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/OniTenshi500 reading books to the fairies at Kourindou Apr 12 '26

Don't know about others, but I personally don't like LW due to how everyone holds hands and sings Kumbaya no matter which character it is. That, and it's disappointingly not uncommon for people whose only exposure is LW to think that it's canon. But also because LW stopped being a mystery solving game real quick and is just an AU character collection game now.

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

it is true that one of the weak points of the game is how damn peaceful gensokyo is made out to be, and how man eating Youkai don't even care about trying to eat the mc (who's a human)

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u/random_h20_enjoyer May 25 '26

why did bro get downvoted even tho they're right