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Otogi 2 - Hyakki Toubatsu Emaki
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FAQ/Walkthrough  
Version 1.8, 27 July 2004

For XBox

by Lee Beng Hai a.k.a. Volume
Email: cover8899-gamefaqs@yahoo.com.hk

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Disclaimer
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(c) Copyright 2004 by Lee Beng Hai. 

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Contents
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01. Introduction
02. Movement and Control
03. Character Guide
04. Tips & Tricks
05. Walkthrough
06. Trial Mode: Bonus Missions
07. Spell List 
08. Item List
09. Weapon List
10. Character Costumes List 
11. Lyrics
12. Revision History

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01. Introduction
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This is an amazing sequel to Otogi: Myth of Demons. In Otogi 2, there are 6 
playable characters, each with their own strength and weakness.

The characters are based on Japanese folklore. The replay value in this 
game is great because that are so many items to collect. There are so many 
hidden cut scenes in this game. To view them all, you probably have to 
replay every mission using all 6 characters. Furthermore, the weapons and 
costumes equipped by the various characters will be reflected in the cut 
scene too. There is a 2nd Play option after you have finished the game 
once. The version I bought is a 2-disk version that came with Otogi: Myth 
of Demons (in English), so this is even more value for money.

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02. Movement and Control
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Basic Control
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A: Jump. Press again to double jump.
B: Light Attack
X: Cast Magic
Y: Heavy Attack

L Trigger: Lock On / Lock Off
R Trigger: Dash

Start: Display Stats, Mission and Map.

iJump: this special feat is performed while your character is in midair. 
Press B/Y then R Trigger. This will launch the character higher. You can 
keep on doing to reach very high places.

Graphical Interface
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The lower right corner has 2 fans and a string of beads.
The large fan is the HP indicator while the small fan is the MP indicator.
The string of beads is the number of life left. The length of the string 
determines the maximum beads that the character can have.

Any fans displayed on the top left hand corner is used to indicate the 
enemy HP. Any fans displayed on the bottom left corner is used to indicate 
the HP of friendly entities that you need to protect.

Menu
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Stage: Go to the current available stage. Provide access to Trial Mode.
Equip: Equip your characters.
Shop: Buy or Sell items
Cleared Stage: Replay all those stages that you had cleared
Option: Save, Load, Game Setting, Controller Assign, Give Up

Stage
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All stages cleared cannot be selected again.
Provide access to Trial Mode.

Shop
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Magic: 

Buy, Sell, and Cancel

Accessories: 

Buy, Sell, and Cancel. 

Develop:

You need to find the items before they are available for sale here. Such 
items can only be picked up once per Stage. 

Note that the price increases after each purchase.

The character that found an attribute item will gains +5 in that attribute. 
So obviously character that are used more often will get stronger. The 
attribute items will occur in set of 5. So if you can only find a few of 
them, search more thoroughly.
 
The order of the items on sale is as follows:

1. Life Bead +1 (subject to length of life bead string). You need to kill 
Mercury Orb and pick up the item they left behind. The original wording for 
the item is called Shura Life. Shura is a kind of demigod where the male 
are very ugly while the female are very pretty.

2. Strength
3. Body
4. Intelligence
5. Dexterity
6. Resistance
7. Moon Jewel. $317000. Available in 2nd Play. Raiko 4th Weapon.

Game Setting
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Vibration: Red = On, Blue = Off
Caption: Red = On, Blue = Off
Auto Lock-On: Red = On, Blue = Off
Brightness
Sound Setting

Note: Make sure Auto Lock-On is set off else you cannot escape from the 
enemies. This is crucial in time critical mission because you don’t want to 
spend time killing every single enemy you encounter.

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03. Character Guide
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The characters are listed according to the character portraits that appear 
in the game.

The character names are hard to remember so I prefer to use nickname 
instead. Who can remember a name such as Urabe Suetake? Let’s just call him 
Tree Trunk!

1. Minamoto Raikou aka Raiko
Raiko’s Clan serves as Imperial Assassin. They are tasked to kill anyone in 
the list issued by the Imperial Court. Many innocents blood were shed, to 
redeem the sins of his Clan, he seek and cleanse all those Demons and Evil 
Spirits. When the world is cleansed, he used an Enchanted Sword to seal his 
spirit until the world needs him again.

Elemental Class: Equal to that of the Magic Equipped
Can use Level 1, 2 magic.
Medium Magic

Strength & Weakness
Raiko should have no problem completing any of the Stages. However, you can 
only use him once per Phase.

Combos:
B -> B
B -> Y (downward slash)
B -> X
B -> B -> B
B -> B -> Y
B -> B -> X
B -> B -> B -> B
B -> B -> B -> Y
B -> B -> B -> X

2. Sakata Kintoki aka Axeman 
He is a rebel leader that is converted by Fan Lady. His nemesis is the 
Rebel General that is beheaded and trapped in the Soul Trapping Jail.

Elemental Class: (Phoenix) (Fire)

Special Ability:
B: Heavy Attack
Y: Grab enemy. Hold to suck their MP, then press B/Y to throw.
Note: Y throw the enemy straight (can Lock On), B throw the enemy in a 
projectile.

Strength:
Very Strong attack and defense.
High HP
High life beads. Can complete the Stages even when MP runs out.
Can take out a Boss in a few hits if he can get close enough.

Weakness:
Can only perform single jump only. To reach higher places, you need to do 
the iJump.
Can use Level 1 magic only.
Weak magical attack and defence

Combos:
B -> B
B -> Y 
B -> X
B -> B -> B
B -> B -> X
Y (Grab)

3. Watanabe Tsuna aka Wolf Guy (Tiger) (Lightning)
The Earth Spiders wipe out his Clan and he is the sole survivor. Fan Lady 
turned him into a Beast Warrior in order to grant him extra strength and 
agility. He seeks to avenge his Clan.

Elemental Class: (Tiger) (Lightning)

Medium Magic
Can use Level 1, 2 magic.

Strength:
Shockwave generated when performing certain combos.

Combos:
B -> B
B -> Y 
B -> X
B -> B -> B
B -> B -> Y (shockwave generated)
B -> B -> X
B -> B -> B -> B
B -> B -> B -> Y
B -> B -> B -> X

4. Usui Sadamitsu aka Scythe Girl (Butterfly) (Ice)
Note: According to Japanese Legend, Usui Sadamitsu is supposed to be a guy. 
In this game, a girl is used instead.

Elemental Class: (Butterfly) (Ice)

She is the only character that can do up to 9 stage combos.

Can use Level 1, 2 magic.

Strength:
Can chain combos easily. Great to use when you want to set a new combo 
record.
Very fast.
Medium Magic
Freeze enemies when performing certain combos.

Weakness:
Weak attack and defence
Low HP
Low life beads

Combos:
B -> B
B -> Y 
B -> X
B -> B -> B
B -> B -> Y (freeze enemies)
B -> B -> X
B -> B -> B -> ... -> B (9 stages)
B -> B -> B -> ... -> Y (9 stages)
B -> B -> B -> ... -> X (9 stages)

5. Urabe Suetake aka Tree Trunk (Dragon) (Seeking Missiles)
He merged with a Spirit Tree in his youth granting him extraordinary 
magical power. However, to prevent the Tree Spirit from taking over his 
mind, talismans are pasted on the Tree Trunk to seal the Tree Spirit. 
However, this greatly lower his movement speed.

Elemental Class: (Dragon) (Seeking Missiles)

Strength:
Can jump infinitely. This conserve precious MP needed for iJump.
Can use Level 1, 2, 3 magic.
Strong magical attack and defence
Attack range is the widest.

Weakness:
Slow
Weak physical attack
Low HP
Low life beads

Combos:
B -> B
B -> Y 
B -> X
B -> B -> B
B -> B -> Y
B -> B -> X
B -> B -> B -> B
B -> B -> B -> Y
B -> B -> B -> X

6. Abeno Seimei aka Fan Lady
Note: According to Japanese Legend, Abeno Seimei is supposed to be a guy. 
In this game, a lady is used instead. Abeno is an Imperial Summoner 
(original wording is Yin & Yang Master) and her job nature is close to that 
of an Imperial Minister.

Elemental Class: Equal to that of the Magic Equipped

Special Ability:
B: Light Attack
Y: Grab enemy. Hold to suck their MP, then press B/Y to throw.
Note: Y throw the enemy straight (can Lock On), B throw the enemy in a 
projectile.

Strength:
Can use Level 1, 2, 4 magic.
Strong Magic

Weakness:
Basic attack is weak.
To destroy large object, you need to press B followed by Y.

Combos:
B -> B
B -> Y (Heavy Attack)
B -> X
B -> B -> Y
B -> B -> X
B -> B -> X -> X
Y (Grab)

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04. Tips & Tricks
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Your character MP will drains gradually while they are in play. You can 
recharge it by killed enemies. Walking on water, Dashing and casting Magic 
will drain your MP faster.

Once your MP runs out, you will lose HP gradually. Eventually you will lose 
a bead. If your bead is used up, that’s the end.

When you run out of MP or is affected by the Sealing Spell, it is still 
possible to reach those places high above. Just jump normally, move the 
left thumb stick forward and keep on pressing the attack button. The 
character will slowly move upward in the direction he/she is heading 
towards. This is one way to stay in midair even when you are out of MP.

Make sure you save your progress regularly. Quitting the game without 
saving will cause you to lose what you had accomplished since the last 
save.

iJump drains MP. If you are in mid air, you will stay afloat as long as you 
keep attacking. This is useful to keep yourself in mid air or above water 
without the need to perform iJump.

When your MP runs out, you will sink and die when you are in water.

When equip with a very heavy accessory or weapon, it will affect your jump 
ability.

Raiko and Scythe Girl had an attack that smash into the ground. You can use 
this to your advantage by moving to the top the enemies and then smash 
them. However, do not use this techniques in any Sky Level or they will 
fell infinitely and died.

Puppets like to cast a spell that seals your MP. This will prevent you from 
doing iJump, Dash or cast Magic. Equip the Comb of the Afterlife to counter 
this effect.

Enemy’s spells can be deflected back if you time your attack carefully.

In the stages, there will be Attribute Items hidden somewhere. You need to 
find them first and then purchased them in the Shop.

Spiders and some other creatures tend to explode when they are killed. Use 
the heavy attack to send them flying.

In certain stage, you will find Mercury Orb. Kill it and it will be on sale 
in the development menu in the Shop. They are Str, Dex, Body, Int and End.

Disable the auto Lock On feature in your control menus. At time the auto 
Lock On feature will get your character killed since you are unable to run 
away from the enemies.

The campaign progress in stages. In each stage you can have a few phases. 
Any characters used up to clear any phase of a stage are not usable on the 
remaining phase. Therefore, don’t send your strongest character out first. 
Rather start with the weaker ones first. Keep your stronger characters for 
the tougher missions.

The maximum level you can gain for each character is Level 31. Once that is 
reached, MAX will appear in the character level slot. However, you can 
still increase the character’s stats by fulfilling the various conditions.

Magic
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There is 4 elemental class. I will list them in the order as they appear in 
the magic screen.

Fan Lady and the various Bosses in the game use level 4 spells. Level 4 
spells can have 3 Levels of power.

Press X and hold it to charge the spells. You will observe that the colour 
changes after a while. At maximum charge, the spell released is very 
powerful.

Press X once is equivalent to casting a Level 1 spell.
Press X and hold until you see purple steam, level 2 spell.
Press X and hold until you see red steam, level 3 spell.

You can cast higher level spell by performing combos.

Level 1 spell: Just press Y.
Level 2 spell: B -> B -> Y. Always works.
Level 3 spell: B -> B -> B -> Y. For some reason, I cannot get this combo 
to work. My guess is that it could be related to the Level of the Magic you 
are equipping.

Dragon 
Original wording is Green Dragon
Opposing Class: Tiger
Elemental type: Wood
Representative Character: Tree Trunk
Spell characteristic: Homing missiles that look like a Dragon.
Level 1: 3 small Dragons
Level 2: 2 medium Dragons
Level 3: 1 Giant Dragon

Dragon Level 4: Gush of Wind
Spell characteristic: A spinning gush of wind that follows you around for a 
short period of time. It does not destroy objects but will reflect enemy 
spells back to themselves.

Level 1: small radius
Level 2: medium radius 
Level 3: large radius

Phoenix 
Original wording is Red Phoenix
Opposing class: Butterfly
Elemental type: Fire
Representative Character: Axeman
Spell characteristic: Phoenix that burns enemies.
Level 1: 3 small Phoenix is released.
Level 2: 2 medium Phoenix is released.
Level 3: 1 Giant Phoenix is released.

Phoenix Level 4: Golden Spider. This is the spell the Spider Boss casts.
Spell characteristic: You see many tiny thread surrounds surrounding you.
Level 1: a few threads
Level 2: more threads
Level 3: largest amount of threads

Tiger
Original wording is White Tiger
Opposing class: Dragon
Elemental type: Metal
Representative Character: Wolf Guy
Spell characteristic: Lightning that surrounds the character.
At higher level, the lightning generated cover a large area.

Tiger Level 4: Six Fold
Spell characteristic: Shoot some beams that look like some sort of creature 
that curve forwards and moving towards enemies. I can’t tell what creature 
that is, could be a tiger.
Level 1: 3 small creatures
Level 2: 2 medium creatures
Level 3: 1 large creature

Butterfly
Original wording is Blue Turtle
Opposing class: Phoenix
Elemental type: Water
Representative Character: Scythe Girl
Spell characteristic: Little butterflies
Can be charged to maximum to produces lots of butterflies.

Level 4: Ice Fangs
Spell characteristic: Ice Dragons that freezes enemies. When cast from the 
ground, this spell move along the ground towards the direction that the 
character is facing. It disappears when it is in contact with water. When 
cast from the sky, it move downwards.

Level 1: 3 small Ice Dragons
Level 2: 2 medium Ice Dragons
Level 3: 1 giant Ice Dragon

Raiko and Fan Lady takes on the elemental class of the Magic they equipped. 
Where as the other character elemental class is fixed.

When the character elemental class is opposing that of the enemies, the 
attack is increased but defence is decreased.

When the character elemental class is the same as that of the enemies, the 
attack is decreased but defence is increased.

Otherwise, the attack and defence remains the same.

Ways to increase your attributes
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01. 200 combo: Dex + 2, Str + 1
02. 120 Kills: Str + 2, Bdy + 1
03. Destroy 80 objects: Str + 2, Int + 1
04. Cast 15 Magic: Int + 2, End + 1
05. Lost 7 beads: End + 2, Dex + 1
06. Send enemies flying 130 times: Str + 2
07. X charges and cast Max Magic 90 times: Int + 2
08. Flown 90 times because of enemies attack: Bdy + 2
09. While Lock On, Dash 150 times: Dex + 2
10. Status changed 5 times (Frozen, Fire, etc): End + 2

Note: all the above need not be achieve within a single mission. It can 
spread over several missions.

Ways to decrease your attributes
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01. Cast Magic 10 times (Press X only, not using BX, BBX, BBBX) and damage 
the enemies: Str -2
02. Attack enemies using pure attack (without combos) and damage it 7 
times: Int -2
03. While Lock On, do iJump 5 times: Bdy -2

Note: all the above need not be achieve within a single mission. It can 
spread over several missions.

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05. Walkthrough
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Note: Any character used in any Phase cannot be used again within that 
Phase. Any stage within a Phase can be cleared in any arbitrary order. All 
stage cleared can be replayed using any characters.

In certain stages, you will see a different cut scene when you are using 
certain characters.

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Background

I can’t read Japanese but I can understand the Chinese characters that 
appear in the text. Therefore my translation might not be very exact, so 
please bare with it.

The title Hyakki Toubatsu Emaki means a quest to vanquish all kinds of 
spirits and demons. Japanese believe that there is spirit in all kinds of 
things. The term Otogi consists of two terms, the first term means taming 
or defeating while the second term means legends. So putting all this term 
together, it means Legend of the Demon Slayers.

When the story begins, there is a narration that mentioned that the Capital 
had been relocated. In the process, a lot of the Seals that is being used 
to ward away the spirits had been broken. As a result, many creatures had 
been corrupted by the spirits and became demons.

In this game, your characters will be sent on many quests against all kinds 
of evil creatures.
 
Phase 1

Prelude:

Playable Character: Fan Lady

When the story starts, you can see the Fan Lady running in the forest. Soon 
you can see that a gigantic Nine-Tail Fox Demon is chasing her. She is 
corned and the Fox Demon slays her. Soon enough, the Demon found out that 
it is actually a paper doll animated by magic. This made the Fox Demon 
cried out in rage.

In the mean time, the real Fan Lady was on her way to a large blossom tree.

Objective: Reach the large blossom tree.

This is a very simple mission because the Bird Demons can be taken care off 
with a few hits. Check the map and move towards the blossom tree.

Upon reaching the blossom tree, you can see a rune-covered sword within the 
tree trunk. Fan Lady is apparently seeking a supernatural ally to aid in 
her quest to deal with the demons in her world. 4 great warriors had to 
give their lives in order to wake Raiko. They are the other 4 playable 
characters in this game.

After a very disturbing scene, Raiko is resurrected.

Note: Fan Lady post is an Imperial Summoner, the original word is Yin Yang 
Master. Yin means the dead while Yang means the living. So Fan Lady is 
really summoning Raiko to her aid. Therefore after the other 4 characters 
had killed themselves, Fan Lady should be able to summon them in a similar 
way. My understanding of the game mechanic is that, when they were summoned 
into this world, their energy (MP) will drains slowly. When they had 
running out MP, their HP will start dropping and eventually they will be 
banished from this world when their HP runs out. However, there is a flaw 
to this logic since Fan Lady’s MP does drain slowly so does it mean that 
somebody else summoned her as well?

Stage 1: Resting Ground

After Raiko is awakened, some bird demons appear. Fan Lady asked Raiko to 
despatch them.

Playable Character: Raiko

Objective: Kill all the bird demons.

Just kill the first batch of Bird Demons. A cut scene will play and more 
Bird Demons will appear. Kill them all to end the stage.

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Phase 2

Stage 2: Treasury Building

Playable Character: All except Fan Lady

Goodies: 
Mercury Orb. Near the pond
Suggested Magic: Dragon Level 1
Suggested Accessory: Comb of the Afterlife

The item stolen from the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon is a While Pearl. It is an 
artifact of great power but it will corrupt the wielder of its magic 
slowly. The Fan Lady had placed the White Pearl in the Treasury Building. 
The Puppet Clan (actually it is called the White Silver Man in Japanese) 
had learnt about this and decided to steal the White Pearl. The Puppet is 
clan whereby humans had given up their human form and choose a spiritual 
form. It looks like a piece of paper with a human face, it can move quickly 
and cast Sealing magic.

Objective: Take out all 6 Puppets.

There are 6 Puppets in this stage. You need to kill them all. They can fly 
and seal your magic. Equip the Comb of the Afterlife to gain immunity to 
sealing magic. Lock on and cast Dragon Magic to finish them off.

Stage 3: Village of Water

Playable Character: All except Fan Lady

Goodies:
Mercury Orb
Butterfly Level 1. Inside large crystal, use iJump to reach.
Clear stage with Wolf Guy: Insect Warding Fragrance
Clear stage with Scythe Girl: Dark Water Top

Bonus cut scene:
Clear stage with Wolf Guy
Clear stage with Scythe Girl

The Fan Lady had detected that the Earth Spiders are amassing an army. The 
heroes were sent to take them out.

Objective: Kill all 6 Huge Spiders.

The Spiders can explode when they are dying. Therefore it is best to use 
the heavy attack to send them flying. In fact, if you aim correctly, it can 
explode in the middle of other Spiders and set off a chain effect and kill 
out most of the Spiders. You need to kill the 6 Huge Spiders to clear the 
stage.

Stage 4: Temple of 1000 Gods

Playable Character: All except Fan Lady

Goodies:
Scripture of Vengeful Spirits (NW area, area above the floor)

Some of the Puppets who had attacked the Treasury Building had escaped to 
the Temple of 1000 Gods.
 
Objective: Destroy all Puppets.

There are a lot of statues in the temple. The Puppets had the ability to 
possess the Statue and are able to deal lots of damage to low level 
characters. If possible, try to make it a priority to destroy all those 
statues before the Puppets start to possess them. It is easier to deal with 
the Puppet than the Statues.

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Phase 3

Stage 5: Soul Trapping Jail

Playable Character: All except Fan Lady 

Goodies:
Gleaming Jade Belt: SW area, near Huge Skeletons
3000 Combos: Soul Devouring Gourd

The Spirits trapped in the Soul Trapping Jail are causing trouble. You are 
tasked to investigate. Destroy the sealing chain to release the Spirits and 
take them all out.

Objective: Destroy the chain and destroy the spirits that were released. 

This is an easy stage. Just use Heavy Attack to send the enemies flying. 
Otherwise, they will explode and cause heavy damage to anyone standing next 
to it. Pass through the long passage and jump into the chamber. Destroy the 
chain to release more enemies. Fight for a while and the stage will end.

To reach a combos of 3000, select Axeman, equip Tiger Level 1. Just stand 
in front of the wall, and keep casting Magic. Since his Magical Attack is 
so low, it can hardly damage the enemies, so you can get a combo of 3000 
easily. When near out of MP, just give a few swing with the axe and you 
will kill near enemies to recharge your MP.

Stage 6: Valley of Sunset

Playable Character: All except Fan Lady 

Suggested Character: 
Tree Trunk for his ability to stay above water.
Scythe Girl for her speed.

Goodies:
Mercury Orb. (Left middle portion of map)
Clear in 2 min 30 sec: Spirit Pin

Tip on getting 100%:
Destroy the bridge that you are standing on. 40%
Destroy the trees and surrounding on the cliff on both sides. 60%
You probably have to replay this Stage a few times because you need to 
protect the barrier.