Raiko or UFO?

[Koog]

I've just 1cc'ed DDC with MarisaA, but... now... I don't know what to choose...
Should I go for Raiko (first try died at 2nd spell) or UFO (haven't tried it yet)?

[Mino ☆]

I'd say try UFO, or just do what you want to do.

Perhaps this could have gone in the blogging thread, rather than just its own new thread.

[LunarWingCloud]

Yeah what Mino said about the blogging thread.

Also I believe you should go for UFO first. Raiko may not be particularly hard but her stage is very hard compared to a lot of other Extra Stages and because of that having the resources to beat her can be somewhat grueling. Also if you learn the ways of getting UFOs, you can grab a ton of bonuses easily. Here's a replay of mine with SanaeA on Normal, it was my first UFO 1cc. I don't even do well and by the time I get to Byakuren I was falling apart, but for the first 5 stages I think I did a decent job of showing you how you can grab #toomanylives.

Although I highly suggest memorizing what UFOs are given out when because I miss a lot of chances to get some free bombs. :V

[Karisa]

Raiko may not be particularly hard but her stage is very hard compared to a lot of other Extra Stages and because of that having the resources to beat her can be somewhat grueling.

Depends on your shot type. ReimuA both trivializes most of the stage portion and can reach 8 lives by Raiko (7 assuming you bomb the last midboss spell). See what I did in my perfect run-- note that you can substitute a bomb for that risky 2.0 I did on the 3rd set of laser orbs near the start, or just stream it and skip the life part.

I don't have the experience of struggling with a first Raiko clear, since I'd already 1cc-ed most of the games on Lunatic by DDC's release, but Raiko is the only Extra boss that you can reach with max lives (except maybe GFW Marisa with a scoring-style ice-farming route?), which is quite an advantage compared to other Extras.