I've been following the thread over the past few days, and decided to try it again after watching a few YouTube videos. I somehow forgot about the laser button the first few runs today *facepalm*, but I learned that it's good to know when to switch over to get as many X100s as you can. I was at 1000 gold for a good long time, till the stage 3 boss did me in a couple of times.
ExedExes - 11,301,990 - 4 - Ageha - MAME
It appears I have some work ahead of me, but I'm closer to the rest of the scoreboard than ever before. This particular bullet hell I feel like I am improving with every run and not falling too far back. 5-2 seems to be easy to get to. This game has the most forgiving hitbox I've seen outside of maybe Crimson Clover. I'm almost there.