The series' official poster with the date.
Touhou: Highly Responsive to Mayhem is a fanmade slapstick comedy parody series based on the Touhou Project series created and developed by Beck T. also known as "TheMcPootisGal". The series is produced and released by Team Omelette Inc. Productions. The series officially premiered in July 4th 2023 on Newgrounds and was later released a day after on Youtube. The show is about the daily hijinx of the various Touhou Project characters and their humorous situations and problems they find.
Unlike other fan series like Memories of Phatasm, the series has a more comedic and over-the-top feel, inspired by 90's cartoons.
As usual, Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are the protagonists of the series, with characters such as Cirno, Remilia Scarlet, Flandre Scarlet, Yukari Yakumo and many more being supporting and minor characters within the episodes.
The series is noted for being made with absolutely no budget at all, with Beck only using Windows Movie Maker as her animation tool.
The series received mixed reviews by users, who praised the ambition of the series, comedy and art direction but criticized the animation and pacing of the episodes.
Episodes
- Cirno's Perfect Pancakes: The pilot of the series and the shortest episode overall. Cirno makes some pancakes inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion without permission of Remilia. Eventually the latter finds Cirno and kicks her from the mansion, Cirno lands on Hakugyokurou, where a hungry Yuyuko wants and asks Youmu about getting food. (The episode can be watched here: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/890106)
- Golfin' Goofs: Reimu and Marisa go to a golfing field to play golf where they also invite Fujiwara no Mokou as well, things then go wrong after Mokou's rival Kaguya Houraisan finds out the whereabouts of Mokou and goes to the golfing field to disturb her, later both have a violent but comedic fight, much to Reimu and Marisa's dismay. (Release Date: TBA)
- The Magician's Date: Marisa goes on a friendly dinner date with Alice Margatroid but doesn't knows how to do act in said date so she asks Reimu help and tips using walkie talkies. Meanwhile Reimu, Remilia, Satori Komeiji and Yukari are playing poker to see who can win a toilet that is secretly a teleporter from Gensokyo to the Outside World. (Release Date: TBA)
- Summer Insanity: Acting as a sequel to the previous episode, The residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, the sisters, Sakuya, Hong Meiling, Koakuma and Patchouli go to vacation but their relaxing plans get wrecked after Cirno joins the party. (Release Date: TBA)
- The Uneasy Pest: Reimu and Marisa go to a house in the Human Village, which the woman who lives in the house needs their help to get rid of a pest Yukkuri Reimu. Everything they try to do to exterminate the Yukkuri go wrong, in amusing ways. (Release Date: TBA)