>>68220
Not so much a knockoff, at least with Touhou, but definitely designed to capitalize on what made it a hit with a large portion of it's fanbase, which is also why the sheer flood of 2hu porn has abated and moved to KanColle of late. That said, KanColle has yet to produce anything as great as Megamari, Scarlet Symphony, or Totsugeki Master Spark, so I really couldn't care less about it.
>But on the other hand, if it weren't for the appeal of fleshing out characters that didn't have much to them, would we be able to have satisfying rp? Regardless of whether based ZUN wanted us to expand on his characters or simply turn them into swiss cheese, the fandom on both sides of the pacific have already made the former the norm.
For sure, and it's led to some amusing things otherwise, so I won't say it's wrong or right. Just saying I don't think it was intended in Touhou's case, whereas I'm positive it is in KanColle's.