PDP Guide Part 17: Awkward Long Bit Between Garden of the Sun and Remains of Blazing Hell

Part 16 can be found here.

Restock on any items you need and Gap on over to the Human Village. Take the left route out as if you were going to Mist Lake or the Forest of Magic. However, do not go far into the route! As soon as you see the Old Man NPC, go down. This route is finally open!

Head down. In the grass here you can find Meira, Mamizou, Lily, Daiyousei, and Louise.
You will also notice that the wild Puppets are now 40+. As such, please stay here and grind if you still have any Puppets that are not yet level 40 (really at this point, the only things less than level 30 are either something that you went back and caught, or anything you caught in Hell. Everything else should be around 50 naturally at this point, most likely).
At this point, you should also probably be carrying around an ample supply of Chirei Buns and/or Paste of the Fog. If you don't have your main holding the Healing Charm then you should also probably carrying Myouren Tea with you.

As an added note, you will now start seeing some Puppets in the wild with already chosen Styles. Please be certain that you are capturing the one that you want!

Keep on heading straight and fight the Man who uses a Yuuka level 44.

Up a bit further, there is a Boy in a patch of grass with a level 42 Nue and a level 42 Seija. Past him is a Girl with a level 44 Ellen.

A bit further is another Boy, standing next to some steps. He won't fight you, but do go up the steps. Ignore the second set of steps and go around them, and then head up the last set of steps. Fight the Man here, he uses a level 42 Seiga and a level 42 Futo. He was guarding a Yin Yang Orb that contains a Paste of the Fog.

Head back down the steps to the Boy, and then continue right. You'll see a Black-Haired Girl here. Across from her is some grass. Head through there and go up. Fight the Pink-Haired Girl up here with a level 42 Nitori and a level 42 Wakasagihime. Directly next to her on the right, use your Inflatable Boat to get to the other side. Head through that grass and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Floating Stone. Now head on back to that Black-Haired Girl, and start moving down, hopping the silly ledges if you like.

A girl with a hat will fight you down here with a level 44 Kokoro. Head up the three sets of steps near her, and then go up, fighting a Purple-Haired Fairy with a level 42 Star and a level 42 Cirno. Head to the left of her and then up. You'll find yourself faced with a choice of Left or Right. Head right first, through the grass, and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing an Oath Thread. Now head left. Fight the Purple-Haired Fairy here with a level 42 Sunny and a level 42 Luna.

Head down the steps (two sets),and then turn right. Ignore the first set of steps and keep going. When you see the second set of steps (and two girls standing next to each other), go up and pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing a Champion's Medal. Now go back and fight the two girls. The one on the left uses a level 42 Satori and a level 42 Alice. The one on the right uses a level 44 Mamizou.

Head down past them (not down the steps yet!), and continue on. Ignore the steps that lead up, instead go down the other set of steps and pick up  Skill Card 26. Head back to those two girls and now go down those steps next to them.

Next is a rather simple maze (Okay, really simple). Fight the Brown-Haired Fairy here who uses a  level 41 Orange,  level 31 Tokiko, and a level 41 Rumia. Head up the steps at the end, then go up and fight the Sunflower Fairy who uses a level 44 Aya. Now, head down past her and finally down some steps. The last trainer before you reach a safe area is a Woman with a level 42 Youmu and a level 42 Sakuya.

The building here is a healing spot. There is also a merchant here, who will, of course, sell you Oath Thread and Magatama.

When you are ready, head downwards from the healing spot. This will bring you to a new area, where you can capture Eirin, Daiyousei, Medicine, and Reisen.

Head down and to the left first (don't jump off ledges yet). Head down and left into a flowery area, and fight the Purple-Haired Fairy there with a level 43 Luna and a level 43 Cirno. Slightly hidden in the flowers to her left is a Yin Yang Orb containing Wolfsbane Root.
Hop off the ledge directly below you and fight the next Purple-Haired Fairy with a level 45 Sunny. Head down and to the right to fight a Brown-Haired Fairy with a level 45 Wakasagihime. Go back up and to the left, jump off the nearby ledge into the grass and pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 77. Now head through the grass and to the right. Hop off the ledge there.

Now, head all the way back up past the first Purple-Haired Fairy in to the grassy area, and go right. Hop off the ledge on the far right. Fight the Brown-Haired Fairy here with a level 43 Rumia and a level 43 Letty. Hop off the next ledge and fight the Sunflower Fairy with a level 43 Eiki and a level 43 Komachi. Hop down the next ledge and pick up the Yin Yang Orb hidden in the flowers that contains a Magatama. Hop down the final ledge into the grass.

Continue downwards. Before you turn right, you should probably heal and save. Continue on, and you will see Medicine. You will have to fight her once you have spoken with her.
Medicine uses a level 53 Alice, level 55 Kokoro, level 53 Mokou, level 53 Hina, and a level 58 Medicine.
Now, I feel like I should warn you that she is kind of unexpectedly difficult, at least to me. All but two of my Puppets were fainted by the end.

Once she is defeated you can head up to the grassy bit and then hop off the ledge to your left. Continue downwards/left-ish to the next area. Or you can run/Gap back to that healing spot and heal first, which is what I highly advise!

Directly in front of you in this new area is a Brown-Haired Fairy using a level 47 Wriggle.
 In the grass here, you can capture Kurumi, Elly,
Continuing forward is a Sunflower Fairy who will not fight you, and a Rabbit directly next to her with a level 47 Reisen.

Continuing on, you'll see a spot where you can go right and either up or down. Go up first, fighting the Brown-Haired Fairy there with a level 47 Sara. Up past her is a grassy area with ledges. You can find Mugetsu and Gengetsu in the grass here. All the way to the left is a Yin Yang Orb containing a Paste of the Fog. Head back to the fairy and then go down. In the clearing here you will see a hooded girl who will not fight you, go to the left a bit to fight a Tengu with a level 45 Hina and a level 45 Momiji. [Thank you anonymous commenter for telling me that Mugetsu and Gengetsu can be caught here]

In this clearing there is also the entrance to a cave. This is also where I need to stop this part of the guide because it is lagging because of so much text. So, I'll see you in part 18!

Part 18 can be found here!