Touhou: Concealed the Conclusion - Phantasm Stage (Commentary & Translation)

This is another Gensokyo.
It is not the Gensokyo that I am familiar with,
but that doesn't matter, for the old home does not exist
anywhere anymore.
I swear Danmaq just didn't want anyone to get to this stage. That's the only thing I can come up with. To unlock the Phantasm stage first you have to beat the game on normal or above with no continues. Then you have to beat the Extra stage with that shot type. Now beat the game with the other three shot types each time without using continues on normal mode. Have at least 81 different spell cards unlocked in spell practice. And then at least attempt Lunatic mode as your choice shot type. Got all that? Good, now bend over for Reimu, we're going to the Phantasm stage.
Like Yukari's stage before this the Phantasm stage can be viewed as a remix of the extra stage. However a MUCH more difficult remix at that. The enemies come at the same spots and attack in similar manners but they either shoot more bullets, faster bullets, bigger bullets, or all three.
Suika returns as the mid-boss and on one hand is tough as hell. However on the other hand you will do this stage so many times she just turns into a passing glance.
Reimu...if I had to describe this fight in one word it would be "blindsided". Cool Down wise it's the exact same logic as Suika just bigger, faster bullets. However almost every spell card she uses is similar to Suika in theme alone. The main point of it is to get you to focus all your attention on one aspect of it and then blast you with something else out of nowhere. You need VERY good peripheral vision to even hope to beat her and learn how to dodge without looking at or even near Marisa to win.
Also like Suika you will have to heavily rely on careful use of Hakurei Bombs however first Reimu's attacks aren't as wasteful as Suika's so you can't count on refiling your gauge after attacking. That means you get pretty much one shot per spell card so make it count. Secondly Reimu's attacks are MUCH more cruel than Suika's were. With Suika her 2nd, 4th, and 5th cards were the trouble ones and the rest weren't too awful bad...With Reimu the only tame ones are her 1st, 5th, and 7th. The other seven are either extremely difficult without Hakurei Bombs or all the Hakurei in the world can't help you, they are that bad...
Difficulty - Phantasm
Mode: Marisa D - Love Sign, Penetration Type
Phantasm Stage - Illusion Game the Alternative Phantasmagoria
BGM - Eternal Phantasmagoria
Mid-Boss - Forgathering dream, illusion, and pandemonium: Suika Ibuki
Boss - Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise: Reimu Hakurei
BGM - Dream Express ~ Red / White
Spell Cards
1:46 - Illusion Dragon "Dragon's Siege"
2:13 - Illusion Beast "Raijuu's Flash"
2:28 - Gathering Sign "Chimimoryou Legion"
6:47 - Cool Down
7:09 - Initial System "i ro ha ni ho he do"
7:39 - Cool Down
7:58 - Dancing Miko "Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly"
8:23 - Cool Down
8:42 - Barrier "Danmaku Kaleidoscope"
9:08 - Cool Down
9:51 - Ritualistic Instrument "Hakurei Shrine Shimenawa"
10:25 - Cool Down
10:44 - Barrier "Hakurei Heptagram Crest"
11:17 - Cool Down
11:36 - Barrier "Hakurei Twelve Syllable Seals"
12:39 - Cool Down
12:59 - Magic "The Whereabouts of Kashinkyoshi"
13:32 - Cool Down
13:53 - Divine Skill "Four-Handed Yin-Yang Performance"
14:15 - "Five Elemental Yin-Yang Barrier"
15:40 - Dream Boundary "The Universe"
Translation's courtesy of the Touhou wiki
You can download the game here
www.mediafire.com/file/uy69kau...
www.mediafire.com/file/gey9c4k...

[@MegamanOmega184]

Reuploaded cause I'm a real dunce with these annotations sometimes...

[@kizunechao279]

Yeeeaaah, that was a HUGE goofup if I ever saw one. (Aside from that one time in Len'en 3 at least.)

[@jeanmikael7929]

what happened ?

[@kizunechao279]

@@jeanmikael7929 In this video or in Len'en 3?

[@jeanmikael7929]

@@kizunechao279 this video What happened in the len'en 3 video still scare me

[@kizunechao279]

@@jeanmikael7929 Short answer: giant heckin' annotation box briefly covered the screen during the last nonspell.

[@randomname1771]

Divine Skill "Pepsi Barrage"

[@youdonotcare]

Reimu was practicing social distancing in Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly

[@SparkTFS]

It get pretty dark story-wise, but things did look promising for our 3 gals in the Extra and Phantasm Stages. I got somewhat curious where would they go from there, but I guess it may be alright for an alternative timeline to end with an open ending like that. By the way, those CtC gameplays were really entertaining to watch, thanks for sharing them!

[@Jann75]

1:29 HSiFS 8:45 All of these bullets are moving straight.

[@neobullseye1]

So, about the Hakurei Heptagram Crest Spell Card... Who else would have loved to see a blind reaction to that spell in particular, or rather the 'blindsiding twist' to it? :P

[@shard4155]

did Suika and Reimu don't have a last world in extra and phantasm ? and yeah ,you finnaly catch up ZUN's rate after all this time

[@rizalfawwaz3942]

Yeaah... But, Reimu and Suika attack its a same move

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

Yes EX and PH have LSCs too.

[@brantontucker6734]

I was wondering why the stage theme sounded familiar, the theme has bits of eternal shrine maiden from touhou 1

[@nathanj4194]

Seeing as you concealed the first conclusion to the game, I’ll bring back my previous comment more or less Overall, love the game, spellcards look impressive, kickass OST, and a good ending to boot (I like happy endings, so sue me) What was your plan for the Last Words for this game (if you were doing them at all)?

[@el_selvi100]

well this is touhou, all can be a mess even the text box

[@Flygoniaks]

Well, crap, I don't really have the motivation to write the whole comment out again, and I can't retrieve it, so I'll just summarize. TL;DR: Not a big fan of the stage portion, lots of safespots and "fake" difficulty (especially at the start), level design also doesn't show strengths/weaknesses of each shot type enough, feels "cheesable too, but maybe it's for the sake of gathering resources. The boss fight is okay though, and is the real source of the difficulty. Also: [20:27] _Yet, 5 years later, here we are._

[@MegamanOmega184]

Not gonna lie, I kinda _like_ the fact that the stage portion doesn't have as much bite and is more memorization heavy. If only because otherwise it would have made Reimu _UNIMAGINABLY_ aggravating to fight against. Girl is, to this day, the hardest Touhou boss I've ever fought. Though interesting complaints on the stage portion though. If only because I noticed them, but didn't find anything wrong with it cause it's very akin to how ZUN made said Phantasm stage himself (plenty of memorization heavy difficulty). For example, by the time I finally beat Yukari I felt like I could do her entire damn stage blindfolded. Especially the early portion that was entirely streaming, just the same as this (if anything, I feel a lot of this Phantasm stage is a throwback to Yukari's)

[@NerfMaster000]

7:12 Ain’t that the name of the OP from Fantasy Kaleidoscope?

[@decade4984]

wait a min it is

[@sanaeurl]

what does initial system "i ro ha hi he do" significant of?

[@Zsaver3]

I believe it has something to do with the Japanese alphabet?

[@akenohononiku916]

Unlock 81 spellcards? No need to capture them?

[@Hifuutorian]

What song is playing at 19:34?

[@innocence6090]

eternal shrine maiden, specifically the version from dolls in pseudo paradise

[@Hifuutorian]

@@innocence6090 Thank you!