Doing a check for Taiko diffs requested by TicClick.
Honestly, the diffs arent bad, good work Stefan, buuut I really think you should tone them down, they're considerably harder than they should be, so they could benefit of some note removal.
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Muzukashii]
Muzukashii is full of long of 1/2 patterns mixed with 1/4 triples which fits more an Oni, also the song doesn't sound too complex to deserve this difficulty level.
00:00:787 - 00:12:016 - This part is really similar in both difficulties, while this is not a bad thing, but consider removing some notes as it feels a bit overloaded, as it's relatively calm.
00:12:016 - 00:23:244 - This part could be easier, use some patterns similar to this one, they'd follow better the drums and give some small breaks.
00:23:244 - Here you could just remove the notes in spots like 00:25:875 (109), but may be not so needed as music is stronger here.
00:34:472 - 00:45:700 - In this section you could focus a bit more on vocals than complementing them with the drums, i.e, remove some notes that are mapped on the drums and leave more vocals here. This helps to not make 00:34:472 - 00:56:928 - mapped in a very similar way, which may be a bit boring while playing.
00:44:647 (189,190,191,192,193) - Deleting dons here would help a lot to make vocals feel stronger, due being more isolated.
01:19:384 - tbh I liked this part, I don't think there's too many problems if we leave it like this, but I'd suggest to remove 01:24:472 (369) - to give some small break after those patterns.
01:30:086 (1) - I think this spinner isn't really needed, a pause would help to create some tension before the kiai, same with 02:59:910 (1).
The kiai is actually nice, just a few suggestions.
01:32:893 (13,15) - Removing these could be nice to emphasize vocals
01:38:858 (39) - ^
01:44:121 (64,66) - ^
Repeat the suggestions for similar sections.
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Oni]
Oni has a lot of consecutive 1/2 notes, while some of them aren't bad, putting some 1/1 gaps could help a bit here.
Also I think SV 1.60 is forcing difficulty, 1.40 should be better here.
00:00:787 - 00:06:402 - This section is really weird when you pass to the next where drums begins, as it's harder, while the song is calmer, some deletions could be nice here.
00:14:559 (61,62) - 00:17:366 (81,82) - I consider this optional, you could remove these to not make this pattern too long.
00:20:173 (101,102,103) - ^
In fact, you could delete notes in similar spots.
00:22:279 (117) - The stream in the music begins in the red tick so yeah, better removing this.
00:34:472 - 00:45:700 - Something similar as I said in Muzukashii, focus a bit more on vocals, you could remove notes like 00:36:577 (223) and follow a similar structure for this spot.
00:45:700 - 00:56:928 - You could remove notes like 00:47:805 (293,297) - to emphasize vocals a bit more.
00:50:524 (313,318,319,320) - ^
00:53:331 (334,335,339) - ^
01:30:086 (1) - Same as in Muzukashii, and for 02:59:910 (1).
Kiai was nice here too, and again, some note removal suggestions.
01:32:893 (18) -
01:34:296 (27,28,29) -
01:36:051 (39) -
01:38:507 (55) -
01:39:296 (59) -
01:39:910 (63,64,65,66) -
01:44:121 (97) -
01:45:524 (106,107) -
01:50:524 (135) -
01:51:226 (139,140) -
02:15:524 (166) - I'm pretty sure we're not allowing finisher on streams unless its ...oxxxxO, so please fix it.
Repeat the suggestions for similar sections.
You should consider all this I posted, so the map could represent better the song with some of the new breaks the diffs will get, and fit better without being too difficult. Good luck.
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