certain meanings.
0:44 technically not a tabard, but rather, a monastic scapula. just saying...
otherwise, good video
Thanks, though...I put tabard here because the wiki page describes it as a Chinese Tabard which also bears some resemblance to what Okina, Yukari and Junko are wearing.
@@Surnist fair enough
Jarate? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
believe or not reimu is aggressive
at least in my opinion
purple pikmin deal the most damage of all pikmin types
there's also puffmin, which are gloomy and zombie-like, lo and behold they are dark purple
The lack of Miko is disturbing, pefectly fits under the royalty category!
The thing is...going over each character would've made this video wayyy too long hence why I didn't go over everyone. But as I said, you can apply those traits to all characters who wear purple.
English professors:
WHY ARE THE CURTAINS BLUE!!!
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*YOUR WORLD IS CORRUPT!*
0:04
I need a link for AoCF Marisa doing her LoLK face right NOW
Lean
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I LOVE BEING PURPLE!
You most likely covered this in some way in the video, but purple for the Japanese is a color of evil. As you mentioned for Marisa, she changed from purple to black when changing from antagonist to protagonist. Same thing can be said for Yukari and Reisen, with them becoming either playable or supporting characters.
It can be considered as a colour for evil, but the reason it is considered as such, is because this colour was used by people who had power, that were from royalty, and most of all, those who were ready to do whatever they could to fulfill their ambitions. Hence why I preferred to explain the meaning of the colour rather than saying: that it's the colour of evil.
@@Surnist It's very good to have an explanation for that. Thank you.
What is it with blondes in Touhou?
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I mean...it's been two weeks, that's the usual.
@@Surnist we all know that if you dont upload each week on youtube you are dead 💀
Wtf i have daltonism:(
What about Byakuren, does her top purple tinted hair show that she is enlightened, or does it show her fear and negative feelings towards death. I personally thought that it showed how she is really evil if we are to follow Buddhist believes.
Her purple-ish is light purple. So nobility and unique
Does anybody have a link to the song playing in the background? I know it's at the end of the video but it's blocked by the video & channel links.
Purple Cirno will be da strongest!
Hmm, interesting
OMG guys Yukari is the youkai behind the slaughter.
This joke is fucking stupid.
What about Kogasa?
Tell me then what the oc design of Marisa meant.
All I ever read from that terror is ,,once I use Ories Sun your virginity is mine"
She's seriously brutal...
I don't...think we've played the same games, then...
@@Surnist Story of Eastern Wonderland ?
Purple is my favorite color on an anime girl so i have no issies :D.
It's pretty erotic too....hue hue hue
why they ourple 😂
Not gonna lie I don’t know how I got here
And what about Sumeriko's dress?
whats the bgm?
I dont understand the "98" part anyone care to explain? We normally just call it PC dont we? Its just confusing to call it PC98 wich is not even a computer but a collective name (9800 series) that includes so many computers over a few decades that cant even run the game and might fool people to believe its about a specific year. If Touhou came out -96 I guess it was made for lowend DX2 486 PC 50-66Mhz in mind, same as Warcraft or highend Pentium/MMX.
The reason it's called PC-98 is because it's a shortened version of the name "PC-9800 Series" as you said, or in Japanese "Pī Shī Kyūsen Happyaku Shirīzu" to "Pī Shī Kyū-hachi".
It's just significantly faster to pronounce.
@@Surnist That explains it, but with other words; its a PC. I bet it would run on an Amiga as well but with very low FPS what do you think?
@@l1mi13 Perhaps the floppies were formatted in such a way that it can't run on an Amiga, like how IBM-compatible disks couldn't run on Macs.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
@@l1mi13 No idea, I'm no expert of older computers, though I do know that there are a couple of PC-98 emulators on Windows.
@@fifthgenerationanti-shadow9423 I know for sure that some disks ran on both Amiga500 and in MS-Dos. I dont know much more than that, it could have been some special cases and not the norm but the format should be compatible then; unless there are more than one format. Im pretty sure DOS/Windows took "xcopy" from Amiga so they problably had their eyes on it.