Substandard plot with lackluster Metroidvania progression heavily-carried by its charming art design and its wonderful combat mechanics + bosses.

As much as I enjoyed the game's combat and very-flexible Kingdom Hearts 2-esque badge system where you can spend 'skill points' in order to slot them in, and the game isn't shy about giving you more skill points than what you really need, the metroidvania exploration kills most of the game's momentum for me as well as its lackluster story which is your standard fare anime plot.