Ah ha ha, wow. Playing MS lunatic for the first time in a while (with Yuka no less), I died twice in stage 2 and kept playing. Somehow I made it all the way to snake bullets before continuing. I was on track to perfecting the stage portion of stage 4, but then some enemies came from below and slammed into me. D= It's so unfortunate...Yuka's such a fun shot type, but her slow speed makes dodging some attacks next to impossible on lunatic.
Certainly makes the diagonal kunai bullets in stage 4 a breeze at least.
Also, I wouldn't bet my life on my Japanese skills, but I think I just translated part of Yuka's bad ending:
Yuka: Huh...? Why did I lose? ...Yes... Clearly this is your fault! (who am I talking to?).
Oh Yuka. <3 I got sassed by Yuka AND listened to Shinto Shrine for the first time in a while. Best failure run ever.