Which game/mode would you recommend a new player?

IN guru-in-training right here c:

We've all been there. I started playing PCB easy with 5 starting lives. No-one here is overestimating new players since we all started off bad.
I have a hard time taking this seriously, pls show us your 99/99 spell card histories.
That aside, we all learn differently and we should respect how everyone learns. The only right way to play is the way you find most fun. Telling people to "ignore" those who play differently is also extremely bigoted, there's no absolutely correct way to play.

LONG LIVE ASL! LONG LIVE ASL!

Fairy Wars on either normal or easy, normal if they thrive on the challenge, easy otherwise. in addition, try all the routes for the fun factor. trying to unlock the extra stage (clear all routes, easy mode ok) is a natural goal

if for some reason someone does not like freezing things, then i'd tell them: fug of and poast you're scores xD

shoot the bullet is also a good first game but again, only if someone thrives on the challenge, since the learning curve is steep. otherwise, it is probably the best game ever at quickly teaching radical forms of streaming and just generally playing intelligently

Not even suggesting main games, chum?

Blah. Terrible taste.

Neither of which you have shown any evidence of practicing. The genre is only considered so difficult because its a very obscure one that most people only see in youtube videos. It looks a lot harder to do than it actually is. Thing is, you need to learn how to play the game first and lol, gamers nowadays aren't used to that. Most gamers prefer playing games where they watch a poorly directed and written movie for 10 hours while sometimes the game asks you for some input to ensure you're still awake. The Telltale games approach if you will. This however, is what you call a gameplay game. Touhou is not absurdly difficult but the average joe might think it is because they're used to be handheld more tightly than a baby on a city trip through New York.

As you say, its a game about persistence and learning but you simply don't do that by giving yourself a ton of resources because Touhou is already extremely forgiving in that regard. You practice your game in practice mode and try runs until you learn by doing. You don't learn anything from playing with training wheels.

That being said. If that's how you WANT to play then by all means do so. Just don't recommend it onto others. It's encouraging people to get bad.

Whoa, hold up! Then why do the training wheels even exist? I am not you, you are not me, and the new players aren't us veterans. They may actually need the extra assistance to feel at home with the game in question.

Learning how to play the game isn't just the inputs, it's also the strategies, but it's also the execution of said strategies. Throwing someone headfirst into Normal difficulty might only scare them even more - easing them into a genre is always the best policy.

Again, you haven't shown yourself to be able to place yourself into the shoes of lesser players. They're easy for you, because of how far you've gone, but there's no guarantee they'll be this easy to get into for another person. Again, you also forget fun comes before achievements.

Why should this matter? Touhou is probably gonna be the newfie's first contact with the genre. Let him ease into it.

Nah. Should just play Kancolle instead. 2hu sucks xD

So this thread has stayed tame for a while, which is good. It would be a shame if it went feral(hint hint)
If this is a troll post, then I suggest you not try this kind of posting in the main forums. There's a time and a place for this.