-- Tengai Makyou III: Namida -- -- FAQ/Walkthrough -- -- By Kouli (aka Ken Zhao, kenzhao99@yahoo.com) -- -- Version 0.4 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ/Walkthrough is based on the Japanese version of Tengai Makyou III: Namida that is released on April 14, 2005. The game is made by Red Entertainment and published by Hudson Soft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \April 18~20, 2005/ - Version 0.1, start up with the basic from the Software Manual, as well as beginning to write the full walkthrough \May 26~27, 2005/ - Version 0.2, took a break from this walkthrough and played Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song, now done with that and continue more on this walkthrough. However, due to lots of RPGs also come out on the 26th, this walkthrough is on hold once again. It's going slow but I will finish it \August 13~19, 2005/ - Version 0.3, finally getting back to this walkthrough \August 20~24, 2005/ - Version 0.4, completion of the walkthrough ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select: Toggle display Start: Game Start/Pause L2: Toggle page L1: Toggle ally, Ougi Chain R2: Toggle page R1: Toggle ally, Ougi Chain D-Pad/Left Stick: Cursor/character movement Triangle: Menu, Ougi Circle: Check, talk, confirm, attack Square: Map display, more details display X: Cancel Right Stick: Zoom in/out, press R3 to return it to default ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put your game in the PS2 and let it load. Soon you will be at the Title Screen and with two choices: (LEFT)Begin from the start, if this is your first time, then you should pick this option (Right)Continue on before, if you have a saved data, then you should pick this ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will first need a memory card. One can contain 99 saved data. To save your game, it will depends on where you are: If you are out on the OverWorld, then you can save as much as you want at anytime. If you are in a village or town, then you should go to the inn or hotel to save. If you are in a dungeon, then you will need to use the save point. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tengai Makyou series uses its own sort of words, such as these ones: Virtue: This is basically experience, you will need it to increase 'Grade' Grade: This is basically level Vitality: As it says, your HPs. If it reduces to zero, you can't fight anymore Tech: This is required to use 'Magic' Arrange: This revolves the turns in battle Fighting Spirit: This is required to use Skill and Ougi Skill: Special techs used in battle Ougi: Special powerful techd used in battle Magic: The magic used in the game, varies from heal, support or attack Skill Efficiency: The target degree of each skill and magic that one should use Coin: This is the currency in the game ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basically, you just fight and win battles, get virtue and grade up. Grading up and you can get new skills. To further strengthen yourself in battle, you can buy weapons and armors, as well as items. All that required Coin and you get those through battles mostly. However, you can also find those, as well as differnt items, weapons and armors...etc There is also Accessories you can have and you can also buy or find those, as well as making them at Craftsman House. Skills, basically the more you use them, the higher the Skill Efficiency. With the degree of the skills are max, you can mostly learn new ones, as well as new Ougi. However, you would also need to Grade up as well for higher ones. You can also Initiate the skills, but you would need the item "Skill's Approval". Magic, you have none to begin with. Through out the game, you would find these Hermitages of Tengu and each of those Tengu will give you a scroll then you can equip them on characters just what you did with the skills, then use them as many as you can to increase up the Skill Efficiency. Once that Efficiency degree is max, you no longer need to equip that scroll in order to use it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press Triangle in the game to bring this up: Property: This allows to use/discard what you have in different categories Equip: This allows you to Equip/Best Equip/Unequip a character Skill: This allows you to Equip/Initiate/Unequip a skill/Ougi Magic: This allows you to Use/Scroll(Equip/Unequip) a magic/scroll Status: This allows you to view Strength/Equipment/Skill/Magic of a charater Formation: This allows you to adjust the lineup Configuration: This allows you to adjust Message Speed/Cursor Location/Sound/ Furigana/Button Establishment options Map: This allows you to view the map Save: This allows you to save your game ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here you can view each stats of a character: Attack Power: The higher the more damage to enemies Attack #: The # of attacks/skills you can do in one turn Defensive Power: The higher the less damage from enemies Agility: The higher the earlier your turn will come Wisdom: The higher the better your ofensive magic and higher accuracy Mental Force: The higher the better your healing/support magic and accuracy Magic Defense: The higher the less damage from enemies' magic Luck: Pre-Emptive/Surprise Attack depends on this, as well as Escape ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are the optionals you have in battle, from top to bottom, left to right: Fight: Attack with your weapon Property: Use items Magic: Use magic varies frm offensive, supportive and curative type Status: Shows your cahracter's stats and any bad effect to the right Change: Allows you to switch ally Defend: This allows you to defend enemies's attacks Equip: This allows you to make any adjustment on the equipment Skill: This allows you to make any adjustment on the equipped skill/ougi Scroll: This allows you to equip or unequip scroll Escape: This allows you to flee from battle * The character "Tonkararin" doesn't have Magic nor Scroll, but it has Transform/ Dis-Transform and Enemy Skill * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basically, pick the enemies and attack. The words and # on the left screen is the amount of time you can attack during that turn. Circle is to attack and to use skill, you will need to use D-Pad or Left Stick then press Circle to use it. You will also require to use the Fight Spirit Bar which is the 10-section gauge thingy below the character name. It increases as you attack or receive damage, it decreases as you use skills. If it's full, then you can use Ougi by pressing the Triangle button. If more than one character has their Fighting Spirit Bar full, then you can do Ougi Chain. When you have one character doing an Ougi, if possible, the screen will pop up directions for you to do, such as press L1 or R1. Ougi Chain can be very useful, because each has its own special effect besides the basic. A battle ends when you killed all enemies, or the enemies killed all of you and that means Game Over. There is also the advantange and dis-advantage you can have. That is Pre- Emptive Attack that allows you to go first, as well as Surprise Attack that allows the enemies to go first. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dim: Attacks get harder to be able to hit Ice: Can't move, cure by fire attack Sleep: Can't move Poison: Vitality slowly decrease Paralyze: Can't move Sealed: Can't use magic Confusion: Confused, might not obey command and attack ally Great Confusion: Same as Confusion, but attack power is twice as much Crumble: Attack from enemy will sure hit and greater damage Engulfed In Flame: Receives fire damage Stun: Can't move Accessory-Effect Sealed: Accessories' effects become invalid Curse: Curse the equipment to bring up bad effects Dying: Vitality reaches zero, can't battle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are all sort of special houses in the game, varies from these: Inn: Heal all HPs and Techs, as well as Curse/Poison/Dying, also save your game Hotel: Same as inn, except this one has a 'Relax' command that allows you to explore the inn and speak with allies Craftsman House: Here you can make your own accessories, or from recipe, even disassemble There are also all sort of shops in the game, varies from these: Weapon House: This allows you to buy weapons mainly Armor House: This allows you to buy armors mainly Item House: This allows you to buy items mainly Souvenir House: This allows you to buy all sort of unique souvenir Tea House: This allows you to buy all sort of food related products ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walkthrough-------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you gain control of Namida, take the left path to the beach and get the item "Nectar Pill" from the lower part. Now back track to the area where you started and speak with Ichiyo's friend at north. After, go south and a little message from the villager. After, continue along the path at south to the next area. You can get a "Citron Dumpling" in a lower left house. You can also save your game in the Inn if you need to. After, head to the top left house for a little scene. After, speak with Ichiyo's mother again, then attempt to leave the house. Then QUICKLY speak with Ichiyo's mother again for "Mother's Rice Ball". Now head back to the area where you started the game and speak with the man by the center. Ichiyo's father will give you 100 Coin. You will also get "Father's Amulet" but Ichiyo's father will take it back after. Now, enter the north house. Top left corner is an item box with 32 Coin within. Speak with the people here if you wish, after, head out the house and go NE. After the little scene, continue up along the path for another scene. After, back track to the previous area and more scenes. You will obtain "Ichiyo's Amulet". Once you gain control, speak with the Priest to obtain the "Divine Mirror". There is a save point in case you need to save your game. Once you are done, go north and more scenes. Once you gain control, check the Takachiho Sword to begin your first battle of the game. This fight is simple and easy against these Night Demons. After, head back and save your game, then upper left to the village. Now head toward Ichiyo's home and more scene. Speak with the possessed Ichiyo's father to begin another fight. Once you defeat Ichiyo's father, more scenes. Once you are in control, attempt to leave and you will get "Father's Amulet". Once you are outside the house, go take the east path. Then cross the bridge, then go south. Ichiyo's mother will give you the Blue Armor. Once you are out on the OverWorld, go NE a bit and enter Hermitage of the Tengu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speak with the Tengu and get the scroll "Devil Fire". Attempt to leave and get the Map. Once you are out and back to the OverWorld, continue to NE a bit and enter Mountain Kunimi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head left a bit and get 2 "Rice Cake" from the item box. Then exit out this area. Back on the OverWorld, go SE to Field Hill Village. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this place, you can take the ship to Usuki Village. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Near the exit of the village, there is an item box contains "Shining Sword". Once you are out on the OverWorld, go south to another Hermitage of the Tengu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Tengu here will give you the scroll "Devil Water". Then back to the Over- World. To west of Usuki Village, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Tengu here will give you the scroll "Green Grass". Then back to the Over- World and go north to Yufuin Village. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you take couple steps, more scene and toward to the RedHead DemonCow for a battle. A stranger(Ushibouzu) will join you in this battle. After, more scenes. One of the houses in this village has an item box that contains "Nectar Pill", the villager in the kitchen of Moumou Temple gives you 3 "Citrus Rice Cake", there is also an item box by the river that got the "Bamboo Body". Once you are done, exit out the village at NW. Back on the OverWorld, go right and continue along the path to yet another Hermitage of the Tengu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Tengu here will give you the scroll "Devil Thunder". Then back to the OverWorld, and go to the north of Yufuin Village to get to Yabakei. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue up to a save point. Cross the bridge and go left to another area. Go along the path and there will be an opening to the right that leads to an item box that contains "Aganoyaki Teacup", then there will be another opening to the left that leads to another item box that contains "Return Stone", and finally another opening to the north to the next area. Save your game and exit out to the OverWorld. To the right, there is Beppuchou; To NE, there are Sunrise Village and another Hermitage of the Tengu. To the north of Yabakei, there is the Relief Village. To the left of Relief Village, there is the Usachou. NE of Usachou, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. To the NW of the Hermitage of the Tengu, there is Monji Village. East of Usachou, there is Mountain Kubote for you to explore. Your next destination is the "Hell Tour" which is a bit east from Relief Village. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can buy all sort of new things from shops. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can buy couple new things here as well. There is an item box behind a house that contains 3 "Refreshing Medicine". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tengu here will give you the scroll "Illusional Mist". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can buy couple new things and one villager will give you 2 "Crystal". There is also an item box that contains an "Obsidian". Just outside the temple, to the left, there is another item box that contains a "Fundamental of Defense". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can buy an "Empty Bottle" from Risa. There are some new things you can buy and few new shops. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tengu here will give you the scroll "Dull Speed". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can buy couple new things and an item box contains "Bamboo Spear" while one more contains the "Rice Bowl With Pretense Taste". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue to the left. In the next area, save your game. Go all the way up and just before you get to the next area, go right for an item box that contains "Skill's Approval". In the next area, continue to the left. Continue along the path and you would see a mountaineering ascetic that give you "Famous Water". After, continue to the left and take the right bridge first to a red item box that contains a fearsome consecutive 1001 enemies fight. Yes, you heard that right, 1001 enemies and no break at all. Avoid opening this item box, please. You can not escape the battle once you opened it. But if you did, you won't believe how much you actually have to fight, from this "Box of Veritable Pandemonium": 1st Set of Enemies: 28 Akadama 2nd Set of Enemies: 28 Spring Rabbit 3rd Set of Enemies: 28 Zuttoko 4th Set of Enemies: 16 Yato 5th Set of Enemies: 29 Akadama 6th Set of Enemies: 29 Desert's Thorn 7th Set of Enemies: 29 Eyeball Eater 8th Set of Enemies: 29 Urami (The rest is not available at this point since I died around there) Anyway, continue to the south. At the intersection, take the right bridge to an item box that contains "Broken Copper Halberd". Back track and take the south bridge. Save your game and don't bother to go south at this point since it's blocked at first. What you could do here is fight with the Poyopoyo. Kill all of them down to 1, then they will call more, repeat. This could level up and get some nice coins with this, besides, there is also a save point near. Once you are done, use a "Return Stone" to warp back to the OverWorld or if you don't want to waste any of those, back track your way out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up and get 3 "Copper" from the item box at left corner. Then head to the right and continue along the path. Get the "Great Sword of Iron" from the item box, then continue to the left. At the intersection, go left for another item box that contains "Near-Broken Sword". Then go up and before the save point, go right a bit for another item box that contains 2 "Refreshing Medicine". Go save your game and up to north. Use the rock to cover up the lower geyer. Next, 2 rocks and 2 geyers. The item box contains a "Rusty Dagger". Then go north. Save your game and go right that eventually leads to an item box that contains the item "Fundamental of Power". Then go left from the save point, go south a bit then to right for an item box that has 2 "Return Stone". Once you are ready for a boss fight, head to north from NW. More scene then get near Ichimotsu for more scenes. Then you will end up fighting Ichimotsu and side enemies. Use the "Charge" + "Flash Slash" combo. If you have learned the skill "Defensive Smashing", that's great. If you need to, use the Ougi "Surge Slash". If you have already learned the Ougi "Halo Slash", that's great to take out the side enemies and also damage Ichimotsu. Ichimotsu will mostly use "Possession" to hide himself among the enemies. Then you should just take out the side enemies. Once he shows up again, attack him with the above combo or use Ougi if you can. Ichimotsu can attack 3 times so watch out your HPs. Heal if you need. After the battle, more scenes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To help Ichiyo, Tsugumi wishes you to get "Ten Thousand Life Herb" at Mountain Kubote. Well, go there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, if you follow this walkthrough then you have been here already. You know your ways. The "Ten Thousand Life Herb" we are looking for is at the same area as the red item box. Remember where you pass/go south from there, and meet yet another intersection? Then you go right and eventually lead you to the item "Broken Copper Halberd"(a bit north of the save point at that area)? Left of that "Broken Copper Halberd", check the sparkling redish herb then select yes. You will obtain "Ten Thousand Life Herb". Then more scenes. Ushibouzu will join the party. Use a "Return Stone" or back track out, before you exit out, there should be another scene. Then back to Beppuchou. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head back to the hotel. Go up to second floor and head toward Tsugumi for more scenes. After, go down to the first floor. Go NW at the first floor to the bath area. Now attempt to enter the Women's Bath and select the first choice for more scenes. Now go up to second floor toward Ushibouzu for more scene. After, leave the hotel. More scene and Ushibouzu will leave the party, so will Ichiyo and Tsugumi. Now, time to go get Ushibouzu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you arrive, take couple steps down for more scene. Continue to the right and another little scene. Now go up to the Moumou Temple for more scene. You will end up fighting Shiromotsu and Kuromotsu. Clear the side enemies first. If you have Ushibouzu with max Fighting Spirit Bar, use his first Ougi, "Purification of Ten Thousand Thoughts". If you have Namida with max Fighting Spirit Bar, use his third Ougi(if you have it), "Halo Slash". Once you clear the side enemies out, focus on Shiromotsu first. Both Namida and Ushibouzu can use the "Charge" + Attack combo. Both Shiromotsu and Kuromotsu can use Possession, but if you take them all out like you did with Ichimotsu, then they won't use it. Shiromotsu is the one that can summon out more so that's why you should focus on it first. Kuromotsu can be difficult since it uses magic and its special move, "Hold Up The Dirty Hand". After the battle, more scene. Ushibouzu will join the party. At the same area of Moumou Temple, there is a shop. Make sure you buy a brush because you will need one later. Now head to Sunrise Village. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go NE to the Village Chief's house. Speak with the Village Chief. He wants a Moumou Temple brush, and what he wants could be random each time, so it might depends. Give him the brush and you will get the "Resembling Flowers". Now head to Hell Tour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the first area, go to the right and as you get near, there will be another scene. With the "Resembling Flowers", you can blow up the blocked path. Now go right to a new area. Save your game. Staying in the mud here will lose your HPs so watch out for that. To NW, there are item boxes that contain "Nectar Pill" and 2 "Refreshing Medicine". At the NE part, there is another item box that contains 3 "Bun With Hazardous Inners". Once you are ready, go north. Save your game and go left a bit for a "Clear Decoration". And take the center path for the boss fight against Kuromotsu and Shiromotsu again. It's the same fight from before, if you can, chain up Ushibouzu's first Ougi "Purification of Ten Thousand Thoughts" with Namida's "Surge Slash". This sure clear up the side enemies quickly, as well as damaging the two bosses. After the battle, continue to north to exit out to the OverWorld. Continue north to the Umesato Village. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can shop around here, but all old stuff. The house north of the inn, the person named as Misato Baien will promt you with a choice, pick the first optional to get "Essential Point of the Universe". There is also an item box at northern part that contains 2 "Magnifying Glass". When you are done, go north to exit out the village to return to the OverWorld. To the left, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The tengu here will give you the scroll "Dull Power". Then return to the Over- World and go north of Umesato Village to Mountain Inomure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up. There is an item box to the left. It has 4 "Fur". Continue along the path and save your game. Head up to the next area. Continue along the path to the left, and by the intersection, go left for an item box that has 1 "Sunny Scent Rice Cake". Continue to the right and go along the path to the next area. At the top of the hill, go north. Continue along and head down the hill. The item box here has the a "Skill's Approval". Continue and save your game. Then go north. A fixed battle should trigger and Ichiyo will join in this fight. After, Ichiyo will give you the "Letter From Mother". Then Ichiyo will join the party. Continue to north to exit out to the OverWorld. Go left first to yet another Hermitage of the Tengu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The tengu here will give you the scroll "Devil Wind". Then back out to the Over World and go north of Mountain Inomure to Castle of Alteration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you enter, more scenes. After, save your game. Enter at north. Continue up and cut the cocoon to release the first child. You will get a "Shell". Continue along the path and go right to up the ramp to get 2 "Stick Rice Cake". Then go north to the next area. Save your game, continue along the path to get to yet another cocoon. Cut it and release another child to get a "Toy Ring". Go along and you could get a "Pure Dancing Clothes" on the way. Continue on and you'd get to another cocoon for the third child. You would get a "Hand-Rolled Yellow Rice". Continue to the next area. Save your game and go right to another area first. Break the spider strings and the item box would come down. It contains 2 more "Skill's Approval". Now take the upper left path back to the previous area. You can take the spider web here to the very bottom where you can get a "Dead Roster Cloth". Anyway, your goal is the lower/second left area that you can get to while the spider web is going down. At that area, you can find yet another cocoon with the 4th child. This one would give you a "Magnifying Glass" then go up to get 3 "Refreshing Medicine". You can ignore that elevator that's near. Anyway, continue to the left. You would find a "Gleamed Stone". Then get near the cocoon to release the 5th child to obtain a "Citron Dumpling". After, go left to another area first, you would need break spider strings again to get the item box to come down but after a fight, however. Then you could get the "Fundamental of Life". Back track to the previous area then go upper right to see a short scene then save your game. Cut the wall and go north to the next area. You would end up fight Ichimotsu with 4 Dekamotsu. Similar to previous fight, Ichimotsu seem to have more HPs. Just take care of those 4 Dekamotsu and watch out for Ichimotsu's Illusional Mist. After, more scenes. Ushibouzu will leave the party. BTW, the castle now changes to Fire Shrine. Now time to return all the way to Monji Village. Head to the bridge toward the ship, and Ushibouzu will join the party. Then you can take the ship to Shikanoshima Village. Explore the left part of the village and exit out at the right. Go right from you are on the World Map, to Munakata Village. There isn't anything interesting here and there are shops here as well. SE from Munakata Village, there is Yoshino Village. Nothing noticable at the moment. There are few person here you can talk to buy things or rest. SW of Shikanoshima Village, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one here will give you "Prohibited Seal". SW of this Hermitage of the Tengu, there is another one. This one here will give you "Dull Solid". South from here, there is Kanayama (Gold Mountain). You can't enter the cave right now. You can rest here if you wish. To the east of here, there is Dazaihu. There are lots of shops here and you can even buy weapons for some upcoming party member. However, you won't be able to enter the northern castle at this point. Go SW of Dazaihu to get to Saga Village. Nothing really stand out here, just few shops. From Shikanoshima Village, go W to get to Hakatachou. Shop around at the first area, save your game then head to the western section. Buy around the plaza if you want, to continue to south. Make your way to the southern house and a scene. After, enter that house. Take the left path and you will eventually get into a fight. Go right for an item box then go south to take the lift down. Save your game. You will notice that Ka-Bu-Ki poster by the corner. Anyway, move on. Take the first Ka-Wall, then lower Bu-Wall, then Ki-Wall. Continue on to the next area. Make your way to lower right. Next area, we have a big puzzle here. Follow these directions: Right Ka, Up Bu, Left Ki, Left Ka, Up Bu, Left Ki, Down Ka, Left Bu, Left Ki, Up Ka, Right Bu, Up Ki, Down Ka, Right Bu, Up Ki. A battle then you will get a key. Go right then take the lift up. Exit out this town and head to Dazaihu. Head to the northern castle. Go toward the left door for a scene. Now, enter that left door since you do have the key now. Continue to the north to enter the castle. Go right to go down. Next area, save the near man within the cell. Continue on to the right for more scene. After, save your game and move on to the right. Next area, lots of guards here. you are to avoid them. You do get a view of where each one is and which way they are looking at. It's not really that hard. For some guards, just wait a bit and they will turn to the other way. Your goal is to make it your lower right, then take the stairs up from there. Second area, a bit harder. Your goal is to make it to the left. Some guards are moving back and forth now, so take your time with this and check their patterns. Next area, just a little tricky. Wait til a person comes, then the near guard will turn to the right, then you can just run to the left and enter that room. More scene, then a fight. After, go out from the south. Now go back to that Hakatachou. Go to the western area. Back toward that house at south. More scene. Pick the third name. Enter the house for another scene. Now, exit out and head to that place called Kanayama/Gold Mountain on the World Map. Pay that man near the cave to go in. Continue down to the next area. Keep digging til you get some Gold. Once you got Gold, go back out. Now, go to Yoshino Village. Head to a house to north/northeast. Within, an oldman would trade you a Vajra Stone if you have 99 Water. Now, back to Hakatachou. Head back to that southern house in the western area. Speak with Giemon within. Upon giving him the Gold and Vajra Stone, you will obtain the "Mechanical Sand Mole". With the Sand Mole, you will be able to go through those sand storms on the World Map. Now, head SE from Saga Village. There should be a storm there. And pass there, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Blue Pine". From where you are on the World Map, go directly north to another storm. The storm is about NE of Dazaihu. Pass that storm, and to that castle. Save your game and enter the castle. Go to the northern part for a scene. Pick the second choice. You will fall down to a pit. After, make your way to SW to go up. After, head to NE and go up stairs. Continue to south for another save point. Continue to the left and then check that mirror. You will end up fighting "Steel Purity". Don't bother attacking it yet. When it got rings covering, you won't be able to do damage. Turn by turn, those rings will disappear. It will also use Prohibited Seal, so be sure to cure that after. Defend til the 3 rings are done, then attack. After, continue on to the left. Before you go up stairs, go right a bit to save your game. Then after the stairs, go north. Speak with the female in the water. This time, you fight "Red Hot Passions". Use Magic this time, "Devil Water" works well here. This will take a while though cuz it has tons of HPs. After, continue to the right. Eventually, you will be in a room with statues. Position them like this: --B-- --P-- -R-W- ----- --G-- B: Black R: Red W: White P: Purple G: Grey Once you put them correctly, the door will open. Enter, save your game and go up for boss fights. Start off with Shanne. She uses attacks like Devil Wind, Passionate Sandstorm, Love Slave's Tribute, Blood Cosmetic Storm...etc Passionate Sandstorm and that Blood Cosmetic Storm are pretty powerful full party attacks, so besure to heal after that. This will take a while due to the fact that she has tons of HPs. After you beat her, she will transform, yup, another fight with her. This one has more HPs and a bit stronger than the previous one. The attack you should watch out for is "My Thousand Children" which cause quite a lot of damage, so besure to keep your HPs high. After, you will be back to the World Map. Go to Saga Village. Continue to the west and you can cross the bridge now. After some more scene, continue to the west. At south, you can take a ship. At west end, you can exit out. Let's take the ship for now, to Yanagawa Village. Explore around. There are shops and for the northern part, you can ride the boat around to explore, if you are willing to pay. After, head out at east. At north of Yanagawa Village, there is Umashika Village. Speak around if you wish. Ther are also item boxes around. At east of Yanagawa Village, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you the "Hermit Eye". At SE of Yanagawa Village, there is the Hachiman Shrine. Nothing really interesting, except an item box within. Now, back track all the way to Saga Village. Exit out at west this time. Then enter the mountain that's near. Continue to the left. Eventually, you would meet with Tonkararin. It will join your party in the end. Save your game and continue to the west. Once you are out on the World Map, go SW for another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you the "Starly Sleep". Ok, NW of Mountain Takara, there are Karatsu Village and Imari Village. Just few shops around, nothing interesting right now. More shops and there is another item box around. At the east of Karatsu Village, there is Mountain Ikazuchi/Thunder Mountain. But, don't go to explore that place yet. At south of Imari Village, there is Arita Village. Speak with Kuriemon in some house to the left. Now exit out and head to that Mountain Ikazuchi/Thunder Mountain. Continue up and eventually, you will get to the first lightning area. Don't go north, because that leads to another "Box of Veritable Pandemonium". Anyway, moving pass the second lightning area to the next area. Continue on and make your way to SW. You will meet up with Sanbee. You will get the Soil from him. Now return to Arita Village. Go to speak with Kuriemon. Give him the Soil. Now head to Imari Village. You can take a ship to Sasebo Village. Explore around and check out some shops here. Exit out at west. At west of the Sasebo Village, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Moon Grass". At south from where you are, there is the Nagasakichou. Don't check that out yet. Go east from Nagasakichou, there is the Unsen. Don't explore that either. North of Unsen, there is Shimabara Village. Just explore around and there are few shops here. To the NW of Shimabara Village, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "God Speed". At north of Shimabara Village, there is the Giyaman Mansion. Anyway, go check out Nagasakichou. Go up for a short scene. Go left and right to see more people being taken away by Idaten. Then explore around and speak with other female to see Idaten take them away. This is quite a big area, and there are lots of houses anf shops you can check out. Once you are done checking around, go to the northern area. You will end up fight Idaten. Don't bother, he will end the battle with "Fastest Barrage Method". After, exit out and head to Giyaman Mansion. Continue up to the house. Go take the left door. First up, 4 clocks. Hear the melody well, and check each clock to see which ones fit. Next up, there are 8 of them. This is a bit harder but few more tries, you would get it. All these are random, so I can't help you much. After, check the item box to north for a fight. After, go back to the first room of the mansion. This time, go right. Get near the warp at the upper right corner. You will be in a white room. Take the warp at lower right. You will be in a starly purple room. Take the warp at upper right. You will be in a red room. Grab the item box to back to the starly purple room. Take the warp point a bit west of the upper right corner warp point. You will be in the red room again. Take the warp point at lower right. Now, save your game and check the item box at north. Beat the enemies then back to the first room of the mansion. With the 3 glasses you have, input them to the stained glasses. There should be 3 slots you can put in. After, go back outside. Go down at the central stairs. The order here is: Up, Left, Down then Right. Next, the order is: SE, NE, NW then SW. Go north and check the item box for another fight. After, exit out and head to Nagasakichou. Upon entering, a scene with Mantoh. You will end up fighting it. After you beat it, head to the Item Shop at NE. He will give you the Unsen Key. Now, exit out and head to Unsen. Continue on, open the door and go along the path. Eventually, there will be monkeys throwing rocks at you. Just hurry and dash to the right. As for the bridge area, it's easy if you move up left and right. The monkeys will just target at one location, you just need to move to the other side before they throw. Continue on to move on Unsen. From where you are, go west a bit for yet another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Gale". Continue to south and you would get to Oresama Rando/My Land. Check the machine to the right of the gate, input "Oresama" in hiragana and then "Rasodo" in katakana. Basically, it's mostly the name of this place, but that Mantoh changed 'n' to 'so'. Yup, REAL SMART! Anyway, go in. Go up and check Mantoh out. You will fight it again. It's yet another easy battle like the last time. After, continue on. Just watch out for the banana on the way. Continue on and a scene with the cat. Continue up and you will fight Mantoh again. This is a harder fight but if you heal frequently, you should be fine. I think the harder part is to stand against Mantoh's talking which will never stop. After, continue up. Miya will join your party. After, exit out. Now, do not go south yet. Go to the most eastern part. There should be yet another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you the "Divine Solid". Now, go south of Oresama Rando/My Land. Save your game and go up. Namida's "Speed" will be tested here. If it meets the requirement, the door will be opened. The requirement is around 200. First tent, Fastest Questioning. Read the question and pick the answer ASAP. If you are slow, just Pause the game. After that, go to the left. Pass through the blocks and to another tent. It's Fastest Numbering this time. Count how many of them and answer ASAP. Remember, you can always Pause the game. Back to the Fastest Questioning tent, then go right. Eventually, you will get to the Fastest Drumming tent. Use Square, X and Circle to bounce the bomb. Just remember, Fastest Questioning, Fastest Numbering and Fastest Drumming all need to be cleared. Fastest Numbering and Fastest Drumming are rather easy, but the Fastest Questioning can be difficult if you don't know much Japanese. For the Fastest Questioning, each time you answer it incorrectly, you have to go around and search the "Questioning Note". The question will get easier and easier, however. For the Fastest Drumming, the number of times you need to bounce will also decrease with each time. It's from 50 times, to 30, then 10 then 1 and finally, the 5th time is an automatically "CLEAR". The bad thing is, with each time failed, 1/4 of your money will be deducted. Anyway, once you got all 3, speak with Idaten at the first tent. Take the new path at north to go on. You will fight "Panther Of The Right" and "Falcon Of The Left". Go take out the Falcon first, then the Panther. After, take the ladder up. Save your game and enter the near tent. This is the Fastest Maze. This wouldn't be too hard if that "Fastest Mantoh" isn't running like crazy. There is an easy way out of this. Work against that Mantoh. Meaning, which ever way he comes from, that's the way you take. Thus, work your way to the east, then up and to the right. You CAN avoid Mantoh easily if you know which way he is running at. With few tries, you would know which way he comes from and where you should be standing to avoid him. Once you make it to north, save your game at the left. Go down the ladder and then make your way to the cells. Check the switch at north and Fastest Mantoh will come. You would fight it once again. Defend til its machine breaks down. Then attack with all you got. After, press the switch. After, go back up to the save point. Then take the north path here. You will end up fighting Idaten. Start it up by using Dull Speed and God Speed. The rest is just a long fight. Nothing all that difficult, but you will need to heal a lot. Afterward, Ichiyo will be taken away. Go back to Nagasakichou. Go up and a scene. Continue up to the northern area. Go to upper right and you can speak with the man from before. Speak with Hoteimaru again when you are ready to move on. After a scene, you will end up in a fight. After, head to the eastern part of the village for another fight. Afterward, exit out the village. To the north, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Heavenly Grass". Northeast of here, you can find yet another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Furious Water". Southeast of here, there is the Uto Village. Nothing interesting, but there are few shops around. South of Uto Village on the World Map, there is yet Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Furious Thunder". To the east here, you can get to Kumagawa. There is nothing to do there right now. To the NE of the Hermitage of the Tengu that gives you "Furious Water", there is Raitetsugan. Go up and get zap. A scene and back track out this place. To the most eastern part of the map, there is Kikuikedani. You can't pass there yet. SW from here, there is Kumamotochou. Pretty big area to explore. There are few shops around. At the eastern part, you will spot Tsugumi who has been petrified. Now head to Kumagawa. Speak with the guard and pick the third option. Go take the left wooden log, then take the right one after. Then exit out at south. On the World Map, head to the west for yet another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Crazy Bull". Go south from here to Yatsushiro Village. Just few shops around, nothing interesting either. Back on the World Map, check the northeastern part for Taketsumi Village. Speak around and head to the northern area. Cut the Bamboo til you get the Golden Bamboo Drop. Now get back to Tsugumi. Use the Golden Bamboo Drop on Tsugumi. She will joins the party at the end. Go to the NW mansion. Speak with the guard. Within, just continue to make your way to the Lord of the mansion. He will give you an Intro Letter. Now exit back to the World Map, and head to Kikuikedani. Speak with the guard. Show the Intro Letter and you can enter. Continue to the north to exit out. On the World Map, go right first to another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one will give you "Furious Fire". Back on the World Map, go north to the Hachiman Shrine. Go up and enter the shrine. Afterward, back to Amakusa Village. Head toward the southern area. By the ramp, a scene. Continue down and speak with that Hoteimaru. Speak to him again when you are ready. Exit out at the east. On the World Map, continue to the east. Head into a big house to the right. Speak with a man within. You will learn a password. Exit out at NE. Back on the World Map, continue to the right to enter Hyakugainuma. Speak with the man to the left, and speak the password you learned previously. It should be the last choice unless it's in random order. You will end up at the south part. If you wish, you can explore around. However, this is no easy task. You need some skill and luck here to avoid the ghosts. Anyway, if you are not up for that, just exit out at south. On the World Map, go to the most north for another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one gives you "Divine Power". Back on the World Map, most north west here, there is the Mountain Oni Eye. Go through it at NW. There is actually another "Box of Veritable Pandemonium" here. Anyway, once you are out on the other side of the mountain, go NE to another Hermitage of the Tengu. This one gives you "Furious Freeze". Anyway, back track back to the other side of the mountain, and head to the Oni Castle at SW of Hyakugainuma. Head up for a scene. It's Oniroku from before. Head to most north to speak with the Oni General. After, back to the entrance. Just go a bit north from there, speak with the guards and you enter the Arena. Within, it's one on one: Namida VS Oni Ichiban. If your Namida is packed with healing and support magic, you should be fine. After, you will obtain the key. Exit out to the World Map. SW of here, there is the Heavenly Oni Island. Head up and use the key to open the door. Continue your way around, and go down at the center. Continue all the way down the spiral path, then save your game. Get near that Tametomo for more scene. You will end up fight "Naraku's Ten Eyes". Use "Illusional Mist" and any Fire or Thunder based magic. Avoid Water based ones though. Afterward, as Tatetomo will come along. Exit out this place, Tatetomo will join your party. After, head back to Hyakugainuma. This time, you HAVE to go through here. Make your way to the right to the next area. Then go north(slightly to east) to another area. From there, go north to exit out. This sounds easy, but avoiding the ghosts here can be such a pain.
Good Luck!

After, go back to Konbirachou. Go through it and head to Hachimanhama. Speak
with Hoteimaru in Hachimanhama. Take the ship to Amakusa Village. Exit out this
village, and head to Raitetsugan.



Head up and Tametomo will destroy the rock. You will end up in a battle. After,
you can go north to exit out. On the World Map, head into the northern
structure.



Save your game. Go up and enter the door. Go around from the left, to get to
the north. Hit the yellow switch. Just hit Circle when the 2 current get to the
yellow zone. Enter the door to the next area.

Get to the red switch then you can hoop on to the blue line. Next, get to the
blue switch then take the blue line at lower left. Then take the near red line.
Step on the red switch near and take back the red line you came from. Then just
go south to move on.

You will eventually get to another door. This time, there are 4 currents. Next
area, continue to north so you can make your way to south. Save your game. You
will get to another door and it's 6 currents this time. This one is little bit
harder. But when you fail few times, it will open automatically.

Next, avoid the currents to get to another door. It's 8 currents this time.
Moving on, you will fight 2 mini bosses: Wind Cloud Official and Blue Spark.
You should use "Furious Water" and take out Wind Cloud Official first.

After, continue on to south. Avoid the currents to head to south again. You
will get to anothe door and there are 10 currents this time.

Next area, get to the blue switch then go north to get up a ramp. Take the red
line then get to the red switch. Take the red line back. After, take the red
line at south. Then go right to up another ramp. Take the near blue line then
to the blue switch. Then continue to the south.

Save your game again. Continue on and you will finally get to fight that Nigi.
Effective magic here are Illusional Mist and Furious Water. Have two characters
to heal then one to attack. Nigi's attacks are pretty powerful, so keep your
HPs high. If your HPs are high, give your best.

After, Oni Ichiban will join your party and you will get into another fight,
against Electric Device Giant. This is a harder fight than previous one. So
your need more defendings and healings. Again, its weakness is also Water, thus
Furious Water works well. Any Armor and Acc you have that are good against the
element of Thunder, well, EQUIP them!!! Also, Oni Ichiban should be within the
active party.

After, head back to Amakusa Village. Speak with Hoteimaru and take a ship to
Nagasakichou.



Go to the first/southern area. Head to the Hotel at NE. Head to the 2nd floor
then to the right area/room. Exit out the hotel then come back. You can check
around the town for scenes, or buy things. To move on, go right from the Hotel
to get to the port.

After, go to the northern part of Nagasakichou. A scene with Hoteimaru. After,
go to the right. Take the ship to Fukiagehama.



Head toward the northern tree roots for a fight. After, Namida will be moved
to Kyuusendou.



Keep it in mind that it's just Namida himself. Continue on and you will meet up
with Toubee. In the end, you would meet up with your party. Continue to the
north. You can exit out at east and west. Exit out at West. At the World Map,
north of Fukiagehama, there is the Fukiage Village.



Few shops around but be sure to check out the Weapon Shop. Back on the World
Map, to the most north from here, there is another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Moon Dew". Now back to the Kyuusendou. Head out at the east
part. Back on the World Map, go south to get to yet another Hermitage of the
Tengu.



This one gives you "Heavenly Water". Back on the World Map, go north to get to
Hayato Village.



Head into the house at north of the inn. Go up and speak with the master. Now
exit out. Back on the World Map, head to NE to get to Ryuumondaki.



Nothing tricky here, pretty straight forward. There is another Box of Veritable
Pandemonium, so watch out for that. Head inside the house and speak with that
Toubee. Now exit out here. Back on the World Map, there is a Hachiman Shrine
at south. You can head through the portal here. Do go through it. You will be
at another Hachiman Shrine. Exit out and go north all the way to another
Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Guard Clothes". Now use the portal at Hachiman Shrine to
go back. Exit out and go south all the way to get to Hana no Mitsurin.



Go take the SE or SW most path. Get on the flowers and make your way across.
Be sure to avoid the bees if you don't want to fight. Continue on. Next, more
flowers and bees. Be sure to make your way to south now. Once you make it to
SE, you can exit out. Back on the World Map, go left to get to Kagoshimachou.



Speak with the chief at upper right house. You will get a letter. Then exit out
the town at north. Back on the World Map, there is a Cat Temple at north.



Go inside for a scene with Miya showing her true form. Anyway, exit out. To the
east of Kagoshimachou, there is Satsumadaidansou.



Within, speak with the near man and give the letter to him. Now take the new
path down. Continue all the way, and eventually, you will meet up with some
villagers. After, use a Return Stone, then head back to Kagoshimachou.



You will end up fighting ????(Taojiriosu). Put up Illusional Mist and Divine
Solid. Reduce his HPs to near death then the battle would end. After, go right
to speak with the chief.



Go to speak with Toubee and he will join the party. He is the final member you
will ever get. Your party is now full/complete.

Now, go back to Satsumadaidansou.



With Toubee in the party, he can cut through the waterfall at the end. Move on
to the left after.



You will end up in Underground Castle. Continue on.

Avoid the roots and go NW. Next area, go SW first. Lure the roots to destroy
rocks. Then go back up and go SE. Continue on. Lure more roots to destroy rocks
so you can move on to the right. You will get to another save point.

Save your game and move on. You will fight 7 Prismatic Red Spider Lily and
Edgy Glenge. Both are weak against Fire based magic, so use that wisely. Take
out that 7 Prismatic Red Spider Lily first but beware of its attack called
7 Prismatic Pollen.

After, go back to save your game then continue down at NE. You will fight that
Taojiriosu again. Same as before, so make use of Illusional Mist and Divine
Solid to support. The other thing is, Taori is supporting Taojiriosu at the
back and often cast bad status or related support magic. If you heal in time,
you should be fine.

After you beat Taojiriosu, you fight him again. That's the hard part of these
battles. You have to endure through these two battles consecutively. Taojiriosu
only gets a little bit stronger and more HPs, however, Taori isn't around this
time. Same strategy as above.

Afterward, speak with Ichiyo then speak with Ichiyo again after.

Back on the World Map, go right to another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Heavenly Wind". Anyway, back on the World Map. Just south
of Hana no Mitsurin, there is Chiran Village.



Lots of places are blocked, nothing really interesting here. However, you can
meet with Idaten here. Back on the World Map, there is yet another Hermitage of
the Tengu.



This one gives you "Heavenly Thunder". Go around to the SW of Chiran Village,
then you can get to another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Heavenly Fire". Go south from here to get to another
Hachiman Shrine. Do go through the portal here to get to another area. Exit out
and you can find another Hermitage of the Tengu at SE.



This one gives you "Pure Heart". Now go back to the Hachiman Shrine, through
the portal to go back. After, back on the World Map. At further SE from Chiran
Village, you can get to Shionariiwa. You can't go through there though. That
leaves down the southern location on the World Map.



Go left then continue to go up.



You will end up outside the castle. Go up to the inside. Start up with a mini
boss fight. Use Wind or Holy based attacks/magics to take out the red "Licking
Lips Logic". Then repeat on the next red one.

After, beware of the flowers' gas and make your way up at the right. Continue
your way up and go north. You will get to a save point. Go south to get out.

Continue up. Take your time with these leaves. Usually when you step on one,
all will fall off in a minute. After, fight the enemies then take the rope to
move on. You will get to another save point. Continue to the right. Fall down
on purpose by the 2 leaves. Then take the near rope up.

Continue up and you will end up fighting Piston Gnosis. This is a bit tricky.
Piston Gnosis will always has a shield that blocks 3 attacks. You can only
attack it after hitting 3 times consecutively. That means, each character's
Attack # has to be high. Then just attack Piston Gnosis with 3 physical, then
attack on, use skill or Ougi. Ougi Chain works as well.

After, move on to the right. Fall down on purpose by the middle leaves. Go up
with the right rope then to the left to fight enemies. After, go up. Toubee
will join back the party and time to fight Taori.

You won't be able to damage her in the beginning. However, do continue to
attack til you clear out all the moths. You can sort of adapt the way you used
against Piston Gnosis previously. Build up your Fight Spirit Gauge and make
your Attack # high, attack til you clear down to couple moths. End the turn
and have somone else to clear out those moths, then attack Taori after, and
initiate Ougi Chains. After that, heal and defend. She WILL use Sweet Banquet
to attack you and revive the moths.

After you beat her, yup, fight her again consecutively. Now that she decided to
transform, she gains more HPs and a bit tougher. The way you attack her is the
same as above, however. Her Crazy Banquet is as good as her previous Sweet
Banquet. If you have good defense against some bad status, you are going to
have lots of troubles. Just be sure to heal frequently and switch to other
members when you need to. A way you can do this is divide your parties up for
these two fights.

Afterward, move around a bit(south?) for a scene with Madara.



You will be moved to this village automatically.

Now, for some optional areas, back track to Fukiagehama. Open up the World Map,
go all the way to Chiran Village. You can explore it if you wish. Then to that
Shionariiwa. You can go through it to the other side. There is a Hachiman
Shrine with a portal that leads to Hiraodai. At there, there are items around
and caves for you to explore. There is also a Box of Veritable Pandemonium in
there, as well as a new magic. Anyway, back track back through the portal. To
the most south of Shionariiwa, there is Ibusuki Village.



There are shops around and also a ship to Sata Village. Don't go back to Sata
Village yet, exit back to the World Map. Head to the most west from here, to
another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Light Formation". Now go back to Sata Village.



Exit out at upper right. Back on the World Map, go straight up to Mountain
Kushima.



Make your way to north to the next area. Continue on and make your way to NW to
meet with Madara. After, exit out at north. Back on the World Map, go NE a bit
to another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Old Pine". Continue to NE to a bridge.



At the middle of the bridge, you will be taken to the Akuukan. See the parts on
the floor? Pick a head part and put it together with a body part. Here are the
correct combinations:

Blue Kokeshi Body + Yellow Kokeshi Head
Red Kokeshi Body + Red Kokeshi Head
Yellow Kokeshi Body + Blue Kokeshi Head
Blue Kokeshi Body + Yellow Kokeshi Head

After, you will be back to the bridge. Exit out to the right. Back on the World
Map, go right to Miyazakichou.



Ushibouzu, Oni Ichiban, Tsugumi and Tametomo will leave the party. Find them
and speak with them. They will all join back but with 1 Vitality and 1 Tech.
So, after you got them all back, rest at the Inn. Save your game and exit out
this town.

You will end up fighting Madara. Nothing works on him. Just defend for three
turns.

Back on the World Map, go south to Nichinan Village.



Nothing interesting. There aren't even any person at shops. Back on the World
Map, go NE to Aoshima Shrine.



Go into the Shrine at north. And ask the Priest there. After, exit out to the
World Map. Head to the NW of Nichinan Village, to Kirishima Grotto.



Go down at NW or SW. Next, advance at NE. There is another Box of Veritable
Pandemonium at NW. At the last floor, obtain the Shihouchiku Seedling. Now go
back to Aoshima Shrine.



Speak with the Preist in the shrine again. Now go back to Sata Village.



Go south and to the left to meet the Boatman. You will get the Silver Gourd.
Now back to Kirishima Grotto.



Back to the last floor where you got the Shihouchiku Seedling previously. Check
the water and you will get Spiritual Fountain, with the help of the Silver
Gourd. Now back to Sata Village.



Go to speak with the Boatman. He will take you to Joumon Village.



Go all the way to north. Use the Spiritual Fountain at the tree. You will enter
a fight. After, you will get the Shihouchiku. Now go back to Aoshima Shrine.



Speak with the Priest in the shrine. Go to the eastern beach and before that
ship, use the Shihouchiku. After, take the Dragon Palace Ship.



Save your game. Go north. You will end up fighting Senbee and Boubee. Focus on
one enemy. Once you take one out, that ends the battle.

After, go up. Get to north to exit out. On the World Map, head to the west to
get to Hermitage of the Dogling.



Just go up and get the Shiomitsu Pearl within the house. Exit out to the World
Map. Use the Shiomitsu Pearl. After, take the ship.

There is another Hermitage of the Dogling at south and a Dragon Tail Cave south
of that. To the west, there is also Hermitage of the Dogling and Dragon Eye
Cave. To move on, head to the south Hermitage of the Dogling.



Go up and get the Shiohiru Pearl. Back to the World Map. Ride on the Ship first
then use the Shiohiru Pearl. Once the water is depleted, get off the ship and
walk to the Dragon Palace at the center of the World Map.



Just go up at north to meet with Aginami. After, attempt to leave and you will
get the "Key Of Dragon Eye Cave" in the end. Now head to the Dragon Eye Cave.



Go up and use the key. First area, go to the right. More scene. Then you will
be controlling Child Namida, continue to the right. Eventually, more scene.
After, continue to the right. After, continue on to the north. After, continue
on for even more scene. After, towward the Dragon King Sword. Yup, this is the
same sword on the box art of the game's package.

Afterward, exit out Aoshima Shrine. You should equip the Dragon King Sword BTW.
Back on the World Map, head north to another bridge.



At the center, you will be taken to the Akuukan again. This is quite a task
here. You have to control the 6 splits back to Namida before all candles go
out. After, exit out at north. Go north to another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Heart Absorb". Back out to the World Map, and go NW. You
will get to another bridge.



At the center, as usual, to the Akuukan. Go Left, Right, Up, Right, Left. Then
continue to the west to exit out.

Back on the World Map. Near north, there is Aya Village.



Nothing interesting. Back on the World Map, there is another bridge at the left
called Hell Bridge.



Head to the center to the Akuukan. Avoid the souls and head to north. You will
fight the Hundredfold Skull General. Use Pure Heart and Light Formation mainly
then heal when you need to. After, continue to north to exit out. Back on the
World Map, continue to the left.



Go up 3 times for a scene. After, continue up. Just pick up each hat and put
it back on the Ksitigarbha that is the same colour as the hat. After, continue
up and besure to save your game at the save point to the right. Continue to the
north to fight Madara.

First fight, just attack it with Dragon King Sword and that will end the battle
for you. Continue on and save your game.

Second fight, time to get serious. Before to cast all sorts of support magic
to help out, especially ones to increase defense. Besides that, heal a lot here
since Madara can inflict lots of damage usually. There is an odd attck that he
uses, called Reversal Conflagration. It flips the screen. It means Strong Magic
are now weak and Weak Magic are now Strong. After the fight, go north.

Afterward, the mist is gone and things are back to normal. You can check out
each town to speak with people and buy things.

North of No-Return Bridge, there is Madara Castle.



Go up for a fight. After, continue up to save your game. Next, go in and
continue on. Make your way to the NE. Check out each flame here to fight the
Phantom Of Shanne, Nigi, Taojiriosu, Taori and Idaten. You have beaten all of
them before, so you shouldn't have much problem. Just besure to save before
each of them.

After beating Idaten, he will transform and of course, fight him again. Make
good use of Divine Speed and Dull Speed, as well as Pure Heart, Old Pine and
Moon Dew. His weakness is still Holy based magic.

After all the flames are out, you can enter the spider mouth. You will be in
the Face Maze. Just make your way toward NW, it isn't all that confusing. Next,
save your game and go up.

First fight with Madara is like previous fight. Just besure to use Pure Heart
when he casts Invincible Spell and you know how to deal with his Reversal
Conflagration.

Second fight, much more HPs and a bit harder. Healing is a big part here, so be
sure to use Moon Dew and Heavenly Grass a lot. One of his attacks is called the
Mandala Barrier. It has two versions, Wisdom and Power. Former one doubles
Magic but makes physical invalid. The other is the opposite of that. Next, his
most deadly attack, Magical Realm Mandala Spider Thread. It will reduce all
party members' Vitality to 1. Make sure you have everyone to heal. The minor
attack is the Yin Yang Reversal Skill, which you just have to switch back your
desired party after.

Afterward, you will be back on the World Map. NE of Sata Village, there is yet
another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Return Soul". North of Kirishima Peak, there is yet another
Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Furious Hair". Back to the World Map, SW from here, you can
get to Kirishima Shrine.



Speak with the priest to get a Sakurajima Stone. Now go to Aoshima Shrine.



Speak with the priest to get another Sakurajima Stone. Now, go to Nichinan
Village.



Speak with the priest to get yet another Sakurajima Stone. Now go south from
Kirishima Shrine to get to Sakurajima.



Continue to north and check the slate. You will obtain the Himuka Pearl.

<1000-Ri Beach>

You will be arrived here after scenes. After, go up for more scene. Zekuu will
summon out some Clay Robo that are weak against Water based magic. However, do
not bother and just avoid them. There are items around, pick them up if you
wish. After, head to the north. Fight the Clay Robo there. Then exit out.

Back on the World Map, go west to another Hermitage of the Tengu.



No magic this time, but this one will sell you strong Weapons and Armors.
Anyway, back to the World Map. NE of the Hermitage of the Tengu, there is the
Oozakura Village.



Just continue to go right and a scene with Ichiyo. Back track, then exit out
to the World Map. Now, go east all the way, slightly toward north to get to the
Sensuikyou.



Go up and save your game. Continue on and you will get to another save point.
Well, do save your game and move on to fight "Absolute Bodhisattva" with the
side enemies: Evil Red Dragon and Dawn Bird.

Take out the Evil Red Dragon and Dawn Bird first. Absolute Bodhisattva is good
with Fire, Water, Ice, Wind and Thunder, as well as absorbing Holy based.
Besure to use Old Pine and Pure Heart frequently. As for attacking, just use
physical and Ougi. Of course, those attacks shouldn't have any element,
especially Holy. Also remember your weapons shouldn't have those elements
either. When Absolute Bodhisattva is alone, he will likely to summon out more
enemy. Then you should just take out that newly summoned enemy.

After, continue to north to the next area. Then continue on the path to exit
out. Back on the World Map, go north to another Hermitage of the Tengu.



This one gives you "Heavenly Dew". Back to the World Map, go west to the Broad
View Peak.



Continue on and save your game. Continue on, another save point and go up to
fight Myouou Of Conflagration.

Besure to use Divine Solid and Dull Power. Just mainly attack with physical
and Ougi. This one is similar to the one above: Good against Water, Ice, Wind
and Thunder, also absorbs Fire. So, avoid those elements, including you weapons
you equip. More HPs than the previous boss, and this one can actually attack 6
times. You should be healing a lot. But you just got Heavenly Dew, so make good
use of that magic.

After, from the save point in this area, you can now go SW. Continue on to SW
to exit out. Back on the World Map, go west to get to Mountain Komedzuka.



Continue on and you will meet with Zekuu again. After, continue on to SW to
exit out. Back on the World Map, go south to Sugaru Waterfall.



Continue on at SW. Save your game and move on. You will fight Kannon Of Must
Kill. She is good with Fire, Water, Ice, Wind and Thunder, as well as absorbing
Holy based. Heal a lot and use Pure Heart, Old Pine as well. As for her attack
known as "Pain Of Separation From Loved Ones", use Return Soul after.

After, continue to south to the next area. Then go right to exit out. Back on
the World Map, go NE to get to Ruins Of The Fire Capital.



Go up and save your game. Continue up and you will get to another save point.
Well, save again and continue up. Eventually, you will get to yet another save
point. To the lower left of that save point, there is another Box of Veritable
Pandemonium. Save your game and go up to fight Zekuu.

This is a hard fight, no doubt about it. Zekuu has tons of HPs, but also able
to attack 6 times. Not only you need to heal a lot, keep your Vitality high
and such, you will need to cast lots of support magic on yourself. The worst
thing that Zekuu can use is Sky Demon Ruination which just do TONS of damage.
He is good against Physical, Fire, Water, Ice, Wind and Thunder. That means,
only Holy works normally.

After, you will end up fighting Ichiyo/Himiko. She seems to just use Heavenly
Fire and that deadly Fire Kagura Dance that attacks 15 times. She is strong
against Wind and Thunder, absorbs Fire, then finally, blocks Ice and Holy. You
will be using Water and Physical. As long as you heal frequently and keep your
vitality high, you should be fine. Remember, you can use items to heal as well.
You don't have to attack her BTW, all you need to do is endure long enough and
she will end it with Fire Kagura Dance.



Go down. Save your game then go down from left or right. Take the platform down
to meet with Aginami. Exit out to the World Map. Now, use a Wind Charm and go
back to Takachiho Village.



Just go north from the exit and you will be before the rock. Enter and obtain
the Dragon Jade within. There are also two item boxes here, one of them is a
magic. Now, exit back out then back to the World Map. Your next destinations
are 6 Fire Shrines. They are at these continents:

- Kunisaki, northern part on the map
- Saga, eastern part on the map
- Nagasaki, southern part on the map
- Shiramei, northern part on the map
- Satsuma, southern part on the map
- Kirishima, middle part on the map

At each of these shrines, you get a scene and besure to grab the Dragon Jades.
Afterward, go back to speak with Aginami at the Dragon Palace.



You will get the Divine Mirror. Once you are ready, speak with Aginami.



You will end up fighting 2 Golden Shrine Guardians. Both are weak against Water
so keep that in mind. Take out the right one first.

After, jump down from the hole. Next, continue on at SW. Then you will be in
the Golden Eye Chamber. Avoid the eyes to move on. After that, a room with a
save point, as well as a puzzle. There are 8 objects, positioned like this:

-1--2---3--4-
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-5--6---7--8-

Now, change them to this:

-2----4----7-
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------3----6-
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-5----1----8-

After, press the 3 switches. Then continue on at south. You will fight two more
Golden Shrine Guardians.

After, go around and enter from north. You will be in the Sun&Moon Layer. The
Moon shuts off the Red Eyes but reveal Blue Eyes, then the Sun will reveal Red
Eyes but shut off Blue Eyes. Continue on and make your way down at SE.

Next, save your game first. This one is a bit tricky. But, with a little
patience and check the pattern, you should be ok to make it to south. At south,
besure to save your then take the teleporter. After, go up and time for the
final battles.

Starting up with Himiko with 120,000 HPs. A pretty hard fight overall. She is
strong against Water, Ice, Wind and Thunder, absorbs Fire but weak against the
element of Holy. All her attacks can do lots of damage. Not only she has that
much HPs, she can also heal with Darkness Breath. Her Impure Soul attack can
also make your characters at Near Death state. Now, to tackle this. Have one to
heal, one to use support magic then the other one can attack. If your HPs are
low, have the attacker to heal as well. Since her weakness is Holy, so equip
any weapon you have with that element attached. Ushibouzu's first Ougi works
well here, so besure to Ougi Chain that. This will take a long time since she
can heal, but, eventually, you would beat her.

Next and the final fight of the game, "Power Of Fire". Comparing to the last
fight, this one is less trickier. It has more HPs, and got strong attacks, as
well as side enemies. But, that's about it. Just repeat the previous strategy
and attack it with all you got. Its "Fire Pillar Of Conviction" attack is
something you should watch out for, but just use Blue Pine or Old Pine after.
It also absorbs Fire and strong against other elements.

After, sit back and enjoy the ending.

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- CJayC
- Red Entertainment
- Hudson Soft

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