r/touhou • u/CzechOutSlovakia1993 Kyouko Kasodani • Apr 29 '24
Miscellaneous Every Country that has been mentioned/referenced to in touhou
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u/Ersque Apr 29 '24
What's the difference between the blue and green? I read it the same every time and it's confusing me
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u/CzechOutSlovakia1993 Kyouko Kasodani Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
oh shit my bad, i met to put facon but autocorrect put it as Canon
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u/ColdN_Ss Apr 29 '24
I thought green was mentioned & referenced and blue was mentioned or referenced
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May 03 '24
You still didn't fucking tell us which one is the fanon lmao 😂
But we'll just assume the blue one.
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u/Kivy_Kon Apr 29 '24
Only east germany, communism is officially canon
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u/Ghostblade913 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
“Hey, hey! The hot pot is already red enough, so we should make it with white miso. Putting red miso in red broth? Are ya some kind of Communist?"
Marisa in curiosities of lotus Asia
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u/Tanyushing Cheeky Bugger Apr 29 '24
Red miso communist can just be refering to the communist party of Japan. East german is canon because Kozusu was reading an article about the fall of the berlin wall.
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u/CzechOutSlovakia1993 Kyouko Kasodani Apr 29 '24
LIGHT BLUE MEANS FANON!!!!!!!!!!!! (dam autocorrect)
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u/Misterpiece Apr 29 '24
Holland should be light blue, right?
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May 03 '24
Resident of Holland here.
Holland is not a country.
Holland is North Holland and South Holland.
Which are merely 2 out of the 12 Dutch provinces of the country The Netherlands.
Our country is always mistitled as Holland,
but Holland is a mere 18% of The Netherlands.
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u/shininglauren yet another phantom musician Apr 29 '24
Wait wait. When was Canada in Touhou Fanon?
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u/ryuga_knight Apr 29 '24
People joke Momiji is Canadian because of her Maple Leaf shield.
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u/shininglauren yet another phantom musician Apr 29 '24
Ah. By that logic Momiji is from my country lol
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u/SquashPurple4512 Youmu Konpaku Apr 29 '24
Alice's spell card is called Blue Sign "Fraternal French Dolls" meaning France is canon and mountain of france is real
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u/Basic_Bodybuilder_49 Third-Eyed Lunatic Apr 29 '24
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u/XKizuha Apr 29 '24
I do feel that Britain (or England specifically) is technically referenced with Cirno’s EoSD dialogue “I’ll freeze you with English Beef!” as the nuance of the Japanese dialogue seems to refer that it is the beef from the UK (although it is referring to the mad cow disease which was first discovered in the UK) That begs the question…is the ’English Beef’ (英吉利牛) referred by Cirno an alive cow or the Meat?
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u/ZaneElrick Apr 29 '24
I bet Cirno is America's representation. She doesn't know what is a kilometer too
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u/yuukaKazamiiiii No, i will not step on you. Apr 29 '24
What he fuck is a kilometer 🦅
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u/CheeseyTriforce Apr 29 '24
1/1024th of a megameter which is 1/1024th of a Gigameter
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u/Yuurei_art Apr 29 '24
Ahh, classic blunder. The 1024 multiplier would make them kibimeters, mebimeters, gibimeters and so on *adjusts glasses*
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u/Latter-Summer-5286 Kogasa Tatara Apr 29 '24
As an American, who can blame her! They combined the unit of distance (meter), with the large unit for weight (kilo) to get it! ... What? KiloGRAM? Now you're combining two units of weight- what do you mean they're for mass, not weight? (Grams measure the mass of an object, while pounds technically measure force- particularly the force applied by gravity... This means that if you're measuring on the moon instead of Earth, the proper measurement in pounds will change with gravity, while the measurement in grams stays the same.)
Psh, this is why Imperial (technically a combination of several fragmentary unit systems, thus the bizarre unit ratios) is so much better. Everyone knows that there's 12 inches to a foot (not the thing on the end of your leg), three feet to a yard (not the ground around your house), and 1,760 yards- 5280 feet- to a mile. As opposed to what? Ten millimeters to a centimeter, ten of them to a decameter, ten to them to a meter, ten meters to a decameter, Ten of decameters to a hectometer, ten hectometers to a kilometer? That's way too many units to remember all the multipliers! :V
/S as an American, I hate how accurate this is to some Americans' thought process. Imperial is an outdated abomination created by supergluing several smaller systems of measurement together; For example, miles (from the Romans) are meant for measuring long distances, while feet and inches are meant for measuring human-sized things- hence the bizarre 5000× multiplier.
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u/yuikonnu_727 Apr 29 '24
imperial is better bro like imagine ordering a meterlong and a quarterkilogrammer for lunch
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u/shininglauren yet another phantom musician Apr 29 '24
who the hell would eat something thats a full meter long
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u/Kana_Anaberal Noisy one with a hat May 01 '24
Probably me! There's nothing in "my" fridge, so I have nothing to make. I need food. Now!
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u/shininglauren yet another phantom musician May 01 '24
You can just go get some KFC.
Kutaka Fried Chicken, of course.
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u/Kana_Anaberal Noisy one with a hat May 01 '24
Ah, then I need some money, but I can't even steal it from this broke-ass shrine "maiden"!..
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u/shininglauren yet another phantom musician May 01 '24
I'll steal it with you from another shrine maiden then. You think Sanae's got enough money?
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u/Kana_Anaberal Noisy one with a hat May 01 '24
Huh! Probably! At least because she looks way happier. On my way!
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u/Spa_ish-69 Sanae Kochiya Apr 29 '24
Wait what's up with the GDR?
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u/CzechOutSlovakia1993 Kyouko Kasodani Apr 29 '24
Flag of Germany was seen in a story card in touhou lostword, East Germany was mention in Forbidden Scrollery part 2
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u/Kirill_GV001 Cats and nukes Apr 29 '24
Iran is canonically mentioned, as in Subterranean Animism, Patchouli describes Parsee to Marisa as a "Persian person".
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u/Raikariaa Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
Why is Greece not coloured when Hecatia and Clownpeice are both explicitly Greek? (Both from Greek lore, Hecate and the Lampads)
Cirno explicity mentions England, should be green. Sakuya also references Jack the Ripper, an English figure.
Alice's Spell 3 on E/N mentions London (So England should be green.) while Hard mentions Tibet.
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u/MrInformationSeeker Apr 29 '24
India is mentioned in Touhou Suzunaan: Forbidden scrollery chapter 22: "Tobacco, The tanuki and The Dine-and-Dasher"
Soviet union was too mentioned in the same manga, therefore, you should include all of the former soviet union states.
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u/IncendiaryGamerX Certified Bullet Eater Apr 29 '24
Seija is clearly an Australian, awful map 0/10 /s
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u/Letty-Whiterock-Fuyu Apr 29 '24
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик mentioned???!!!
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u/merkurizz Apr 29 '24
Российская империя упомянута?
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u/Kirill_GV001 Cats and nukes Apr 29 '24
Нет, речь идёт именно об СССР (или, если точнее, о его распаде)
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u/williammei Apr 29 '24
Can eirin’s stage background count as referenced Taiwan with it shows “The Grand Hotel” in Taipei?
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u/CommonwealthOfPluto Apr 29 '24
Since when were the Soviets mentioned?
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u/CzechOutSlovakia1993 Kyouko Kasodani Apr 29 '24
CCCP was mentioned in Forbidden Scrollery part 2
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u/wackasus Satori Komeiji Apr 29 '24
I'm still waiting for an Argentina reference in Touhou
Someday...
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u/Kirb790 Nue Houjuu Apr 29 '24
What's the difference between Green and Blue?
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u/TaikiSaruwatari Apr 29 '24
There was apparently a mistake. The blue is actually fanon and not canon
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u/TaikiSaruwatari Apr 29 '24
I'm curious, when is france mentionned?
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u/MrInformationSeeker Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
yukari went there to look for a hobgoblin or smthing. it was in the hermit manga.(warning: i could be wrong)
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u/LeoTheBurgundian Apr 29 '24
The word goblin comes from the name of a demon mentioned in the 12th century near Evreux in France so it makes sense
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u/Raikariaa Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
Orleans Dolls (Alice spellcard). Easier versions outright say France
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u/Bladeheart111x Sanae Kochiya (W. Uniform) Apr 29 '24
Canada reference seems to be Momiji's shield
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u/CzechOutSlovakia1993 Kyouko Kasodani Apr 29 '24
The "Kourindou Boutique" spell card has the flag of Canada,USA,Germant,France,Japan, and Swiss on it
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u/Betaman156 Yamame Kurodani Apr 29 '24
Alice has a card specifically called Foggy London Dolls, and Cirno specifically talks about English Beef in her dialogue. Nitori has a card called Kappa's Pororoca which is in reference to the Amazon River, so Brazil's been mentioned too.
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u/pidbul530 Itsumi, the Great Blizzard Fairy Apr 29 '24
Doesn't Yoshika have Egyptian elements in her theme? Tho maybe that's not enough to mark it on this list
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u/Pretend-Advertising6 m is real fds 24 Apr 29 '24
for a series called eastern they don't reallly give much representation to most of asia. also you forgot the moon
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u/Brick-Stonesonn Ku-kuru-kurukuru-kurukuru-ru Apr 29 '24
I'm surprised India hasn't been mentioned, given how many east Asian myths are based on or influenced by Indian myths. (Like Bishamonten, for example)
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u/Muruki28 Apr 29 '24
Why is Germany split in 2?
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u/SimonInPreussen Koosh Apr 29 '24
I guess because only the wall was mentioned, and that was only on the east german side
but yeah, i'd count germany as one since the wall was central to both of them
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u/Divekicker Apr 29 '24
Weird that countries like India, Korea and Portugal have never been mentioned
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u/CheeseyTriforce Apr 29 '24
I can't tell if Ukraine is mentioned or if it's part of the Russian border
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u/D_Gnar doremy sweet word of the day Apr 29 '24
Why is Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 not mentioned⁉️⁉️⁉️where do you think remelia is from ⁉️⁉️🗣️🗣️
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u/dimxplobe Apr 29 '24
The Chupacabras is from Mexico, not sure if they mentioned it other than "from a far land"
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u/Nelrene Patchouli's wife Apr 29 '24
I seem to recall that the chupacabra being seen in other places than just Mexico.
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u/Independent-Sun-5260 Apr 29 '24
if I get a Pinochet (Chilean reference) and a Lauburu or something Basque I can die at peace.
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u/goldgary123 Hartmann Apr 29 '24
What does Fanon mean in this context and why is it relevant when surely a derivative work of Touhou exists mentioning every country in existence?
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u/Signal_Hovercraft_66 Apr 30 '24
I was hoping for Malaysia. I want to go to Malasia, to visit the beach. It's getting hot, it feels like I'm burning. Must be the sun in Malaysia.
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u/Practical-Conflict-1 Apr 30 '24
Why did you choose to use such an old world map- supplied where you got the info from, I could try and make an updated version
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u/Typical-Teacher7997 Apr 30 '24
I may be an idiot, and I'm sorry if that's the case, but where exactly is the difference between blue and green colored countries?
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u/NekolaTheNeko Shirosaki Nekola, Resident In One of Gensokyo Universes May 03 '24
I was looking for this 🇹🇭 Quite sad it’s not there, but I’ll recover soon enough.
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u/gunmunz Big Bird Best Bird Apr 29 '24
My fave bit of Touhou Lore is that America knows about the lunarians and the main push to land on the moon was not only to show up the commies but to flip off the lunarians. I can just see JFK in NASA going 'We must go to da moon, not cause it is easy but to show dose wascally wabbits who's boss!'
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u/Sugarcane98 Apr 29 '24
Alice has a spellcard on Easy/Normal called "Red-Haired Dutch Dolls," referencing The Netherlands.