One credit clear of Batrider's Advanced Course. Score: 8,241,170

I faaacking love this game.
This is one of my most impressive shmupping feats, took me bloody ages. I find the RNG very hard to deal with, and this is the first time I've got the special extend trick to work on stage 5 :o. Advanced course is harder, and contains two further stages and the final boss.
Any scoring I'm doing is just to get extends.

shoutouts to Chempop, Squire, Shepardus, Ciox and Chum for good advice.

"Hail Raizing full of grace. Yagawa is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst Shmup devs, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Rank. Holy Raizing, mother of Yagawa, pray for us casuals, now and at the hour of our death. Amen."

0:23 Welcome to violent city
1:15 Boss - Confrict
1:37 Stage 2 - Sewage System
3:22 Boss - Deviate
4:00 Stage 3 - Zenovia Airport
5:50 Boss - Bazzcok
6:18 Stage 4 - Sky High
7:09 Boss - Boredom
7:46 Stage 5 Highway
9:14 3rd Extend drops, I get the following special extend. One from score, the other from missing bombs.
9:23 Boss - Sobut
10:09 Stage 6 - Zenovia Ciy
13:03 Extend - I should've dropped it or suicided first to avoid rank increase.
14:04 DEL inspired 'bomb-punching' chaining mini bombs together by picking up fragments.
14:25 Boss - Grubby
15:36 Stage 7 - Gigantech Building
15:56 The desk ever
16:46 The panic is real
19:10 Boss - Discharge (turret alley)
19:34 Phase 1
20:24 Phase 2