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Onimusha: Blade Warriors Story FAQ
Written By: Angelo Heartilly
Latest Version: 1.13 - 7/27/04
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Disclaimer, Copyright Info
1.2 Contacting Me
1.3 Using the Search Function
1.4 Explanation of Story Mode
1.5 Version History
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2. Basics of Story Mode
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2.1 Controlling Your Character
2.2 Getting Stronger
2.3 Character Selection Screen
2.4 Difficulty Levels
2.5 Resetting a Character
2.6 The Status Screen
2.7 Chapters/Battles
2.8 Powerups and Souls
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3. Character Walkthroughs
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3.1 Ekei
3.2 Gargant
3.3 Giramusaid
3.4 Gogandantess
3.5 Grunt
3.6 Jaid
3.7 Jubei
3.8 Jujudormah
3.9 Juju-Ran
3.10 Kaede
3.11 Keijiro
3.12 Kojiro
3.13 Kotaro
3.14 Magoichi
3.15 Marcellus
3.16 Megaman EXE
3.17 Musaid
3.18 Musashi
3.19 Nobunaga
3.20 Oyu
3.21 Power Marcellus
3.22 Samanosuke
3.23 Speed Marcellus
3.24 Three-eyes
3.25 Zero
3.26 Zombie
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4. Bosses
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4.1 Ozric
4.2 Hecuba
4.3 Nobunaga
4.4 Onimusha
4.5 The Others
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5. Phantom Realm
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5.1 Getting to the Phantom Realm
5.2 Into the belly of the beast...
5.3 ...and out the demons ass
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6. Miscellaneous
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6.1 Weapons
6.2 Accessories
6.3 Treasure Houses
6.4 Power Jewels
6.5 Hidden Characters and Stages
6.6 Bestiary
6.7 Frequently Asked Questions
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7. Closing
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7.1 Coming Soon
7.2 Credits
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1. Introduction
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Welcome to my first FAQ. Either you are looking for some help or you are some
sad person who goes around to FAQs and reads them for fun. Either way, I hope
you enjoy reading my guide.
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1.1 Disclaimer, Copyright Info
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This document is Copyright 2004 Tommy "Angelo Heartilly" Chambers. You are free
to use this FAQ in any way as long as you don't make a profit off of it. If you
want to use this FAQ on your site, then please email me at
homicidal_bunny@hotmail.com.
-End of disclaimer-
This FAQ can currently be found here:
www.gamefaqs.com
www.cheathappens.com
www.neoseeker.com
www.ign.com
Capcom Central
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1.2 Contacting Me
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My email is homicidal_bunny@hotmail.com. You can email me about anything pretty
much. If you find any errors, if you find any site besides the ones mentioned
above posting my guide, if you have a question, if you have a suggestion, if
you want to compliment/bash my guide, or if you just want to tell me your
favorite color. It s'all good. Just make sure you include Onimusha FAQ in the
subject so I don't delete it thinking it is junkmail. Oh and don't email me
anything that will piss me off. Spam and viruses will earn you a sound beating.
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1.3 Using the Search Function
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When you are looking for something specific, push ctrl + F to bring up the find
window. Type what you are looking for and click "Find Next". This will let you
find information quickly.
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1.4 Explanation of Story Mode
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Most people agree that OBWs main draw is its VS mode. Crazy four way battles
with power ups galore, it is one of the best multiplayer experiences on the
PS2. But what about the Story Mode? Should you even bother playing it when 90%
of the cutscenes are crap? Well I believe so.
In Story Mode you will be able to greatly enhance the fun you have in VS Mode.
You can unlock many cool characters and levels and in Custom VS you will be
able to bring in your powered up characters and have intense high powered
battles with your friends. And RPG nuts like myself will be unable to stop
themselves from collecting all 95 items and maxing out all of the characters
stats. So give it a try, don't limit yourself to plain old VS Mode.
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1.5 Version History
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7/27/04 - Been a while since my last update. Unfortunately theres not a whole
lot to get excited about even though its been a month. I just made
some corrections and added to the Frequent questions sections a
little. Thanks to Kojiro Sasaki who provided most of the information
for this update.
6/18/04 - Nearing this guides two month anniversary. My how the time flies.
Added a little new content most of which was contributed by James
Meldrum. Updated the Frequently Asked Questions part and took out a
stupid question and put in one more worthwhile. Also have a
description on how to unlock ALL of the stages and characters.
6/12/04 - Added in the power jewels list provided by Gen2000 after I lost the
one that shin hiei zero gave me. Also put mkn on the credits list
after I somehow forgot to put it on last time. Corrected some grammar
and spelling issues too, some of them were pretty bad. Not sure what
I was thinking when I typed some of those things.
6/7/04  - Here it is. The update I promised half a month ago is here. Basically
everything in sections 5 and 6 is gotta see information that is hot
off the press. This is probably the last big update but in later
updates where I am just adding a few lines of information I will
try to sensationalize it and act like its an entire new guide or
something. Deal?
5/19/04 - ANOTHER small update. Sorry guys, these are probably getting
annoying. Anyways, IGN should have this FAQ up pretty soon now too.
Mwahahahaha... I'm slowly taking over the internet.
5/12/04 - Another update, I need to add another site on the list. You can go to
www.neoseekers.com now and see this guide. You can also look at this
guide from GameFAQs while looking at it at NeoSeekers! Fun, no? I
also included the Bosses section which I pretty much have finished.
I know all you Blade Warriors vets out there can send in better
strategies than what I have got so email them in!
5/9/04  - Real quick update before I start on the big one. This FAQ can now be
found on www.cheathappens.com.
5/8/04  - Sorry guys. Both of my computers caught a virus on the same day so I
pretty much couldn't update for about a week. I decided to make a
minor update correcting a few mistakes and stuff like that. I changed
the story walkthroughs a little bit to cut down on the number of
characters I use. I was going to try making some ASCII art but after
about half an hour of wandering around aimlessly on Figlet I came to
the conclusion that I had no idea what I was doing and I decided to
just screw it. Can anybody explain to an idiot how to get an ASCII
art making program? Anyways... that is about it. My eyes hurt
horribly from the computer screen so I am going to stop talking now.
4/28/04 - Alright! I saw that no FAQs relating to the Story Mode had been
submitted so I decided to make one myself. I got as far as to the
end of the character walkthroughs in this part. I will probably
update soon, like at the end of this week, with most of the rest of
the stuff I plan on including. I suspect that some errors evaded my
hawk-like eyes so if you see any be sure to email me.
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2. Basics of Story Mode
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If you have already played Story Mode you probably should just skip over this
chapter. Here we will cover general stuff like Treasure Chests and Souls.
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2.1 Controlling Your Character
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The ingame tutorial can explain this a lot better than I can. It is an
excellent way to learn all of the moves and you can even earn a few experience
souls doing it.
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2.2 Getting Stronger
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One of the main reasons you are playing Story Mode is to get some strong as
hell characters, right? Well to get stronger you have to absorb experience
souls from enemies. They are a sort of light red color and they are unleashed
from the dead bodies of your enemies. Press the O button to absorb them and
when you are in the Status Screen you can enhance your stats. The stats are:
Strength - Affects amount of damage you do with physical attacks
Defense - Affects amount of damage you take
Magic - Affects amount of damage you do with elemental attacks.
You can level each stat up thrice. To take one stat to level two it takes about
six bars of experience souls, to level three 12 bars, and to MAX level 26 bars.
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2.3 Character Selection Screen
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When you first go in Story Mode, you will be asked to load/create a save file.
Just do what the windows tell you to do and then you will end up in the
character selection screen. Characters that you have unlocked will show up on
this screen and you can perform various actions here.
If you click on the word "Controls" at the top of the screen it will show you
all of the actions you can do in combat and will let you choose between
different controller setups. Also at the top is "Back" which lets you return to
the main menu. Click on a character and then choose a difficulty level to start
a game. If you click on a character that you already beat Story Mode with you
will get two options. "Continue" which lets you go through that characters
story again keeping their stats or "Start" which will reset a characters stats.
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2.4 Difficulty Levels
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There are five levels of difficulty to choose from: Beginner, Easy, Normal,
Hard, and Expert. Which one you choose obviously affects the strength of your
enemies. But they also have a say in other matters:
- Enemies with higher difficulty will drop more experience souls.
- You can only buy items with Victory Souls if you are in Normal difficulty or
higher. Beginner and Easy don't let you buy items but you do win a weak healing
item for beating them each time.
- You can not collect any equippable items unless you are in Normal difficulty
or higher.
- You can not enter the Phantom Realms unless you are in Normal difficulty or
higher.
- Some alternate stories and boss battles require you to be in Normal or higher
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2.5 Resetting a Character
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There aren't a whole lot of reasons for you to want to reset a characters data.
But if you do, here is what will happen:
- That characters Strength, Defense, and Magic will go back down to level 1.
- Vitality will also be reset to its unaltered amount and power jewels will be
returned to your stash of items.
- If that character was affecting another characters story by completing
theirs, they won't affect it anymore.
- Weapons and items found by that character will still be kept.
- Other characters you unlocked by completing story mode with the reseted
characters will still be kept.
Thanks to Kojiro Sasaki and I believe somebody else on the message boards
mentioned this, but anyways he told me that you get back your power jewels that
you used on the character if you reset them. So its ok if you reset them for
whatever reason.
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2.6 The Status Screen
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Between chapters you will be sent to a menu with a picture of your character
on the right side of the screen. This is where you will strengthen your
character and eventually develop him into an unstoppable killing machine. There
is a list of options on the left side of the screen, here are their purposes:
Enhance - Raise Strength, Defense, and Magic with experience souls you have
collected.
Weapon - Equip your character with other weapons you have found in story mode.
If you are using a demon character you might also be able to push right on the
D-pad and switch from different costumes for your character.
Item - Equip your character with accessories you have found in story mode. You
can also use consumable items by pushing right on the D-pad.
Save - Save your game.
Next - Continue on to the next chapter.
Also depending on what controller you use you can rotate the image of your
character with the right analog stick or with the square and circle buttons. I
use a controller without analog sticks with this game because it has a better
D-pad for me, so thats why the square and circle buttons rotate a characters
image for me. My apologies to everyone for making a fool out of myself and
saying it was different versions of the game!
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2.7 Chapters/Battles
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Most storys in OBW are ten chapters long. They send different challenges your
way with five types of battles. To find out what challenge your current chapter
is giving you just pause your game and it will say in the menu. The five types
are listed below.
Destroy all: No time limit, just kill all of the enemies. Since you have all
the time in the world to do these you can mess around with your enemies a
little and you don't have to take any unnecessary risks.
Defeat X enemies in X minutes: You have to defeat a certain number of enemies
before the clock reaches zero. Unless you are playing Hard or Expert you don't
need to worry about the clock hardly at all since it is quite lenient in most
battles.
Absorb X victory souls in X minutes: Same as above except now when you defeat
enemies you have to absorb the big bright white souls that come out sometimes.
The trick is that many of the enemies don't drop victory souls. If you are
fighting humans, the warriors in red armor and mini-bosses are the only ones
who will drop victory souls. If you are fighting demons, Zombies and
mini-bosses will drop victory souls. This also holds true in other types of
battles.
Partner battles: Same as destroy all except now you have a computer controlled
buddy fighting alongside you. It is super cool to see Jubei and Samanosuke
guarding eachothers backs, but unfortunately these battles create problems.
Just about everytime an enemy dies you will have to have a soul absorbing fight
with your partner for the experience souls. And if you made the killing blow
they might quickly absorb the souls before you have a chance to recover from
your attack. These battles are also very easy even though hordes and hordes of
enemies are sent at you.
*UPDATE* It seems I have made an ass out of myself with that description of a
partner battle. Any experience and victory souls your partner wins will be
transfered to you after the battle is over. Thus partner battles totally ROCK!
Thank you SinisterSamurai for pointing out my ignorance once again.
Boss battles: Your objective here is to kill your powerful opponent. For more
information on these visit section 4.
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2.8 Powerups and Souls
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The success of many battles depends on the usage of items and souls you collect
in battle. You can collect powerups by attacking treasure chests that appear
throughout a level. To pick up a powerup just stand over it and press square.
Unfortunately all of the really weird powerups from VS mode are unavailable in
story mode. All of the weapons in story mode are just throwable ones. Here are
the available powerups and my impressions of them. They are rated from one star
to five stars with five being the best.
Kunai Dagger  *
Its almost useless. Your basic weapon, you throw it and hit one enemy. If you
get a chance to pick it up and throw it at an archer you could probably kill
him but otherwise just don't bother picking it up.
Shuriken      **
Slightly more useful than the Kunai Dagger. You throw three (five if you are a
ninja) shurikens at the enemy and they spread out a bit so you have the
opportunity to hit more than one enemy. Still not that useful.
Red Shuriken  **
Does ok damage and it tracks its target so it has a pretty good chance of
hitting if you are locked on to the enemy.
Magic Disk    ****
Hits everyone for good damage. Great for weakening groups of enemies. My
favorite of the three elements would be fire since the computer sucks at
dodging it.
Bomb          ***
Explodes upon contact and damages enemies close by. Does nice damage and if the
enemies are bunched up you can hit a lot of them. You can also detonate it with
a hadoken that travels close to the ground. This is a good way to surprise your
enemies.
Time Bomb     **
Throw it and it will land and a counter will start. When it reaches zero the
bomb will blow up, damaging anybody nearby (including you). If the counter has
started you can throw it again and knock off a few seconds. So grab it when it
has a few seconds left and you might be able to make use out of it. Same as the
bomb you can detonate it with a hadoken.
Flash Bomb    *
For you it reverses controls. For the computer it seems to lower their AI a
bit. Besides bosses there isn't much reason to use this since you can kill
normal enemies with ease with or without the Flash Bomb.
Stun Bomb     ****
Stuns anybody it hits for several seconds. If you are fighting four or five
enemies at once this will be a major help and against single enemies it lets
you set up a combo or run off to get more powerups.
Silence       ****
Person hit with it can't do any attacks. Great against bosses, ok against
regular enemies.
Health Recovery  *****
Raises your health. Obviously these are awesome powerups since they help keep
you alive.
Special Recovery **
I don't know about you guys but I am almost never low on special gauge. If you
were using someone with a long range gunshot like Megaman it might be helpful
but otherwise it isn't that great.
Question Mark Vase **
When you break the vase souls come out. The problem is they could be either
good or bad souls.
Souls can be absorbed by pressing the circle button. If another person tries to
absorb the soul at the same time a sort of tug of war game ensues. Press the
circle button rapidly to absorb the soul with more power. Watch out when
absorbing souls since it leaves you wide open for attacks and it draws computer
controlled enemies to attack you. If you use the turbo feature on some
controllers you will be able to absorb souls with a lot of power. Just keep in
mind that this is illegal in tournament play and using it against your friends
might earn you a buttwhooping in real life. Souls appear when you attack or are
attacked and come out of the Question Mark Vases. Elemental Orbs come out of
treasure chests.
Health Soul    ****
Yellow souls. They don't restore your health as much as the
powerups but they are still good.
Wind Orb       ****
The elemental orbs are actually powerups but I consider them souls. The wind
orb does big damage to all enemies close to you on the same level. It is hard
to see it coming and it does good damage. The wind orb is green.
Fire Orb       ****
There are variations between different characters fire spells but they are all
mostly pretty good. They hit enemies in a straight line for good damage. Fire
orbs are red.
Lightning Orb  ***
As cool as it looks it isn't very good compared to Wind and Fire. You can only
hit one enemy with all of the slashes, if enemies are packed together you might
hit a second guy a few times too. And the initial strike can be blocked and
issened by the enemy. Against the computer you stand a fair chance at
connecting but against a good human it is going to be hard to hit them. These
are blue.
Poison Soul    -*
DO NOT ABSORB THESE! They are bad souls and will drain your health. They are
purple.
Invincibility  *****
These are sort of white-ish souls. They make you impervious to damage for a
short time. I recommend absorbing these since the advantages outweigh the risks
(particularly because there are no risks).
Speed Souls   **
Either speeds your characters running speed up or slows it down. Absorb these
if you want but you mostly just break even. Blue souls that are bigger than
lightning orbs. Kojiro Sasaki pointed out to me that the Yin and Yang versions
look different. I still have trouble discerning between the two so I just leave
them be but heres his tips:
- Yin souls (positive effects) has some kind of circle symbol around them and
they move slower than Yang souls.
- Yang soul (negative effects) has some kind of triangle symbol around them and
they move faster than Yin souls.
Power Souls    **
Either makes your attacks stronger or weaker. Again, it helps or hurts you
about equally. These are red and larger than fire orbs.
Special Souls  **
Raises or lowers the amount in your special gauge. Green souls that are bigger
than wind orbs.
Victory Souls
Absorbing a number of these is the requirement to win some battles in VS and
Story. You can also purchase items with these from the Gate Keeper. You can buy
stuff from him at the end of each run through story mode and if you go through
Phantom Realm 1 or 2 you can buy stuff from him after leaving. Here is what he
sells:
Item             Cost       Description
Herb               3         Heals a little HP when used in the status screen
Medicine           5         Heals more HP when used in the status screen
Secret Medicine    10        Heals all HP when used in the status screen
Talsiman           15        When you die in battle it revives you to full HP
Power Jewel        30        Use this in the status screen to raise your max HP
Equipment        100-200     Equippable items, different for each character
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3. Character Walkthroughs
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Ok, here we go! I'm not going to write a strategy for every single battle
since they are all quite like eachother. Just refer to section 2.7 for some
tips on how to beat a battle.
The setup looks like this:
(Chapter name)      (Chapter location)
(Objective)         (difficulty)
I will also abbreviate stuff. Destroy 20 in 3 means kill 20 enemies in 3
minutes. Absorb 12 in 4 means absorb 12 victory souls in 4 minutes. And after a
characters normal story path I will list alternate story paths and how to get
them. Alternate story paths are usually the same first four chapters but
chapter 5 and onwards you will get different battles and different cutscenes.
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3.1 Ekei
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He is a bit slow but still a good character to use. Note that if you press the
attack button rapidly he will strike the enemy several times very quickly. This
is a good way to lower an enemies special gauge. And although Ekei is a fun
character I hate him because Capcom ****ed with his voice too much. He sounds
like he is from Texas or something.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ankoku-ji Temple
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Bamboo Forest
Defeat 20 in 3          *
Chapter 3               Yagyu Village
Absorb 7 in 2           *
Chapter 4               Silver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            ***
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Destroy all enemies     **
Chapter 6               Mystic Forest
Defeat 30 in 3          **
Chapter 7               Pipe Corridor
Absorb 12 in 4          ***
Chapter 8               Three-story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ****
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all enemies     ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         *****
Alternate Path
To access this path play through Ekei's story a second time and use no
continues before Chapter 5.
Chapter 5               Waterfall
Defeat other Ekei       **
Chapter 6               Imajo Village
Team up with Jubei      *
Chapter 7               Three-story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ****
Chapter 8               Upper Tower
Destroy all enemies     ****
Chapter 9               Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         *****
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3.2 Gargant
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From what I hear he is uber badass and has a nasty fire elemental attack. James
Meldrum informed me that he can also buy lots of cheap power jewels and for
half price he can purchase a lot of the weapons and accessories that other
characters can buy when playing through their stories. I can't get Gargant just
yet so Gen2000 provided Big G's story path for me.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 10 in 2
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 4
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 8 in 5           **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. Thanks to Gen2000 you will know
the correct requirements of how to get each one, rather than my incorrect
explanation.
See the end of Section 3 to get the different possible final battles.
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3.3 Giramusaid
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Giramusaid isn't a bad character. Being a ninja he is pretty fast and his
neutral charge (hold square and release while standing still) is pretty
awesome. But IMO he is second to the human ninjas, Kaede and Kotaro.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 8 in 5           **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
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3.4 Gogandantess
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He isn't as good as some of the other swordsmen but he is still the coolest
looking fighter out there. =P
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 8 in 5           **
Chapter 7               Oni Beach
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
Alternate path
This could actually be considered Gogandantess's normal path but it is so
abnormal that I think it is better to consider it an alternate path. On your
first play through with Gogandantess you will have a three chapter long story,
explaining a little about the history of the Onimusha world.
Chapter 1               Ice Chamber
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Oni Island
Defeat Magoichi         ***
Chapter 3               Pipe Corridor
Defeat Jubei            ***
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3.5 Grunt
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Agh... Grunt sucks. His attacks are slow and everything about him is painfully
average. He isn't even likeable as a character, the way he whines before battle
and brags after. Do yourself a favor and get him to level 3 to unlock Musashi
and then never touch him again.
Normal path
Chapter 1               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Bamboo Forest
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Waterfall
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Silver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            ***
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Defeat all              **
Chapter 6               Ankoku-ji Temple
Absorb 8 in 5           **
Chapter 7               Pipe Corridor
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 8               Oni Island
Defeat Gogandantess     **
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 10              Demons World
Defeat Nobunaga         *****
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3.6 Jaid
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Jaid doesn't have a lot going for them besides fast attacks. I still love them
though! Especially teh blue ones! Their Blood Sword is pretty good, it heals
Jaid's health when you hit the enemy.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 8 in 5           **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
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3.7 Jubei
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Most people say that Jubei pales in comparison to Samanosuke. I don't really
care though, Jubei is still my favorite of the two. He is a solid character and
he has access to some great weapons.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Waterfall
Absorb 5 in 4           *
Chapter 3               Bamboo Forest
Defeat 20 in 2          **
Chapter 4               Silver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            **
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Collect 10 in 3         **
Chapter 6               Ankoku-ji Temple
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 7               Pipe Corridor
Defeat 30 in 5          ****
Chapter 8               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 10              Demons World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
Alternate Path
To take this path beat story mode with Kaede at least once and then play past
chapter 4 with Jubei without using any continues.
Chapter 5               Mist Valley
Absorb 12 in 5          **
Chapter 6               Mystical Forest
Partner Battle          **
Chapter 7               Sea Vessel
Defeat 30 in 5          ***
Chapter 8               Imajo Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 9               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Depending on which difficulty you are on, there is an extra chapter in Jubei's
alternate path. Play on Normal difficulty or above and Chapter 10 will let you
team up with Samanosuke and he will join with you for the last two chapters.
Playing on Easy or Beginner difficulty will skip the Sliver Grass Plain battle
and you will go right to the Upper Tower and fight that by yourself.
On Easy or Beginner difficulty
Chapter 10              Upper Tower
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 11              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
On Normal or above difficulty
Chapter 10              Silver Grass Plain
Partner Battle          ***
Chapter 11              Upper Tower
Partner Battle          ***
Chapter 12              Demon's World
Partner Battle (Defeat Nobunaga)   **
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3.8 Jujudormah
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Ugh... Even if Jujudormah was a good fighter I couldn't recommend using her.
She is just disgusting as hell. Imagine a Miss Piggy who has been beaten on
mercilessly with the ugly stick. As a fighter she isn't very good. She controls
like Ekei except she doesn't have as good as range with some of her attacks.
Her charge attack while in a ready position (release square while holding R1)
has a surprisingly long range for her short weapon. You might be able to fool
someone into thinking they are safe and then suddenly whack them with that
charge attack. You can also use her umbrella to slow your descent to the ground
when jumping, just hold X.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 10 in 5          **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
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3.9 Juju-Ran
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A nice improvement from Jujudormah, this is the seductive Jujudormah in her
younger, slightly more attractive years. She isn't all looks though, she is a
great fighter too. Her rushing attack is definetly in my opinion the best in
the game. Her weapons also cause status effects which make her good at hit and
run tactics. She can use her umbrella for floating like regular Jujudormah
except a little better because she isn't a huge fatass.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 10 in 5          **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
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3.10 Kaede
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Like the other ninjas, Kaede is a good choice for those who like speedy
characters. I don't really like her fire special and in my opinion she doesn't
compare to Kotaro but she is still a good character to use.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Bamboo Forest
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Three-Story Pagoda
Absorb 6 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Upper Tower
Defeat 20 in 4          **
Chapter 4               Mystical Forest
Defeat Jujudormah       **
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Absorb 12 in 4          **
Chapter 6               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat 30 in 4          ***
Chapter 7               Sea Vessel
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 8               Oni Island
Defeat Gogandantess     ***
Chapter 9               Ice Chamber
Defeat 30 in 4          ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
Alternate Path
Beat Samanosuke's story at least once and then play to past Chapter 4 without
using continues will net you this story.
Chapter 5               Mist Valley
Defeat other Kaede      **
Chapter 6               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat 30 in 3          ***
Chapter 7               Silver Grass Plain
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Partner battle          **
Chapter 9               Oni Island
Defeat Gogandantess     ***
Chapter 10              Ice Chamber
Defeat 30 in 4          ****
Chapter 11              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
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3.11 Keijiro
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Keijiro is a pretty good fighter. Like Ekei he has a long range with his
attacks and his hadoken sends two blasts at the enemy. He is pretty slow
though.
Normal Story
Chapter 1               Imajo Village
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Bamboo Forest
Defeat 10 in 2          *
Chapter 3               Three-Story Pagoda
Absorb 5 in 2           *
Chapter 4               Mystical Forest
Defeat Jujudormah       **
Chapter 5               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat 30 in 4          ***
Chapter 6               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 7               Sea Vessel
Absorb 10 in 3          **
Chapter 8               Oni Island
Defeat Gogandantess     ***
Chapter 9               Ice Chamber
Defeat 40 in 5          ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
Alternate Path
Keijiro's alternate path requires you to beat the game at least once with Kaede
and then make it past Jujudormah without using any continues. Thankfully his
alternate path actually features him in some of its cutscenes!
Chapter 5               Mist Valley
Partner battle          **
Chapter 6               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Defeat Gogandantess     ***
Chapter 8               Ice Chamber
Defeat 40 in 5          ****
Chapter 9               Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ***
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3.12 Kojiro
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Ok, I lied. Gogandantess isn't the coolest swordsman in the game. That title
goes to Kojiro. This guy is seriously badass. He has a long red scarf
reminiscent of Shinobi. And his fire special looks cool as hell. He also has
some of the best quotes in the game and his voice sounds good unlike a lot of
the other characters. As a fighter he is decent. He ranks about average in the
samurai class but he is so cool you will want to use him anyways.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ankoku-ji Temple
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Bamboo Forest
Defeat 20 in 2          **
Chapter 3               Yagyu Village
Absorb 12 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Mystical Forest
Defeat Jujudormah       **
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat 40 in 4          ***
Chapter 7               Sea Vessel
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 8               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Chapter 9               Ice Chamber
Absorb 12 in 4          ***
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
Like Musashi Kojiro has an extra chapter at the end of his story on the first
play through. He faces off against Musashi, reliving their famous battle on the
beach.
Chapter 11              Oni Island
Defeat Musashi          ****
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3.13 Kotaro
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Kotaro is my favorite character so this description of him might be a bit
biased. His fire special is awesome, after you cast it it will follow its
target until it hits them. His attacks are all fast but his range is pretty
short thanks to his daggers.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Sea Vessel
Defeat 10 in 2          *
Chapter 3               Ice Chamber
Absorb 6 in 3           *
Chapter 4               Silver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            ***
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Defeat 20 in 4          **
Chapter 6               Mystical Forest
Destroy all             **
Chapter 7               Pipe Corridor
Absorb 12 in 4          ***
Chapter 8               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
Alternate Path
Kotaro's alternate path requires you to beat Kaede's story and make it past
Chapter 4 without continueing.
Chapter 5               Mist Valley
Defeat other Kotaro     **
Chapter 6               Bamboo Forest
Partner battle          **
Chapter 7               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Chapter 8               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 9               Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
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3.14 Magoichi
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One of only three characters that uses guns as regular weapons in this game,
Magoichi is a super cheap character. Using neutral and ready charge attacks
will pretty much let you plow through all of the enemies. And when you upgrade
to his more powerful weapons he just gets more and more overpowered.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Silver Grass Plain
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Bamboo Forest
Defeat 20 in 3          **
Chapter 3               Mystical Forest
Defeat Jujudormah       **
Chapter 4               Mist Valley
Absorb 8 in 3           **
Chapter 5               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Sea Vessel
Defeat 30 in 3          ***
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Absorb 12 in 4          ***
Chapter 8               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 10              Demons World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
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3.15 Marcellus
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Marcellus is a giant slow killing machine. His attacks are powerful and the
rest of his abilities are good enough. Unfortunately he is pretty much made
obsolete by his other two forms, Power Marcellus and Speed Marcellus.
Normal Story
Chaper 1                Upper Tower
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 7 in 4           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             **
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Destroy all             **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              ***
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Defeat 30 in 4          **
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
Alternate Path
For Marcellus's alternate path get past chapter 4 in under 10 minutes. I'm
pretty sure you need to be on normal difficulty or above as well.
Chapter 5               Upper Tower
Destroy all             *
Chapter 6               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Keijiro          **
Chapter 7               Ice Chamber
Defeat Magoichi         ***
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Defeat Samanosuke       ***
Chapter 9               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 10              Oni Tortoise
Defeat 30 in 4          ***
Chapter 11              Yagyu Village
Defeat Jubei            **
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3.16 Megaman EXE
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Megaman is one of the best fighters in Onimusha. While in the ready position
Megaman can use his cannon for long range attacks. He is also pretty good at
close range fighting and his two nondefault weapons, Muramasa Blade and Paladin
Sword, are quite powerful. His neutral charge attack is quite powerful, despite
the randomness of it. As far as I know there is a 20% chance at getting one of
the five outcomes.
Normal Story
Chapter 1               EXE
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Waterfall
Absorb 6 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Bamboo Forest
Defeat 30 in 3          **
Chapter 4               Sliver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            **
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Ankoku-ji Temple
Absorb 10 in 3          **
Chapter 7               Pipe Corridor
Defeat 40 in 5          ***
Chapter 8               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           **
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
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3.17 Musaid
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Musaid is pretty much the same as Giramusaid and Three-eyes except they look
different. So in other words check Giramusaid if you want a description.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Flame)
Destroy all enemies     *
Chapter 2               Mist Valley
Absorb 5 in 3           *
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Defeat 30 in 5          **
Chapter 4               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 5               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Waterfall
Absorb 8 in 5           **
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Destroy all             **
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              **
Chapter 9               Oni Tortoise
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
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3.18 Musashi
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"Who the hell is this guy?" you might be asking. Well, he is a famous real life
person from feudal Japan. As I understand he was the first person in Japan to
master wielding dual swords. His fighting ability is pretty good. His attacks
come out fast and he doesn't really have any weak points. Plus he is just super
badass. "Nothing is more faithful than the steel of my sword" Best.Quote.Evar.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ankoku-ji Temple
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Bamboo Forest
Absorb 6 in 2           *
Chapter 3               Yagyu Village
Defeat 30 in 3          *
Chapter 4               Silver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            ***
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 6               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Abosrb 12 in 4          ***
Chapter 7               Sea Vessel
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 8               Oni Island
Defeat Gogandantess     ***
Chapter 9               Ice Chamber
Defeat 40 in 4          ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
On his first playthrough Musashi Miyamoto also has an extra chapter at the end.
Those of you who have studied Japanese history will probably recognize this
battle.
Chapter 11              Oni Island
Defeat Kojiro           ****
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3.19 Nobunaga
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Nobunaga is a pain to unlock but once you do you will be thankful you spent
that time getting him. He kicks a lot of butt. His fire special is one of the
best in the game and his stats are great. His default weapon absorbs health too
so he is a _very_ good choice for VS. Mode. Unfortunately the Nobunaga you play
as isn't invulnerable to hazards on the battlefield like his boss counterpart.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Caslte (Flame)
Destroy all             **
Chapter 2               Ankoku-ji Temple
Defeat Ekei             **
Chapter 3               Imajo Village
Absorb 8 in 3           *
Chapter 4               Sea Vessel
Defeat Magoichi         ***
Chapter 5               Oni Tortoise
Defeat 30 in 3          ***
Chapter 6               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Keijro           ***
Chapter 7               Oni Island
Absorb 12 in 3          ***
Chapter 8               Ancient Castle (Moon)
Defeat Oyu              ***
Chapter 9               Yagyu Village
Destroy all             ***
The demons have three possible final battles. See the end of Section 3 to get
the different possible final battles.
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3.20 Oyu
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Oyu is an okay warrior but she doesn't really have any strong points. She has
one of the coolest weapons though, the Wock and Ladle. It makes a satisfying
whack noise everytime you hit an enemy with it.
Normal Path
Chapter 1               Ancient Castle (Fire)
Destroy all             *
Chapter 2               Mystical Forest
Defeat 20 in 3          **
Chapter 3               Ankoku-ji Temple
Absorb 6 in 2           *
Chapter 4               Silver Grass Plain
Defeat Ozric            **
Chapter 5               Imajo Village
Destroy all             ***
Chapter 6               Oni Island
Defeat 30 in 4          ***
Chapter 7               Pipe Corridor
Absorb 12 in 5          ***
Chapter 8               Three-Story Pagoda
Defeat Hecuba           ***
Chapter 9               Upper Tower
Destroy all             ****
Chapter 10              Demon's World
Defeat Nobunaga         ****
Alternate Path
Go through Jubei's story and then proceed past Oyu's fourth chapter without
using any continues to get this path.