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Anyway, guys, what is your opinion after reading the Symposium ? I suppose ZUN really puts fandom into consideration since there is no detailed information/background for most of recurring characters in fanon (e.g Sanae). Perhaps it's intended to avoid conflicts between fans' interpretation and canon ?

Special case for some characters like Byakuren,
it's already well-known (even before Symposium is released) that she is not actually pure or holy. Despite of that, fandom still think of her as an angel/jesus/messiah. Her entry in Symposium is quite a bitch-slap to the face, right.

Aside from that, the articles are very entertaining. I'm glad to know that Sanae is really dumb and unique, Koishi is really a strong girl, and Seiga is just plain evil. It's just like what I've been thinking, or what I believed regarding said characters, has been clarified by the creator of Gensokyo himself.

Well I've certainly read it to the point of spending the time I should be sleeping on. It's an incredible read, and it reinforces my belief that Touhou canon is much, much better than fanon. Although that pretty much goes with everything else too.

I was enlightened by a lot of entries in the print work, particularly a few I'm going to mention.

Tatara Kogasa; I've always believed her to be someone who's hated around the human village because of her feeding off of human fear (surprise?). It was very... surprising to read on that she's actually quite popular with the children in the human village, and she was actually a pretty common sight there. It's a shame that her entry hasn't been fully translated.

Byakuren Hijiri; Youkai Jesus, as what people usually call her; a calm, devout, almost grandmotherly in temperament... but apparently, no matter her devotion to the Buddhist pillars, she'll never enter her "state of Nirvana" due to her possessing and practicing "evil" magic.

The scenarios were a particularly good read as well. I love how Kanako kept giving outside world references and the others were like ?_?. The scenarios themselves are extremely enlightening due to the extension they give to the current canon, not to mention they give insights to the world we live in.

All-in-all, a very good read