LoLK Junko Lunatic - No Bomb

I'm not sure why the quality of the video dropped when I did a slight edit, but whatever. You can still see what's going on in the video.
Junko is quite possibly the most annoying final boss of a Touhou game, all because of her pixel perfect dodging. Despite being annoying with most of her attacks, there are a couple spells I do enjoy. It was also annoying to do a run without bombing JUST because of her final spell. I chose Reimu because I doubt I could pull this off with any of the other fat Touhou characters. I only say fat because Reimu's hitbox is the smallest. Reisen's hitbox when she uses her bomb is actually even bigger than her already big hitbox. Marisa is Marisa, and Sanae tries too hard to be Reimu.
[EDIT]
I added annotations! I haven't done that in quite some time on my vids.

[@yoshkabosh7979]

No fancy bullets for this final boss, eh? Love her or hate her, she spittin straight attacks

[@lazydelibird]

Yeah, unlike the other characters in the franchise, hers is made to kill you.

[@gumball6445]

Everyone else: Look at this awesome Danmakuu that will probably kill you. Junko: Fucking die.

[@myb701]

this would be my dream boss if it wasn't for the damm curvy lasers.

[@sulociou7846]

that moment when you're so skilled at the game you casually switch between focus and normal along with the music

[@HanakkoLove]

He mostly (only) does it at the beggining where there is no major threat whatsoever, is it really that impressive?

[@JuaniB_18]

@@HanakkoLove no major threat whatsoever, I won't say you don't know about touhou as I don't know you at all, but personally as someone that sucks at touhou what you are saying makes me cough blood.

[@HanakkoLove]

@@JuaniB_18 just look at the footage man. He doesn't even have to shoot a thing, it's all just an easy predetermined path to follow on stage 6. When he actually has to dodge bullets he stops

[@marzipancutter8144]

@@JuaniB_18 Can confirm, I'm pretty bad at Touhou but once I learn when and where safe spots are it's easy to do stuff like that. It actually helps relax a bit because the game is very demanding on the concentration.

[@mariox901]

@@JuaniB_18 they are saying knowing a safespot which requires minimal to no dodging is unimpressive, what was impressive was the streaming they did.

[@akreondorplasy7782]

so Junko is the litteral definition of "why doing difficult when you can do it simple?"

[@robotron6420]

And even with that she is very hard to beat

[@hirotrum6810]

Her spell cards are purely functional

[@EstEsreil]

@@hirotrum6810 ironic.

[@Ponera-Sama]

That's what Junko is all about. She doesn't care about style and elegance like other Touhou villains. She only cares about overpowering the enemy in every way possible.

[@limeylime8027]

Other stage 6 bosses: giant laser tree, butterfly rotary cannon, fucking suns Junko: haha circle go reeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

0:12 The way you made Reimu sync with the shifting is adorable

[@brandonsantisteban9626]

MakesMale HairGlow Lmao you right

[@MSDK_DARKDRAGON]

Name of music?

[@Akai-chan]

@@MSDK_DARKDRAGON "The Sea Where One's Home Planet Reflects" :3

[@MSDK_DARKDRAGON]

@@Akai-chan U know I'm kidding 😂 Too much Touhou in my Playlist

[@Akai-chan]

@@MSDK_DARKDRAGON Oh, woops x'D That wasn't clear for me, sorry :'3

[@Arkantos1900]

Now I understand why peoplesay Junko spellcards are just to kill the player

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

Because.... they kill the player? :D

[@FusionDjango]

Emishimaru - Sama what he means is in the spell card rules your danmaku has to look beautiful and have patterns but junko's are just plain circles no real patterns, also no micrododging is in the rules and junko does that

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

No micrododging? That's way too specific xD [Wait, Is there really such a thing? :o] I mean, I'm sure I've seen the part of "That has no meaning" though.

[@FusionDjango]

sorry i just reread the spell card rules and yeah i think the "That has no meaning" part applies, forgot where i read no micrododging lol

[@dirtkiller23]

@@FusionDjango pc-98 was 95% micrododging... Yeah,i don't like it,but extra challenge is always nice. But LOLK...No one of the 2hus there is following any of the set spellcard rules.Now it's just the name and the capture history with bonus.

[@user-dq6ug5jw6q]

6:49 "Hm that spell is pretty easy" 7:35 "LoL。K。"

[@Peaflowertea268]

6:49 hahaha! 7:35 aaaaaaaaahhhhh help helpp helppppppppppp

[@hunterlongbrake6268]

Given how Junko's difficulty seems to just scream final boss, I'm starting to wonder if one reason for Yukari rarely stepping in during incidents is to train Reimu to be ready for anything, including beings like Junko.

[@OkitaSougoPie]

Remember that Yukari , had just woken up from her hibernation and was just kind of fucking around with Reimu in PCB

[@danishdanial5596]

Well in SSiB, Yukari did tell Reimu to train more to be prepared against anything before she went to the moon. So im pretty sure Yukari not getting involved in most incidents because of what you said is canon.

[@promethiamoore6462]

As danish Danal said It's already canon Great intuition you have Hunter I approve

[@berrydelightdiwizin]

Or she is just lazy and don't want to do anything unnecessary for her?

[@hrgrhrhhr]

My headcanon is that she just slept through the events of most of the games

[@hmmmno9511]

I like how she just tries to kill the player.

[@stuh-9488]

me too

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

me too.

[@WatchingLainrn]

Yeah.

[@houraisanproductions5879]

indeed

[@anmturyu]

yeah

[@user-mg1ic2fi1d]

Pure Circles ~ Whereabouts of the Square

[@TeruyoNeet]

Allen TheWierdo circle=pure

[@user-mg1ic2fi1d]

Teruyo Neet Yes * xD

[@nmplab]

They are with Keiki

[@winterdragon2004]

I just came here all proud of myself for finally beating Junko on Point-Device Easy. Now I just feel worthless. Oh well.

[@winterdragon2004]

that's true, she's been a great teacher in the ways of the bullet hell

[@caligena]

I feel you, bruh. It's still cool to catch a glimpse of what we all strive to achieve. Q^Q

[@v4r0]

yes it's a worthless achievement

[@Latency345]

At least try normal mode. Though I avoid legacy mode at all costs.

[@liloldman5998]

@@kendrickwallaker8251 Stop spamming dude

[@kangaroo1856]

I'm glad they get hit a few times. Makes me feel better about myself, who's never even passed stage four in any given game (on hardmode granted)

[@rasmusmalmberg6468]

It also makes it more exciting

[@yuwyu4841]

Yeahhh relatable Also Fumasea pfp

[@otakujiji]

I don't get the complaints about Junko, her spellcards seem creative enough imo

[@tuantu3053]

People just be stupid by some KZbinrs' comment

[@zerospicon]

They are if you don't compare them to the other bosses.

[@R64GreatDays]

@@zerospicon it fits her character and story though. She doesn't care abiut beauty, patterns, or even spellcard rules. She just wants to avenge her son, kill Chang'e, and destroy all who get in the way. Thus why her attacks aren't as theatric as other bosses.

[@bensoncheung2801]

Profile pic sauce?

[@abarette_]

Yeah they're pretty cool to me rlly

[@mayamendez9250]

Comes to show that sometimes the hardest bullet patterns are the simplest.

[@cheemborg1301]

the tightest to dodge

[@strikemanpop]

Junko gets to The point and shoots directly I like her

[@cobaltordinaire5219]

I like to pretend that junko's reason as to why her danmaku patterns are so simple is because simplicity can be interpreted in several different ways

[@orionsleepy]

i fuckjing love junkos boss fight so much bc i find it all so symbolic both of the themes in this are like two parts of her character ("the sea where ones home planet is relfected" is extremely sad bc obviously her son is dead, and "pure furies" is just pure blind hatred) her spellcards are obviously rushed (game was rushed asf) but to me it seems to fit the whole "purified" trope (and she isnt playing by the spellcard rules, and is trying to kill you for getting in your way) i fuckin love junko as a character sm

[@tkhero7045]

even when junko is here to commit murder her spell cards are still naturally beautiful

[@GM.Nobody]

Purely beautiful

[@JulieFalcom]

In lunatic Junko is truly the final boss. In easy however it's Clownpiss (despite the existence of Junko's final) because most of her nons and spells are unpredictable and fast going, so hard to learn. Junko's nons and spells (except for her second spell) are static. In easy Junko's third spell is a joke actually.

[@huytrandang277]

Clownpiece is just hard doesnt matter the difficulty lol, i couldnt stop dying at her non spell for like the first 3 lives and had to continue

[@lazydelibird]

@@huytrandang277 The moon...

[@spiderycider]

@@lazydelibird i look up at the night sky and get ptsd flashbacks

[@AmoreyYaoiSecks]

@@spiderycider its the lazers thats hard clownpieces moon spell gets easy once you learn the pattern

[@shaggyleaf]

Oh hey it’s a shocker to see you here

[@ashenfire749]

Man, all I can do is beat IN on Normal. This is.... higher tier.

[@blissfu_lee8522]

Hah I can't even do that.

[@jeongna]

I beat IN on easy modo :D *AND DIED AS ALICE*

[@koishifumo2060]

@@jeongna i beat IN in easy modo with no life left cause marisa and keine (and also no continue) oh and also reisen

[@abarette_]

LoLK in Easy mode is legit harder than IN on Normal, I feel like

[@AstroHelix123]

@@koishifumo2060 Now I can basically NMNB IN easy mode with full spell captured (Kaguya's first and third last spell as well )

[@tazaycharla3426]

The beginning of Stage 6 is always so good in these games, they always have that moment of silence before the music starts and it always manages to gives me chills

[@Cykaima]

Absolutely fucking staggering use of music and art to create an emotional scene out of a battle. One of the greatest

[@nuhji]

Sir there may be areas you feel you can improve, but that doesn't change the fact that you're still really good at them

[@Cyros2006]

+Douglas Morris (Nuhji) Oh hey, haven't seen you in awhile. I say I suck because the areas I need to improve are the areas that are important for bullet hells. The reason Wall of Issun took me so long is because I suck at short movement. I'm also bad at reading fast bullets, curvy lasers, and bullets from multiple directions. Those would be the main areas I need to improve drastically if I want to get better.

[@nuhji]

but you're probably 1000x better at all of than someone like me xD also you should get on stuff more so we can keep in contact :P

[@booboo9622]

Cyros2006 Cyrus, I share the same problem as you. If you find a way to fix it please tell me.

[@Nole2701]

6:15 reminds me of Yuyuko's spell from PCB. The one that follows you around.

[@reversal2341]

except we're not swarmed by bullets and followed by butterfly bomb

[@wontyoubeagoodsister]

Flowery soul?

[@randomguyyoufoundinyoutube5021]

Yes that reminds me of that too

[@heheheiamasupahstarchimera631]

Whoah, that was really close. Absolutely exhilarating.

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

Junko taught us all that the most powerful thing in the universe is circles.

[@jennyratna6941]

simple patterns yet deadly

[@ihaveadream7858]

My guy literally got steamrolled by Junko at the end

[@servantofwrath7370]

"Junko is easy!" get a load of this guy.

[@CDJAM-webm]

i like how the orbs are dancing to the stage theme

[@niklasstg6957]

Soooo, you wanna tell me that my Touhou waifu (Design choice) is the Final Boss of one of the hardest touhou games.... Lol K

[@R64GreatDays]

Not just one of the hardest... The hardest.

[@Crossbones-TS]

Junko is a mom, how she is a waifu? (Well, Ex mom.)

[@niklasstg6957]

@@Crossbones-TS Good question: I knew her before i knew Touhou or her lore.

[@Crossbones-TS]

@@niklasstg6957 So she is your first character that you knew?

[@niklasstg6957]

@@Crossbones-TS Well... yep

[@user-rh4qd6se9n]

Pure danmaku. No tricks, just kill.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

... for a moment I thought Kanakoitis was a word x'D

[@luorsimiliar]

have you notice that she keeps t-posing during every spellcards? is this the purest form of asserting dominance or just a giant dad reference?

[@moose7145]

GIANTS

[@abarette_]

POV: You just realized Junko's son is Rumia and Rumia was a guy all along

[@crabapple.]

@@abarette_ all of this time.. Rumia was Bofeng?! :MarisaGasp:

[@user-ge6vs8fn9b]

​@@abarette_Plot twist: Rumia is Junkos mother.

[@embeboso8329]

0:37 yo you guys sure this isnt just rain

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

Now that i see it, only Junko and Byakuren don't use ever cutting objects as bullets in their fights, being kunais, daggers or knives. One is a devout buddhist, another a being of pure rage.

[@2hunoob99]

I like how Reimu's Ying Yang balls/orbs are just vibing to the theme at the beggining

[@VuesTuves]

Now I understand Why Junko wants to kill Everyone...

[@LuigiSantoriniXXX16]

I like how you move the ying yang orbs to the music.

[@benjamincurran5799]

Junko's battle begins at 2:01

[@HatateHimekaidou899]

wait did i just see junko t-pose like rumia? looks like everyone is ASSERTING their DOMINACE

[@GrahamChapman]

Okay, so, I understand why Junko's patterns are so boring and all that jazz. It's because she has "purified" her attacks, and since circles are associated with perfection in Japan, it makes sense that most of her attacks would be simple circle shots... Still, yeah, I _really_ prefer Yuke's alternative danmaku patters to ZUN's.

[@kao5762]

GrahamChapman *_YAS_*

[@bensoncheung2801]

@@kao5762 profile pic sauce?

[@commensalism1997]

@@bensoncheung2801 wow thats sus

[@Sekibankiii]

@@kao5762 Your pfp is me when no silksong news

[@utchidayo2524]

is this the real definition of *m i c r o d o d g i n g* ?

[@ashtonleach9866]

I just PD'd her in Easy Mode, with Reisen and the troll patch on.

[@SirMisterFox]

SAFETY DANCE!!!

[@daviaraujo1984]

My eyes gets so blind and it 's difficulty to see the litle paths to dodge the bullets

[@HyperVanilo]

01:10 That's one happy Graze counter

[@weavabird]

5:39 *drilling intensifies*

[@naidesurin]

why are the bullets so fast for me dang, its like i have to go full on eirin's drugs just to go through stage 1

[@Mhedez07]

All i can say in the fight and the music is poor mama Junko😢

[@averageYTuser52282]

I M P O S S I B L E, I EVEN DIED TO HER IN EASY MODE EVEN I SPAM SO MUCH BOMBS AS I CAN

[@bonelessmice6828]

(insert “eehhhhh easy modo???” joke here)

[@BratisIava]

I wanna become her loving child, totally not because everytime I hear her theme or see her gives me PTSD

[@3939JP]

0:55 ノリノリだな(^_^;)

[@phuongthaoto809]

When you fight with Junko, you have to pay attention to every pixel

[@Ambreil]

so i m not the only one who dose random shit w my character according to music

[@sussydrac6952]

4:03 i like this, feels so powerfull wathing this scene

[@eyeballtheruby]

2:00 I just waited for the soundtrack, wanted to hear it in-game

[@stop.idontcare.6179]

We all just gon' ignore the balls that were dancin'? Ok then

[@park2348190]

it makes me sweat omg

[@xR1n02]

lol you tried to sync with the music

[@haxalicious]

Why are some of her non spells harder than her spells, like wtf. I died way more on a lot of them than on her actual spells.

[@somewackoonyoutube2449]

This boss looks hellish

[@Norveyboy17]

Damn she just ruin your perfect run with her pure rings

[@AoiiEditzs]

TAHT THEME THO 【東方紺珠伝】 Touhou 15 OST: Junko's Theme - Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart

[@abarette_]

0:37 Lol really, wth is this safespot

[@zhaohuangsfm]

Looks like Sanae will be useful here

[@adriellededastro837]

Is it just me, or does the background moon look like it has a face on it?

[@minepose98]

That'd be because that's the Earth.

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

Majora's Mask?

[@huytrandang277]

It's earth and holy, it does and it looks scary as heck

[@draco6812]

The moon literally vibing during junko fight

[@aemh3132]

Touhou players built different bruh 😭

[@NaviJ98]

5:12 i still don't understand this spell

[@QuinnActually]

circle many

[@NaviJ98]

@@QuinnActually That's not what i meant!

[@satonyakwaii]

The spellcards name in English is something called murderous intent which terrifocly worked cause most of us lost our lives

[@ephraimium6755]

@@NaviJ98 pressing left and right like playing a rhythm game

[@NaviJ98]

@@ephraimium6755 pressing one of the buttons causes me to immedeatly slam into the next bullet over My hands are not fast/precise enough

[@tyriquecoleman3794]

Hey, you can boast that you can play on lunatic. I can't get past some games on easy (though that may just be because I'm not used to bullet hells in general).

[@juliusbelmont8094]

I feel you i've only won Shinmyoumaru, Miko, Sakuya on easy as for bosses i lost Kanako(stupid last spell), Remilia(normal)

[@juliusbelmont8094]

+Josiah Morales Get out Please. That is a trap.

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

I have almost 50 hours of practice, still can not beat any game on any difficulty.

[@Cheffy-l8t]

wow how you survived this hell

[@mimicyn]

I haven’t reached junko because i’m stuck on doremys stage (I was pretty close to sagume if a fairy didn’t hit me and I wasn’t paying attention) also btw im on easy modo so make fun of me for it

[@averageYTuser52282]

Nah everyone must play on easy mode before they can 1cc on hard or lunatic just like me

[@mimicyn]

@@averageYTuser52282 alr ima try practicing a bit more later and see if i can at least reach sagume

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

No bomb, just lots of dying at the end. Haha jk I shouldn't be talking

[@ryugaichiban6753]

The patterns Junko has here is kind of similar in normal

[@abarette_]

5:35 Especially this one

[@Bonus7]

@@abarette_ I disagree, while the visual pattern is similar, there are far less lasers and simultaneous ones as well. The 70°ish curved laser of death is also missing. It's so much tighter in lunatic.

[@abx2557]

how to small tap

[@YuukaKazami241]

however did this was mentally insane af...

[@Natasha_2345]

Bro how

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

1:35 It's the type of comment that would trigger any normal runner of touhou danmaku games. 4:29 I feel like that all the time on any difficulty xD (4:38) Worse Is when you forget to deadbomb :u 5:12 I would die countless of times even If using each stock's bombs. There's no way for me to maintain composure for so long... (I always get nervous on this game -_-) [Was It that Important to beat Junko without bombs? Just asking :o]

[@Cyros2006]

Define 'important' I could easily beat Junko with the option to bomb, because bombing makes anything that much easier, but since I already 1cc'd the game on lunatic, then giving myself a challenge like trying to do the boss without bombing makes it more fun for me. Everyone has their own ways of playing Touhou.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

That's why I asked. I was unable to see that point of view. Sorry If I was giving that vibe of rudeness.

[@Cyros2006]

No worries.

[@mrfriespotato2834]

4:20 YOU CAN NOT CONVENCE ME THIS IS A HUMAN

[@Cyros2006]

You are free to believe what you want. lmao

[@mrfriespotato2834]

@@Cyros2006 I mean the other attacks were hard, but they had a pattern But WHAT WAS THAT!!? Man I am so Impressed

[@AzurefluxMusic]

Your'e a fucking legend

[@WhoILI]

А я в сейвспоте прячусь

[@chitoge4321]

holy damn

[@robertodelier9999]

i fell this is ultra ultra ultra ultra patch

[@HarambaeXelonmuskfans]

4:22 jfc

[@JackJones1982]

0:37 *baka*

[@theyellowman9271]

As if normal mode was hard enough

[@mrrp405]

How the fucketh.

[@adlaza_alfasa]

ya le hicieron no damage

[@Plasmy271]

So now I see why people say that her spell cards are designed to (kill) PURIFY you

[@Hazel564]

me after beating lolk in normal mde seeing this:am i a noob player?

[@crucible1084]

this is nearly impossible for me on easy mode lmfao

[@shirunai3126]

I can only beat her in point device mode :(

[@Mirae_Somang]

your performance cute

[@Nsquare_01]

😮

[@juanca12th]

Seeing this makes me wonder, how did i manage to beat her on pointdevice with Marisa? (Also Lunatic as my first run)

[@Wakamo_mi_vieja]

Idk...

[@juanca12th]

@@Wakamo_mi_vieja realest real of reals

[@kaloz4296]

touhou players: omg hard enderman: EZ dodge

[@randomguyyoufoundinyoutube5021]

Well the danmaku isn't a water or an arrow tho

[@Minecraft27Xbox]

@@randomguyyoufoundinyoutube5021 _No projectile shall hit an enderman…_

[@randomguyyoufoundinyoutube5021]

@@Minecraft27Xbox so........ Potions?

[@Minecraft27Xbox]

They count as projectiles too! If you can harm an enderman with the effect indirectly though, hmm…

[@randomguyyoufoundinyoutube5021]

@@Minecraft27Xbox no i mean the lingering potions or smthing idk i haven't played Minecraft since a year ago

[@bodhiblack731]

I see

[@Ponera-Sama]

Contrary to popular belief, the purpose of Junko's spell cards aren't *just* to kill the player. They're actually meant to cause despair.

[@Shao599]

Mejor la original que un remix

[@KuraSourTakanHour]

Zun clearly plagiarised his own music (Last Remote)

[@Aleph-Ayin]

2:05

[@EndingNote111]

lol k