Highly Responsive to Prayers/Gameplay

Controls

Control	Action
← or →	Move Reimu
Z	Fire a shot (Ofuda)
X	Swing wand (Gohei)
X with ← or →	Slide
X with ← then Z with →	Rapid-Fire (Note: The directional keys can be switched as long as they're opposites.)
X with ← then X with →	Flip Kick (Note: The same rule applies for Flip Kick as Rapid-Fire.)
Z with ← and →	Use Bomb

Reimu Hakurei

In Highly Responsive to Prayers, players take on the role of Reimu Hakurei, the Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei Shrine. When something destroys the Hakurei Shrine, Reimu takes action and goes through the gateway to another world, ready to punish the one responsible. Though she can't attack enemies directly, Reimu wields the power of the Yin-Yang Orb; however, this is only if she has the ability to control it. The Yin-Yang Orb has the power to take down the cards found in regular stages and the bosses found in special stages, along with the power to take down Reimu herself. If the Orb hits Reimu, it'll cost her a life. Avoid getting hit by the Orb and use it to take down enemies by taking advantage of Reimu's Gohei (the wand) and the Ofudas (shots). The wand and shots can be used to propel the Yin-Yang Orb into cards and bosses and reach the end of the stage. Both wand and shots have the ability to repel enemy bullets.

Additionally, Reimu can slide, kick, and use bombs (spirit attacks) to get out of tough situations. Sliding is a quicker way to move around the stage, but Reimu is vulnerable to all attacks (and the Orb) during a slide. The best way to avoid getting hit while sliding is kicking. This also repels enemy bullets and hits the Yin-Yang Orb with greater force, heightening its velocity. Reimu's greatest attack, however, is the bomb. A limited number of these can be used (the number of bombs you have left can be seen in the top-right corner of the screen represented by the orbs below the lives) so the best course of action would be to save them for bosses. They take out all bullets and hit every card on screen once. A maximum of five can be held at once. One bomb is obtained each time Reimu respawns and can also be obtained by getting the Bomb Extend item.

Items

Image	Name	Description
	Yin-Yang Orb	The Yin-Yang Orb is used by Reimu as a weapon for cards and bosses. Fire the first shot and the Orb will appear to start the stage.
	Bomb Extend	Raises your Bomb count by one. This appears randomly after hitting cards. If you have the maximum number of bombs, getting this item will have no effect.
	Points	Like Bomb Extend, this item appears randomly after hitting cards. The first of these you get will equal 1000 points. Each point item you get afterward will increase consecutively until you miss one, in which the amount value will be set back to 1000.
	Bumper	These come in both circular and bar form. The Yin-Yang Orb bounces off of these as a ball in pinball.
	Portal	If the Yin-Yang Orb hits one of these, it'll either get transported to another portal or dropped down.
	Turret	These shoot bullets and cannot be destroyed. If the difficulty is set on Easy, these won't shoot bullets at all.
	Card	Destroy all of these with the Yin-Yang Orb in a regular stage to end it and move on to the next stage.