Wow, we've made it to 50 genres! I would say "here's to 50 more", but my pace isn't fast enough for that.
Today's genre is Magatama. I'm completely unaware of the origins of this genre -- it appears in Eric Fox's ruleset and has a few puzzles on PuzzleSquareJP, but that's all I know. (Because the genre is probably Japanese, and because Magatama is a normal word, searching for it on the internet is pretty much impossible.) As always, please let me know if you're aware of its origins!
Rules: Draw a non-intersecting path through the centers of some cells, starting from the S (start) and finishing at the G (goal). Additionally, circle every cell in which the path makes a turn. Some circles are already given. A number X in a circle indicates the it’s the Xth circle in its orthogonally connected group to be visited by the path.
(Example taken from PuzzleSquareJP. Take special note of the circle marked "8" -- the circles in an orthogonally connected group do not need to be visited consecutively!)
One note: although the puzzle is phrased in terms of circles, you do not need to place the circles for answer check to work. Only the path is needed. This means you may use whatever marking system you want (e.g. shading) to keep track of those turns.
As usual, two puzzles today. The first is meant to be a short, smooth solve.
The second is significantly more difficult. Thanks to Walker and Menderbug for testing uniqueness.
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