Touhou 18.5: 100th Black Market - 3rd Market

The Sai no Kawara, next to the Sanzu River. Just barely counts as part of the mortal realm.
It's one of Gensokyo's tourist destinations. Tends to have a lotta festival stalls.

The 2nd Market was essentially your free chance to learn about the cards, since enemies and bullets were sparse, but bullet groups were dense. Here, it's not exactly the traditional “difficulty spike” of the game, but at this point you are gonna have to work for it. Enemy waves get denser, without getting so dense that you're gonna make tons of money off them. Similarly, large fairies that used to be “Ha ha, free money” are now gonna be throwing some surprise “Oh shit!” moves at you. Also at this point, you're gonna have to focus more on actually dodging the bosses' attacks, as opposed to trying to squeeze as much bullet money out of them as well.

Characters
Floating-Class Riverbed Idol: Eika Ebisu
Forcing You to Wake Up Early: Kutaka Niwatari
Jizo Statues Are Boring: Narumi Yatadera
Slacking Off in a Place Like This: Komachi Onozuka

BGM
Stage BGM - Black Markets Can Happen Anywhere, Anytime
Boss BGM - Youkai Hook On

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
0:19 - 3rd Market: Stage 1
4:17 - Non-spell
4:25 - Stone Sign "Red Stone Stack of Aja"
4:53 - Card #4
5:19 - 3rd Market: Stage 2
9:13 - Non-spell
9:24 - "Watershed of Life"
9:51 - 3rd Market: Stage 3
14:24 - Non-spell
14:34 - "5.67 Billion Years of Menial Labour"
15:12 - Card #5
15:30 - 3rd Market: Stage 4
19:39 - Non-spell
20:02 - "Money and Death Both Pile Up into Busywork"
21:00 - Next Time

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https://www.thpatch.net/wiki/Touhou_P...