Falling Shadow — ULT 8 Sightread

• ▸Single source: TrappyTheDemon's ULTIMATE 8 sightread of callasoiled's Falling Shadow (uploaded 2026-09-12) — the catalog's ULT 8 chart from Arc 3: Heaven's Chains, played as a REFLECT dive on the Return to School encounter.
• ▸The cross-check lands exactly: the result card's four rows — EXACT 854 + 48, NEAR 22, BREAK 21 — sum to 945, matching the catalog's ULT note split (tap 182 + hold 426 + field 239 + flick 98) judgement for judgement.
• ▸A clear, not a full combo: 21 BREAKs and 22 NEARs end any FC claim. HIGH SCORE read a dash before the dive and DIFFERENCE carries the full +096'614'611 — a first registered score. MAX LINK 219, MISS GAUGE 15.
• ▸The card settles on screen — no cut-short count this time: the score climbs past 095'987'087 to its final 096'614'611 with rank AA beside it, and an ENCOUNTER RESULT of 005'984'398 posts with a CENTERED chip.

One video backs every still below: TrappyTheDemon's In Falsus sightread of Falling Shadow on ULTIMATE 8 (2:52, uploaded September 12, 2026). Deep links in each step jump to the matching moment.

The capture carries the creator's live-stream badge on its left edge — avatar, "CrabbyTheDemon" viewer chip, PKTR tag and LIVE badge; recorder overlay, not game UI — patched out of every still where it appears with delogo fills measured on the 1600-wide frames: nine stills caught the avatar medallion alone, one caught the full bar, and the opening-beam still caught no badge at all because the overlay fades in and out. The video itself is untouched and linked in full. The side-lane key labels read Umschalt and Leer — the player's system locale, quoted as seen.

Levels and the note split come straight from the site's song catalog (game version 1.0.2c) — the numbers the result card is checked against in step 11, to the judgement.

→ In Falsus Song List — All 70 Tracks with Chart Levels→ Difficulty Levels

One step per frame, in play order. Seconds in each credit link follow the decode-accurate timeline of the upload and can land a frame or two off.

1. 1

   Confirm the chart: ULTIMATE 8

   The detail screen states the terms plainly: an 8 on DIFFICULTY ULTIMATE with HIGH SCORE still a dash, the rain-soaked jacket crediting callasoiled with ILLUST KIKI輝気 — and a REFLECT panel for Return to School showing its own HIGH SCORE 006'898'132 over five stars with a CENTERED chip, plus 2,300 and 1,700 in rewards. The panel is quoted as shown; how the encounter scores itself is not read into it.

   

2. 2

   Load the REFLECT deck

   The loadout screen lines up five card slots behind the run's character with the score reset to 000'000'000. Nothing here needs touching for the page's purposes — the dive starts from this exact deck, and the card slots reappear in the same order on the result card at step 11.

   

3. 3

   Open on a full-highway beam

   The first pattern is a statement: one wide purple beam down the whole highway, its EXACT sparkle line already alight at combo 5. The HUD reads 000'880'393 before the ten-second mark — Falling Shadow opens busier than its MIN 1 / EVO 4 ladder entries suggest.

   

4. 4

   Cross the diagonal beams

   The chart's first crossing: a purple and a pink beam slice across the lanes on opposing diagonals, judged EXACT three times at combo 18 with the HUD at 013'203'169. Read the lanes, not the beams — the notes land where the lanes cross, not where the light is.

   

5. 5

   Ride the twin cyan beams

   The mid-song stretch runs two full-lane cyan beams side by side, judged EXACT twice while the combo counter passes 205 — the longest unbroken run this capture shows. The HUD reads 033'548'470; from here the MAX LINK chase is on.

   

6. 6

   Sweep the hold into the side lane

   A hold bends out of the center into the left lane, its tail sweeping past the Umschalt key label while Leer marks the right lane — the player's system locale is German, quoted as seen. Twin cyan beams hold the center at EXACT twice, combo 73, HUD 043'817'475.

   

7. 7

   Tap the gold hexagon field

   The field section lights the bottom lane in gold: a hexagon field cell under the judgement line with flick sparkles riding it, judged EXACT at combo 29 with the HUD at 065'552'570. The counter's drop from 205 says the mid-song BREAKs have already landed — the catalog's 239 field notes are where this chart breathes.

   

8. 8

   Take the late beam pair

   Past the field section two beams converge — purple into cyan — judged EXACT twice at combo 45 with the HUD at 083'203'766. The pairing keeps both hands honest to the edges while the center lane stays quiet; the still doubles as a hand-position checkpoint before the finale.

   

9. 9

   Hit the final triple chord

   The last notes stack three wide beams across the lanes and judge EXACT three times at combo 85, the HUD reading 092'420'929. Combo 85, not 945: the earlier BREAKs saw to that. What is left is the banner.

   

10. 10

    DIVE CLEARED

    The banner takes the whole screen over the hexagon field, and the in-play HUD freezes at 096'614'611 — the final score, reached before the card ever appears. A CENTERED chip then rides the empty highway as the encounter result posts its 005'984'398.

    

11. 11

    Read the result card

    This card settles on screen: the count-up passes 095'987'087 on its way to the final 096'614'611, with rank AA beside it. The four rows — EXACT 854 + 48, NEAR 22, BREAK 21 — sum to 945, the catalog's ULT split exactly. MAX LINK 219, MISS GAUGE 15, HIGH SCORE a dash, DIFFERENCE +096'614'611. An EARLY 12 / LATE 10 panel sits beside the rows, the ENCOUNTER RESULT strip reads 005'984'398 with a CENTERED chip, the IOTA strip posts its counts beside a Rank label, IRIS and five card slots hold the left edge — and no Assist Mode slot appears anywhere on the card.

    

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