Battle Garegga is kind of a “white whale” for many shmup fans; one of the games we feel that we must 1cc before we die. It’s notably difficult and has a ton of esoteric systems that are difficult to intuit from merely playing the game.

But you know, as much as I have studied those systems, I never really paid much attention to the story. Stumbled on this Shmuplations article and wow, it’s alot more intense than I’d thought!