A short and sweet adventure. Not among the best Metroidvanias ever but I enjoyed my time with it. It's not even really a metroidvania as I NEVER backtracked to a previous level, and only needed an upgrade a few times to move forward, and only then it was a traversal upgrade. It's more of an adventure game that seeks to mimic the spirit of SotN and I think it succeeds in that regard. If you have never seen the anime (which I have not), the story is nearly incomprehensible. Environments can get very repetitive and the lack of landmarks is disorienting (great map system though). I like the twin spirits system but it is either too easy or too hard to maintain level 3 bar and the system feels underused, it is ONLY used for combat and even then the elemental weakness system was not apparent until I read about it after I beat the game. At a certain point you become powerful enough and solve the game. There is no point in the shop, you get weapons steadily that are better than anything you find in it. Despite all my gripes and imperfections in design I walk away with positive feelings and being very charmed, not to mention the game is so pleasing to look at and live in. The game really is more than the sum of its parts! I do recommend it for anyone looking to scratch an itch, and most important to remember is this is an indie game made by a small group of talented people (and a Japanese indie game at that, so rare) so their achievement is large and commendable~!