## Single Line Asterisk Unbalance

### Unbalance 1

```note
- *asterisk
- asterisk*
- *asterisk*
```

- *asterisk
- asterisk*
- *asterisk*

### Unbalance 2

```note
- asterisk**
- *asterisk**
- **asterisk
- **asterisk*
- **asterisk**
```

- asterisk**
- *asterisk**
- **asterisk
- **asterisk*
- **asterisk**

### Unbalance 3

```note
- asterisk***
- *asterisk***
- **asteriskw***
- ***asterisk
- ***asterisk*
- ***asterisk**
- ***asterisk***
```

- asterisk***
- *asterisk***
- **asteriskw***
- ***asterisk
- ***asterisk*
- ***asterisk**
- ***asterisk***

### Unbalance 4

```note
- asterisk****
- *asterisk****
- **asteriskw****
- ***asteriskw****
- ****asterisk
- ****asterisk*
- ****asterisk**
- ****asterisk***
- ****asterisk****
```

- asterisk****
- *asterisk****
- **asteriskw****
- ***asteriskw****
- ****asterisk
- ****asterisk*
- ****asterisk**
- ****asterisk***
- ****asterisk****

## Single Line Asterisk Nest

- **asterisk*asterisk**


## Single Line Asterisk Escaping

- ab \*literal asterisks\* xyz
- ab *inside \* literal asterisks* xyz

- ab \**this should be italic\** xyz
- ab \**this should be italic*\* xyz
- ab *\*this should be italic\** xyz
- ab *\*this should be italic*\* xyz

## Multi-Line Asterisk

bold **phrase spanning
two lines** asdf **same line** test

italic *phrase spanning
two lines* italic *same line* test

## Multi-Line Asterisk Unbalance

bold **phrase spanning
two lines** asdf **same line** test

italic *phrase spanning
two lines* italic *same line* test