I'll be writing my thoughts as I play because I have alzheimers and can't remember anything from 5 minutes ago.
Menu music is really nice! The Keyboard configuration (confusing shit, right?) button piqued my interest so I gave it a click. It took me a second to figure out how to make it work, but I got it. I assume you already have plans to adjust it later so I'll leave it at that.
I like the art a lot, it's very unique. James' sprites are cute, love me some sleepy-eyed, dead-inside dudes. The story is intriguing right off the bat, good job hooking me in. The little intro screens for the characters are cute and super stylish. Great atmosphere too.
The battles feel nice and juicy, which is really important for turn-based combat imo. The world's interesting enough to actually want to explore. Thank you for not including random encounters. I'm enjoying all of the music so far, really cool stuff.
I can tell you've got a lot of content here, so I'm going to go ahead and post this and update it with my final thoughts later today when I'm finished with it. It's captivating so far, great work!
Update 1: I'm coming back to it to play for another few hours or so. It's really, really good. I'm a brainlet so I honestly don't really have any useful critique to give. I'm loving the experience so far though.