Story of Eastern Wonderland is the 2nd game in the Touhou Project series. It was released in 1997 alongside Highly Responsive to Prayers. It is also the first game in the series to be a bullet hell-game. The game also introduces Marisa Kirisame, the deuteragonist of the series.
The game has 5 stages compared to the usual 6 stages that the other games in the series have, and is the first game to have an Extra stage.
The story revolves around Reimu finding the Hakurei Shrine overrun by ghosts and Youkai. She then flies off on the back of her turtle Genjii to seek out the source of the invasion.
Main CharacterReimu Hakurei
A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who possesses natural-born spiritual power but lacks training.
She exterminates youkai by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-Yang Orb.
She's such an optimist that she doesn't worry at all even in this emergency, and believes she can solve all incidents with her power.
This time, she (somehow) fights riding on the turtle.
TurtleGenjii
A turtle who's lived a long life and gained many powers.
Reimu captured him one day during training and has worked him hard ever since.
He has the power to fly freely through the sky.
EngineerRika
Stage 1 Boss.
A human engineer who builds tanks. She fights with the Flower-Tank.
SamuraiMeira
Stage 2 Boss.
She is a mysterious female samurai.
MagicianMarisa Kirisame
Stage 4 Boss.
She is a disciple of Mima and tasked to keep Reimu from reaching her.
Vengeful GhostMima
Final Boss.
A spirit who broke free of a seal and interested in getting vengeance against the whole human race.
EngineerRika
Extra Stage Boss.
A human engineer who builds tanks. She fights with the Evil Eye Σ.
Flying TankEvil Eye Σ (Sigma)
Extra Stage Boss.
A flying tank made by Rika. It was used by Rika to fight Reimu and Genjii in the Extra Stage.
