Touhou 8 - Imperishable Night - Perfect Stage 6B - Lunatic

A video of me fighting through stage 6B and its boss: The Eternal Moon Princess, Kaguya Houraisan, without dying or bombing.
Help with difficult attacks:
GENERAL:
Yes you can manipulate boss movements, but its not as important here since there are fewer attacks that you need to rush through. As always, go to the boss's left to move them left and their right to move them right.
1ST NONSPELL:
One of few attacks in the series that is designed to trap you and is extremely effective at doing so. My advice is to rush through it and manipulate Kaguya's movements. Also, get used to going unfocused.
DIVINE TREASURE "BRILLIANT DRAGON BULLET":
This is mostly dodging. It traps you occasionally but not always. I'd actually advise against aggressive dodging and instead, if you get dense patterns of circle bullets, move further horizontally. The gaps in the long bullets get smaller though, so be warned.
DIVINE TREASURE "SALAMANDER SHIELD":
There are 3 strategies for this. You can do what I do and stream very slowly so you don't need to reverse the stream, you can stream vertically or you can stream horizontally at a normal speed. I found that vertical streaming was too complicated for me to learn and doing reversals isn't always reliable. You can take out one of the familiars before they start shooting but this is only useful if you doing horizontal streaming with reversals. If you doing the slow streaming strategy, you'll want to pass through almost every gap the static pattern makes. Skip a gap if the laser will spawn in said gap. Be warned though, I skipped 3 gaps and was less than a second from death. If you're not at full power, do not use this strategy.
DIVINE TREASURE "LIFE SPRING INFINITY":
General strategy should be obvious. The only things worth mentioning are that you should try to deal damage to Kaguya as quickly as possible and that the hitbox for the lasers is a bit slow. When they appear to go solid, you have a short time during which you can still pass through them unharmed. The same is true for Divine Treasure "Buddhist Diamond" and Forgiveness "Honest Man's Death". You'll definitely want to practice this extensively if you're uncomfortable dodging bullets from behind.
DIVINE TREASURE "HOURAI JEWEL":
Streaming. You can do the start in a number of ways. If you want to do what I did then the first position's height is the top of the capital "I" in "Imperishable". I start the main part of the spell from the first digit on the score on the youkai gauge. The streaming is actually very consistent and easy if you use the yellow balls strategy, which involves turning the stream when you go under the yellow bullets that I did. The last 2 reversals require you to use cyan bullets instead. For the penultimate reversal, you'll need to move through the gap, wait a bit then turn the stream.
"IMPERISHABLE NIGHT'S END -PASCHAL MOON-":
The lines are aimed around around you so you can get very close to Kaguya. As for the reversal of the red bullets, I drop down at 09 on the timer (I go by hearing the counter count twice). Rest should be obvious.
"IMPERISHABLE NIGHT'S END -HALF PAST 4-":
The lines are static, with Border Team hitbox, the bottom right corner is safe for 3 waves but you might need to move with other teams. For the rest, as a general rule of thumb, I tap to move 3 times or more to ensure the bubbles don't hit me.
"IMPERISHABLE NIGHT'S END -RISING WORLD-":
Very RNG dependent and very fast. Honestly, I got lucky and there's not much you can do except practice this. The key is getting used to dodging the fast bullets rather than trying to unfocus and move somewhere else on the screen. With the curving bullets, try to stay in the centre but get some practice at doing the attack off centre too. This was by far my most problematic attack, so don't feel bad if you're struggling with this. I came close to death multiple times.

[@suqd674]

He can probably dodge all the invisible coronavirus cells floating in the air

[@ZaTimou]

8:11 kaguya: oh dangs, it's not working welp time to throw absolutely everything

[@sanaeurl]

Bosses when they realized the protagonist is still alive

[@rtmushroom9454]

*RANDOM BULLSHIT GO!*

[@jokeofacity6717]

Villains always says that they will throw everything at the protagonist to stop them Kaguya does that, literally

[@krishnabasavaraju2926]

@@rtmushroom9454 lol

[@hcnuup]

I like showing these Touhou videos at 1.25x speed to friends who haven't seen the series yet.

[@itskhanh-kun]

hcnuup I prefer at 2x speed

[@heejoonsolos0720]

Dat BGM tho

[@karateka_95]

_Sees the timer in the top right corner for spell cards_ Wait a second...

[@Philautiad]

I think I'd be terrified even seeing these at a lower speed and then making it regular speed

[@Romero_m8]

Makes it look crazy

[@GrahamChapman]

So, since you captured all five of Kaguya's impossible requests, does that mean you get to marry her?

[@awe9217]

five impossible spellcards

[@crystallinerose8368]

Nuuuuu! I was hoping that I would be able to marry the bae.

[@Dreigonix]

Wouldn't that be nice. Capture all Kaguya's spells in one run and you unlock a hidden cutscenes where Kaguya accepts Reimu's hand in marriage and it's perfectly yuri-tastic. And then Meira crashes the party and challenges Kaguya because Reimu already accepted HER marriage proposal from back in SoEW...

[@mrrp405]

hahahahahahhha everyone in gensokyo ga-

[@lexrilrideout1757]

@@mrrp405 hehehe in touhou 2 reimu accepts a marriage proposal by meiran without question Sooo..... PC 98 reimu is gay I guess? 😂

[@adaslothland850]

2:57 so before Clownpiece, there was Kaguya who used stars and stripes

[@Axisage]

but before Kaguya, there was Marisawho used stars and stripes

[@satsukir1n]

but before Marisa, was Mima who used star and stripes

[@IdiotNo]

@@satsukir1n But before Mima, there's a red Marisa who used star and stripes

[@satsukir1n]

@@IdiotNo But before red Marisa, there was a american marisa who used star and stripes

[@toasteroven7683]

8:11 "RANDOM BULLSHIT *GO!!!!* "

[@flandrescarlet2903]

Lunatic princess is probably my favourite Touhou song. The fast notes and epic beat don’t end!

[@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788]

I think the first part Is great, but eirin's theme Is better

[@bunnybs1331]

Kaguya: I'm literally one of the most powerful beings in the entirety of gensokyou Yukari: hahah ran go spin

[@emohatsunemiku578]

6:23 in case you were wondering how small Reimu/Yukari's hitbox is....

[@riyadmuhamad7869]

All bullets have small hitbox

[@emohatsunemiku578]

@@riyadmuhamad7869 Im referring to Reimu's hitbox tho. Also, in the case of the bullets shown in the timestamp, the hitbox takes up most of the sprite.

[@gokulsharama9876]

So Kaguya's power is eternity manipulation. So we have Princess Calculus here

[@DsiakMondala]

Only she can find the limit of my degeneracy

[@Name_23]

And manipulating the instantaneous, with the implications of making things able to change instantly, which is ridiculously overpowered. Also Zun for some reason elaborated on that ability and made it seem even more bullshit ridiculous for no reason whatsoever, because the manipulation of the instantaneous also apparently means being able to gaze into parallel timelines during that instant and effectively witness the near-future…. How drunk were you Zun? Well imperishable night was really good so he probably very was.

[@huytrandang277]

@@Name_23 He created Yukari who can manipulate the border between literally everything and you're calling Kaguya overpowered.

[@rodrigobispo521]

What's this? So, the ones who froze the night... The fragmented eternal evening you've created... My eternity manipulation will destroy it... Your spell of Imperishable Night will shatter... And the dawn shall come!

[@IdiotNo]

I don't remember seeing anyone in Touhou this heroic..

[@kirik6606]

Love the quality Smoother than rabbit's fur And rabbit's meat Don't look at me with those eyes

[@tangerin_han]

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[@thesubinion]

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[@Kainync]

What's this? So, the ones who froze the night... That was YOU, isn't it!? The fragmented eternal evening you've created... My eternity manipulation will destroy it... Your spell of Imperishable Night will shatter... And the dawn will come! One of the most powerful moments I've ever saw!

[@karateka_95]

Something about the ending and the desperate-sounding music brings a tear to my eye... I really don't know why... it just plays on my emotions

[@syncswim]

It's like playing/listening to gaming history. This fight and Last Word were, at the time, supposed to be the end of Touhou. In hindsight we know now that IN ended up being the one that ensured Touhou would never die.

[@lunariansoup9635]

i thought people were just exaggerating when they said kaguya just throws random bullshit during her last spell. I was so wrong and its the funniest shit ive seen in touhou

[@MickeyYeahbaby]

Never played Touhou before. ... ... ... is this what a seizure looks like? i can see the light

[@leovu8500]

imperishable night is actually one on the easiest touhou games lmao

[@jookielookieyoureadopted2691]

Mick Vang go watch SA's ultra lunatic play

[@jermfanaccount]

@@leovu8500 agreed

[@aaron23devis]

@@jookielookieyoureadopted2691 or LoLK, that two game is hard

[@ephraimium6755]

@@aaron23devis 1cc only

[@Plunteretech]

1:45 moment before kaguya starts

[@Mario-im1rk]

Fuck i love this game.

[@Spingerex]

I'm not even playing the game yet I still feel tense...

[@DiogoMontoia]

you got a new sub bro, amazing gameplay!

[@Ikaros---]

Elden Ring's Rennalla, Queen of the Full Moon has nothing on Touhou's Lunatic Princess.

[@joako077]

bro your skills in this game are out of my comprension, i dont know much about Touhou but the soundtrack is fye and this boss looks hard asf

[@BiIafy]

funny thing is that this is one of the easiest final bosses

[@jeromesol2725]

One word : EPIC

[@saulgerardo372]

My favorite of all kaguya's spells is morning mist, is so colorful but damn she throws everything at you like if it were a sandstorm of danmaku

[@DsiakMondala]

a sandstorm of darude

[@Aria-ln3jf]

DAMNmaku

[@abarette_]

8:19 th8 instant invul my beloved

[@tsumori4ever]

As soon a boss appears, ran goes *SPINNING*

[@achollow5312]

3:34 HOLY SHIT!

[@thatgamerboy3467]

"its easier tou dodge rain from a thunderstorm than play this game" -someone

[@nanojanejoyjoshjay3067]

this is by far the only game in touhou series I can beat with a good ending... EoSD is freakin hard since I can't move diagonals

[@marixsunnyotp3142]

Wait, the character can't move diagonally in eosd!?

[@TRDario]

@@marixsunnyotp3142 You can.

[@Bananafrys]

@@marixsunnyotp3142 prolly a controller deadzone issue

[@partricknarpman]

The stress I feel while watching this damn. Touhou players are insane. 👌

[@MelCMlol]

I wish I was this good at touhou :,)

[@Kuminoka]

Touhou 8 was 8 years ago... wow..

[@thatgamerboy3467]

this is what i meant when theres a pattern in the boss' attacks

[@braydeno4189]

3:34 I'm sorry but what in god's name happened here? That dodge is a total mindfuck.

[@Emalight_1st]

If you don't know or arent familiar with touhou. Those bullets are called ring bullets and the white outer part of them doesnt actually have a hitbox so you can squeze through them pretty easy. Bullet hitbox in touhou are weird especially in IN you could search up touhou hitbox just to see how different the hitbox is compared to the sprite.

[@ssjcrafter8842]

well, in the bubble bullets(the big ones with the white outside, colored middle and empty inside) the hitbox is relatively really small. only the colored part hits can hit you, so you're free to go around the white part.

[@scraptent2908]

I want to get to this stage because of its music but I just suck that much at this game that I can't even reach stage 4

[@130mistica]

Your right the epic ducky kaguya is so stronger than mokou

[@mrrp405]

wow

[@aliardatalas9137]

My eyes...🤯

[@benjy3233]

Oh my god!!! 1M laiks!!! I can't survive almost half of the spell card. And yes u do deserve more views laik @Dagoth-Ur said

[@iimoonblossxms2600]

5:03 I really love this spellcard Also 7:49

[@fandetouhou504]

The colors have being to confuse the brain of people

[@jacobdelacruz558]

I almost got a lunatic 1cc but died to Kaguya last spell

[@Kenshinkuroi0312]

Yo asi jugaba namas que me Chingue la Rodilla

[@yuykkkuok5888]

6:16 6:40 7:02 7:24 7:48

[@phantasmpostor]

Imagine BFB. yes. BFB. battle for b.f.d.i. Imagine Kaguya in BFB.

[@hiiragii]

too op, she’d solo all wtf

[@BlankGuy]

Kaguya looks pretty funny

[@Nsquare_01]

Kaguya: 😐

[@KIIROCORE]

8:13 RANDOM BULLSHIT GO

[@TheEpicXenemorph]

There is like so many attacks on screen how do you even do that

[@karnifall]

You only focus on the attacks which matter. Most of the bullets don't actually matter and are just there for visuals

[@DommTom]

How's one supposed to beat this, seriously? So many orbs and you can't touch a single one, geesh.

[@commensalism1997]

kaguya in game sprites look like shes 4 what

[@lephalacat]

Me, watching the Kaguya fight : Oh this isn't so bad, it looks easy actually, this is really the final boss? Kinda too- Me, seeing Kaguya's HP go back up (REPEATEDLY) while she throws bullets that are lunatic as hell : .....Why does she call help from Erin in that one song again...????

[@conniekim687]

Can anybody please tell me how to download touhou games? my computer can't read the file.

[@goddamn518]

How much do u know about computers?

[@jacobdelacruz558]

8:12 random bullshit! Go!

[@felipeutzig8166]

what defines if you will face eirin or kaguia in the end?

[@aweirdo259]

The first time you play IN you face Eirin. The second time you play on the same team/character you face Kaguya. After that you can choose at the end of stage 5

[@yoshkabosh7979]

@@aweirdo259 *Unless you've used a continue, in which you will go to final A

[@creaturecalledcanyon]

I cant even get to state 2 in subterranean animism

[@ssjcrafter8842]

to be fair 11 is one of the hardest games in the series

[@ScarletRxses]

Anyone tell me what nullity means?

[@BigusGeekus]

Extra lives are irrelevant (no retries), can't use bombs.

[@magiamadokaist2853]

Malicious Tengu basically don't fucking die when it's active

[@goddamn518]

In this case, you can't use bombs, and if you die during one of these spellcards, you fail it without losing a life and it skips to the next one and (iirc) you don't get any points (because you didn't clear it), also at the end you get penalized (or something like that. I haven't played in a long time). This "nullity" state is also present when you practice spellcards in this game. There, you can't use bombs and if you die you fail the spellcard and have to try again.

[@Dreigonix]

The Nullify state activates during Last Spells- basically bonus spells that you don't actually need to beat to win, but you get a ton of extra points if you do. You can't bomb them, and if you die, they end immediately.

[@midnightstrove6784]

@@Dreigonix It also means you got the amount of time points in order to increase the time by 30 mins and not an hour, essentially clearing two stages with that gives you an extra continue due to IN's mechanics.

[@jacobdelacruz558]

how do i get to 6b?

[@ethan2803]

If you beat 6A, then 6B will start automatically once you clear stage 5 again. Then if you beat it after that, you'll get to choose which final stage you play every time you beat stage 5.

[@jacobdelacruz558]

@@ethan2803 oh I know now lol

[@user-tp1vp1dc6u]

1:44

[@dexieleighyan2625]

Thanks

[@lv.99mastermind45]

6:23 '_>'

[@prettimonke2865]

how tf I can get good ending? I beat the game without continues and I got normal ending

[@Bananafrys]

you have to play again lol. as in when you beat it the first time you have to play again and then you get to this stage, as long as you dont use continues

[@CaptainMurasaTheULTRAKILLFan24]

Go POCO X4 Pro!!!

[@MilleFalchiJUNIOR]

BASTA MEME

[@HiGaming-wi8gn]

marisa is harder

[@unovi8141]

Not even close lol

[@Andrew-ch3xj]

@@unovi8141 i mean yeah reimu/marisa is harder. This looks easy after 50 tries imo

[@unovi8141]

@@Andrew-ch3xj No they're not. Reimu is quite hard, mainly due to Blink, but Marisa genuinely doesn't have any really hard patterns. How easy it looks means nothing.

[@italianfisher]

🤓

[@ssjcrafter8842]

@@unovi8141 I'd say - blink - isn't too too hard either. then again I never tried Lunatic so...