Of all Touhou characters, which 41 are the most important?

[Lord_Jacobus1]

They can be important because of their role in the plot, their playable appearances, or their popularity among the fandom & with ZUN. They can be from the PC-98, Windows, or the supplementary materials. I am very interested in what you have to say.

[Kristia]

Oh wow, 41? thats kind of hard to be honest

[Lord_Jacobus1]

41 is a weird number, I know. You don't necessarily have to list 41 if you don't think you can. I would like it though.

[Remilia Scarlet]

41's a rather arbitrary number lol

Realistically speaking, Reimu and Marisa are probably first two but I'm going to do this with severe bias involved

1 Remi
2 Sakuya
3 Flan
4 Yukari
5 Reimu
6 Marisa
7 Patchy
8 Satori
9 Cirno
10.5 Tenko
10 Koishi
11 Youmu
12 Yuyuko
13 Aya
14 Momiji
15 Koakuma
16 Daiyousei
17 Sunny
18 Chen
19 Akyuu
20 sanaeisthislowbecauseiforgotsheexisted
21 Suwako
22 Kanako
23 Yumemi
24 Reisen
25 Eirin
26 Tewi
27 Kaguya
28 Mokou
29 Suika
30 Mannosuke
31 Maribel
32 Byakuren
33 Kogasa
34 Gurugu- Hina
35&36 Aki sisters
37 Okuu
38 Luna
39 Sapphire
40 loliforgotalice
41 Sariel


after like 20 I just started naming characters btw.

[Zekai]

Reimu of course in my opinion even though i like Youmu more than Reimu. Here's my top 6 (not in order btw) Reimu, Youmu, Momiji, Tokiko, Mokou and Cirno.

[Lord_Jacobus1]

Those are some interesting choices. I would like some explanations for some of the odder choices.

[Remilia Scarlet]

Such as? xD

[Lord_Jacobus1]

The Three Fairies of Light.

[Suzzie2]

Cirno is number 9

[Koishi]

41? I won't give you that many. I'll give ya eleven though, and with as little bias as I can. Why eleven? Because I like to take things one step beyond.

1: Reimu
2: Marisa
3: Sakuya
4: Flandre
5: Cirno
6: Yukari
7: Remilia
8: Mima
9: Shinki
10: Sanae
11: Rinnosuke

I might as well put a brief explanation for them since I don't like being asked questions.

1 and 2
The main heroines, featured in pretty much every Windows and PC-98 game to date. (Few exceptions for Marisa in the first game and Reimu in Fairy Wars, but close enough)
Due to this, every Touhou fan knows who they are, and probably have the highest amount of fan works (art, fan fiction, doujins, lewd stuff, you get the gist)

3
Similar reason to the first two, though she didn't feature in too many games, her presence has always been there, especially in terms of popularity (I guess it goes with those weird maid fetishes, but who am I to judge?)

4
I think you may have seen this one coming. Pretty much everyone knows of that infamous theme of hers "UN Owen was Her" even a lot of people who don't even play Touhou. Even due to this song, she has grown extremely popular, and is up there with the heroines in terms of fan works, some even simply due to this song. (Personally, I found Touhou through the song, but i'm not the biggest fan of it anymore)

5
Same deal with Sakuya, extremely popular (partially due to the whole "9" thing) catchy theme, along with the many remixes of said theme (Cirno's Perfect Math Class, Chiriminu (or however that's spelled)) make her memorable.

6
Another case of popularity mixed with a highly known soundtrack plus an awesome ability and her presence in the overall background of Gensokyo make her get onto this list.

7
Same deal as Yukari, though without the plot bits.

8 and 9
You may think this is bias, but it's not. Mima and Shinki are the two most well known PC-98 characters, and thus, got many people into investigating and looking at said games. (Which if you have an emulator, but not the games, get them now, you won't regret it)

10
This is wher some slight bias get in. I would've put Sanae farther up the list, but I personally hate the bitch, but I knew her presence was quite important, so I had to put her somewhere.
Nevertheless, Sanae is quite popular due to a combonation of things. Good music, large plot presence after Mountain of Faith, and the more ..... lewd parts from the community made her very popular.

11
There is a very simple reason that Rinno gets on the list, and it's pretty much the only reason. He's a dude, shocking, I know. And due to this, both the flak and the rejoice over this made him very popular, very fast.

[Redleaf64]

Remi said the Aki sisters are 35 and 36. But which on is which?

[Cyros_Lugoth]

Alright. Here's my list for the top 41 most important characters in all of Touhou.

1. Rin Satsuki
2. Rumia
3. Koakuma
4. Daiyousei
5. Kisume
6. Myouren Hijiri
7. Tokiko
8. Rinnosuke Kourin
9. Reisen (Not Udongein Inaba)
10. Unzan
11. Zenki
12. Goki
13. Kasen's Raijuu
14. Genji
15. Enenra
16. Tupai
17. Old Fisherman
18. Hisoutensoku
19. Giant Catfish
20. Lily Black
21. Lily White
22. Evil Dragon
23. Nue's Seed of Non-identification
24. Kasen's Sake Worm
25. Suika's Sake worm
26. Fox clone of Marisa
27. Kishin Chief Suiki
28. Medicine Melancholy
29. Lord Suiryuu
30. Mashi Huang
31. Moon Rabbit
32. Divine Spirit mid-boss of Ten Desires
33. Generic Kappa
34. Generic Tengu
35. Generic Fairy
36. Generic Zashiki Warashi
37. Generic Yin-Yang Orb
38. Generic Divine Spirit
39. Generic Vengeful Spirit
40. Marisa Kirisame
41. Reimu Hakurei

[Redleaf64]

Cyros' list makes sense, taken that his profile pic is Seija.

[Lord_Jacobus1]

OMG, I can't even find any information on Lord Suiryuu or Mashi Huang! They must be really important!

[Keychain]

1. Reimu
2. Reimu
3. Reimu
4. Reimu
5. Reimu
6. Iku
7. Reimu
8. Reimu
9. Reimu
10. Reimu
11. Minoriko
12. Reimu
13. Reimu
14. Reimu
15. Reimu
16. Reimu
17. Reimu
18. Reimu
19. Reimu
20. Cirno
21. Reimu
22. Reimu
23. Reimu
24. Reimu
25. Reimu
26. Reimu
27. Reimu
28. Reimu
29. Keine
30. Reimu
31. Reimu
32. Reimu
33. Yuyuko
34. Reimu
35. Reimu
36. Reimu
37. Youmu
38. Reisen
39. Reimu
40. Reimu
41. Satori