Touhou 东方雪莲华 ~ Abyss Soul Lotus - Perfect Extra Stage (ExNNNN)

[@adrianhendricks772]

I honestly did not expect the sudden appearance of Sanskrit in this game! After extensive research, I found that the Sanskrit words seen here are the names of various notable power-hungry demons throughout Hindu legend called "Asuras." -- Extra Stage Midboss *Lepus Timidys Snowy* -- 1:40 *Gunfire Volley "Snowhare Goddess of War"* [齐射「雪兔女武神」 Qíshè "Xuětù Nü-Wûshén"] 2:04 *Fluffle of Rabbits "Sparkling Bunny Kick"* [兔兔「闪耀兔踢」 Tùtù "Shăn'yào Tùtī"] 2:19 *"Plum-Sealed Snowtracks: Bunny Poker Trial"* [「梅印雪痕：兔之扑克试炼」 "Méiyìn Xuěhén: Tù zhī Pūkè Shìliàn"] -- Extra Stage Boss 蝕神 星羅 *Seira Shokushin* -- 4:09 *"Asura's Path"* [「非天之道」 "Fēitiān zhī Dào"] 4:44 *Hiranyakashipu "Demonic Duel"* [हिरण्यकशिपु「逢魔决战」 Hiraṇyakaśipu "Féngmó Juézhàn"] 5:28 *Hiranyaksha "Let the World Sink Into the Abyss!"* [हिरण्याक्ष「沉入深海吧！世界！」 Hiraṇyākṣa "Chénrù Shēnhăi ba! Shìjiè!"] 6:09 *Mahabali "Three Paces Across the World"* [महाबलि「三步天下」 Mahābali "Sānbù Tiānxià"] 6:35 *Vritra "Obstructing World Dragon"* [वृत्र「窒塞天地之龙」 Vṛtrá "Zhìsāi Tiāndì zhī Lóng"] 7:16 *Tarakasura "Indestructible Three-Tier Castle"* [तारकासुर「永恒不灭的三连城」 Tārakāsura "Yônghéng Bùmiè de Sānliánchéng"] 8:15 *Ravana "Sacred Blade: Smiling Moon"* [रावण「圣剑-明月之笑」 Rāvaṇa "Shèngjiàn - Míngyuè zhī Xiào"] 9:08 *Jalandhara "Sea of Vengeance Ignited"* [जलन्धर「引燃复仇之海」 Jālāndhāra "Yînrán Fùchóu zhī Hăi"] 9:42 *Bhandhasura "Rebirth From the Ashes"* [भण्डासुर「于灰烬中重生」 Bhandāsura "Yú Huījìn-Zhōng Chóngshēng"] 11:08 *"The Final Asura"* [「最后的阿修罗」 "Zuìhòu dì Āxiūluó"]

[@williewillus]

The Touhou Wiki has these translations plus some of the backstories for them.

[@Romero_m8]

Are those related to yakshas?

[@adrianhendricks772]

@@Romero_m8 *Yakshas* are usually mischievous but benevolent spirits associated with nature, water, the wilderness, and fertility. Although, there have been some occasions in Buddhist and Hindu legends of "darker" yakshas who haunt the forest and devour lost travelers. This kind of behavior is similar to that of a *Rakshasa,* a typically malevolent being that uses its supernatural powers for evil acts like eating humans and disrupting sacrificial rituals. Asuras (a class of power-hungry beings who oppose the more benevolent Devas) are sometimes also referred to as "rakshasas." _-Information gathered from Wikipedia-_

[@Electrosa]

The first half of the last spell reminds me a lot of Subterranean Sun, which is fair, because Subterranean Sun ins one of the coolest cards in all of touhou.

[@moneyspider2172]

7:42 Now that's an interesting atack. It looks like a wooden stockade

[@alexhndr]

Huh ExNNNN Ex-tra Stage No-Switch No-Hit No-Bomb No-Miss HOLEE SHEET thats one way to say you completely bested Seira here 👍

[@kingdynal7735]

What’s the difference between no hit and no miss?

[@alexhndr]

@@kingdynal7735 This particular 2hu fangame have a Shield system (think Kamui) Not taking any hit that depleted the Shield is considered No-Hit No-Miss is no loss of life. Even harder Doing both is the ultimate challenge

[@kingdynal7735]

@@alexhndr oh ok. Thanks for the explanation.

[@Xudmud]

Seira's nonspells are harder than they appear, especially if you pop a bomb to maintain score combo. Those bullets aren't moving per se (apart from the slight drifting they do), but instead just appear. It just gives the illusion of movement. So the barrier from a "bomb" might run out while you're moving below it and all of a sudden there's a bullet eating your face either breaking your combo or killing you. The nonspells at 7:02 and 8:00 really illustrate this (watch the bullet behavior, especially as they fade out).

[@moved_...]

Congratulations for beating the extra stage!!!

[@Iris_Descent]

bruh you stood still for over half the stage Also, insert joke about Seira's design here. Seriously, I will never not shit on this design. I may not care about designs not being Touhou-like (see: my two favorite fangame characters looking just Normal™), but this is flat out ridiculous. Also huh. Extra boss with unfitting design, incredibly bad warning lines and visibility on some patterns? Where have I seen this before? Something about a pavilion with blades of a non-finite number? Shoutouts to Marisa's lasers absolutely destroying Seira's 7th spell, btw. At least some attacks are cool.

[@srn_ity]

i think i compared the design to one of my those “if you own a pc you have to play this game” type advertisements in crested’s stream lmao

[@Iris_Descent]

Generic 5 star gacha roll type design it's honestly so funny to me that her portrait (at least not the design) was done by none other than Akinomiya

[@nguyenquang5833]

Is there an example of a fangame that does the warning line correctly?

[@Romero_m8]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with characters being hot in fangames

[@srn_ity]

@@Romero_m8 no, but it doesn’t particularly fit standard touhou design, i don’t think this was a complaint anyway

[@LimeCultivist]

Very flashy boss

[@JupitersWindySkies]

game is way too fond of glowy lights as a "telegraph" for attacks. i hate them fr. these unity devs need to stop over-using transparency and blurry edges in their bullets + attacks

[@dolphinrider]

i like them. pretty

[@lorenzorentniop717]

Unity particle engine...

[@julianseph842gamez5]

Perfect play!

[@dualwieldroxas358]

Man....i remember when i thought i was hot shit for beating Yukari with no bombs xD

[@minepose98]

Wait, her second spell used to not have warning signs on the lasers? Was that a bug or intended? Because I can't see how you'd be meant to do it without them.

[@reiji_wada]

Now do a perfect lunatic run)

[@unity6926]

Any modern pads I can buy new that you think are comparable to Saturn pads in quality?

[@JaimersSTG]

8BitDo M30 Saturn Pad