Ok, I decided to pick this up after leaving it idle for a while. I improved the first level (namely, the first boss and the "miniboss" ship) considerably by capturing assistant robots and by powering up smarter. Still have taken no damage and have tried to kill as little as possible (in capturing robots they'll naturally kill enemies along the way, but you need them to beat bosses quickly. And I just couldn't "morph through" some of the lasers in level 3.) Also, I used Max instead of Hiraku (or Millia) this time; his weapons are better for beating necessary enemies quickly, especially in Gerwalk form. Level 3 was really hard! both in beating the bosses quickly and avoiding all the enemies. But Level 4 was both pretty easy and short (fast-scrolling.) My time early in level 5 is just over 20 minutes; I'm hoping to get 33 or so by the time everything is done.
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