History VideoGame / LenEn

** ''[[VideoGameRemake Len'en Teneisenki Kinsho ~ Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle -Golden Chapter-]]'' (Currently in development)

* JokeCharacter: Clause. They are such an InsufferableGenius that they are even referred to as an annoyance in their profile.

* BossOnlyLevel: [[spoiler: The Extra + α Stage, present in the third and fourth games and unlocked by defeating the Extra Boss after meeting certain criteria, consists entirely of a boss fight]].

** Most of the {{Designated Hero}}es of ''Len'en'' comes from what would happen if a stereotypical human were transported to an AdventureFriendlyWorld and gained NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. While their antics are PlayedForLaughs (such as the greedy Kuroji), later games show that their actions are catching up to them and while they save the day, they unknowingly make things worse.

* GenderConcealingWriting: Since nearly all characters deliberately [[AmbiguousGender lack canon genders]], narration and dialogue is always written to be gender-neutral. The English FanTranslation deals with this relatively easily, by referring to any one character with the singular they, but languages like Spanish that lack robust gender-neutral grammar run into a lot more issues.

* VerbalTic: Sukune has lots of them, such as "nya-", "chu-" and "nyo-". Not to mention their KansaiRegionalAccent.

* LE 00 ''[[VideoGame/LenEnCafeBookOfTheCafe Len'en Café ~ Book of the Cafe]]'' [[labelnote:Translation]]''Connecting Chain Café''[[/labelnote]] (Currently in development)

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: In ''Evanescent Existence'', Aoji tries to correct Yabusame that their name is not Aoi. Not even their sibling Hooaka can say their name right (they call them Aoki).

%%* DefeatEqualsExplosion: A very slow one.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Wilhelm von Clausewitz Halcyon HISUIMARU" a.k.a. Clause. It's not their real name though.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Yabusame’s most common uses of their power.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: A very slow one.
* DifficultySpike: Most games seem to have one, usually around stage 3.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Extra Stages in general, but Absurdly Extra Stages take it UpToEleven.

* NiceHat: Some characters have original headgear, but Tsubakura's takes the cake.

%%* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Stage 6 from ''Reactivate Majestical Imperial'', [[UpToEleven huh]]...

** In ''Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle'', the Dragonfly Castle) can flip its insides around in various directions to confuse trespassers. In addition to that, the throne room in the heart of the castle (provided you can reach it) consists of a long hallway that gets even longer the further you walk down it.

* VagueAge: WordOfGod has said that they haven't really decided on exact ages for any of the characters. It's implied in the profiles that Yabusame and Tsubakura are in their early teens.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Pretty much all the characters wear shorts, to accentuate the AmbiguousGender. Although some characters do wear skirts, said skirts also resemble gowns typical of feudal Japan-era clothing.

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''Len'en Project'' ("Len'en", 鏈縁, meaning ''Chain of Events'' or ''Connecting Chain'') is a series of vertical danmaku shooting games made by [=JynX=]. Although it takes inspiration from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' (the setting) and ''VideoGame/{{Seihou}}'' (the bullet patterns), the games are not fan-games of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' because they are set in a separate world which has its own canonicity.

** At present, there are two characters with given designs who ''do'' have canon genders: Hoojiro "Shiro" Shitodo and Hal, who are both stated to be female.

* LE 00 ''Len'en Café ~ Book of the Cafe'' [[labelnote:Translation]]''Connecting Chain Café''[[/labelnote]] (Currently in development)

* ImmortalImmaturity: Averted. The Adagumo siblings are the oldest characters and they are wiser and more mature than any other character. However, it's implied that Yaorochi's aloofness is really just an act.

''Len'en Project'' ("Len'en", 鏈縁, meaning ''Chain of Events'' or ''Connecting Chain'') is a series of vertical danmaku shooting games made by [=JynX=]. Although it takes inspiration from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' (the setting) and ''VideoGame/{{Seihou}}'' (the bullet patterns), the games are not fan-games of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' because they are set in a separate world which has its own canonicity.

* ArtificialHuman: Kurohebi, an obvious ShoutOut to Solid Snake from ''Franchise/MetalGear''.
* ArtEvolution: Inevitable, since ''Len'en'' is based on ''Touhou''. There's a noticeable bump in quality from ''Reactivate Majestical Imperial'' onwards.

** Most of the [[DesignatedHero Designated Heroes]] of ''Len'en'' comes from what would happen if a stereotypical human were transported to an AdventureFriendlyWorld and gained NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. While their antics are PlayedForLaughs (such as the greedy Kuroji), later games show that their actions are catching up to them and while they save the day, they unknowingly make things worse.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The unreleased ''Emergency Everyday'' game is quite different from ''Len'en'' proper. For example, all the characters have a defined gender, there is no counter for scorecards, the difficulty can't be adjusted and none of the characters there reappear in later games.

* {{Jerkass}}: Tsubakura, because they are an InsufferableGenius who thinks they are SurroundedByIdiots.
* JokeCharacter: Clause. They are such an InsufferableGenius that they are even referred to as an annoyance in their profile.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Lumen, who was an incident solver as well in the past. Also, Tsurubami and Tenkai, who are the original heroes of Mugenri.

* IThoughtYouWereDead: Kunimitsu, Sanra and Mitori say this word for word to Iyozane in ''Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle''. At first, Fumikado and Tsugumi are not concerned about it, until they find out that Iyozane is the crown prince of the Capital and was murdered by Mitori. Nobody knew about Iyozane being brought back to life, though.

-->'''Yabusame:''' ''If I've got all this salt, I may as well sprinkle it around.''
-->'''Shou:''' ''Eeeeek! I'm gonna swell up~!''
-->'''Yabusame:''' ''Ahaha~, that's so neat!''
-->'''Shou:''' ''No, I'm really gonna die!''
-->'''Yabusame:''' ''Eheheee~''

* SecretCharacter: In ''Evanescent Existence'', you can unlock Tsubakura after your clear the game with Yabusame.
** You can unlock a team consisting of [[spoiler: Suzumi's [[SplitPersonality personalities]]]] in "Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle". As of a later update, you can unlock them in all other games.
%%* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Clause speaks like that.

* ShoutOut: Besides the [[{{Expy}} expies]], ''Len'en'' has also similarities to the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' games, especially from early Windows games.
** ''Evanescent Existence'' is this to ''The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. In the Extra Stage, Tsubakura asks Tsurubami what they'll get in return from defeating them and they answer "One coin".
** Also ''Earthen Miraculous Sword'' to ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''. The stage 5 character from the previous game becomes a playable character, the playable characters believe the stage 1 character is the culprit at first and the hidden boss of the stage 6 is an object.
** And ''Reactivate Majestical Imperial'' to ''Imperishable Night''. Both have playable teams. The FinalBoss and its FlowerMotifs is actually a ShoutOut to ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''.
%%* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: Stage 6 from ''Reactivate Majestical Imperial'', [[UpToEleven huh]]...

* TeenGenius: Tsubakura is a ChildProdigy who creates their own weapons, has their own research team and their own research lab.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Yabusame’s most common uses of their power.