東方永夜抄 〜 Imperishable Night
The 8th Project Shrine Maiden.
This is a Touhou Project game. Here's some info about it.
Basic info
Touhou 8 (as lots of people call it) was the third Windows Touhou game. It completes what many see as a trilogy containing the first three Windows games in the series.
This is the only game in this trilogy to have playable pairs of characters, rather than individual characters. The game also has Last Spells, which the player can attempt to challenge. If they do so, the Spell Card ends if they get hit (but you don't lose any lives if you get hit), and they can't use their own Spell Card to save themselves.
Experience
I started playing it in December 2023.
I managed to 1cc it in early 2024. Note that I don't have a definite date as to when I completed this run, and I haven't completed a 1cc since then.
Music
This is a list of the tracks in the game and where they play.
| Song name | Accepted translation | Theme for |
|---|---|---|
| 永夜抄 ～ Eastern Night | Eternal Night Vignette ~ Eastern Night | Title screen |
| 幻視の夜 ～ Ghostly Eyes | Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes | Stage 1 |
| 蠢々秋月 ～ Mooned Insect | Wriggling Autumn Moon ~ Mooned Insect | Wriggle Nightbug リグル・ ナイトバグ |
| 夜雀の歌声 ～ Night Bird | Song of the Night Sparrow ~ Night Bird | Stage 2 |
| もう歌しか聞こえない | Deaf to All but the Song | Mystia Lorelei ミスティア・ ローレライ |
| 懐かしき東方の血 ～ Old World | Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World | Stage 3 |
| プレインエイジア | Plain Asia | Keine Kamishirasawa 上白沢 慧音 |
| 永夜の報い ～ Imperishable Night | Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night | Stage 4 |
| 少女綺想曲 ～ Dream Battle | Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle | Reimu Hakurei 博麗 霊夢 |
| 恋色マスタースパーク | Love-Colored Master Spark | Marisa Kirisame 霧雨 魔理沙 |
| シンデレラケージ ～ Kagome-Kagome | Cinderella Cage ~ Kagome-Kagome | Stage 5 |
| 狂気の瞳 ～ Invisible Full Moon | Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon | Reisen Udongein Inaba 鈴仙・ 優曇華院・ イナバ |
| ヴォヤージュ1969 | Voyage 1969 | Stage 6 |
| 千年幻想郷 ～ History of the Moon | Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon | Eirin Yagokoro 八意 永琳 |
| 竹取飛翔 ～ Lunatic Princess | Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess | Kaguya Houraisan 蓬莱山 輝夜 |
| ヴォヤージュ1970 | Voyage 1970 | Last Spell |
| エクステンドアッシュ ～ 蓬莱人 | Extend Ash ~ Person of Hourai | Extra Stage |
| 月まで届け、不死の煙 | Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke | Fujiwara no Mokou 藤原 妹紅 |
| 月見草 | Evening Primrose | Ending |
| Eternal Dream ～ 幽玄の槭樹 | Eternal Dream ~ Mystical Maple | Staff roll |
| 東方妖怪小町 | Eastern Youkai Beauty | Last Word |
Here are my favorite songs from this game.
- 幻視の夜 ～ Ghostly Eyes
- 懐かしき東方の血 ～ Old World
- 永夜の報い ～ Imperishable Night
- シンデレラケージ ～ Kagome-Kagome
- ヴォヤージュ1969
- 竹取飛翔 ～ Lunatic Princess
- エクステンドアッシュ ～ 蓬莱人
- 東方妖怪小町
Here are some of my favorite arrangements of the songs from this game.
- 少女綺想曲 ～ Dream Battle
- "ねこ巫女れいむ" by IOSYS (album containing song, song on YouTube)
- 狂気の瞳 ～ Invisible Full Moon
- "How Is Your Eyes Crazy?" by Alstroemeria Records (song on YouTube)
- 竹取飛翔 ～ Lunatic Princess
- "Lunatic Princess" by Alstroemeria Records
- "Help me, ERINNNNNN!!" by COOL&CREATE (one album containing song, another album containing song, yet another album containing song, MV)
- 東方妖怪小町
- "闇光" by IOSYS (album containing song, song on YouTube)
Characters
Including the protagonists, these are the characters that appear in this game. The playable characters (including characters that travel with other characters) can be played individually once that ability is unlocked.
- Reimu Hakurei (博麗 霊夢) - playable character
- Yukari Yakumo (八雲 紫) - travels with Reimu
- Marisa Kirisame (霧雨 魔理沙) - playable character
- Alice Margatroid (アリス・マーガトロイド) - travels with Marisa
- Sakuya Izayoi (十六夜 咲夜) - playable character
- Remilia Scarlet (レミリア・スカーレット) - travels with Sakuya
- Youmu Konpaku (魂魄 妖夢) - playable character
- Yuyuko Saigyouji (西行寺 幽々子) - travels with Youmu
- Wriggle Nightbug (リグル・ナイトバグ)
- Mystia Lorelei (ミスティア・ローレライ)
- Keine Kamishirasawa (上白沢 慧音)
- Tewi Inaba (因幡 てゐ)
- Reisen Udongein Inaba (鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ)
- Eirin Yagokoro (八意 永琳)
- Kaguya Houraisan (蓬莱山 輝夜)
- Fujiwara no Mokou (藤原 妹紅)
Other info
Of all the sets of colors I chose for the Touhou game titles (except for those used for the PC-98 games), this is the only set of colors I used that isn't based on the game's cover art.
This game was one of the first ones I got into after playing Touhou 6. Its music is quite nice, and it's said to be one of the easier games in the series.
Sure enough, after a playthrough in which I ran into a weird game crash, I completed a 1cc of the game. Unfortunately, since I played the game with Slow Mode enabled and I didn't take a picture of it, I don't know when I completed that run.