I really don't undrstand why Medicine has little popularity... it's one of the most appealing charatcer for her background and can be connected to 2 of the most popular ones: Alice and Eirin...
moreover she defeats Yuuka easily and she moe too... simply don't get it...
There's no logic to popularity. The most loved characters in Touhou become that way from either a single song, page/panel/saying (in doujin), or something completely stupid (Hong Meiling/China and Cirno/Idiot).
But that's also the charm to Touhou, a character who usually wouldn't be popular become so and vice versa character's you'll think would be aren't so.
I wonder what kind of things I'll see in that sadist's—Ayya Ayya ♪ Ayya Ah-yayaya ♪ Ayya Ayya ♪ Ayya Ah-yayaya (theme)*plop*Sh—She's dead—!Now I'll win this year's newspaper tournament for sure!Damn that Konoha Tengu! This time, I'll give her an earful! Tell her that her reign is over!Who might be the murderer? Maybe I should publish a book on the brave reporter beauty who pinpoints the real culprit in the face of danger!Shut up...Reporter Beauty in Peril!Ho, ho! The time has finally come for me, Shameimaru Aya, to expose that sadist's secrets!