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Double Dealing Character (2013)

Duration: 26:19

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This run is, in some ways, both a dream and a nightmare.

A dream because this is the first time I've gotten to stage 6 on a full run, and that I managed to execute my stage 4 and 5 strategies flawlessly somehow. I can't even consistently pull them off in stage practice, so that was a nice surprise.

A nightmare because, well, uh, it should be obvious. Although admittedly, having a popcorn v2 moment earlier in the run really helped to calm my nerves, since I switched gears from "I did well, I can't mess this up" to "I've messed up really badly already, I don't care if I game over and I probably will, let's just see how far I get".

Moral of the story: Don't reset just because you died five times on Kagerou.

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But enough about the run. DDC LNB is, well, in effect, a pick your poison game. You can choose ReimuA, get tons of lives with superior PoC routes, blast through stages, but suffer at the likes of Kagerou, Benben, and the stupid screen-flipping spells. Or, you could pick SakuyaA, gain the ability to practically skip Benben and Seija, but suffer immensely at resource collection and in some cases even killing basic stage enemies. (And you can forget about the other shots.)

Kagerou is absolutely brutal for a stage 3 boss, and I'm pretty sure she's the TLB. I'm not usually this bad at Kagerou (most of my failed runs are 2MNB or 3MNB Kagerous), but, well, what can I say. If anything I've gained a new respect for her.

Stage 4 and 5 are, with SakuyaA, completely routable (as you can see). This turns Benben and Seija into purely execution-based bosses, as in, whether you can shotgun each attack effectively enough to skip it without any threat. (With the exception of Double Score, that is. What a nightmare that card was, how did I even capture that?)

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