Danmakufu - Everlasting Purity (Junko Boss Battle)

Well it's sure been a while, hasn't it...?
I've been meaning to release this months ago, but a whole load of real-life stuff and distractions slowed me down a ton. But after all that time, hopefully this'll be worth the wait!
Ever since I made that "joke" Junko boss fight, I wanted to give her some actual love in the form of a legit script. But I kinda hit a wall in terms of what I wanted to do for her... And then as a half-joke/half-challenge to myself I decided to make attacks that only involved ring patterns. And before I knew it, I had a whole text file loaded with ideas for various ring-centered spell cards. Obviously I wasn't going to go and name ALL of them, so I just took a page out of the "Mokou's「Countless Death」" script and turned it into a gauntlet of relatively short attacks (with some longer ones thrown in to shake things up).
But of course you know me, I had to meme in some way... So don't worry, there's plenty of that in the bonus content -- where I just HAD to make a certain reference given who this script involves.
Hope you enjoy! You can download the script here:
www.bulletforge...
If you're new to Danmakufu, I've included a readme file in the download that includes instructions on how to play the script.
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BACKGROUND MUSIC USED, IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
• 【東方 ☯ Instrumental Roc...
• Re: LLS: Cute Devil ~ ...
• Video
• Crypt of the Necrodanc...
• NEW DANGANRONPA V3 OST...
[I can't find the last one on KZbin anymore :( But the remix is by COOL&CREATE]

[@incarceratedGenetici]

Things Junko likes: Circles, red and blue bullets, micrododging, PAIN

[@Mr._Sherwood]

"Pixel-Perfect Micrododging RNG bullshit"

[@MissingLure]

She also likes Raep time!

[@classiclover2129]

Don't forget purple bullets (although it's a mix between red and blue bullets...)

[@DJruslan4ic]

She also likes purple, orange, red and blue flame-like bullets

[@Carcosa_Rutsah8564]

Makes sense, in lore she doesn’t really care about making her abilities look beautiful, she just wants to fucking kill you

[@Frikiman_H]

Pure, solid, unadulterated PAIN

[@Mr._Sherwood]

You know what I find funniest? One of Junko's closing spells genuinely resembles Raep Tiem.

[@piersredfield178]

These are some of the most creative spell card designs I've ever seen! Simplistic and creative but fun and challenging! Your spell card concepts are some of the best out there! I like how you don't fall prey to the same trap other touhou fangame makers fall into. They just have this notion in their heads that "hurr durr more bullets means better spell cards hurrrrr" which is honestly missing the point of spell cards entirely! Spell cards where meant to give a fair fight, to give the weaker species (ie. Human like Reimu and Marisa) a legitimate fighting chance against powerful youkai like Yukari and Junko. Their minds somehow equate bullet density and impossibility of capturing the spell card to beauty, when there's so much more factors that make a spell card design beautiful! I think Junko might actually be a stab at these fangame makers. ZUN showed them that it's not always the number of bullets and difficulty that makes a spell card pretty :) Junko has one of the lowest bullet count per spell in the game, and yet she's also one of the most difficult and interesting bosses! Your spell card design would fit perfectly in a legitimate ZUN-made touhou game :)

[@AJSdanmakufu]

An interesting point! Yes one personal pet peeve of mine is when I see fangames that just try to pack in more and more bullets onto a pattern without any consideration for what's "fun" -- only what's difficult. I myself fell victim to that pitfall when I first started scripting. If you'll look at some of my earliest works for instance, you'll see how back then I prioritized over making stuff that's "hurr SO DENSE" just for the sake of being super hard. Nowadays I really admire the works I see where scripters do something unique with bullet patterns to force the player to move outside their comfort zone. Granted, I still have issues with ZUN's danmaku for Junko in that it was a bit TOO simple, to the point of apparent laziness. Though I don't blame him, it seems he succumbed to fatigue while developing LoLK and didn't have the time to better elaborate on more interesting danmaku for Junko while keeping with the theme of "simplicity." My goal with this script was to show you can keep it simple while still making things interesting and fun. And thanks! :) Though I could never make a full-length fangame in a million years because I don't have the attention span nor the creativity to come up with that much material. I mean look at how long it took me to get this script out, haaaah.

[@HarrisonMarriottZegaGamer]

(late much on my part) He was also going out of his comfort zone to create Junko; fans had complained that his danmaku was too design-focused instead of actually difficult. Hence with his LoLK final boss he had been pressured into making a boss that was simple and difficult. Without playtesters, Junko PTSD was born. On the contrary, you have quite a wacky style in regards to your danmaku and have the freedom to do so- this won't kill anyone's run by being taken off guard. With his works he also has to worry about making a feasible boss for an official game; a final boss, no less. It could have been as wacky as yours for a final boss due to pointdevice but he also had to take Legacy into account. Also when pressured into something you generally feel obliged to meet expectations, hence creative freedom is less prominent. However, in HSiFS he did flex a lot of creativity with both the final and extra stages, especially with the backgrounds. A show of his ability to make simple danmaku creative and fun would be Anarchy Bullet Hell in my opinion due to taking a simple attack and putting his own unique twist on it. Personally, I believe Junko was just a middle finger to people trying to have tougher danmaku instead of him being able to enjoy developing a boss character. Alcohol can sure put you in a piss poor mood.

[@junkoposter6259]

Piers Redfield everything you said here is correct, but wasn't Junko a divine spirit or something?

[@dragonboimmdvideos]

Love your profile pic ♡

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

I love this thread.

[@UmbrakineticMusic]

Wow, this script looks really serious _hits the __13:53__ mark_ ... I forgot this was AJS

[@nintendash9943]

Hey, it’s still a bit serious......

[@charsage1036]

19:14 Junko: THEN PERISH Me: PICK A GOD AND PRAY!

[@bigsmoke6637]

Too bad,no god is capable of saving her when it's junko

[@WatatsukiNoToyohime]

@@bigsmoke6637 Ah Yes even yorihime running away from her

[@lyrica-live]

What I always emphasize admiring about your work are the clever gimmicks you come up with, but working with Junko's "pure danmaku" style in such a captivating way really calls for an emphasis on your raw patterning skill. At the same time, of course your cleverness also continues to shine -- the way you can take a simple theme like "rings" and squeeze every last bit of creative interpretation out of it... Man, the three-dimensional illusion at 5:00 was my favorite. The aesthetic of 10:40 really struck me too. And the last survival spell really instantly communicated the PC-98 throwback vibe in an interesting way. ...JESUS CHRIST, THOUGH, THAT BONUS ENDING. The concept of danganmaku punishments is now among my favorite things.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

My original idea was to try to code a whole cutscene in "3D" with the characters as paper cutouts, mimicking the style of a Danganronpa execution. I know it CAN be done, I've seen other scripters do really cool things with 3D camera control in Danmakufu. But sadly I'm not that skilled in it yet, but more importantly than that it would've eaten up a lot of time... I just wanted to get this script out there before I dragged it on any longer, so I settled for a simpler "punishment." Simplicity is (Touhou)Junko's M.O. after all~

[@Latency345]

*gasp* IT’s her?!

[@piersredfield178]

Also, at 9:16 ... In Soviet Russia, you don't evade bullets, bullets evade you xD

[@user-ei8vz8xy1j]

but still hit

[@Lunarethic]

not gonna lie I was expecting a class trial with the way things were going

[@AsianRailgun]

Way more interesting than the actual Junko fight lmao. Loved the creativity in these patterns. Also that end part was a nice touch.

[@tuhkapussi987]

Yeah, this is much better than the original Junko fight.

[@SilverEternal22]

>hears Gengetsu's theme come in at the end OH FUCK ARE WE DOING THIS OH FUCK WE ARE DOING THIS

[@shinki5361]

Gengetsus raping time

[@Mr._Sherwood]

*Its Rapin' Time.*

[@Fey_Yoshida]

SilverEternal22 IT’S GENGETSU RAEP TIME, BOI!

[@Mugenri]

That last spell spooked me until I figured out that it was aimed. I was so ready to experience sweet, sweet death.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Guess you'll (not) die?

[@Mugenri]

AJS but dying is fun!

[@TheRealHelvetica]

4:56 Wow dude, you made circles look cool and pretty.

[@prduckmansuikascereal]

9:14 in Soviet Russia, you don't control Reimu, Reimu controls danmaku (sadly not you)

[@LunasaHaniyaMeme]

In Soviet Russia, danmaku dodges you.

[@JimmyTheZombie115]

Holy shit AJS, this has to be one of your most best scripts ever, despite it being Junko. The patterns are incredible and pure. These scripts never fail to please me.

[@N0VANE0]

(Hears music) This sounds familiar... (Sees wings) Wait... (Sees pattern) Could it be? (Sleeping Terror part of song starts) RAEP TIME?

[@SK-by6qd]

Josh29 Imagine if it wasn’t just streaming, but random like the original. XD

[@Mr._Sherwood]

Pain in its truest form. True Gengetsu Raep Tiem would be literally impossible, and was probably made to deter people from timing the attack out. I can see why he made it into pure streaming, but slowing it slightly (to make it actually possible) and making it random would probably have been a more faithful (and more rage-inducing) way to go about it.

[@sleeplessnarcolept6541]

11:39 It's like Youkai "Blazing Wheel" And Akitsu Nezu's nonspells had a child

[@Mr._Sherwood]

So I heard that Junko took up religion recently. She became a Puritan.

[@therunawaygirl5096]

This is pure genius. Junko surely purified your brain to make there beautiful patters... Oh, o no... Oh god, Junko, why... Why are those patterns so... Hellishly pure?!

[@DopeioThePhoneBoi]

Ya boi rises from the ashes like Fujiwara no Mokou

[@jorgewaldimir9866]

13:55 Is she really doing it? 14:45 She is really doing it!!! Raep Time!!

[@DarkHarpuia]

At first I was like "I'm not gonna watch 20 god damn minutes of this" but... that was absolutely mesmerizing. Christ man, the "rotate blue bullets and red bullets" pattern was INSANE

[@WhiskaAliapoh]

Nice script. That was really interesting though the part where you control the danmaku to not hit Reimu. That's the most interesting and unique mechanism that I've ever seen. Then again you always were good at making unique and interesting scripts. Awesome work! Okay on second thought, the ring part was also pretty killer and I think I like that even more. OMG, that bonus content. I love you AJS! That was brilliant! A+++++

[@Ice-yp4wg]

Junko and Junko Enoshima. Was a lingering thought in my brain. And I just saw how that would go. Pure Danmaku for inflicting Pure Despair.

[@ESALTEREGO]

Danganronpa fan found Anti cringe brigade dispatched

[@SparenofIria]

Amazing job - especially the rotating bullets and the 3 stage ring ascension spell. That one was brilliant!

[@brayatanstolethepreciousth2884]

Never thought I'll live long enough to see a Purity R*pe time.

[@WishMakers]

I... Well played my dude... The danmaku was so creative, the gimmick cards fit... You made Gengetsu's timeout mess into an aimed meme!!! The bonus content, where do I start... The punishment was hilarious, Junko getting destroyed was cathartic... I love it. And I'm pretty sure Junko would as well

[@Joshthepikachu2123]

This was a ride from start to finish, but That ending got me good, I was expecting Junko to tell Enoshima to destroy the moon, but NOPE, "THEN PERISH" I cracked up so much

[@tanjimmy125]

This script is all sorts of amazing. Using only the basics, the diversity of the patterns here is breathtaking. And, the gimmicks, oh my goodness, the gimmicks, especially the pattern where you move the bullets instead of the player and the bullet-frog jump, among multiple others, I've never ever seen those anywhere to date, even if, extremely rarely. It's very tricky to navigate through these gimmicky attacks on the first encounter (got my ass handed on the frog-jump attack, arrived with 13 hits, hobbled out with 37), but I love the concepts of these. Would be interesting to see those implemented into a classical boss fight.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Thank you~ Yes, one of the challenges I've realized is that while working on gimmicky spells like that, I get used to it to the point that I forget how difficult it can be to grasp for first-time players. In the case of this script though, I don't exactly intend you to do your best on your first run of course. That's why I implemented a system to let you skip whichever attacks you want to get to the ones you want to practice on subsequent runs. And in fact, this is why I give you unlimited time and free reign to move about the rings when the "frogger" attack first begins -- to give you some time to come to grips with the movement controls before it starts throwing bullets your way.

[@SK-by6qd]

Jimmy Tan The frogger attack is easy if you just abuse s. Just mash up and down quick enough, and you should only take one hit per cycle.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

But where's the fun in that? :T Besides, the goal of this gauntlet is to get hit as few times as possible. And not all of the frogger phases are that bad... Though I've found that it's best to dodge normally, and then if you get hit by a tricky wave to just press forward a few rings to take advantage of s.

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

This is _awesome._ I loved the spell cards and the Junko Enoshima additions. Loved it.

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

This makes Junko seem REALLY pissed off for some reason. She's just speeding things up. It makes me feel tense and hyped up. We really are fighting the mother of gods.

[@diogenese7054]

The prophecy has come to pass! Junko vs. Junko Enoshima, this is an awesome script!

[@kobito1176]

This is really cool! For using only rings, this has some of the most creative patterns I've seen. If I were to nitpick a bit, the Gengetsu phase feels pretty unnecessary. It doesn't fit in well and is fairly underwhelming (literally just streaming). The penultimate attack was awesome though, kinda reminded me of Frogger, actually. I'd love to see the concept expanded upon.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Yeah, I was heavily debating whether or not to leave the Gengetsu phase in or to just keep it separate as bonus content. But I kinda wanted a "flashy finale", and I figured what better way than to pay homage to THE PUREST ATTACK OF ALL (that, and I was proud to have managed to musically sync the attack... ;w;)

[@DatJaneDoeArchive]

My Best Score: ibb.co/gNDiDb Being a long time fan of Touhou memes/music/art while having never played a Touhou game has made me feel bad, so I decided to download th_dnh and this script to have a go at it. Yeah, I think I should stick to memes from now on.

[@bryanfigueirarodrigues9397]

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I'VE WATCHED IN MY LIFE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS FUCKING MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!

[@hleghe810]

16:12 well I'll be seeing that face in my nightmares

[@melamichan8949]

*HOW IS DANGANRONPA EVERYWHERE* i love it

[@Virtlux]

This script had so many twists and interesting ideas for just using rings. Probably one of the most creative works of yours so far!

[@jlever]

Compared to Queen of Fools this was a cakewalk. Not that I'm complaining though.

[@ZebraOnYourNose]

Alternate title: Junko breaks the Spell Card rules for nearly 20 minutes

[@fjshdf]

The purest geometry

[@lukasi6688]

Amazing. I was worried that, judging from the name and the first 2 attacks, this would turn into Mokou's「Countless Death」, which is considerably boring. I'm glad I was wrong. You are creative as always, especially the survivals! The idea of controlling the bullets instead of your own character is greatly executed, and the other survival spell reminds me of the frog crossing the road game. Obviously, not every pattern has a wow factor, but some of them are really interesting, like the flower at 2:40. Also, I find some attacks hurting my eyes and brain, particularly the ones that involve bullets "slithering" like 4:30, but hey, they are cool! The only one I find it weird is the bubble attack at 6:40. Why is the bubble bigger as the attack progresses? I think that makes the spell easier when it should become more and more difficult. My favorite attack would be that Rape Time out of nowhere, followed by the 4:30 hesitating bullets. Edit: Forgot to add that it was a very slight let down that the rape time was a streaming.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

The bubble attack gets bigger because she adds more bullets in with each wave (up to a certain limit), so I needed to increase the bubble size to accommodate. This attack was actually REALLY hard to balance because with the way i designed it, you might occasionally get walled because the RNG hates you. The best way I could find to reduce the chance of cheap-shotting was to increase the bubble even more than I originally had planned. But trust me when I say it's still a very tricky attack~

[@lukasi6688]

I see. I guess it can be said that, your generosity is expressed through that bubble. xD

[@GUMPAAful]

idk why i feel that this battle looks more fair that the one from touhou 15, you awesome dude, i hope you make more in the future .

[@tyriquecoleman3794]

Props to you man, your scripts are always incredible and the spell cards are always really creative and neat to see and try to dodge ourselves.

[@pineappledisciple2988]

Junko stole the Precious Gengetsu Theme

[@fredericabernkastel8354]

Damn I looove this script. They are all very fitting for junko and the survival at around 9:50 is really cool.

[@thenumberquelve158]

That second-last spell was phenomenal. It effectively cast Reimu in the role of an electron, bound by the rules of quantum mechanics within its atom!

[@QuillTail]

Oh wow, this is really impressive, absolutely love the one where you control the bullets.

[@mr.nightmarez251]

No hate on zun but This is unironically better and more creative than the original junko boss fight 🗿

[@Levonshi]

19:17 R.I.P Junko Well She *PERISHED*

[@youdonotcare]

16:24 Ooohh, missed a chance to call it "Danmakuma"

[@kyle13th97]

Just when you thought the ring/circle patterns we're easy

[@gtnova7605]

I find it hilarious how I recently got a friend into Touhou, who had more experience with Danganronpa, made a Junko joke and then I find this video I am glad I saw this, though I wish it was done on Lunatic difficulty

[@sauri_an8251]

This is the reason why I subbed. Amazing work!

[@ImFangzBro]

Wow, Ms. Enoshima's 15 leagues behind you, at _least._ The punishment time didn't even *scratch* you.

[@ray30k]

That survival 10 minutes in... What a brainmelter!

[@Devilcakes]

Damn Reimu's too good for punishments.

[@jadebayoba7073]

14:08 i see the reference, i feel old

[@demodeus2472]

Gengetsu on minimal

[@dylanblue9201]

Touhou Pro: *In a Crowd of people* I need to get outta here. *Somehow gets out of the Crowd extremely fast* Touhou Pro's Friend: WHERE IS HE? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE? *takes 10 minutes to get out of the Crowd* Oh, There you are how did you get here so fast? There's alotta people there. Touhou Pro: *_Skills._*

[@conwaysquest6961]

You know shit's real when Reimu's first reaction is to GTFO. Enoshima never stood a chance.

[@sponge1234ify]

Reimu's first reaction is always GTFO though

[@Niiue]

19:16 junko enoshima can't even hope to dodge that since her hitbox is the size of her character. how unfortunate.

[@wraitsoth]

I'm in tears. I'm so happy to see you posted something and especially something this entertaining. And I know exactly what the last song is. I have it downloaded but I can't find the original video either.

[@EuniceAkaNicca1]

The level is insane

[@mex_5050]

Wellll you are never gonna believe what time it is maaaan.

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

Glad I found you. Will be watching and downloading your scripts now. Thanks.

[@amatsua1271]

You just gave me claustrophobia

[@Yuureiki]

14:07 RAEP TIEM

[@DatJaneDoeArchive]

The only script Sonic would ever like.

[@minaly22]

6:35 I was thinking of "Bottled Purity" when I saw this.

[@passivepaints1143]

EVERLASTING PURITY but in a bottle

[@minaly22]

contains 100% concentrated purity.

[@hleghe810]

16:20 more like bullet talk combat

[@hleghe810]

Although it's actually called machine gun talk or something

[@soschar2050]

12:00 that spell is like Orin's Yokai Blazing Wheel on steroids dude

[@rejanesalgueiro2264]

for some reason i keep imagining this one saying "dodge my rings" in a new york accent

[@Junkyx-zp9jb]

It be here

[@vn7906]

Lol, the second when Junko said greetings and ad instantly played

[@Latency345]

19:13 that voice byte is familiar. Flowey right?

[@LolitaCraft]

Okay, I JUST NOW got the reference at Junko's last spellcard (13:53-ish). It's Gengetsu's fucking timeout attack from LLS. Can't believe I didn't recognize it sooner! Still, I think fits in pretty well with Junko's other attacks considering a lot of them involve deadly rings/circles and whatnot.

[@Buitronthecrazy]

I can't believe someone was crazy enough to do this.

[@MrTigracho]

That surprise boss thought!

[@blue_the_boy_kisser]

19:29 JUNKO GIRL CHILL

[@gabrielnavia168]

this is truly a hard boss

[@khan6020]

awesome work !

[@hleghe810]

15:48 _ohhhhhhhh_ I actually was confused about these double names a while ago, so it's nice they're being made into a joke (I wanted to know touhou junko's name, but thought it wasn't junko, because daganrompa junko already had that name)

[@N0VANE0]

After some searching, I was able to find the last song, though, there are some sound effects. It's called "ジョーカー・ジュンコ ～ 永遠の純化". kzbin.info/www/bejne/paDRaXtvaJ6VppI

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Nice find! Yeah it seems the original video I got the song from is gone now. I can only wonder if COOL&CREATE is actually starting to crack down on videos of their more recent songs?

[@Crossbones-TS]

PURE DESPAIR

[@Bravidunno]

1:12 Totally not a Miko second spell reference.

[@trashkun7354]

because this is the most obvious reference in this script :^)

[@hleghe810]

16:34 that title may actually apply, at least in works of fiction (solely because who puts a shrine maiden in their story? It's pretty specific)

[@EuniceAkaNicca1]

14:45

[@Alice-sv8iw]

13:53 sariel is that you ????????

[@melody5296]

11:42 Orin flashbacks. 13:55 GENGETSU??? 15:38 No---- NOT THAT JUNKO... 16:40 Komachi flashbacks???

[@Vehehehe]

B A L L S

[@thihagiangtran2195]

WOW

[@EuniceAkaNicca1]

19:15 0:12 19:33 19:27 !! 19:23 !!!!!!!

[@vitaliykormov1266]

This video is the reason I looked up Danganronpa

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Glad to hear!! It's a great series. Hope you enjoyed it!

[@vitaliykormov1266]

@@AJSdanmakufu yeah! currently playing Danganronpa 2

[@talonfiend861]

Nice job making that video! Also, that date was my birthday! December 16!

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Hope you enjoyed the birthday gift!~

[@talonfiend861]

Thank you! I've been a fan of Touhou and now, I found your video of this one! Much obliged, AJS! I subscribed to you!

[@hleghe810]

5:10 wow that's an optical illusion

[@Niiue]

12:53 that looked easier than the other attacks. huh. wait. THERE'S MORE??

[@thatspy3336]

19:16 to the end is a replay I need

[@DelToDelete]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnW2g2mda7hriqM for last background music, cause others got removed ;w;

[@ivatigerfox2548]

14:10 Holy crap wings!!

[@franciscodavi1323]

this is the real saint divine spirit form of junko totally op!!

[@ivatigerfox2548]

francisco Davi Junko is a pure version of Shinki confirmed

[@lasatar6428]

IMO, the Gengetsu Rape Time part should have been random on Lunatic difficulty. As it is, it's just streaming.

[@hleghe810]

15:30 don't lie game, it says there's only one more life bar left... Wouldn't it still be the 22-ish?