Very solid shmup, not perfect (some things were hard to see or lacked clear audio cues resulting in some unfair deaths in spots) but it's a fun little romp with great music.

Normal is what I played on because I'm a Touhou babby who also gets his kicks playing for Survival rather than Score, and it took a few hours to figure out, even if things became a lot easier when I did, and I beat almost all the final boss's attacks without bombing (it was the second attack I failed if you were curious) using Val and the wideshot+LASER for good fun.

Will I come back to this? idk maybe some day, it was enjoyable, after all.