Using Scy's Super Special Awesome Team (which doesn't include a Protector), I didn't run into any problems. Of course, I already knew what I was doing. But the first stratum in EOII is probably the hardest (well, maybe second to the sixth, but that's postgame and meant to be difficult even at level ...

He needs to be whipped into shape.

I was talking about shit.

Zeta is my gal pal!

Because it tastes good.

I am left speechless in the face of such awesomeness.

I'm just going to watch videos on your youtube channel, now.

Hence my use of the word "if"...and the whole "killing it quickly (i.e., slice it through the brain)" thing.

Were the cheeseburgers tasty?

I have nothing against flushing a fish down the toilet if it's already dead...but it would have been far easier and less dramatic to just kill it quickly.

I have never played Earthbound.

Just saying.

I'll play it if it ever is released for VC in North America, which seems unlikely, since it's been years since it was released in Japan...

Just another overrated (at least in America) kid star, once you get down to it. Mainly popular because Disney+teenage happy girl equals plenty of prepubescent female fans...which equals profit.

I never said I didn't know the 1st arc's secret (because I do), just that it was never fully explained in the anime. Unless I just forget. Which is definitely possible.

That looks healthy.