History Awesome / DiamondInTheRoughTouhou

* The Diamondback Beasts vs. Flandre. It's every bit as destructive as you could imagine, but more importantly, it shows off Canon Flandre, fighting to save the Scarlet Devil Mansion from the Diamondback Beasts, even fighting fairly by Spell Card Rules. In a meta [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Moment Of Heartwarming]], the entire Ustream crowd was cheering on Flandre during the fight's production.

!!Meta Moments of Awesome:
* A personal one for Spaztique ''and'' the real Colonel Diamondback: The incomplete film drove that actual Colonel Diamondback into rethinking his writing practices. The video that followed was so good that Spaztique now incorporates it into the movie as one of the major turning points.
** Also, this is a ''three-plus-hour Walfas movie'' made entirely out of somebody's [[PlotHole plot holes]], and the incomplete version consistently [[{{Tearjerker}} drives people to tears]].
* After going into a screening blind, fanfic writer [=ChibiFenrix=], under the name [=ChibiChen=], wrote a {{Reconstruction}} of the Gappy Stu concept titled [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8475931/1/Mind-the-gap Mind The Gap]] with [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting barely any research into the Touhou series at all]]. After asking the [[CausticCritic normally harsh]] Spaztique to riff it/critique it, he couldn't find any fault in it. In fact, [[PromotedFanboy Spaztique will adapt it after Diamond In The Rough]].

* [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Marisa's introduction]]. Marisa is working on her Mini Hakkero reactor in a cluttered house while grilling meat and rocking out to her theme song, just before blowing up [[spoiler:a Reimu doll]], only to be disappointed that it didn't make a big enough explosion. In just twenty seconds, you know everything you need to know about Marisa.

* After Brolli refuses to use his beasts to save the human village from EX-Rumia and Sakuya tells him she can't go because Remilia has banned her from resolving incidents for the time being, Sakuya freezes time to [[spoiler:replace Brolli's beret with a pie]] and tells him off for his cowardice. Also overlaps as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* In episode 12, Tenshi pretty much proves that she is TheChessmaster by revealing that [[spoiler: that she knew all along that Brolli and the new gappy, and played dumb, so that he would lower her guard and that she would be able to learn his secrets, and manipulate him into involving all of Gensokyo in an incident]] as well as her plans to make the entirety of Gensokyo feel the consequences of a Gappy's death to prevent them from helping future Gappies.
* The Diamondback Beasts vs. [[spoiler:Flandre]]. It's every bit as destructive as you could imagine, but more importantly, [[spoiler:it shows off Canon Flandre, fighting to save the Scarlet Devil Mansion from the Diamondback Beasts, even fighting fairly by Spell Card Rules]]. In a meta [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Moment Of Heartwarming]], the entire Ustream crowd was cheering on [[spoiler:Flandre]] during the fight's production.
* Reimu and Marisa [[spoiler:deciding to quit aiding Brolli, get him out of Gensokyo, and stop the incident themselves]]. [[spoiler:Marisa takes down Chen and Ran by herself while Reimu gets a big [[HesBack She's Back]] moment fighting two celestials ''at the same time'']]. For a moment, [[OriginalFlavour the story feels 100% vanilla]], only for [[spoiler:Brolli to come right back into Gensokyo]].
* After Brolli spends the movie doing everything he can to help himself at the expense of everyone else, Reimu slaps him in the face and delivers [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a speech]] about his MartyStu antics with subtext about how audiences react to MartyStu characters. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite Reimu when she's one of the few left to [[IWishedYouWereDead mourn Brolli.]]]]

** Another thing worth mentioning: Reimu, who has been [[DemotedToExtra reduced to a tour guide]] for [[MartyStu Gappy Stus]], is not just going to [[HesBack partake in another incident]], but with Genji and her old PC-98 outfit since [[spoiler:her ability to fly has been cut off by the mist, and her old outfit is more suited for an incident of this size]].
* Doubling as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, when everyone wants to kill Brolli when it turns out that is what will resolve the incident, [[spoiler:Reimu of all people is the one to tell everyone to stop]], thus proving that even though [[spoiler:Reimu can be a bitch and she may hate Gappies]], [[spoiler:she is still the protector of Gensokyo and its people]].

--> ''*the remaining fairies try to shoot Reimu, but [[spoiler:she jumps off of Genji to dodge the bullets, destroys them with her wand and amulets, and hops back on Genji]]*''

* A [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning]] [[TearJerker Moment of]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Everything]], Brolli and [[spoiler:Nitori]] reuniting in [[spoiler:the Kappa Valley]], given the fact [[spoiler:Nitori has been in Fanon pushover mode up until this point]].
--> '''Brolli:''' [[spoiler:Nitori]], I'm here to save you!
--> '''[[spoiler:Nitori]]''': Funny you say that: [[spoiler:'''[[TookALevelInBadass I'M HERE TO KILL YOU!!!]]''']]
--> ''*[[spoiler:An army of Kappa proceed to fire on Brolli]]*''
* Before given context, Marisa trying to fulfill her promise to Reimu to [[spoiler:kill Brolli if he goes to far]]. After [[spoiler:Miko, Reisen, and Alice start gunning down the surviving Kappa, Marisa shoots Alice in the back and decides to save the Kappa herself]]. Cue [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Oriental Dark Flight]] and [[spoiler:a [[ChekhovsGun soul-powered Master Spark]]]]. Possibly subverted in the final cut when you realize beforehand [[spoiler:Yukari wanted to convince Marisa she's didn't want to protect the gappies as much as she thought she did, making her eat her own words about Reimu earlier...]]
* The inevitable [[HowMuchMoreCanHeTake Brolli vs. Tenshi fight]], where-in Brolli must fight Tenshi without his powers and only one life while she has three. [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome The entire fight is fully animated]], and each one of Tenshi's attacks come straight from Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, including one of her spell card attacks. Brolli, finally [[spoiler:putting his training and huge supply of swords to good use]], survives a full three rounds, even [[spoiler:destroying one of her keystones with a fire axe]].
** ''Virtually everything'' that happens in the plot to save Brolli that's not a TearJerker: [[spoiler:Sakuya knifing Sanae, Reimu's HeroicSacrifice, Momiji's BigDamnHeroes moment, and Aya and Momiji taking on the Kappa Valley together]].
** '''[[DyingMomentOfAwesome Brolli's Death]]''', which is a '''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Moment]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments of]] [[{{Tearjerker}} Everything]]'''. Tenshi reveals that she chose to fight Brolli because [[spoiler:she wanted to do it [[MercyKill before everyone else did]], and even if he ''did'' win, everyone else would kill him]]. Faced with obvious death, Brolli decides [[spoiler:he'll [[FaceDeathWithDignity ''let himself'' die]]]], but not before [[SelfDestructiveCharge defeating Tenshi]], thus resolving both the incident and making Gensokyo feel safer by [[spoiler:[[HeroicSuicide removing himself entirely]]]]. Tenshi gloats that Brolli has no more weapons or powers, and wonders how he'll beat her, just before [[spoiler:Brolli [[PaintingTheFourthWall walks in front of her speech bubble]] and [[ShutUpHannibal punches her out]] before screaming, "'''[[BadassBoast I *WILL* BEAT YOU! WITHOUT SWORDS, WITHOUT ANY POWERS]]!''',"]] just as the soundtrack swells to a climax. He then proceeds to [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle beat the everloving]] '''[[CurbStompBattle SHIT]]''' [[CurbStompBattle out of Tenshi]] before she can even use her final attack, all while crying, screaming, and going [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar ATATATATATATA!!!]]]] He finally [[spoiler:draws with her by punching her out while getting [[ImpromptuTracheotomy stabbed in the neck]]]]. In addition, Brolli's last stand is animated at a much higher frame rate than the other battle scenes and has fluid physics such as blood and Brolli's tears, making it [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome the most detailed fight scene in the movie]]. For most of the Ustream audience, this is the moment Brolli is RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.
** The fact that Brolli manages to [[spoiler:[[DoubleKnockout draw with Tenshi]]]], considering the story builds her up as [[spoiler:the only character to have [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable never legitimately lost a battle]]]].
* The '''real''' reason Tenshi caused the incident: not just to [[spoiler:MercyKill Brolli]], but to [[spoiler:drag Sanae, the Myouren Temple, and the rest Brolli's enemies over the MoralEventHorizon for wanting to kill an innocent boy]]. To solidify Tenshi's plans, [[spoiler:Tenshi will reveal the truth about the incident to everyone if Sanae or Byakuren attacks, and they will have to go through the horror Brolli just went through]]. In other words, [[spoiler:they wanted to save Gensokyo by killing a boy who only wanted to save Gensokyo, so Tenshi turned the tables on them]]. Also doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when you realize [[spoiler:Tenshi didn't kill Brolli because she hated him, but to save him, as the incident led to him finally realizing the errors of his ways, ''and'' she got revenge on everyone who hated him through a ZeroApprovalGambit]].

* Before the incident, Komachi tells Brolli [[spoiler:any Gappy that has to see Shiki Eiki, the highest judge at [[CelestialBureaucracy The Ministry of Right and Wrong]], is pretty much [[HangingJudge automatically sentenced]] to [[CessationOfExistence Hell]]]]. When Brolli dies, [[spoiler:Brolli is trapped in Shiki's court, knowing there's nothing he can do and that he'll soon no longer exist, ForcedToWatch all of his friends [[DownerEnding suffering the after-effects of his death]]. Rather than demand a second chance like all of the other Gappies, Brolli, already too far past the DespairEventHorizon to seek any form of hope, quietly and [[FaceDeathWithDignity willingly asks to be sent to Hell]]. For being the first Gappy to take responsibility for his actions, Shiki [[ThrowTheDogABone lets Brolli get reincarnated]].]] Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} and/or TearJerker.

** In addition to this, Tenshi's gambit manages to disprove everyone's talk that all Celestials are sociopaths, turning the mirror on them all and showing them they're NotSoDifferent.

--> '''Reimu''': '''[[ProtagonistCenteredMorality THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU AND YOUR NEEDS, BROLLI!!!]]''' [[{{VideoGame/Touhou}} This world]] has existed for thousands of years without you, and it will exist a thousand more after you are gone. You are not a [[DesignatedHero hero]]. You're not even a [[VillainProtagonist likable human being]]! You're just a [[MartyStu bratty foreigner taking a vacation in a realm you don't belong in]]! Soon, [[RealitySubtext you will realize just how much everyone hates you]], and you will die the same humiliating death of all of the previous and future outsiders, and because Gensokyo will always return to the status quo, your death will mean *NOTHING*.

* Before the incident, Komachi tells Brolli [[spoiler:any Gappy that has to see [[TheJudge Shiki Eiki]], the highest judge at [[CelestialBureaucracy The Ministry of Right and Wrong]], is pretty much [[HangingJudge automatically sentenced]] to [[CessationOfExistence Hell]]]]. When Brolli dies, [[spoiler:Brolli is trapped in Shiki's court, knowing there's nothing he can do and that he'll soon no longer exist, ForcedToWatch all of his friends [[DownerEnding suffering the after-effects of his death]]. Rather than demand a second chance like all of the other Gappies, Brolli, already too far past the DespairEventHorizon to seek any form of hope, quietly and [[FaceDeathWithDignity willingly asks to be sent to Hell]]. For being the first Gappy to take responsibility for his actions, Shiki [[ThrowTheDogABone lets Brolli get reincarnated]].]] Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} and/or TearJerker.

Added ''based on the reactions of test viewers''. Awesome Moments from released episodes will be out in the open. Awesome Moments from the movie will be in a separate folder.

--> '''Reimu''': [[BadassBoast NEVER LET A YOUKAI DO A SHRINE MAIDEN'S JOB]]!!!
--> ''*Reimu fires "Fantasy Seal - [[Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou YOU JUST PLAIN F#&@ING LOSE!!!]]"''

** '''[[DyingMomentOfAwesome Brolli's Death]]''', which is a '''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Moment]] [[HeartwarmingMoments of]] [[{{Tearjerker}} Everything]]'''. Tenshi reveals that she chose to fight Brolli because [[spoiler:she wanted to do it [[MercyKill before everyone else did]], and even if he ''did'' win, everyone else would kill him]]. Faced with obvious death, Brolli decides [[spoiler:he'll [[FaceDeathWithDignity ''let himself'' die]]]], but not before [[SelfDestructiveCharge defeating Tenshi]], thus resolving both the incident and making Gensokyo feel safer by [[spoiler:[[HeroicSuicide removing himself entirely]]]]. Tenshi gloats that Brolli has no more weapons or powers, and wonders how he'll beat her, just before [[spoiler:Brolli [[PaintingTheFourthWall walks in front of her speech bubble]] and [[ShutUpHannibal punches her out]] before screaming, "'''[[BadassBoast I *WILL* BEAT YOU! WITHOUT SWORDS, WITHOUT ANY POWERS]]!''',"]] just as the soundtrack swells to a climax. He then proceeds to [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle beat the everloving]] '''[[CurbStompBattle SHIT]]''' [[CurbStompBattle out of Tenshi]] before she can even use her final attack, all while crying, screaming, and going [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar ATATATATATATA!!!]]]] He finally [[spoiler:draws with her by punching her out while getting [[ImpromptuTracheotomy stabbed in the neck]]]]. In addition, Brolli's last stand is animated at a much higher frame rate than the other battle scenes and has fluid physics such as blood and Brolli's tears, making it [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome the most detailed fight scene in the movie]]. For most of the Ustream audience, this is the moment Brolli is RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.

* The inevitable [[HowMuchMoreCanHeTake Brolli vs. Tenshi fight]], where-in Brolli must fight Tenshi without his powers and only one life while she has three. [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome The entire fight is fully animated]], and each one of Tenshi's attacks come straight from Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, including one of her spell card attacks. Brolli, finally [[spoiler:putting his training and huge supply of swords to good use]], survives a full three rounds, even [[spoiler:destroying one of her keystones with a fire axe]].

** '''[[DyingMomentOfAwesome Brolli's Death]]''', which is a '''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Moment]] [[HeartwarmingMoments of]] [[{{Tearjerker}} Everything]]'''. Tenshi reveals that she chose to fight Brolli because [[spoiler:she wanted to do it [[MercyKill before everyone else did]], and even if he ''did'' win, everyone else would kill him]]. Faced with obvious death, Brolli decides [[spoiler:he'll [[FaceDeathWithDignity ''let himself'' die]]]], but not before [[SelfDestructiveCharge defeating Tenshi]], thus resolving both the incident and making Gensokyo feel safer by [[spoiler:[[HeroicSuicide removing himself entirely]]]]. Tenshi gloats that Brolli has no more weapons or powers, and wonders how he'll beat her, just before [[spoiler:Brolli [[PaintingTheFourthWall walks in front of her speech bubble]] and [[ShutUpHannibal punches her out]] before screaming, "'''[[BadassBoast I *WILL* BEAT YOU! WITHOUT SWORDS, WITHOUT ANY POWERS]]!''',"]] just as the soundtrack swells to a climax. He then proceeds to [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle beat the everloving]] '''[[CurbStompBattle SHIT]]''' [[CurbStompBattle out of Tenshi]] before she can even use her final attack, all while crying, screaming, and going [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar ATATATATATATA!!!]]]] He finally [[spoiler:draws with her by punching her out while getting [[ImpromptuTracheotomy stabbed in the neck]]]]. In addition, Brolli's last stand is animated at a much higher frame rate than the other battle scenes and has fluid physics such as blood and Brolli's tears, making it [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome the most detailed fight scene in the movie]]. For most of the Ustream audience, this is the moment Brolli is RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.

* Before given context, Marisa trying to fulfill her promise to Reimu to [[spoiler:kill Brolli if he goes to far]]. After [[spoiler:Miko, Reisen, and Alice start gunning down the surviving Kappa, Marisa shoots Alice in the back and decides to save the Kappa herself]]. Cue [[AwesomeMusic Oriental Dark Flight]] and [[spoiler:a [[ChekhovsGun soul-powered Master Spark]]]]. Possibly subverted in the final cut when you realize beforehand [[spoiler:Yukari wanted to convince Marisa she's didn't want to protect the gappies as much as she thought she did, making her eat her own words about Reimu earlier...]]

* In episode 11. Marisa punches Brolli, when he badmouthed Reimu and claimed Marisa hated her, stating that even if she is her rival, Reimu is also her best friend. And that even with her selfish tendencies, Marisa would give her life to protect the balance of Gensokyo. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* The Diamondback Beasts vs. [[spoiler:Flandre]]. It's every bit as destructive as you could imagine, but more importantly, [[spoiler:it shows off Canon Flandre, fighting to save the Scarlet Devil Mansion from the Diamondback Beasts, even fighting fairly by Spell Card Rules]]. In a meta [[HeartwarmingMoment Moment Of Heartwarming]], the entire Ustream crowd was cheering on [[spoiler:Flandre]] during the fight's production.

* Doubling as a HeartwarmingMoment, when everyone wants to kill Brolli when it turns out that is what will resolve the incident, [[spoiler:Reimu of all people is the one to tell everyone to stop]], thus proving that even though [[spoiler:Reimu can be a bitch and she may hate Gappies]], [[spoiler:she is still the protector of Gensokyo and its people]].

* The '''real''' reason Tenshi caused the incident: not just to [[spoiler:MercyKill Brolli]], but to [[spoiler:drag Sanae, the Myouren Temple, and the rest Brolli's enemies over the MoralEventHorizon for wanting to kill an innocent boy]]. To solidify Tenshi's plans, [[spoiler:Tenshi will reveal the truth about the incident to everyone if Sanae or Byakuren attacks, and they will have to go through the horror Brolli just went through]]. In other words, [[spoiler:they wanted to save Gensokyo by killing a boy who only wanted to save Gensokyo, so Tenshi turned the tables on them]]. Also doubles as a HeartwarmingMoment when you realize [[spoiler:Tenshi didn't kill Brolli because she hated him, but to save him, as the incident led to him finally realizing the errors of his ways, ''and'' she got revenge on everyone who hated him through a ZeroApprovalGambit]].

* Before the incident, Komachi tells Brolli [[spoiler:any Gappy that has to see [[TheJudge Shiki Eiki]], the highest judge at [[CelestialBureaucracy The Ministry of Right and Wrong]], is pretty much [[HangingJudge automatically sentenced]] to [[CessationOfExistence Hell]]]]. When Brolli dies, [[spoiler:Brolli is trapped in Shiki's court, knowing there's nothing he can do and that he'll soon no longer exist, ForcedToWatch all of his friends [[DownerEnding suffering the after-effects of his death]]. Rather than demand a second chance like all of the other Gappies, Brolli, already too far past the DespairEventHorizon to seek any form of hope, quietly and [[FaceDeathWithDignity willingly asks to be sent to Hell]]. For being the first Gappy to take responsibility for his actions, Shiki [[ThrowTheDogABone lets Brolli get reincarnated]].]] Doubles as a HeartwarmingMoment and/or TearJerker.

* After Brolli refuses to use his beasts to save the human village from EX-Rumia and Sakuya tells him she can't go because Remilia has banned her from resolving incidents for the time being, Sakuya freezes time to [[spoiler:replace Brolli's beret with a pie]] and tells him off for his cowardice. Also overlaps as a FunnyMoment.

* A [[FunnyMoments Crowning]] [[TearJerker Moment of]] [[AwesomeMoments Everything]], Brolli and [[spoiler:Nitori]] reuniting in [[spoiler:the Kappa Valley]], given the fact [[spoiler:Nitori has been in Fanon pushover mode up until this point]].

** '''[[DyingMomentOfAwesome Brolli's Death]]''', which is a '''[[AwesomeMoments Crowning]] [[FunnyMoments Moment]] [[HeartwarmingMoments of]] [[{{Tearjerker}} Everything]]'''. Tenshi reveals that she chose to fight Brolli because [[spoiler:she wanted to do it [[MercyKill before everyone else did]], and even if he ''did'' win, everyone else would kill him]]. Faced with obvious death, Brolli decides [[spoiler:he'll [[FaceDeathWithDignity ''let himself'' die]]]], but not before [[SelfDestructiveCharge defeating Tenshi]], thus resolving both the incident and making Gensokyo feel safer by [[spoiler:[[HeroicSuicide removing himself entirely]]]]. Tenshi gloats that Brolli has no more weapons or powers, and wonders how he'll beat her, just before [[spoiler:Brolli [[PaintingTheFourthWall walks in front of her speech bubble]] and [[ShutUpHannibal punches her out]] before screaming, "'''[[BadassBoast I *WILL* BEAT YOU! WITHOUT SWORDS, WITHOUT ANY POWERS]]!''',"]] just as the soundtrack swells to a climax. He then proceeds to [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle beat the everloving]] '''[[CurbStompBattle SHIT]]''' [[CurbStompBattle out of Tenshi]] before she can even use her final attack, all while crying, screaming, and going [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar ATATATATATATA!!!]]]] He finally [[spoiler:draws with her by punching her out while getting [[ImpromptuTracheotomy stabbed in the neck]]]]. In addition, Brolli's last stand is animated at a much higher frame rate than the other battle scenes and has fluid physics such as blood and Brolli's tears, making it [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome the most detailed fight scene in the movie]]. For most of the Ustream audience, this is the moment Brolli is RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.

* After going into a screening blind, fanfic writer [=ChibiFenrix=], under the name [=ChibiChen=], wrote a {{Reconstruction}} of the Gappy Stu concept titled [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8475931/1/Mind-the-gap Mind The Gap]] with [[AccidentallyAccurate barely any research into the Touhou series at all]]. After asking the [[CausticCritic normally harsh]] Spaztique to riff it/critique it, he couldn't find any fault in it. In fact, [[PromotedFanboy Spaztique will adapt it after Diamond In The Rough]].