Line #6 Music/Butaotome


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Ranko the human, Comp the polar bear, Paprika the cat and Ranko no Ane the [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] rabbit]]
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4	Butaotome (meaning "Pig Girl", stylized as "BUTAOTOME") is a {{doujin\|shi}} music circle. It was founded in Autumn 2009 by four drinking buddies who "wanted to do something fun". They started uploading stuff on Website/{{niconico}} in November -- first {{cover\|Version}} songs, then their own ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' arrangements. They published their first album, ''Touhou Kaiten Mokuba'', in March 2010. Since then, they've participated in every Comiket and Reitaisai and brought at least one new release each time.
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6	Their main type of work is vocal ''Touhou'' arrangements characterized by the [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]][=/=]rock sound provided by Comp, Ranko's powerful vocals and Paprika's piano, but they also like to experiment. Ranko's older sister, Ranko no Ane, is the circle's designer. For most albums, the four members created and produced everything. Paprika left the circle in 2020, but the remaining members kept going.
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8	Paprika released the 20 ''Touhou Nekokenban'' albums between August 2010 and May 2020. They were pure piano albums with instrumental renditions of Butaotome’s vocal songs at first, but became more experimental as the series went on.
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10	The circle also releases original albums and songs, which tend to keep their "standard" sound. Their first five original albums were {{doujinshi}}. They released their first commercial album, ''Furubokko'', under Creator/AvexTrax in March 2017.
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12	Some of their songs have appeared in {{Rhythm Game}}s like ''VideoGame/{{maimai}}'', ''VideoGame/{{CHUNITHM}}'', ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'', ''VideoGame/GrooveCoaster'' and ''{{VideoGame/jubeat}}''.
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14	They've released too many albums to list them all here, but the English fansite [[https://tiramisucowboy.com/ Tiramisu Cowboy]] features a [[https://tiramisucowboy.com/discography/ complete discography]] as well as plenty of in-depth information.
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16	!! Members (Founding members in '''bold'''):
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18	* '''Ranko''' - vocals, lyrics (2009-)
19	* '''Comp''' - bass, guitar, programming, lyrics, composition, arrangement, photographs (2009-)
20	* '''Paprika''' - piano, programming, arrangement, lyrics (2009-2020)
21	* '''Ranko no Ane''' - Illustration, design, web design, lyrics (formerly) (2009-)
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24	! This music circle provides examples of:
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26	* AllLowercaseLetters: The album title ''sachlich''.
27	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Ranko no Ane's persona is a pink rabbit.
28	* AudienceParticipationSong: Ranko always lets the crowd sing the part before the final refrain of "Machibito wa Kozu".
29	* BandOfRelatives: Ranko and Ranko no Ane are sisters.
30	* BlindIdiotTranslation: The album title まじっく・らんたん was somehow translated as "Magic Lanthanum" instead of "Magic Lantern".
31	* ConceptAlbum: Every ''Touhou'' album has a specific motif related to the selected ''Touhou'' themes, or simply for the music style.
32	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The {{Stage Name\|s}} of Ranko's older sister is simply "Ranko no Ane" -- "Ranko's Older Sister". While it's not surprising that Ranko calls her "ane" and "oneechan", everyone else refers to her as "oneesan" (or something equivalent).
33	* FunnyAnimal: With the exception of Ranko, every member has an anthropomorphic animal persona: Paprika is a cat, Comp is a polar bear and Ranko no Ane is a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] rabbit.
34	* GreatestHitsAlbum:
35	** The ''Buta BEST'' series consists of four greatest-hits albums featuring vocal ''Touhou'' arrangements.
36	** ''Omatome'' is a collection of their guest tracks.
37	** ''Touhou Nekokenban THE BEST'' is a best-of album from the ''Nekokenban'' series.
38	** ''Touhou [=OtoGee=] BEST'' is a best-of album featuring Butaotome songs from {{Rhythm Game}}s.
39	** ''Yuusei Hakurankai'' features a selection of their Hifuu songs.
40	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Their original albums released before the major debut are all named after some kind of games.
41	* {{Instrumentals}}: The ''Touhou Nekokenban'' series consists entirely of instrumental music.
42	* NonIndicativeName: The circle's name means "pig girl". While three of its four members have FunnyAnimal personas, there's no pig girl.
43	* NumberedSequels:
44	** The ''Touhou Nekokenban'' series just numbers its numerous entries.
45	** The limited singles in the ''Music Room'' trilogy were numbered Vol.1 to Vol.3.
46	** The limited ''Utau Acoustic'' series made it to ''Utau Acoustic Vol.12''.
47	* RearrangeTheSong: Every ''Touhou'' album is already a ''Touhou'' RemixAlbum, but some of them feature a re-arrangement of a previously released ''Touhou'' arrangement or two. A few examples include:
48	** ''Ayakashi Yokochou'' has "Koi no Yamai (Rojiura ver)" and "Utakata (Rojiura ver)".
49	** ''CHILD HOOD'S END'' features a "Aoi Miren, Aoi Namida (chillax ver)".
50	** ''Daihinmin'' has "Nai. (Daihinmin ver.)".
51	* RemixAlbum:
52	** Their ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' albums are all about rearranging ''Touhou'' music and possibly [[WithLyrics adding lyrics]].
53	** The album ''Guerilla'' consists of eight remixes of previously released Butaotome songs.
54	* ShoutOut:
55	** Ranko got her {{Stage Name\|s}} from a ''[[Manga/TotsugekiPapparaTai Totsugeki! Pappara-tai]]'' character.
56	** The cover of ''Touhou Nekokenban 5'' makes it resemble a [[Platform/PlayStationPortable PSP]] game.
57	** The cover of ''Touhou Nekokenban 10'' look suspiciously like something out of ''{{WesternAnimation/Ratatouille}}''.
58	** In the PV for "Aoi Miren, Aoi Namida", Cirno plays games that are clearly based on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Franchise/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/BalloonFight'', among others. The video itself pays homage to several Music/{{IOSYS}} [=PVs=] like "Cirno's Perfect Math Class" and "Marisa Stole the Precious Thing".
59	* StageNames: Every member of the circle has a stage name.
60	** Ranko is named after a ''[[Manga/TotsugekiPapparaTai Totsugeki! Pappara-tai]]'' character.
61	** Ranko no Ane is Ranko's older sister.
62	** Comp's name comes from "compressor" because he loves it.
63	** The origin of Paprika's stage name is unknown, but she ''doesn't'' like paprika.
64	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Some side albums feature vocals by other members than the circle's main vocalist Ranko:
65	** ''sachlich'' has three songs with vocals by Ranko no Ane.
66	** ''I LOVE RED'' and ''I LOVE CHERRY'' have vocals by Comp and Paprika.
67	* TitleTrack: ''Arikitari na Nouzui yo, Koyoi no Tsuki to Odore'', ''Furubokko'' and ''Trauma Recorder'' feature one.
68	* TrrrillingRrrs: Ranko used to roll her R's frequently, but has toned it down a lot after the release of ''Getsumen Tansa'' in December 2015. She still does it occasionally.
69	* WithLyrics: Most of their songs are vocals arrangements of instrumental ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' music.
70	* WorkInfoTitle: The title of the ''Touhou Nekokenban'' series means "Touhou Keyboard Cat", which lets you know that (1) it's a Music/TouhouFanMusic series, (2) they're primarily piano albums, and (3) the primary contributor is the member with a cat persona.
71	* {{Youkai}}: Some of their ''Touhou'' arrangements deal with youkai -- not surprising considering the source material:
72	** Most of the songs on ''Pop'' are about youkai eating humans.

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