And just as thick ! Lol <| sep |> Hello fellow kids , watch me do this kick flip wah ha ! Does Hillary have your vote ? <| sep |> It ' s ok , we ' ve seen that that ' s no limitation on your potential you could become Secretary of HUD or even President some day ! <| sep |> Everybody has this struggle ! It takes a lot of work and practice to obtain the focus necessary to dodge things . Some people have more natural talent at it than others , but practice makes perfect in any case . From your post , it sounds like your raw dodging skills are lacking , and that you have trouble focusing on the correct part of the screen . I have two tips for you , I don ' t know if they ' ll work , but they certainly helped me outFocus your eyes on your character at all times when you need to dodge . It ' s tempting to look up at the spellcard patterns or the boss hplocation , but don ' t . Focus on your movement only , and repeat to yourself that you need to watch only your character . It ' s hard , but after focusing on only that for a while you ' ll gain a better sense of how your character moves in relation to bullets . Focusing like that is NOT the optimal way to dodge stuff in Touhou , but it ' s the best way to learn the basics . At least , that ' s how I did it . Try clearing stage 1 of Lunatic . I know , Lunatic ' s crazy as hell , but it is extremely good practice for lower difficulties . Often stage 6 of normal is harder than stage 1 of Lunatic ! Since Lunatic has faster bullets and a harder stage , it ' s super good practice for raw dodging skills . Plus it feels great to finally clear it ! It ' s great bragging material . You don ' t actually need to succeed , but you ' ll see the improvement in your skills straight away when you get deeper into the stage instead of dying to the first fairiesmidboss . You don ' t really need to watch replays to get good at Touhou . Sure you could learn safespots or the optimal dodges for X spellcard , but that won ' t better your dodging skill . Maybe you could post one of your replays , though ?