Touhou/Fanfic Recs

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


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Authors and Websites

Usually Dead's website

  • Recommended by Recon 5
  • Usually Dead's (see below) website, with some truly hilarious, touching or straight out mind blowing insights into the Fantasy Kitchen Sink that is Gensokyo. Also home to other outstanding Touhou fics and a lot of Yuyuko fanboyism in general. Strangely enough, the site is made all the more awesome by the latter.

|Kimiko Muffin's website

  • Recommended by Universalperson
  • Why wasn't this here yet? This website has a Touhou fancomic, a few fanfics, and numerous references to this site. Note there is some shipping in his fanfic universe. I personally thinks its all great and well written.

Walfas

  • Recommended by Universalperson
  • While not explicitly Touhou related, this site is home to several Touhou flash movies, as well as create.swf, which lets you basically create your own Touhou pictures and/or comics. Also, DEATH BY YUYUKO!

Touhou-Project

  • Recommended by Vodoka
  • Imageboard that's home to many English Touhou fanfics. This in itself wouldn't be too interesting, but all of the stories on site are written in choose your own adventure style, except that instead of one going through the story alone, readers vote on next action that protagonist should take and discuss the story, so perhaps more fitting term would be Interactive Fiction. This whole deal has been going for some time, and by now the stories on the site cover almost every genre from Slice of Life to murder mysteries. All of this with at least some kind of Touhou undertone.

Touhou Love Stories: The Bad Ends

  • Recommended by Zemyla
  • A series of stories of love stories between you, the reader, and various Touhou characters. They're sometimes funny, sometimes heartwarming, and they all end badly. There are seven pages of them as well.

Willie G.R.

  • Recommended by P Miller 1
  • Synopsis: A good Author who wrote Misplaced Sukima and its spin-off.

Tohonifun

  • Recommended by Gunpowder Wizard
  • Synopsis: His works usually takes the form of X vs Y.

Patchouli's Scarlet Library

  • Recommended by Moerin
  • Synopsis: The fanfic board of one of the main players in the western Touhou community.

Tired/Warm's Writing

  • Recommended by Strychninepocky
  • Synopsis: A series of stories that seems very inspired by the previously mentioned bad ends threads. The first is ostensibly about coming to Gensokyo, meeting Yuuka, and life with her - but from then on out, things get... Weird. Increasing amounts of Canon Welding and some weird dream(?) sequences abound.

General Fics – Visual Medium (doujins, comics, strips etc)

Doujins and comics focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.

The 30 series by Wi-Z GARAGE. Translated by Nietz, edited by Arsen and Arrata.

  • Recommended by Ace Of Scarabs and Sect
  • Composed of two parts so far:
  • Synopsis: The girls of Gensokyo mix the plots of 300 and Mountain of Faith, with Suwako providing commentary.

Scarlet Devil and Working at the SDM by Asatsuki Dou

  • Recommended by: Kryptik
  • Synopsis: The Scarlet Devil Mansion arrives in Gensoukyou, but who is this mysterious Scarlet Devil already stalking the lake?

Happiness and Happy End by Asatsuki Dou

  • Recommended by Hylarn
  • Synopsis: Koakuma is happy serving Patchouli, but...

A Bad End by Doyora

  • Recommended by Kalle
  • Synopsis: Following after the events of Imperishable Night, Kaguya goes Ax Crazy and wages war against Yukari for leadership over Gensokyo. Meanwhile, Marisa eats some crazy mushrooms and accidentally destroys the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

A Bright Future by Uni Mate

  • Recommended by: Ruki Motomiya, Mista Smegheneghan
  • Synopsis: A collection of stories around the world of Gensoukyou, primarily focused upon the cast of The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. It explores the relationships of all the characters, the first one and the one linked deals with Meiling taking Flandre out for a night of fun while Sakuya and Remilia are away. Links to the rest of the series can be found in the link above, though note that A Bright Future 3 may be hard to navigate due to it's Choose Your Own Adventure style. You can also find Mountain of Faith based works in that link, set in the same universe by the same artist.

Chirei de by karaagetarou

  • Recommended by: Tacitus, Extraintrovert, Shortcake, Mewseeker, Julyjack73, Prime 32
  • Synopsis: A prequel to Subterranean Animism, concerning the Satori sisters and their pets. Witness the light-hearted antics of Rin and Utsuho, before they could take human form... as well as Koishi's self-imposed exile, and Utsuho being placed on the road to disaster. The rest of the SA crew rounds out the cast, as does a certain pair of meddling goddesses.

Because Cirno-chan is the Strongest by Asatsuki Dou,

  • Recommended by Hylarn
  • Synopsis: The story of how Cirno and Daiyousei met, and what came from that


Cirno Caught A Cold by Kakushiaji

The End Of The Maiden's Illusion by Kamereon

  • Recommended by: Major Tom
  • Synopsis: The shrine maiden Reimu passes away leaving her friends to reflect upon their lives together.


The Flower that Revolves with the Sun by yokochou

  • Recommended by: Tacitus, Extraintrovert
  • Synopsis: There's another Yuuka about, and not because of a Dual Spark - a youkai that looks for all the world like a child-sized version of Yuuka Kazami has turned up in the Garden of the Sun, to the bafflement of its inhabitant and the rest of Gensoukyou. Everyone quickly takes a liking to this "Youka", but what's really going on here, and how long can it last?

Gensoukyou Great Sports Day - 200 Yojana in a flash by nanaroku (fortress47), a.k.a. kuroneko1911a1.

  • Recommended by Andyzero
  • Synopsis: It began with an innocent question. "Just how fast is 200 Yojana in one second? (Protip: 2808x10 to the 5th power kilometers per hour aka really, really, really fast). It lead to an epic quest for Youmu to go from Kid Samurai to Samurai; and there's more than one hand manipulating things to give her that challenge.

Gensoukyou Post-Office by Gensou Koumuten

  • Recommended by Tacitus
  • Synopsis: In an Alternate Universe where Gensoukyou wasn't alone in its seal; youkai, humans and many, many other creatures live together in harmony, advancing civilisation to unprecedented levels. Amongst this, an elderly postman makes deliveries to other characters, while life happens around him.

Girl Of The Dusk by Gensou Koumuten

  • Recommended by: Major Tom, Andyzero, Deelles, Extraintrovert, Shinji117
  • Synopsis: Humans that can't have children often adopt child-like youkai, treating them as their own. One couple adopts Rumia and they live together peacefully for many years, but neither are aware of the darkness she carries within...

Days Woven with Illusion ~Tiny, Tiny Daiyousei by Gensou Koumuten

  • Recommended by: Shinji117
  • Synopsis: Another story set in Gensou's Gensokyou, this has Daiyousei trying to save a nearly drowned dog and nearly drowning herself. Includes one OC and Keine.

Days Woven From Illusion ~The Wind Charmer Shrine Maiden by Gensou Koumuten

  • Recommended by: Shinji117
  • Synopsis: Set in Gensou Koumuten's Gensokyou, developments have lead to the development of the electric train. Unfortunately, this means the steam train is no longer needed. Sanae, having grown up with the old train, is torn.

The Iron of Yin and Yang's fancomic by Mr. Pavlov. Based on the 46 episode (+extras) video series by hiro.

The King of Moriya [dead link] by GIGAMEKA

  • Recommended by: Person With Many Aliases
  • Synopsis: An origin story for Suwako and Kanako, set in the far past.

Koishi the Loving Gourmet by Haijindeath

  • Recommended by Hylarn
  • Synopsis: Koishi goes around Gensoukyou eating food without people noticing. A pastiche of the manga The Lonely Gourmet by Jiro Taniguchi.

Life of Maid by Colonel Aki

  • Recommended by Pancake Mix
  • Synopsis: A terrifyingly cute Slice of Life look at Gensoukyou from the perspective of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, usually Sakuya, with many other characters making appearances.


Manga of My Memories of Playing Touhou by Shino

  • Recommended by Gearframe
  • Synopsis: A Doujinshi manga series by Shino-san, posted on her blog, recalling her first experiences playing the Windows-era Touhou games. Gradually changes to a self-insert representation of those experiences. Sexy Hilarity Ensues.

Mamange by Kogama Shigeru

  • Recommended by: Selryam
  • Synopsis: In an alternate universe of sorts this is the story of Reisen Inaba (the eponymous 'Mamange') raising the Eientei crew as her daughters.

Mistress' Home Party Epic Battle The Young Mistress' Epic Homestay Battle, and Young Mistress' Big Homework Battle by Shino

  • Recommended by: Extraintrovert
  • Synopsis: While there are other stories occurring simultaneously, these three works mostly follow the growing friendship between Flandre and Moko-Moko Onii-chan Mokou and the situations in which they find themselves, from a party at the Scarlet Mansion to a disastrous playdate to Flandre's first day at school.

At The Moriya Shrine by Gensou Koumuten

  • Recommended by: Major Tom
  • Synopsis: A view in the daily life at the Moriya Shrine.
  • Comments: Gensou Koumuten hits 3 for 3 in this largely silent doujin, proving that he still has what it takes to make an adorable and heartwarming Slice of Life story set in the same Alternate Universe.

The Advent Cirno series by One Night Stand (Yoshitaka Ushiki)

  • Recommended by: Gunbazca
  • Synopsis: Ever wonder what will happen if Touhou happened in the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children world? Well, this is what will happen.
  • Pairing(s): None on the main characters, although there are some MariAri later on.

Spring Snow and Flowery Winter by Colorful Cube

  • Recommended by Pata Hikari
  • Synopsis: Spring is coming. Sadly, for Cirno, that means Letty must leave.

Tag Dream by dei shirou

  • Recommended by: Andyzero
  • Synopsis: Yukari discovers the classic wrestling manga "Kinnikuman" and decides to host a tag-team wrestling tournament. The residents of Gensokyo begin to pair off and train.

Touhou Journal by Sora no Amagumo

  • Recommended by: Tacitus
  • Synopsis: A 4koma series centered around Reimu Hakurei, with a twist - she doesn't have a single line of dialogue. This turns out to work out really well, with this incarnation of Reimu being hailed as one of the most adorable in all the fandom.

Touhou Adventure by pageratta

  • Recommended by: Selryam
  • Synopsis: The sukima monster has come to claim Gensokyo's youth! Will our band of brave heroes rise up to defeat it?

Touhou Battle Royale by pageratta

  • Recommended by: Selryam
  • Synopsis: A Touhou parody of Battle Royale.

Touhou Mahoudan, by mewarrow

  • Recommended by the Ace Of Scarabs
  • Synopsis: A now-complete Web Comic, it focuses on Utsuho and quite a few of the Subterranean Animism characters, covering the events surrounding Utsuho's acquiring of her Ultimate Power, with a Magical Girl twist to the Incident-resolving Heroine teams.

Touhou Mother by S, translated by vgperson

Touhou Tonari Two by this side, three by the other side by Personal Color (Sakuraba Yuuki)

  • Recommended by: Septette
  • Synopsis: A story focused on Yuyuko, Youmu and Yukari, expanding on the events known from the game Perfect Cherry Blossom and their aftermath.

Touhoumon Nuzlocke Challenge by Leo Modesto

  • Recommended by: raigakuren
  • Synopsis: A twist on the (in)famous Nuzlocke Challenge but with Touhoumon.
  • Comments: A hilarious and entertaining twist on Nuzlocke. Many references to the memes and fandom as well. Reisen and Meiling are badass.

Though the Wind Cries (first volume [dead link]) by Iyokan

  • Recommended by the Ace Of Scarabs
  • Mature content rating warning
  • Synopsis: A very in-depth look at Suwako's backstory, and why Kanako ultimately let her stay in Moriya Shrine despite her defeat.

Yakumo-ke by Mori no Hon

Hang in There Kogasasan By Mizuki Hitoshi (Link)

  • Recommended by Selryam
  • Synopsis: A story of the life and times of Doujinka Mizuki Hitoshi, Touhouified and slightly exaggerated.

Elemental 8 Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 By Kemonomichi

  • Recommended by Doc Astaroth
  • Synopsis: A beautiful drawn story about Patchouli Knowledge and her familiar Koakuma dealing with a literal Bookworm in the Voile Library.

The Flying Dutchman by Chihiro (Kemonomichi)

  • Recommended by Two Gun Angel
  • Synopsis: Another beautifully drawn story about Sakuya being drawn into the old tale of the Flying Dutchman and dealing with its undead crew as only Sakuya can.

So Tonight, I'll Overlook It By Tozawa

  • Recommended by Doc Astaroth
  • Synopsis: Something is strange with Sakuya´s eyes recently. What could be the reason and what can the chief maid do against it?

Sengoku Gensokyo By Coolier

  • Recommended by Mirrinus
  • Synopsis: Another well-made fangame, this time a conquest simulator RPG along the lines of Sengoku Rance (except family friendly). Reimu and Marisa are roped into Yukari's mysterious competition between the many factions of Gensokyo.
    • A text-based Let's Play of this game, which more or less includes the game's script in its entirety, can be found here.

Udongein vs. Remilia by Imizu (Nitro Unknown)

  • Recommended by Selryam
  • This doujin comes in three different parts, the first of which is unaccounted for:
  • Synopsis: On the selfish whims of Kaguya, Princess of Eientei, Reisen Udongein Inaba is sent to search for a certain book. Reisen gets her master Eirin involved and heads for the Scarlet Devil Mansion. After infiltrating the mansion, she meets up with Marisa, entrusts her as a guide, and arrives at the Great Library of Voile, where she obtains the book with the permission of Patchouli. Just when she thinks she's completed her mission in secret, however, she is discovered by the mistress of the mansion and her chief maid, and a battle of awesome proportions is about to commence...

Youmu vs. Udongein by Imizu (Nitro Unknown)

  • Recommended by: Recon5
  • Synopsis: Youmu gets a day off and decides to go shopping in the Human Village. She runs into Reisen and they fight over something. That's about all there is to it but it's more than enough!

White Summer by Nightmare

  • Recommended by Shinji117
  • This comes in three parts: first, second and third
  • Synopsis: A Yuuka-focused comic that takes a less Axe Crazy portrayal of her, showing her interactions with an ordinary human.

Moriya Family Cosplay Theater by Adonmaru

  • Recommended by Sparrowhawk
  • This is a series of comics presented as Fan Vids by the mysterious and elusive Adonmaru (he doesn't even have a pixiv page).
  • Caution: No English translation exists. I'd do it myself, but my Japanese is half-baked at best.
  • Rating: YMMV on whether this is SFW. There's no nudity and no overtly sexual situations, but there are a couple of Furo Scenes and characters occasionally wear swimsuits/revealing outfits.
  • Synopsis: The series consists of semi-self-contained comedic Slice of Life stories which usually revolve around the Moriya Shrine gang. Various other characters appear, and occasionally guest-star.

Touhou Festival Report Manga Series by Warugaki

Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and Celebrating Making the Daily Ranking.

  • Recommended by Selryam
  • Synopsys: Follow the serendipitous misadventures of Warugaki, one of the Touhou fandom's best new artists, on his trips to Touhou doujinshi conventions with his doujin circle, Drill Secret Affair. However, instead of drawing himself, he uses Remilia Scarlet as his avatar and his friends as Yuuka, Aya, Nazrin, Ichirin, and Jagi. Celebrating Making the Daily Ranking is included because it is more or less the same thing but having to do with Pixiv.

Fairy Ring [dead link] by Sixten

  • Recommended by: Major Tom
  • Synopsis: A children's book story about Cirno and Suwako forging the strongest bond of all: Friendship.

Kuvalauta / Apokalauta Touhou 4-koma strips[1] by Anonymous

  • Recommended by: Dracula On A Bike
  • Synopsis: A Yonkoma Gag Series originating from Finnish imageboards, featuring puns, references to Internet memes (not only fandom-specific ones), running gags, sight gags, and amusing character interactions.

Gensokyo USA by drsunshine

  • Recommended by: Gunbazca
  • Synopsis: Imagine Gensokyo. Then imagine that it's not located in Japan, but in the United States (ostensibly the Pacific Northwest), with all of its implications. Then you have this comic series.
  • Warning: Very, very Love It or Hate It. The art is rough, and has that unpolished webcomic-y feel. There are NSFW ads.

Miracle China Day by tima

  • Recommended by: Gearframe
  • Synopsis: A comedic day in the life of a humble gate guard after she eats a strange mushroom.

Gensou Liar Game by Ponjiyuusu (shino)

  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Recommended by: Gearframe
  • Synopsis: From the person who brought us Manga of My Memories of Playing Touhou and Mistress' Home Party Epic Battle. Hell is at risk of going into bankruptcy and everyone's favourite Enma tries to throw the girls of Gensokyo into the Liar Game. The story's atmosphere is rather serious, but it retains that Touhou charm.

Omoito by Mori no Hon

  • Omoito Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier.
  • Recommended by: Person With Many Aliases
  • Synopsis:
    • Eins: Marisa finds out that Hourai isn't just an ordinary doll...
    • Zwei: As winter closes in, a certain anonymous friend struggles to make the best gift for Alice...
    • Drei: Things seem to be normal, until Yuuka sends a certain someone to Alice's household, causing the fragile house of cards to collapse...
    • Vier: In a grand finale, Alice sets out to right things once and for all, and remember what "Friendship" means...

Kamen Rider Decade VS Touhou Project by 投稿者：矢太倉 さん (I can't give a proper translation)

  • Recommended by: Keimarios
  • Synopsis: During his travels Decade stumbles upon the magical land of Gensokyo after an encounter with the Youkai of Boundaries, Yukari Yakumo. Unsure of his purpose in this magical world he sets off to explore. Somehow in the process he undergoes a genderbender. With new friends, enemies and powers what will happen to Kamen Rider Decade?

General Fics – Written

Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.

A Wizard Is You by Demetrious

Thread 2, Thread 3, Thread 4, Thread 5, Thread 6, Thread 7, Thread 8, etc... (the next Thread link is provided at the end of each Thread).
Archive of threads 1-16

  • Recommended by: Shinji117
  • Synopsis: "One morning you abruptly appear in Gensokyo, 357 feet above the ground, along with half of a flaming airship, the better part of a clock tower, three wyverns, four giant eagles and a gigantic red dragon." So begins A Wizard Is You, a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure story featuring a high-level Dungeons & Dragons wizard with far more spells than common sense as its protagonist. Thankfully(?), he's landed in one of the few places in the Planes where the average resident has even less common sense than him, and he ends up making fast friends with a local were-hakutaku and her ice fairy student. Now, if only he could figure out how the hell to get home...

Alice's Glorious Homestead Defense by X to the Zoltan

  • Recommended by: Vrock 8
  • Synopsis: A look into Alice's mind and life when she has to put up with playing hostess to Marisa for a day.

Gensokyoland Saga by Norseman

  • Recommended by Chronopolize
  • Synopsis: Having been unwillingly transported to Gensokyo, our warrior-bard Viking weaves both his weapons and his words as he embarks on an great quest seeking his revenge against Yukari.

Average Joe in Bullet Hell by Magnificent Sasquatch

  • Recommended by Flash Of Sonic
  • Synopsis: Follow the misadventures of a shameless semi-self-insert as he attempts to make heads or tails of this new crazy world and its even crazier inhabitants! There is fantabulous adventure to be had! (From author's fanfiction.net description)


Dolphin Rider Koishi by Roukanken

Human of the Other Side by Heraklinios

  • Recommended by kiriakoen
  • Synopsis: A normal male human arrives to Gensokyo. At the beggining, it seems like a regular self-insert, but avoids being a Marty Stu by being almost automatically hated by everyone. Plus, he's really unlucky and tends to snark a lot, making him likeable. He manages to get their trust with time, but still behaves like a jerk. After some chapters, it starts getting influences from Shin Megami Tensei.

I Negative Bullet by Sorrowful Reincarnation

  • Recommended by Patcheresu
  • Synopsis: Awaking without memories,neither of who he is or what he is, a youkai tries to find his lost past in the land he awoke in.Doomed to be a walking enigma,he roams Gensokyo for his past, present, future and purpose...

The White Rose of Chireiden, by Sakura Rurouni

  • Recommended by Nolrai
  • Synopsis: The Ancient City being recast as an rebellious former client state of Makai. It tells the story of Makai's failed attempt at reconquest and the after affects.

The Shrine of Gensokyo series by wrathie.

Touhou Chronicles by Etherdrone

  • Recommended by Nightmare Syndrom
  • Synopsis: Actual Summary: A newcomer arrives at Gensokyo after a great battle. Damaged, with low reserves of power, he tries to find his place within this strange, new world he has been introduced to.

The Gold, Blue, and Red-White by Einhalden

  • Recommended by Cirno
  • Synopsis: An "origin story" of Gensoukyou - why it was separated from the rest of the world and by whom.

Unparalleled Ayakashi Incident by Xavic

  • Recomended by Bstarman
  • Synopsis: A centuries-old evil is stirring, and Yukari is worried about the poison it's beginning to spread. When a teenager with no memory is thrust onto the front lines, how will he fight it?

Exciting Investigation of Eastern Mysteries by Nathan Huss

  • Recommended by 71TheRoman
  • Crossover with: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
  • Synopsis: The SOS Brigade makes a field trip to a remote Shinto shrine said to be haunted by mysterious spirits. Upon arrival, they discover too late the shrine has been abandoned, and Haruhi nearly blows a fuse at the seemingly wasted time until the bizarre disappearance of Koizumi grabs everyone’s attention. Add to this two college students suddenly showing up, talking about a dream world called “Gensokyo”…

Undying Gensokyo by WillieG.R.

  • Recommended by Kerreb 17
  • Synopsis: A selfish experiment works only too well and Aya and Satori find themselves surrounded by those that cannot die. Can they solve this incident on their own before losing their minds?

Functioning Alcoholic by Solblight

  • Recommended by Big B
  • Synopsis:Ibuki Suika is a permanent guest at the Hakurei Shrine, but does Reimu know exactly what Suika does when she's not around? Or even when she IS around? Join Suika on her misadventures as she uh... she uh... Hic! What was I doing again...?

A Scarlet-Stained Memoir by U. N. Owen

Full chapter list, Q&A thread made after the end (contains much information not in the story, including the meat of the epilogue). Threads do not contains links to each other.

  • Recommended by Brickman
  • Synopsis: An ordinary peasant farmer stumbles not just into Gensokyo, but to the gates of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. The mistress invites travelers in and offers hospitality, but once inside it's not easy to leave. Can such an ordinary man hope to uncover the mansion's mysteries? Can he even survive them long enough?

Touhou Doujin Dawitsus folly by Duwee Davis II

  • Recommended by Patcheresu
  • Synopsis: Flandre's Laevateinn has been stolen! A mysterious pair of newcomers seem to be to blame- and Reimu naturally is picking up the pieces. But, there's something unique about one of the newcomers... A fanfic conversion of my hand-drawn doujin.
  • Trope Page here

Vintage by Logan not here

  • Recommended by Selryam
  • Synopsis: Sakuya and Murasa discover they have a common love of the fine and well-aged. "Even if that sounds a little gushy for me, I hear ya, Izayoi."

Between Life and Afterlife by Snail-Ice-Cream

  • Recommended by Selryam
  • "Synopsis": A bright red higanbana was blooming at brink of the Sanzu River. /one-shot/

A New World by Iced Fairy

  • Recommended by mysterykcad
  • Synopsis: Set 300 or 500 years (the author says 500 years, but all in-story references say 300) after the events of the main Touhou games, time has changed Gensokyo for the worse. The boundaries within Gensokyo have become more difficult to cross, as has the Hakurei border. In addition, the Lunarians have been growing tense due to human colonization of the false moon.

Shipping fics: Visual Medium (doujins, comics, strips, etc.

Doujins focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

Touhou - Days Woven From Illusion ~The Unmoving Great Library by Gensou Koumuten

  • Reccomended by Andyzero
  • Pairings(s): Patchouli/OC
  • Synopsis: Even in the bright world of gensoukoumuten; there are perceived dark parks of the worlds. In the violent slums of Makai; Patchouli meets a demon doctor who runs a clinic for anyone. A shining light in the darkest pit; he's there for two very important reason. Because he can and because the need is great.

GERANIUM [dead link] by Can't Fix the Helmet, translated by Pilpsie, edited by Rukaroa.

  • Recommended by Sleeping Doom
  • Pairing(s): Marisa/Rinnosuke
  • Synopsis: Rinnosuke and a young Marisa discuss what they want to do in the future. Rinnosuke plans to write a book, and asks Marisa what she wants to be. Many years later, neither of them have changed their minds.

Fujiwara no Mokou, Who Lives a Million Times; and Kamishirasawa Keine's One Happy Lifetime by ichikai

  • Recommended by:Noxshade
  • Pairings: Mokou/Keine
  • Synopsis: "Hey, Keine. I wonder how long we will be able to pass through the same time. I wonder when the end comes." "On that day...Fujiwara no Mokou wept just as many times as she had died and returned to life." Presented mostly as a flashback, it begins with Mokou discovering Keine having passed away in her sleep; and then shows all the happy times they had together.

Cirno and Reimu's 1 2 3 by Kamo Nari

  • Recommended by: Troublethecat
  • Pairings: Reimu/Cirno
  • Synopsis: Presented in a semi Anachronic Order, starting with a botched love confession after a prank gone wrong, before showing what lead up to that point (And possibly a little of what came after), this doujin tells the story of how Gensokyo's Strongest Fairy and Gensokyo's Laziest Miko became friends, and how Cirno became much more than that for Reimu. Funny, Heartwarming and sometimes Heartbreaking.

Eastern Starlight Romance by Dai-Sukima Dan

  • Recommended by Sect
  • Pairing: Marisa/Alice. Or Marisa/Reimu. Or Marisa/Patchouli. Or Marisa/Flandre. Or...
  • Synopsis: A currently incomplete visual novel. Marisa's father passes away, which forces Marisa to confront her own mortality. She resolves to discover a way to become immortal, and begins researching seriously. Meanwhile, her relationship with several of her friends begin to change...

Chiisana Koi No Uta/This echoing love song, Subbed by Ragnarok DS

  • Recommended by Maria Holic
  • Pairing: Keine/Mokou
  • 'Synopsis: A cute story about Keine and Mokou's relationship developing.

Keine, Mokou and the Students! by karaagetarou

Locked Girl, Song by COOL&CREATE, Animation by AniPix, Art by Noya, Subs inserted by SkyWitches, Lyric Translations via Touhou Wiki.

  • Recommended by: Kryptik
  • Pairing: Marisa/Patchouli
  • Synopsis: Marisa, sick of Patchouli continually keeping herself locked in, despite how much it hurts both of them, decides to take matters into her own hands the only way she knows how.

Night Sparrow Love by Mitsumoto.

  • Recommended by Sonic GTR
  • Pairing: Mystia/Mokou
  • Synopsis: Mystia, who runs a grilled ell cart, and Mokou, her coal supplier, are Twice Shy for each other. Keine sees what's going on and decides to give them a push. Marisa and Reimu also get involved. Emotional Torque ensues.


S Complex, Song by COOL&CREATE, subs inserted by riicien, translation acquired from the Touhou Wiki

  • Recommended by Ace Of Scarabs
  • Pairing: Shizuha/Minoriko (Unrequited)
  • Synopsis: Shizuha has feelings for Minoriko, but Cannot Spit It Out. She feels lonely as Minoriko is invited to a lot of Autumn feasts, and harsh words are said. Heartbroken, Shizuha sinks into despair and leaves, and Minoriko regrets their last big argument.

Maiden Illusionary Funeral: Before and After [dead link] and Maiden Illusionary Funeral: Phantasm by VISIONNERZ

  • Recommended by Prime 32
  • Pairing: Yukari/Yuyuko
  • Synopsis: Long before the creation of the Great Hakurei Barrier, Yukari is a savage human-killing youkai hunted by the Saigyouji monks. But one of the Saigyouji is a little more hesitant - after all, she knows what it's like to be feared for your power...


Shipping fics: Written

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

The Border of My Heart by Murraymints999.

  • Recommended by Ryusei
  • Pairing: Reimu/Yukari
  • Synopsis: Yukari, having a crush on Reimu, decides to pay her a visit one evening. After Reimu goes to bed after being hopelessly drunk, an event occurs that strains their relationship, with both desiring to repair it, but not fully realizing how.

If Wishes Were Dreams [dead link] by Laburey

  • Recommended by Kalle
  • Pairing(s): Marisa/Alice
  • Synopsis: After a particularly nasty battle, Marisa decides that the only way to keep Alice from worrying over her is to become an immortal youkai. But what if her wish came at a much more serious price?

Lucky by Arbutus

  • Recommended by: Sone Anna
  • Pairings: Kaguya/Mokou
  • Synopsis: Tewi's mischief has become an intolerable frustration, and Kaguya is forced by luck to discipline her little servant.

Rising Star by Roukanken

  • Recommended by Sakura Rurouni
  • Pairing: Shou/Nazrin
  • Synopsis: Shou backstory fic. The length of a short novel, Rising Star tells the story of Shou as she grows from a wild tiger into a youkai servant of Vaisravana, how she meets Nazrin and eventually comes to care deeply for her, and her fateful meeting with Byakuren, whose own backstory will change her own life forever.

Yuuka’s Love by WriterRoxas

  • Recommended by: Vrock 8
  • Pairing: Yuuka/Wriggle
  • Synopsis: Yuuka takes interest in the little intruder to her mansion. Despite being horrified and appalled at first, Wriggle finds out that something keeps drawing her back, again and again. Perhaps they really have something in common after all.

"Stepping Sideways by The.Hoppy

  • Recommended by: Selryam
  • Pairing: Remilia/Sakuya
  • Synopsis: In which Remilia is bound by pride and Sakuya wishes to be bound by caution.
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  1. ↑ see also pool 1754 on Danbooru (NSFW ads there, as usual)
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