how to do i laso grab oleander in the story mode? my laso range is too low.

I was enjoying playing this, I love the art style and soundtrack, however I'm up to a fight in the story against the reindeer lady i think her name was velvet The enemy is blocking almost all of my attacks, I managed to get past one stage of the fight which I think was difficult, then the enemy gets back up and I gotta do another stage of fighting. The attacks happen way too quickly for me to be able to react in time to block in the correct direction, and when I'm attacking they keep blo...

Will I loose access to bonus characters after some time or they're forever mine?

I like fighting games with real ppl