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{{Infobox Game
| type          = official game
| titleN        = バレットフィリア{{ruby-ja|達|たち}}の{{ruby-ja|闇|やみ}}{{ruby-ja|市|いち}}{{ruby-ja|場|ば}}
| titleEn       = 100th Black Market
| image         = [[File:Th185cover.png|256px|100th Black Market]]
| developer1    = [[Team Shanghai Alice]]
| publisher1    = [[Team Shanghai Alice]]
| publisher1Cat = Team Shanghai Alice
| released      = 2022-08-14
| convention    = Comiket 100
| genre1        = Vertical Danmaku Shooting
| gameplay      = Single-player Story Mode
| platforms = [[Windows]] [[wikipedia:Windows 8|8]]/[[wikipedia: Windows 10|10]]/[[wikipedia: Windows 11|11]]
| requirements  = 
| chronology =Touhou Series
| chrono_prev =[[Unconnected Marketeers]]
| chrono_next =
}}
{{thtitle||Bulletphilia-tachi no Yami-Ichiba|ruby=Bulletphiles' Black Market<ref>The [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097720/Black_Market_of_Bulletphilia___100th_Black_Market/ Steam page] gives a translation of "''Black Market of Bulletphilia''". This translation notably ignores the 達 (''-tachi'', a pluralizing suffix used for people, animals, etc) kanji in the original title.</ref>|&nbsp;~ 100th Black Market ||||jp=バレットフィリア達の闇市場　〜 100th Black Market}} is a vertical-scrolling [[danmaku]] game and the "18.5th" official installment of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', featuring [[Marisa Kirisame]] as the playable character and protagonist. The game is a follow-up to ''[[Unconnected Marketeers]]'', featuring a modified version of its Ability Card system, and has gameplay based on previous scene-based games such as ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]'' and ''[[Violet Detector]]''. The game was released on August 14, 2022, at [[Comiket 100]].

==Gameplay==
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''100th Black Market'' consists of several self-contained stages that the player can play through individually. Each stage consists of several enemy waves and boss encounters selected semi-randomly, broken up by card shop menus where the player can purchase more equipment and abilities in the form of Ability Cards (previously featured in ''Unconnected Marketeers''). While a single playthrough is short, repeated playthroughs to acquire more cards and experiment with different strategies are highly encouraged.

==Name and Concept==
As suggested by its title, ''100th Black Market'' was created to commemorate the 100th Comiket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=Touhou 100th Black Market Steam Page is Up |url=https://www.siliconera.com/touhou-100th-black-market-steam-page-is-up/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=Siliconera |language=en-US}}</ref> The game also marks the 25th anniversary of the ''Touhou Project'', almost to the day, as the 1997 summer Comiket, the first one ZUN attended, began on August 15, while ''100th Black Market'' was released on August 14. Additionally, if one accounts for [[Gold Rush]], ''100th Black Market'' is the 25th ''Touhou'' game developed solely by ZUN.

==Story==
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Despite [[Chimata Tenkyuu]]'s assertion that her Ability Cards would fall out of fashion after the events of ''Unconnected Marketeers'', the cards' value is still somehow climbing further and further. [[Marisa Kirisame]] sets out to investigate the "black markets" that are trading in cards without Chimata's oversight — and to collect as many cards as she can for herself.

==Music==
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The soundtrack of ''100th Black Market'' features a total of ten tracks. Four of these are re-recorded from previous games, specifically ''Unconnected Marketeers'' and ''Violet Detector'', and are used for the tutorial, staff roll, and as story themes. The title screen track, like others before it, prominently features the motif from "[[Theme of Eastern Story]]." 

When composing new tracks for the game, ZUN did not create any songs that were tied to any specific character or stage. Instead, the songs are meant to evoke certain emotions, such as "''bright and cheerful''", "''speedy''", or "''lazy''." He also had certain mental images while composing, such as "''youkai cheerfully leaping around''", "''laying on the floor''", or Marisa excitedly dashing off to investigate something on a whim. 
When composing "The Hundredth Black Market", he hoped that those listening would find that it had a distinct [[Touhou Project]] feeling to it. 

"Lunatic Dreamer", a song from ''Violet Detector'',  was initially put into an internal test version of the game as a placeholder song. It ended up matching the game very well, so [[ZUN]] kept the song in the game and used it for the tutorial.

==Press==
''100th Black Market'' was first announced on [[Touhou Yomoyama News]] on July 21, 2022, along with information about the characters and story, and several in-development screenshots. The game's Steam page was made live, coupled with a gameplay trailer, on August 9, and the game was released at Comiket and on Steam on August 14.

==Trivia==
*This is the first game to have a number in its title that is not written in letters.
*This is the first Windows-era game to have an unobscured character portrait on its jewel case instead of silhouettes.

==English patch==
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==Gallery==
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File:Th185CD.jpg|CD cover of ''100th Black Market''.
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==External Links==
*[https://touhou-project.news/news/7436/ Official announcement on Touhou Yomoyama News]
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097720/Black_Market_of_Bulletphilia___100th_Black_Market/ Steam page]
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