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Another Puppet Dance Performance playthrough update thing.....eh.  I notice this shifted from 'talking about some of the features of the game as I came upon them' to 'summarize some of the story in the generalist sense and post screencaps/tracks'.  I'm not sure why I switched but it seems I did this for the Fantasy Maiden Wars updates I did......though I never finished the last leg of the game after the absolute boss flash-mob that was Stage 73.   

Past updates about this game:

After Yuuka essentially told us to get off her property and gave a vague hint about searching outside Gensokyo, it's time for another visit to Miss "Gives Concrete Hints on What to do Next".  She recommends going to the Buddist temple that you passed through near the start of the game (when it was empty).  Any chance to listen to 'Emotional Skyscraper' as a BGM is alright in my book

Naturally before the head priest Youkai Jesus Byakuren will tell us about the outer worlds of Touhou, you have to face her followers.  Typical gym leader behavior.  Not really much to say about the Buddhist crew, except that they are nowhere near as good of trainers as they were fighting units in Fantasy Maiden Wars minus Loud Doggo who wasn't around.  I'm not sure I've mentioned how much I like the VS sprites in this game, but I'll mention it here,  accompanied with a somewhat noble Shou   and a very adorable Nazarin

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Time to face my starter Byuakuren.........who I just realized I left out a VS shot of.  The bosses are definitely keeping the better A.I., but there wasn't anything particularly noteworthy about the battle.  Thematically, she just used puppets of her and her followers, though that did provide some great coverage.

She does become the first person to really question what's so bad about the Puppet Incident, since they aren't malicious or harmful the environment.  Hell, the only reason your character wants to solve it is that a special barrier is up to keep the puppets in (which also keeps you in).......though Byakuren's 

She does tell us how to get to a world called Makai, and I find this great line from not-the-silent-protagonist

The way to Makai is behind the temple where you started the game from, behind the Snorlax obstacle I mentioned a few weeks back.  Before that, have to say I love Kasen in Reimu's outfit

Before actually going there however, it's time to reface your rivals, Marisa and Reimu (the main canon Touhou Protagonists)......at least you can heal between them.   I love Marisa's unique theme, a combo remix of 'Love Colored Master Spark' and Gen 1's Trainer Battle theme.  She definitely improved since last time, now with her full SA helpers team......no Mima though.

Reimu can't decide whether we are actually helping or making things worse/more confusing.  Reimu's team is just as much of a pain to deal with as last time, made worse than her disgustingly powerful Skill-Link  Aya is faster than mine and her puppet of herself still has that strange typing combination + Recover.  That thing was more defensive than her actual defense oriented puppets

Well, the other two know how to enter other worlds, so they decide to check them out while you explore Makai