IN Stage 4 - Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night

[vince5456]

Well to Marisa....uhh...not much.

[vince5456]

I rather fight Reimu because she is powerful.

She gives me motivation and challenge!!

[jrdnbr]

Okay, okay, I give up.

You're right. The endless night, stealing the full moon,

Hiding the human village, and putting hats on stone statues,

It's all Alice's fault. Now, bitch, get out of the way!

[darkdill]

"Now bitch, get out of the way!"

[Miguerukun4IS]

Such an epic picture.

[MasterBurner777]

The name of this stage is a Title Drop, and that makes it more awesome for me somehow...

[GThomas1502]

Marisa's easier because you have homing shots.

[DarkWingedHunter]

you either get master sparked or sealed away

[DarthSarlos]

lol, I thought the exact opposite. Marisa's harder imo (I'm playing on normal), but, well, I still have much to learn, so I'll keep fighting as Reimu against Marisa >:D

[Flashykaabii]

Reimu and Marisa VS Yukari and Alice

OHSHIT WHO WILL WIN?

[ALeXzJon]

Not even near to alice maestra ;_;

[SoulOfRandomness]

@ALeXzJon ; ^;

[BerryjuiceSmudge]

@ALeXzJon both are pretty good.

[GentlemanAeon777]

Lets see, Oversized moving lazorz or Self homing amulets...

Better yet, Homing amulets and Illusionary needles, Magic missles, thin lazer and Malice Cannon, Knives and Stationary bat shooting familiars, or Slashing shots and extreme ranged butterflies of doom?

[Shintear]

Fighting Marisa as Reimu is much easier than fighting Reimu as Marisa.

However, fighting Reimu as Reimu is the easiest.

TIME PARADOX LOL.

[xof49]

@Shintear Simple explanation as to how there can be a Reimu VS Reimu fight:

Yukari: [Hax Sign] Boundary Of Singular And Plural

[Slamexo]

Move and I'll shoot!

Wait, I messed up. I meant shoot and I'll move. In a flash.

[ZombehWolf]

@Slamexo Oh you ;D

[silverclaus618]

@Slamexo Stop or I'll Shoot!

Never mind.

If I shoot, you'll move. Ah, I moved.

[Samanthak76543]

There's a reason why Marisa's stage 4 is called stage 4 POWERFUL...

[SilverZeRg1]

epic picture, epic song  <3

[andregilfurt]

Reimu I usually get off with just panic bombing once.

But Marisa? She makes sure I take at least one bullet to the straight to the face and a life to boot before she goes down.

[DivineChaosFireblade]

I need to get this song on an hour long loop...

[MrShaman793]

am i the only one who thinks the very beginning sounds like wriggles theme

[Illusionalistical]

When playing in lunatic, I find Marisa harder since her attacks hardly use patterns unlike Reimu's, which usually do. @.@

Anyway, this is my #1 favorite stage four theme out of the entire series, and that is saying something! xD

[Ultrapyre]

Mind telling me why 2 of the main characters are turning on the main party? I don't get it.... =_=

[hjt091]

@Ultrapyre brief story: the moon goes all weird, the party you pick freeze the night to try to fix it

Reimu or Marisa will fight you in an attempt to unfreeze the night

[SOSdanChoreBoy]

Both these characters kick my ass so hard. Marisa's stars have arcs that laugh in the face of ballistics, and Reimu's attacks are practically designed to clip you....

[GentlemanAeon777]

You all serious!?

I die more on Marisa than I do on Reimu!

[danuke303]

It was not long ago that I managed, for the first time, to not lose a single life to Reimu.

I've never lost a life to Marisa.

[Szriko]

@danuke303

Good for you, but Marisa's the harder fight by far.

Mainly due to everything being a gimmick, and none of it being straight dodging.

You could even say that, if you have trouble on Reimu, you're poor at actual dodging.

[danuke303]

@Szriko I think I'm better at navigating patterns rather than actual dodging.

Last time I played against Reimu I was pretty much running on Master Spark. D:

[XavierAliatos]

Honestly, for whatever reason, I always find Marisa gives me more trouble than Reimu... I dunno why, I guess I've just had too many good runs of that stage with Saku/Remi... Using Remi's familliars is a great way to beat her second encounter opening nonspell.

[gyppygirl2021]

@CivilianScoot ...mm, I kinda wonder about it myself. I mean, I found Shou's lasers from UFO pitifully easy.

[roxorsoxor]

i miss when ZUN made songs like this

(not that his current style is bad, i just prefer this, this seems more ferocious in a way. when i think of touhou i think of this)

[DrMcDave]

@roxorsoxor

I completely agree with you, newer BGM doesn't have the same charm or feel as the older BGM. except a few that are in later games which still are as good as the old, but I still think the pre-windows BGM is great... for nostalgia ^_^

[EphidelDarkheart]

@DrMcDave Why would you feel nostalgic for PC-98 BGM? Unless you actually grew up playing a PC-98, it's just old (but good) music.

If anything, you seem to be feeling nostalgia for the older Windows Touhou games that's preventing you from seeing the charm in the newer music. Even the Windows games are a few years old at this point. ZUN's work is as strong as ever, but you're more inclined to enjoy the songs you experienced early on.

[rockmusscarcella]

BERGILLA

[gyppygirl2021]

One of the most magnificent stage themes in the entire series, not counting the youkai laughter :P

I'd rather fight Marisa than Reimu... is it just me or does Reimu seem infinitely harder? ._.

[zomnomnom]

@gyppygirl2021 Same here plus Reimu Team makes IN unbelievably easy.

[gyppygirl2021]

Well, I usually play as the Netherworld Team (also fights Marisa), but yeah, Border Team makes IN stupid easy XD

[thepsynergist]

@gyppygirl2021 She actually is in game, I swear. Marisa is a cakewalk, then Reimu accedently all my lives. D:

[gyppygirl2021]

@thepsynergist After playing against both and comparing the two, I can safely say Reimu is much, much harder :P

[meta3628]

@gyppygirl2021 but her theme is more soothing meaning youll be pissed listening to a theme that sooths

[Shintear]

@gyppygirl2021 I fare much better against Marisa than Reimu...until Marisa's last spellcard (Earth Light Ray, I think?). GOD I hate that spellcard.

[gyppygirl2021]

@Shintear It's annoying and hard to dodge, yes. XD

[destructiveuchiha]

@Shintear Earth Light Ray is one of her easiest spell cards, I don't even die on the Hard or Lunatic versions of that spell card which the name changes to Shoot The Moon, but I agree, Reimu is alot harder

[ArhimondEx]

@gyppygirl2021 same for me

[shinnuXIII]

@gyppygirl2021

that's because Reimu DOESN'T PLAY AROUND!

[gyppygirl2021]

@shinnuXIII Reimu's a bitch ._.

But... I still love her o_O

[yunakey3]

@gyppygirl2021

remeber what Marisa said when meet Reimu ?

" No. don't !

We will in for it if she get mad "

[gyppygirl2021]

@yunakey3 And they really were :P

[nokion]

@gyppygirl2021 LOL i never have a problem with reimu but i'm weird like that

[Flashykaabii]

@gyppygirl2021 Marisa is hard. Some ppl says she's harder then Reimu.

And others says Reimu is harder.

But...BOTH ARE HARD.

[gyppygirl2021]

@Flashykaabii I have an easier time not getting a game over against Marisa, therefore she's easier imo :P

[SiegLhein]

@gyppygirl2021 What would you expect from the protagonist of touhou?

[gyppygirl2021]

@SiegLhein Being totally impossible to fight? xP

[b3tuki]

@gyppygirl2021 i'd honestly fight reimu over marisa, i really hate star shaped bullets ):

[gyppygirl2021]

@b3tuki ...I'll admit that that's one thing Marisa has over Reimu in regards to difficulty. XD

[SoulOfRandomness]

@gyppygirl2021 I find Reimu a lot easier.

Weird, is that I also find Eirin easier than Kaguya.

Reimu's moving is usually static and the amulets have tiny hitboxes.

[gyppygirl2021]

@SoulOfRandomness I can totally understand how some people would have an easier time with Reimu, but Eirin? Wat? XD

[SoulOfRandomness]

@gyppygirl2021 Well, apart from the complete spammy last attack, it's true.

Eirin has simplistic patterns and visible, easy to get to blind-spots.

Kaguya has blinding pretty seizure bullets which I fail at, and she also has constant homing bullets, so I raeg on Kaguya, but find Eirin easy.

[gyppygirl2021]

@SoulOfRandomness Hm, I wonder if it's just because I fail at memorizing patterns. XD

[HirosamaNadasaki]

@gyppygirl2021 nope, she is harder, at least for me, wich is contraditory with Marisa's title "stage 4 boss (powerful)"

[LoudWaffle]

@gyppygirl2021 I find it to be the opposite, Marisa is way more difficult for me, probably because of how some of her spell cards have next to no pattern, it's just "MASTORU SPARKUUU"- stars everywhere.

[OperationAnime262]

Love the drums at the beginning and 1:19 those parts are the best parts of the song

[Trapstar6139]

Red-White-Armpit or Black-WhiteWitch...

Which one should one team fight?

Dig the song anyway.

[GentlemanAeon777]

@Trapstar6139 Its the Scarlet and Magic Teams that go against Reimu and the Boundary and Ghost Teams that go against Marisa.