Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
_Darkest Recesses of the Devil's Library_
The stage itself honestly isn't too awful bad for the most part. The bulk of the early enemies go down fairly easy and are predictable, so long as you know where they're gonna come in from. A lot of the difficulty of this stage can be mitigated solely by blasting enemies as soon as they come in, or before they're given a chance to fire much of anything. The second half however will take a bit more work though, depending on how you wanna go about it. True to the whole “risk vs reward” aspect of the game, you're essentially given a choice between an easier or harder version of the second half, depending on if you wanna go into Discord Mode or not. To that end, I'd say the bulk of the difficulty there comes from just getting the routing, and timing down on your Discord. But still, not bad so long as you understand the logic of that part of the stage.
Similarly, Koakuma herself really isn't too bad for the start of her fight, and her attacks for the most part are all incredibly direct. So long as you put as much distance as you can between her and you and watch the gaps in her attacks for a path to get though, it's all pretty simple stuff. Come the back half of her fight is another story, and stuff can and will get very messy. Spell practice is your friend (especially for her time out spell) and you're really gonna want to get a good feel for the stuff she'll expect you to do.
Difficulty - Extra
Character - Reluctant Youkai Trickster: Tokiko
Extra Stage - Darkest Recesses of the Devil's Library
BGM - The Enchanted Library's Malling Jewel ~ Dionysus
Mid-boss - Patchouli Knowledge
Boss - Koakuma
BGM - Sinister Ceremony ~ Dance with a Devil
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - Stage
3:02 - Pre-fight Dialogue
3:14 - Non-spell
3:25 - Light Sign "Omni-Directional Laser"
3:37 - Sun Sign "Summer Flare"
3:51 - Moon Sign "Moonlight Shepherd"
4:03 - Stage
6:22 - Pre-fight Dialogue
8:52 - Artifact "Scarlet Gold Sword"
9:10 - Invocation "Start of Heavenly Demise"
9:29 - Authority "World-Shaking Military Rule"
9:52 - Pre-fight Dialogue
13:40 - Non-spell
13:51 - Summoning Arcanum "Vengeful Yukianesa"
14:03 - Non-spell
14:18 - Water & Metal Sign "Cold Steel"
14:31 - Non-spell
14:43 - Pyro "Jack O' Lantern"
15:00 - Non-spell
15:17 - Absolute Zero "Cold World"
15:39 - Non-spell
15:52 - Calamity "Flowing Hellfire"
16:21 - Profane Rite "Forbidden Sorcery"
16:46 - Mid-fight Dialogue
17:56 - Non-spell
18:08 - Belial "Fire of Sodom"
18:31 - Paimon "Natural Attunement"
18:54 - Non-spell
19:07 - Lucifer "Morning Star"
19:33 - Dantalian "Library of Secrets"
20:47 - "Agrat Bat Mahlat"
22:38 - Ending
27:23 - Next Time
Link to my Patreon page here
patreon.com/MegamanOmega
You can purchase the game here
store.steampowered.com/app/834580/__Ephemeral_Unnatural_Balance
_Darkest Recesses of the Devil's Library_
The stage itself honestly isn't too awful bad for the most part. The bulk of the early enemies go down fairly easy and are predictable, so long as you know where they're gonna come in from. A lot of the difficulty of this stage can be mitigated solely by blasting enemies as soon as they come in, or before they're given a chance to fire much of anything. The second half however will take a bit more work though, depending on how you wanna go about it. True to the whole “risk vs reward” aspect of the game, you're essentially given a choice between an easier or harder version of the second half, depending on if you wanna go into Discord Mode or not. To that end, I'd say the bulk of the difficulty there comes from just getting the routing, and timing down on your Discord. But still, not bad so long as you understand the logic of that part of the stage.
Similarly, Koakuma herself really isn't too bad for the start of her fight, and her attacks for the most part are all incredibly direct. So long as you put as much distance as you can between her and you and watch the gaps in her attacks for a path to get though, it's all pretty simple stuff. Come the back half of her fight is another story, and stuff can and will get very messy. Spell practice is your friend (especially for her time out spell) and you're really gonna want to get a good feel for the stuff she'll expect you to do.
Difficulty - Extra
Character - Reluctant Youkai Trickster: Tokiko
Extra Stage - Darkest Recesses of the Devil's Library
BGM - The Enchanted Library's Malling Jewel ~ Dionysus
Mid-boss - Patchouli Knowledge
Boss - Koakuma
BGM - Sinister Ceremony ~ Dance with a Devil
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - Stage
3:02 - Pre-fight Dialogue
3:14 - Non-spell
3:25 - Light Sign "Omni-Directional Laser"
3:37 - Sun Sign "Summer Flare"
3:51 - Moon Sign "Moonlight Shepherd"
4:03 - Stage
6:22 - Pre-fight Dialogue
8:52 - Artifact "Scarlet Gold Sword"
9:10 - Invocation "Start of Heavenly Demise"
9:29 - Authority "World-Shaking Military Rule"
9:52 - Pre-fight Dialogue
13:40 - Non-spell
13:51 - Summoning Arcanum "Vengeful Yukianesa"
14:03 - Non-spell
14:18 - Water & Metal Sign "Cold Steel"
14:31 - Non-spell
14:43 - Pyro "Jack O' Lantern"
15:00 - Non-spell
15:17 - Absolute Zero "Cold World"
15:39 - Non-spell
15:52 - Calamity "Flowing Hellfire"
16:21 - Profane Rite "Forbidden Sorcery"
16:46 - Mid-fight Dialogue
17:56 - Non-spell
18:08 - Belial "Fire of Sodom"
18:31 - Paimon "Natural Attunement"
18:54 - Non-spell
19:07 - Lucifer "Morning Star"
19:33 - Dantalian "Library of Secrets"
20:47 - "Agrat Bat Mahlat"
22:38 - Ending
27:23 - Next Time
Link to my Patreon page here
patreon.com/MegamanOmega
You can purchase the game here
store.steampowered.com/app/834580/__Ephemeral_Unnatural_Balance
