[JP News] 4/29/2024 4th Anniversary Live Stream Recap!

4 Years. 4 whole years of Touhou LostWord JP! And what a huge Live Stream to kick off the celebratory times! Welcome everybody to the 41st Touhou LostWord JP Live Stream, which the lead-up to it has especially been getting more and more exciting to witness! I guess you could say I have a spring in my step as I am saying all of this, but if you are wondering why exactly, well some potential JP spoilers may answer that, so here is your Spoiler Warning as well as your opportunity to click off and wait until the Global version's 3 Year Anniversary on May 11th!

So with that said, we have a lot, and I mean, a lot of stuff to go over from this special Live Stream...so let's just get into it all right now!

Before we jump into our new MV news, we do have some cool numbers to go over (including MV Project, Illustrators, Voice Actors and as well as some credits and 25 LostWord Original Songs). We also get to go over all the LostWord Original music in this game, from the early stages such as Greenwich Debris, to the newest music like BILLION $ GIRL for example!

We also get to enjoy all the existing MVs on streaming services of our choices now, whether they are old or new, although the first dozen were available for a longer amount of time!

Let's also remind ourselves of the people who took part in even one of these MVs in some way, whether they be vocalists, circles or overseas artists!

And now as we enter the new content, here comes our 25th installment of the MV Project with an MV for Hata no Kokoro to unmask titled Spread Your Wings by Touhou LostWord feat. cluppo × TUMENECO!

Below, we have both the Video Letter by cluppo, this MV's vocalist as well as the emotional, yet found MV!

Before we move on though, obviously we are conditioned to expect a future Relic Friend like Hata no Kokoro (Spread your Wings) to have the L80 Universe Code. That's pretty much a given at the moment, but speaking of which, we have both some updates to the Universe Code Lore as well as a brief reminder of every single Universe Code!

As well as the more common L-Series (L1, L80, Lr) and A-Series (A6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14), we are reminded of all the Universe Group names, such as:

Binary (B2, B3, B5)

Colloquialism (C3, Cz1)

Englisce Spraec (E1, E9)

Formula (F1)

Hypercorrection (H5)

Recursive Acronym (R2, R8)

Synonym (S2, S5)

Transliteration (T5)

Whistle Signal (W1, W2, W5)

Yao (Y5)

Zodiac Sign (Z1, Z3)

Alright, now it's time to prepare yourselves for the Anniversary Friends who are already taking Touhou LostWord JP by storm!

If you have been paying very close attention to the JP side of things, you'll have probably seen these two coming, but here come the Partners in Pink who are ready to arrive on April 30th! Firstly, we have C5> Flandre Scarlet (Gorgeous Devil's Sister) first, then the other will subconsciously appear!

Just like her L1 self, she is a Destroy-Class Friend and she has the new highest Yang ATK stat at 1990, can provide herself 2 stages of CRIT ATK II, increases the team's Yang ATK, gains offensive buffs from Burn anomalies and gains Spirit Power from Poison/Blind anomalies. As for anomaly inflictions, she is very capable of inflicting and breaking Burn anomalies as well as able to gain a 30% increase in effective elements!

And now for the other Pink Spring Destroyer...yes, another one! That would be none other than C5> Koishi Komeiji (Blooming Eyes of Love)

Also like her L1 self, she is a Destroy-Class Friend with access to CRIT Accuracy II that extends to the whole team, 120% Slice Scaling on her Last Word, the capability to inflict and break Poison anomalies while turning any Freeze/Poison/Blind anomalies inflicted on her into Spirit Power boosts!

Oh yeah there was also one more thing...remember that Stored Power Mechanic that our Relic Friends Sanae Kochiya and Kasen Ibaraki took advantage of through HP and Spirit Power respectively? Well let's just say a little Stored Power trifecta is complete as this new Koishi increases the team's damage output the more Barriers/Grazes they have available to them!

And now for our pair of VS Divergent Spirits Stages (as well as the reason we know their universe codes)! The first one will be against Koishi Komeiji (C5>) and the second one is against Flandre Scarlet (C5>)! They both have their own new Story Cards that are suited for their respective C5> Friend. In the case of C5> Flandre, her best card lies in VS Koishi Komeiji (C5>) and vice versa! if it's a little confusing, think of it like when our Genic Friends came along and their enemies were each other!

And as usual when a Divergent Spirits Stage centred around an Epic Friend comes, so does the opportunity for the It's Just Like I Heard Story Card, as it appears as a potential Luck drop in both of the above!

And those are our new Epic Friends! Just like last year when C3 Remilia Scarlet and C3 Flandre Scarlet arrived, it's a pair of Epic Friends, this time, taking the season from summer to spring! Surely that's all there is we have for new Friends right? Right? RIGHT!?

Well let's take a breather for now, and appreciate a Free Epic Paper Doll gifted to all Touhou LostWord JP Players during this stream!

Still don't believe me when I said that was it for new Friends? I'm sorry, no Suwako Moriya (TataeLost) this time, hopefully she will be TataeFound soon, but not today!

Huh, that's not it? You know what, I don't believe me either, as Caroline would say, THERE IS MORE! YES, MORE! But first, yes, another instalment of Hifuu LostWord: Code 'L?' is coming, and so is a miracle...

Pray like you've never prayed before, because here comes L0g Sanae Kochiya (Ritual of the Lost Inheritance Ruin)! I guess we'll start at that stat total of 8700! WHAT IS GOING ON? Well it would appear that this version of Sanae Kochiya is part of a new rarity, which is the White Festival (maybe the dress gave it away?) and she has an absurd Yang ATK stat at 2500! C5 Flandre may have had the shortest reign of highest Yang ATK stat ever, talk about destroyed!

To add to the already insanae reveal (no that wasn't a typo) she comes with a brand new Mechanic called the Great Barrier! What this does is increase the Yang ATK of allies while reducing the Yang ATK of her enemies. This is available on her Skill 1 and it lasts 3 turns, but it also changes the background as well as a nice extra detail!

So much is going on that we haven't even mentioned her Class yet, which is Heal. Just like her L1 variant (for the 3rd time this article!), she is all about HP, Barriers and Recovery! She is also able to heal her HP when inflicted with Burn/Blind/Freeze/Poison anomalies too!

So with this new White Festival rarity among a pair of Pink Partners, let's go over how their Prayers will work, especially with a White Festival Friend Like L0g Sanae.

In order to pick up our White Festival Friend, there are three ways to do so:

1) Using Seal Crystals on another Friend's Prayer, albeit no Rate-UP. For example, on C5> Flandre and C5> Koishi's Prayers.

2) God Crystal-Only Rate-UP Prayer.

3) Step-UP White Festival Ema Pack.

You might also be wondering something else, what will we be using to Limit Break these White Festival Friends? We have Paper Dolls, Divine Paper Dolls, Relic Paper Disks and Epic Paper Dolls, so added onto that list is...nothing actually! In other words, the only way to Limit Break these kinds of Friends is by duplicates, so L0g Sanae will need duplicates of herself when it comes to Limit Breaking.

It also turns out our Genic Friends from 6 months ago won't be the only ones who will require 1 Star Story Cards from Hifuu LostWord stages, as when it comes to Rank 4 Upgrades, 2 new Story Cards will arrive that will be necessary for L0g Sanae's Upgrading process!

We also thought the VS Divergent Spirits stages were the new Challenge Content, but lo and behold, an Ultra-Challenging piece of content is waiting for us on May 15th and will leave us on May 31st! This will also feature an Anniversary-Themed Story Card called Anniversary Scarlet Devil Tower which can be obtained drops.

There will also be a campaign planned on the LostWord JP Twitter account!

Whew, that was a lot, wasn't it? Well let's tone it down a little bit and enjoy the freebies, campaigns, goods and reruns coming our way, such as both an Epic and Relic Rerun Prayer with a Rate-UP change every day! 

For the Freebie side of things, we will be getting ourselves access to 300 Free Rituals to celebrate these times, and we will be able to use them on a Prayer featuring Festival and Ultra Festival Friends! These ones are fun in my opinion!

And to steamroll through some miscellaneous contents, we have:

- A Hifuu: Code L? Support Campaign.

- The return of the Daily EXP Quest.

- A Comeback Login Bonus for players who haven't logged in for the last 30 Days to pick an Ultra Festival Friend of their choice via the Ultra Festival Exchange Ema.

- Free Packs.

- The new 21st Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai Story Card.

- An Everyone Wins Campaign!

- An Anniversary Story Card up for grabs featuring the Komeiji Sisters.

- Two new Story Cards from a Kids Illustration Contest. In fact, they were covered here: 

...And that's all the goods to steamroll through, you can never go wrong with free stuff!

It's a special edition of Fantasy Rebirth updates, and the newest Friends to have access to this are some more Ultra Festivals, these ones being Satori Komeiji (S2), Rin Kaenbyou (S5) and Utsuho Reiuji (S5)! As for next time, are going back to what is now a relatively small L1 pool of Friends without this, and plucked from that shrinking pool are more members of the Wily Beast and Weakest Creature cast, being L1 variants of Keiki Haniyasushin, Mayumi Joutouguu, Urumi Ushizaki and Eika Ebisu!

And now for the next few costumes! Following the Yorigami Sisters last month is an Imperishable Trio of costumes for Wriggle Nightbug, Mystia Lorelei and Keine Kamishirasawa! But who will follow their tracks into the Night? Well the doors are opening for Mai Teireida and Satono Nishida!

And now for the return of Fantasy Rebirth 2.0, and what a return because we have 6 Friends who now have access to it that we have been hoping for since a while ago now! Yes, B3 Variants of Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi, Youmu Konpaku, Reisen Udongein Inaba and Sanae Kochiya! What kinds of upgrades will be coming our way? Well we get a better idea below!

Our Servant will be even more Perfect and Elegant!

Event time! We are currently in the midst of a Parallel Dimension-Themed Event which has already proven to be like no other, and may or may not have provided some foreshadowing during these Spring times! Not only do we see Remilia Scarlet and Satori Komeiji in the Hakurei Shrine Academy, but also some Friends from Parallel Universes, including alternate variants of Sanae Kochiya and Suika Ibuki, and of course, two Partners in Pink! We get to see them all in the event trailer below!

It's also worth noting that the above new event actually lasts an additional week, making it stick around for 3 weeks instead of 2 weeks!

Because of this, we will most likely only be having 1 rerun event in May 2024, and that will be The Beast Dream Salon, featuring Yuuma Toutetsu, Yachie Kicchou and Saki Kurokoma!

Of course, with May being the time of the month where the JP versions get a new Old Desire-themed event as a new one, and following the Matriarch Trio Rerun will come a new one with Clownpiece, Koishi Komeiji and Sagume Kishin serving up as the stars with their new costumes!

And guess what's back? Gensokyo Tales of Fantasy, with another instalment myon its way! Of course, this one seemed to be Youmu-Themed!

This Live Stream also decided to show off some packs on top of the above, and some of these include God Crystals, Ultra Festival Emas, Lucky Mirrors and more!

We also get another reminder of the upcoming Touhou LostWord Live Concert ready to go on June 22nd 2024, as well as some additional reminders of who will be joining in on the fun!

We also get to see those cute LostWord stickers you may or may not have seen on the official Discord Server, as well as more of those Posters as well as some Keyholders among more!

Just as I thought, that was so much to uncover in one stream, but it was a lot of fun! Hopefully you all enjoyed this one too! Personally, I am hoping that L0g Sanae Kochiya will be available in more future Prayers (most likely Epic ones if so), similar to how the Luck Story Card "It's Just Like I Heard" is available on various VS Divergent Spirits Stages via Luck Drops. I do see it being possible for something like that to happen in the future, but time will tell. I do have hope though, even hope for the new rarity of Friends, so let's see what lies ahead of us in the months to come!

I can't believe that Touhou LostWord in general has come so far in the past 3-4 years as well! A lot has happened, but maybe there is a lot more where that came from?

Anyways, next time, the 42nd Touhou LostWord JP Live Stream will be coming our way on May 29th 2024! It may not be as huge as this stream, but it should be a fun one regardless!

And that is the end of the recap! If you somehow managed to read everything here (because there is a lot here), thank you so much, and hopefully the lead-up to the next anniversary as well as the event itself will be a Perfect and Elegant one!