>>8404345

OK, stream of consciousness comments written as I watch the replay.

Stage 1: You move kind of spastically but whatever, you didn't die or bomb.
Stage 2: Rammed a bullet seemingly on purpose with a border? Don't POC there if you're just gonna die. And bombed for no reason during midboss nonspell, you were safe where you were. Also you're letting items fall off the screen to get like 10 points of graze, don't do that. Spastic movement almost killed you on the final spellcard, don't move so much (or at all, if you're not in danger.)
Stage 3: Rammed a bullet on purpose again. If you want to break a border you can just press the bomb button. Do it right before it runs out if your aim is to clear bullets, you might as well try to dodge as long as possible to get the most out of your safety. No reason to bomb at the end of the stage, you probably could have killed the enemies before they shot anything. Death was dumb and avoidable, and no reason to bomb again right after.
Stage 4: No real reason to burst the border, you got like 2700 cherry from it. Maybe you don't care about score, but then why were you trying to graze? What was that death? Macrododge that stuff. And stop bombing after a death, it's pointless. You're already invincible. Next bomb was fine. Unfocused kills those enemies more reliably than focused, so don't focus unless you need it to dodge stuff (you shouldn't.) Don't break your border until it's about to run out. If the last waves make you need to bomb, don't shoot them. Especially if you're not going to collect the items anyways. No idea why you bombed after the midboss there. If you're worried about not being able to collect the bomb, don't shoot. The bomb at the end of that section was unnecessary, you were clear to escape there. What the fuck was that death? Why are you bombing when there's nothing on the screen? Bombing on the death fairy basically cost you two bombs since it would have died, cleared the bullets, and dropped a bomb if you hadn't. Merlin sucks, but 3 deaths is a lot. If you're going to waste bombs like an idiot, do it before you die, not right after. Work on your streaming skills, you're getting into bad situations because you move too much.
Stage 5: Really dumb deaths. You're spamming bombs when you're not in danger and then dying on random trivial stuff. You can misdirect the first wave of Youmu's nonspell, so learn that and do it.

I don't know. Keep your borders going until they're about to expire and then burst them by bombing, not by ramming random bullets. Don't bomb after you die, there's absolutely no reason to. If you're gonna POC stuff, just do it, don't loiter around and then try to move up. There's time to POC after almost every single boss attack in the game safely if you go immediately, so do that. Don't think about 'dodging' bullets, think about moving to a space where the bullets will all miss you.