This *is* so **hard**.

This _is_ so __hard__ too.

*At* start.

At *end*

_At_ start.

At _end_

And *nest**ed***.

And *nest**ed*.

And *nest**ed* like** this.

And *not_nest_ed*.

And ***nested***.

And ___nested___.

And **nest*e***.

And lonely * here*.

And lonely ** here**.

And **lonely ** here**.

** and here**.

And **compli*cated \*** here

Some***what* more * ***he*re

Do it *\*this\** way
Or this \**this*\* way
Or that *\*that*\* way
Or that \**that\** way