Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Stage 4 (No Commentary)

The forest of bamboo under the moonlight was as eerie as a dream.
Each bamboo tree looked as if it would start glowing at any moment.
Let's be honest here, this stage is completely unfair to Marisa and Marisa alone. If you're playing as any character that has either a homing attack or a wide range attack (see not Marisa) this stage will be a cakewalk. The stage is filled mainly with small easy to kill enemies however the problem is they keep coming staggered in groups from the left and right sides of the screen and if you don't kill them fast they will not hesitate to fill the screen with bullets. With that in mind you're going to have to quickly zip back and forth between both sides of the screen while weaving through what bullets to get blasted about the screen. However your saving grace is that the stage itself is unusually short only lasting for about a minute but all in all formula wise this stage is a weird one. Interesting note the stage theme is a remix of the windows era title themes.
Boss wise this is a big throwback to Touhou 4 in that the boss will be the playable character opposite who you're playing as. If playing as Marisa (or Sakuya) you'll fight Reimu and if you're playing as Reimu (or Youmu) you'll fight Marisa. Also to note technically you've seen their attacks before. You may recall in Touhou 7 there were two play styles for each character with two different bombs for each style making a total of 4 different bombs for each character. Well both Reimu and Marisa use 5 spell cards here and the first four are actually danmaku representations of those four bombs uses back in Touhou 7.
Reimu fights exactly as she did in Touhou 4 with some of her cool down phases even being more modern versions of some of her key attacks back then. Her main strategy is to corner you in a mess of danmaku then quickly pick you off with some well placed shots when you will have the hardest time dodging them. Just keep a close eye on what bullets she aims at you while trying not to feel too claustrophobic when she boxes you in. To continue on the Touhou 4 references her theme as well "Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle" is also a remix of her theme in Touhou 4 "Maiden's Capriccio"
Marisa acts similarly to how she did in her PC-98 era outings as well though this time borrowing attack styles from not only Touhou 4 but also Touhou 2 and a bit of Touhou 3 even. All in all though the theme is the same all around, organized chaos. She loves having things orbit around her and almost all of her attacks will do that in some way and just like all the way back when she was a red head those orbiting orbs can be destroyed to make the attack easier. Though with the inclusion of Yukari you also have the option of bypassing them entirely to attack Marisa, but you'd have to deal with a tougher attack for longer. A long attack gradually getting easier or a short but difficult attack you decide what fits you best. Also like Reimu's music Marisa's theme "Love-colored Master Spark" is a remix of her theme on her very first outing in Touhou 2 "Love-coloured Magic"
Difficulty - Normal
Team - Aria of Forbidden Magic Team
Characters - Marisa Kirisame & Alice Margatroid
Stage 4 - Legendary Paradise
BGM - Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night
Boss - Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise: Reimu Hakurei
BGM - Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle
Spell Cards
5:14 - Dream Sign "Duplex Barrier"
6:07 - Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal -Spread-"
8:04 - Dream Sign "Evil Sealing Circle"
8:55 - Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal -Concentrate-"
9:38 - Boundary "Duplex Danmaku Barrier"
10:02 - Divine Spirit "Fantasy Seal -Blink-"
Difficulty - Normal
Team - Illusionary Border Team
Characters - Reimu Hakurei & Yukari Yakumo
Stage 4 - Underneath the Soil containing the Mana
BGM - Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night
Boss - Ordinary Black Magician: Marisa Kirisame
BGM - Love-colored Master Spark
Spell Cards
15:34 - Magic Sign "Milky Way"
16:17 - Magic Sign "Stardust Reverie"
18:32 - Love Sign "Non-Directional Laser"
19:27 - Love Sign "Master Spark"
19:56 - Light Sign "Earthlight Ray"
20:28 - Magicannon "Final Spark"
Translation's courtesy of the Touhou wiki

[@donovanbossinger6949]

"Speak in Japanese, we're in Gensokyo" Marisa, in English.

[@eternaldreamerofsleep]

Haha lol I noticed that

[@okguy167]

But that's a literal translation...

[@gastrallux9404]

@@okguy167 Really?

[@okguy167]

@@gastrallux9404 to be fair, it could have been a joke that sailed over my head, but the point still stands.

[@cg5859]

@@okguy167 its funny because shes saying to speak japanese while shes speaking english its like asking someone to speak spanish cuz you cant understand them while speaking english 2 years late sorry

[@cc_coffeecovered]

This is a true, 100% true example of "The enemy as a boss fight vs the enemy when you unlock it as a playable character."

[@jacobdelacruz558]

pretty much for everything

[@nexieterithu1073]

....Okay, okay I give up.. ....You're right..... ....The endless night, and stealing the full moon.... .....and hiding the human village and putting funny hats on stone statues... .....It's all Alice's fault.... *NOW BITCH, GET OUT OF THE* *WAY* - Marisa Kirisame 2013

[@Team_Orchid]

I just realized that the music for this stage has the same melody as the title theme for the main games!

[@RAEOutofService]

Eastern story

[@s88487i]

i thought i was the only one who danced with their character on the music

[@chubbyGrimblr]

It looks so cute!

[@frostbitefrozensnow1998]

It's funny how Marisa is just Dancing to the music while they were talking.

[@madtatters]

"_All right. If that's how you want it. In this luminous soil, under the moonlight... You two will make such a beautiful pair when I grind you both into it._" Favorite Quote in Imperishable Night.

[@meganmartin3373]

Quinn Benskin I'm a bigger fan of: "Move and I'll shoot! I messed up. I mean, shoot and I'll move. In a flash."

[@pockychews7232]

Favorite Quote: "BITCH, GET OUT THE WAY!" -Marisa x Alice 2015

[@vinzer72frie]

that's pretty brutal

[@jadeng.s.2549]

@Cirno The 9 *Malice 2004 Baka

[@phasingecho700]

Sakuya-"Mistress, you should respect your elders" Remilia-"You're the youngest one here"

[@squidy5008]

aLiCe wAtCh yOuR lAnGuAgE mArIsA wATCh yOuR lAnGUAge

[@MegamanOmega184]

Yeah pretty much. She literally does throw Ran at enemies when in front of her. I think it was a reference to one of her spells in Touhou 7.5 where she would fling Ran out of a portal to chase you down.

[@mizuki7yearsago626]

Alice is so savage lol "Bitch, get out of my way"

[@jadebayoba7073]

5:15 I just noticed, that the barriers actually break the Yingyang and the go on reverse or clockwise, ZUN is a genious

[@Ice-yp4wg]

Dancing to the BGM in the middle of a conversation. Also, 7:20 that shrine maiden is also ninja.

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

VERY fast miko flying at incredible hihg speed

[@TheAlmightyGream]

Reimu Hakurei became Reimu Uchiha

[@IdiotNo]

@@IBeforeAExceptAfterK Undefined Speeding Miko

[@Kelleck]

Marisa: The last attack was for yukari this one's for you *proceeds to use yukari for the spellcard*

[@mimito6037]

Remember guys, you don't beat Reimu *Reimu lets you live.*

[@josephraulcabralesaragon9151]

Yorihime would disagree

[@carbohydration9251]

I just realised that Marisa and Alice dance/move to the BGM everytime during the conversation.

[@SarSaraneth]

That's the player, not the game.

[@qzymay]

The same with Reimu and Yukari

[@mrrp405]

No one stops the Malice Cannon. Also I really like how some of Reimu’s nonspells work here. Between the youkai and human side, they can be like different cards entirely. The orbs make a huge difference and I wish some bullets worked vice versa, like if they only showed up for the youkai partner.

[@namngo2165]

"Now, bitch, get out of the way" Marisa said to Reimu ....You have a good friend, shrine maiden ==" Look like Marisa really like stars, and my head has some star after watching this video @@

[@Team_Orchid]

I love Marisa. "Bitch, get out of my way!"

[@dontwatchmuhvideosanddontscrub]

4:07

[@sanaeurl]

now bitch get out the way

[@awe862]

The stage portion of this is extremely easy if you know how to do it, regardless of team pretty much :P

[@RibJegres]

THAT Conversation xD

[@_Du4l]

Imperial Yama "Bitch, get out of the way" - Alice/Marisa 2014.

[@TiredIgnis]

4:06 isn't Marisa supposed to be friends with Reimu 😂😂

[@mmon141]

theyre friends for a long time so theyre fine bickering and fighting each other. thats how friendship does (sorry for my bad grammar)

[@daedelous7094]

They are just having a friendly bit of fighting to see who goes on, they did the exact same in Lotus Land Story aka Touhou 4, except they were a bit more...ferocious. Alice's little comment at 4:38 however might be a thinly veiled reference to the fact she has been beat up by both Reimu and Marisa in Mystic Square..TWICE and would like to get back at them.

[@rcsiapno1]

Friendly Fire Always Tolerated in Gensokyo

[@KazmirRunik]

The translator made it up.

[@KazmirRunik]

The original text is "さぁ、そこをどきな！" which basically means "Come on, get out of here!"

[@prizmastarz742]

I'm gonna be honest, Reimu in IN is just easy even on Hard or Lunatic BUT! Reimu in LLS on Hard or Lunatic IS JUST FUKIN PAIN IN THE ASS. SHE EVEN DRAIN MY PRECIOUS LIVES !!

[@JoachimVampire]

You shouldn't play music while you are talking with your enemy! XD

[@hooded_pitohui4180]

3:34 maiden's capriccio Only came for this, thanks to Tokyo Active NEET for introducing me to Touhou ost...

[@thelegendaryman5504]

Now this is what I call bullet hell

[@Bluecho4]

Sleep for all eternity.

[@Adrastia]

I tried this game and it wasn't as impossible as I thought. I'm not good at shooters though.

[@etherealswordsman3214]

IN is the only touhou game i've beaten on so much as easy. i'm terrible at shooters~

[@embeboso8329]

@@etherealswordsman3214 SAME but i almost beat perfect cherry blossom but youmu stole 3 of my lives so i only had 2 when i fought yuyuko

[@MegamanOmega184]

Yeah I know that death-bombing is a thing however firstly I never really liked watching video's that just show the person bombing through the bosses and that goes doubly true for Marisa since Master Spark can beat any spell card in one hit. I'd rather just take the death and try to get better from there. Secondly I honestly have a hard time bombing anything unless I'm expecting to die and not only do I not like that mindset but situations where that happens are few and far between.

[@elbinopaper4629]

This may be 7 years ago but I agree

[@jeromesol2725]

Bro, Alice and Marisa have no chill talking to Reimu

[@monopurple]

(this is for people who are new to touhou so dont mind me) If your wondering what touhou is the easiest and hardest, here it is in order ~8 Easiest (Good for beginners)~ ~8 Hardest (Good for people looking for a challenge)~ 1 : Ten Desires 1 : Submetterean Animisin 2 : Story of eastern wonderland 2 : Legacy of lunatic kingdom 3 : Inperishable night 3 : Undefined fantastic object 4 : Hidden star in four seasons 4 : Perfect cherry blossom 5 : Highly response to prayers 5 : Mountain of faith 6 : Phansmagoria of flower view 6 : Phasmagoria of dim dream 7 : Lotus land story 7 : Mythical square 8 : Embodiment of scarlet devil mansion 8 : Double dealing character In my opinion, use EoSD for your introduction to touhou. Its a mix of easyness and hard rolled in one.

[@shrochrome]

PCB isn't that hard till you get too stage 5 and 6

[@IkaraPopsicle]

No one: Marisa: BITCH GET OUT OF MY WAY OR I WILL DEMONETIZE YOU

[@askas9627]

2 words : Bullet hell

[@batzalkobatzalko3106]

Can we talk about the "BITCH get out of the way." That's so rude. It came from Marisa, i wasn't expecting that.

[@iamyournewgachatuberhannaj7861]

Alice: "bitch get out the way" Me: Alice! You're too young to say "bitch"!

[@이현중-h8x]

4:06 Marisa SWORE!!!!!

[@chayudyodchit4449]

that was actually fake translation made by some EDGY FAN heck i would be shocked if she actually say that words in official game

[@Fledera]

XD, poor Ran ^^'

[@awe862]

Actually, the idea for Final Spark is to get a route down so you can move with the unfolding stars as much as possible. As such it plays very differently than Master Spark. Also, I found my success rate for Double Spark (Master Spark on Lunatic) went up a lot when I started planning my movements in advance.

[@jawsome1185]

I like how this is called the No Commentary version since annotations don't exist in regular youtube anymore, but meanwhile over here mr.me with fancy plugins can still see the commentary nice

[@bluestormpony]

alice is savage

[@mateuszkus6302]

Everybody gangsta until Alice starts swearing

[@akiokuu3177]

But Reimu is right, she always want to keep Marisa away from resolving incidents cause she always causes trouble for example: In the incident of the Red mist in the scarlet devil mansion she stole Patchouli's book, In the incident of Perfect cherry blossom she was going to die but Reimu saved her, In this incident of Imperashible Night in the series and when you choose Reimu to play, she thought Reimu and Yukari we're the ones that caused the incident, but it was actually the Lunarians's doing. I MEAN, MARISA. JUST GET OUT OF THE F*CKING WAY, CUZ RAYMOO IS THE ONE THAT RESOLVES INCIDENTS HERE

[@himejoon8005]

You took a bit too much info from Memories of Phantasm. Canonically, Reimu never really save Marisa from Yuyuko, since their story are seperated. In canon IN, Both Reimu and Marisa thought the team you are playing as the culprit.

[@josephraulcabralesaragon9151]

Marisa: "Master Spark go brrrr"

[@Anervaria]

When ur friend finds you in da woods fuckin with ur gf 4:08

[@gastrallux9404]

Who said it is impossible for lilies to bloom in Gensokyo?!

[@QuirrelSquad]

Maidens cappuccino : dream taste If you say I stole this then you are right cause this is from a video of maidens capriccio but extended

[@Fledera]

Is that thing ahed of Yukari Ran??

[@RadioactiveMelody]

"Now, bitch, get out of the way!" - Kirisame, Marisa. Lol Marisa

[@B00M_The_Sucukmen]

4:04 Marisa Krisame : "Now B*tch, get out the way!" Woah, that's savage. Didn't really expect her to say that. She even pulled out the third finger lol Edit: Corrected a misspeled word. my bad.

The player was moving to the rythm of the song during dialogue. lmao we all did that

[@mysisistooooooonoobtochang2860]

4:07 OMG 🧐🧐🧐

[@Matthinator]

3:04 3:10 4:41 10:39 11:07 wow alice stop being so mean

[@justanoob7348]

2:26 Alice just swear

[@stefankadhim4361]

why are they using such words?

[@guy_th18]

it's a fake translation don't worry.

[@lampenpam]

you do know that if you get hit, you can use a bomb to prevent your death? :o

[@shrochrome]

I know that, the moment I get hit i just spammed bomb

[@jacobdelacruz558]

2:30 alice really speaking fax

[@kristinema6134]

I lOVE Reimu though :P

[@Zeckmon3]

•kristine • I love both :D *NOT IN A WEIRD WAY* meh prefer it in your way.

[@akiokuu3177]

I LOVE HER BUT I HATE MARISAA

[@josephraulcabralesaragon9151]

@@akiokuu3177 Unbased.

[@kamelliabuddy]

my dub version never says "Bitch get out of the way" does anyone know which thcrap dub am i supposed to choose?

[@Josueky]

epic

[@roberthunter6122]

"Bitch, get out of the way!" WOW XD

[@melissanctt]

1:18 to 4:55 Marisa and Alice dancing :v

[@CountyHD]

I only made it to stage 3 >_>

[@peaveejay2700]

I'm kinda curious though, what does the red colored shot (or bosses turning red whenever they get hit alot) do?

[@MegamanOmega184]

Red colored shot doesn't change anything damage wise, rather it lets you know when you're in over 80% youkai or human mode (though it's red for youkai and blue for human). It happens when you've been shooting for a while purely in focused or unfocused mode. As you remain in said mode it basically just makes it so you get more time orbs for doing various things (like shooting enemies and grazing bullets)

[@peaveejay2700]

So, does that mean the more you hit , the greater or higher your score is?

[@MegamanOmega184]

in one mode or the other, yeah.

[@Zeckmon3]

Rip

[@grass324]

Fuck this stage BTW who's easier? Reimu or Marisa?

[@MegamanOmega184]

I'd say Marisa's easier. Both of them have some tricky parts, but Reimu in particular has a couple _really_ nasty and precise parts of her fight.

[@longlivethe9989]

basically, if you want a 1cc and not a low-bomb run, Marisa is 10 times easier, because every single spell/nonspell of hers can be erased with a single bomb. Reimu, on the other hand... If you want a low-bomb (or NB) run, Marisa is easier, because Reimu just spits rng to your face in her nons

[@nikotashira5057]

How and where can I get this game?

[@MegamanOmega184]

I get the Touhou games from the Moriya shrine www.moriyashrine.org/

[@nikotashira5057]

MegamanOmega184 thank you so much

[@HiddenObject98]

@@MegamanOmega184 just curious, but is that legal? Idc either way but I wanna play them but my best friend is skeptical lol

[@MegamanOmega184]

​@@HiddenObject98 Yes and no considering the condition the original Touhou games are in and ZUN's opinion on the matter (ie: he don't care) Cause you are downloading a game that's normally sold for free, however ZUN's an independent developer and he only makes a set number of games that he sells at Comiket and Reitaisai. So as it currently stands there is no way you buy a copy of an older Touhou game in a way that'll bring money to ZUN. You can only get used copies secondhand online. On the other hand I specifically said older games. As of lately with his two most recent games (Touhou 15.5 Antinomy of Common Flowers and Touhou 16 Hidden Star in Four Seasons) he's been putting them on Steam. So now people _do_ have a way of buying his games in a way that purchases from ZUN.

[@HiddenObject98]

@@MegamanOmega184 ahh okay ty

[@Owl688]

9:04 the fak am I supposed to do!?

[@MegamanOmega184]

Do you have annotations turned on? If not basically you slowly move along the bottom of the screen while moving up a little when getting near the edges before returning to going along the bottom. Keep in mind the purple bullets are aimed at your last position so you can plan ahead what to do knowing that.

[@Owl688]

Thanks, I really need to find a good guide, I only got into touhou last year and I love it, but I haven't beat any of them (I only recently downloaded EOSD and IN).

[@Owl688]

In other words I'm a scrub.

[@Owl688]

It seems to be 4th stages that kill me.