I'm not typically a fan of fighting games, but I simply adore this game. It's fun, fresh, and wacky.

The system of physical attacks, danmaku, and grazing is extremely fun and novel without feeling unpleasantly gimmicky. There's a pretty good selection of character, and not many that I outright hate the feel of when playing them. There's a lot of thought put into the move sets, which is both nice for touhou fans who are excited about the references within them, and for people who like cool looking attacks.

Though this game is not without it's flaws. It can feel a bit clunky at the best of times, comboing is not very intuitive at first [and there are no combo lists]. Some characters are just much, much more powerful than others [cough cough, yuyuko] and of course, some are much weaker.

I've also heard pretty mixed things about the actual community/competitive scene. But it's a fighting game, this is a given.

Overall, great time with friends. And, made even easier by it's highly accessible rollback netcode mod, alongside english translation. Definitely worth giving a try if you like fighting games, or even just like touhou and want a fun afternoon with friends.