Beginner CV2 Speedrun Walkthrough, by a Beginner CV2 Speedrunning Tourist

A brief personal introduction followed by a full run of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, mostly (but not completely) in the glitchless fashion, intended to show newer players to the game who are taking up speedrunning the game the fundamentals of what they need to be aware of, the route needed to take, some basic advice on when and where to game over strategically when possible, a specific backup contingency in Brahms Mansion and a basic "safe strat" run design which can provide a solid foundation to build and add upon to improve their times. As I myself am a beginner, it's riddled with imperfections, both in terms of gameplay and the splits, which late-game I forgot to use despite my desire to use them as bookmarks. Despite the blunders within the play through itself I am uploading it because those blunders in all honestly verify the authenticity that I am, in fact, a new runner myself.
Further useful links and locations:
Route map created by MTK426 - www.speedrun.com/cv2sq/guides...
Current Any% Record by Jay_Cee - www.twitch.tv/videos/17337362...
CV2 Guru Sathdresh - / sathdresh
Active Any% No Wrong Warp runner Opry99er - / opry99er

[@Opry99er]

Thanks for the walkthrough. Really nicely done