KENZAN! REQUESTS 51–67: HOMEWORK, CATS AND THE BLACKSMITH

KENZAN! REQUESTS 51–67: HOMEWORK, CATS AND THE BLACKSMITH These routes target COMPLETE. TOP/MIDDLE/BOTTOM mean dialogue positions. Story checkpoints follow KHHsubs. Keep a separate save before choice-heavy requests, especially 51, 55, 56 and 58. 51. Temple School Homework: Abacus 7-5, day/evening; after 46. Find Mametaro on Rakugai's southern street, west of the southern exit. TOP accepts the homework. Answer BOTTOM, MIDDLE, TOP. Reward: 1,000 EXP. Getting the first answer wrong blocks COMPLETE in 53. Getting every answer wrong gives FINISHED here; EXP stays the same. 52. Weight of Responsibility 7-5, any time; after 51. Buy the 15-Mon newspaper from the seller on Rakugai's eastern inner street, north of the smithy. Speak to Shinkichi on the northern main road, then catch him beside the houses just east of the southern exit. Defeat him and return to the original seller. Rewards: True Rainbow Stone and 1,500 EXP. 53. Temple School Homework: Essay 7-5, day/evening; after 52. Return to Mametaro at his usual southern Rakugai spot. Listen to his essay, then his father. Rewards: Poorly-Drawn Yamata no Orochi, Glass Kiseru and 1,500 EXP. Wrong answers to question 1 in 13 or 51, or question 2 in 45, produce FINISHED instead: only the drawing remains. 54. Master and Apprentice 7-5, day/evening; no prerequisite. Meet the boy midway along River Road. Any first answer works. Choose TOP next for the shorter route to Kiyomizudera. In the temple courtyard, use the interaction prompt beneath the roof to bring him down. Reward: 1,000 EXP. BOTTOM sends him to the waterfall at the northwest end of Mountain Road instead; the outcome is unchanged. 55. The Flavour of Candy #3 7-5, day/evening; after 26. Speak to the girl just west of Rakugai's smithy. Buy Golden Candy from the seller in the central market for the discounted 750 Mon. Return and choose BOTTOM to give it. Wrong candy means another shopping trip. Leave Rakugai, return and talk to her grandfather at the same spot. Choose TOP twice. Rewards: 5 Ryo and 10,000 EXP. Either BOTTOM answer to him gives FINISHED with nothing. 56. Blacksmith Turmoil 7-5, any time; after 40. Prefer doing this at 7-6 because it helps request 66 spawn. Enter Rakugai's smithy and approach the back, then leave and re-enter. Defeat three thugs followed by two swordsmen. Rewards: Yamimaro Manuscript 1 and 1,500 EXP. MISSABLE HEAT ACTION: These two fights are the only opportunity for Bellows Mastery. Grab an enemy near the fire and perform it before finishing the second fight. 57. The Painter 7-5, day/evening; no prerequisite. Find Ranzan on Kawara Street, just east of the northbound temple lane. Choose TOP to model, then TOP in his studio. Beat him using brawler style; watch his counters. Choose TOP or MIDDLE for a painting worth 1 Ryo. BOTTOM gives one worth 1 Mon. Every painting choice yields COMPLETE and 1,000 EXP. 58. Cat Hunt 7-5, day/evening; after 47. Save first. Tsuchiura stands on Kawara Street west of the temple lane. Choose TOP twice. You have two minutes: catch the first cat up that lane, near the temple approach. Four more appear along the main street: near its west exit, west of Tsuchiura, on the south side near the bridge's west end, and by the far eastern exit. Each capture returns you to him; TOP continues, BOTTOM stops. Catching even one and stopping gives COMPLETE, 10,000 EXP and 5,000 Mon per cat, up to 2 Ryo 5,000 Mon. Catch none: FINISHED, EXP only, and 59 becomes automatically FINISHED without being playable. 59. Cat Koban 7-5, day/evening; successful 58 required. Meet the girl on Kawara Street's bridge. Choose TOP, TOP, TOP, TOP, MIDDLE, TOP. Find Tsuchiura at the cafe near River Road's northern entrance. Choose BOTTOM twice: identify the collar, then refuse payment. Defeat his four-man group. Rewards: Dried Mackerel and 1,500 EXP. Paying 5 Ryo skips combat but gives FINISHED with the same rewards. Earlier refusals generally pause the conversation; return and resume. 60. Mysterious Piece of Paper 7-5, day/evening; no prerequisite. In Rakugai's northern pub, listen to the thieves at the back table, then speak again. Meet one at the Forest Road cave entrance and choose TOP. Inside, inspect where you broke the gate chain during the story. Defeat five thieves, preferably removing the archers first. Reward: Shishido's Eyepatch. No EXP. 61. Chili Pepper Seller's Ingredient Collection 7-6, any time; after 49. Speak to the father on Rakugai's northeastern main road. Choose TOP to hand over each distinct ingredient: Shisho, Pepper, Ginger and Sesame from Ecchuya, priced 10/20/25/30 Mon; Nori from the Turtle Seller, 40 Mon; Mandarin from Rakugai's Arigataya, 10 Mon. Two, four and six ingredients earn 3-Pepper, 5-Pepper and 7-Pepper respectively. Final reward: 10,000 EXP. Talk to the father, not his daughter. 62. Udon Spice 7-6, any time; after 49, with 61's spices needed to progress. At the northwestern Rakugai udon restaurant, speak to the standing employee, not the counter attendant. BOTTOM suggests spices; TOP hands them over. Give 3-Pepper, 5-Pepper, then 7-Pepper for 33, 555 and 7,777 Mon. Only 7-Pepper is required, but giving it first skips the smaller payments. Fetch the chili seller's father from the northeast street, then speak to the employee outside the restaurant. Rewards: Copper Plate and 1,500 EXP. 63. The Monk's Secret 7-6, any time; after 27. Approach the monk on Rakugai's northeastern main road and choose TOP. Chase the black-clad thief southwest to the inner lane, then west to the table outside the shogi parlour, then southwest into the gap between market buildings. Speak at each stop, defeat him at the last and return the package to the monk. Rewards: Hermit Stone and 1,500 EXP. 64. Sujitaro 2 7-6, any time; after 59. Confront Kumagoro at the southern end of Mountain Road, near the Sanjusangendo exit. TOP starts the fight. Beat him, then walk away until the follow-up scene triggers. Reward: 1,000 EXP. 65. The Dog 7-6, any time; after 54. At southern River Road, speak to the samurai threatening a dog. Choose TOP twice; the name choice itself does not matter. Defeat two swordsmen. Buy three Chicken Meat from the merchant near the northern entrance, then feed all three to the dog, confirming each with the left option. Follow it slightly north and choose TOP to dig. Rewards: Jomon Pottery and 1,500 EXP. Three Leftovers give Chipped Bowl; other three-food combinations give Old Greatsword. Both alternatives are FINISHED, with the same EXP. 66. Water from the Ladle #3 7-6, any time; after 56. Approach the pipe smoker north of Rakugai's smithy. Choose BOTTOM to call for a fireman. Other answers hurt you and repeat the choices. Rewards: Gold Leather Tobacco Case and 1,500 EXP. If he is missing, continue to 7-8 after the Tsuruya mistress scene, or reload an earlier save and complete 56 at 7-6 rather than 7-5. These are reported spawn workarounds, not a reason to overwrite your only save. 67. Double Suicide 7-8, evening/night; no prerequisite. Approach the crowd outside the brothel on Gion's western lane and choose TOP to enter. The eight answers inside are BOTTOM, TOP, BOTTOM, TOP, TOP, BOTTOM, TOP, TOP. Reward: 10,000 EXP. Five wrong answers produce FINISHED and a different ending scene, but retain the EXP.