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Devil of Decline/Walkthrough/Sanzu River

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Noteworthy enemies of the area: A ghost with a bunch of heads (almost immune to physical attacks but very weak against light element attacks), the ninjas from Eientei Inner Part of The Genius of Sappheiros (has instakill attacks and uses blind status effects but weak against light element attacks). Shizuha Aki appears as a random encounter midboss in this area.
Quite similar to both Misty Lake and the tower of the first stratum, most parts of this dungeon involve you boating through the river. Rapids within the river act as a one-way passage - you cannot go back once you go down the rapids. Due to this restriction it can get quite tricky to get to certain parts of an area, but once you note which rapid sends you where, it'll get easy to get through the dungeon.

The music playing in the dungeon is an arrange of Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall, the 4th stage theme of Mountain of Faith.

Reimu's scenario

Yukari's scenario

Route to Makai 4

First area

Look for a chest in the center. Get on the boat to the right.

Second area

Look for two chests in the water, one in the west and the other in the north. Proceed to the whirlpool (portal) in the south.

Third area

Look for a chest in the water in the east. There's no other parts of the river you can access from here so go back to the whirlpool you came from.

Second area

Proceed to the whirlpool in the northeast.

Fourth area

Use the leftmost rapid close to the portal and open the chest right next to the foot of it. Go down to the southwest part of the area, and, hugging the bottom edge of the map, go to the whirlpool in the southeast.

Fifth area

The most confusing part of the dungeon. Follow the walkthrough carefully to avoid getting lost. Use the rapid around 8~9 O'clock from the portal you've come through. Look for a chest near the northwest from there. Then, go down the rapids in the southwest and proceed to the rightmost rapids from there (not the one in the middle, since that will send you back even further). Then, you'll have only one rapid to choose from. Go down that one and you'll arrive back at the portal where you began from.
Now, use the rapids at 3 O'clock from the portal. Keep going until you arrive at a region with two rapids flowing away from the region and three rapids flowing towards the region. Take the one that is flowing to the north, and you'll automatically head into the next area.

Sixth area

Up ahead you'll have two rapids to choose from. Take the one to the left (the one on the right will either send you in a loop or will just be more work for you so don't take it). When you arrive at the foot of the rapids, do not take the horizontal rapids that flow nearby. Instead, proceed to the portal that should be right next to you.

Fifth area

Look for a chest in the east. Proceed to the whirlpool in the southeast.

Sixth area

Go to the portal in the southeast. You'll arrive in Makai 4

Getting Nue

Now that you've gained access to Makai 4, let's recruit Nue. This portion of the walkthrough was written with the entrance from Makai 4 as the starting point.

First area

Get on the boat that should be near the riverside.

Second area

Go to the whirlpool in the northwest.

Third area

Now you're back in the confusing area of the dungeon. Just take the lowermost rapids to the west. Go through the first whirlpool you see.

Fourth area

Proceed to the portal in the east.

Fifth area

The chest is in the southwest. Also somewhere in the map you'll notice a shadow without anything floating above it. "Talk" to the shadow, and after a cutscene Nue will join your party.

Byakuren's scenario

Meiling's scenario