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Touhou and Modern Science

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The Touhou Project series while being primarily based on the religion known as Shinto, it is not unusual to see many functions of the Touhou world to rely on modern science (現代科学, gendaikagaku).

As ironic as it is, the god, Kanako Yasaka states in Wild and Horned Hermit chapter 2, "Nothing as unscientific as that is going to appear", to Reimu Hakurei's supernatural theories.

Hydrogen Bonding and Fusion Energy

Used to explain Nuclear fusion and the various methords to obtain energy using hydrogen bonds.

Parallel Evolution

In Curiosities of Lotus Asia Chapter 18, Rinnosuke Morichika mentions that the Kappa are often mistaken to be related to the Chinese river youkai/god known as a Kahaku. He tells Sakuya Izayoi that while they may have similar names (And presumably similar in many other ways to the point of being identical), they are two compleatly different creatures. He states that just because there’s a youkai with a similar name in an country (It is assumed this means outside the Japanese archipelago) in the outside world, to think that they are the same creature is unreasonable.

This is known in science as parallel evolution. This may also be the case of why Oni and Vampires share portions of their name and have identical weaknesses, while they are clearly two different species of youkai. Because modern science is fairly new, similar supernatural creatures may easily be grouped up as the same thing.

While the subjects used to explain this is far from modern science, this subject was only understood recently after the discovery of genetics.

DNA

DNA is the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms (with the exception of RNA viruses).

It is first mentioned by Aya Shameimaru in Double Spoiler during Koishi Komeiji's spellcard as some kind of swirly thing that controls humans. Not entirely wrong but far from right. Judging by Hatate Himekaidou's comments and Aya's knowledge of it, DNA is not well understood in Gensokyo (Former Hell may be far more advanced as far as modern science goes).