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Ten Desires (2011)

Duration: 30:27

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Looks like I managed it within a month.

Not my best run of any of the stages, but it was my first where I didn't die with bombs remaining four times in a row on stage 5 and 6 or anything like that. This game is so much easier than most of the others that I get overconfident. Also even if the patterns are easier, this game certainly gives the lowest number of lives in the series. It does sort of compensate with all those bombs plus trances though.

Sanae was used since she gets trance a lot (it's like Lancelot but less medieval and more mystic). I was trying to see if I could reach the 18 extend. And failed. (But I had 16/18 or 17/18 on a previous attempt that pathetically failed with bombs remaining on the final card. Yes, the final card.)

Stage 1: It's possible to have a value of 21200 after the midboss by timing your trance better. Trance on Yuyuko was intentional to double that last life/bomb. The increased point value more than makes up for that lost spellcard bonus, and you can refill your trance meter easily on stage 2 before you need it again.

Stage 2: Did I really bomb on Kyouko's final card there when a gap was moving toward me? I often bomb on her midboss card and final noncard, but really.

Stage 3: That bomb didn't kill Kogasa fast enough. If you do extra enemies with life/bomb spirits appear. Also went the wrong way on the third-to-last wave of enemies and ended up not having the trance I planned to use on Yoshika's second card to final noncard. At least I got a surprise capture of that second card.
Sanae can't seem to capture Yoshika's first card by the way. Not enough power. And on her third card, I've always died when trying to pass through the lasers, so I play it safe and time it out.

Stage 4: Whoops. That deathtrance ended at a very lucky time there though. I didn't expect enough spirits for a new trance before Seiga. But it got my timing off. Should have waited for the post-midboss trance to end before collecting that third wave's spirits, since it normally ends before the third wave appears in the first place. And is it just me or is Seiga with Yoshika easier than Yoshika on her own?

Stage 5: I know that enemy in the middle of the last wave doesn't give any spirits. So why did I kill it instead of going directly to one side? And Futo's arrow bullets are annoying. I know I can survive the first wave and to bomb the second, but the third is easier than the second. I thought.

Stage 6: Well, I reached Miko with enough lives to scorerun her. Meaning it's time to try to play her out normally to see what I can capture... and it was almost like I was trance/bombing for spirits anyway with the amount of times I bombed.

Replay file if anyone's interested:
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=15798
I hope it doesn't desync or something. My game seems to lag whenever the background switches in or out of trance, and it's desynced other replays I've downloaded.

- Karisa

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