You should know by now. How have the mighty fallen...

Does anyone know what monsters you need to lose a life on to get those specific animals?

I have tried several playthroughs to get both, I have all the endings and gold file but the hidden one. What is a surefire way to trigger the final boss's hidden dialog as well as the hidden ending?

I generally like the games approach of "pacifism" being the optimal, golden route...on paper. My two biggest issues with the game are: -It's structure. When your main gimmick is perfect running a stage...you also should have stages. I think its pseudo metroidvania structure doesn't add anything to the game and actively hinders it in that you can't just quickly restart a stage if you fail. -It's obstacles. The game throws way too many gotcha traps at the player for a game that wants you to try not to get hi...

I know this is a basic question, but I'm a bit confused on what I should be doing? Like if I get turned into the humanoid cat character am I supposed to reset the level? It's a bit confusing because I feel like it's punishing me for taking damage, but not in a way I know how to recover from. Especially because I have to reset the game to revert to the cat form. I'm further unsure on this because it feels more fun to not play as the cat character? like I feel like the cat is so slow and rigid comparatively...