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Only Touhou games, CDs and literature produced with ZUN's involvement are considered to be official canon for the Touhou universe. These are listed under Games, Print Works and Music on the main page.

Uncertain Canonicity of PC-98 and Seihou Games

Even among ZUN's works, the canonicity of the first five Touhou games produced for the PC-98 platform is uncertain, because in the Windows games, events from the PC-98 series were only vaguely mentioned twice, by Alice in Perfect Cherry Blossom and by Reimu in Phantasmagoria of Flower View, in Yuka's scenario. The only characters from the PC-98 games to appear in the Windows games are Reimu, Marisa, Alice and Yuka, and except for Yuka but especially for Reimu, the Windows versions of their character designs have looked significantly different from the PC-98 versions. No references have been made to any other PC-98 characters since the Windows series started with Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. For example, it is unknown whether Mima and Ruukoto are still living at the Hakurei Shrine, but they have been depicted doing so in a few doujinshi.

The appearances of some Touhou characters in the Seihou games may probably not be canon, since there are no references to them in Touhou works. However, in the accompanying story text to Reimu's theme in Shuusou Gyoku, which was included in Dolls in Pseudo Paradise, it mentions a girl that "doesn't look like a human or a youkai" heading to the shrine. This could be referring to VIVIT, who is neither of those and is a robot, heading to the shrine in her game's Extra stage.

Non-Canon Fanworks

Fanworks, most of which consist of doujinshi and fanart, are non-canon. This includes the game Concealed the Conclusion, with its premise about the fundamental nature of Gensokyo, and the Touhou Project Side Story animated video, whose depiction of Lunarian civilization was contradicted by Silent Sinner in Blue a few months after the video's release. The fan comics included in official fanbook Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red and semi-official fanbook Seasonal Dream Vision should also be considered non-canon (with the exception of Extra of the Wind, which was written by ZUN), despite appearing together with some of ZUN's work.

Artists Who Produce Both Doujin and Official Work

ZUN collaborates with established Touhou doujinshi artists to illustrate his official print works. However, even if an artist has worked on an official Touhou project, other works by the same artist in which ZUN did not participate are non-canon. For example, Aki Eda is the artist for the official Touhou manga Silent Sinner in Blue, but the storylines she introduces in her self-produced doujinshi, such as the Alice x Patchouli pairing in the "Plastic Heart" series, should not be considered canon. Also note that, despite being considered an official Touhou work, the canonicity of Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth may be somewhat debatable, both due to its slightly over-the-top comedic gag nature, and due to ZUN reportedly being only loosely involved in its creation.

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