Ranked #1450

Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Silent Sinner in Blue (Manga)

Touhou is set in Gensokyo, a fictional land that its culture vaguely resembles that of feudal Japan, with a lot of folktale elements added on. On Gensokyo lives Yukari Yakumo, one of the strongest youkai, as her power to manipulate borders is close to the power of a god (Her next to last atack on the video game is called "Boundary of Life and Death" and she isnt buffing about that) but she rarely uses her powers and she is extremely lazy. Some time on the past Yukari gathered Gendokyo strongest youkais and using her power she went to the moon (wich is poblated by the lunarians, an extremely advanced society that combined technology with magic) with the idea of conquering it and gaining knowloge of the moon technology, there is little info of what happened but the fact that yukari's army lost against the moon technology is for sure.

Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Silent Sinner in Blue covers yukari second attempt to conquer the moon. The manga itself its really good and the characters really resemble the original ones, the story gets really exciting and you always want to keep reading.

Spoiler alert:
.
.
.
.
.
However the problem is that even thoughis prensented as a serious work, in the end it twist into the same ending of all touhou games "... and then thay ahd a tea party" making it an anticlimatic ending for one of the best storys and characters out there. read more

I'm going to say this straight up, if you haven't played the Touhou games, it is recommended to not read this manga, as it will not be nearly as enjoyable and is not aimed at you.

The story is, in a brief description, all about a race to the moon. Assuming you are a fan of the series, this is quite the enjoyable read. It expands on the characters and their personalities in ways that the games have not, and introduces some interesting new characters as well. There's some nice action in it that I'm sure all fans of the series will love, as well as a plot that'll keep you wondering just what's going on inside the character's heads. The ending is very ZUNesque, which is to be expected, and the art is very pretty to the eye as well.

I would definitely say this is a must read if you're searching for more from Touhou, and a great place to start with the manga series. The plot is driven through the characters, so you had best be fond of them, or this manga isn't for you. read more