Completed stage 1-2... and I'm 30 seconds ahead of Zer0's run already.
WIP
25 seconds saved on the second stage, by means of better luck manipulation, and making some enemies and arrows to the next cel appear much earlier. Not sure how those work exactly, but found out that interacting with the environment (like cranking switches at 30Hz) at times can prevent Alissa from popping up and giving lame advice, which means I could make the events occur earlier...
Changed the method of completing a few cels which were much more efficient as compared to Zer0's methods.
The single biggest time saver would probably be the boss battle, where I accidentally found a glitch. This allowed me to kill him in a single blow, though I also have no idea how it happened. It's one of those glitches that seem to work out better in real time play than under frame advance.
All in all, progress is slow, but the run is looking good :) any comments?