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Backtracking and exploring got done a bit ago, so time to get back to the main line of this puppet plot.  I'll just start off by posting my current full team after this.  I'm not exactly sure how far I am in the game, but the last few important enemies finally had their puppets at levels equal to mine again.  I imagine this means somewhere past the mid-game but not quite to end-game;  pure speculation there, but I'm glad they got back up.   One or two of the new types still mixes me up at times, and I'm not entirely used to being forced to use Set style (since there is not Switch option) which is probably why have have a few more bulkier/defensive mons than usual.

Sidenote:  wow, hte Power Suika sprite sure is displayed huge in battle.  I guess that's why real Suika is the perfect Snorelax obstacle for the game......also Power Suika is essentially Slacking since she only moves ever other turn

Section dedicated to Skill Link and it's equivalent in this game that just didn't seem to really fit anywhere in the post well. Possibly slightly incorrect

Moving on, this game's FLY equivalent decided to instead be a FLY and Teleport combo, since you can use it almost anywhere and will even take you back to the more out the way places.  The Gap Map is also the only map you see all game, so it was interesting to see it all laid out.  It is interesting how Youkai Mountain has a number of spots to teleport and is quite spread out across the top traveled portion of the map.

The only place it seems you can't use it is inside important buildings.......despite no unique message popping up when trying to ride a bike indoors, we do get this with the map dammit Yukari

First important opponent of this session.  There were other named opponents, mostly the crew from the first three stages of Touhou 12--but they weren't worth mentioning. 

While she decided to for some reason have the same stallish Defense Reimu that Sanae had, I at least knew the puppet I had that could take it without having to trapesy halfway down a mountain to change a team out.  Thankfully the rest of her team was offensive Power variants, so at least there weren't more Recover shenanigans.

The final thing I did before stopping for the day was a boss battle against Satori.  She's the first enemy to use a full team of 6, aside from the Three Fairies of Light, though all of Satori's were Styled (basically evolved, with a specialization). 

At first I though it was strange that she had the opener as me......and then she had another puppet in common.  I feel silly that I didn't remember that Satori's whole gimmick in the canon Touhou games is copying spells.  Here she seems to copy your current team, right down to the levels and items they are holding.  As caught off guard as I was, I have to agree with Satori below and admit it was a great battle.