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Update on the story:

Touhou is no stranger to extremely high prices. The trial version of Perfect cherry blossom sold for 55 000 yen, much higher than the full version's 1700 yen list price. Other than the limited supply, the trial had something else going for it to have fetched such a high price.

Included in the game is a different sprite (pictured) used from the one in PCB's release version. It's more moe than release version's portrait. This small piece of a character's history may have driven a demand for the trial version. On that note, Memorizable Gensokyo is the very first appearance of Hieda no Akyuu, and the very first appearance of a character that was not first introduced in a game. That may be one of the reasons it's so valued, aside from its limited supply.