PrinceWatercress plays Wrath of the Black Manta - Part 5 of 5

Here it is: the epic confrontation with El Toro!

Art of Lightning is performed as a neutral charging move, and hits whatever is on the screen. Art of Teleportation is performed by holding Up while letting go of the Attack button, and lets you teleport anywhere on the screen that you want.

Enter the middle elevator to go up one floor. You'll face enemies in a behind-the-back third-person perspective like in Contra, and you'll have to throw shurikens at them to defeat them. Hold Left or Right to shoot in those respective directions. If you can't kill the guys that pop up, just make sure to destroy their bullets so you don't take unnecessary damage.

The first red guy will tell you that Taro has been taken to El Toro.

When you reach the elevators, you can enter whichever one you want.

The second door will have a kid. The kids here look like the ones in the fourth part of the game. She says that there is a man in red near the alley who might know more. From there, enter an elevator.

The second red guy on the third floor will tell you that El Toro is on the top floor. From there, take any elevator.

You'll find a note shortly after you enter the fourth floor.

"BLACK MANTA: It will take four arts to defeat El Toro." Taro's not lying, folks.

At the end of the fourth floor, you'll enter a door that takes you to four other doors. These four doors contain the four previous bosses. Fight one of them and beat them, and you'll be able to continue. Since you have the Art of Invisibility, this should be no problem.

You'll then come across a room with a jukebox in it. Equip the arts of Fire Bomb, Fire Ring, Spider and Missiles.

Throw a shuriken at the jukebox, and you'll finally meet El Toro. He's holding a child hostage in his arms, and if any of your attacks hit the kid, you'll take damage. If you hit Taro or if you hit El Toro's head with a shuriken, El Toro's health will go back to the full four squares, making this more difficult than needed.

You'll want to hit El Toro's head with the Fire Ring and the Fire Bomb. From there, use the Art of the Spider to get behind him and hit him with two fully charged Missiles as you avoid El Toro's projectiles. There. That's how you beat him.

Once you finished off El Toro, you've won! Enjoy your one screen ending!