Date of Completion: July 15, 2020
My Difficulty Estimate: 9/10
Well, here it is. I finally beat the hardest extra stage in the series. I had to use Sanae for this one since both her shot and bomb is really good.
For the stage, it isn't actually that hard of the stage. You can memorize your way and know what enemies to kill first. The hardest part is the last 3 fairies. I didn't know there was a safespot there before I beat it.
Doremy is pretty easy. Her first 2 spells are not that bad but her third spell is a total nightmare. You HAVE to capture this spell to get an extend, otherwise you just get a bomb.
Hecatia can go from very easy to an absolute nightmare. Her first non is not that bad, both her blue phase nons are really hard, her second red phase non is pretty tight, and both her yellow phase nons are really easy after getting used to it. Let's not forget about Junko's nons and they're pretty stupid. Both of their spells are very inconsistent throughout the fight.
1. Otherworld "Ōmagatoki" (2/10)
- This spell is really easy, especially with homing characters since they can capture this faster.
2. Earth "Impurity Within One's Body" (3/10)
- Streaming this spell isn't that bad, but restreaming needs a bit of luck.
3. Moon "Apollo Refection Mirror" (5/10)
- This one's a bit hard. You really need to be able to read all waves at once constantly. The lasers comes at you almost at the same time.
4. "Simple Danmaku for Cornering a Trapped Rat" (2/10)
- You just stream this spell, that's so easy.
5. Otherworld "Hell's Non-Ideal Danmaku" (3/10)
- Pretty easy spell. Not as easy as her first spell though.
6. Earth "Rain Falling in Hell" (5/10)
- This one's a tough one, especially with Marisa. With homing characters like Sanae, you can stick a bit to the outside more, but with Marisa, you need to keep switching from the side to the center, and its pretty hard since the waves can overlap.
7. Moon "Lunatic Impact" (9/10)
- One moon is fine, two moons is already hard, three moons is already a nightmare to dodge. Good thing there are no moons left to shoot after that. Dodging a bunch of stars while dodging the moons is a pain. Even shooting her down is nearly impossible since the moons are always blocking it.
8. "Pristine Danmaku for Killing a Person" (6/10)
- I hate this spell. The idea of dodging this is simple but actually dodging this is a pain. The hitbox of the bullets is way too big that even a small mistake dodging the bullets on the side of the screen can make you lose a life.
9. "Trinitarian Rhapsody" (7/10)
- The first phase is simply dodging the waves one at a time. Pretty easy. The second wave is hard, since you have to go in a circle fast enough to not get trapped in the bullets. The last phase is pretty hard in the end since there can be a lot of bullets around you. Also DO NOT stay at the center of the screen since you can get killed by Junko suddenly appearing at the center right when the spell ends.
10. "First and Last Nameless Danmaku" (6/10)
- It actually depends on which side you can dodge the attacks better. For this one, I chose to shoot Junko since dodging below her is pretty fine. Her attacks just becomes faster without that much change while shooting Hecatia makes her attacks harder to dodge.