Thanks for all the help!
I was wrong, at home I have up to the next spellcard unlocked, now I remember it clear as day: I saw those curvy lasers and was like "Nope" (actually, they ain't so bad after a few runs on practice). The survival I only saw on video
For the second midboss spell, this is the best I can do on a lucky day:
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=32982 (I must be dense, or there is no option to upload DDC replays on replays.gensokyo.org)
If the two red waves coming from the left are too close together (it happens sometimes), that's it, I'm done :D
I'll just mark it off as auto-bomb when I next go through the whole stage
About Raiko's first spell, I have found out what is up with the knives - they'll automatically target raiko, but if they touch a drum (either while travelling towards Raiko or while hovering behind Sakuya, which is what causes my previous issue), they seem to stick to the drum and slow it down. Luckily, unfocused shot does a pretty good job at quickly exploding the drums and turning the screen into a mess, so I'll need to learn to dose both shots if I wish to finish Raiko with SakuyaA. Can you actually go through the drums? I shall test that out (EDIT -
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=32983 holy hell it works! I'll be doing it this way from now on xD)
Someone mentioned that on practice the Tsukumo sisters are close together, and that the skull drum does not explode into bullets, is that something that was changed in a patch? I haven't been keeping up with the updates, my game is still on 1.00b, the girls are on opposite sides of the screen and the skull drum explodes into bullets wether by reaching the bottom or by being shot down
It seems I had the right idea for the spirits one, just need to have a bit more confidence in myself - I'm usually scared that while aligning myself to avoid the side waves, the red bullets from the bottom will catch up to me and say hi before I notice lol
The quake still scares me, while it is shaking it's a bit hard to see so I get scared of running into something or misjuding my position, I always try to find the place where a bullet zooms way ahead of the one to it's side so I can slip by behind it, but that is not always readily available D: The thing about positioning inbetween the bullets is worth a shot, at least until they start overlapping a bit
Any tips I should read regarding the next one, with the curvy lasers/thunder and light balls? It doesn't seem that bad, certainly not as bad as TORAMARU SHOU'S.... damn those curvy lasers...
I'll keep on practicing these until I'm confident to play through again and unlock a few others (some of those nons are pretty crazy, though, wish they were on spell practice too)
I dislike ReimuA, that stupid broom thing of hers keeps on falling off of the enemies and doing negligible damage, and sometimes getting it back on is just not an option for me. There was once that I was particularly lucky on that blasted midboss spell, that the pattern actually changed twice (and, of course, I died just before finishing it)
I want to clear this extra but I can't even do UFO on Normal lols