Genpei Touma Den/Part B

Kagekiyo has arrived in Kyoto. His trip is half done and now he needs to collect all sacred items.

Kyoto (京都, Over Mode)
Ignore the skull dogs on your left and move on. Two pagodas are blocking the paths, destroy the straight right one and proceed. The first part of maze consists of Onihime coming out from cart generator, skull dogs, and hyoutans shooting tops out. A box is hidden behind two pagodas, the upper of which can be destroyed. The next part has two paths, one of which has one sword point in the end, and the other continues with less enemies. There are two more hyoutans on the right, and two Namazu pools in a shaft on the left. The walls of the narrow passage on the right can be destroyed, with a candle inside the lower wall. A few more skull dogs and Onihime carts are in the second part of maze, and when you have come to the third part, the generators (which look like Gaki generators) will release Heiankyo. There are three toriis that lead to three different paths, where the nearest one sends you to Wakasa, the middle one to Iga, and the farthest one to Yamato. Beware of more Heiankyo generators.

Wakasa (若狭, Big Mode)
Yoshitsune with daggers, again, with only a tiger. This time your sword is strong enough to eliminate him in two hits. Proceed to Echizen.

Iga (伊賀, Big Mode)
Your next stop will be Oumi.

Yamato (大和, Big Mode)
You will arrive in Ise.

Echizen (越前, Over Mode)
Namazu pools welcome you. A few hyoutans hide in the turf array before some walls, and a few more among the pagodas. There is a place with two odd pagodas, with an invisible torii guiding you to Ecchuu, another gag stage with an important item. You can choose to collect all goods and return to this path later. The paths in the next walls are blocked by destroyable pagodas, and beware of the spider-generating web. In the middle of next room with four hyoutans, a candle is hidden in the only destroyable pagoda. Next maze is consisted of grass-growing walls, but you can simply take the straight route to proceed. Out of the maze you can find three more hyoutans and three pagodas, with the upper-right pagoda hiding a 1000 point item. A breakable turf starts next area with more turves and hyoutans, follwed by another grass walled maze. The final part of maze has many breakable walls, and one of the sacred item, the Yata no Kagami (mirror) with anti-inazuma function, is hidden in a corner. Exit from the right side of the maze, and you can move to Kaga.

Oumi (近江, Small Mode)
Proceed to Mino for a boss fight.

Ise (伊勢, Small Mode)
The last torii reveals Shima the bonus stage. All others lead to Owari.

Stage 14.5
Shima (志摩) is the bonus stage that leads you to Owari as well.

Kaga (加賀, Big Mode)
You will move across the sea and reach Echigo.

Ecchuu (越中, Gag Stage)
This stage, like the tenth one before it, features the caricatures of Namco employees that were later reused in the ending sequence of Beraboh Man; so once Kagekiyo has rematerialized (still in his smaller form) and fallen to the grounds, start running to the right and a caricature of this game's supervisor, Yukio Takahashi, will appear. A second one of the game's music composer (known only as "?") will appear once you have dropped down to the platform below and jumped onto the pagoda and a third one of the game's stereo papa, Kazunari Mimura (again, even though it has monaural sound) will appear when you jump off the pagoda to collect the Makimono that is suspended in midair - and a fourth one of the game's director, Norio Nakagata, will appear as you come up to a Daimajin. Once you have jumped up and struck his chest with your sword to kill him, he will leave an Inochi worth 7 behind; you will then come to a "Kanameishi", that is moving up and down in front of you. Another caricature of Nakagata will appear once you have jumped onto it - and once you have jumped from the top of its height, you must continue running to the right until you come to a Tsuzura that is suspended in midair. Another caricature of the game's programmer, Ryouihi Ohkubo, will appear when you jump up and strike it with your sword to open it, and another one of "?" will appear once you have landed; another caricature of Mimura will appear, just before you come to a torii, which will transport Kagekiyo to the seventeenth stage when entered. However, if you continue running on to the right, a third caricature of "?" and a third caricature of Nakagata will appear as five small "Kanameishi" come bouncing towards you - and much like the three on that first stage, you can either jump onto one of them for a free ride, or just stand in a place where they will not land on you. Another caricature of Takahashi and two more caricatures of Nakagata will then appear, as you come to three more Tsuzura that are suspended in midair; once you have jumped up and struck each of these ones with your sword to open them, a third caricature of Takahashi will appear as you come to the game's second sacred item (the Kagami Mirror). Once you have collected it, it will be displayed in the bottom-right corner of the screen - this will make Kagekiyo invulnerable to Inazuma when picked up, and a fourth caricature of Mimura and a fourth caricature of "?" will then appear, as you come to this stage's second torii (which will transport Kagekiyo to a different-backgrounded version of the seventeenth stage when entered; it contains arguably the most aggravating regular enemy in the game due to the fact that you have to jump and strike each of its heads)...

Mino (美濃, Big Mode)
Next stop will be Shinano.

Owari (尾張, Big Mode)
You will move on to Mikawa.

Echigo (越後, Small Mode)
While you can move on to Kouzuke, you can also take a detour to Sado for bonus.

Shinano (信濃, Small Mode)
Once Kagekiyo has rematerialized (still in his smaller form again), he will land on a "Kojima" platform, that is moving up and down, over the Sanzu River beneath him; you will then have to jump onto three more "Kojima" platforms, that are moving up and down in turn, before jumping onto six more that are moving around in circles, so good timing is essential if you want to land upon them. You will now come to a "Kanameishi" that is moving up and down in front of you with a Candle to the left of it and a Tsuzura to the right of it; once you've jumped onto the "Kanameishi", collected the Candle and struck the Tsuzura with your sword to open it, you will come to a Mitsubiryu that is spitting blue fireballs at you from each of its three heads. They will each leave a Ken worth 5 behind, when destroyed - and once you have destroyed it completely, it will leave this game's third sacred item (the Tsurugi Sword) behind. Once you have collected it, it will be displayed in the bottom-right corner of the screen; not only will it stop Kagekiyo's swordpower from going down, but it will also glow when he is in his larger form (as you will soon find out). You will now come to three Tawara, which will increase Kagekiyo's energy by 10 at a cost of 10 Zeni when collected - and once Kagekiyo has entered the torii, he will be transported to the eighteenth stage (with all three sacred items).

Mikawa (三河, Small Mode)
Your only choice is to arrive in Toutoumi.

Stage 16.5
Collect more bonus orbs in Sado (佐渡) the fourth bonus stage.

Kouzuke (上野, Big Mode)
You will move to Suruga for a few more legs left.

Kai (甲斐, Big Mode)
Once Kagekiyo has rematerialized (in his larger form after a four-stage absence), start walking to the right and hold your sword high in the air by pushing the joystick into the "north-east" position; you should watch out for the seven Tekyuu that are suspended in mid-air, which will drop down on Kagekiyo as he passes under them. About halfway through the stage, you will meet up with Benkei for a second time - and he now possesses an enormous staff with a Tekyuu on each end. Once you have hit him enough times to defeat him again (he has an energy of 100) and collected the Ken he has left behind, the song you are hearing from the Yamaha YM-2151 will change back to the normal Big Mode theme; you will then come up to Makimono that is suspended in mid-air. Once you have jumped up to collect it, Kagekiyo's right (sword-holding) arm will start revolving in a clockwise direction as he passes under an eighth Tekyuu that is suspended in mid-air and dropping down on him as he passes under it - and you can then continue onward to the stage torii which when entered, will transport you to the nineteenth stage. There are only four stages left now (one Small Mode, one Overhead Mode, and two Big Mode).

Toutoumi (遠江, Big Mode)
Like other stages, you will arrive in Suruga.

Suruga(駿河, Small Mode)
Once Kagekiyo has rematerialized (in his smaller form for the twelfth time) and landed on a "Kojima" platform over the Sanzu River beneath him, he will have to jump onto six more "Kojima" platforms that are moving left and right in turn (the fourth one has Tawara suspended in mid-air above it; and if you know you can collect it without falling off the "Kojima", do so). You will then come up to a "Kanameishi", that is moving up and down in front of you - and once you have jumped onto it you'll have to jump onto thirty more "Kojima" platforms that are moving left and right in turn (the twelfth one has a Tsuzura and another Tawara suspended in mid-air above it and if you know you can collect them without falling off the "Kojima", do so). The nineteenth one also has another Tawara suspended in mid-air above it, and the twenty-second one also has a Candle suspended in mid-air above it; again, if you know you can collect them without falling off the "Kojima", do so. You will then come to a torii, which is suspended in mid-air - and once Kagekiyo has landed on it, he will be transported to the twentieth stage (however, if you miss it, you will fall into the Sanzu River and end up in the "Pit Stage" as if it was any hole).