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#30. Touhou Mystia's Izakaya - Even Gods Love Our Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtBTCj_CO0A
Nominated by: UF8

Scores: 5 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 2 = 31

Comments:
Isquen: What started as a wistful melody that was a bit less intense than Okami's Reset ~ Thank You took its own turn into something graceful and almost soporific (respectfully!) I really enjoyed this one the whole way through! I will, however, wag my finger at the nominator. You know what you did.
hb: I mean, it's The Gensokyo The Gods Loved, a song I'm pretty fond of, in a new form. Not exciting but I liked it.
KCF: The song itself doesn't make much of an impression on me, but I was pleasantly surprised that Touhou did stuff like this. I have heard so many songs from god who knows how many different games through my 15+ years here, but they all seemed to be one of 2-3 types of songs.
WW: 6/10.
Fluttershy: First Listen: Soft, tranquil night music with hints of a bubbling stream nearby. Certainly the type of ambiance that I've given lots of praise to in the past. Also has some elements of a town theme, feeling like a quaint forest village with only a few people living there. Secluded and out of the way. Which is also nice, but... I don't find it as soothing as I'd like and the song is a bit on the long side. I don't really dislike it or anything, and I appreciate that it's trying to do things I usually love, but it's not quite working for me. [Second Listen: I should really love this song as it's doing a lot of things that I typically love, but somehow, it never quite "clicks" for me. Perhaps it's the sound effects holding it back. Like that jingling/clacking sound around 1:30 that I find rather... annoying which makes it hard to enjoy. Or the scratching, sweeping sounds that follow that section. While there is a beautiful ambiance to this track, it does keep getting interrupted. ...Though even that explanation doesn't feel quite satisfactory, as it's not as though I'm into the rest of the song either. I don't know. It should be a big hit with me, but it just isn't.] {Third Listen: Going back over all the songs I ranked, I feel like I was too harsh on this one. Or, perhaps more accurately, I'm just more in the mood to visit a quaint forest village this afternoon. Going to drastically rearrange this Block--this song is going from 1 point up to 4 & shuffling a bunch of other songs down as a result.} (56.39/100)
Gavs: With a soundtrack as soothing as this, its no wonder even gods love our town! The gentle piano combined with the violin offers a slight melancholy vibe, as if this time of relaxation is fleeting and must be cherished while we can.
rwlh: [7] really lovely but a little too freeform for me
Chaeix: This is... Touhou??? It's so... not busy and is actually a lovely listen. The melody is great, and the strings/piano/plucky things work well together. Slows down a bit after first 2 minutes, the melody is carrying it through this slower section. I am now at the 3 minute mark and I am beginning to wonder if it will pick up. I hope it does because I really do enjoy the melody and I see a lot of potential here. I am now at 4 minutes and I sure hope the song does more with the next 3.5 minutes because wow this is a long song. I am now at 5 minutes and I feel like I'm being edged. It almost feels like it's about to drop into Oriental Memory of Forgathering Dream every time it slows down but then it just continues pleasantly. Anyways this song is nice but it's really long and doesn't do enough with the length. Despite all of this, it still manages to be the best of its block.
NFUN: I forgot this was playing for a while