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Touhou Police
Touhou Police (東方警察, Tōhō Keisatsu) was a term that came from the alleged 'tensions' between Touhou Project and Kantai Collection around September 23, 2013.1) It was meant to be a joke, but some have managed to completely misinterpret or re-contextualize the term.
History
In 2013, the Kantai Collection trend caused minor commotions in the Touhou Project community, such as the 1draw Takeover2) and discussions on whether it was acceptable to sell Kantai Collection works at a Touhou Project only event convention.3) Following the 'Daikyushu Touhousai 8' (大⑨州東方祭8) event, an anonymous user compiled a list of alleged 'offenders' and vaguely mentions the 'Touhou Police' in closing.4)
「なお東方警察はもっと詳細なリストを持っているらしい。」
“In addition, it seems that the Touhou Police has a more detailed list.”
This blog post exploded on Twitter, but it was mostly in good mocking humor.5) At the time, ZUN was flown to Anime Weekend Atlanta 2013 when he saw the uproar, cracking a few jokes6)7) before asserting that the two shouldn't fight.8)9)10) In addition, the event organizers also clarified that participants can sell whatever they want at an 'only event' as long as they have a relevant work to sell.11)12)13)
Reception
Once again, most people took light of it,14) and this 'trend' would made it onto an NHK segment about Twitter trends. After that, there was a microphone incident,15)16) some Twitter troll floated around, some artist's aliases was exposed,17)18) then some weirdo attended 'Touhou Kouroumu 10' (東方紅楼夢10) with only Kantai Collection works, but nothing happened and the Koushinists doxed him for an unrelated matter.19)20)
Notes
- At some point, the term also became the art tag for Touhou Project characters in police attire.
- You have to wonder why Kantai Collection specifically became the focus of this drama, but franchises like The Idolm@ster or Puella Magi Madoka Magica never had any issues co-existing.
- In this specific context, the term 'Ostpolizei' is a made-up term for Nazi Germany's death squads in the former eastern territories, thus the joke. It has nothing to do with the democratic republic.
See also
External links
- Touhou Police on Niconico Encyclopedia
1)
"[艦これ][東方]艦これに行った東方絵師" (September 23, 2013). Twitter.
2)
"2013年7月末に起こったワンドロまとめサイト乗っ取り事件についての詳細と謝罪" (May 20, 2015). Rebecca on FC2.
3)
"木曽 領布の件について追記" (September 21, 2013). Pixiv.
4)
"[艦これ][東方]艦これに行った東方絵師" (September 23, 2013). Hatelabo.
6)
"えっ？ 何で東方と艦これが対立している話になっているの？ じゃあ、戦艦のキャラだして勝手にコラボしていこうかなーw" (September 24, 2013). ZUN on Twitter.
7)
"角川からの仕事に影響するのでやめ（笑）" (September 24, 2013). ZUN on Twitter.
8)
"|-`).｡oO(でもマジで艦これと東方の相性は良いと思っているので、積極的に組み合わせて二次創作していこうぜー" (September 24, 2013). ZUN on Twitter.
9)
"まあなんだ。簡単に言うことはよそと喧嘩するな、位かな。東方内だけで喧嘩するのは大いに結構ですが" (September 24, 2013). ZUN on Twitter.
10)
"Re: Miscellaneous Questions 5: Ask Question, Receive Answer" (January 24, 2015). Maidens of the Kaleidoscope.
11)
"いや、似たようなことは過去にいくらでも例があり、今回の艦これの立場に東方Project二次創作作品が置かれていた立場が長く続いていたのです。創作の自由は保証されるべきですし、最低限のルールを守っている限り参加者の良心に委ねるしかないのです。ご理解下さい" (September 24, 2013). @chanko_masuda on Twitter.
12)
"また、一部で話題が出ておりました「オンリーイベント」の定義でありますが、大⑨州東方祭におきましては 「東方作品をひとつ以上扱うこと」というスタンスで運営してきております。それ以外には、頒布禁止品はありますが ジャンルによる規制は行っておりません。(続く)" (September 26, 2013). @tohosai on Twitter.
13)
"東方好きな方が、それ以外のジャンルを好きであってはいけない道理はありませんし、即売会を通じて いろんな他のジャンルを知ることが出来たのなら、それはある意味交流会としての即売会では理想形であると考えています。(続く)" (September 26, 2013). @tohosai on Twitter.
15)
"11位の『文々。新聞友の会のイベントアピールで「ヘェーイ提督ゥー！東方もいいけど艦これもネー！」』、現場に居合わせていたという件((" (January 2, 2014). Twitter.
16)
"@ikoutarou あれ、どこのイベント団体がマイク握ってる時の事案だったのか把握していないのですが、覚えておられますでしょうか…" (January 2, 2014). @m_yu_ya on Twitter.
17)
"サークルcarcharias冬コミ不参加のお知らせ、並びに、N氏及びエターナル艦艦氏の対談" (December 22, 2013). Togetter.
19)
According to the Takahiro Karasawa Wiki's entry on 'Yuasan Shain' (ゆあさん社員), he was accused of tracing another artist, made fun of a co-worker's suicide despite how said co-worked helped him move, was generally obnoxious about moving onto Kantai Collection, among other things.
20)
"failure penguin, rensouhou-chan, and shimakaze (kantai collection) drawn by yuasan" (April 23, 2015). Danbooru.
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