NO U.
Actually, no. Really. The original Stella Vanity trial was more like Espgaluda, with a kakusei-like mode that spammed way more bullets that you could cancel for profit and you needed to pick up point items that worked similarly (but not exactly) like the green gems. The second iteration had some crazy weird gem exchange thing more akin to Progear but it was too convulsed and confusing... I didn't like it at all. Plus the synchrony deal I always complained about. Even Tris-Gram now realized how important the music is and how useful it is to match it with the action. So yeah, the stage 1 is like 5 minutes long. Not your average for a stage 1 but I think it might be worth it.
This seems to fuse Break Mode with a melee power attack on top of adding a lot of bullet cancelling and replacing the stars with coins. The whole style seems to be closer to a fusion of loli-mechs (maybe we could say it's closer to Espgaluda in that regard) rather than the "pure and brutal machine carnage without excuses/storyline" that CC is.
Plus, STG WILL NEVER DIE.
Either way, this is the fifth candidate for my shared doujin throne (integrated today by the Kamui, Diadra Empty, Hellsinker and Crimzon Clover quartet) and maybe Under the Lotus, ring^-27 or RefRain could take the sixth spot. I don't have "places", they are all equally awesome to me.
We won't stop until we have the full orchestra of glorious doujin schmukmups!
I bet mjclark must be happy these guys are also posting in english instead of locking themselves in a 2ch board and putting passwords on everything, heh.
edit: anyway, ETEREARU SHIFUTU MODO!!!!