Game:

The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002)

Duration: 9:13

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ok but how did i even die

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I'd abandoned this goal for some time because I thought it was a bit stupid (and didn't care enough to try too hard). Came back today after a few months and wasn't expecting to get it within a handful of attempts.


I don't even like this extra, so I'm not doing this with the stage portion and midbosses attached.



For some reason, the method I used to lock the rank to max reverts your shot to the regular non-hyper one if you get hit even once. So that mysterious death to absolutely nothing really just served no purpose other than to make the next spell take longer. I'm not too bummed out about that death; it's honestly somewhat funny, and it's not like anyone cares about this achievement anyway.


Most tips apply exclusively to max rank (unless otherwise stated). I didn't bother learning this fight on regular difficulty.



- 1st, 2nd, 4th and 7th nons are all routable.

- 3rd non sucks and it feels like it can kill you whenever it wants.

- Circling on the 5th non is safer than doing it normally. Be careful that the boss doesn't move into you though.
- 6th spell, phase 1: you can use your shot to help align yourself with a gap. Be aware that the bullets don't travel exactly straight down, so try not to pick a gap that'll pincer you.
- 6th spell, phase 3: the gap always stops directly opposite where it spawned.

- With hyper firepower, I'd have been able to finish the 8th spell off without restreaming. (But I died, so my damage wasn't high enough and I had to. So technically this run was slightly harder to do than a perfect run...)
- 9th spell, phase 1: basically do what I do. For the first wave, I line myself up next to that bullet and move down when the timer hits 95.5s. This forces the snake to go offscreen, and the first ring of mentos will not spawn.
- 9th spell, phase 3: it's a bit hard to explain, but the spell behaves more similarly across attempts if you stay close to the mouth of the snake. Me waiting around at about 5-6s remaining before pushing upwards just before the spell ends was planned.

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