No deaths before PD 54.



Two deaths (or one, I think 2) on 54.7

One death on 54.9. At this point, + lives
Two deaths on 54.11
No deaths on first raspberry level.
From there, nothing especially bad or especially good (no more than one death per relatively hard level) until Metal 6, with 2 deaths, which is still not too bad considering the difficulty. CRISTAL on Metal 7.
Went into Metal 8 with current life + 4 lives. And then I realized just how hard it is... Only made it to the blue bombs once because kept getting burned by green slimes while climbing the narrow part, while the raspberry kept pressure on me. All that I accomplished with the 5 lives was killing the bottom orange.
Getting past Metal 8 will probably a level-finishing effects item. Even that would be unlikely because the bubble doesn't last long enough... More likely, I need

