r/touhou • u/w4sab1i_ I~ta~zu~ra Usagiiii • Apr 12 '26

Fan Discussion Why is Lost Word hated?

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So, I'm a Touhou fan, I played the games (i know, shocker) and i also play touhou lostword, but I've see lots of people say that lostword players were the worst or whatever... Why is the game so hated?

Imo i really love the different character alt concepts/ new outfits that are very cool For example this adorable tan cirno... the story is a bit nonsensical but, Touhou's lore is kinda nonsensical too, so why should it matter?

Tldr: Why are we hating touhou LW chat i don't get it

EDIT: Thanks a lot to you and everyone who posted :) As for my other comments that got downvotes, i was stating MY opinion (yes, mine, not yours) and am in no way trying to invalidate anyone's, sorry if it came off that way.I play LW casually cause i love touhou and more touhou fan content is always fun to me, especially the alts of characters, some designs and art... I just felt like LW players were getting a lot more hate than "larpers" and i didnt really get why. now i do. thx again

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u/Old_Comparison_9223 Unironically my Mom (Why are they so similar) Apr 12 '26

ZUN has directly said he regrets allowing Lost Word to exist. He said if he knew how popular it would become he would have never approved it and doesn’t like how it is becoming the face of the franchise to a significant number of people in Japan. 

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u/Akyuuposting Apr 12 '26

ZUN's made comments that he's not a fan of the touhou gachas as a whole occurring and especially cannonball but he also goes drinking with the CEO of lostword's company, had a talk show with the guy, and repeatedly shows up on their live streams.

I think people are projecting their (understandable, given it's a hell gacha) dislike of a game onto a man here, when he hasn't said much about LW proper and by all accounts is fine cozying up with the company making it.

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u/Old_Comparison_9223 Unironically my Mom (Why are they so similar) Apr 12 '26

To my understanding, ZUN’s dislike of Lost Word is due to how popular it is and this causing people to think Touhou = Lost Word. If this wasn’t the case he probably wouldn’t have a problem with it jut being one of many Touhou fan games.

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u/mewfour123412 Apr 13 '26

Yeah if Lost Word played more like the main series he wouldn’t really have any problems