I only vaguely remember when I started playing Touhou, and making my way through the Normal 1ccs, then attempting the Extra stages.
What I do remember more fondly is my journey through Hard.
It started with PCB, with the barrier of Youmu.
It went to MoF, with the barrier of stage 4.
DDC was a meme with SakuyaA.
TD was a goddamn breeze, just so grindy.
Then it was IN, with the barrier of stage 4.
EoSD was a little better, barrier wasn't much.
And then, I was stuck. Just... stuck with the two god forsaken games I feared so much.
Which is why this achievement was such a huge one for me.
SA Hard 1ccThis took soooo long to get. First it was stage 1 killing me stupidly again and again.
Then it was stage 3 killing me again and again.
Then it was Yuugi's nons killing me again and again.
Then it was stage 4, then it was Satori, then it was stage 5, then it was
THAT FUCKING CATBut after learning how to do Orin's nonspell safespots reliably, and generally getting better, I decided to grind more attempts.
After one failed run entering stage 6 and dying three times on the stage, then game-over on Utsuho,
a run not long later managed to clear the game.
I'm going to take a break and slowly learn UFO Hard.
UFO Hard is even worse than SA Hard for me. I just cannot deal with the UFO mechanics.
It's going to take quite some time, but hopefully I can get that 1cc soon.