You are back to Imasho town for the third time. Just walk a bit further and another scenario occurs.
One of the following sub scenarios will trigger depending on your route. You'll notice the cutscenes are almost identical, however, the initial dialogue is different.
Route: Oyu
Scenario 3-8-2: Meeting Kotaro 3
Route: Ekei | Magoichi | Kotaro | S-Rank
Scenario 3-8-1: Kotaro's Warning about Oyu
Consult these maps for this part:
Just like before, we'll collect new items in the town first. Exit the stable in to the marketplace.
- Gift Item: Comb - Talk to the first merchant selling combs. He is a bit stubborn though, so you need to talk to him 5 or 6 times until he gives you an item.
- Gift Item: Taizo Mandala - While in the marketplace, look for a drunken man wearing a hat, talk to him 3 times (if you don't see him, just wait a few seconds he'll show up either from the stable or from the town).
- Gift Item: Glass - Exit the marketplace into town, then turn back and re-enter the stable. You'll see a lot of people there, they come to visit the metal horse. Talk to the guy carrying a back basket in front of the metal horse.
Leave the stable, go back to the bar, and talk to the guy standing at the back he'll sell you a bottle of beer for 200 golds.
- Gift Item: Black Beer
Route: Ekei | Magoichi | Kotaro | S-Rank
Using the side door to enter the item shop, then talk to the man who gave you the Cantaloupe quest previously to claim your reward:
- Equipment: Orange Necklace - this necklace, when equipped, allows Jubei to see hidden red souls. This will come in handy for our next stop, gold mine.
Go to "Inventory -> Equip -> Armor" then equip the "Orange Necklace", you just got.
Note: There is no achievement for collecting all red souls, so I personally ignore this necklace as some of the locations are just too far to go back and forth. So, it's really up to you whether you want to collect the red souls or not.
*** From here on, when you see my note "Hidden Red Souls #", you have to equip Orange Necklace in order to see and absorb the hidden souls.
Note: you won't be able to obtain the Orange Necklace in Oyu route using this guide, so ignore any Orange Necklace's notes.
Now the item shop has a new batch of items, which has a total value of 9600 golds. Well, like before, we'll get in and out of the gold mine until we have enough cash for all the items in the shop.
Gold Mine (Optional)
Note: There are new types of demons in the gold mine, and they are much stronger than before. Then there are green small demons hopping around and can fly like a helicopter, they drop 500 gold nuggets occasionally.
Hidden Red Souls #1: In front of the gold mine entrance, near the guard's station.
Inside the gold mine has 2 items for this visit:
- Gift Item: Loaded Dice - Talk to the guy who gave you Dice last time again 3 times, he'll give another dice.
- Item: Medicine - Talk the right to the next and talk to the miner who is digging gold for a few times.
(Optional)
And there are 3 hidden red souls in the gold mine:
- Hidden Red Souls #2: Gold mine entrance, in front of the left path.
- Hidden Red Souls #3: Second area before the split path, above the exit.
- Hidden Red Souls #4: Northeast dead-end, go pass the boss room, after the hole. Note: There are robot workers in the boss room, they drop 300 to 400 gold nuggets if you can kill them, they are a bit hard to deal with though. The best way to deal with them is to charge your attack twice (you should have either "Buraitou Vol. 2" or "Hyoujin-Yari Vol. 2" that allow you to charge the respective weapon by holding "R2")
Once you have enough gold (9600), return to the town, item shop, and buy everything they've got. Then, talk to the shop owner again to obtain a necklace.
- Equipment: White Necklace - when equipped, Jubei will gradually restore HP while stand still.
Note: you can only equip one necklace at a time.
At this point, you can trade items to all 4 support characters, including Oyu who is standing on the balcony, bar - 2F. When you talk or give an item to any one of them, they'll say something about a mysterious lady at the marketplace.
Route: Oyu
Because this is your first time meeting Kotaro, let's give him Globe, he is in the bar - 2F.
- Item: Secret Medicine
*** SAVE YOUR GAME!!!
Before we start, let's do one special trade with Oyu first, go to the balcony, bar - 2F, and give the following items to her in this order Comb -> Mirror.
- Item: Super Magic Liquid
Make sure that when giving out Mirror, you'll receive one of the following items Power Jewel, Magic Jewel, or Sake from Kaga unless you wanna skip gift exchange.
Achievement: Serious Synergy you'll obtain this achievement when you give 2 items one after another that goes well together. In this case, "Comb" + "Mirror".
Just like other characters, first time giving Comb to Oyu will always result in "Super Magic Liquid". When giving out Mirror, make sure that you receive one of the following items "Power Jewel", "Magic Jewel", or "Sake from Kaga" unless you choose "No Trade" option. Otherwise, reload the game and do it again.
Important: save your game again in the bar's backyard now before doing any trades.