These notes are pretty rough around the edges but guide the general actions to perform the manip. The actions that consume RNG numbers are: opening menus that change the screen display (like CONFIG, STATS, COMP), using spells, summoning demons, fighting, talking and walking. However, these actions only consume RNG if you can encounter any demons in the area.
This manip relies on hitting a specific frame when starting a new savefile. In order to do so more easily, already have the two saveslots with previous savefiles recorded. Turn on the console and, as the titlescreen shows up, soft reset. Then press B at the correct frame on the load-save screen.
To keep the manip going, simply execute all the actions as below. If you perform any battle action or walk any extra step then you'll have a different result than the expected, resulting in the manip ending. There are areas in which no encounters spawn so those don't consume RNG numbers - Valhalla in the beginning of the game, for example, has a lot of encounterless overworld areas. However, boss fights, such as Red Bear, Basilisk, King Frost and Betelgeuse, which are all manipped, not only rely on the RNG value, that determines their actions, but also the moon age, which determines their strength. If they deal any different damage on the party, that results in a different resulting RNG value. So, even in encounterless areas, you always have to move the same way to reach the required moon age.
This is probably the only hard part of the manip - the movement. I recommend watching my PBs to see the way that I moved in the overworld. The manip officially ends after the Zayn fight which encompasses for an whole hour of manipped fun and games.
These notes do not include general actions to what you need to do and where you need to go in the speedrun - what's included are the correct RNG consuming actions to result in the predicted outcomes, such as recruiting all the required demons and defeating the boss fights. Below are the actual manip notes:
if the first encounter right after the first door of the training gym are two poltergeists, then you hit frame 72 defeat poltergeists walk and defeat gaki, turn and walk back and defeat other gaki and dogs point INT set options, then do more walking in that entrance til you level up again and leave point SPD
outside talk to knocker say yes, run away from two encounters AUTO the others say Nakama ni Nare to pixie, say yes to maseki say yes to MAG auto the poltergeists leave 1 extra step
auto first encounter, point SPD, run away from the others auto red bear point SPD
run away from the dogs on the way to the mansion, kill the poltergeists on the way to the bridge
kill encounter on the way to slum city kill all the encounters on the way to mercurius (enter at 3/8 moon) point INT auto mercurius
gaki encoutner after mercurius do (Sword, defend defend -> auto) next encoutner change to (Sword sword sword) -> auto point INT auto until alp
on alp encounter do (sword sword defend) on the second one alp talk: yes, yes to maseki, yes, when she gets annoyed do persuade then first option then give maseki
talk to knocker then change to sword sword sword and auto fuse
leave, defeat the encounter right outside the go away run away from the encounter right outside the bridge then auto the next one
walk to the first encounter (Defend, dia - hiroko, attack ihika) cait sith encounter - ある- おどる - yes next encounter talk to ihika always say yes unequip hiroko
in holy town run away from first encounter, second do one turn (Defend defend defend defend) then run away
chon chon encounter (sword sword sword sword) then jack frost jack frost talk: no -> yes -> no -> all yes summon jack frost and dia aleph then basilisk basilisk fight (sword sword rakukaja tarukaja attack) auto
cast two medias frankie fight (sword, sword, defend, defend, attack) auto everything until the double frankie then run away
king frost fight: sword sword rakukaja tarukaja attack -> auto
walk and avoid earthquake tiles in factory, fight the first encounter (sword sword defend attack) deminandi -> always say yes
enter store, sell all items, traestro hug the walls on the way to deminandi always talk to deminandi encounters cu sith talk: threatening -> second option -> talk again -> smile -> calm down -> always yes and first option keep walking back and forth in front of the entrance, talk to the cu siths and enter on full moon summon jack frost betelgeuse: gun, media, rakukaja, tarukaja, attack
summon unicorn and estoma and traestro daleth: first turn - gun, attack, attack, defend second turn - gun, attack, attack, media
go to mekata first and then to MAG chest, estoma before entering gaia, heal at Gaia run away from encounters walk down corridor before taking stairs before daleth
daleth: gun, rakukaja, tarukaja, media x2 gun, attack, defend, media auto
heal at Gaia yanusu fight: gun, rakukaja, tarukaja, attack x2 gun, attack, defend, attack auto
summon demons formation: aleph, unicorn, ihika, cait sith, heqet, demi-nandi zayn fight: gun, rakukaja, defend, defend, media, defend x2 gun, rakukaja, defend, tarukaja, media x2 gun, attack, attack, media, media auto
