Image Fight (World) Loop 2 Checkpoint Recovery

Tactics for consistent recovery from nearly all of those brutal checkpoints in the 2nd loop of Image Fight (World) without autofire. Only missing recovery from the midpoint of stage 5 and recovery from the start of stage 8 without sacrificing an extra life. If you have any idea how to accomplish these awesome feats consistently, please let me know! 0:00 stage 1 midpoint 0:51 stage 2 start 2:05 stage 2 midpoint 3:30 stage 3 start 4:39 stage 3 midpoint 5:33 stage 4 start 6:49 stage 4 midpoint 7:26 stage 5 start 8:33 stage 6 midpoint 9:13 stage 7 start 10:15 stage 7 midpoint 11:33 stage 8 start 12:30 stage 8 midpoint 14:03 stage 8 midpoint alternative