Attempting to Complete a Touhou Game without Grazing a Single Bullet!

I decided to see if it was possible to finish a Touhou game without grazing, and this is the result. Here I'll be going through some of the practice, as well as strategies I used. Was it hard? Was it easy? Will I ever try another? Yes! No! Maybe so!
VOD of No Graze: • EoSD No Graze with Replay
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[@ylissotato]

5:45 "If I were that lucky, I'd be speedrunning Minecraft" subtle nod there, I love it

[@Heisenbones2020]

*Dream*

[@Josuh]

Sick burn doe

[@xerneis743]

most unexpected, I had to pause to finish laughing

[@tims.1615]

"subtle"

[@ddd-op5wy]

I don't think you know what subtle means

[@foxxbaker]

Touhou but social distancing

[@Amber_Scarlet]

Touhou, The Embodiment of Covid-19

[@kapa_nitori]

*bullet distancing*

[@spiderycider]

@@Amber_Scarlet imperishable virus

[@Amber_Scarlet]

@@spiderycider The Scarlet Fever Incedent

[@spiderycider]

@@Amber_Scarlet hidden virus in four people

[@SymphoMatt]

"Give Meiling a hug to death cancel the next wave." i just wanna give meiling a hug in general

[@zarek9340]

I want to give Sayaka a hug for having to deal with so much shit from coworkers to intruders alike

[@vidyabatter]

I want to give Marisa a hug because uhhh idk I just like marisa

[@ppoly]

i want to give a patch of grass a hug because im desperate for it

[@vidyabatter]

@@ppoly Then do it. Don't tell others to "touch grass" if you can't do it yourself.

[@guncatto2625]

I just wanna hug all cats.

[@Grgrqr]

Isn’t this just Touhou with a Letty hitbox?

[@Dan-gs3kg]

Marisa is dummy thick.

[@Interesting_Failure]

[Mallet "You Grow Bigger!"]

[@waterized_bottle]

@@Dan-gs3kg Reimu! I'm tryin' to dodge the bullets, BUT I'M DUMMY THICK. AND THE CLAPS OF MY CHEEKS KEEPS ALERTIN' THE FAIRIES ZE~!

[@sharkronical]

@@Dan-gs3kg sauce?

[@Dan-gs3kg]

@@sharkronical her hitbox is the largest in a few of the games, and one of her main weapons in the fighting games is her ass.

[@edgarsanchez9745]

I can't even imagine how badly your sunk cost fallacy got during this

[@darwinwatterson4568]

_hugs_

[@wandering4104]

"After the bomb is finished, give Meiling a hug." Imagine getting obliterated by a laser and then you see the person shooting you walking up to you to give you a hug and then they die

[@Konprise]

16:14 "Give Meiling a hug" Lol

[@Niiue]

give her the break she deserves. she'll be able to tell sakuya that she was able to take the player down atleast once!

[@marupan_desu]

"Don't worry Meiling, i know you tried... now move yo ass im gettin inside"

[@herohamza1196]

Pachi too

[@flan_fleemep]

this is Infinitely more interesting than i thought this would be i am all for it

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

I'm very glad you put ''attempting'' on the title instead of ''almost completed'' or ''completed'' since it spoils the fun Lovely video, thanks for this

[@BamdTheBamd]

i'd like to point out that he's the only one to do eosd no graze and had to route on his own i won't bother attempting this for lls but i assume that game would be possible cause it has easy patterns, gives 9 bombs in total without dying and the game ends after stage 5 on easy

[@lazersfixall3939]

sounds like a horribly stressful way to waste my time. and im into that

[@lazersfixall3939]

Update: im using reimu A and marisa and yuuka are both bitches but stage 1-3 generally have no real hiccups

[@BamdTheBamd]

@@lazersfixall3939 marisa A is better cause she deals the most damage especially when pointblanking and reimu is a more consistent boss than marisa

[@lazersfixall3939]

@@BamdTheBamd questiojn do you know if her yin yang orbs produce graze or not

[@BamdTheBamd]

@@lazersfixall3939 they don't

[@daiyousei.1586]

This just sounds like having a large hitbox with extra steps

[@lazydelibird]

Basically, Sukuna used "you grow bigger" and teleported you to EoSD.

[@dantheman-vs3gi]

I've always liked learning about the ways players create and plan their routes to complete certain runs, especially score runs. This is the first time I've heard of a "no graze" run and didn't even know it was even possible. It was cool to see the different tricks you utilized to complete your run. The tactical deaths to refill your bombs is something that I never would have thought of! You did a great job with this video and its been fun watching your improvement on progressing though these games!

[@Ohrami]

You really wouldn’t have thought of that? I thought of it as soon as I read the title and I’ve only played this game for like a couple of weeks.

[@dantheman-vs3gi]

@@Ohrami Well, I have seen some score runners do this trick before to quickly refill their bombs so that they could take advantage of certain stages and gain more score, but I thought that it would be extremely risky in a "no graze" run since some enemies do give graze when you approach them. I guess with EoSD, the fairies don't give graze if you run into them so it could be used as a legitimate tactic, but I was surprised since I originally assumed that it was like the other games.

[@ValunarTonix]

"Touhou, but I pretend to be a newbie to the series" (As far as I see newbies like to stay as far as possible from any bullet and bomb almost anytime they panic.)

[@zarek9340]

Meanwhile I forget I have bombs because I use them exclusively for death-bombing

[@henryfleischer404]

I guess I'm finally not new anymore.

[@carlosdumbratzen6332]

I am a newbie and I am just way to often randomly touching bullets

[@ultimapower6950]

I mostly stick to vertical bottom of the screen

[@guncatto2625]

Anyways I'm just gonna say. But I only use bombs in a pure panic or I have no idea what's going on.

[@verv6454]

As a person who never finished EOSD on difficulty higher than Easy without CCing I can't put into words how impressive this entire process is

[@sillyliltengu]

Real except my limit is normal mode

[@Yatsuzume]

I wonder if Touhou 17 might also be possible this way? I imagine otter hypers + bombs can skip a lot of tricky patterns.

[@AspreyFM]

Without putting the time into it, I assumed outside of EoSD, IN and maybe PCB because of the increased starting lives that maybe only TD (only because of it's reputation for easier patterns so less dense overall) would be doable. Since learning that MoF doesn't count graze at all, it's technically always a No Graze run. I didn't think about WBaWC's Otter abilities so it might be No Grazable

[@nazumi012]

i imagine th17 would be rng heavy because you have to chase the spirits around. if you don't get the correct spirit at the right time you might have to reset (of course, not factoring in bombs yet) also, could this work for touhou 16? spring subseason has more or less a full screen clear at max. also aya and cirno have long lasting bombs iirc. the only problem is lives.

[@illusionblossom7853]

@@nazumi012 One of the main problems with this is that one of the two main sources of season items is grazing. Also the final spell would be near impossible as bombs don't damage it and you are set to technically 0 power and have your subseason removed for it

[@nazumi012]

@@illusionblossom7853 oh right, the final spell. i was under the impression all the later touhou games' final spells dont have invincibility. not to mention no release. th16 seems impossible then.

[@BinglesP]

16:12 “Once the bomb is finished, give Meiling a hug; to death-cancel the next wave.” Wish that worked for any character on my runs

[@raghugba863]

"If I was that lucky, 'd be speedrunnung minecraft" Will be one of my favorite quotes ever

[@fujiwaranovari]

I love the thumbnail

[@Dragonrealms245]

This run was a real treat when you did it and it’s still great now

[@valivanvan]

So much detail goes into such a short run. Really speaks for how rigorous this must've been.

[@Kilesfactor]

I love how your profile is just a donut

[@karnifall]

Finding a Touhou video in this style gives my brain a real nice serotonin boost. Also didn't even realize it was 20 minutes long, it only felt like 5. Great video!

[@Silencer1337]

I'd like to give this the "Most painful idea for a video"-award.

[@lazydelibird]

And the award is taken by that magikarp itemless run that still failed.

[@meep4950]

I will never forget the amount of secrecy you had with this run and its video idea, wanting to do it mostly offstream, but eventually still streaming attempts for moral support. You might have sounded dead inside during it all but it was still a blast to watch. Good stuff man.

[@arisensa]

Phenomenal video! The editing and the commentary are top notch. The amount of effort you put into this is shown. I always wondered if you could beat a game without graze and you have answered my question. Danke Schoën!

[@Larfty]

i havent played this series since years and i never expected myself to see such an entertaining touhou player making videos! Midway through the video and your telling me stuff that I never even knew or payed attention to before lol!! Great video!

[@schwerenevonyildi1315]

Imagine how the bosses felt when they can't even hit you with their bullets then you just casually ram them to refill your bombs.

[@serse8455]

goddammit man, this sounds like a shiny hunting tier insanity inductor, chapeau

[@theokproductions5786]

This helped me complete EoSD easy mode for the first time

[@Amber_Scarlet]

the "I don't want to do this spell card" button. well, that is until you get to survival spells

[@lazydelibird]

Or bomb shields. Looking at Remy.

[@Wannabe-channeL]

When you’re too good at Touhou and come back to play easy mode

[@ByreAdrian]

The crashing into enemies is a really good idea that didnt cross my mind. Also a fun idea would be how low is the theorical minimum score possible in a 1CC, because that would require not picking up power or scoring and shooting down the minimum amount of enemies

[@lazydelibird]

Isn't that a paficist touhou run?

[@ByreAdrian]

@@lazydelibird I suppose it would be a pacifist run, reducing graze at minimum and dying in order to get the least amount of bonuses at the end

[@David_A_E]

Oh wow, I was wondering if it was possible to get a no graze run when I started playing touhou, really interesting to see that it's possible

[@Niiue]

this video was more entertaining than i would've liked to admit. the amount of time you devoted into this silly idea was astonishing to say the least. (although, once again, the sunk cost fallacy rings hard here) 22:35 also, nice dodging.

[@ivanlai8619]

The modern Touhou community is super shitposty, which while is fine, does get stale after a while. Glad I found you, my new favourite 2hu tuber now.

[@BinglesP]

I agree

[@kosuzudrinkwater186]

Masta Supaaku really can solves everything, eh

[@GarryDumblowski]

I remember watching a 9-graze run of Ten Desires (almost 2/3 of which came from Newborn Divine Spirit), with the annotations predicting that EoSD could only be done with 100-150 graze.

[@PremiumShiny]

"Ah I'm worn out" No Graze is cool and all, but how about No Graze No Points

[@lazydelibird]

Its impossible. The point items are needed to get the two one ups.

[@RKBM_10]

Just like Mokou, this channel came back again.

[@CeruleanSeal]

I'll say one thing, I thoroughly disagree with it not "looking impressive". sure the bomb spam isn't as much, but those wide dodges are practically avoiding half the bullets acting like Utsuho's suns. Massive invisible hit boxes you're forced to avoid. Fingers crossed for the future cause I'd love to see how this looks in PCB. ESPECIALLY if it includes Yuyuko

[@heiwuniao7550]

ressurection butterfly be like: a minute of bombs and bombspam

[@guik0968]

impressive! Zun should give you a special prize for this one really, very creative and interesting

[@XziledBlog]

This looked a lot easier at the start. Is there a patch out there for visible graze hitbox?

[@pascarinopascal1881]

I really enjoy all your Touhou content! Makes me see these games in a different light. Keep it up!!!

[@Codeoftherpg]

I can't believe you got me enthralled in 23 minutes of this. No graze run is a novel idea and it was nice to see your process. Showing an actual full replay where you succeed would be nice though, as this just looks like piecing it together step by step.

[@xClownpiece]

if you ever do try this again, maybe you could make a reskin patch that shows the graze hitbox? it doesn’t really matter though since i don’t think it’ll be possible to squeeze through them anyways.

[@majestic._]

and then theres me who cant even complete EOSD on easy playing normally （πーπ）

[@TheRealFraston]

"You grow bigger!"

[@LunarWingCloud]

I wasn't expecting this, but this was really entertaining. EoSD is definitely my favorite game, for the weird things you can try with it.

[@ChocoKayke]

This is so cool, also you're insane.

[@SpinozillaSaurian]

1:28 Eh? Easy Mode?

[@aordinaryperson8098]

Only kids play in easy mode

[@danbotspooner5081]

the practice patch really makes the games so much more accessible and easy to practice. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any new players. I went from someone struggling to 1cc normals to 1ccing hards and beating Extras.

[@notunotme1164]

I love that thumbnail. Its like Marisa is being chased for robbing a bank.

[@lowestpaper4186]

“If I was that lucky I would be speed running Minecraft ”. He just spitting facts

[@darkerbot1337]

Really cool run. Seems like Rumia finally managed to unleash a small part of her power under these speciifc circumstances :)

[@jokeofacity6717]

"Touhou 6 is one of the 4 games where you can increase lives" Wait, that option exists? And here I'm torturing myself with having 0 extra lives at the start

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

if you were starting with 0 extra lives then you would've had to find the setting and change it to 0, I'm pretty sure the default is 2-3 extra lives I made the same mistake myself.

[@SomeGuy712x]

(1:23) Isn't 3 the default number of bombs already? (5:45) Heh. Yeah, if only you had Dream's "luck". (7:28) Huh, I didn't know that 127 power is just as strong as the max of 128 in EoSD. (19:02) LOL, "Triathalon"? So, Patchouli's getting some exercise now? :P (21:19) Yeah, I've seen a grazeless run of Imperishable Night in the past, and it was pretty neat, especially since it went for the good ending (stage 6B). (22:01) Actually, I think this is super impressive! Well done!

[@jaakarimiquel8473]

I have been wondering if anyone has done a no graze run, then this video just popped up. Well done!

[@gappystu]

suomi

[@TheKaizoMario]

*sees videos based on this series* Me: cool *Sees this game might be harder than Cuphead!* O_O

[@Levonshi]

Honestly really underrated yet puts alot of efforts in videos :)

[@_Qwerty_418]

Honestly this video is really cool. I don't play Touhou or know very much about it but it's always interested me however when I played my first game (EoSD) I didn't end up having as much fun as I thought I would but even despite that it's still cool to see videos like these going over these games because there still really good games even if I didn't enjoy one personally (Maybe I should try another any suggestions?)

[@-anomaly186-3]

This guy also made a video talking about what games he would recommend people to start with, and why. He also talks about the games mechanics in detail.

[@_Qwerty_418]

@@-anomaly186-3 oh really. I'll check it out then

[@TH3V01D]

Very good video, nice job!

[@32th]

Really good video. I like well produced Touhou content and wish to see more of it

[@deividymario2408]

Nice video, I Thought I was a Lunatic, but oh my... You're even more, congratulations +1 sub.

[@Fabryfg]

Game: *starts* Asprey: so anyway I started bombing

[@notablehaddock9462]

Holy crap first off, how did you keep this a secret so well? Second off, how do you not see how impressive this is to watch? Surely this could be its own speed running category if other people attempt it as well. Either way, great video, love the breakdown, wish you luck on future attempts!

[@remixtheidiot5771]

Ay. This is a challenge idea I thought of a long time ago but never had the courage or energy to attempt. Nice to see someone else do it in my stead! Hah! Always appreciate challenge runs. They require a lot of effort both as a video maker and a game player. Attempting them always makes me realize that every time and humbles me. I'll stick to my lame bomb spam 1cc runs.

[@betapsyrainn]

It's interesting over the years there are always changes in TH games the characters and everything

[@Landmasters]

Mountain of Faith is certainly possible thanks to the power glitch with Marisa. It might be tricky to maintain with some stages, but being able to clobber enemy clusters intended to flood the screen would cut back significantly on resets and the RNG involved.

[@lazydelibird]

Must feel like playing the whole game with sukuna's you grow bigger but you can't see the hitbox.

[@ignisol47]

Great video! Do you have any plans on covering Touhou Luna Nights on your fangame series?

[@kurukuroni3486]

Alternate title: "Attempting to Complete Mountain of Faith".

[@scj643]

Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom no grazing

[@RealSaiden]

as someone who is TERRIBLE at Touhou specifically this is incredible to watch.

[@dungeonmaster0656]

This is like telling a someone to try and dodge raindrops but they just instead refuses and bring an umbrella

[@ZenoDLC]

You lost hope, yet goes on with a facade, yet it's still a hopeless masquerade

[@riker5372]

fantastic video asprey

[@poledra4153]

Tbh, the first time i saw this video, i thought you would say at the end it was impossible

[@onlysmiles4949]

The game's generosity truly knows no bounds

[@graveltheblock5578]

This is like peeing without pulling dowm your pants while trying to get it on the toilet

[@testhekid]

marisa stole the precious *graze*

[@grimgamer0527]

Touhou Boss: Appears Asprey: "Nice aim"

[@GoldLink364]

You got me with that Minecraft joke

[@nasanierulastname2997]

This is the person the Heavy was waiting to outsmart boolet

[@yoster39]

14:20 "baaka baaka"

[@ltxr9973]

Very interesting idea. And a replay? I wish you did that more often.

[@mccrow4561]

That's super impressive, man!

[@_.NullAccount._]

1:18 Sentado en un Muelle

[@AdamChan318]

I get the feeling it might be possible to no graze in Unconnected Marketeers, considering the amount of tools and bombs you can work with (just mind laser tengu)

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

casually master spark out of your problems

[@danteshi]

Touhou but the hitbox is yourself

[@yousefslimani99]

lol What did you Just Said?! 16:13

[@phantomic4828]

Me: *sees this video.* Also me: I can debunk this in a millisecond.

[@Blossommoon64]

and here i was wondering if you could complete a game without moving your character at all, i might still try that but this sounds harder lmoa

[@melody5296]

Touhou but hitboxes are HUGE.

[@RezeedTheDataspirit]

I can't help but think this is more achievable with the beginner's best friend, the Hakurei Amulet. Guaranteed damage so it's likely possible to capture while dodging and you can focus more on dodging bullets than concerned about grazing.

[@TheAvoiderOfGrass]

now do no graze no bomb lunatic eosd

[@tha1cpu]

You should play Touhou Luna nights

[@yume2727]

No Graze????? Boi crazy 🥶

[@eggseventy4905]

Of course the I decide to try and play touhou games moriya shrine is down for maintenance

[@gornrox7518]

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF?! Either way good vid m8!

[@lazydelibird]

I mean, his brother played pokemon ruby with slakoth and gen 2 with ditto and the moomin runs

[@melo-7904]

So basically touhou reiden (HRtP) hitbox Like the 2nd jigoku boss but if lunatic was too easy... yep you are dead