{"id":8711,"date":"2022-01-21T14:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T05:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=8711"},"modified":"2022-01-21T14:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T05:42:17","slug":"20220121-8711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220121-8711\/","title":{"rendered":"Touhou Project\u2019s Reimu Hakurei heard speaking in Japanese convenience stores surprising fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article’s publication date: 2022-01-20 19:03<\/em> JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Social media in Japan was temporarily buzzing about Reimu Hakurei, the protagonist of the Touhou Project<\/strong><\/em>. Many Twitter users could be seen posting about an announcement that\u2019s been playing in Japan\u2019s convenience stores where a woman speaks and introduces herself as Reimu Hakurei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reimu Hakurei is a character that has appeared in nearly all titles of the shoot \u2018em up series Touhou Project<\/em>. However, series creator ZUN intentionally took a stance to not include voices for the game\u2019s characters, and official titles in the series developed by ZUN have not had them. Because of this, hearing an announcement in a convenience store where someone introduces herself as Reimu Hakurei has surprised some fans.
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The announcement is part of a campaign from the Lawson convenience store chain in Japan that began on January 18. The campaign is part of a collaboration with the game Touhou Danmaku Kagura<\/em>, an officially licensed derivative work in the Touhou Project<\/em> series. The title is a rhythm action game featuring many characters from the series, most of which have voices in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement that\u2019s playing in these Lawson stores is to notify customers about the collaboration with Touhou Danmaku Kagura<\/em>, and the voice actor featured is the same person from the game, Kaede Yuasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The posts by confused fans on Twitter are likely from fans of the series that weren\u2019t aware of Touhou Danmaku Kagura<\/em>. They seem to think the voice is off-putting, as some have said the voice is different than they imagined or that Reimu isn\u2019t actually that friendly. Some people ridiculed it further by saying, \u201cit\u2019s the voice of a woman who thinks she\u2019s Reimu Hakurei.\u201d
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