Draft:Shiren 5 Vita:Inori Village

Inori Village (Japanese: イノリの里) is one of the resting areas and towns present in Shiren the Wanderer 5. This is the first town Shiren meets in the begin the game.

Description

There are many NPCs to talk to, both inside and outside of buildings, some stationary and some moving. You'll need to speak to most if not all of these NPCs multiple times throughout your gameplay state in order to unlock everything. Aside from your very first run and your first run after beating the Tower of Fortune, all other runs start in the hotel in Nekomaneki Village.

Talking to some NPCs is necessary to advance or unlock various aspects of the game. Others give you hints or tips. Some of the latter offer veritable libraries of reference information about how to play and master the game. There are also loads of secret things you can unlock here, sometimes by doing things elsewhere. Here are some of the more useful things you can do in Inori Village:

Plot

Main story

In particular, you must kick off the primary storyline about the star-crossed lovers Jirokichi and Oyu before you can leave this location at all.

Post-story

Later, after beating the Tower of Fortune for the first time, there is an ending cutscene that takes place here, and then you can begin accessing the enormous amounts of bonus content available in this game. The story goes that you tried to leave but got lost in the jungle only to return in Inori Village again.

Locations and services

Location		Notes
English	Japanese
Rich Man's House
Beginner House
Oyu's House

Dungeon Entrances

After kicking off the main storyline with Jirokichi and Oyu, you can exit to the east to Ouma Shrine. After beating Ouma Shrine, the same exit just takes you directly to Nekomaneki Village. After beating the Tower of Fortune for the first time and completing the main storyline, an exit opens up in the back of the Beginner House to the Inori Cave bonus dungeon. If you escort Kojirouta to the top of the Tower of Fortune then return to Rich Man's House, it unlocks the entrance to the Pitfall of Life bonus dungeon at the back of that building. There's a suspicious-looking "ordinary" well, from which you can get a hard-to-acquire item as part of the Decchi Man side quest. Bonus dungeons Old Road and Onigiri Hollow can also be accessed here once they are unlocked.

Dungeon		Notes
English	Japanese
Main Story
Ouma Shrine	オウマのほこら	On the east of the town.
Post-Story
Inori Cave	イノリの洞窟	Inside the Beginner House.
Old Road	旧道
Onigiri Hollow	おにぎり穴	In the well.
Pitfall of Life	人生の落し穴	Inside Rich Man's House.

Inhabitants

Sprite	NPC		Notes
	English	Japanese
Rich Man's House
	Kojirouta
	Elder
Oyu's House
	Oyu
	Jirokichi
	Old Woman
Other
	Boy
	Girl
	Young Man
	Man
	Woman
	Lady
	Madam
	Old Man
	Old Woman
	Sage		Appears after completing the Night Training Facility for the first time.