Yey, got to Ran without dying/bombing.
This could also go in the derp thread due to me getting to Ran perfectly and then neatly dying once each to her 1st nonspell, 1st spell, 2nd nonspell, 2nd spell, and 3rd nonspell.
But I'm not really surprised because I spent the last hour perfecting my pre-Ran game because all too often I get to Ran with 1 or 0 lives and get to Siege, Illusion, or Buddhist whatever.
It's SakuyaA, so I figure getting to Ran with 4 spare lives gives me enough bombs to clear her even if I don't know what I'm doing past Chen.