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The boss fights are such an important part of ''[[Touhou]]'', that many fangames strive to make their boss battles at least as, if not even more, awesome.

* The final battle against Remilia Scarlet in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', though this is largely thanks to the music. It's creepily fitting of the little vampire, especially toward the end of the fight when she starts transforming into a bat between attacks. The combination of the music and the crazy attack patterns really gets the adrenaline flowing on Lunatic mode.

* The fight against her sister Flandre, who also has some awesome moves and is fought to the sound of what might be [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the most awesome boss theme ever.]]

 

== ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' ==

* Yuyuko Saigyouji, the final boss of ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', is also a top contender. The fight may not match the sheer awesomeness of having to dodge miniature suns, but the combination of her beautiful theme, her gorgeous fan backdrop, and her graceful butterfly and cherry blossom themed attacks make it one of the most dazzling boss fights in the series.

** The best part of that battle comes right at the end: you finish off her final health bar, she seems defeated, but then comes back for one last attack, which is pretty hard on the upper difficulties, and is a survival card to boot. Throughout the attack, a remixed, even more beautiful version of the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|boss theme]] plays, building to a ''huge, triumphant crescendo'' as the player survives the last wave, and the huge numbers of bullets on the screen get turned into point bonuses and absorbed... in slow motion!

** The speech the heroine makes with the final boss, following with these lines (each pair spoken at the same time):

'''Yuyuko:''' Sleep under the flowers, red-white butterfly! }}

* Yukari Yakumo from Perfect Cherry Blossom. Keep in mind that she is the ONLY Phantasm boss in an official game. This roughly means that, for story purposes, she's arguably the most powerful boss in the ''series''. She also happens to have what is probably the series' most famous Spell Card, Boundary of Life and Death, and for good reason. {{spoiler|It ''beamspams every single shot type in the entire game.''}} Combine this with her [[Crowning Music of Awesome]], ''Necrofantasia'', and you have the makings of one of the most amazing battles of the whole series.

* ''Imperishable Night'' stage 4. The boss depends on who you're playing, but either way it's a confrontation with [[Fighting Your Friend|one of the two main playable characters of the series]], who are both [[That One Boss|blisteringly tough battles]] (allowing that they're neither the final boss nor intended to be the hardest). It's also a [[Nostalgia Level|throwback]] to Touhou's PC-98 roots and the similar scenario in ''Lotus Land Story'', complete with beautiful updated remixes of old battle themes for both heroines. But most of all, the encounter is laid out with such pizazz and dramatic flair that it's impossible not to get revved up. It must be mentioned that the stage leading up to the fight features a gorgeous and ''very'' intense BGM that happens to be a remix of the series' traditional main menu theme, which builds to a peak just as the boss character appears -- right in front of your first view of the warped full moon that the game's plot revolves around. Later, both bosses run off in the middle of the fight, prompting a high-speed chase through the bamboo forest with the boss theme still playing, a moment still unique in the series. Oh, and the girls get some great dialogue, too.

** One of the best has to be in Marisa's scenario. At first hesitant to fight Reimu, Marisa gets mocked by Alice and slowly starts beating down on the miko. At the end, she finally picks up the courage and flair we know her so well for, and we get:

* There's also Kaguya Houraisan at the end of Imperishable Night, simply for the phase after you "beat" her -- in which [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] picks up, and she proceeds to wail on you with five no-easy-way-out survival spellcards of incredible difficulty even on the easiest setting -- and if you fail them? She doesn't hurt your lives -- she basically is attacking your goddamn Continues! Adding up to an in-game hour each time you fail, getting closer to 5:00 A.M., which [[Cue the Sun|cues the sun]]... and marks your failure (or, at least, a drastic reduction in the bonus points for time remaining).

** Almost ironically, at that point, not only are your Continues completely useless, you've ''already won''. (Although if you haven't been playing well up to that point, you can still lose a substantial point bonus.)

 

* There's something about fighting a giant catfish at the end of Meiling's story mode in ''Hisoutensoku'' that makes it so great. Maybe because you're fighting a giant catfish.

* Sanae's story may rank among the best in this game ''purely'' for the final boss fight. The majority of the fight takes place in the middle of a nuclear reactor (not nearly as badass as when ''Cirno'' did it, but hey), but the third-to-last spellcard accompanies a routine pressure release in the core. Cue two spellcards fought, not on the ground, but on the ''riding edge of a shockwave''. This only gets better for the last spellcard, which not only has [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome music]], but is fought in free-fall! That timer? ''It's how long you have until you hit the ground''.

 

== ''Ten Desires'' ==

* On the subject of fangame spin-offs, ''Mystical Chain'' definitely deserves a mention. As a pseudo-platformer beat-em-up game, the player makes a team of two out of Alice, Patchouli, and Marisa, and proceeds to fight their way through several stages inspired by various levels from the games, populated with enemies thematically fitting to the stages. The true awesome comes from the world end boss battles, which features another pair of characters showing up to do battle with your pair. While each of the boss battles are awesome in their own right, the Mokou/Kaguya pair is ''battling each other'' and your two characters are just a footnote during their duel. You spend as much time dodging both character's attacks as the bosses themselves do (and they do take damage from each other's attacks, if they connect), and have to time your own attacks during the momentary breaks in combat, while the other boss laughs at her rival getting pounded on. All of this set to a symphonic medley of their respective character themes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6NRHcd4ysQ&feature=related It has to be seen to be appreciated].

** What about the [[True Final Boss]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53gEZyIqybA&hd=1 the Mystic Records], aka {{spoiler|PC-98 EX-Alice}}? Five spells, of the Philosopher's Stone variety, using the Grimoire of Alice, and a ''survival card'', even. Also a bit of [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] in the music playing, a mix of {{spoiler|''The Grimoire of Alice''}}.

* ''Marine Benefit'', unusually for a fangame, consists entirely of original characters with the exception of the player's shot types - but that doesn't mean there can't be bosses as awesome as canon Touhou characters, if not even more so, as the extra boss Otohime Kanpukugu demonstrates. From her machinery-inspired nonspells, to her incredibly imaginative and ridiculously fun spellcards (one of which, to give some idea, is ''the board game Othello in danmaku form''), to her [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|amazing theme]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vC4Bg1slyo Butterfly Isaac Travelers], everything about her just screams awesome. On top of that, her spellcards are actually different depending on which character you're using, effectively meaning the game has three extra bosses! The best part, though, is that {{spoiler|this is because the game DOES, as the boss demonstrates just as you think you've finished her off, by calling for backup. And when she does this, [[Big Damn Heroes|the characters you didn't pick come to back YOU up, for one final spellcard.]]}} See all of the awesome [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKHb30rlUbU#t=4m28s here].