00:25:156 (3) - This jump does not make a lot of sense as the music is not very strong here and the jump is a bit hard in a small circle map.

00:33:856 (1,2,1) - The pattern looks great, but the distance is a bit confusing -- it tricked me thinking the latter note 1 as a 1/4. One possibility is something like this? https://i.imgur.com/65gGsWR.png 01:31:456 (1) - If you want to make a change also make this place consistent :)

02:09:106 (6,7,1,2,3) - I don't know. Visually they look good but the pattern has a bit sticky flow as well as tricky stackings.

02:22:606 (2) - Missing drum clap?

02:53:206 - I also have a mixed feeling about this kiai -- it's good and quite well-designed. The distance is large and it's intentionally much harder than other parts. But is it too hard? High distance in CS8 with high HP/OD is challenging.

03:09:706 - Kiai ends here?

03:28:306 - Just wanted to remind that you have long draining time with small amount of object in the past 10s of draining time -- and that's after a quite hard kiai part. This may be a bit harsh. I know you tried to use NC for this sake but maybe think twice.

03:41:806 (2) - Easy to read as a 1/4 -- it's a well designed pattern though. Related: 03:41:806 (2,3,4,5,6) - this flow is just hard combined with stackings.

00:02:764 (2) - This is not a big jump, but it is unclear why the distance is not consistent with the previous two sets of objects 00:00:538 (1,2,1,2) .

00:07:100 (3,4) - This distance is just too small -- for those who are not familiar enough with the music, it's easily misread as a 1/4.

00:08:038 (1,2,3) - The previous part is in conjunct with the distance here. The rhythm is a new pattern, and having some early big distances (also see 00:09:092 (4,1) ) may trick players considering what is 1/2 and what is 1/4.

00:10:967 (1,2,3) - Another example of tricky distance.

00:25:850 (1,2,3) - From a quite intensive part, your density of note drops, which fits the music, but the distance dropped again to 0.98. Within the same part of the music, the distance variances make it a bit hard to guess what the next rhythm pattern is.

01:22:100 - If you use 1x distance on 01:21:163 (1,2,3,1,2,3) , then this music emphasis could be placed with bigger distances -- the consideration of difficulty spike stopped you from making major jumps in longer streams, but it does not fit that well into the music.

01:46:944 (3,4,1) - Inconsistent distance -- nothing changes much in music but suddenly the distance drops down. Also applies to 01:48:819 (2) and 01:52:803 (8) .

02:55:264 (2) - This jump looks a bit bigger than others. Maybe pull it closer a bit?

00:12:256 - This place may still worth a note. The soundtrack you emphasize has changed, but the music do not show any gap here between 00:10:967 (1,2,3) and 00:11:788 (1) . Even if you track vocal, it's still a bit strange as 00:12:139 (2) is a long and continuous voice, and your missing note here is a bit empty.

00:13:311 (3,4) - And this is close to a remix -- Unsure what this note 00:13:311 (3) tracks.

00:17:881 - This is more like a less important place, but the drum drops on 00:17:881, which is a sliderend. The note at 00:17:998 does not have obvious thing to track.

01:08:272 - This drum carries information and can be a great opportunity to design some rhythm tricks together with 01:08:506 . I see the intention but seems that the emphasis is still off. Maybe think about something like this (though there are many ways around): https://i.imgur.com/qjXxbtd.jpeg

02:09:854 - Here the drum is 1/8 -- since later anyways you start to map 1/8 intensively, you can consider cover it (but honestly I don't think it's a good idea to cover too much 1/8 in BPM 128 song)

03:09:913 (1,2,3) - Difficulty-wise it's good, but it just does not cover the drum well.

00:19:288 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) - Suddenly you raised the difficulty here by lots of jumps of 3.5x-4x. Some flows are relatively easy to track like 00:18:819 (6,7,1,2) , but some are quite harsh like 00:19:756 (3,4) . This creates a difficulty spike.

01:00:538 - Here is another spike of difficulty -- this part is basically 2.5-3x everywhere. If you use this distance, maybe consider setting some places to get players catch some breath. The 1/2 between 01:04:288 (9,1) does not buy much time and may confuse the players regarding the visual distance.

01:15:069 - This is kiai, and the difficulty looks like lower Ex. I guess another choice here is to have a real Insane and call this as something like "Another". The final kiai part also applies here.

01:24:561 (4) - This stack hides under the previous slider and combined with jump is also inconsistent with other places and creates difficulty spike.

02:19:913 (3,4,1) - Good coverage on the rhythm but it's just not an Insane pattern -- at least not this many (02:20:850 (1,2,1) 02:23:663 (1,2,3) - this is even harder)

00:38:038 (1,1,1,1) - A bit of combo spam -- I guess a deeper problem here is that the part is under-mapped. It is quiet and I get the point that you want to contrast, but as you have a relatively high difficulty, maybe consider make it denser.

01:21:631 (1,2,3,1) - No need to force a stack here and tweak the distance inconsistent. It's just some cosmetic details. However it it is intentional to be consistent with 01:21:163 (1,2,3) , then it is a bit strange to separate 01:21:163 (1,2,3) as a pattern and make 01:21:397 (2,3,1) look more like a triplet.

00:11:807 (4,5,6) - Places like here is a good use of triplets in 1/4. However, for some 3/4 sliders used in this diff like 00:11:960 (6,1) , they could be a bit overwhelming for Hard players as the first diff.

00:13:490 (1,2,3,4) - 1/2 in 196 BPM could be quite hard. My recommendation generally for this diff is to reduce the density of such arrangement to replace them as 1/2 sliders. Not saying that these cannot show up, but please consider having less of these.

01:03:388 (5,6,7,1) - Unsure if it is your intention to nerf it by making a kicking slider here, but I'd say if you want to emphasize it, make it a 1/4 holding slider. It's right after the triplet 01:02:929 (2,3,4) and can quite scare people away.

01:10:276 (8,1,2,3,4) - These 1/2 notes fall under the category of the second point I raised here. Even a bit small jumps could work, and it may give a bit more variation. Unsure if this works but maybe?https://i.imgur.com/TR1r9Qi.png

01:40:276 - Could consider removing this note to make it a bit easier.

01:59:103 (6,1,2,3,4,5) - Mixed 1/2 and 1/4s together -- could use a bit easier setting. Also a bit unsure why 01:59:256 (1,2,3) - is a triplet -- didn't hear much thing to track on 01:59:256 .

02:39:281 (1) - The spinner ends before 1 beat of the next slider -- but considering the high BPM, maybe pull it back a bit to end at 02:41:041 ?

02:46:475 (2) - Unsure -- I think it should start on the white tick to address the voice.

03:08:286 (5,1,2) - This kind of stacking could be easily confused with 03:04:307 (3,4,5). My recommendation is to unstack the 1/2 notes like 03:04:307 (3,4,5).

Generally this diff has some parts with spammed 1/4 triplets, but generally you've done a great job.

00:08:286 (4,1,2,1) - Quite harsh flow for Insane -- maybe pull 00:08:899 (1) a bit closer? https://i.imgur.com/9sncu7o.png

00:26:807 (4) - It might be not strong enough to address with such a big jump. There's lack of a transition between the tamed part and these jumps. The jumps make it like cold start to the next part. Hay up till this part I found this: 00:36:144 (1,2,3,4) - and I agree this is a good placing of objects, but still a bit intensive for me. This just makes me wonder, maybe I'm just sometimes overwhelmed at mid-high BPM songs?

00:58:797 - I know this is kiai, but would still think it's so filled with 1/4 triplets. It doesn't really need to cover the 1/4s like 00:59:332 in an Insane under 198 BPM. This also applied to kiai parts later. You may want to use a bit more 1/4 triplets in the last kiai but not evenly distribute?

01:03:159 (2) - Misplaced note -- It belongs to 01:03:235 .

02:22:674 (1,2,1,2) - I just found this flow quite hard to follow -- 02:22:980 (1,2) - could be Ctrl+G-ed

02:36:756 (1) - Starting to wonder if this is a 3/4 instead of 1/2. The electronic sound intends to lag till the snare I believe? I like your rhythm in Hard this part.

03:26:348 (4) - Looks a bit better visually on distance if moved to the right a bit: https://i.imgur.com/zmwzlJU.png

00:37:674 (4) and 00:42:572 (4) - under-hitsounded? Some snares are there, so soft claps or normal? Also applies here: 01:36:450 (4) and 01:41:348 (4) .

00:36:144 - Consider NC here to label the new sentence.

00:46:092 - The distance is a bit hard to control -- you may want to add a note here to avoid a sudden slow down in the middle of the building-up tempo -- although you are just tracking the vocal here. The counterpart here 00:46:399 can be intentionally left blank.

01:00:633 (3,4,5,1,2,3) - I just found the flow here quite sticky and don't really have a great idea how to fix it. Maybe moving 4 to the right a bit can help. https://i.imgur.com/lPDduJ8.png

01:13:490 (2,1) - Small thing: Failed stack?

01:34:613 - I sort of got the reason you want to put nothing here, but it feels quite empty especially considering the background music. Or you may want to just remove the next note 01:34:766 (1) to fully focus on vocal?

02:11:960 (3,1) - One possibility here is to exchange the two notes to be consistent with 01:13:184 (1,2) -- could be your intention though, but I like 01:13:184 (1,2) better as 02:12:266 (1) can also be misread as a 1/2 jump.

02:38:490 (4) - A bit out of my cognition about what this note is for -- does not sound like an emphasis in music. This short section has a bit confusing rhythm arrangement. If you want to track the electronic sound, then 02:38:388 is more likely to be a note, and 02:38:286 is a snare. I'd recommend things like this: https://i.imgur.com/v3d1xYf.jpeg

02:46:246 (1) - Here is an opportunity to make a 3/4 slider to cover the vocal.

03:22:215 (2) - HS is too soft here and a kick could be a good fit here.

A general comment here is that the first part of the map is too tamed -- and this gives people a feeling that the AR is too much for a difficulty like this. I like the intensity after the kiai though. My general recommendation is that while you can still keep the contrast, try to make the first part not so slow and tamed.

Some of the sliders can be made more stretched -- you've got a quite slow SV, and slides like 01:47:063 (3) makes the movement quite limited in a small space. I'll make notes on places like this.

Some of the distance seem a bit random -- I'll also jog down below for your discretion.

00:24:681 (1) - I got the point that you want to track the vocal here -- I'd say it's just hard to justify where the vocal ends -- how about just be consistent with 00:28:749 (1) where you end on the red tick -- here the vocal also should be addressed somewhere before that.

00:49:088 - You may want to build the intensity up here already as the song build up here. Making the SV faster a bit like 0.8? (or 0.9 and make later SV even faster)

01:10:199 - Space is a bit messy -- extend it out and place it somewhere also 2x? https://i.imgur.com/dljpumC.png

01:29:013 (6) - 01:33:080 (5) - Similar issues as above -- partial stacking makes the flow a bit stopped.

01:54:182 (1,2,3,4) - The use of space is a bit limited here -- you can make a bit more extended sliders like this: https://i.imgur.com/eIWVe3k.png

02:11:470 (4,5) - Similar suggestion as above -- the actual cursor move is quite limited with sliders this way.

02:32:699 (7,8) - Consider full stack for a cleaner look?

02:43:758 (2) - 02:45:792 (6) - Maybe avoid stackings here to get the patterns more clear?

02:51:131 (1) - Could use a bigger jump to make the pattern cleaner and address the vocal emphasis. https://i.imgur.com/pNnJAVD.png

02:58:250 (10,11,1,2) - Another place that you may want to consider cleaning the pattern a bit. Flow is good though. https://i.imgur.com/S3zrmdv.png

03:00:029 (2) - 03:02:063 (6) - Several more places you may want to unstack the notes to make patterns cleaner and flow smoother

04:19:851 (1,2,3,4,5,1) - Could be easily a difficulty spike here -- consider making it a stream? The slider at the end is not quite identifiable and making it a stream will ease it up a bit.

05:11:291 (1,2) - Stacking on the slider head of the longer slider makes more sense. https://i.imgur.com/82QC3LS.png

Widescreen support is not checked in Special, but it is checked in other difficulties.

00:17:009 (1) - I honestly tried all three kinds of hitsound of drum-soft and found that maybe whistle works best? Clap snare sounds distinct here without other snare objects.

01:19:191 - Consider an NC here to address the rhythm change would be helpful for beginners.

00:49:739 - Probably don’t need the clap here?

00:57:005 - This should be an NC as it starts the kiai.

00:17:830 - Recommend to reduce to 1/2 rhythm. Violin is much more clear to follow than the building up drum and later you chose to not follow the drum track.

00:43:904 - Should be a finish.

00:51:928 - Wondering if adding a note here would be a better choice on addressing the clap here.

00:52:838 (2) - Almost not audible hitnote stacked – suggested to add something to address its existence as feedback.

00:53:736 (6) - I would recommend making the slider two notes as the music here addresses both sides of the slider. The music is also building up so the intensity could be justified as well.

01:24:819 (6,7,8,9) - Two subsequent stacks with different rhythms can lead to confusions in reading. I would recommend separating one of these stacks.

00:17:009 - No need to NC on the next triplet? Distance is consistent and you may want to differentiate from 00:14:091 , which naturally serves as a hint of the rhythm.

00:25:570 (2) - Consistency of whistles: if you want to use whistles on vocal then here should be one.

00:53:737 (4,5) - This jump might be too stretched, creating a little spike of difficulty.

01:17:554 (2) - Not quite audible note.

01:22:454 (1,2,3) - Emphasis is on the start of the triplet – while the HS currently fits the music, your rhythm arrangement may be a bit off in places like this. I would remove the note 2 to make this a jump. Unsure where you will put this kick slider but just pulling this away a bit will do the trick.

00:11:367 (2) - HS audible issue: you increase the distance to make big jumps, but the feedback of clicking the notes is barely audible.

00:17:192 (1,2,3) - Also lacks hitsound feedback.

00:43:542 (1,2,3,4) - Also not very audible stream.

00:43:904 (1) - The music here should be a finish instead of a clap.

00:59:922 (1,2,3,4) - Jump here is quite big compared with 00:58:281 (1,2,3,4) , but the two places has similar intensity. Suggested to make the distance closer for the later jump.

01:17:554 (2) - Not quite audible jump. Whistle should be good to cover it.