User Summary The 11th installment in the project Shrine Maiden series. Subterranean Animism is a straightforward shoot'em-up, except that the player controls a flying girl instead of the typical spacecraft. When enemies are shot down, they may drop various "items", such as Power Ups, Point items or other special items with various effects. The game consists of 6 stages, each stage having a mid-boss and an end-of-stage boss. In Subterranean Animism, the player can choose between playing the standard characters Reimu (shrine maiden) or Marisa (witch). Both have a choice of three different sub-characters, creating 6 combinations. A special feature of this game is that pressing "slow" and "fire" at the same time will activate a special ability. For example, Reimu (with Yukari) can use this to teleport from one extreme side of the screen to the other, whereas Marisa (with Patchouli) can change her shot type mid-game. The backdrop story for Subterranean Animism is that Reimu and Marisa are diving underground to investigate the strange sounds coming therefrom. They encounter an underground world populated by various underground daemons.