Tips for getting extra lives?

[mldb88]

Since it pretty much changes from game to game, still having trouble figuring out the best way to actually stockpile lives (trying to 1cc normal, and while things usually go well up until stage 5, the fact the boss is particularly obsessed with cris-cross patterns makes me want to cry as I blow 2 full continues unless I’m spot on).
Mostly been taking the EoSD route of abusing the collection line but that really only gets me so far.

That feeling when you can consistently beat PCB Phantasm but can’t 1cc normal on any games past SA ....

[Leeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkk42069]

spam seasoning by press c when there is lot of bullet

[Ponyeater]

Use the Spring Variant of Reimu. It's the most efficient. Second most efficient would be Cirno's default. Smaller radius but you can spam it 6 times.

Both are really good for getting your Value up, even on the easier difficulties, which increases how much points you get for a every single blue item you collect.
You get extra lives at:

1 - 5.000.000
2 - 10.000.000
3 - 20.000.000
4 - 40.000.000
5 - 70.000.000
6 - 100.000.000
7 - 150.000.000
8 - 250.000.000
9 - 500.000.000
10 - 1.000.000.000

Additionally you get 1 extra live each time you beat the midboss of stage 3 and stage 5 without messing up their spellcard by dying (bombing still awards those lives).

On Normal I have found it easily doable to get all the extra lives up to 150.000.000 points and the 2 from the midbosses.
That makes overall 9 extra lives to be gained, more than you can carry if you don't die.
If you score very efficiently, you might even get the extra life from the 250.000.000 score requirement during the stage 6 boss fight.

That's on Normal mode. In Hard and Lunatic you can of course score much higher than that.
Overall I found HSiFS much easier to 1cc clear on normal than the games before it. Use Reimu and her default secondary shot type and you will have the easiest time doing it. Cirno's default secondary shot type can catch up easily. The other two seem much more difficulty to master.