What would it take to turn 2hu games into real shmups?

I like ZUNpets though.

Fuck no.

So Seihou?

why
These have no purpose outside of an arcade machine
it already is, by how the main screen is "letterboxed"
That only makes the game more tedious
sure
specify
it already isnt
I was a little disappointed that the final boss of Kanjuden wasnt that life erasing spider rover from the prologue text.
I wouldnt mind more inhuman enemies (like traditional looking youkai)
you mean like environment obstacles like ikaruga and gemini wing?

Ikaruga was the first shmup I played after getting into Touhou, and I can't get over how boring stage design (not aesthetic, mind you) in the latter feels to me ever since.

Make all the Touhous get nude!

make more animus. the games are superfluous at this point.

Wow, you're only like a day late to the thread.

Since when did threads have an expiration period?

If you want to play a real shmup with cute girls, try the Cotton series. Cotton Boomerang is the best one, but the series itself has been very experimental and as some brilliant design.