theseabass

This was a long time in the making. Both of my other Original mode clears for this game and Futari each took 1 month of playing/practice. This took about 2 months. Seemingly tradition for this game, I did very little stage select practice outside of stage 3, which probably contributed to my long run time, haha. I'm just happy to finally get this. Stage 1: 0:10 Stage 2: 2:27 Stage 3: 5:35 Stage 4: 10:02 Stage 5: 14:18 Final Boss: 18:23 I think this is where I drop off with this game for now. I do eventually want to get the Arrange/Ultra 1CC clears down the road, and in that order, but that will probably be a ways off. I think I'm ready to start branching out to other Cave stuff outside of Mushihimesama/Futari, but I think I have one last pit stop with Futari 1.5 Maniac before I move on completely. Espgaluda 1 and 2 look like a lot of fun, but who knows what I'll commit to when the time comes. For now, I think I need a minor break from the grind.

This was originally achieved on January 21st, 2024. I got this before I achieved the Futari 1CC, so this really helped me build up my skills in the lead up to that. I'm currently working on the Mushihimesama Maniac mode 1CC, so hopefully I'll be able to drop that soon too. If the trend continues though it'll be another month before I'm able to clutch that out lmao. Stage 1: 0:25 Stage 2: 2:48 Stage 3: 5:47 Stage 4: 10:12 Stage 5: 14:45

Holy crap, what a run. Stages 1-4 went basically perfectly according to how I budgeted my routing, which left me with a surplus of resources going into Stage 5, and allowed me to have it come down to the wire in the final boss. I think the original Mushihimesama Maniac mode might be next on the list, but we will see! 0:11 Stage 1 2:37 Stage 2 6:29 Stage 3 11:10 Stage 4 16:30 Stage 5 21:37 Final Boss I managed to hit a soft goal I had for this run as well, which was to get past the 200 million score mark. It's probably not anything impressive when you compare it to the super players, but I'm happy that the clear surpassed that, as it's a nice even number. (And gave me an achievement too lmao) That Stage 5 boss fight really pushed me out of my comfort zone for the majority of the fight. I wasn't able to use the normal strategies I had practiced for that boss. I had practiced the first section of the fight using two bombs right off the bat, but I started out with none which caused that first death. That death really took a toll on my psyche for a bit, and caused the other two rapid fire deaths. Down to the last life, I knew exactly where my three remaining bombs needed to be placed, as I had exactly enough to get past the parts where they were necessary for consistency, but this left no margin for error on my end elsewhere. I managed to use the remaining bombs according to plan, but after that last wave of circle patterns coming at me I really was just winging it until the end. I managed to get the clear, and I think it makes it more fun for me that it was such a close call too!