Very cool game. I think there's a lot to like here. I wish the buttons were a little easier, like pressing a direction to change your stance and then pushing a different button to attack or block. I was able to cheese the boss fight by jumping over it, also lanterns in a similar way. The fighting was fairly engaging. More of a dying animation could be good over them just disappearing quickly, but it had an arcadey feel so that also seemed fine. Some music would be nice, I felt like the sfx got a little tired by the end and the lack of music was noticeable. Overall though pretty sweet game.