Attempting to Complete a Touhou Game without Grazing a Single Bullet!

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  • čas přidán 20. 05. 2021
  • I decided to see if it was possible to finish a Touhou game without grazing, and this is the result. Here I'll be going through some of the practice, as well as strategies I used. Was it hard? Was it easy? Will I ever try another? Yes! No! Maybe so!
    VOD of No Graze: • EoSD No Graze with Replay
    Replay file: www.mediafire.com/file/q4d3ed...
    Imperishable Night No Graze: • Touhou 8 Imperishable ...
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Komentáře • 357

  • @SymphoMatt
    @SymphoMatt Před 3 lety +430

    "Give Meiling a hug to death cancel the next wave."
    i just wanna give meiling a hug in general

    • @zarek9340
      @zarek9340 Před 3 lety +51

      I want to give Sayaka a hug for having to deal with so much shit from coworkers to intruders alike

    • @vidyabatter
      @vidyabatter Před 2 lety +27

      I want to give Marisa a hug because uhhh idk I just like marisa

    • @ppoly
      @ppoly Před 2 lety +21

      i want to give a patch of grass a hug because im desperate for it

    • @vidyabatter
      @vidyabatter Před 2 lety +33

      @@ppoly Then do it. Don't tell others to "touch grass" if you can't do it yourself.

    • @guncatto2625
      @guncatto2625 Před rokem +13

      I just wanna hug all cats.

  • @Grgrqr
    @Grgrqr Před 3 lety +1073

    Isn’t this just Touhou with a Letty hitbox?

    • @Dan-gs3kg
      @Dan-gs3kg Před 3 lety +135

      Marisa is dummy thick.

    • @Interesting_Failure
      @Interesting_Failure Před 3 lety +147

      [Mallet "You Grow Bigger!"]

    • @waterized_bottle
      @waterized_bottle Před 3 lety +153

      @@Dan-gs3kg Reimu! I'm tryin' to dodge the bullets, BUT I'M DUMMY THICK. AND THE CLAPS OF MY CHEEKS KEEPS ALERTIN' THE FAIRIES ZE~!

    • @sharkronical
      @sharkronical Před 3 lety +8

      @@Dan-gs3kg sauce?

    • @Dan-gs3kg
      @Dan-gs3kg Před 3 lety +19

      @@sharkronical her hitbox is the largest in a few of the games, and one of her main weapons in the fighting games is her ass.

  • @foxxbaker
    @foxxbaker Před 3 lety +1845

    Touhou but social distancing

  • @ylissotato
    @ylissotato Před 3 lety +1794

    5:45 "If I were that lucky, I'd be speedrunning Minecraft"
    subtle nod there, I love it

  • @wandering4104
    @wandering4104 Před 2 lety +48

    "After the bomb is finished, give Meiling a hug."
    Imagine getting obliterated by a laser and then you see the person shooting you walking up to you to give you a hug
    and then they die

  • @edgarsanchez9745
    @edgarsanchez9745 Před 3 lety +635

    I can't even imagine how badly your sunk cost fallacy got during this

  • @Konprise
    @Konprise Před 3 lety +271

    16:14 "Give Meiling a hug" Lol

    • @Niiue
      @Niiue Před 3 lety +43

      give her the break she deserves. she'll be able to tell sakuya that she was able to take the player down atleast once!

    • @marupan_desu
      @marupan_desu Před 3 lety +29

      "Don't worry Meiling, i know you tried... now move yo ass im gettin inside"

    • @herohamza1196
      @herohamza1196 Před 3 lety +10

      Pachi too

  • @BamdTheBamd
    @BamdTheBamd Před 3 lety +398

    i'd like to point out that he's the only one to do eosd no graze and had to route on his own
    i won't bother attempting this for lls but i assume that game would be possible cause it has easy patterns, gives 9 bombs in total without dying and the game ends after stage 5 on easy

    • @lazersfixall3939
      @lazersfixall3939 Před 3 lety +18

      sounds like a horribly stressful way to waste my time. and im into that

    • @lazersfixall3939
      @lazersfixall3939 Před 3 lety +30

      Update: im using reimu A and marisa and yuuka are both bitches but stage 1-3 generally have no real hiccups

    • @BamdTheBamd
      @BamdTheBamd Před 3 lety +6

      @@lazersfixall3939 marisa A is better cause she deals the most damage especially when pointblanking and reimu is a more consistent boss than marisa

    • @lazersfixall3939
      @lazersfixall3939 Před 3 lety +4

      @@BamdTheBamd questiojn do you know if her yin yang orbs produce graze or not

    • @BamdTheBamd
      @BamdTheBamd Před 3 lety +3

      @@lazersfixall3939 they don't

  • @flan_fleemep
    @flan_fleemep Před 3 lety +510

    this is Infinitely more interesting than i thought this would be i am all for it

  • @NeviTheLettyFan
    @NeviTheLettyFan Před 3 lety +277

    I'm very glad you put ''attempting'' on the title instead of ''almost completed'' or ''completed'' since it spoils the fun
    Lovely video, thanks for this

  • @daiyousei.1586
    @daiyousei.1586 Před 3 lety +150

    This just sounds like having a large hitbox with extra steps

    • @lazydelibird
      @lazydelibird Před 3 lety +11

      Basically, Sukuna used "you grow bigger" and teleported you to EoSD.

  • @dantheman-vs3gi
    @dantheman-vs3gi Před 3 lety +305

    I've always liked learning about the ways players create and plan their routes to complete certain runs, especially score runs. This is the first time I've heard of a "no graze" run and didn't even know it was even possible. It was cool to see the different tricks you utilized to complete your run. The tactical deaths to refill your bombs is something that I never would have thought of! You did a great job with this video and its been fun watching your improvement on progressing though these games!

    • @Ohrami
      @Ohrami Před 3 lety

      You really wouldn’t have thought of that? I thought of it as soon as I read the title and I’ve only played this game for like a couple of weeks.

    • @dantheman-vs3gi
      @dantheman-vs3gi Před 3 lety +11

      @@Ohrami Well, I have seen some score runners do this trick before to quickly refill their bombs so that they could take advantage of certain stages and gain more score, but I thought that it would be extremely risky in a "no graze" run since some enemies do give graze when you approach them. I guess with EoSD, the fairies don't give graze if you run into them so it could be used as a legitimate tactic, but I was surprised since I originally assumed that it was like the other games.

  • @verv6454
    @verv6454 Před 3 lety +54

    As a person who never finished EOSD on difficulty higher than Easy without CCing I can't put into words how impressive this entire process is

  • @ValunarTonix
    @ValunarTonix Před 3 lety +58

    "Touhou, but I pretend to be a newbie to the series" (As far as I see newbies like to stay as far as possible from any bullet and bomb almost anytime they panic.)

    • @zarek9340
      @zarek9340 Před 3 lety +22

      Meanwhile I forget I have bombs because I use them exclusively for death-bombing

    • @henryfleischer404
      @henryfleischer404 Před 2 lety +2

      I guess I'm finally not new anymore.

    • @carlosdumbratzen6332
      @carlosdumbratzen6332 Před 2 lety +3

      I am a newbie and I am just way to often randomly touching bullets

    • @ultimapower6950
      @ultimapower6950 Před 2 lety +2

      I mostly stick to vertical bottom of the screen

    • @guncatto2625
      @guncatto2625 Před rokem +2

      Anyways I'm just gonna say. But I only use bombs in a pure panic or I have no idea what's going on.

  • @BinglesP
    @BinglesP Před rokem +6

    16:12 “Once the bomb is finished, give Meiling a hug; to death-cancel the next wave.”
    Wish that worked for any character on my runs

  • @fujiwaranovari
    @fujiwaranovari Před rokem +6

    I love the thumbnail

  • @Yatsuzume
    @Yatsuzume Před 3 lety +105

    I wonder if Touhou 17 might also be possible this way? I imagine otter hypers + bombs can skip a lot of tricky patterns.

    • @AspreyFM
      @AspreyFM  Před 3 lety +39

      Without putting the time into it, I assumed outside of EoSD, IN and maybe PCB because of the increased starting lives that maybe only TD (only because of it's reputation for easier patterns so less dense overall) would be doable. Since learning that MoF doesn't count graze at all, it's technically always a No Graze run. I didn't think about WBaWC's Otter abilities so it might be No Grazable

    • @nazumi012
      @nazumi012 Před 3 lety +10

      i imagine th17 would be rng heavy because you have to chase the spirits around. if you don't get the correct spirit at the right time you might have to reset (of course, not factoring in bombs yet)
      also, could this work for touhou 16? spring subseason has more or less a full screen clear at max. also aya and cirno have long lasting bombs iirc. the only problem is lives.

    • @illusionblossom7853
      @illusionblossom7853 Před 3 lety +7

      @@nazumi012 One of the main problems with this is that one of the two main sources of season items is grazing. Also the final spell would be near impossible as bombs don't damage it and you are set to technically 0 power and have your subseason removed for it

    • @nazumi012
      @nazumi012 Před 3 lety +3

      @@illusionblossom7853 oh right, the final spell. i was under the impression all the later touhou games' final spells dont have invincibility. not to mention no release. th16 seems impossible then.

  • @raghugba863
    @raghugba863 Před 3 lety +14

    "If I was that lucky, 'd be speedrunnung minecraft" Will be one of my favorite quotes ever

  • @Silencer1337
    @Silencer1337 Před 3 lety +25

    I'd like to give this the "Most painful idea for a video"-award.

    • @lazydelibird
      @lazydelibird Před 2 lety +1

      And the award is taken by that magikarp itemless run that still failed.

  • @karnifall
    @karnifall Před 3 lety +14

    Finding a Touhou video in this style gives my brain a real nice serotonin boost.
    Also didn't even realize it was 20 minutes long, it only felt like 5.
    Great video!

  • @Dragonrealms245
    @Dragonrealms245 Před 3 lety +33

    This run was a real treat when you did it and it’s still great now

  • @valivanvan
    @valivanvan Před 3 lety +21

    So much detail goes into such a short run. Really speaks for how rigorous this must've been.

    • @Kilesfactor
      @Kilesfactor Před 3 lety +1

      I love how your profile is just a donut

  • @meep4950
    @meep4950 Před 3 lety +15

    I will never forget the amount of secrecy you had with this run and its video idea, wanting to do it mostly offstream, but eventually still streaming attempts for moral support.
    You might have sounded dead inside during it all but it was still a blast to watch.
    Good stuff man.

  • @Larfty
    @Larfty Před 3 lety +26

    i havent played this series since years and i never expected myself to see such an entertaining touhou player making videos! Midway through the video and your telling me stuff that I never even knew or payed attention to before lol!! Great video!

  • @arisensa
    @arisensa Před 3 lety +16

    Phenomenal video! The editing and the commentary are top notch. The amount of effort you put into this is shown. I always wondered if you could beat a game without graze and you have answered my question. Danke Schoën!

  • @schwerenevonyildi1315
    @schwerenevonyildi1315 Před 2 lety +7

    Imagine how the bosses felt when they can't even hit you with their bullets then you just casually ram them to refill your bombs.

  • @serse8455
    @serse8455 Před 3 lety +15

    goddammit man, this sounds like a shiny hunting tier insanity inductor, chapeau

  • @theokproductions5786
    @theokproductions5786 Před 3 lety +9

    This helped me complete EoSD easy mode for the first time

  • @pascarinopascal1881
    @pascarinopascal1881 Před 3 lety +3

    I really enjoy all your Touhou content! Makes me see these games in a different light. Keep it up!!!

  • @Wannabe-channeL
    @Wannabe-channeL Před 3 lety +11

    When you’re too good at Touhou and come back to play easy mode

  • @Amber_Scarlet
    @Amber_Scarlet Před 3 lety +6

    the "I don't want to do this spell card" button.
    well, that is until you get to survival spells

  • @kosuzudrinkwater186
    @kosuzudrinkwater186 Před 3 lety +8

    Masta Supaaku really can solves everything, eh

  • @Niiue
    @Niiue Před 3 lety +4

    this video was more entertaining than i would've liked to admit. the amount of time you devoted into this silly idea was astonishing to say the least. (although, once again, the sunk cost fallacy rings hard here)
    22:35
    also, nice dodging.

  • @PremiumShiny
    @PremiumShiny Před 3 lety +10

    "Ah I'm worn out"
    No Graze is cool and all, but how about No Graze No Points

    • @lazydelibird
      @lazydelibird Před 2 lety +1

      Its impossible. The point items are needed to get the two one ups.

  • @guik0968
    @guik0968 Před 3 lety +2

    impressive! Zun should give you a special prize for this one really, very creative and interesting

  • @XziledBlog
    @XziledBlog Před 3 lety +23

    This looked a lot easier at the start.
    Is there a patch out there for visible graze hitbox?

  • @Codeoftherpg
    @Codeoftherpg Před 3 lety

    I can't believe you got me enthralled in 23 minutes of this. No graze run is a novel idea and it was nice to see your process. Showing an actual full replay where you succeed would be nice though, as this just looks like piecing it together step by step.

  • @CeruleanSeal
    @CeruleanSeal Před 3 lety +32

    I'll say one thing, I thoroughly disagree with it not "looking impressive". sure the bomb spam isn't as much, but those wide dodges are practically avoiding half the bullets acting like Utsuho's suns. Massive invisible hit boxes you're forced to avoid. Fingers crossed for the future cause I'd love to see how this looks in PCB. ESPECIALLY if it includes Yuyuko

    • @heiwuniao7550
      @heiwuniao7550 Před 2 lety +2

      ressurection butterfly be like:
      a minute of bombs
      and bombspam

  • @David_A_E
    @David_A_E Před 3 lety +6

    Oh wow, I was wondering if it was possible to get a no graze run when I started playing touhou, really interesting to see that it's possible

  • @Levonshi
    @Levonshi Před 3 lety

    Honestly really underrated yet puts alot of efforts in videos :)

  • @32th
    @32th Před 3 lety

    Really good video. I like well produced Touhou content and wish to see more of it

  • @ivanlai8619
    @ivanlai8619 Před 3 lety +11

    The modern Touhou community is super shitposty, which while is fine, does get stale after a while. Glad I found you, my new favourite 2hu tuber now.

  • @LunarWingCloud
    @LunarWingCloud Před 3 lety

    I wasn't expecting this, but this was really entertaining. EoSD is definitely my favorite game, for the weird things you can try with it.

  • @TH3V01D
    @TH3V01D Před 3 lety +1

    Very good video, nice job!

  • @riker5372
    @riker5372 Před 3 lety

    fantastic video asprey

  • @ChocoKayke
    @ChocoKayke Před 3 lety +3

    This is so cool, also you're insane.

  • @ByreAdrian
    @ByreAdrian Před 3 lety +5

    The crashing into enemies is a really good idea that didnt cross my mind. Also a fun idea would be how low is the theorical minimum score possible in a 1CC, because that would require not picking up power or scoring and shooting down the minimum amount of enemies

    • @lazydelibird
      @lazydelibird Před 3 lety

      Isn't that a paficist touhou run?

    • @ByreAdrian
      @ByreAdrian Před 3 lety

      @@lazydelibird I suppose it would be a pacifist run, reducing graze at minimum and dying in order to get the least amount of bonuses at the end

  • @deividymario2408
    @deividymario2408 Před 3 lety

    Nice video, I Thought I was a Lunatic, but oh my... You're even more, congratulations +1 sub.

  • @RKBM_10
    @RKBM_10 Před rokem +2

    Just like Mokou, this channel came back again.

  • @mccrow4561
    @mccrow4561 Před 3 lety

    That's super impressive, man!

  • @darkerbot1337
    @darkerbot1337 Před 3 lety

    Really cool run. Seems like Rumia finally managed to unleash a small part of her power under these speciifc circumstances :)

  • @TheRealFraston
    @TheRealFraston Před 3 lety +3

    "You grow bigger!"

  • @remixtheidiot5771
    @remixtheidiot5771 Před 3 lety

    Ay. This is a challenge idea I thought of a long time ago but never had the courage or energy to attempt. Nice to see someone else do it in my stead! Hah!
    Always appreciate challenge runs. They require a lot of effort both as a video maker and a game player.
    Attempting them always makes me realize that every time and humbles me. I'll stick to my lame bomb spam 1cc runs.

  • @notablehaddock9462
    @notablehaddock9462 Před 3 lety

    Holy crap first off, how did you keep this a secret so well? Second off, how do you not see how impressive this is to watch?
    Surely this could be its own speed running category if other people attempt it as well.
    Either way, great video, love the breakdown, wish you luck on future attempts!

  • @xClownpiece
    @xClownpiece Před 3 lety +8

    if you ever do try this again, maybe you could make a reskin patch that shows the graze hitbox? it doesn’t really matter though since i don’t think it’ll be possible to squeeze through them anyways.

  • @ignisol47
    @ignisol47 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video! Do you have any plans on covering Touhou Luna Nights on your fangame series?

  • @GarryDumblowski
    @GarryDumblowski Před 9 měsíci

    I remember watching a 9-graze run of Ten Desires (almost 2/3 of which came from Newborn Divine Spirit), with the annotations predicting that EoSD could only be done with 100-150 graze.

  • @jaakarimiquel8473
    @jaakarimiquel8473 Před 3 lety

    I have been wondering if anyone has done a no graze run, then this video just popped up. Well done!

  • @cadvik
    @cadvik Před 3 lety

    This was a really cool video Asprey. Just curious, do you use the default controls? If not, what layout do you use for mapping the controls?

  • @ltxr9973
    @ltxr9973 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting idea. And a replay? I wish you did that more often.

  • @ninx2152
    @ninx2152 Před 3 lety

    He out here with another banger

  • @majestic._
    @majestic._ Před 3 lety +6

    and then theres me who cant even complete EOSD on easy playing normally (πーπ)

  • @notunotme1164
    @notunotme1164 Před 2 lety +1

    I love that thumbnail. Its like Marisa is being chased for robbing a bank.

  • @danbotspooner5081
    @danbotspooner5081 Před 2 lety

    the practice patch really makes the games so much more accessible and easy to practice. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any new players. I went from someone struggling to 1cc normals to 1ccing hards and beating Extras.

  • @_Qwerty_418
    @_Qwerty_418 Před 3 lety +1

    Honestly this video is really cool. I don't play Touhou or know very much about it but it's always interested me however when I played my first game (EoSD) I didn't end up having as much fun as I thought I would but even despite that it's still cool to see videos like these going over these games because there still really good games even if I didn't enjoy one personally (Maybe I should try another any suggestions?)

    • @-anomaly186-3
      @-anomaly186-3 Před 3 lety

      This guy also made a video talking about what games he would recommend people to start with, and why. He also talks about the games mechanics in detail.

    • @_Qwerty_418
      @_Qwerty_418 Před 3 lety

      @@-anomaly186-3 oh really. I'll check it out then

  • @gbc-cg1zw
    @gbc-cg1zw Před 3 lety

    Its interesting to see the different ways that people are able to complete touhou. Do you know if its possible to do this in other games?

  • @onlysmiles4949
    @onlysmiles4949 Před 2 lety

    The game's generosity truly knows no bounds

  • @betapsyrainn
    @betapsyrainn Před 3 lety

    It's interesting over the years there are always changes in TH games the characters and everything

  • @spareribbs2304
    @spareribbs2304 Před 3 lety

    This is incredibly impressive.

  • @cactu
    @cactu Před 3 lety

    Nice video

  • @SpinozillaSaurian
    @SpinozillaSaurian Před 3 lety +8

    1:28 Eh? Easy Mode?

  • @GoldLink364
    @GoldLink364 Před 3 lety +1

    You got me with that Minecraft joke

  • @nasanierulastname2997
    @nasanierulastname2997 Před 3 lety

    This is the person the Heavy was waiting to outsmart boolet

  • @Landmasters
    @Landmasters Před 3 lety

    Mountain of Faith is certainly possible thanks to the power glitch with Marisa.
    It might be tricky to maintain with some stages, but being able to clobber enemy clusters intended to flood the screen would cut back significantly on resets and the RNG involved.

  • @ZenoDLC
    @ZenoDLC Před 3 lety

    You lost hope, yet goes on with a facade, yet it's still a hopeless masquerade

  • @jokeofacity6717
    @jokeofacity6717 Před 2 lety +1

    "Touhou 6 is one of the 4 games where you can increase lives"
    Wait, that option exists? And here I'm torturing myself with having 0 extra lives at the start

    • @Eclipsed_Embers
      @Eclipsed_Embers Před 2 lety

      if you were starting with 0 extra lives then you would've had to find the setting and change it to 0, I'm pretty sure the default is 2-3 extra lives
      I made the same mistake myself.

  • @Konprise
    @Konprise Před 3 lety

    You have Imperishable Night listed in the description

  • @AliceAshhide33
    @AliceAshhide33 Před 3 lety

    I have no idea what you’re talking about through half of this. Regardless it was very interesting and I enjoyed it.

  • @grimgamer0527
    @grimgamer0527 Před rokem

    Touhou Boss: Appears
    Asprey: "Nice aim"

  • @lowestpaper4186
    @lowestpaper4186 Před rokem

    “If I was that lucky I would be speed running Minecraft ”. He just spitting facts

  • @Fabryfg
    @Fabryfg Před 3 lety +1

    Game: *starts*
    Asprey: so anyway I started bombing

  • @_.NullAccount._
    @_.NullAccount._ Před 3 lety

    1:18
    Sentado en un Muelle

  • @lazydelibird
    @lazydelibird Před 3 lety +1

    Must feel like playing the whole game with sukuna's you grow bigger but you can't see the hitbox.

  • @TheKaizoMario
    @TheKaizoMario Před 3 lety +1

    *sees videos based on this series*
    Me: cool
    *Sees this game might be harder than Cuphead!*
    O_O

  • @BingleintheBangle
    @BingleintheBangle Před 3 lety

    Great work! Now do it on lunatic

  • @scar8256
    @scar8256 Před 3 lety

    U mad lad!

  • @testhekid
    @testhekid Před 2 lety

    marisa stole the precious *graze*

  • @SomeGuy712x
    @SomeGuy712x Před 3 lety +4

    (1:23) Isn't 3 the default number of bombs already?
    (5:45) Heh. Yeah, if only you had Dream's "luck".
    (7:28) Huh, I didn't know that 127 power is just as strong as the max of 128 in EoSD.
    (19:02) LOL, "Triathalon"? So, Patchouli's getting some exercise now? :P
    (21:19) Yeah, I've seen a grazeless run of Imperishable Night in the past, and it was pretty neat, especially since it went for the good ending (stage 6B).
    (22:01) Actually, I think this is super impressive! Well done!

  • @dungeonmaster0656
    @dungeonmaster0656 Před 2 lety

    This is like telling a someone to try and dodge raindrops but they just instead refuses and bring an umbrella

  • @poledra4153
    @poledra4153 Před 2 lety

    Tbh, the first time i saw this video, i thought you would say at the end it was impossible

  • @Kyee124
    @Kyee124 Před 3 lety

    Interesting video, so EoSD and IN is possible to 0 graze, how about MoF, abusing Marisa's bug to kill the enemy faster could probably work out?(although no way to know if you actually graze a bullet)
    and for the other game, I doubt that LoLK could even no graze the first stage, Seiran danmaku are a lot even on easy difficulty, don't even think to clear LoLK within 3k graze(one of Doremy's spell card can pretty much give you ~800 graze per cycle, not even trying to add on Sagume, Clownpiece and Junko)

  • @koishifumo2060
    @koishifumo2060 Před 3 lety

    good job!
    now do it in Touhou 15 in lunatic mode

  • @chillfactory9000
    @chillfactory9000 Před 3 lety

    I know nothing about Touhou, this video is just cool

  • @detectiveevydevy5238
    @detectiveevydevy5238 Před 3 lety

    This is insane

  • @CongaYT
    @CongaYT Před 3 lety

    I like this video~

  • @puzzlepuddles6712
    @puzzlepuddles6712 Před 3 lety

    casually master spark out of your problems

  • @AdamChan318
    @AdamChan318 Před 3 lety

    I get the feeling it might be possible to no graze in Unconnected Marketeers, considering the amount of tools and bombs you can work with (just mind laser tengu)

  • @werewook
    @werewook Před 3 lety

    Based AspreyFM exposing real Touhou to wider audiences

  • @elk3928
    @elk3928 Před 2 lety

    eosd is my fav touhou game

  • @yoster39
    @yoster39 Před 3 lety

    14:20 "baaka baaka"