PrinceWatercress plays GS Mikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body - Part 7 of 8

The boss is easy, but the level itself? Not so much. It's still doable, though.

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This level is probably the most frustrating of them all.

The question mark gives you a gray baton that lets you shoot out platforms you can grab with the overhead shot in mid-air. You must be in the air to create the platforms, and you can only have two on the screen at any time. The platform-creating projectile can also damage enemies, too. so at least you're covered there. Be sure that you are standing on a platform when you create one; otherwise, you may lose the projectile you're trying to land on. Thankfully, if you get hit, you do not lose this power-up; however, it only lasts for the non-boss section. Unlike other levels in the game, there is just the one section followed by the boss.

This ability will prove most useful if you can stay up top. If you don't, you'll go all the way to the bottom, where you'll see enemies such as fairies that shoot projectiles forward, flying clowns with fans, bunny girls that shoot lightning and jumping statues. Probably the funniest ones are the flying ghosts that look like 100-yen coins. When struck, they turn into 50-yen monsters, followed by smaller golden coins.

You'll also notice the background switch between a blue hue and a red hue. When the background is blue, gravity is normal. When it turns red, gravity is reduced and you will have some floaty jumps as a result. You may have to wait a while for the gravity to lessen before you can make a move if you're at the bottom, where you'll have to watch out for pits.

At one point on the bottom path of level (assuming you even reach it), there is a point where Yokoshima drops down from above and grabs onto you, slowing you down tremendously. If that happens, mash Left and Right on the Control Pad rapidly until he lets go.

After smacking Yokoshima again, a purple werehorse appears. He creates his own version of Mikami with a much more modest dress and her own baton. She can easily be trapped on the side of the screen and smacked repeatedly. Then, you have to whack the purple guy out of the air. When you do, he will crawl around the screen. This is your cue to duck down and smack him with your baton. Just like the evil Mikami clone, you can trap him on one end of the screen and repeatedly whack him.

After you grab the green jewel, you'll instantly go back to the apartment before putting the jewel in. The bust will have more macabre eyes, a snake wrapped around it and a skull in its hand. All of a sudden, a demon with a trident will appear, and you will have to fight it...