PDP Guide Part 2: First Inn to First Reimu Fight

Part 1 of the guide can be found here.

Hello, welcome to Part 2 of my Touhou Puppet Dance Performance guide!

The last part left off at the first Inn in the game, halfway between Hakurei Shrine and the Human Village. Other than the Inn, there isn't much else to see here except some grass. Speaking of that grass, however, I highly recommend getting your Starter up to level 10 here. As I said in the last part of the guide, level scaling is quite high in this game for trainers and bosses (not so much for wild Puppets). It shouldn't take long since most things spawn at level 4 here, and it'll save time later, and this spot is convenient since it's so close to a healer.

At some point when you go into Edit for your Puppets, you'll notice that Ability Change has unlocked. Basically, most Puppets have two abilities they can choose from (some are locked into just one though). You can use PP to switch between the two at any time. For example, I just switched Momiji's ability from Fair and Square to Telescopic.

Once you hit level 10 with your Starter, it's safe to continue on. As an example of where this should put you level-wise, my team is as follows:
Momiji level 10, Chen level 8, Daiyousei level 8, Nazrin level 7. I also have a Shinmyoumaru Sukuna level 3, but let's ignore that since I literally just caught it! Ideally, your team should be between levels 7-8 aside from your Starter.

Continue to the left out of the town. There is a trainer who will fight you if you talk to him (Rascal Osamu). There are quite a few trainers like this, who you need to talk to in order to fight. I advise doing so, as it is always good experience. He will send out a level 5 Chen followed by another level 5 Chen. These shouldn't be too bad at this point. As you go past him, you'll see a Yin Yang Orb in the grass. As you continue forward there will be a space in the trees so you can get down there and grab that. It contains a Seal Thread.
Continue across the bridge and talk to the Farmer (Motoyuki), who will fight you with a level 6 Shizuha followed by a level 6 Minoriko. These may be tricky depending on your Starter. If you happen to have a Fire-type attack, use it. Shizuha is the easier one, but Minoriko has a bit more HP.

Beyond him, continue to the left (the right is a dead-end pier). You'll see a cluster of rocks up here. You'll be able to smash one of these later, so remember this spot. Continuing forward, you'll bounce into Medicine Melancholy. She'll run past you. Just keep going straight and you'll end up in the Human Village. No one in the immediate area will fight you, so you're safe for now.

Now, the Human Village is split up into three sections. You are in the most important section right now. If you go straight ahead a ways you'll come across a building with a red line across it and a sign out front. This is another Inn. Just talk to the lady in blue who is directly to the left of Akyuu. The lady beside her sells healing items. Below this building is a Dragon Statue. To the right of this you'll see a building with a similar banner across the top, but this time in blue. This is the Kirisame General Store. The man at the counter sells Seal Thread (at the bottom). The items he sells for 1000 are all Hairpins, which are held-items. You don't need to buy them though; you'll pick them all up later in Yin Yang Orbs. He also sells Seal Thread at the very bottom of his list.
If you head across the bridge to the left of the Inn, and then go up, you'll find a small patch of grass shaped kind of like a fish where you can capture Kozuzu, Keine, Sekibanki, Akyuu, and, rarely, Kokoro. Akyuu is also kind of rare sometimes. Trying to hunt down Akyuu and Kokoro is a good excuse to get the rest of your Puppets to level 10 though, which I highly recommend, either by sending them out directly, or by spamming with your Starter.

When you are ready, head back to the Inn, and then head up from there, near the old woman. Up there is a large building, which is the Hieda Household. Head into the building and through the door straight ahead, and speak with Hieda no Akyuu.
When you head back outside again, you will see Wriggle Nightbug, who will then run off. Head back down near the Inn, and then turn right until you see another opening by the houses where you can go up. Head up through the opening, where you will see Wriggle along with Mystia, Cirno, Daiyousei, and Rumia.
Save here, and fight Cirno. She can be tricky if you're not expecting her. She sends out a level 9 Rumia and a level 10 Cirno.
After defeating her, you'll want to head back down, and then keep going down until you reach a bridge. Now turn to the right and cross that bridge (rather than the one that leads downwards). Here, you'll have to defeat Daiyousei. She'll send out a level 9 Cirno and a level 10 Daiyousei. Head back across the bridge. If you need to heal, you can go do that, but remember this spot, because you'll be coming right back here after.
Now, head down that other nearby bridge. Keep heading down until you reach another opening, where you will next fight Wriggle, who sends out a level 9 Daiyousei and a level 10 Wriggle.
Go back up and to the left now. Keep going left past the first opening, and to the second opening, at the end. Now go up and you'll see a Yin Yang Orb. Pick it up; it contains a Fuji Rice Cookie. Head back down and left across the bridge. Head up from here and you'll find that grass patch that you may have levelled at earlier. Go up those steps and fight Mystia. She uses a level 9 Wriggle and a level 10 Mystia.
Now head back down to that bridge near where you just picked up the Fuji Rice Cookie. From there, head down through the opening. Fight Rumia down there; she has level 10s of all of them (in this order: Cirno, Wriggle, Daiyousei, Mystia), and then a level 13 Rumia (see why I told you to level now?).

As you try to leave this area, Akyuu will approach you and congratulate you on defeating the Liberation Front. She will then ask if you'd like to look into the Puppets yourself (just answer Yes). She will then give you a Puppet Book (equivalent of Pokémon's Pokedex). She then instructs you to go visit Kourindou.
You should probably head up and heal now, and pick up Thread if you need it (remember Thread can be found at the General Store, not the Inn).
When you're ready (seriously, heal first. And save), head towards where you just fought Rumia, but don't go over the bridge. Instead, you'll notice that no one is blocking the way out of town now. Head that way.

As you continue down this route you will be stopped by Reimu Hakurei, who will then challenge you to a rather difficult fight. She starts out with a level 10 Aya, then level 10 Suika, and, finally, a level 14 Reimu.

This feels like a good place to end this part of the guide, and it wraps up the stuff for Human Village.

I'll start working on the next section, so look forward to it!

Link to Part 3!