Kawaige Nai Na

svs: i'll just post all my suggestions here since they kinda connect with each other (please see #4859153 first before applying sv)

(btw it seems like you're doing the gradual sv changes manually by hand? just fyi there are tools out there like fruko's Manage Beatmap tool or Alchyr's Taiko Editor that can help do gradual sv changes for you!)

[1]
from 00:01:278 to 00:02:568 - i think it would match the buildup in the intro well if you did a gradually increasing sv change from 1.0x to 1.1x throughout this bit

[2]
00:02:890 - you could contrast the less intense section of 00:03:858 ~ 00:13:857 with the more intense section of 00:14:180 ~ 00:27:083 (where there's more instruments) better via sv. consider the following:

• from 00:03:213 to 00:03:858 - do a gradual sv decrease from 0.95x to 0.9x
• add a 1.0x sv line on 00:14:180

[3]
kiais: current sv feels a bit too high imo, your idea to increase the sv in the 2nd kiai compared to the 1st kiai is nice, but it's feeling slightly exaggerated atm i feel. also the gradual sv decrease on 00:38:212 is slightly messy and could be tidied up a bit. maybe try the following:

• 00:29:664 - make this 1.1x
• from 00:38:051 to 00:39:180 - replace the current sv here and do a gradual sv decrease from 1.1x to 1.0x
• 00:39:341 - have this 1.15x (this would be a more reasonable jump in sv from the 1.0x on 00:39:180 rather than jumping to 1.25x)
• 00:44:502 - add a 1.1x sv line since the tensity goes back down on 00:44:502 ~ 00:47:082

[4]
from 00:48:373 to 00:49:663 - can do 1.1x to 1.0x so that 00:49:663 onwards is the same sv as on 00:14:180

[5]
01:04:824 - add a 0.8x sv line (and make 01:05:792 0.8x) for the slow outro?

00:31:116 ~ 00:38:212 - the density in this 1st kiai is very low in comparison to the first ~30 seconds of the map (which has more continuous mapping and 1/4 improv) despite being much less tense in comparison to the kiai

buffing the density here in the 1st kiai would give better contrast between these sections, for instance consider:

• having more continuous mapping by mapping the drums in the 1/1 gaps (00:32:245 00:33:212 00:34:180 00:37:406). this would contrast well with the shorter continuous mapping at the beginning of the map

• having more triplets and 5-plets in the kiai. the current improv here is just triplets despite the section before (00:14:180 ~ 00:27:083) having considerably more 1/4 rhythms. here's an example for the start of the kiai that demonstrates the higher amount of improv you can do: (first note is 00:31:116)
  note how the example is basing it's improv on the vocal phrases; maybe you can apply a density like this throughout 00:31:116 ~ 00:38:212?