Cherry Playthrough: Yukari Yakumo (No-Death/2-bombs, PCB Phantasm stage)

"She, too, lived at the edge of Paradise"
-Me changing the opening lines of the Phantasm stage.
A video of me perfectly waltzing a dance of life and death against the demon lurking between borders, Yukari Yakumo
Yukari (Who is colors above Ran), is the Phantasm boss of the game Perfect Cherry Blossom, the 7th installment of the Touhou Project. The Touhou Project is a series where nothing less than relative perfection is welcomed. Being a danmaku game, it is a game where those who hone their reflexes and their memory muscles can weave their way through patterns of incomprehensible beauty and abstract mystery. The creator of this... phantasmagoria, so to speak, is a being, apparently human, known as ZUN.
With this video, I officially close the Cherry Playthrough. I did not wanted to do a whole Yukari Pacifist run because I'm sure I can do it and it would be too similar to Ran Pacifist. So I up the ante and embark on the journey of doing a perfect playthrough. During my journey, I realized something: mankind should really consider redefining the meaning of perfection for humanity's morale's sake. Although it is a perfectly doable run, for my skill level is very hard. My skill level, contrary to popular belief if comments are anything to go by, while above average is hardly legendary. So I settled for the third best thing: a No-Death, Two Bombs run through the whole stage, not only Yukari. I redefined "perfection" to fit this standard because I really, really wanted to use the Perfect Cherry Playthrough pun.
Now that the why of the video has been dealt with, let's talk about the girl of the hour... Maribel Hearn. There are at least two bands in this discussion: those that believe Maribel is to Yukari like Hearn is to Yakumo (meaning the same person), and those who don't. I belong to the former, simply due to how awesome it is for Yukari to be a human turn youkai from the future that traveled back in time due to a stable time loop. The thing is, after ZUN cryptic "There's a man called Lafcadio Hearn" (Lafacdio Hearn was a writer who after naturalizing in Japan changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo) you get the impression Maribel HEARN and Yukari YAKUMO are the same person. Both are very similar in appearance downright to their clothes (is uncanny). Both have abilities pertaining border (Renko suggested once that Maribel's ability are evolving from "Seeing borders" to "Manipulating borders"). And it's suggested "Yukari" is not Yukari's real name. ZUN hasn't given a clear cut answer, but is not absurd to think that Maribel might be Yukari.
Now that that is off my chest, let's talk about our theoretically omnipotent witch. Sigh Seems (but unfortunately doesn't feel) like yesterday that I remember calling Yukari "that purple witch the rends time and space at the end of IaMP. Those were good times. With the current development of events (ZUN's marriage and the apparent propensity of Touhou related people to drop off the face of the Earth), I don't know where the series currently stand. I wish that characters like Flan and Yukari appeared more often in canon. Maybe not in new games as bosses, but Touhou has many decimal entries where they can fit. Hell, there are 3 decimal entries between Touhou 12 and 13.
Yukari is... well, a mastermind if there ever was one. You cannot simply understand her. Effectively, she a youkai-like youkai, leaving a carefree life, lying and deceiving people for goals no one understands and effectively makings sure she's a feared youkai. I said Yukari's fingerprints are all over Gensokyo's history and this fact alone is enough for her to get involved in stuff. Summarizing, she has a lot of potential and opportunities for appearances.
And I once said I could write an essay on the character Yukari Yakumo and that still holds true, but I must cut the description short, so quick words. This video took time to make, but I'm satisfied. I only bombed twice and didn't died. Yukari continues being a challenge, but I had played her so many times is no longer hard to beat. I have more trouble with Mokou and Flan. After this vid I have two projects I'll announce on a video. If you watch the comments from Ran's video, there a particular one that hints to one of these. The other project continues being RKS (what a surprise). I'll post an announcement video ASAP. Till then, Enjoy rewatching this video.
Artwork:
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by Hong
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[@pepsiman8137]

if you play touhou, you can dodge rain

[@GarryDumblowski]

Sorry, but dodging rain is like if all the bullets in Touhou were nearly invisible, came from an angle you can't see from, and were really freakin' fast and dense.

[@GarryDumblowski]

***** I know.

[@LukeMol2001]

And your entire body is vulnerable. Not just a small hitbox.

[@princessrandom8564]

and without bombs

[@dopaminecloud]

+Pepsi Man more like looking up when it's snowing and not getting snow in your eye

[@serisdovakhin]

gotta love the logic used here ZUN: ok, so the boss after the final boss is obviously harder, right? random person: yea ZUN: then ill add an extra AFTER THE EXTRA!!!! IM A GENIUS!!!

[@masterspartanchief33]

Imagine how frustrating it would be to be the boss, giving it everything you got, and the player just dodges seemingly effortlessly.

[@OkamiAmaterasu.]

Daniel Melton Considering who Yukari is, I don't think she cares lmao

[@sanstheskeleton679]

@@OkamiAmaterasu. She's half asleep in this fight

[@RAYITO112]

@@djfunky5372 :0

[@jadebayoba7073]

@@RAYITO112 he is not lyin'

[@jadebayoba7073]

@say hello Reimu can summon the power of the Hakurei Goddess a.k.a Yukari Yakumo, but she is still a novice, yet Yukari could be the f*ck out of Toyohime sisters and Hecatia but ahe cant, since they are pure, and impure people cant touch nor damage pure people

[@zamirmustafich1655]

hello the music broke my speaker and my ears

[@xerneis743]

but it was worth it

[@jadebayoba7073]

Thats the whole point of Touhou, and give you PTSD

[@kaisercalvin1742]

Thank you for the warning. It nearly broke my ears anyway, and that's with my headphones being on low.

[@battleroyale123]

Old TH music can be really earrapy. Thats one of the reasons why I play the newer games. The instruments get better

[@dontwatchmuhvideosanddontscrub]

13:55 *claps*

[@aysebegumturan4260]

Don't watch muh videos and don't scrubskribe heheheheh

[@adaslothland850]

Ayşe Begüm Turan aa selam

[@corybestwick3621]

12:50 He's right. I Google Image searched "danmaku" and this part of the spell is the very first image that pops up

[@elbinopaper4629]

Seems about right

[@AndreaForlani]

That annotation at 8:13 ... _Sir, you're a diviner_

[@raak1010]

Andrea Forlani Except it was the weak youkai who rebelled =/

[@AndreaForlani]

_Almost there..._

[@justinecarlmarquez1343]

Yukari was the first one I know at touhou that's why I am addicted at touhou also Necrofantasia is the first Music I had hear I really love it! :) Yukari here is just awaken according to her clothes, also She is really a---- *Warps* (suddenly a Man has been Eaten by the Gap) ...

[@pinkfluffycute]

Aww

[@rigohernandez5017]

Rav nah you're just mad cause he has more likes than you

[@WatatsukiNoToyohime]

@@rigohernandez5017 who?

[@Bruthric]

@The Exile hes now 17

[@yonzorikuo8051]

people say that yukari use trains to kill you, well i dont see any train

[@viniciusmarques918]

Because she not used it.

[@yonzorikuo8051]

Vinicius Marques then why people say yukari use train?

[@raak1010]

+Yonzo Rikuo She uses them in the fighting games. As a matter of fact, is her strongest attack. Has an insane wind-up, but if Yukari is not stopped, the attack is nigh unavoidable.

[@yonzorikuo8051]

***** thanks lord raak

[@williamcote4208]

+Yonzo Rikuo it's pretty much Yukari doing the "I like trains" joke from asdf movie.

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

"...Go home and sleep forever!" -Reimu

[@Pokespe_Ruby]

what the fuck i cant even beat the 4th stage

[@AnimaRandom]

uhm what are you using?, sakuya? (because Sakuya's track have curvy laser, its very hard)

[@dontwatchmuhvideosanddontscrub]

lol i can complete it..

[@francis_p]

Curse of Dreams and Reality 3:54 Balance of Motion and Silence 4:40 Mesh of Light and Darkness 5:34 Xanadu of Straight and Curve 6:16 Yukari's Spiriting Away 7:05 Butterfly in the Zen Temple 8:18 Double Death Butterfly 9:03 Ran Yakumo 9:48 Boundary of Humans and Youkai 10:30 Boundary of Life and Death 11:49 Danmaku Bounded Field 13:57

[@cloisonnee51]

Ugh this is amazing! the farthest I've gotten on PCB is Alice on normal....

[@OverReaperCh]

+Kirachan I manage to reach Youmu. But God her spellcards are hard even on NORMAL. I feel like it's hard level on third stage

[@cloisonnee51]

I know! after playing it more I got to Youmu on easy. I had to use my continues though

[@OverReaperCh]

I manage to reach Yuyuko but i lost about 4 LIVES ON YOUMU! God dammit! And 4 Stage is immpossible.

[@OverReaperCh]

And that was only on EASY! I'm Ashmed of myself

[@cloisonnee51]

I am very bad at Touhou xD plus my game will sometimes freeze my character and it will cost me a life :(

[@Bravidunno]

8:18 NAZI 10:41 Those lasers remind me of Master Eraqus's (yeah Kingdom Hearts)

[@breakofdawn12]

8:18 its really supposed to be a Buddhist symbol, not a Nazi symbol. Just thought I'd tell ya! :)

[@seven0929]

Jess Moody Exactly. The Nazi one is inverted, kind of mirrored image of the Buddhist one.

[@Mad_Ancient_Computer_700AD]

@Herr Hitler no, it's Buddhist.

[@meneither3834]

Nazi goes in the other direction.

[@somthingz3928]

undertale fans: HOLY FREAKING COW OF DODGING!

[@editonti5227]

SecurityRBLX what do they have to do with it?

[@williehunter1745]

@@editonti5227 Toby Fox's favorite Touhou character is actually Yukari, besides that Touhou had heavy influence on Undertale

[@editonti5227]

@@williehunter1745 and what does that have to do with this video?

[@williehunter1745]

@@editonti5227 Nothing at all really

[@sanstheskeleton679]

Even most Touhou fans have the exact same reaction

[@Falcobird01]

10:12 And that's why I call her the "Organic Boomerang"

[@steveluvscows2490]

Using Ran as a spell card... Truly, she is MILES above the Extra Boss.

[@xirinelle]

I played PCB because I wanted to play Yukari's stage, but I just realized I'm hopeless because the way of unlocking it seems damn impossible for an easy modo player like me. :') well anyways i don't want to get my keyboard broken.

[@MitsukiAkemi]

Gotta love that mouse in the middle of the screen xD

[@soulsilvermaster123]

You know what looked hard to me? That part where everything happened

[@deliore9861]

Why are Yukari's non-spells so easy?

[@sanstheskeleton679]

To contemplate for the hellish spellcards she has

[@randomspartanhoe4501]

@@sanstheskeleton679 I hate Double Black Death Butterfly

[@sanstheskeleton679]

@@randomspartanhoe4501 Same Border of Life and Death too

[@JapanForSale]

Alrighty then. You, Sadistic, and all the fantastic uploaders of Touhou remixes are like a little secret paradise on KZbin, so I think I speak for all of us when I say thank you for all the fun.

[@ejgdnd]

gg wp.

[@ryan2491]

I really enjoy your commentary, it's really cool to see your insight while playing.

[@tabafatristanjayechona9417]

4:00 dream bullets are bullets coming at you, I think 4:40 motion bullets might be the bullets forming a circular thing and silence are those bullets directly straight 5:35 light (lasers) and darkness (bullets)... am I right? or maybe light (red) and darkness (blue) 6:20 it's obvious T_T 7:10 spiriting away... I think I read the history of that spell before :| I forgot where 8:20 I hate that shit, actually :( 9:05 spellcard says it all 9:50 ... 10:35 looks like she wanted to show the difference between humans and youkais 11:50 I died a lot there 13:00 I wish to reach there, no luck for me...

[@DarkCT]

As usual, your videos make my jaw drop. thank you for the opportunity to see more amazing touhou showdowns like this. i don't know if i could ever match that.

[@YuTe3712]

That slow-motion effect at the very final second always gives me shivers. :)

[@wow5694]

Here is a good trick on 00:19 move down to the bottom then while holding shift move to the right slowly and carefully like a stream motion

[@aeola8501]

2019? any one? ..okay just me..

[@nannyfunaria657]

Juliana_ RAINBOWS There's also me!

[@bermi2000]

Hum me? Almost new year but does it still count?

[@udon6092]

I googled "danmaku" under images, but that card was the third...HAVE WE SUNKEN?!

[@AetherShadow]

Ah, seeing one of your videos again reminds me of DoujinStyle. Kinda makes me want to poke around there again... Also, I laughed when one of the annotations randomly said something about rain and heat. Puerto Rico's humidity sucks, so if it were a short amount of rain, it's worse than not raining at all. That comment randomly reminded me of that~

[@atw227]

wow!!i would want to play this game

[@hannibalkills1214]

Just curious, how you get power and point boxes by attracting them like magnets?

[@raak1010]

hannibal kills 1) Get above the Point of Collection when at full power.. Is a line a little above 2/3 of the screen 2) Collect enough cherry points to automatically activate a cherry border. It's the point mechanic gimmick of this game.

[@Bravidunno]

+hannibal kills In Extra and Phantasm stages it always works, but in the main story stages it works only at full power, and cherry border.

[@hannibalkills1214]

***** +Bravigaufre Thanks for telling. Though Touhou games of the second generation (starting from TH10) allows that even if your power level is 0. I already experimented.

[@raak1010]

Technically third generation, since Touhou 1 through 5 would be the first gen

[@Bravidunno]

***** And I thought Touhou 13 would be in the DDC generation because of the circular health bars the bosses have and the new charging sound effects.

[@mstrswrd]

Actually, a few stories I've read deal with the Rules of Danmaku. Theoretically, they wouldn't ever stop using them, because then Reimu has no reason not to just Float away from Reality to become invincible and unbeatable (Word of God, there) and curb stomp everyone into submission. Plus, humans and Yokai get along now, so I can't imagine they'd want to stop using them. But this is all story discussion. Great Run, man. Especially capturing Boundary of Life and Death.

[@Cyros2006]

"I still think Ran's version is more chaotic" You and me both. XD

[@sagefurry]

so this is what "easiest game in the series" means to touhou players

[@masterspartanchief33]

Before I even read the annotation, I recognized the "Magic Death Circles" from PC-98 xD Probably helped that I just did another replay of Mystic Square a day or so ago :P

[@huytrandang277]

My laptop crashed when i played this, really nice

[@felinedorcus]

I just realized that the big danmaku at 11:30 is actually the same one as the danmaku from 2:00, just a lot longer. and it's kinda funny

[@Morinoidate18]

How the hector could you do that?? "Feel like a GOD??"

[@nexieterithu1073]

Wait. Don't tell me you no-hitted the most clusterfucker spellcard of all Touhou history, Boundary of Life and Death??!!!!! You are a God, great sir.

[@ThePlasmicAlchemist]

My ears are in bliss... They're also bleeding cuz fuck me, this video's loud.

[@dragishawk]

Awesome handling of Yukari.

[@vin4679]

So beautiful,so beautiful.

[@Hyunkel33]

I totally agree with you about the Necrofantasia arrange: most fell completly flat. But if you had to name one, just one, what would it be?

[@bastianvera6103]

13:00 the music was synchronized with the spell :0

[@bantoi5294]

Yukari Yakumo used Ran Yakumo as one of her spell card attack.

[@Magicannon_]

So that's how we're supposed to play. All I can do is normal Lotus Land Story. Speaking of which, ZUN should bring back more PC98 circles of death/bullets from nowhere. Especially LLS's stage 6 kind. Those are epic trolls. Hope you give the old games a chance, they can be real gems. Have fun recording without replays, though. :P

[@tassle_gamergrill]

Question: *How long the stairs is on the background???*

[@elbinopaper4629]

Think of Super Mario 64

[@jadebayoba7073]

Since Yukari controls any single Boundary, she just probably used the border between illusion and reality, so, she recreated Bowsers trap...

[@randomspartanhoe4501]

@@jadebayoba7073 Actually she can manipulate the boundary between Infinite and Finite too

[@jadebayoba7073]

@@randomspartanhoe4501 you don't say

[@randomspartanhoe4501]

@@jadebayoba7073 Ok

[@cartoonriley56]

And they said Flandre was difficult to beat... clearly they had not played against Yukari. This is how I vision every boss in Touhou when I play the games.

[@Lewtable]

2 months later ~ I believe it was supposed to be a reference to Yukari's ability to manipulate borders; she messed up the way it's supposed to be and added an extra stage of her own.

[@nakoamechi]

The absolute madlad!

[@painovoimaton]

Yukari's graze hitbox is op.

[@PhuongNguyen-rg4od]

Earache by Earrape

[@policebirdgrowtopia5738]

Amazing

[@kaisercalvin1742]

My ears are dead. The absurdly loud music killed them. Y u do this to us?

[@baka-ix2533]

This is the only proper way to listen to Necrofanatsia

[@KageTheAwesome]

HOLY FRICK O_O This is pure awesome...

[@JamminDjango]

Just as you uploaded this. I did the exact same sort of run of this stage. I bombed twice and didn't die a single time. COINCIDENCE :D

[@Hyunkel33]

I'll look into it, thanks :)

[@youmu0501]

Thank you.

[@Greatpasqua]

Now you should learn how to play danmaku using a ddr dance pad! Extreme bullet dodging, yeah!

[@elbinopaper4629]

We are steps closer to having Touhou VR

[@helfire14]

8:22 ...That spell looks remarkably like a...nevermind.

[@МаксЛедоколов]

Very nice level

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

*You google Image "Danmaku" and this Is the first thing that appears.* Hah! Nice joke ;0 ... [google It] Oh wait, You're Serious! >:D

[@shadowlink03]

Thanx ^_^ that helped alot and I managed to beat her

[@averycreativeusername7618]

How do I unlock this stage? i finished Extra with SakuyaB only

[@xethorias6319]

you have to beat 60 spell cards without dying.

[@K4oFC]

Great run! But why did you break the last supernatural border? You lost spellcard bonus as well xD Oh and i like your videos, all of them :D

[@eikosimino5579]

Holy cows, im not prepared for that ;-;

[@KieraWaffles]

Charming Domination ~ Who done it? Is my FAVORITE stage theme. It's awesome! :D

[@hwq99818]

Out of all the Touhou characters who's your favorite? I don't mean the fights though, just personally.

[@RubertGamaliel]

Siempre que veo a la gente jugar esto pienso... Estas enfermo Bruce Wayne

[@JapanForSale]

Wow. I never knew you streamed. What have I been missing. Now's such a bad time to be getting back onto this account and into Touhou gameplay again. What exactly's wrong with your comp?

[@AndrewBQwerty]

THIS IS SO EPIC. C:

[@GraphicgamerX]

Awesome.

[@amenora]

I've beaten the main game on PCB and EoSD (6 stages) I *might* with practise be able to just about do the Flandre battle (EoSD Extra Stage) but PCB Phantasm??? HELL NO

[@burgerpants5411]

Ive never played touhou, i only know what it is because if yukari, i can tell that anyone who does this boss battle gets ptsd

[@CanalPapaco]

EPILEPSY

[@YuTe3712]

"Like a miko." lol

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

Dumb question but, has anyone thought to melee yukari or any of the characters in this game? Aside from the vampires and oni, it seems to me that melee combat would be the downfall of these characters.

[@melancholicthinker9291]

Yukari would throw a train right at you

[@lexrilrideout1757]

They can also fight in different ways, but they fight like this here because of spell card rules, no melee attacks are allowed (except for youmu) its made to limit their powers and prevent the destruction of their world 😢, and also give chance for weak species to win battles (heck that enemy in the vid is the one who made that rule, and everyone else agreed to uphold it). There are also official fighting games of touhou.

[@WomanSlayer69420]

Terrible idea. Going in melee just results in you getting hit by literally every bullet.

[@-Fhaiz-]

The Microphone Is Getting Torn Apart Because Of the Sound

[@arshijie]

2:58

[@yabusamehoulen7636]

My Last phantasm stage try is ends this spell: Evil Spirits "Butterfly in the Zen Temple"

[@Norveyboy17]

Na-

[@EirenKjell]

And in regular words, Phantasm means a ghost or transparent thing.

[@dubbIestep1380]

I watch this and wish I was the one who did this... Still, finishing all of the touhou games on normal mode (almost half of which is on my channel) is one step.

[@Sax870]

on the spell "curse of dream and reality" i would say the green bullets are the dream, because wouldn't you like it if most of the bullets were easy to dodge in a touhou game. But in reality, (blue bullets) it is a cruel game were everything is out to murder you.

[@TheForgottenCherish]

Raak you are Touhou GOD. By the way, can we expect a Koishi Pacifist anytime this year? :P

[@darkkijin]

Before I understood Death Bombs, I thought that the "longer border between life and death" skill for Reimu in this game meant that you have to survive a longer super bullet hell spellcard...

[@shadowlink03]

Geez I still have problems defeating Ran and now I have to deal with her after Ran's defeat? I'm gonna need a loooooooong break after this lolz but can you tell me an easy way of dodging Ran's laser spell?

[@Seld6863]

Wtf?! ARE U CRAZY HACKER?!

[@diamondmyna1]

8:25 am I the only one noticing the swastikas?

[@jbryan985]

Diamondmyna completely aware that I’m answering a 6 year old comment here, but nope.

[@jeremybrezenoff1280]

oh my god. i cant even beat yuyuko without blasting through a continue and this guy just fucking

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

I know fuck all about Touhou. I can barely remember Cirno's name. So I have questions, however, the most prominent one is that does the ZUN playtest his own games? Like, to make sure it's beatable?

[@kwobuk]

he definitely has playtesters

[@mstrswrd]

Also, technically Yuyuko's ability is to Invoke death in Mortals/Invite Mortals to Death, while Yukari was erasing the Boundary between Death and Life, making it the same thing to be alive as to be dead (i.e; My physical and living existence would be the same existence as the spiritual existence of a my dead ancestors). At least, that's what it would mean, if it wasn't, you know, a danmaku spellcard. I don't doubt that she could do so, however. Anyway, more theory debate. I'll stop now.

[@DasNothing]

Also, in this video, your graze counter is unhappy. But I wish you good luck, sir.

[@marcelocosta9620]

Wow! It's extremelly hard to play!

[@AquilaFawkes]

Ironic thing is, I like Necro-fantasy than Necrofantasia more. The falsettos really killing there ears of mine.

[@spawnxiv]

5:54 Maybe this is really all just Yukari getting back at Raymoo for looting Chen's house/village.

[@enorilrandomland5389]

reimu surly is the only one that could beat her if the spel card system wasn't created, because, even if yukari can manipulate boundaries (op af) she can't manipulate something that doesn't even exist

[@Buer1969]

Fantasy Nature my dudes

[@OrangeFlamer]

at 10:30 your points are 666. how very suiting for the next spell.

[@anyogambito4406]

wait a moment ¿THERE IS A EXTRA STAGE AFTER ANOTHER EXTRA STAGE? i guess i have a looooooooooooooong way to learn skills in this games but nothing is impossible